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ATTENDEES Slumber Logic, TreDoes, Rap Man Gavin, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the decisions and timeframe it took to produce Detachment, Homie, and Only Detachment . Discuss Detachment, Homie, and Only Detachment in detail. intro and outro by andrew

Dan and UK hip hop host DJ Dilla got together to talk about recent releases of the time and whether hip hop is in a healthy state. Dope discussion!

ATTENDEES Homeboy Sandman, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the outstanding run from 2020’s Don’t Feed The Monster all the way through 2022’s Still Champion . Discuss 2023’s Rich in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Sundial in depth.  Discuss Telefone to Room 25 to Sundial and the artistic place Noname holds in hip hop. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Fatboi Sharif, Steel Tipped Dove, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the year Steel Tipped Dove is having! My unbridled love for House of Disorder .  Discuss Decay in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Fiend, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the phases of Fiends career from No Limit to Jet Life.  Discuss the place of the Cool is in Session series in Fiends discography from 1 to 2 to 3 .  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES WateRR, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the concept of The Policy Kings as well as the album in depth.  Discuss the evolution from Life is More Than White Bricks to Compendium of Arcanum to The Policy Kings .  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Televangel, The Expert, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Incorruptible Saints in depth.  Discuss Ritual in depth.  Discuss the career arcs of Stik Figa and Sleep Sinatra and how they relate.  Discuss the sonic character of both albums.  Intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES C $ Burns, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the role of mastering and what separates it from the role of production or mixing (using sonically unique projects like BLUu Edwards as an example).  Declare and discuss top ⁠25 POTY⁠ .

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Video Dave, Controller 7, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss ArticulatedTexTiles in depth. Discuss the growth from Hella Personal Film Festival 2 to ArticulatedTexTiles .  Discuss the sonic vision Controller 7 had for ArticulatedTexTiles .  

ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about Janelle Monae’s new album The Age of Pleasure and leaning into a more erotic vision of her work.  Talk about the history of artists becoming their full erotic selves when they hadn’t previously. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Jade Gomez, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Jade Gomez time at Paper as editor and where the closing of it leaves the world of music coverage.  Discuss the art of the artist feature/interview and what it does for a career as well as the dangers of messing it up. Discuss the state of music media coverage and 2023 music.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Joshua Virtue, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Joshua Virtue’s immaculate last album RAMA . Discuss the place intensity has in hip hop w/ Nacksaw Jim Duggan by Estee Nack, Midnight Oil by Sunmundi & Āthmaan, and REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! By Kari Faux as examples.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Alexander Richter, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the classic Richter album covers and what went into them. Misconceptions about photography as a medium and the power of photographic covers. Discuss our favorite album covers of 2023 so far. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Alaska Atoms, Henry Canyons, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Alaska Atoms monster 2023 collaborative albums w/ Steel Tipped Dove and Jason Griff .  Discuss the influence of Del on a craft and stylistic level.  Discuss the characteristics of Del that make his music so unique and vibrant.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Klwn Cat, Nonazz, No God, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the coming together of these albums and artistic origin stories for Nonazz, Klwn Cat, and No God.  Discuss Don’t Go Outside and NODUO in depth.  Intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES SonRaw, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk with SonRaw about any trends in 2023 music.  Discuss Raven by Kelela, Glorious Game by Black Thought x El Michels Affair, and Shadow Moses by Mike Shabb x Nicholas Craven. Intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Tokyo Cigar, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA Discuss Tokyo Cigar’s relationship to Raekwon & specifically the Immobilarity album, why he chose to do a full remix project .  Break down the skills, tendencies, and influence of Raekwon.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Nappy Nina, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss going from Double Down to Mourning Due and what the goals were going into the new project and whether those came out as intended or entirely different. Discuss Mourning Due in depth.  Intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Child Actor, Rhys Langston, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Rhys Langston and Child Actor about the momentous releases they’ve been involved w/ and how they viewed the lyricism executed and how it was received. Talk about the role of lyricism and how the press, audience, artists, and producers should approach it.  Intro and outro song by andrew

ATTENDEES BlackLiq, Mopes, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how the relationship between Mopes x BlackLiq has evolved from Time Is The Price to Choice is A Chance . Discuss Choice is A Chance in depth.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Marcus Pinn, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Marcus Pinn about the art of dropping scratches on momentous records .   Discuss our favorite soundtracks of all time. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the career and influence of Lil Wayne. Breakdown tendencies both positive and negative  Brainstorm what we would like Wayne to do next? intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Jesse The Tree, Andrew, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the coming together of andrew & Jesse The Tree on Three Dollar Pistol and the possible future of the group. Break down I’m Fakin’ My Own Death Just to Get Some Rest in depth.  Argue over the NBA MVP for this season. Intro and Outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Stik Figa, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Pookey: Stik Figa Finds Himself in depth.  Talk about how hometown opinion informs hip hop on a regional and national level. Intro and Outro by andrew