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ATTENDEES Chong Wizard, Zilla Rocca, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins,  AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from Midnight Sons to Money Has No Owners .  Breakdown Money Has No Owners in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Āthmaan, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the influence of Indian music on hip hop and hip hop’s effect on Indian music . Discuss The Vital Breath in depth. Discuss different sonic approaches to volume and how it influences style using The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap by R.A.P. Ferreira x Fumitake Tamura and Out of The Blue by Blu x Shafiq Husayn. intro a...

ATTENDEES Ceschi, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the final leg of a long beautiful solo career and the growth of Fake Four . What is the label's optimal future?  Discuss Bring Us The Head of Francisco False (Part 1) in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Cavalier, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business   Discuss the process of crafting an album and how it has changed from ⁠Chief⁠ to ⁠Lemonade⁠ to ⁠Private Stock⁠ to ⁠Different Type Time⁠ . Discuss Different Type Time in depth. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Real Bad Man, Lukah, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Permanently Blackface (The 1st Expression) transitioning into Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. And the growth in dimension Discuss Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. In detail  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES The Expert, NAHreally, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss going from entirely self produced projects like Hackinway & Loose Around The Edges to The Expert produced BLIP and how different the process is.  Discuss BLIP in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES SonRaw, Rob from Next Movement Pod, Dylan Green, Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Celebrate 200 episodes of State of The Game and how odd it is to still be here.  Discuss how influential and unique the Diplomats movement was and the effect it had on us as listeners/artists/critics  Discuss Dipset moments that imprinted on the culture, our memory, our inner circle....

ATTENDEES DøøF, NCL-TM, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business From Hoodrat Noir to Swamp Phonk to BULLETPROOF KUFFLINX what are the common characteristics of a NCLDOOFUS collaboration? What makes these albums so different?  Discuss BULLETPROOF KUFFLINX in depth.  Intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Myles Bullen, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the build from Mourning Travels to timetokill .  Discuss timetokill in depth.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Liam Bailey, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the movement from Enfant Terrible to Zero Grace .  Discuss Zero Grace in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

AGENDA New Business Discuss the legacy and format changes of Dad Bod Rap Pod and what podcasting is really like.  Discuss how to keep up with prolific artist releases and aggressive schedules.  DANS RULES Don’t feel obligated-Release yourself from the idea that you NEED to catch every release. Check in when you have the time or interest and catch up. You are not late.  Use social media-One of the...

ATTENDEES Reef The Lost Cauze, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the growth from The High Life through A Vicious Cycle to The Triumphant . Discuss The Triumphant in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Hell Razah, Tokyo Cigar, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the career arc of Hell Razah and the necessity of keeping the legacy alive.  Discuss Heavenly Cartel 3: The Hell Razah Remixes in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES OKnice, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss It’s A Fine Line Between Planted and Buried and the difference between making a group project and a solo album.  Discuss The Triumphant , Not Fade Away , and El Leon in terms of progression.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Shottie, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Shottie’s 2023 work going from Goat Farm , Stigmatic , to Death Occurred Last Night .  Discuss Nothing Changed Except Everything w/ Farma Beats in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Aakeem Eshu, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the evolution from Betrayal and Liberation 2 to Digital Audio to Black Rabbit .   Discuss Black Rabbit in depth.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Dylan Land, Monzy The Terrible, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the relationship between Dylan and Monzy and how it developed.  Discuss Revenge of Abel and PERMANENT//PROSTHETIC in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES KillVonGard, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the progression from 2022’s I Think I’ve Lost It to 2023’s Life Is A Masterpiece .  Discuss Life Is A Masterpiece in detail as well as future career plans.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Karas Lamb, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the Mixtape Monday run on Okayplayer and what lessons were learned from showcasing new music week after week for a major publication.  Discuss Burning Desire by MIKE , Peace of Mind LP by QThree , Tales of Gotham by Kueen in detail.

ATTENDEES Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Defcee’s 2023 offerings DefPrez-It’s Always A Time Like This   & Golem of Brooklyn Original Soundtrack and if Defcee got out of 2023 what was desired.  Discuss whether 2023 marks the end (or the beginning of the end) for definitive year end lists. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Psalm One, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss some additional 2023 superlatives.  Discuss projects of the year 25-1. DA LIST 1. Maps by Kenny Segal & billy woods 2. Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? By Kara Jackson 3. From Whence It Came by YUNGMORPHEUS 4. Real B*tches Don’t Die! by Kari Faux 5. Ritual by Stik Figa x The Expert 6. Raven by Kelela  7. Sle...

ATTENDEES Psalm One, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the difference in writing reviews on rap and releasing rap with Psalm One.   Discuss projects of the year 50-26.   POTY 50-26 26. Quaranta by Danny Brown 27. Pangea by Gabe Nandez 28. Gold by Cleo Sol 29. The Golem of Brooklyn OST by Defcee x Messiah Musik 30. Lonestar Luchador by That Mexican OT 31. 66689 BLVD Prequel by...

ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and the energy around the 2012 release which sent ripples through rap and pop.  Through discussion of each of the 19 tracks cut the album down and possibly resequence it into a more cohesive experience.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how difficult it was to establish yourself to new audiences in 2023. What strategy worked?  Discuss Lonestar Luchador , Hand Painted Model Trains , and Al Chimera as examples of artists I got to know in 2023.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Lungs, Phiik, No Face, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the Planet series: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 .  Discuss Planet X in detail.  intro and outro by andrew