The Next Movement

We're joined by Nosaj from New Kingdom who blessed us with jewel after jewel from his 30 years in the music industry. We talked about the process behind his writing, his approach to making music after a lengthy break from releasing projects, his recent project Acid is Groovy Kill the Pigz, and his album pick for this episode - Check Your Head from the Beastie Boys. Honestly can't say enough about...

Jesse Ferguson is the owner and head brewer at Interboro Spirits and Ales in Brooklyn. Jesse also has a background in the music industry, having served as the label manager for Definitive Jux for its entire ten year run. He joins the pod to talk about his efforts to combine craft beer and hip-hop, including collaborations with several artists such as Run the Jewels and most recently Bernadette Pri...

Philadelphia native Small Professor joins us to talk about his production on the latest Career Crooks album Never at Peace, his Jawn series of instrumentals, BLUu Edwards with Curly Castro, and ‘86 Witness with the late Sean Price. Then he gives us his take on DOOM’s masterpiece MM...FOOD.

Rapper/producer J Scienide chats with us about his upcoming project called KAPUT as well as 2021 projects “Somebody’s Paradise,” “Enough to Plague a Saint” with Body Bag Ben, and “Stray From the Pack” with Kev Brown. Then J Scienide tells us why Organized Konfusion’s second LP “Stress: The Extinction Agenda” is one of his favorite albums.

Let’s do this End of Year episode! Continuing a tradition we started last year, when we teamed up with the good dudes at Serious Rap Sh*t, we’re bringing you a super duper pod collab. This time around Kam from the Crate 808 Podcast joins us to talk about our favorite albums of the year. No rankings. No awards. No “Bests”. Just some of the music we loved (because it’s impossible to talk about it al...

Fun conversation with Blockhead, the prolific producer who recently dropped a full length LP called "Garbology" with long time collaborator Aesop Rock. We talked with Blockhead about his working relationship with Aesop, and the process of creating Garbology as well as Blockhead's approach to making his solo music. Then we discuss Blockhead's album pick for this episode - Done By The Forces Of Natu...

Producer/visual artist and West Philly native Pecue joins us to talk about his recent instrumental project “Excursions” and the design work he’s done over the past couple of years for other artists such as Skrewtape, Zilla Rocca, Brainorchestra, Eddie Kane and more. Then we reminisce over Pecue’s album pick for this episode - the 1993 masterpiece from A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders.

Artist Semiratruth joins us to talk about her most recent project I GOT BANDZ FOR THE MOONLANDIN’. And of course we talk about her album pick for this episode, which is from an artist that we had never heard of before but we hope you’ll find as entertaining as we have - J’Von and his project “potato” are the subject of the second half of our episode.

Producer maticulous joins us with a behind the scenes look at his new album “no caps” which features an incredible lineup of emcees including Kev Brown, J. Scienide, Skyzoo, Justo the MC, Breeze Brewin’, Guilty Simpson, Uptown XO, yU, Ill Conscious and more. Then maticulous gives us his take on a Soulquarian classic and Common’s breakthrough success - Like Water for Chocolate.

Alaska and Jason Griff join us to talk about their dark take on pandemic America “Human Zoo”. You know Alaska from Atoms Fam, Hanger 18, and co-host of the Call Out Culture Podcast. And you know Jason Griff as the producer behind the late Scorcese, Alex Ludovico, Insubordinate Records, and the full length “Fireside Chats” from earlier this year. We talk with the two of them about what went into Hu...

On the three year anniversary of the pod we welcome back our very first guest, South Philly native Zilla Rocca. The emcee, beat maker, Wrecking Crew member, and Call Out Culture Podcast co-host talks with us about his latest project Vegas Vic and breaks down one of his favorite albums - Camp Lo’s Uptown Saturday Night.

Author Matteo Urella joins us to discuss his recently published book “Deep in the Dark with the Art” - a collection of conversations with the creators behind the best cover art of Wu-Tang Clan and their affiliates. We’ll talk about the process of compiling this book, some of the stories that were revealed by its contributors, and we’ll ask Matteo about one of his favorite non-Wu affiliated albums...

A rare interview granted by Philly native QThree AKA Ear. Drum. The producer/emcee talks with us about Deaf Wav (the latest installation in his instrumental series), Perseverance (his third full length LP), and his contributions to Unlearning, Vol. 1 from Evidence. In addition, we talk about the influence of skate boarding on QThree's music, his involvement with the Attack of the Killer Cops merch...

Brooklyn emcee/musician Amani joins us to talk about the past year of his creative endeavors, including the excellent An Unknown Infinite with KING VISION ULTRA, the instrumental album From Gratuitous Latters We Fell, his solo project A Constant Condensation, and his guest spot on Armand Hammer's Haram. Then Amani schools us on K-Dot's mixtape catalogue and gives us the story behind his love for K...

The multi-talented YUNGMORPHEUS joins us to talk about his upcoming album with producer Eyedress called Affable with Pointed Teeth, as well as one of his favorite albums of all-time - Muddy Waters from Redman. Somewhere in-between he also touches on the importance of addressing issues facing the Black community in his lyrics, his decision to sample testimony from the MOVE commission on his album S...

Rob and E. take a look at an undisputed classic and an album that is near and dear to Rob's heart. The Low End Theory was released in 1991, as A Tribe Called Quest attempted to ride the wave created by their debut. Q-Tip's production, particularly his use of jazz samples and live players (including the legendary Ron Carter) along with the dynamic rhyme styles of Tip and Phife made the album instan...

The one and only Homeboy Sandman talks with us about his upcoming project Anjelitu, produced by Aesop Rock. And we get the full story from the Mello Music Group artist on how He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince made hip-hop more relatable and influenced his approach to writing songs. 

Brooklyn native Skyzoo joins us to talk about his new album All the Brilliant Things, which focuses on cultural appropriation and gentrification, particularly in the neighborhood where he grew up. Then we get Skyzoo's perspective on his album pick for this episode, the undisputed classic Ready to Die. Having grown up just one block from where Biggie lived on St. James Place, Skyzoo brings a person...

It's a Bruiser occasion! Detroit veteran Fat Ray has surrounded himself with talented artists for several years, developing relationships with folks like Danny Brown, Black Milk, and J Dilla. He joins us to talk about his most recent project Santa Barbara, which is of course one of the three excellent projects to come from Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade so far in 2021. Then we talk about another ex...

Gifted wordsmith AKAI SOLO joins us to talk about his project with Navy Blue entitled True Sky. AKAI also shares thoughts about the importance of honesty in his work, as well as the process behind his writing, and his love for Kid Cudi and the first installment in the Man on the Moon trilogy.

Julian Alexander is the founder of Brooklyn based design studio Slang, Inc. and has a rich history of artistic design within the music industry. We talked with Julian about his approach to design, the powerful work he’s doing with the Supremacy Project, and heard stories about some of his past projects with artists such as Ghostface Killah, Jeru The Damaja, Nas, M.O.P., and Mobb Deep. Then we spok...

We present a thoughtful and introspective convo with emcee, writer, and educator Defcee. His latest release “ceenick Deluxe” with producer Nick Arcade, has become one of our favorite things and we asked about some of the personal details behind the album. Then the three of us nerd out over Defcee’s album pick, ELUCID’s 2016 LP “Save Yourself.”

Photographer T. Eric Monroe is known for bringing us iconic moments from the 1990s. His ability to casually slip into green rooms, video shoots, and studio sessions has allowed him to capture rare behind the scenes photos in a uniquely candid way. We talk with him about his early contributions to Thrasher Magazine, his experience working as the Photo Editor at The Source in the mid-90s, and we ask...

Nappy Nina joins the show to talk about creating during the past year of the pandemic, including the struggles with mental health that informed much of her work on her latest project Double Down - a collaborative album with producer JWords. Nina also shares some of her early influences and talks about her relocation from Oakland to Brooklyn. Then she helps us dive into one her favorite albums - Is...

Rap duo Armand Hammer, comprised of billy woods and ELUCID, have teamed up with living legend The Alchemist for their latest album, Haram. Days before the release, Armand Hammer sit down to talk about how the collab with The Alchemist came to pass, the process of recording the album, the unique experience of working with a single producer through a pandemic, and we ask them to reflect on one of th...