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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

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?

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...

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 .

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.

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 . 

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 . 

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 

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

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...