Let It Roll EXTRA

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to discuss Sam Dunn's second episode of "Metal Evolution" which focuses on the rise of American hard rock in the late 60s and early 70s.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to discuss Sam Dunn's take on the origins of heavy metal music in the blending of rock n roll, blues, jazz, classical and opera.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week, they look at the mix tape phenomenon and artists like 50 Cent, TI and Lil Wayne who thrived i...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week, they look at a new generation of producers who emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s: Vir...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week, they look at the innovations of Houston’s DJ Screw, Three 6 Mafia from Memphis, and Atlanta’s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at New Orleans hip-hop from bounce to No Limit & Cash Money Records.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at the birth of the Atlanta hip-hop scene from the early commercial breakthroughs of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at “Pass the Mic” which features Mos Def & Black Star, Eminem and an in-depth look a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with his cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow, and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld, to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at Notorious B.I.G’s “Life After Death” and his mentoring of Lil' Kim, how Puf...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox returns with his cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip-Hop Evolution. This week they discuss the first episode of season 3 "A Tale of Two Coasts" which focuses on Tupac S...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss season 2, episode 4 of Hip-Hop Evolution "A New York State of Mind" which covers Nas, the Wu-Tang Clan, and Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss season 2, episode 3 of Hip Hop Evolution: "Do The Knowledge" which returns to New York to cover The Bridge Wars and Native Tongues groups like De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss the second episode of Hip Hop Evolution’s second season, “Out The Trunk: The Bay" which takes us to Northern California to talk about Too Short, MC Hammer, Digital Underground and a young 2Pac Shakur.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss the first episode of Hip Hop Evolution’s second season, "The Southern Way", which looks at the first Southern rappers to make a national impact: Florida’s 2 Live Crew and Texas’ Geto Boys and Underground Kings.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss the fourth episode of Hip Hop Evolution "The Birth of Gangsta Rap" which takes us from Schooley D in Philly to Ice T, Eazy E and NWA in Los Angeles.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss the third episode of Hip Hop Evolution: “The New Guard.” The show focuses on the dawn of hip-hop’s golden age and the emergence of Run-DMC, Def Jam Records, Public Enemy ,and Eric B. & Rakim.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and his cohorts Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson discuss the second episode of Hip Hop Evolution “From the Underground to the Mainstream.” The episode covers the early New York rap battles caught on bootleg cassettes, Hip-Hop’s move from the Bronx to Manhattan and alliance with punk as we...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox is joined by Alexei Auld and Eugene S. Robinson to talk about the first episode of Netflix' Hip-Hop Evolution: The Foundation. The conversation covers DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox & music writer James Porter conclude their discussion of Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at the emergence of country music's neo-traditionalists like Randy Travis and Ricky Skaggs, and the brief golden period they kicked off before the economics of superstars like Garth Brooks changed...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox & music writer James Porter continue discussing Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at the triumph of Outlaw Country practitioners Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings outside the Nashville system, the massive crossover success of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris’ knack for bringing traditional cou...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox & music writer James Porter continue discussing Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at episode six “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” which covers the rise of Kris Kristofferson and a new generation of Nashville songwriters, Mr & Mrs Country music George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash’s eme...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox & music writer James Porter continue discussing Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at Charley Pride’s efforts to integrate country music, the rise of Roger Miller, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard’s Bakersfield Sound, Loretta Lynn and the new wave of female singers she led.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and music writer James Porter continue their discussion of Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at the sudden emergence of rockabilly from Memphis, the new generation of stars like Johnny Cash and the Nashville Sound that producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley came up with for artists like...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox and music writer James Porter continue their discussion of Ken Burns' Country Music with a look a Hank Williams, the living avatar of honky tonk, his closest rival Lefty Frizzell, as well as Eddy Arnold, who offered a pop-country alternative, and Kitty Wells whose answer song prefigured fem...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and James Porter discuss how Ken Burns presented the story of Country Music during the Depression and World War II, and the artists, such as Roy Acuff and Bob Wills, as well as the Maddox Brothers and Rose, who dominated the era.