Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with legendary hip hop artist, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Chuck D. The PE frontman breaks news on the firing of Flavor Flav and guess what? The joke is on you! The hard rhymer talks about the new Enemy Radio album, Loud is Not Enough, the Bernie Sanders concert and he breaks down the origins of Public Enemy and some of their most influent...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, legendary artist, Brooklyn's own, Buckshot. The Black Moon artist breaks down the business side of music,gives business advice to new artist during the pandemic, and the impact of quarantining and Covid-19 has had on the livelihood of the artist. Buckshot discusses the benefits of D-Nice's Instagram Live, his new venture, Buckshot Mobile and his new book...

This week on The Library, Tim sits down with 14 Trapdoors. Made up of the artists known as  Bendyface, WZA,  Short Moscato, these artists discuss continuing to help put Buffalo, NY on the map. They talk about who they are, their influences, the late Mac Miller, MF Doom, working on a new project with 88 Keys, their own production, performing at a public library and what they plan to accomplish with...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down to talk with hip hop artist Grafh, from Ground Central Coffee in New York City. Grafh tells Tim about how he masked his feelings after his dad was murdered and his continuing struggle to reconcile his death. Grafh breaks down the story behind the tracks, sequencing an album and features from his latest project, THE ORACLE III. He also discu...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with artist, Fokis. Fokis and Tim talk about his project "This Thing Called Life", lyrics, art, exercising, Ras Kass and much more.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Detroit MC and MD, Lazarus. Tim and Lazarus discuss touring with Wu-Tang Clan, his current tour with GZA, the impact of legendary Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Lazarus as an artist and the hip hop scene in Pakistan. Lazarus also talks about the intricacies of rhyming in multiple languages, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, a...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with Sa-Roc backstage at Elsewhere Hall in Brooklyn, NY during Rapsody's "A Black Woman Created this Tour". The Rhymesayers MC discusses her new music, being open with her fans through music, confidence through writing, and the importance of going out on tour with Rapsody and the significance behind it.  Hosted by Simplecast, an A...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, documentary filmmaker, Asri Bendacha sits down to talk about his new film, The Pursuit of Greatness. The documentary follows up and coming hip hop artist, Jon Rise as he struggles with balancing finances, family issues, his dream to become a famous rapper, while Asri explores the hip hop industry in the digital era. Tim and Asri talk about the film, his...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with artist, NIkki Jean at Webster Hall in New York City. The Rhymesayers artist talks about how working with greats such as Bob Dylan, Carole King, Carly Simon, Lamont Dozier, Jimmy Webb, and Burt Bacharach, have changed her writing. She discusses her broad range of influences from Irving Berlin to hip hop and the impact they have had on h...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with legendary producer, DITC's Buckwild. Topics discussed:  Years 1993, '94 and '95 being turning points for Hip Hop music, the late, great Big L, the role of a producer, how a trip to L.A. helped shape the Buckwild production sound, learning about R&B from Babyface and being influenced by The Bomb Squad. Buckwild also talks secrets to...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to the co-founder of AllHipHop. Com, Chuck Creekmur. The Hip Hop journalist talks about his love for Hip Hop culture, why he and his business partner, Greg Watkins, started AllHipHop.com. Chuck discusses about the criticisms and pressures to represent Hip Hop culture accurately, the future of the site and reflects on what he learned about himse...

FROM THE ARCHIVES:  Tim Einenkel shares his past interview with artist, actor Common. The Chi-City MC talked about his memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense,  why he almost gave up on rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar? and uses his music to plan out his personal story. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, we replay Tim's interview with Rich Nice. Rich was the first Rapper signed to the famed Motown Records label. When Nice isn't lending his voice to A & R Room with Sway, he's working as an A&R and Marketing Executive, as well as the founder of the production Team “The TrackMasters."  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, we replay our interview with the late , great Combat Jack himself, Reggie Ossé. During this interview, Reggie talked about his series Mogul: The Life & Death of Chris Lighty. Ossé talked about what he's learned in the research and production of this six part series, and what he's learned about his own story during the process. The two podcasting vete...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Spice 1. The West Coast OG talks his latest album Platinum OG, opening for N.W.A when he was 16 years old , learning from Eazy-E, real gangsters vs. “studio gangsters”, first meeting UGK, the late Pimp C’s influenced on the game,  life lessons, hip hop industry’s impact on the weed industry, breaks down his lyrics, writing process and more. ...

In 2015, MaLLY, released the incredible track called “Say My Peace”. I went searching for more from the Minneapolis DJ/Producer/Emcee but he had already stopped releasing music. Then in September of 2019, there was announcement: MaLLY would be releasing new music. His album The Journey to a Smile just dropped. MaLLY joins The Library with Tim Einenkel to discuss his new work, his music hiatus, his...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Brooklyn MC, Von Pea. The Brooklyn native talks about his new album City for Sale, the gentrification of his hometown and takes us on a journey through his neighborhood, the importance of certain intersections and how Sumner Projects shaped him as a person and artist. Follow The Library on Twitter @LibrarywithTim Follow Von Pea on Twitter @VonPea Hosted...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Bronx MC, David Bars, who just dropped his new project, The Bar Code, comes through to talk about his early days of spitting in elementary and high school, details the creative process when collaborating with great producers and artists such as D.I.T.C, Fat Joe, and writing for a DJ Premier beat after eating a steak for dinner. And more importantly he de...

He is an artist and DJ of the highest caliber, pushing boundaries musically with each release. He is DJ Shadow and his new double album Our Pathetic Age continues the tradition. This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, DJ Shadow sits down for an extremely in-depth conversation about the creative process, stories behind the music and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel,  CL Smooth. The legendary MC shares stories about collaborations with Large Professor, DJ Krush, The Roots, and Run DMC.  He talks 25 years of hip hop culture and rap music, working with the late, great Heavy D, how John Legend helped him elevate his art, writing a track without a curse, the importance of keeping fit and much much more. Hosted by Simplec...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Detroit MC, Bizarre. The former D12 member talks about growing up in Detroit, life before fame, Eminem as the producer, new music and what to expect from his new album.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Bobby Feeno (Arian Foster, former NFL Running Back). The Mass Appeal Records artist talks about his new EP, A Late February, lyrics, purpose of his art, the power of his celebrity, and how hip hop has become the Capitalist monster it was born to destroy.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection an...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Black Moon. The legendary hip hop group discuss their newest album, Rise of Da Moon, creative process,  what continues to make the Black Moon sound and the legacy of Ralph McDaniels, Video Music Box and how it impacted their careers.  Buck Shot  goes in-depth regarding a neurological condition he's been living with since early 2000s and how it affects hi...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Dr. Octagon himself, Kool Keith. The cofounding member of Ultramagnetic MCs talks about the origins of the group, his evolution and development as an artist, why he respects and appreciates what new MCs and producers are doing, what's holding back old school artists and talks about the legacy of the late, Tim Dog. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...

This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with the first MC on wax, MC Sha-Rock. In part two of the interview, Sha-Roc talks about getting screwed over by with Sugar Hill Records and Sylvia Robinson, logistics of signing a label contract,  why her place in hip hop history has been lost and much more. Make sure to listen to the end when you hear DMC of Run-DMC explain the influence...