Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the MONDO SLADE interview session! If you didn’t check Ep294 this week, you might not have heard that Meeks are Doe are back in the lab, IN PERSON, for the first time since COVID-19 hit in March 2020! After NINETY SIX virtual episodes, we’re reunited and it feels so good, and it feels even better to have one of our favorites on the show, Mondo Slade. We catch...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep294! Almost fourteen months to the day after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Dirty Blanket Studios to the outside world, Doe and Meeks are back in full form Vangardians!!! The guys are back in the lab after NINETY SIX virtual episodes between mix shows and interview sessions - and boy is it a CELEBRATION! We have WORLD EXCLUSIVES galore from our Thurs interview sess...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JASON GRIFF interview session! If you’ve done any history on hip-hop (you should have - if not, time to start NOW), you know the NYC hip-hop, punk & art scenes all thrived off one another in it’s early days, and Griff is delivering his version of that experience this week via his producer concept album, “FIRESIDE CHATS.” Griff breaks down how punk, hip-ho...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep293: COVID-19 Edition 95! Yep yep Vangardians, Doe & Meeks back in the saddle with your regularly scheduled Tues and Thurs madness this week. We kick the show off with THREE, count ‘em THREE WORLD EXCLUSIVES from our interview session guest this week, JASON GRIFF of the almighty INSUBORDINATE RECORDS, and they feature king SCORCESE (RIP), CURLY CASTRO and ZILLA ROCC...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the DOZA THE DRUM DEALER interview session! We head to Brooklyn this week to rap with MC / Producer Doza The Drum Dealer, who made a gob of noise in 2020 and is keeping up the relentless pace in 2021 with the release of “PKURPZN” and “WHEN THE RABBIT GOT THE GUN PART 3”. We hear about the making of both of those projects, and get into detail on one of our fav...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep292: COVID-19 Edition 93! A day late out the gate this week Vangardians - we were handling biz with our mama’s and baby’s mamas this weekend, and we wish all the mama’s out there a belated Happy Mother’s Day. That said we’ve got a full clip to unload this week in this weeks mix, including a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from EL GANT, RAS KASS, PLANET ASIA, J57 and our own DJ JON...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the NYCE DA FUTURE interview session! We head to Southside, Jamaica Queens this week to chop it up with Nyce about his new EP with HAVOC of the almighty and as you might know, infamous, MOBB DEEP. “FUTURE OF THE STREETS” drops Friday May 7th, and is the first chapter in a flurry of music that these two are about to unleash, and we get all the behind the scene...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep291: COVID-19 Edition 91! We’re in the final stretch of the Triple Crown here, Vangardians. NINE episodes away from 300 mix shows - that’s on top of the 248 (!) interview sessions we’ve given you after this week. Hell, we might hit 600 episodes all in by the time 2021 is over with. That said, let’s get on with it - this week we have WORLD EXCLUSIVES from S. VA’s own...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the PINK BOTTOM JUS interview session! Thank god fitted hats are back, and are in part because of the work Justin Farnham aka Pink Bottom Jus has been doing over the past 7 years at HAT CLUB. We get the latest and greatest on his meteoric rise over the past year due to the pink bottom brim hats that he started as a tribute to the mother of his friend / MC Fro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep290: COVID-19 Edition 89! First and foremost - REST IN PEACE #SHOCKG of the almighty #DIGITALUNDERGROUND. A true original. Yet another massive loss for hip-hop and music in general this week. Nonetheless, we gotta keep this torch lit, so let’s get it going - gobs of new music this week as always, and our mid-mix interview returns with none other than KAIMBR & SEAN B...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the PRO DILLINGER interview session! Over the past few years, this Bronx born, Rockland County, NY raised MC has been methodically been carving out a spot for him his ONE NINE imprint as well as THE UMBRELLA, a talent-rich collective of MC’s, Producers, & Visual Artists from across the globe. Given we chatted with The Umbrella co-founder SNOTTY a few weeks ba...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep289: COVID-19 Edition 87! Take heed, that dandy duo of Doe & Meeks are back this week with more Smithsonian Grade for your earholes! We have gobs of brand new screw-face inducing music this week per the usual, and head north for our Thursday interview session to rap with PRO DILLINGER, who’s been on the warpath with his ONE NINE label and THE UMBRELLA collective he...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the TONE BEATZ interview session! Hailing from North Augusta, South Carolina (for folks that don’t know, that’s just outside Augusta, GA, but just over the GA / SC border), this producer has rapidly built up an impressive resume in just a few years through his work with ALL HAIL Y.T., LEFT LANE DIDON, JAY NICE, DANGO FORLAINE, LEX BOOGIE, GENERAL BACKPAIN, SP...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep288: COVID-19 Edition 85! We for real on that country vibe this week ya’ll. Why? ‘Cause it’s nothing but a bunch of country boys holding down the show this week, from top to bottom. What do we mean by that? Well you know what Doe and Meeks bring to the table every week, but our interview session guest this week rounds out the offering - North Augusta, SC’s own TONE...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the VANDERSLICE & UFO FEV interview session! You may or may not know that Doe & Meeks go WAAAAAY back with our good friend Vandy - so it’s only right he ranks high on the number of appearances here at Southern Vangard Radio. It goes without saying we’re excited to have him back on the show alongside East Harlem’s own UFO FEV to chat about their upcoming album...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep287: COVID-19 Edition 83! We hop in to April with a fistful of biscuits this week, Vangardians. The new music doesn’t stop, and this week is no exception - we have WORLD EXCLUSIVES from AL SKRATCH and our Thursday interview session guests this week, VANDERSLICE & UFO FEV! Vandy and Fev are dropping “ENIGMA OF DALI” very soon, and they were gracious enough to let you...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the BANG BELUSHI & FOUL MOUTH interview session! If there was ever a rowdy an interview at SVR, this is it. As soon as Detroit’s own Bang Belushi and Foul Mouth called in, hilarity ensued. These two Detroit natives just dropped Bang’s second LP, “Rudy,” on MIDDLE FINGER MUSIC, which is easily the most consistent hip-hop labels in the 313 these days, if not th...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep286: COVID-19 Edition 81! It’s spring again Vangardians, can you feel the extra pep in our step? We’ve got more Twice a Week biz for the world this week with a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from ASUN EASTWOOD, MAV & SIBBS ROC off their new “’98 MILES” LP that’s dropping this Friday, April 2nd - and boy is this thing a doozy! Mid-mix, we get on the horn with JOHN JIGG$ to hear abo...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the COUSIN FEO interview session! We head west to South Central LA this week to chop it up with one of the very few that have been able to carve out a highly unique niche for himself in this underground rap world. HIgh off the release of brand new project “YAKITORI,” produced entirely by BOHEMIA LYNCH and all cuts provided by his partner in crime DJ DUBPLATES...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep285: COVID-19 Edition 79! BAM BAM Vangardians, we got another full clip for you this week, which includes WORLD EXCLUSIVES from CRIMEAPPLE, SEBB BASH, SONNYJIM, KEV BROWN, MO RUKUZ & SHAOLIN LUCIANO! We’re heavy on the West Coast this week interview wise - South Central LA to be specific. We rap with OSBE CHILL for our mid-mix interview, who has an INCREDIBLE album...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JUS-P & X-RAY DA MINDBENDA interview session! We first got familiar with Jus through his 2020 EP with INNOCENT?, and he’s cemented himself himself as a fixture in the playlist at Southern Vangard Radio, as well as other similar haunts such as RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL, LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ and the like. You might remember the legendary X-ray from a number o...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep284: COVID-19 Edition 77! Lawd lawd LAWD Vangardians - get ready ‘cause this ain’t a week you want to miss at Southern Vangard Radio. WORLD EXCLUSIVES falling everywhere from AL SKRATCH, 4IZE & SENOR KAOS (ULTRA BEAST), KILLA KALM, FLUX & AOS (BINKIS), ILLASTRATE, SNOTTY, MOS BEATS and our Thursday interview session guests this week, JUS-P & X-RAY DA MINDBENDA - of...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the EFF YOO and SPIT GEMZ interview session! These two microphone monsters have come together as a new duo - RIKERS ISLAND BOXING SCHOOL - and drop their debut LP this Friday, March 12th. Eff and Gemz break down how the collaboration & concept came to be, their unique approach to merch with the project and who they brought along for the ride - NEMS, VIC GRIME...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep283: COVID-19 Edition 75! How goes it Vangardians?! It’s time to delete some of those sleepy time podcasts from your queue to make room for that Twice A Week goodness your guys DOE & MEEKS deliver week after week. Ep283 brings you TWO, count ‘em TWO, WORLD EXCLUSIVES from RIKER’S ISLAND BOXING SCHOOL, which is comprised of rhyme animals EFF YOU and SPIT GEMZ, who ha...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SNOTTY interview session! As one of the founding members of THE UMBRELLA, a monstrous collective comprised of MCs, producers and artists, Snotty and crew have been blitzing ears and gained worldwide attention in a short amount of time. We caught up with Snotty one day after his birthday to talk about his renewed focus after returning home, his latest sing...