Freemusicempire

ATTENDEES John Morrison, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss our relationship to The Roots and the legacy of Black Thought. What changed that made Thought want to pursue a solo career legacy? Is it working? Should he have done it earlier? Discuss the new album Cheat Codes by Black Thought and Danger Mouse. Intro and outro music by Strategy from the upcoming project...

ATTENDEES Small Professor, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins Special guest Torito! AGENDA New Business Talk to Small Professor about the selection process of who he works with. Talk to SMall Professor about his 2022 releases: Hundred Year Darkness w/ AJ Suede, Soiled w/ Torito, Mudslide w/ Vic Spencer,  and Sedale Threat by Wrecking Crew (Curly Castro, Zilla Rocca, Small Pro, PremRock). Discuss the...

ATTENDEES Sean Kantrowitz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Sean about the genesis of the ‘Making Illmatic’ podcast series and the most cantankerous episodes. Discuss Jay-Z misconceptions

ATTENDEES Spanish Ran, Bloo Azul, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the coming together and roles of The Church collective and how Bloo and Ran built from that. Discuss Bloo Moon EP and Once In A Bloo in depth. Intro and Outro music from the Bloo Azul x Spanish Ran album- Once In A Bloo . 

ATTENDEES Psalm One, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of writing Her Word Is Bond and its reception. Discuss the goals for upcoming solo album Bigg Perm with Custom Made. Spend some time ruminating on the lessons learned over the course of a very unique journey. Intro and Outro music by klwn cat off his new album Vox in Rama dropping 10/31 

ATTENDEES Namir Blade, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the differences between Metropolis and previous albums? How did those changes optimize the experience of the album? Talk about the courage it takes to pursue optimizing your career whether others understand the direction or not. Discuss the albums of Namir Blade in detail. Intro and Outro music directly from Metropol...

ATTENDEES Hype,Keith Rollins,Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss what goes into the process of making a debut album using Talk Nice To Me as an example. Breakdown Hype’s debut Talk Nice To Me in terms of strengths and what aspects Hype would like to develop in the future. Intro and Outro music by DJ Preservation off 1974

ATTENDEES Rich Jones, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Rich Jones about his new album w/ Iceberg Theory Smoke Detector . Discuss albums: Drill Music in Zion by Lupe Fiasco, Crunkstar by Duke Deuce, and Forest In The City by UMI.    Intro and Outro music directly from Smoke Detector BUY IT! 

ATTENDEES Elucid, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the artistic progression from Save Yourself to Don’t Play It Straight to I Told Bessie . Discuss and analyze I Told Bessie . Intro and Outro music by Brainorchestra from his album Live & Direct  

ATTENDEES Kam Thandi, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss themes and storylines in 2022 music and how our listening has changed in this era of heightened positive musical content. Go over Dan’s AOTY list as it stands Intro and Outro music by The Expert from the album The Overview Effect w/ Jermiside

*MUST LISTEN* ATTENDEES Brian Ennals, Infinity Knives, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the progression from Rhino XXL to King Cobra and how the project goals changed. Discuss King Cobra in depth and all the different forms it takes throughout the 17 song journey. Intro and Outro directly from King Cobra . 

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ATTENDEES Lungs/Lonesword, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the GRIP collective and balancing group with solo projects. Discuss recent projects: The Birth of Lonesword , Where are The Bugs?! , and Alone on Mars . Intro and Outro beats by NCL-TM from KOFFi

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, Dash Lewis AGENDA New Business Talk about the 2022 return of giant sized popular event rap album (Pusha T, Kendrick) and the show it has cast over more indie rap albums. Talk about ibliss-Raja’s Sun, Leikeli47-Shape Up, and Big Cheeko-Block Barry White. Intro and Outro is from Small Professor's project Church Jawns . 

ATTENDEES PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to PremRock about Ockham’s Blazer and the persistent drive to make a new project unlike any you’ve done before. Discuss the progression of Quelle Chris given his AOTY contender DEATHFAME . Intro and Outro music by Small Professor from the album Soiled with Torito. 

ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the act of disclosing real peoples information in a song and the potential ramifications/problems. Discuss specific examples NOTES Romantic version-Drake innovated the disclosure of an ex’s first name “Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree” from Nothing Was The Same . In the purest business sense this acted as an easter egg for...

ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the overall legacy of No Limit Records from a business model and artistic perspective. Analyze Young Bleed-My Balls and My Word, Mac-Shell Shocked, Mia X-Unlady Like, and Fiend-There’s One in Every Family. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from Mindgarden . 

ATTENDEES Nate Barksdale, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about The Colors I’ve Never Seen and how it will influence the next project. Nominate the 2022 R&B Class of The Future! Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv off the album Black Keys Wit Melodies

ATTENDEES Juga-Naut, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Juga-Naut’s development in music and approach to the work. Talk about the difference in approach between self-produced work like Situationist and Bem v. Produced by others work like Smoke Filled Rooms with Giallo Point. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from his album Spirit Medicine  

ATTENDEES Mantis The Miasma, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about Mantis journey into hip hop and connection to the scene, the music that molded the Mantis! Discuss the albums Eastern Medicine, Western Illness Aethiopes (with billy woods) and Days of Dr. Yen Lo (with Ka). Analyze each album as well as the overall sound that makes Preservation special.

ATTENDEES Nick Marsh, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Focus Hip Hop and the editorial vision of what projects to focus on and how. Breakdown what is special about Anwar Highsign- Live N*gga Prophesy , Fatboi Sharif x Lonesword- Cyber City Society , Spaceman Jones and The Motherships- Immaculate Conception , and s.al- I Will Guide You Out . Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv of...

ATTENDEES OKnice, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to OKnice about the next level of recognition achieved by his new album Have You Tried Being Happy? and how that was achieved. Discuss this week's albums: Koffee-Gifted, Bun-B x Cory Mo-Mo Trill, and Larry June x Jay Worthy x LNDN DRGS-2 P’z In A Pod. Intro and Outro bumper music from Mindgarden by Ohbliv

ATTENDEES Myles Bullen, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of creating Mourning Travels and the events that went into it. Discuss sequencing, guests, and overall tone of the album. What the experience is supposed to give the listener. Intro and Outro by Ohbliv from the Rugged Tranquility series here . 

Dan O sits down with one of the hottest underground producers, MIGHTYHEALTHY, and finds out his first beat is on this new album MIGHTYCANNONS with ACE CANNONS. This album is so loud and so fun it deserves the depth and joy in this conversation. Enjoy and buy a sticker pack for the little dun's.

ATTENDEES Stik Figa, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney New Business Talk to Stik Figa about the necessary elements of altering direction over the course of a long career and how it changes over time. Talk specifically about moving from his 2021 album Joyland to 2022’s Heresy. Intro and outro bumper music by Ohbliv off his album Ohblique