FREEMUSICEMPIRE

Freemusicempire

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Freemusicempire.com is a place for in depth musical discussion with important voices from hip hop, soul, jazz and so forth. Hosted by Dan-O.

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State of The Game Vol. 148-Art School Dropout w Jamee Cornelia 07.05.2023 1:13:34

ATTENDEES Jamee Cornelia, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the growth from I Don’t Take This Life Shit Seriously to Big Homie to Art School Dropout . Talk specifically about Art School Dropout . Intro and Outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 147-Jagged Beauty of The Underground w/ TreDoes 30.04.2023 1:49:53

ATTENDEES TreDoes, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the musical development of TreDoes w/ new songs possibly leading to a new album as well as the album reviews on Twitter and the acclaim it has garnered. Discuss Another Planet 4 , Planet Unfaithful , & all the weight feathers don’t have as part of the hip hop underground that boldly stakes out anti-pop radio territo...

State of The Game Vol. 146-Templates w/ Midaz The Beast 23.04.2023 1:16:05

ATTENDEES Midaz The Beast, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the DOPE new project The Devil’s Playground w/ Delle Digga. Identify Hip Hop’s critical templates Intro and outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol.145-Grown Folks Music 16.04.2023 1:35:10

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Skyzoo-The Mind of A Saint , Oddisee-To What End , and Sunny War-Anarchist Gospel in depth. Talk about the functional environment for this music as well as the audience for it. Intro and Outro by Andrew

State of The Game vol.144-He Left Nothing for The Swim Back w/ SKECH185 09.04.2023 1:31:38

ATTENDEES SKECH185, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss SKECH185 new album He Left Nothing For The Swim Back in depth. Discuss the legacy of Tomorrow Kings and what goals SKECH185 has for this phase of his career. Intro and outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 143-The Transition w/ ILLOGIC 01.04.2023 1:29:15

ATTENDEES Illogic, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Map the transition from Unforeseen Shadows to Celestial Clockwork to The Transition . Get in depth on The Transition and where it positions Illogic for the future. Intro and Outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 142-The Undeniability of Patty Honcho w Patty Honcho 25.03.2023 1:03:07

ATTENDEES Patty Honcho, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about Patty Honcho’s 2022 projects Life⁠⁠ with Numbz and ⁠⁠Brawler (Round 5) ⁠⁠ in detail. Discuss what Patty accomplished last year and the mission of becoming undeniable. Intro and outro by Andrew. Cop his new album w/ Jesse The Tree.

State of The Game Vol.141-Self-Development w/ Love,Ulysses 18.03.2023 1:31:57

ATTENDEES Love, Ulysses, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from the 2 pack system to a full album. Discuss album 61,265,147 in detail. Intro and Outro by Andrew of sleepingdogs

State of The Game Vol. 140-AOTY List 25-1 w/ Cinemasi aka Dylan Green 11.03.2023 2:55:24

ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss any late year additions that would have been higher if they had come out earlier. Discuss albums 25-1 in depth. Discuss what we are looking forward to in 2023. Intro and Outro by Andrew 

State of The Game Vol. 139-2022 AOTY list 50-26 w/ Cinemasi aka Dylan Green 05.03.2023 1:58:22

ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how ‘critic brain’ evaluates music and albums that didn’t make this list (but made lots of other lists) and the reasoning behind that. Explain the albums of the year 50-26. Intro and Outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 138-Production Trends w Steel Tipped Dove & MIGHTYHEALTHY 27.02.2023 1:32:45

ATTENDEES Steel Tipped Dove, MIGHTYHEALTHY, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about MIGHTYCANNONS w/ MIGHTYHEALTHY & Metal Lung / Days Pass Strange w/ Steel Tipped Dove. Talk about the sonic identity of 2022. Intro and Outro by Andrew 

State of The Game Vol. 137-Flow Fantasy Draft w/ Defcee & Dash Lewis 21.02.2023 1:50:55

ATTENDEES Dash Lewis, Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the magic of Defcee & Boathouse- For ALl Debts Public and Private . Discuss the wonder work Dash Lewis has coming w/ Freemusicempire. Conduct the 2022 Flow Fantasy Draft Intro and outro by Andrew 

State of The Game Vol. 136-Preaching In Havana w/ Fatboi Sharif, Noface & GENG PTP 15.02.2023 1:13:48

ATTENDEES Fatboi Sharif, Noface, GENG PTP, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the formation and goal of Preaching In Havana . Talk about the use of horror perspective to get closer to our emotional reality. Intro and Outro theme by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 135-Sentimental Fool w Lee Fields 05.02.2023 1:15:25

ATTENDEES Lee Fields, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss a life lived in Soul music from 1969 to now. Discuss in detail Lee Fields new album Sentimental Fool and how making art at this stage works.

State of The Game Vol. 134-Drake Conspiracy Theories 29.01.2023 1:12:50

A guest canceled so I kicked my Drizzy theory to K and it turned into a really interesting discussion about Drake. No guest just K and I chopping it up. 

State of The Game Vol. 133-Characteristics of The Ultra-Personal 21.01.2023 1:24:56

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how an ultra-personal rap album hits us, how we should listen to it, and how the personal nature of it effects re-listens. Discuss in detail Short Fuze- The Painkiller Boutique , Teddy Faley- Teddy Brown Brown , and Mavi-Laughing So Hard, It Hurts. Intro and Outro theme by Andrew. Buy his latest album .

State of The Game Vol. 132-The Evolution of Lukah w/ Lukah & Walz 13.01.2023 1:50:02

ATTENDEES  Lukah, Walz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins  AGENDA  New Business Discuss the decision to move from soul sample based production to Walz.  Discuss the methods in which Lukah has grown his team and his world. Intro and Outro by Andrew

State of The Game Vol. 131-Making A Trilogy w/ Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious 09.01.2023 1:22:03

ATTENDEES Teller Bank$, Ed Glorious, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the newest album from Teller and Ed The I & I in detail! Discuss the trilogy from The Grotesque & Beautiful , The Part & Parcel , to The I & I . Is this the last one of this series? If so, why?

State of The Game Vol.130-The Lasso & A. Billi Free 01.01.2023 1:11:30

ATTENDEES Billi Free, The Lasso, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the genesis of Holy Body Roll from last year's Tri Magi album into this one and how the sound has been evolving. Talk about high points for the album as well as plans for the future We also just need to talk about some of the super cool projects The Lasso has done in the past. Intro and Outro song by Andrew...

State of The Game Vol. 129-The Legacy of Tree w/ Vic Spencer 25.12.2022 1:29:17

ATTENDEES Vic Spencer, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Vic Spencer about his best release year! Still Here , Mudslide and Psychological Cheat Sheet 3 and what this year has meant to Vic. Discuss the style, execution and ramifications of Tree. Intro and Outro by Andrew. Full song is here .

Camo Bucket Chats-The Importance of AJ Suede 24.12.2022 1:20:48

Roger aka CamoBucketHats and I decided to meet up once a month or so and chop it up about a topic. The first one he selected was AJ Suede and I was more than happy to discuss. No matter how often we pick apart Suede's work more points present themselves! This discussion rules.

State of The Game Vol.128-The Best Group That Never Was w Zilla Rocca & Andrew 17.12.2022 1:47:09

ATTENDEES Andrew, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the new album Don’t Wait For Me to Leave in terms of vision curation and reception. Discuss the journey of the Re-Up Gang and the counter-historical reality if different decisions had been made. Intro and Outro by Andrew. Check the full song here . 

State of The Game Vol. 127-Label Legacy: Strange Famous w/ Jesse The Tree & Sage Francis 10.12.2022 1:43:40

ATTENDEES Jesse The Tree, Sage Francis, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the origination of Strange Famous Records and what vision characterizes it. Talk about the influence it has had and the stellar 2022 releases. Intro and Outro music from Jesse The Tree's album Pigeon Man . 

State of The Game Vol.126-2022 Senior Class w/ The Rap Music Plug 04.12.2022 1:29:27

ATTENDEES Rap Music Plug, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Draft the nominees from the shared google doc Make the case for their inclusion Affirm or deny Make the next pick Continue until the class feels complete Intro and Outro music from Preaching In Havana by Noface x Fatboi Sharif 

State of The Game Vol.125-So Much Alicia Keys w/ Dylan Green 28.11.2022 1:28:55

ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business December 2021 Alicia Keys released 93 minutes of music(KEYS) and then reissued it in July(KEYS II). Why?! Why is no one talking about it? Where does Alicia Keys fit in the history of music? Is this the best Alicia timeline of all the possible timelines? Intro and Outro by Disco Vietnam off House Rabbi 12