The LIKEITORNOT Podcast

LIKEITORNOT we’re back! And this time we bring back Hoody Coob, thrift god extraordinaire, undercover food agent and all around good guy. We talked about food of course and burgers seemed to be the topic of the podcast. Funny too cause we were lucky enough to be paid a special visit by Tre, owner of Wing Wizard & Thingz. We covered the eTc x 7Seas event, drank plenty of the collaboration brew...

LIKEITORNOT is back! This time we welcome Angel in, owner and operator of Angel’s Cocina, his personal business, where he makes his famous tamales & sells them by the dozen. He also makes his own salsa verde and brought some of that too. Jean-Pierre film and food came through as well to join us and talk shop. He and Angel are not only friends but have worked together in the kitchen and know ea...

LIKEITORNOT is back with another 1! 1st off, an episode this special meant calling Tre & getting some wings for the show & if you pay attention to the podcast then you know that Tre is the owner of Wing Wizard & Thingz . And boy did he come through! And on one day notice! He also sat down and rolled up some nice fat joints of the Oishii s/o my guy Travis. Anyways to get to the fcking p...

LIKEITORNOT is back. This time we bring back Carl for Sheboygan part 2 and we include a trip to Hanks Bar and Pizza and sprinkle in rapper BigFace Ray, who accompanied us to eat the pizza and then joined us on the podcast as well.  Expect to see more of Carl in the future, LIKEITORNOT.  And if you see Ray in the city tell em the people have spoken and we want that house album he and DJ QJ have bee...

LIKEITORNOT is back! This time we welcome Seattle based rapper Don Dishes to the podcast. Don wear many hats and talks about all his hustles in this funny ass episode recorded in downtown Tacoma at Post Office Studios. Local tastemaker 5’ O Clock Rich joined the episode as well as your favorite photographers, favorite photographer, Jean-Pierre films! We started the day off all linking at e9 Brewin...

The 420 Extravaganza episode recorded at the 765 Broadway Gallery is now live wherever you stream your podcasts! First off, a huge thanks to my long time friend Dion for allowing us to use his space and the great Umi W. aka the Other Guy for not only returning to the podcast he helped build but also for facilitating the venue. We had the best dispensary in Tacoma, Mary Mart in the building as our...

New LIKEITORNOT is now live wherever you listen to podcasts. Have you discovered @wingwizardthingz yet? Follow them to see where they will pull up next. Lately they’ve been @beerstartacoma and most recently surprised the Ave this past Friday night and pulled up kitty corner from @djqjandfriends in the Tapco parking lot, which ended up being more cracking than the party?! Almost but the point is, t...

LIKEITORNOT is finally back with the 2nd episode of 2024, with the one and only Jan Parker! I was nervous for this one but those feelings quickly dissipated after we hit record. We started the day doing Brunch at Manuscript, a new Tacoma Restaurant/Night Club off of a Tacoma Ave.  in the old Odin Brewing location. I was hungover. JP of All Purpose Media accompanied us and got some video that we’ll...

New LIKEITORNOT is live! This time I had the pleasure of having my friend Carl in to talk about a number of things, including our appreciation for the sports card hobby, how important and vital music is for one’s soul, why you should always keep atleast $200 cash on ya & where to stay and what to do when in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Carl tells us all about his traveling adventures, his favorite ba...

Welcome to the first episode of the year. Just me in my living room recapping the first few weeks of 2024 and giving my two cents on a few local Tacoma food spots. First off, I’m letting you know about the Buddy's Chicken & Waffles x Sidepiece Kitchen Buddy collab and that it is back this week! They are said to only be making 150 of the Buddy Bowls, so make sure to get yours!!  On another...

Part 2 of the Tacoma Sunday Market series is live! Another episode where I gathered a few friends to eat, drink and bullshit with me for a  few hours. This is what came of it. Thanks again to everyone who has listened and shared the podcast, without y’all LIKEITORNOT is nothing. So get read for another hour full of nonsense and raunchy comments from co-hosts that may leave you scratching your head...

Day games, day drinking, day anything, SIGN ME UP! This episode is a day at the ballpark with LIKEITORNOT. 1st off, Shout out to the Tacoma Sunday Market, Rich & Desi, & all of our listeners who continue to support the cast, LIKEITORNOT. In this episode, we take it back to where it all started for AHyp, aka Coach, Cheney Stadium. Joined by a few associates and local celebrities throughout...

LIKEITORNOT & friends are back at it with another episode, this time, we have @jasontreehawk of @treehawk.farms on! Listen in to hear a behind the scenes perspective from a cannabis company owner telling his story from the ground up, mixed in with hot takes & random stories you won’t hear anywhere else.  Can’t miss content y’all! The Tito’s was flowing, the Treehawk was burning & AHyp...

Join us for the latest episode of LIKEITORNOT, where every episode is a treat if you really listen in. This time,  Bruce Leroy co-hosts with Coach aka A-Hyp as they welcome in rapper/producer/creative Noo Makes Music & 1of1 Neo from Chicago. (The boys also were live in the Metaverse the entire time in Seoul, Korea, s/o Michael Pierce, the GM!) Anyways, a truly entertaining episode that took pl...

Part 1 of the EuroTour Diaries w/ DJ QJ is out now. We dive deep into his recent European tour with Travis Thompson and also talk a lot about what shaped him, his influences & how he got into music. Over an hour of tour stories and laughter you won’t get anywhere else, LIKEITORNOT with Quincy James out now wherever you stream podcasts at.  Support the show Thanks for listening to the latest ep...

The summer kick off for the Tacoma Sunday Market commenced the first Sunday of June down at the Old Post Office Building and I was fortunate enough to sit down with the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mr. DJ Supreme La Rock. He was also DJ’n this day so we had a limited amount of time as we sat and conversed about his early upbringings and introduction to hip hop, his early and continued love a...

Welcome back to LIKEITORNOT! I had a lot of fun with this one. Played some cuts, drank a beer, called Q in Glasgow & finally got thru , talked about the upcoming Night Show on 6/24 at Alma, shoutout to Daryl Crews & special guest Brian "B.Dot" Miller of Rap Radar, its gonna be a great event. I also shared how you can help Buddy’s Chicken & Waffles get into that brick & mo...

This past Sunday, as Mother’s Day festivities commenced, I had the opportunity to host another episode of what is widely known as thee LIKEITORNOT Podcast. My guests that evening were Perry Porter and Baloogz, who are a duo for the first time with Porter’s release of "Chariot”. Out for a week now it boasts perhaps the best features I’ve seen on an album for awhile, (peep the track list) and t...

LIKEITORNOT is back with Oranj Goodman! Giving y’all another episode that is sure to make you laugh and cry, think, do and rise. Rising to the occasion of the day you are facin’. Meeting the opportunity and the opposition head on. Oranj opens up about alot in this hour long episode that easily could’ve went for three. He talks on the impact of growing up fast as his parents moved the family all ac...

I like to call this piece, NEXT QUESTION- The I’m only here so I don’t get fined episode, I sat down with my brother, homie and legendary rap artist Awall aka Two Piece & A Biscuit. Some topics weren’t meant to cover but the Tito’s made me try anyway, s/o Yung Cryme and the early producers who let Wall hone his skill. Kickin’ up dust on lost projects, pizza, I’m talking Pryor & Wilder &amp...

Welcome back sports fans!  Join me as I sit down and conversate with the one and only @seantheshaman We talk about so much in this hour long episode you won’t turn it off until it’s finished. Unless you gotta feed your dog. We cover a variety of topics all the way from what it means to talk to somebody or see a therapist to sharpen and stay in tune with your mental health consistently, to what art...

We had the Meta-Cast was poppin’ down @postofficestudios this past weekend. We were live in Downtown Tacoma at Post Office Studios as well as across the world in Seoul Korea,  s/o @michaelscottpierce for making it all happen & s/o to each and every person who curiously rolled into the studio ‘cause they wanted to know and understand just what in the fuck was going on! And it was a lot! We had...

LIKEITORNOT is back for the first episode of 2023, with Chef Marshall, owner of A Pizza Little Italy, a brand new, New Haven Connecticut style pizzeria in downtown Tacoma off 9th & Pacific Avenue. He speaks on how he learned to cook from simply being in the kitchen with his mother, who learned how to cook from following recipes she cut out from The NY Times. I’m not gonna give away too much in...

This episode of LIKEITORNOT was recorded in AHyp’s cozy 3 bedroom apartment in Tacoma’s West end neighborhood, now respectfully known as University Place, WA. It is Christmas evening and Chaz Lavender stops by w/ Holiday whiskey and a plethora of good cheer to go over a # of topics we deemed important, meaning we just pressed play, drank whiskey & shot the shit for an hour,  All while rocking...

LIKEITORNOT is back with another episode for you to iron your clothes to! We’ve got producer extraordinaire, DJ, Spark Studios owner and wordsmith Mr. Torbjorn in the building! My guy is a gem in our PNW music & arts community and he didn’t hold anything back in this one. From telling us of his early days growing up in music heavy family, instruments in hand, to creating bands with friends in...