Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

On March 31st, J-Live will release his 7th album, "His Own Self;" an album. One track on the album is called "Mic Singletary." J spits “The/ station don’t play it/they're playing with our patience/. ”On The Library with Tim Einenkel, I asked J-Live what role does commercial radio play for him as a hip hop artist? “There's plenty of satellite radio that plays real hip hop,"...

On March 31st, J-Live will release his 7th album, "His Own Self;" an album. One track on the album is called "I Am Man" which serves as J’s open letter to abusive police as well as their apologists and supporters. On The Library with Tim Einenkel, J-Live explains why he wrote the track: "When things are documented and it's right there for everybody to see and there's still...

On March 31st, J-Live will release his 7th album, "His Own Self;" an album with zero features. When asked on The Library with Tim Einenkel what if their were any challenges to being the only MC on the album, J-Live said: "I don't know if it's so much dominating the time on the mic was a challenge as much as when you take off that artist hat and put on that marketing hat, a lot of ti...

On March 31st, J-Live will release his 7th album, "His Own Self;" an album with zero features. When asked on The Library with Tim Einenkel what if their were any challenges to being the only MC on the album, J-Live said: "I don't know if it's so much dominating the time on the mic was a challenge as much as when you take off that artist hat and put on that marketing hat, a lot of ti...

Tim Einenkel Pro Unlimited 103 followers103 101 tracks101 Report On March 31st, J-Live will release his 7th album, "His Own Self,", when asked on The Library with Tim Einenkel how he's been able to stay truth to himself as an artist and have not fall victim to "selling out", J responded: "I was raised in what people call the Golden Era as far as you don't bite, you don't g...

This week on The Library, Tim talks to North Carolina MC Rapper Big Pooh of the group Little Brother about his new EP for Mello Music Group called "Words Paint Pictures" which was completely produced by Apollo Brown. Tim asks Rapper Big Pooh about the first single off the EP, "Stop" and the inspiration behind the track. "That was an actually true story. That was the last t...

“That's a special track,” hip hop producer and dj, Mr. Green tells The Library's Tim Einenkel on rapstation.com about the record Dark Streets (feat. R.A The Rugged Man and Amalie Bruun) of Malik B. and his new album, Unpredictabel. Mr. Green continues “Not just because R.A. The Rugged Man's on it and he's legendary....He's a master of the studio techniques. Of just arranging a track; putting toget...

“It's been a couple of years working on the album but it came out exactly how I wanted it to,“ hip hop producer and dj, Mr. Green tells The Library's Tim Einenkel on rapstation.com about his upcoming album Live From The Streets (under the label, Duck Down Records). Live From The Streets , presented by Vice Media Noisey, started out as a web series three years ago and within the first year co-creat...

  This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to producer, dj, host and creator Mr. Green about his web series Live From The Streets (Vice Media Noisey) as well as the album Live From The Streets (Duck Down Records). What's Mr. Green's artistic attraction to the street musician performancer? “I love it. I think it's beautiful. If I were more of a traditional musician with instruments and...

"biggie was definitely keeping the East coast on point with the lyrics" Sadat X, co-founding members of the legendary hip-hop group, Brand Nubian tells The Library's Tim Einenkel while discussing his new album "Never Left." Sadat X continued, "I think we would have stayed more familiar with our own style." Download Tim's interview with Sadat X here thelibrarywithtimei...

This week on The Library we talking the "Miami Mixtape King" DJ EFN who has just released his debut studio album, "Another Time" which features artists such as: INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P., Cormega, Bun B, Jarren Benton, Black Milk, David Banner, Jon Connor, N.O.R.E., Fashawn, Troy Ave, Scarface, Stalley, Juvenile, Talib Kweli, Redman,Sean Price, Trick Daddy, Denzel Curry,...

Miami's Mixtape King”DJ EFN, sat down with me on The Library to talk about his new album “Another Time” which features INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P., Cormega, Bun B, Jarren Benton, Black Milk, David Banner, Jon Connor, N.O.R.E., Fashawn, Troy Ave, Scarface, Stalley, Juvenile and many more. In this clip EFN tells us how the track “Survival” came together which features Juvenile, Dead Prez &...

Miami's Mixtape King”DJ EFN, sat down with me on The Library to talk about his new album “Another Time” which features INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P., Cormega, Bun B, Jarren Benton, Black Milk, David Banner, Jon Connor, N.O.R.E., Fashawn, Troy Ave, Scarface, Stalley, Juvenile and many more. In this clip EFN tells us how the track “Paradise” came together which features Talib Kweli, Wrekonize &am...

Confession time. I'm not rapper Pitbull's number 1 fan. That said, there are tons of people who do like him and I can't fault them for that. Miami's Mixtape King”DJ EFN, sat down with me on The Library to talk mostly about his new album “Another Time” but was also kind enough to explain Pitbull's popularity and music to me. Check out DJ EFN's "Another Time" Here itunes.apple.com/us/album...

North Carolina MC “Rapper Big Pooh” of the group Little Brother has continued to not just perfect his craft as a solo artist but also continue to use his art in order to speak out against injustices. On March 24th, 2015 he'll release his debut EP called “Words Paint Pictures.” The 1st single off the EP is "Stop" which tells a story of a racist police stop while eulogizing Oscar Grant, Mi...

This whole project is a passion project. It wasn't like a big money play. A big play to sell records. “ DJ EFN tells Tim on The Library about his debut album “Another Time.” He continues, “I'm paying homage to my that generation (golden era). I'm not just paying homage to my generation...we were taught that you always pay respect to the pioneers...and that is what I was doing by having Umar from T...

This week on The Library, we air the final part of Tim's interview with legendary MC Divine Styler. Styler discusses his latest album, Def Mask,the lack of content diversity in rap music, his Muslim faith and how his dad's profession influenced him as a person and an artist. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

Divine Styler is a rapper. Divine Styler is also a Muslim. An art form such as Hip-Hop not only pushes the boundaries of society, it also pushes one's personal beliefs. I asked the MC how much of his faith play a role in his art? Are the two usually in sync or does he find himself running into personal contradictions? The final part of my interview with Divine Styler will be up soon. Meanwhile che...

On May 5, 2015, eMC will released their newest album "The Tonite Show". Prior to the completion of the album, I asked Masta Ace what we could expect from this album. "It's about eMC being a musical guest on The Tonight Show..Comedian Russell Peters will be the host of the album...I can't wait for people to hear the album because they will really be blown away by it." Hear more...

Divine Styler, has had an atypical 25 year career as an MC. Look at his discography and you'll see that even though he has only come out with 4 albums, each of his albums have had the goal of pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can, and should be. His newest album, Def Mask, came out late 2014 and is truly an incredible album. This week on The Library, Tim talks to the legendary MC about his la...

"All art should have certain components involved. There should be a component of design, organization, entertainment and thought," Legendary MC, Divine Styler tells Tim on The Library. He continues, “What is it saying? What is it telling you? How is it speaking to you? Regards to nowadays. There's this unspoken, unconscious rule that you got to dumb it all down and shit. Make it easy for...

“In the early days there were no constraints. there were no boundaries.” Legendary MC, Divine Styler tells Tim on The Library. “We didn't know what we were doing; we were just having fun. No matter what expression of it you did, whether you were a DJ, whether you were a b-boy, it was just something you did.  It all came together and converged at some point and then it became this thing called hip-...

Divine Styler, has had an atypical 25 year career as an MC. Look at his discography and you'll see that even though he's only has come out with 4 albums, each of his albums have had the goal of pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can, and should be. I asked him why does he create albums that push the limits of hip-hop? Styler: "I've never cared  from the beginning...And that's what the fun...

This week on The Library, Tim talks to legendary MC Sadat X about his new album "Never Left", the disconnect between the younger hip-hop generation and the older hip-hop generation, labels setting up today's artists for short careers and what Sadat likes most about New York City. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

"I think the way that they're doing it, especially with these younger kids they're setting it up for the one hit wonders." Sadat X, co-founding members of the legendary hip-hop group, Brand Nubian tells The Library's Tim Einenkel while discussing his new album "Never Left." Sadat X continued, "you see somebody like Bobby Shmurda unfortunately that is lock up now will proba...