Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep230! Coming off what will go down as the most significant release week of 2019, at least as far this rap shit goes, your guys Doe & Meeks couldn’t be happier. A BRAND SPANKING NEW GANG STARR ALBUM THAT’S AN INSTANT CLASSIC?! Yeah we don’t EVER say that - but we’re saying it now. “ONE OF THE BEST YET “ is out now…MAN. Throw in the new Westside Gunn, the Brother Ali &...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the ULTRA BEAST interview session! It’s only right we have rhyme animals 4-IZE & SEÑOR KAOS for our Thursday interview session this week, given Halloween falls on a Thursday this year. These two Atlanta MC’s have come together again to form as ULTRA BEAST and are dropping their 2nd LP “UNITED” on Nov. 8th. They dropped by for an in-studio interview to talk ab...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep229! BIG MEEKS BACK, BIG MEEKS BACK, THAT’S ALL THESE FANS SCREAMING THAT BIG MEEKS BACK! The birthday boy has returned from Memphis, and he brought a bottle of that Bibb & Tucker Small Batch with him (thanks to DJ Pocket), not to mention we had a Knob Creek Single Barrel 120 proof ridin’ shotty. Like usual, we played bunch of dope, new rap records, talked a lot of...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep228! VANGARDIANS - stop EVERYTHING right NOW and wish a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to EDDIE CAPPUCCINO SOUTH MEMPHIS MEEKS! El Guapo himself was out of town this weekend on a birthday extravaganza but we keep the torch lit and welcomed our good friend DJ POCKET to help out Doe with the co-host. Tons of new joints as always - including a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from our in-studio gu...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep227! Hey ho there folks, it’s that time of the week, so WALCOME to you all! Doe & Meeks have you covered with all the latest raw ish here on Ep227, and there’s quite a bit of it this week as as our scheduled interviewee for our Thurs interview session was a straight NO SHOW. Their loss, not ours nor yours - that just means you get a longer, plentiful mix this week a...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Jazzsoon interview session! If you don’t this gentleman, get up to speed NOW. This producer blew the doors off 2019 early alongside PNC Nems with “Gorilla Monsoon” - a blistering 13-track LP that is hands down a top tier contender for AOTY and over time will go down in history as a bonafide classic - yeah we said it. We get Jazz on the horn to talk about...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep226! Good friends of THE GARD, WALCOME to another fun filled episode with your friends Meeks & Doe. The severe heat has finally subsided here in Atlanta, fall is basically here and we’re barreling into the final stretch of 2019! Gobs of new music this week as you would expect, including a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from CHONG WIZARD’s “TIME STONE” which goes up for pre-order t...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Chris Crack interview session! We head to the Chi this week for our Thursday interview session, and man is this a special one. About two years ago, this MC flipped the switch on his output and it’s been a deluge of unique, high quality and consistent material - which is frankly hard to come by these days. This week Chris is celebrating with our good frien...

Episode 225 - Southern Vangard Radio BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep225! Two and a QUATAH Vangardians! Doe & Meeks are back in the saddle this week and boy is it a doozy! We have WORLD EXCLUSIVES from L-Biz & RoobxCube (courtesy of the homie G4 Jag), Zilla Roca & Curly Castro (for real this time) AND our in-studio guest OXYGEN! Ox dropped by to talk about his his new LP, the Tom Caruana produced...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep224! Doe is out of pocket this week so we’re giving ya’ll his August appearance on Techniques Radio, a weekly hip-hop show that airs on WREK 91.1 FM Georgia Tech Radio in Atlanta, and is run by Ran Mo & The Wrecking Crew All-Stars DJ crew. This was recorded August 22, 2019 and as usual features tons of new hip-hop - radio clean, mind you - kind of safe for work / fa...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Left Lane Didon interview session! It’s our opinion here at Southern Vangard Radio that Delaware is the next spot to watch. This MC and his extended crew - Jay Nice, All Hail Y.T. and Chris Skillz to name a few - and the production team they’ve assembled over the past 2-3 years, is a force to be reckoned with. We get Left on the horn to talk about his rel...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep223! Fellow Vangardians…WAAAAAALCOME to yet another week of that WORK from your guys Meeks & Doe. It’s what you’ve come to expect here - how about WORLD EXCLUSIVES from JR Swiftz “Macstrumental” project that drops this week…or maybe a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from Zilla Roc & Curly Castro…and how about a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from DJ Criminal & illogic AND how about they both call...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Stack Skrilla & Jay Nice interview session! We got the line on the ultra exclusive this week folks - these two gentlemen have had a VERY busy 2018 & 2019, and are turning up the heat this week with the announcement that their 2018 project “Holy Mountain” is getting the vinyl treatment on Chong Wizard Records. We get on the horn to talk about the genesis o...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep222! Don’t FRET, don’t SKRUGGLE and most importantly DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT IT MANE ‘cause we’re back this week with what could be a contender for greatest mix show of all time here at Southern Vangard Radio. We had to punt last week due to Labor Day and Doe was under the weather - but MAN we are firing on all cylinders with TWO HOUR Ep222 this week and our Thursday inte...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Jamal Gasol interview session! We stayed upstate NY this week after our M.A.V. interview session last week - you just can’t front on the pedigree that’s coming out of the region now - and Niagara Fall’s own Jamal Gasol is no exception. To kick things off, we get the behind the scenes story about the Big Turks project that just dropped on Chong Wizard Reco...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep221! We’re back in the Bourbon Room aka Dirty Blanket Studios this week, and ridin’ shotty is Wild Turkey 101 and the incredible Old Nation Brut IPA from their Woodshed Pilot Series. What does that mean? It means you’re in for one HELL of a mix show and interview, that’s what it means!! As always, tons of new hip-hop abound this week, and it goes without saying you’...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the M.A.V. interview session! It goes without saying that upstate NY is running this real rap shit right now. - yeah we said it, and stand by it. We continue to peel back those layers this week with Rochester’s own M.A.V., an MC who is a member of Da Cloth, a dense crew that includes Rigz, Mooch and Rob Gates to name a few. Maverick has the stoved turned up w...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep220! Desperately trying to keep cool and get some sleep this week, Doe & Meeks return with a cavalcade of new joints for Ep220 - including FIVE WORLD EXCLUSIVES and yet another introspective interview session that drops this Thursday. Who might that be with, you ask? None other than M.A.V. of Da Cloth! He has a new EP dropping any day now called “Dust To Dust” with...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the G4 Jag interview session! This Harlem MC has been manhandling 2019 ever since he dropped “The Survivors”, a project that featured white-hot Flee Lord and L-Biz, which found itself on vinyl via Dutch label De Rap Winkel - and now has a hefty asking price in collectors circles. He hasn’t stopped since with two projects this summer - “Nothing Was Given” and...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep219! Folks - this week is off the f*cking rails, straight up. Doe & Meeks bring you FOUR WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVES in Ep219, two of them courtesy of TOP SHELF PREMIUM - who we also have an interview with at the end of the mix this week to talk about his jaw dropping “SUPPLY & DEMAND” event with MEYHEM LAUREN & friends in Brooklyn on Aug 30. Did we mention two of the wor...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Bubu The Prince interview session! Doe & Meeks head to Cali this week - San Diego, to be exact - to rap with Bubu The Prince, a young MC on the come up who is also a key part of Eto’s New Crack Era westward expansion. We kick things off with Bubu breaking down his face melting single with Nems, “Rilla”, what his success and movement means to him and how i...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep218! *** REST IN PEACE to the ONE and ONLY PATEN LOCKE. This episode was recorded before we knew of his passing. Peace, love & strength to his family, friends and Full Plate fam. We love you P. *** We got that raw AND that jiggy this week Vangardians, so buckle in and listen up to Ep217 for the latest and greatest hip-hop you might or might not have heard. Doe & Mee...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Rhinoceros Funk interview session! Doe & Meeks head to the Bronx this week to chop it up with Rhinoceros Funk - an MC / DJ who has been holding down real rap radio for over 20 years in some shape, form or fashion - the latest being Guerrilla Grooves Radio alongside PNC DJ FredOnes. If that ain’t enough, he’s 1/3 of Sophisticated Savage, a newly formed gro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep217! Twice a week is BAKNEFFEK folks - Doe & Meeks are back with another shenanigan-filled mix show that features the latest and greatest hip-hop joints not to mention the best sh*t talking this side of the universe - AND we managed to get someone to show up for an interview session this week! RHINOCEROS FUNK of Sophisticated Savage / Guerrilla Grooves Radio is our...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep216! Alright ya’ll get ready for more of that raw this week, as we have the one and only SUPASTITION in-studio for Ep216 AND drop THREE WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES from his upcoming EP, “SACRIFICE,” that drops THIS FRIDAY, JULY 26. Go get that pre-order now and hit Supa direct for a limited-edition run of 100 physical CD’s. This project is a special one as Supa handled all...