Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the POUNDS interview session! This Rochester MC has been building quite the following over the past few years, and launched a missile at the end of 2019 with BUCKWILD of DITC in the form of “TRAFFICANTE”, a gritty 12 cut LP that boasts features from ROC MARCIANO, BENNY THE BUTCHER, SONNY BAMBOO, CRIMEAPPLE, CLIFTON HASTON, MAX MARCIANO & BLASS 89. Pounds brea...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep245! To paraphrase friend of Southern Vangard Radio, the one and only JERRY GRAHAM - the juggle is REAL, Vangardians. Even in the middle of a Doe’s basement renovation - we giving ya’ll that straight raw regardless. This week we had no ceiling the studio, insulation hanging everywhere, paint fumes abound AND the volume could barely be turned up cause there’s no ceil...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the B.A BADD interview session! We head to what might be the new Mecca for that authentic hip-hop shit at the moment - upstate NY - to chat with Syracuse born B.A Badd, now a resident of Buffalo. B.A dropped off a plate of that raw at the end of 2019 called “EVERYBODY EATS”, an LP that boasts features from AA RASHID, ADONIS, CONWAY THE MACHINE, MAFIOSA, ROME...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep244! You missed us last week didn’t you? It’s ok, tell us how you’re feeling…Doe & Meeks are an integral part of your life, and it hurts a lil’ bit on the inside when you don’t get that twice a week fix, doesn’t it? It’s ok…don’t worry your pretty lil’ head now, ‘cause we’re back Vangardians! While the amount of music that has dropped since 243 is staggering - we st...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Joe. D Interview session! It’s a celebration on many fronts this week, Vangardians. First - this marks our 200TH INTERVIEW SESSION! In five years, we’ve cranked out 243 mix shows and 200 interview sessions to date. Thank you all for listening. Second and third, we have two anniversaries to celebrate with our in-studio interviewee this week - none other PG...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep243! WAAALCOME Vangardians - this is another week for celebrating as we’re dropping our 200th interview session this week! 243 mix shows and 200 in-depth interviews over the past five years, it’s looking pretty likely we will hit a landmark 500 pieces of content total before the year wraps up. Ok, back to weekly biz - in addition to the usual new rap records and tra...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the DIRT PLATOON interview session! RAF ALMIGHTY & SNOOK DA CROOK, two Baltimore MC’s that are also biological brothers, dropped a ringer at the top of 2020 in the form of “Get Ya Hands Dirty, - a neck snapping LP that features O.C. (DITC), RUSTE JUXX, GUILTY SIMPSON & the FEL SWEETENBERG, and boasts production from Fel, ABYSS DWELLA, DJ BRAN & NAPALM. We sat...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep242! Hey there world - if you’re reading this right now, you made it through January of the Twenty Twin Twin! That’s no small feat given how the year has started out. Since we all made it another day, might as well drop off two more pieces of that Smithsonian Grade on you this week - Ep242 is filled to the brim with tons of new music, as well as a quick check-in fro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Wais P interview session! Vangardians - the bar has officially been set VERY high for 2020 as of this interview. Let’s just say when Wais P calls in via FaceTime, you know it’s gonna be a good time. Wais is riding high off the release of “Chinchilla”, an 8-track escapade produced entirely by Statik Selektah that boasts features from Nems, Paul Wall, Terma...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep241! Well hello there Vangardians! It’s your friendly neighborhood mix show and interview hosts Doe & Meeks back with two more pieces of stellar content this week. The last mix of January is filled to brim with all new goodies, and also delivers a quick catch up conversation with one of Toronto’s finest, ASUN EASTWOOD! Hilarity is rampant throughout, make sure you c...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Bernard Rollins interview session! This Frederick, MD based artist shut it DOWN at the end of 2019 by supplying the artwork for one of the biggest hip-hop drops of last year - Roc Marciano’s “Marcielago.” Unbeknownst to us - it just so happened we were coordinating this very interview while Bernard was toiling away on the blaxploitation-inspired visual! W...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep240! Our Fifth Anniversary celebration this past Saturday night here in the A was yet another for the books, Vangardians! Thank you to everyone that came out to support, thank you to all the artists that tore down that stage and thank you to all the listeners that tracked Doe or Meeks down and introduced yourselves to us, it was great meeting you in the flesh. Alrig...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Bobby Feeno interview session! As we mentioned in Ep239 on Tuesday - our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION is THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 at 529 EAV here in Atlanta - and we are incredibly honored, alongside Speakeasy Promotions, to help bring the “SOUTH FOR THE WINTER” tour to the A on this night, which features Bobby himself & NYC’s Marlon Craft! Given...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Marlon Craft interview session! As we mentioned in Ep239 on Tuesday - our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION is THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 at 529 EAV here in Atlanta - and headlining is Hell’s Kitchen’s own MARLON CRAFT. We caught Marlon at his home in NYC before he hits the road for the “SOUTH FOR THE WINTER” tour with BOBBY FEENO - which is his first st...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep239! Alright folks, this is the week - our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION is THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 at 529 EAV here in Atlanta - and boy oh BOY do we have a SHOW for you! Alongside Speakeasy Promotions, we’re bringing you MARLON CRAFT, BOBBY FEENO, J57, SHABAAM SAHDEEQ, J. SCIENIDE, HEEM STOGIED, YOUNI SOUL, LORD TOOZY, SELF JUPITER of FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP a...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the CODENINE interview session! This week marks our FIFTH anniversary folks, and we kicked off the new year with a smoking Ep238 mix show chock full of WORLD EXCLUSIVES, including two ULTRA exclusive joints from our 194th interview session guest this week - Lynn, MA’s own Codenine of the Tragic Allies. We quickly dig in DEEP to get the historical scoop on how...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep238! IT’S OUR ANNIVERSARY!!!! We celebrate FIVE YEARS of Southern Vangard Radio this week Vangardians! Can you believe it?! Doe & Meeks have been giving ya’ll that RAW week after week for FIVE. YEARS. 238 mix shows. 194 Interview Sessions. Countless artists and records broken. We raise our glass to you - the listeners and artists that have supported us over the year...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep237! Alright folks it’s the last day of 2019 and we have TWO mix show episodes we’re dropping before head into 2020! Ep237 thankfully marks the return of Eddie Meeks after his stolen car debacle a few weeks ago, and also marks the OFFICIAL announcement of our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION show that’s going down Sat, Jan 18 at 529 in East Atlanta Village! We’ve got a...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep236! Alright folks it’s the last day of 2019 and we have TWO mix show episodes we’re dropping before head into 2020. The recording of Ep236 was done 5 days before Christmas, and was a solo mission for Doe, because some idiot stole Meeks car right out of his driveway one chilly Atlanta morning while he was warming up the ride. Merry Christmas, right? So while Meeks w...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the MADHATTAN interview session! We head back up top this week to talk with NYC’s Madhattan, who’s been dropping projects and guest features at a dizzying pace in 2019. Mad is fresh off performing at Top Shelf Premium’s “Supply & Demand” Holiday Edition last week at Chelsea Music Hall, so he gives on the low down on on how things went, his bar fest at Shade45...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep235! Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey HEY - it’s still Tuesday ya’ll - we might have crept in at the 11th hour, but we made it. Doe & Meeks are back with the usual - fly commentary, brand new joints and just an overall good time - it’s pretty hard to beat if you really think about it. This weeks Ep235 also finds us checking in the Don Chicharon himself, the one and o...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SHAWN J. PERIOD® interview session! If there was ever a week where Smithsonian Grade applied, this is it. We’re documenting history over here, Vangardians, not to mention giving ya’ll straight GAME - so fix your face, sit up straight, pay attention and take notes! This producer’s history and evolution over the years is remarkable - from getting signed by...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep234! Oh BOY do we have a few winners for you this week, fellow Vangardians! Of course we’re dropping a new mix this week with all the latest and greatest new hip-hop this side of the universe - and of course we’re dropping an interview session on Thursday, ‘cause we’ve been on that Twice A Week vibe from jump. HOWEVER, there’s WAY more than that - how about HEEM STO...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SUPERIOR interview session! Meeks & Doe take a trip over the Atlantic to Germany this week to talk with German producer Superior, who had quite the year after dropping “Long Story Short” with none other than ETO back in April. Superior’s continuing his white-hot streak by continuing to working with the finest the game has to offer, as he prepares to drop...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep233! Pull up to the table and let your belt out folks, The Gard has a lot in store for you this holiday week. If you’re bored to tears or just can’t deal with the family shenanigans, we’re here to help. First off - we’ve got a GRIP of WORLD EXCLUSIVES - the homie SPITTZWELL tossed two joints over the fence to us, FASTLIFE hit us with a joint in preparation for his n...