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 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...

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 109! We're nearing the end of the year, and we're certainly still on the train of news that started at the top of the year. We discussed the eclectic rapper, Smino, dropping his album to make this year's cut that added to an already great music year...

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 108! We had the beautiful, talented, soothing-voiced singer and poet, Lyriq Lashay, grace our presence with her beautiful and uplifting aura. She gave us an insight into how she got her start in music, how moving to Atlanta helped shape her viewpoin...

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 107! We had a former guest, Keiria Marsha, come back to the pod to not only check out our upgraded aesthetics, but to catch us up on all of the happenings that have catapulted her forward. She discussed the inception and development of her open mic...

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 106! What a surprise for the world! Kendrick Lamar aka K. Dot aka Kung Fu Kenny aka Rap's Boogie Man, just dropped a surprise album out of nowhere. It's entitled "GNX" and it encapsulated the whole west coast energy and the vibes of growing up in 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 105! We know that people feel like the major artists have not been dropping music, but let me tell you, the music has been phenomenal this year! There have been some dope projects released of late. Everything from Ab-Soul, to Tyler, the Creator, Glo...

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 104! The one thing we're seeing as a common trend is both ends of the spectrum of rolling out an album or project, either they do an amazing job, or they completely fumble the bag! We discussed "million dollar baby" artist Tommy Richman and his team...

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 103! A whole lot has transpired since our hosts have had a seat together. Ciara detailed her trip to the ATL to the Revolt Conference and seeing all of the fallout from the Diddler scandal and case, Ejike discussed his trip to Nashville for the Inte...

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 102! Today we had our good friend and music head, and future team member (speaking it into existence) Quincey join as our guest host while Ciara is out handling business. We discussed what it was like to experience interviewing and watching the perf...

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 101! Now that we're on the other side of 100, we can finally get back to business! Today we had to pay our respects to the many musicians and people who have recently transitioned. RIP to Frankie Beverly, Fatman Scoop, Rich Homie Quan, and Beatking!...