From The Desk Of Lo

VIDEO LINK FOR YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/v5SprJtfH24 Friend of the show Bub Rock is back for his :Ed appearance, he definitely is in rare form within this interview, since his last appearance days before Rock Period dropped! The two focused on Rock Period & his recent and very personal release Peace Of Mine & the creation of certain songs of the projects throughout the interview, the first 4 recor...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/9cUfk-x_VWc Killy Shoot is one of those artists that’s a rare breed, hailing from Worcester Massachusetts, Lo & Ill Kill talked hiphop during the early stages of hiphop & what inspired him, the day he discovered Nas’s Illmatic, his artisty style while including Easter egg references to video games & tv shows, video games plays a big part in this interview,...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/p2r9N8BuFUg For the season 8 premiere also first ever recorded live DANKERY HARV (Frank N Dank) also blesses the show with his energy. Dank reflected on his career, his beginnings stages of being a young breakdancer along with his childhood friends Frank Nitt & Slum Village. T3 taking Dank under his wing, J Dilla’s expectations in the studio, showing Dilla...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS:https://youtu.be/frg2LAz5764 For the season 8 premiere FRANK NITT (Frank N Dank, Yancey Boys) blesses the show with his energy. We start off by Frank’s humbled beginnings in Detroit being a young breakdancer to artist, leaving raps on his voicemail, the daily routine with JDilla, making of Pause, first tour with Slum Village & Tribe Called Quest, Dilla going to a Dr. Dre & D...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/nwDP-WGd7_I The Return Of BIG TWINS! Humbled brother Twin stopped by the show to chop it up with Lo for a more in depth interview about his career. We took it back to his childhood growing up on QB hearing Marley Marl make CLASSICS from his building, Notorious B.I.G., Twin’s first appearances as a artist, (The Infamous Demo take, Animal Instinct & All Pro),...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/_2WjmQ5hC-8 DUFFLE BAG RAN! For those who ain’t aware on who Ransom is, go do your research on him! Lo & Ran talked about beginnings on what made him wanna pressure rap to where he’s at now on his music career putting a message in his music while showing the other side too, how his Directors Cut 1-3 with Craven came about, getting a overwhelming reaction fr...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/NvKWHRfd9TY The Return Of JAY ROYALE! BALTIMORE BACK! Jay Royale been having a good year so far his just coming fresh of the release of his Sophomore LP The Baltimore Housing Project. Jay spoke in great detail about the creations process of the LP, talking about damn near the whole tracklist, how he picked the features, video with Skyzoo, cover art being re...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS:https://youtu.be/neffA8IzFas Since Lo & eto last spoke he’s been on a roll, we talked his projects Hell’s Roof with DJ Muggs, his well rounded album “The Beauty Of It”& what went into that project, tracks like No, The Pot, Beloved, Metal Lords, the interludes, then we got into his most recent release “ETO BRIGANTE” soundtrack to the upcoming DVD, working with Ángel “Chi Chi”...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/f3UcR1xW39E Hitch Bing!!!! One Half of the legendary ADUBB!!!!!!!! JERSEY in the house! Hitch & Lo tslk about his humbled beginnings with Lady Luck, how DJ Enuff gave hm the name Hitchcock, the beginnings of his career with Presidential Beatz & the origins of A-Team formed with Ransom, how the work eithc was back 20 years ago, the first A-Team mixtape befor...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/0yrWlBYhx6k BUB ROCK a busy man lately, as he gears up the release of The Rock Period he stops by FTDOL to explain why that’s the 3rd part to his Rock Season & Rocktober projects, His energy he puts into his music, and update on his album with Foulmouth, the cover to Rock Period & the meaning & inspiration behind it, The Walkers, going up to Shade 45, whole...

STREET JUSTICE IS STILL YOUR FAVOURITE GROUP! You may know of Jypsy through is group Street Justice or his work with Middle Finger Music! Coming outta Inkster Michigan Jyps talked to Lo about the beginning stages of Street Justice (Ketch P, Jypsy & Redd) coming together after high school to record music together. Jypsy got in great detail about the groups first two mixtapes The Coffee House mixtap...

SPODA AKA MISTA DOPEFLOW CHECKS IN!!!!BIG WALK & TALK! If your been in tune with this underground renaissance you should by know heard of Spoda! During 2019 him & Wavy Da Ghawd drooped a project that aged well over a year into its release titled Full Court Press! During this interview Spo talks about how he got his name, him not being new to this by acknowledging his past mixtapes, knowing the lan...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/WBYIi7ghktk FLY CITY’s FINEST JON CONNOR is in the building via video calling! Jon & Lo talked about what inspired his live interviews on IG, got some big names too, his original nickname, recording his project The Calling pt 1, the very first beat he rhymed too, documenting most of his life, loving all genres of music, Master P’s & No Limit Inspiring him &...

For Part 2 Agapé, arrives in Japan with Isosceles, Boya D comes 9 months later. Agapé was recording with Warner Music during these times with a lot Japanese artists, learning about the music culture in Japan & becoming established in Japan, recording the new Isosceles around in the early 2000s, his history with Japan record label Jazzy Sport, meeting MRK SX when he went by D.Focis & even forming...

Agapé f.k.a. Shrimpy of Isosceles a hipgop group hailing from Saskatoon Saskatchewan gives FTDOL one of be best interviews of Canadian HipHop History! Agapé started off by telling Lo where it all started in Saskatoon Saskatchewan, discovering HipHop & Skateboarding in the mid 80s, having satellite in the 90s to have access to the USA channels then pursuing music in the 92, how he ending up inter...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/46ca6OdxD2M J.Hill is a legend within the Detroit HipHop Scene & our Special Co:Host 1st Born, IRON FIST & Big Proof’s right hand man, J.Hill touches on the subjects about his humbled beginnings with being very independent before linking with 1st & Proof, we talk about Bandcamp, his classic album They Want Street Fame & what went into it, what 1st thought o...

DNTE is one hell of a solo artist & one half of the Toronto based duo FalconCrest! DNTE (pronounced Dante) talked to Lo about his humbled beginnings getting into hiphop early early on, how FalconCrest came to be, his DNTE came about, his solo albums like a Crystal Pianos, his recent release Grandizer, The FalconCrest album with Camouflage Monk, anime, weed, the talent Toronto Underground has and s...

Dizz & L.Y. are one hell of a duo! Hailing from Detroit Michigan the two have a chemistry that’s undeniable! You may of heard of them thought Kxng Crooked thought My Brother Dizz (Producer for The Weeklys 2019) or L.Y.’s solo collab that got Crook aware of Dizz! We talk about how they met, their first projects leading up to their Trilogy projects, working with Kid Vishis, MRK SX, & much more withi...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/C5ph7qvat2Q J57 & El Gant first start off the show by introducing themselves & what they bring to the table individually, their history with Fat Beats, the two meeting watching, how Jamo Gang’s Walking With Lions came together, How the group formed, El Gants humbled beginnings with Battle Rap, his solo work & album with Tek (SmifNWessun) his interesting tim...

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/mXCg-qBLnLU SEASON 7!!!!!! Lo has the return of Detroit legend FATT FATHER! Also with him is son DJ Oreeyo! Fatts talks about his recent release King Father album, DJ Oreeyo finding his way into music, their father & son bond, his upcoming album with Middle Finger Music titled Soccer Dad, will the project with him & MarvWon come out? As well they talk possi...

Heather Victoria has a beautiful soul and heavenly sent voice! She’s the very first RnB/Soul artist to appear on the show, Heather & Lo talked about her about her 2019 album Boutique Hotel & what went into that beautiful project, some influences & paying homage to Mary J Blige, 9th Wonder encouraging her to do her first project, touring with Rapsody, SmifNWessun, the rise of North Carolina, & much...

KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE IS BACK! Since the last time Lo & Pirate talked he has released 2 AMAZING projects after his phenomenal debut album FlintLock. Pirate chopped it up with Lo about his recently project Family Jewels & what went into if & the history behind it with, production from E.L.E.M.N.T. & Cuns, staying true to his roots, his verse on Tom Chambers, experience within HipHop’s early years (P...

E.L.E.M.N.T. Produced some of your favourite joints you definitely been bumping also this is his second time on the show! We talked about working with Ron Lawrence in his early days, putting together Knowledge The Pirate’s Family Jewels with Italy based producer Cuns, having a huge collection of beats he is sitting on, digging for actual vinyl, gems for for the art of producing, taking full advant...

XP The Marxman is truly a product of hiphop, Residing in Los Angeles, XP talked to Lo about growing up in LA being inspired by the east coast, his beginnings with Rhyme Addicts, staying true to his roots, branching off into solo, first time going overseas, working at the Rescue Mission, what album introduced him to the underground, what XP The Marxman stands for, how his project Contiuna A Sparae...

All Hail Y.T. & GeneralBackPain came together to release a fire body of work titled Classic Villains, Lo, Y.T. & GBP talked about Y.T. linking with GBP over a previous collab, building together, naming the song titles after classic villains in pop culture & real life, the various production, why GBP doesn’t show his face, Y.T. & Tone Beatz “The Spoils Of Babylon”, GBP’s Holy Hands 2, Y.T.’s chemis...