Streets A&R Podcast

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 134. Young God hopped from behind the camera to sit down and chat with getEJIKEwithit to discuss his trip up to Minneapolis to see J.I.D. live and in person. We detailed the entire set-up and discussed how Dreamville has set up their artists to thri...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 133. We discussed the amazing parade in Omaha for Bud Crawford after the beatdown of Canelo! But with that, we also had to address the tense aftermath when Bud was pulled over by Omaha police and guns were drawn. Additionally, we talked about the ma...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 132. We WON!!!! We pulled up to the podcast in a while to discuss the recent victory by Omaha Native and now 3x Undisputed champion of the world, Terrence "Bud" Crawford defeated Saul "Canelo" Alverez in the boxing ring! Being that the city of Omaha...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 131. Some people only dream, and some people make their dreams into reality! We had the bubbly and successful Miami-based, Omaha bred DJ, DJ ReRe, on the podcast! She talked about how she began DJing in college, wanting to be her own individual in t...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 130. We had the pleasure to sit and chat with one of Omaha's fast rising stars in the Afrobeats/Afro-fusion sound wave. We had none other than Kevin Paradise come chop it up with us about his beginnings with moving from Africa to Omaha, finding his...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 129. Some people believe you need to be from a big city, but our guest never let that deter him. We had Lincoln, NE based artist, writer, producer, instrumentalist and singer Ashton Combs come by and share his story on making it in the music industr...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 128. The music drops are finally here, and things are finally heating up this summer! And the artists aren't just dropping albums; they're using intricate individual strategies to get the people to listen. We discussed Dreamville bringing back the "...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 127. There's a saying that "In order to know where you're going, you need to know where you've been." When it comes to media and telling your story, this is as true as ever. We brought in and sat down with the current CEO of the oldest black newspap...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 126 Juneteenth Joy Fest was an amazing time with many dope performers, and we got to sit down with one of them! We sat with the talented KVtheWriter who came all the way from St. Louis for the festival. KV discussed her influences coming from St. Lo...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 125! It was that time of year for Juneteenth Joy Fest, and we had the pleasure of interviewing the festival headliner - Spillage Village affiliate, Mereba! For this interview, we had the Joy Fest curator, Alajia, sit in and conduct the interview wit...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 124! I'm not going to lie, we started this podcast rambling about a few things happening in entertainment, but we eventually got to it. We discussed what seems to be the end of Dreamville as we know it with all of the movement happening with Ari Len...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 123! The Young God joined us on the couch to discuss his epic trip to see the first stop of the Kendrick Lamar and SZA "GNX" Tour! He gave his insights on what happened during the show, the intricacies of the performance and what he enjoyed the most...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 122! It's election time! For cities like Omaha, it's important to have leadership that has the entire city in mind when talking about the mayor's position. We had a chance to sit down with Omaha Mayoral candidate John Ewing and discuss his plan for...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 121! We had the beautiful and talented artist, who will be in the running for newcomer of the year, Ris, join the show! She discussed her start from musical theatre and how that has translated to her music career, learning the ropes in the music bus...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 120! To know where you're going, you have to know where you've been. We had the luck to sit and learn under the tutelage of one of Omaha's original hip-hop DJ's, historians and culture builders, DJ Rip! Rip came through to provide a thorough Omaha h...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 119! I swear this man is a menace, but for a good cause and is definitely for the culture. We invited former MMA fighter, current Bare-Knuckle fighter, and Omaha hip-hop legend Houston Alexander back to the show! Outside of picking on us because we...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 118! We had the pleasure of sitting with someone who's carving out his place in the Nebraska in the music scene through his visuals and his business acumen. Dewey Cox joined us as we discussed his humble beginnings in music, how he shifted to visual...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 117! It's finally here - the 5th Annual Sneaker Soiree! So, we had our headlining acts pull up on us at the Streets A&R studio prior to the amazing event. All the way from Nashville, TN, we got to chop it up with musical front-runners Tim Gent,...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 116! Today, we were joined by the beautiful and talented Afro-fusion artist Maeva Fuego! She discussed her upbringing in the DMV area, how she found her true musical voice and started to incorporate the sounds from her African heritage, and how she...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 115! After all of the national ruckus and hoopla that was the Grammys and Super Bowl, we decided to have a more localized conversation today. We've brought this up before, but the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award (OEAA) continues to be a topic of...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 114! Tell 'em Kendrick did it! And he did it on the biggest stage! For those who missed it (which we're sure that it's not many) Kendrick Lamar performed at the Superbowl Halftime show. He didn't just put on a show, he made sure he made a statement...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 113! It's February, so you know what time it is! Black Heritage Month (even though "they" are trying to eradicate it)! But it means it's also Grammy time and the Superbowl! Ci and Ejike covered the Grammys where there were some major winners from th...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 112! We're not going to lie, it's been a while since getEJIKEwithit and Ciara got to sit and chat on the pod together in real time, and you could tell! Plus, there has been so much happening to pop off the year, we had a lot of ground to cover: from...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 111! It's not common to find people who are genuinely great people, have no problem with sharing and giving, are innovators and risk takers, and believe in developing the people around them. And people that can REALLY cook! We sat down with the owne...

The beats, the flow, the rhythm... All movements start from the streets... Streets A&R Podcast! Welcome to the Streets A&R Podcast for Episode 110! We did it Joe, we did it! We made it to the end of 2024! So, you know what time it is... Everybody's great but terrible but opinionated album list time! But we did ours too! Check out Ciara's top albums of the year and getEJIKEwithit provided u...