Take It Personal Radio

Episode 126 is chock-full of treats you'll need to check your insulin levels after this. We're talking demos, bootlegs, remixes, deep cuts and  classics from 1992 all the way to 1996. Originally titled the Tiramisu episode to follow-up 360's Chef's Special, we thought playing The Message, talking about It Was Written at the break and giveaway away some sick Get On Down vinyl, including Nas, made t...

Episode 125 is an episode DJ 360 has been wanting to do since the inception of Take It Personal. After 124 episodes and over 620 hours of TIP content, our DJ finally gets his wish.   We're calling this the Chef's Special. Once upon a time DJ's went on a feeling and you weren't quite sure what path the music would take you on, you just know it would take you somewhere. This episode is about freedom...

Episode 124 is our tribute to David Jolicoeur aka Plug Two aka Trugoy the Dove aka 1/3 of one of the greatest groups of all-time. Please join us in this celebration as we take you on this incredible lyrical journey courtesy of Trugoy.   Shouts to Pharoahe Monch, Apathy, Open Mike Eagle, Supastition & Jeru The Damaja for being a part of this tribute. Special thanks goes out to Amy Cinnamon for...

On Episode 123, we're finishing up our NYC Airplay series but this time giving you the college radio version. Last episode we had plenty of G-Unit, Dipset, D-Block, Terror Squad and The Roc, but this episode we're giving you Non Phixion, Screwball, Wee Bee Foolish, D.I.T.C., Juggaknots, Bumpy Knuckles, El-P and J-Live to provide the perfect balance NYC had to offer in the 2000's.   Unfortunately,...

On Episode 122 we're going back to NYC circa 2000-2005, where mix show radio dominated the airwaves. Where clan's, posse's, crew's and clik's peaked with G-Unit, Dipset, D-Block, Terror Squad, Ruff Ryders, Murder Inc and The Roc. This was fresh-off the Nas and Jay-Z battle, when NYC was thriving again and when a kid named Justin Smith completely changed the game. Justin Smith aka Just Blaze went o...

Episode 121 is titled The Set-Up. After these big tributes we do on TIP, you sometimes you have to to decompress, but we can't really take our foot off the pedal too much because we're just getting started.    On this show we take it back to the mid-late 90s with a lot of emphasis on 1996-97. We got bangers from Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga, Camp Lo, Common, Royal Flush,  EPMD, Smoothe Da Hustler,...

Episode 120 is part 2 of our J Dilla Tribute, it also marks the start of our 7th season doing Take It Personal. We started this podcast in 2016 as an excuse to get together and listen to some great music. Who knew this would bring so many people together from all walks of life? We went from talking about rappers on this show to eventually interviewing the very best of them. Rappers we grew up idol...

Episode 119 is our tribute to one of the greatest producers of all-time, J Dilla. Whether you knew him as Jon Doe, Jay Dee, J. Yancey, Dilla Dog or just Dilla, you knew him as the most influential producer hip-hop has seen in the last quarter century. J Dilla wasn't just a musical genius, he absolutely reinventing the way hip-hop was being created. His passion, imagination and the prowess displaye...

Episode 118 is our tribute to the late, great Tame One. We love doing tributes on Take It Personal, but we absolutely hate having to do a tribute them under these conditions. We've lost many great artists over the years like Biz Markie, Kangol Kid, MF DOOM, Prince Markie Dee, Gift of Gab, Shock G, Zumbi, Black Rob, Double K, Len Hub (The Roots), Malik B, DJ Kay Slay, Coolio, Takeoff, Pop Smoke, Hu...

Episode 117 is our chill-out session. We're playing some of the finest jazz, lo-fi hip-hop for your listening pleasure. Grab a bottle of your favorite brown stuff, roll-up something green and just vibe-out to an episode that will guarantee will have you pressing replay.   We've got music from Blackalicious, All Natural, Common Market, Kid Abstrakt, Awon, Binary Star, Last Jazz Club, People Under T...

Episode 116 we're cooking up marvelous shit with part-time TIP member and full-time rapper, Meyhem Lauren. After 7 shows dedicated to 1994, we're warp-zonin' 28 years to 2022 with new music by Kid Abstrakt, Cormega, Rome Streetz, Sol Messiah, Danger Mouse & Ka, Him-Lo & Giallo Point, Open Mike Eagle, Awon, The Artifacts & Buckwild, Benny The Butcher, Freddie Gibbs, JID, Sankofa, Milano...

Episode 115 is part 7 our 1994 Tribute, our series finale. 7 episodes total dedicated to 1994 with over 21 hours of music, including 350 songs. On this episode we dive deep with the forgotten and the unknowns. We've got music from The Boogiemonsters, Dredknotz, Money Boss Players, Finsta Bundy, Three Times Dope, Top Quality, Kirk, Maestro Fresh-Wes, Red Hot Lover Tone, King Sun, Grand Daddy IU, Co...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessa...

Grab yourself a beach towel, a few Red Stripes, a nice spliff and join us on Episode 108 Champion Sound, as we celebrate the marriage between reggae and hip-hop music. We've gathered some of our favorite reggae influenced tracks with some of our favorite hip-hop/reggae collabos and in typical TIP fashion, of course we had to sprinkle in some hidden gems. We've got music from Tiger, Supercat, KRS-O...

Episode 107 is breather from our recent tributes. This all-new music episode is for those not sure where to look, listen or simply don't have the time. We've curated music over the last few months to help bring you up-to-date with bangers by Danger Mouse & Black Thought, Black Star, Pusha T, Kid Abstract, Daniel Son, The Good People, G.S. Advance, Ghettosocks x DK, Napoleon Da Legend, Elzhi, C...

Episode 106 is going to leave most of you in neck braces. After spending the last few episodes on Kanye West, we're taking it back to the essence of Take It Personal Radio. We've got head bangers from M.O.P., Ghostface Killah, Gang Starr, The Beatnuts, Xzibit, Dilated Peoples, Mobb Deep, Big Pun, Non Phixion and Onyx to name a few.   At the break, we discuss the classic indie record The Future Is...

Episode 103 is the 3rd installment of our indie hip-hop tribute series. This time, we’re joined by Mr. Eon of The High & Mighty, who sits with the crew to discuss one of hip hop's greatest eras. We hear stories about how it started for them, the Masta Ace beef, working with Bobbito, The Alchemist, Rashida Jones, Beetlejuice, Kool Keith, Pharoahe Monch, Eminem and Cage. During the late 90s and...

We've done all the big tributes. We've had all the big guests. We've done more in 5 seasons than we could have ever imagined. This year on Take It Personal we'll continue to raise the bar, but more importantly, we want you all to relive your favorite hip-hop memories with us.   We want to remind you all why you fell in love with hip-hop in the first place. Why you rushed out every Tuesday to buy t...

Episode 101 is an ode to 1990.   This was a defining moment in hip-hop as the musical tides started to turn. The 80s were done, as were many of the styles and genres to come out of that decade.   Rap dominated the airwaves and took over pop culture as we know it. While both MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were at the top of the pop charts, it was influential voices like Chuck D, Ice Cube and Shock G tha...

Take It Personal is back with our 1st show of 2022. On episode 100, we decided to do something a little different, something a little more personal. Each member hand picked 10 of their favorite tracks of all-time. 4 mixes in all. You, the listener, will decide which is the best 10-track mix of the 4.   And as a little added bonus, we teamed up with Get On Down to giveaway a bunch of classic vinyl...