Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the LORD JUCO interview session! This elusive yet highly productive MC / producer from Toronto has been building a loyal following over the past few years, and it almost came crashing down after a devastating car accident at the end of 2019. Thankfully, Juco persevered, healed, got his health in order and is setting himself up to have a very successful 2020....

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep252: COVID-19 Edition 13! We’re still playing this thing safe folks - Meeks is calling in from the comfort of his own home while Doe is holding down the decks from Dirty Blanket Studios - it ain’t ideal, but for the time being we’re keeping this thing on the tracks one way or another. If you haven’t noticed, there’s a ridiculous amount of quality rap sh*t out right...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the LORD GOAT interview session! It can’t get much better than this, Vangardians. Lord Goat fka GORETEX of the legendary NON-PHIXION has been warning us of this exact moment in time over the past two DECADES. Thanks to friend of Southern Vangard Radio, J57, we connected with GORE ELOHIM to get his take on the COVID-19 pandemic, having to live with “The Future...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep251: COVID-19 Edition 11! It’s Week 5 of quarantine here at Southern Vangard Radio - Doe and Meeks are getting pretty good at this virtual thang for the most part, hopefully we’ll be able to return to a more normal show in the near future. Until then, it’s Doe in Marietta and Meeks in the SWATS still putting it together Twice A Week for ya’ll regardless! Lots of new...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the ILLPO interview session! This one is long overdue, Vangardians, as we’ve been playing this groups music since Episode 56 (that’s 2016), thanks to the homie and ILLPO collaborator, D.R.U.G.S. Beats, for putting us on. This week finds the Greensboro, NC duo dropping “Mercy Rules,” a new long player produced entirely by NC producer on the come-up B Squared....

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep250: COVID-19 Edition 09! TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY mix shows since January 1, 2012. Thank ya’ll for tuning in - another milestone, another Twice A Week extravaganza, let’s get straight to it. We’re still on that quarantine sh*t - Meeks dialing in from the SWATS and Doe holding down Dirty Blanket Studios is how this thing is gonna go until it shapes up outside. All that...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the E.L.E.M.N.T. interview session! This producer has been dropping straight soundtracks on ya’ll the past few years with fellow PNC Knowledge The Pirate and they’re both back to kick off spring with “Family Jewels”, a searing 8-song project that is also half produced by Italy’s Cuns of Tuff Kong Records. We get a COVID-19 update to kick things off and then g...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep249: COVID-19 Edition 07! We’re rolling into Week 4 of quarantine / lockdown / shelter-in-place / whatever the f*ck you call it - it’s far from ideal, and frankly Meeks & Doe are gettin’ a little pissy about it. Nonetheless, we’re keeping this thang moving! We have two outstanding drops this week as you might imagine - Ep249 is filled to the brim with new joints, in...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the G. HUFF and LENA JACKSON interview session! Doe & Meeks check in with these two monstrous MC’s from their homes in Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, NC, respectively, as this was a big week for them. This Wednesday, they dropped the second remix from their latest EP, “Grace and Alchemy” -a remix for “A Day In The Life” that features West Coast legend Spice 1! W...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep248: COVID-19 Edition 05! Ya’ll at the crib right? If you’re not your ass needs to be so we can move past this thing and get back to it - alright, enough preaching - it’s Doe & Meeks back with that Twice A Week type thang Vangardians! New music is abound and plentiful, so we get into the latest and greatest treats out right now - which includes a WORLD EXCLUSIVE fro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SQUEEGIE O interview session, COVID-19 Edition 04! We head to Staten Island this week to talk with MC / Producer SQUEEGIE O, who has been making quite a name for himself as of late, especially after dropping his latest LP, “F.N.T.G. (From Niggaz To Godz)”. With a recent cosign and “LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ” playlist placement from DJ PREMIER, this gentlema...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep247: COVID-19 Edition 03! Hey ho Vangardians, hope this finds everyone safe and well - your guys Meeks and Doe got a heaping of that raw for you this week to lighten your spirit and put a pep in your step! Take one look at the track listing for this week and you’ll see we have WORLD EXCLUSIVES a plenty - including never before heard beats from D.R.U.G.S. Beats as we...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SABAC RED interview session, COVID-19 Edition 02! First and foremost, Meeks and Doe hope everyone is taking care of themselves physically, mentally and spiritually given the situation the entire world is in right now. Second, we’re gonna keep delivering that Smithsonian Grade twice a week as usual, but a little differently as Meeks has to dial in virtuall...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep246: COVID-19 Edition 01! Well folks - what do you say? Nothing to say that hasn’t already been said other than we’re back at it - albeit a little differently. Don’t get it twisted - DOE & MEEKS will STILL be providing you that twice a week Smithsonian Grade while also doing what we can to protect our families & the community. The format remains the same - mix on Tu...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the POUNDS interview session! This Rochester MC has been building quite the following over the past few years, and launched a missile at the end of 2019 with BUCKWILD of DITC in the form of “TRAFFICANTE”, a gritty 12 cut LP that boasts features from ROC MARCIANO, BENNY THE BUTCHER, SONNY BAMBOO, CRIMEAPPLE, CLIFTON HASTON, MAX MARCIANO & BLASS 89. Pounds brea...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep245! To paraphrase friend of Southern Vangard Radio, the one and only JERRY GRAHAM - the juggle is REAL, Vangardians. Even in the middle of a Doe’s basement renovation - we giving ya’ll that straight raw regardless. This week we had no ceiling the studio, insulation hanging everywhere, paint fumes abound AND the volume could barely be turned up cause there’s no ceil...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the B.A BADD interview session! We head to what might be the new Mecca for that authentic hip-hop shit at the moment - upstate NY - to chat with Syracuse born B.A Badd, now a resident of Buffalo. B.A dropped off a plate of that raw at the end of 2019 called “EVERYBODY EATS”, an LP that boasts features from AA RASHID, ADONIS, CONWAY THE MACHINE, MAFIOSA, ROME...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep244! You missed us last week didn’t you? It’s ok, tell us how you’re feeling…Doe & Meeks are an integral part of your life, and it hurts a lil’ bit on the inside when you don’t get that twice a week fix, doesn’t it? It’s ok…don’t worry your pretty lil’ head now, ‘cause we’re back Vangardians! While the amount of music that has dropped since 243 is staggering - we st...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Joe. D Interview session! It’s a celebration on many fronts this week, Vangardians. First - this marks our 200TH INTERVIEW SESSION! In five years, we’ve cranked out 243 mix shows and 200 interview sessions to date. Thank you all for listening. Second and third, we have two anniversaries to celebrate with our in-studio interviewee this week - none other PG...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep243! WAAALCOME Vangardians - this is another week for celebrating as we’re dropping our 200th interview session this week! 243 mix shows and 200 in-depth interviews over the past five years, it’s looking pretty likely we will hit a landmark 500 pieces of content total before the year wraps up. Ok, back to weekly biz - in addition to the usual new rap records and tra...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the DIRT PLATOON interview session! RAF ALMIGHTY & SNOOK DA CROOK, two Baltimore MC’s that are also biological brothers, dropped a ringer at the top of 2020 in the form of “Get Ya Hands Dirty, - a neck snapping LP that features O.C. (DITC), RUSTE JUXX, GUILTY SIMPSON & the FEL SWEETENBERG, and boasts production from Fel, ABYSS DWELLA, DJ BRAN & NAPALM. We sat...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep242! Hey there world - if you’re reading this right now, you made it through January of the Twenty Twin Twin! That’s no small feat given how the year has started out. Since we all made it another day, might as well drop off two more pieces of that Smithsonian Grade on you this week - Ep242 is filled to the brim with tons of new music, as well as a quick check-in fro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Wais P interview session! Vangardians - the bar has officially been set VERY high for 2020 as of this interview. Let’s just say when Wais P calls in via FaceTime, you know it’s gonna be a good time. Wais is riding high off the release of “Chinchilla”, an 8-track escapade produced entirely by Statik Selektah that boasts features from Nems, Paul Wall, Terma...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep241! Well hello there Vangardians! It’s your friendly neighborhood mix show and interview hosts Doe & Meeks back with two more pieces of stellar content this week. The last mix of January is filled to brim with all new goodies, and also delivers a quick catch up conversation with one of Toronto’s finest, ASUN EASTWOOD! Hilarity is rampant throughout, make sure you c...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Bernard Rollins interview session! This Frederick, MD based artist shut it DOWN at the end of 2019 by supplying the artwork for one of the biggest hip-hop drops of last year - Roc Marciano’s “Marcielago.” Unbeknownst to us - it just so happened we were coordinating this very interview while Bernard was toiling away on the blaxploitation-inspired visual! W...