Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep218! *** REST IN PEACE to the ONE and ONLY PATEN LOCKE. This episode was recorded before we knew of his passing. Peace, love & strength to his family, friends and Full Plate fam. We love you P. *** We got that raw AND that jiggy this week Vangardians, so buckle in and listen up to Ep217 for the latest and greatest hip-hop you might or might not have heard. Doe & Mee...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Rhinoceros Funk interview session! Doe & Meeks head to the Bronx this week to chop it up with Rhinoceros Funk - an MC / DJ who has been holding down real rap radio for over 20 years in some shape, form or fashion - the latest being Guerrilla Grooves Radio alongside PNC DJ FredOnes. If that ain’t enough, he’s 1/3 of Sophisticated Savage, a newly formed gro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep217! Twice a week is BAKNEFFEK folks - Doe & Meeks are back with another shenanigan-filled mix show that features the latest and greatest hip-hop joints not to mention the best sh*t talking this side of the universe - AND we managed to get someone to show up for an interview session this week! RHINOCEROS FUNK of Sophisticated Savage / Guerrilla Grooves Radio is our...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep216! Alright ya’ll get ready for more of that raw this week, as we have the one and only SUPASTITION in-studio for Ep216 AND drop THREE WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES from his upcoming EP, “SACRIFICE,” that drops THIS FRIDAY, JULY 26. Go get that pre-order now and hit Supa direct for a limited-edition run of 100 physical CD’s. This project is a special one as Supa handled all...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Reckonize Real interview session! This Queens producer has been carving out quite a name for himself over the past decade, and even more so the past two years via projects with Moka Only & Guilty Simpson. This month finds Reck dropping his brand new producer LP, “Bridges & Tunnels”, which finds him collaborating with top tier talent such as Guilty Simpson...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep215! Doe is back from vacay and we’re back in the saddle for another adventure filled week here at Southern Vangard Radio. We have FOUR, count ‘em, FOUR WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES for you this week, including a cut from the upcoming Kev Brown & J. Science album that features the one and only DJ Jon Doe on the cuts! Next, the homie GodBless Beatz hit us with two joints off...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Eto interview session! This Rochester, NY MC / producer has been steadily building a name for himself over the past decade - starting with a mixtape via DJ Drama’s infamous Gangsta Grillz series in 2009 to straight manhandling the end of 2018 and the first half of 2019 through his collaborations with producers Vinyl Villain, Superior and the one and only...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep214! Well folks, here we are - if it hasn’t felt like summer yet, this is the week where it all sinks in. So while you’re getting ready for that July 4th cookout, your guys Doe & Meeks have plenty of the dopest hip-hop on the planet and interviews to boot that can hold you down through the holiday weekend. There’s 213 other mix shows episode on top of this one- go a...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep213! Quick turn this week from our last episode as we were a little late out of the gate last week. This week finds us with a longer than usual mix as our interviewee cancelled on us last minute, and we ALMOST had a backfill but it didn’t work out. Sooooo, we tacked on another 30 minutes which means this weeks mix is over 2 hours long and includes the first ever TEN...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JR Swiftz interview session! This Charlotte by way of Virginia Beach by way of Brooklyn producer is having a hell of a run at the moment. While 2017 & 2018 found him producing for Westside Gunn & Conway of Griselda Records, as well as Far Rockaway’s Flee Lord, 2019 looks to be even more fruitful. JR is fresh of the heels of releasing “Coming Forth By Day”...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep212! We got you covered this week folks, albeit a tad late. Doe was on the move for fam and work at the beginning of the week, and American Airlines pulled a fast one on him that caused a delay in dropping the episodes this week. Nonetheless, we’re still bringing you that Twice A Week goodness, just all in one day! Tons of new joints and trash talk from Doe & Meeks...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep211! We told ya’ll Doe had something up his sleeve this week! Given there’s no interview session this Thursday due to a last minute scheduling issue with our guest, we’ve still found a way to keep that Twice A Week flow going. Episode 211 is DJ Jon Doe’s most recent appearance on Techniques Radio, a weekly hip-hop show that airs on WREK 91.1 FM Georgia Tech Radio in...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep210! Hey there friends, we’re back again with that Episode 210! Yeah that rhyme might be sorry, but you won’t find anything like that in the mix this week. The onslaught of high quality hip-hop continues, as does Meeks’ & Doe’s debauchery. No interview session on Thursday this week as we had a last minute schedule conflict, but i’s possible Doe has something up his...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents The Good People interview session! Producer/MC Saint & MC/DJ Emskee blazed into 2019 after a 6-year life-happens hiatus with “Good For Nuthin’”, a feel-good, uptempo album that was feature-rich and a welcome alternative to the hazy, sub-90 bpm style the underground is wrapped around the axle on at the moment. They’re whipping right back around this summer wit...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep209! Hey ho there Vangardians, we’re on that Three Is The Magic Number vibe this week. Three you say? Yep, we already dropped a mix on Monday this week! Doe got together with Deejay Element & Mark Ski and dropped “ONE”, a free mixtape celebrating Five Se7en Collective’s 1 year anniversary! Hit FiveSe7enCollective.com for that free download now, and then lock into Ep...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Primo Jab & GodBlessBeatz interview session! It’s always a real treat to have folks in-studio for our interview sessions, and this week is no different as Jab & Bless dropped in to talk about all things new & old. This Atlanta by way of Chicago duo have been steadily building a foundation over the past few years that is paying off in a big way in 2019, an...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep208! Summertime is here in the A folks - school is out, it’s in the mid-90’s ALREADY and the we’re wrapping up the Memorial Day hangover with a boat load of brand new hip-hop and shenanigans from your guys Doe & Meeks. We were extremely blessed to have Primo Jab & GodBlessBeatz in-studio for our interview session that drops on Thursday this week, and they stuck arou...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the CMNY interview session! Carlos Maldonado is the founder, creator & owner of Classic Material New York, a boutique clothing company that began in 2010, largely due to what Carlos saw as an massive under-representation of New York-centric hip-hop fashion. Thanks to friend-of-Southern Vangard, P. Watts of Raw Wattage, we connected with Carlos to talk about t...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep207! Hey there folks, buckle up for a doozy this week - Meeks and Doe are on back on that barrel proof brown again for the 2nd week in a row! Big up to Whitlock Package in Marietta for stocking that Knob Creek 120 proof Single Barrel Select - say what?!?! Yeah, it was that type of night. We had our foot on the gas and the gas in our bourbon glass, which means the mu...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Che Noir interview session! We’ll just go ahead and say it - upstate NY is running this real rap sh*t right now - and Che Noir is a major part of the reason why. This deadly MC / producer from the Eastside of Buffalo is about to release “Thrill of the Hunt Vol. 2” in early June, so we got her on the horn to get the early scoop, talk about her success last...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep206! How did you good folks out there like the FOUR episodes we dropped last week - what’s that, you didn’t hear that we dropped Episode 205 and THREE interviews last week?! Ya’ll can’t keep up with us - but you can try! All jokes aside, we’re back with two more in the chamber this week - a tremendous amount of new heat this week on Episode 206, and our interviewee...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Five Steez & Mordecai interview session! We began playing Steez & Mordecai’s music in the early days of the show - something like Episode 80 or so. Almost three years later, these guys drop a hell of an album called “Love N Art”, so we had to get on the horn to talk with these two Kingston, Jamaica natives to talk about the premise behind the album, how M...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Truth interview session! Vangardians, you can’t make up the things that happen to us - so we get a call from the homie P Watts of Raw Wattage week ago - he wanted to let us know Queens MC Truth would be in the A soon and he wanted to connect us. Lo and behold - Truth was not only in town - he was staying right up the street from Doe in Marietta! Truth cam...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the C Keys & Kazi interview session! We hit the West Coast this week with two underground Cali legends - Oxnard’s own Kazi & Sactown’s C Keys (FKA The Infamous MC). Many know these two gentlemen were an integral part of the late 90s & early 2000s underground hip-hop tsunami that came out of LA & the Bay Area and made certified classics alongside comrades Madl...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep205! Alright ya’ll, back at it after a hiatus last week. Like we said, April is tough as Doe spends a lot of time on the West Coast for work (this rap shIt ain’t paying the bills, trust) and there’s just no getting around it. That being said, we are back to our regularly scheduled #TwiceAWeek program as we push through Spring and head into Summer! If that isn’t good...