For those of you who religiously track new rap releases, the beginning of the year can be a slow and uneventful stretch. If you want to be in those theoretical Album of the Year conversations, dropping in Q1 is a good way to get forgotten by December. For that reason, and plenty of financial and promotional ones too, the floodgates usually don’t open until March or April. This year is no different.

On this week’s episode of Dad Bod Rap Pod, the three bad brothers you know so well break down three (actually four) new records that are already making noise in those end-of-year debates. In the first segment, we get into Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE’s double album offering Pompeii/Utility. In segment two, we dig into ELUCID and Sebb Bash’s I Guess You Had To Be There, complete with some truly delightful tales of Miami Lice.

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We’re back like we never left. The first Dad Bod Rap Pod episode of the year finds your humble hosts in awe of the new Roc Marciano album 656. How did the king of quiet couplets manage to outdo himself again? Tune in to hear what the bros have to say.

Since 656 leans into the idea of quiet luxury, Dave, Nate, and Dem also discuss their most expensive pieces of clothing and whether the humble T-shirt can truly count as luxury. The puns per minute rate is pretty high on this one, so buckle up.

This week's episode was produced by Mr.Life After Hip Hop himself, DEM ONE.

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The best fake hip-hop awards show on the internet is finally here. 2025 was an incredible year for rap music, from the Clipse’s omnipresent comeback to woods and August Fanon cooking up one of the most interesting remix records in recent memory. The year of our lord 2025 truly had a little something for everybody, and we do our best to rank and rate it all in this year’s edition of Quibble Jam.

We break down categories like Best New Voice, Best Rapper Alive, Best Producer, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. We also spend some time at the top of the episode talking about the Nas and Preemo Light Years record, as well as De La Soul’s Cabin in the Year.

Happy New Year yall!

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Under the wing of Eazy-E, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony kicked in the door with their debut EP Creepin' on a Come Up. Their follow-up, E. 1999 Eternal, didn’t just build on that momentum; it launched them into the stratosphere. Powered by world-conquering singles like “1st of tha Month” and the Grammy-winning “Tha Crossroads,” the album went on to sell over four million copies. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, which was a huge deal for a Midwestern rap group at the time.

On this week’s episode of the Dad Bod Rap Pod, Nate, Dave, and DEM revisit this 1995 classic to assess how it has aged and how much cultural relevance it holds thirty years later.

Tune in to find out how E. 1999 Eternal scores on the vaunted DBRP rubric.

The rap game is alive and well, especially in the indie world, which is thriving right now. As 2025 has moved forward, the list of real album of the year contenders keeps getting longer. The Backwoodz cinematic universe continues to release great music at an unreal pace. While billy woods’ Golliwog and the new Golliwog remix album are still in heavy rotation, Armand Hammer have returned with a new album called Mercy, produced entirely by The Alchemist. On this week’s episode, the three bad brothers you know so well share their first reactions to Mercy and to the August Fanon-produced Golliwog remix record.

It’s not all Backwoodz talk, though. The bros sit down with rapper and producer Chester Watson to discuss his influences, his ballet roots, and his new beat tape and crew project, Psychic Warfare Department. They wrap up the episode by talking about Outkast’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Nate’s vision quest into the Mojave Desert, where he caught a live set from the homies Open Mike Eagle and Video Dave.

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In indie rap, as in life, the fruit of one’s labor doesn’t always show up right away. You put in the work, you bet on yourself, and sometimes the payoff comes much later. Long Island-bred rapper and producer Theravada has been planting seeds for years, trusting that the grind would eventually bear fruit. This year, he’s finally reaping the benefits.

With five beat placements on Earl Sweatshirt’s album-of-the-year contender Live Laugh Love, Theravada has surged into underground rap’s collective consciousness in a way that can’t be ignored. On top of that, he dropped an excellent full-length project, The Years We Have Left, and teamed up with slow-flow legend Evidence on Unlearning Vol. 2.

Theravada took time to chop it up with us from his studio in Amityville. He talked about his breakout year, his influences, and why modern basketball just doesn’t hit the same.

D up and tap in!

The Brownsville duo’s biggest hit has enjoyed remarkable staying power for more than two decades, reaching far beyond hardcore hip hop circles. Sporting events and commercials have both used this teeth-gritting classic to get audiences fired up.

This week, we sit down with Lil’ Fame, one half of the iconic M.O.P., to talk about the enduring success of Ante Up, his creative process, and the lessons he learned from working with legends like Guru and DJ Premier. In the intro segment, Dave and Demone break down the rap songs that get them the most hyped.

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Enter The Nonce (stop giggling, UK heads): the Project Blowed–affiliated duo of Yousef Afloat and Nouka Basetype, who dropped their underrated debut World Ultimate on Rick Rubin’s American Recordings in the year of our lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five. Their breakout track “Mixtapes” became an underground classic, while the laid-back single “Bus Stops” got some well-deserved shine in the final moments before hip-hop’s harder elements took over.

Arriving at the tail end of rap’s second (or maybe third) golden era, World Ultimate fused the jazzy, head-nodding vibes of the Native Tongues with the sharp, freestyle freneticism of the L.A.’s Project Blowed scene.

On this week’s episode, the bros take a deep dive into World Ultimate to see how it holds up three decades later. Tune in, turn up, and decide for yourself if their takes are on point. 

This week on the show DBRP hosts David Ma, Demone Carter and Nate LeBlanc are examining this classic record which still sounds fresh after severl decades. After some contextual table setting, we use our patented rubric to try and assign numerical scores to our feelings about this work of art. We have done this several times, most prominently on our Beastie Boys series over the summer, but we have never had a final score result quite like this one before. Tune in!

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I (DEM) had the privilege of interviewing Radamiz right before his live set at the Midway SF. The audio is a little rough, rugged, and raw in spots, but the interview has the crackle of real-life human interaction. Interspersed between clips of the interview, me and the bros discuss the records that are in heavy rotation for us right now:

Jay Electronica's 4 Album Spasm

Live, Laugh, Love (Earl Sweatshirt)

The Years We Have Left (Theravada)

Sortilege (Preservation & Gabe Nandez)

Per usual thats me (DEM ONE) on the theme song alongside my birthday twin DJ Cutso. I produced this week's episode, and I'm not gonna lie, it kind of kicked my ass (in a good way).

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The above quote is from one of multi-talented poet/rapper/actor Saul Williams' earliest released tracks, but it could just easily serve as a thesis statement for this podcast. This week DBRP hosts Demone Carter, David Ma and Nate LeBlanc are thrilled to present a thought provoking conversation with Williams. We touch on his recorded work, his training, his acting in movies like the recent phenomenon Sinners, and his general artistic outlook.

Saul is a deeply reverent hip-hop head who grew up in the genre but is also not afraid to experiment in an attempt to transcend its strictures. We found his responses to be enlightening, and we hope you feel the same.

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Far beyond the genteel pop music stylings that comprise our day-to-day listening environment, there exists a world of sound that refuses to be refined, restrained, or easily defined. This is the space that New York–based DJ Haram inhabits: her experimental style blends bass, Middle Eastern percussion, noise, and elements of indie rap. You can hear this in her collaborations with the boundary-breaking artists Armand Hammer and Moor Mother.

On this week’s episode of the Dad Bod Rap Pod, we talk with DJ Haram about her new album Beside Myself, out now on Hyperdub Ltd. She opens up about her musical evolution, personal politics, and reflections on mortality in an illuminating conversation.

The DJ Haram interview is framed by our intro and outro segments, where we highlight some of our favorite fringe and obscure records. Wade into the deep end with us.

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Tracks mentioned in this episode:

• Sometimes Care Looks Like Leave Me The Fuck Alone — Small Bill

• Rounds — Four Tet

• Murmations — Flock

• Snaeha (Bang Bang) — Pan Pon

• How Great Thou Art — Sensational Saints

• Last Days of Being A Wanker — Lolina

It feels like just yesterday I was nursing a New Year’s Eve hangover and wondering what 2025 would portend for rap releases. Now the year is three-fourths done, the holidays are around the corner, and there’s already a slew of music to talk about. On this week’s episode of Dad Bod Rap Pod, the three bad brothers you know so well share their favorite rap records of 2025 (thus far). Think of it as our mid-year retrospective, except we’re submitting it three months late, real high school vibes.

The big takeaway is this: rap music is alive and thriving in 2025, especially indie rap. Did your favorite new album make the DBRP top nine? Tune in to find out, fam.

Spoiler alert: the album of the year is still billy woods – Golliwog. But we also break down nine other releases from this year that are damn good, if not great.

Program note: We recorded this episode about three weeks ago, before excellent records like Evidence’s Unlearning Vol. 2 and Earl Sweatshirt’s Live, Laugh, Love dropped. So you won’t hear us talk about them here, but trust we’ve listened and will have plenty to say by year’s end. If you’re the type who likes to keep up week by week, I invite you to join our Patreon at Patreon.com/dadbodrappod. That’s where we post weekly bonus segments that are more topical.

In any event, I hope your year is going well, all things considered.

-DEM

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This week’s interview with producer August Fanon has been a long time coming, and it was well worth the wait. He was gracious and open as he spoke with us about his journey as a producer, his creative process, and the sources of his inspiration.

In the intro, we share some of our favorite August Fanon productions, and in the outro, we discuss the best Fanon-plus-rapper collaborations. We hope you enjoy this conversation with one of the most interesting figures in indie rap.

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Lord Finesse made three highly influential albums as an artist in the 90's and continues to impact the culture as a respected DJ and producer today. He is here to promote his latest album The SP1200 Files: Sounds & Frequencies In Technicolor. We caught up with Ness in his studio where he was busy working on remastering his classic debut The Funky Technician. As always, we also dive into his history, we think even a dedicated DITC head will learn something new from this interview.

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From Pollywog Stew to Hot Sauce Part 2, we have officially covered the Beastie Boys' legendary career. We are wrapping up our miniseries this week with a special episode where DBRP hosts Nate LeBlanc, David Ma and Demone Carter draft their top 5 Beastie Boys songs. In between segments we have exclusive voicemails from friends, listeners, artists and indie hip-hop podcast royalty breaking down their favorite tracks as well. Though we had some pretty tough criticisms over the last few weeks, today's episode is a celebration of everything we love about the Beasties, an iconic American band that spanned genres, eras, and mediums in a unique and inspiring way.

As we close out this series, we want to thank everyone who helped us along the way, especially guest commentators Dante Ross, Sean Kantrowitz, Kenny Segal, and Open Mike Eagle. Huge thanks to Rory Simms for the art, Stephanie Barajas for the photos, Defcee for writing and recording our theme song, we appreciate your talents.

But most of all, we have to thank Cutso aka Producer Cutso aka P Monetary for joining us on this journey. Cutty is an amazing DJ, a great producer in the creative and technical senses of the word, and a great friend. Please give him a follow and listen to his music and mixes and consider getting DJ lessons from his new venture, First Wav Preservation Society.

We are going to take a quick break and then be back with our regularly scheduled programming of banter, puns, jokes, interviews with hip-hop creators and legends, and more very soon. Sincere thanks to everyone who tuned in, reached out, and participated in this project in any way. We give thanks to the Beastie Boys for all of their great music and for giving us so much to talk about. RIP MCA, an inspiring person.

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First up is the Mix Up from 2007, the only official instrumental LP in their catalog, since In Sound From Way Out is a compilation. The Boys established a dress code and payed homage to their favorite wordless acts and we have thoughts about it. Is it "classic material" or "placid material?" There's only one way to find out.

Then we turn our attention to 2011's Hot Sauce Committe pt 2, the Beastie Boys' last album. In some ways it is a return to form, bringing back their signature processed vocals and combining eclectic musical styles in the way that only they can. We also spend some time discussing the elaborate record nerd mythology they attempted to establish in the liner notes.

While we have discussed, dissected, debated and ranked every Beasties album, we are not quite done yet. Tune in next week for the Beastie Boys song draft, a celebrations of a great rap group, featuring selections from our hosts and calls form friends of the program from around the world.

Since we didn't really care for this record, we devote a lot of this episode to talking about Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' magazine and record label. The magazine is an important and now quite rare document of the Boys' hipster sensibilities that shined a light on a lot of creative people. It's probably one of the coolest things that a major band could have done for their listeners in a pre-internet age. The record label was a bit more hit and miss but also a worthwhile endeavor that shut down just as it was starting to get interesting by signing some fascinating underground MCs.

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In the pivotal fifth installment of our Beastie Boys miniseries, the Boys have moved back to New York and they are hopping around different studios demoing ideas that will eventually lead to their album Hello Nasty, a sprawling and eclectic work that fuses all of their previous modes into one sound that we call the "Beastie singularity." Rather than jamming and finding ideas in the edit, this time around they are fusing their record collections, old school hip-hop sensibility and guest vocalists into one well-produced mix which many BB fans and the band themselves hold as their best album.

Joining DBRP hosts Demone Carter, David Ma and Nate LeBlanc to break this all down is iconic rap artist, podcaster, and hip-hop commentator Open Mike Eagle. One of hip-hop's most astute observers, Mike details his longstanding relationship with Hello Nasty in his inimitable smart, funny way. Be sure to pre-order his new album Neighborhood Gods Unlimited ahead of its release on July 11th.

Big shouts to our main man Cutso for joining us on the mic for this album, he helps us understand the vital role that Mixmaster Mike played in re-energizing the Beastie Boys live experience right as their hair began to gray. All in all, this is a really fun episode about an album that we admire but have a few of our customary quibbles with, especially with its length and sequencing. Please share your feedback in the comments.

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In the popular imagination, the Beasties' anthemic rock song Sabotage and its iconic video are probably the highlights from this record, but for us rap nerds, it also contains some of their very best alternative hip-hop songs. We get into some specifics about Sure Shot, Flute Loop and of course Get It Together, the mostly-freestyled jam they recorded with Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest.

At the end of the episode we rank the album on our 5-point rubric, talking about the best beats, rhymes and magic moments, as well as the album's lasting cultural impact and replay-ability. We'd love to hear from all of you, what do you think of this album? Leave a comment with any thoughts.

Please make sure to listen to the very end to hear a snippet of Kenny's one and only Beasties remix, which may in an alternative timeline have been released on Grand Royal and changed the course of his life.

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Engineering and Post-Production by Paolo “Cutso” Bello

Artwork by Rory Simms

Photography by Stephanie Barajas 

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DBRP hosts Nate LeBlanc, David Ma and Demone Carter are joined by hip-hop trivia king and fellow podcaster Sean Kantrowitz to discuss the Beasties picking their instruments back up, karaoke mics, the Boys' Jewish heritage, and much more. After lots of context is provided and we discuss what we like and are less enthused about on the album, we score the art on a numeric rubric. Disagree with our takes? Please let us know in the comments. Tell us what number you would assign to the Beats, Rhymes, Cultural Impact, Replay-ability and Magic Moments out of 10.

Tune in next week as we examine the world-conquering Ill Communication with one of the very best producers of rap music in the world right now, Kenny Segal.

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The Beastie Boys' second album is many things: A pinnacle of the art of sampling, an experiment in song structures, a step away from their first album and many of its casual fans, a reflection of their first time on the west coast, a deepening of the bond between all three group members as displayed in their intertwining vocal arrangements.

We will break all of that down on this episode, the 2nd in our 8-part series tracking the development of one of the great American bands and a group that both set trends and broke precedents in the hip-hop world.

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Executive Produced by Nate LeBlanc

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Edited by Demone Carter and Nate LeBlanc 

Engineering and Post-Production by Paolo “Cutso” Bello

Artwork by Rory Simms

Photography by Stephanie Barajas 

Youtube version produced by Paolo “Cutso” Bello

Theme song written and recorded by Defcee and Produced by Cutso

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This week we are focused on Ad Rock, MCA and Mike D's first album, the wildly successful Licensed To Ill with insight from Dante Ross, who ran in the same circles as the Boys at this formative time in their lives. We will track the band from punk shows to NYC nightclubs, to arena tours, examining their rhymes, beats, cultural impact and more through discussion, interviews, and then score each album on a system we affectionately call the Rick Rubric.

Licensed to Ill is thought of as one of rap music's early masterpieces, so we re-listen to the seminal album to see how it holds up nearly 40 years later as rap music, as the beginning of a vast and exploratory career, and as a product of early Def Jam Records, the so-called nerve center of the nascent hip-hop industry at the time.

Huge thanks to Dante Ross for joining us to provide cultural context and crack jokes. Please tune in next week when we step through the doors of the cult classic Paul's Boutique.

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Edited by Demone Carter and Nate LeBlanc 

Engineering and Post-Production by Paolo “Cutso” Bello

Artwork by Rory Simms

Photography by Stephanie Barajas 

Youtube version produced by Paolo “Cutso” Bello

Theme song written and recorded by Defcee and Produced by Cutso

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Toward the end of the show we explain a bit about what we have been doing on hiatus. Starting next week we will be dropping an 8-part miniseries examining the Beastie Boys' storied career, breaking down each of their albums in our own discursive, punny way. We hope you'll join us on the ride as we High Plains Drift through their extensive catalog and try to figure out of they are good rappers or not. It's a more complicated question than it might seem so we invited friends of the show Date Ross, Cutso, Sean Kantrowitz, and Open Mike Eagle to get into it with us.

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In part 2 of Quibble Jam 2024, the three bad brothers you know so well hand out more fictional awards and share big, sincere laughs. This is the last Dad Bod Rap Episode of 2024. On behalf of the squad, I would like to thank everyone for their time, attention, and support this year. We will return in early 2025 with new episodes and a new format!

We are proud members of Open Mike Eagle's terror cell, also known as Stony Island Audio. Dave does the booking. Nate's the cute one. I be producing. That's me and DJ Cutso on the theme song with some help from Don Newkirk (R.I.P)

-DEM

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Our interview is a one-on-one conversation between Nate and Dutch journalist and author Jaap Van Der Doelen about the soon-to-be-released book Kill Your Masters: Run The Jewels and the World That Made Them from University of Georgia Press. We delve into El-P and Killer Mike as MCs, musicians and cultural figures. The book is dropping December 1st, make sure to grab a copy.

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Method Man was poised to be the breakout star from the Wu, and Tical is perhaps not the album that the market expected from this undeniably charismatic and dynamic rhymer. We discuss the lyrics, the beats, the tone, and the circumstances surrounding this release 30 years ago. As you will hear, our opinions on this record are somewhat divided, which always makes for a more interesting discussion.

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On the back half of the program we have a chat with friends of the program Fat Tony and Fatboi Sharif, who recently released a project with Steel Tipped Dove called Brain Candy. We get into how these underground stalwarts originally connected, the importance of in-person recording, and more.

Please note that this episode was recorded before we knew the results of the election. Like many of you, we are trying to make sense of the dark reality of this political moment. Hopefully our show can help provide a moment of solace in these trying times.

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DBRP hosts Demone Carter, David Ma and Nate LeBlanc are joined by collaborator Cutso to dissect the album that kicked off the horrorcore movement accidentally. 6 Feet Deep (known by a title we're not at liberty to type in Europe) is one of Prince Paul's masterworks, a theme album about resurrecting rappers who suffered from mismanagement by adopting horror film atmospherics, wild sing song flows, and razor sharp lyrics from his collaborators. Of course, we all know that RZA would go on to change the sound and business environment of hip-hop with Wu-Tang, but fellow Diggaz Frukwan and Too Poetic were perhaps the group members most committed to the bit. The resulting album is one of the most unique in the genre and we're happy to detail why we feel that way.

For further discussion on this topic please check out DBRP 77 which contains an interview with Frukwan and any of our previous episodes with Prince Paul interviews as well.

This episode was produced by Paolo "Cutso" Bello and we deeply appreciate his involvement.

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For this week's interview, DBRP host Demone Carter caught up with recurring guest and brilliant rapper Nappy Nina. Getting to know Nina and watching her level up her career has been one of the highlights of creating our show. We have been checking in with her in person and online for the past few years, and we are excited about her new collaborative project with producer Swarvy Nothing Is My Favorite Thing, out now.

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After that we are joined for a second time by rapper Kurious. We are discussing his new record Majician, which drops October 18th on MF DOOM's Metal Face Records via Rhymesayers. Kurious really opens up here, detailing his previous struggles with overthinking, his decades-long friendship with DOOM, and even at one point has to pause the interview to resume parenting duties, something Demone can relate to!

Majician finds Kurious, who has always had a refined flow, in a deeply creative space, playing off of sample based beats from producer Mono En Stereo with a freewheeling nature not heard since his earliest work in the 90s. DOOM's presence looms large, on the record and in this conversation, which gives the entire affair a distinctly bittersweet edge.

If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a 5-star review on the podcast app of your choice, we would really appreciate it! We also have a Patreon www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod where we post exclusive segments, review records, make playlists, and interact with our audience in a more direct way than other social media platforms.

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that quoted DBRP host Nate LeBlanc several times. That leaves us, who pride ourselves on a keen ability to describe this music, without an effective banner term. And frankly, these artists are too independent-minded to fall into easy categories, that is part of the reason why we fuck with them.

However you try to define this sound, this scene, ELUCID is one of the premier artists of our time, a leading voice in this indescribable tangle of abstract MCs and Producers making challenging, interesting music that pushes hip-hop forward. We have interviewed ELUCID multiple times on DBRP in the past, and we have always found him to be engaging and willing to discuss his art on a bit of a deeper level than most other artists. Today we're talking to him about his new album, Revelator. The album drops October 18th, and in fact we conducted the first interview about it, kind of an unofficial kickoff of the rollout of the record. We look forward to many more listens to this album soon, to unlock its mysteries. Hopefully this interview provides some helpful context for you to consider when you are able to hear it upon release.

This week's episode also has a surprise bonus interview with the Previous Industries crew. DBRP hosts Demone Carter and David Ma were able to catch up with Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, and Still Rift at their show in San Francisco recently for a very loose conversation about their recent album Service Merchandise, one of our favorites of the year thus far. The rest of the audio can be found on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod

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We also talk about some of our favorite new(ish) rap albums. If you’re digging the vibras, it’s the perfect moment to join our Patreon fam at [www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod](www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod). Rap Nerds Of The World Unite!

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In the intro, the crew goes deep on the best rapper second acts and what they’d do if they ever had to trade in the super glamorous podcast life.

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Part 3- A Saigon Travelogue

We were lucky enough to be able to make this trip and create this 3-episode miniseries thanks to a grant from the City of San Jose's Office Of Cultural Affairs. We flew halfway around the world in search of hip-hop in an unlikely location and to learn more about the cross-cultural conversation between our hometown of San Jose and the creative center of Vietnam, Saigon.

Today on the thrilling conclusion to our travel miniseries, we are back in our hometown of San Jose, California reflecting on our experiences, with some tips and tricks that may help you plan an excursion to this fascinating part of the world.

We are extremely grateful to everyone who assisted us in any way on our travels, especially DJ Style D, a true gentleman and a very good DJ who helped us gain insight into how the indomitable hip-hop culture is expressed in Ho Chi Minh City. Please check out our interview with him on Episode 1 of the miniseries for more on that.

We will be back to our regular programming next week, with a good interview with an underground MC/producer legend and some conversation about notable hip-hop second acts.

DBRP host Demone Carter spearheaded this entire trip, David Ma curated our experiences and translated things as they were occurring, and Nate LeBlanc produced this miniseries.

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Part 2- The Lady In The Alley Is A Mind Reader

Welcome to the second of three parts of our special miniseries about travel in Vietnam from a hip-hop perspective. This week we are diving deep into the endless wonders of South Vietnamese cuisine. We were in Saigon for a little under two weeks, and spent much of the time exploring the incredible street food, tropical fruit, juices, coffee, and restaurants that define the bustling city. Here we share some of the highlights of our trip, including some of the best versions of pho, vermicelli bowls, broken rice plates, and soft shell crab that we have ever tasted, and much more.

We hope you enjoy this thematic left turn for the show. Hip-hop heads have to eat too, and there are still the rap puns, camaraderie and banter that you have come to expect from DBRP tucked within all the food talk.

This miniseries would not possible without a grant from the City of San Jose's Office of Cultural Affairs. Huge thanks to everyone behind the scenes who helped us make this journey possible. Huge thanks to our Patreon homies! Join the squad at www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod for much more content from our trip abroad as well as regular music review segments, exclusive playlists, and the only fake radio show that matters, Fly Sporadic.

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Part 1- Subcultural Exchange

We were lucky enough to be able to make this trip and create this 3-episode miniseries thanks to a grant from the City of San Jose's Office Of Cultural Affairs. We flew halfway around the world in search of hip-hop in an unlikely location and to learn more about the corss-cultural conversation between our hometown of San Jose and the creative center of Vietnam, Saigon.

We are thrilled to note that breakbeat DJing and B-Boying are alive and well in Southeast Asia, and in this episode we will introduce you to DJ Style D, an extremely influential DJ, record collector, and venue owner who is helping keep the elements of hip-hop at the forefront of the city's culture one record at a time.

While we were abroad, we were able to book a DJ gig with Style D at a really cool restaurant along the river and to bring our brand of curated funk, soul and hip-hop musical taste to a completely new audience.

We also participated in a few more relatively minor acts of cultural exchange, including an odd experience trying to buy records which gave us some insight into the gargantuan effort that hip-hop producer Onra put into crafting his masterpiece, Chinoiseries. We also briefly discuss Sublime Frequencies' reissue of incredibly rare 45s by Phuong Tam, a talented and courageous rock n' roll singer who began her career in Saigon and now resides in San Jose.

Huge thanks are due to the City of San Jose OCA, as well as our Patreon subscribers for their continued support. Shout out to all of the scooter drivers, kindly grandmothers, sullen teens, and clueless tourists who helped make this trip special.

DBRP host Demone Carter spearheaded this entire trip, David Ma curated our experiences and translated things as they were occurring, and Nate LeBlanc produced this miniseries.

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Please tune in next week for Part 2 of Đặc Biệt Rap Pod, with a focus on Saigon's justifiably legendary street food. Cảm un!

During the banter segments, we learn about Nate's L.A. food journey, the patron saint of lost wallets, and Nebraskan Reggae.

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Birthday twins DEM and Cutso linked up on the theme song. That's the late great Don Newkirk at the top of the song.

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DBRP is produced by Demone Carter and released by Stony Island Audio, a swell group of hip-hop know-it-all's. Theme song produced by Cutso, who is in our hearts this week. Love you, P.

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As you will probably notice, we recorded this episode from the Harmony Hotel in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City in the beautiful country of Vietnam. We will be rolling out a miniseries documenting more of our travels and experiences there soon, be on the lookout for that.

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In the banter segments, we talk about the new LL Cool J song produced by Q-Tip, which winds into a long digression about Tip's musical legacy and who may be hip-hop's version of Stevie Wonder, should such such a thing exist. We also get into the ideal grown man short length, beach activities, and the first of what is sure to be many breakdancing competitions at the Olympics. We also spend some time talking about dreadlock etiquette, cooking shows, and of course plug our Patreon, which you can find at www.patreon.com/dadbodrappod

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Speaking of horror films, that is the topic for this week's intro segment, as DBRP hosts Demone Carter, Nate LeBlanc and David Ma discuss their takes on the ubiquitous genre, from formative experiences as kids, to a predilection for psychological thrillers nowadays. In the outro, we dig deeper into the so-called "horrorcore" hip-hop subgenre, a style that is often discussed but one that no prominent artists seem to self-apply to their music. Along the way we touch on such artists as Viper, ICP, Esham, and a few others you may not be expecting us old head classical rap fans to mention.

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In the intro segment, DBRP hosts Demone Carter and Nate LeBlanc (David Ma is on assignment this week) discuss breakbeats and break culture. As an MC, Demone has been tracking down and trying to unlock the secrets of the breaks for decades. LeBlanc has an extensive record collection that includes some of the holy grail break records, though he is conflicted about hoarding them when perhaps they could be better used by someone who actually, you know, makes beats.

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Spice One doesn't have the wealth and accolades that some of his West Coast contemporaries like E-40, Too Short, and Snoop have, but he has maintained every bit of his respect in the rap game for over 30 years. The Hayward, California rapper came to prominence in the early nineties, pioneering a dark new gangster arch type that is still mimicked today. Tune in to hear him talk about rolling with Tupac, almost being cast in a major motion picture, and why he is still going so hard in 2024. 

The Dad Bod Rap Pod is a production of the Stony Island Audio Podcast Network. Shout out to the honorable Open Mike Eagle. The theme song was created by DEM ONE and DJ CUTSO. Taylor Weng is on the mix (c'mon, kick it!) 

We would like to thank everyone who has ever listened to this program, everyone who's ever told a friend about us, everyone that's ever written us a check, all of the folks behind the scenes who help us out every week, all of the people who gave us advice over the years, especially in the beginning, and all of our past contributors, whether they were interview subjects, contributed music, or just interacted with us online. This has been one hell of a ride and we are very grateful to hip-hop itself, especially the underground scene that birthed us and has taught us so much about life and provided us with so many great opportunities. We love making this show and contributing in a small way to the culture that we have been obsessed with our entire lives. It's an honor and a privilege to get these takes off and to examine this amazing music, and while we're not planning on stopping anytime soon, we are in a reflective mood since we reached a round number in the episode run.

Huge shouts out to Cutso and DEM ONE for our theme song, Taylor Weng for the audio adjustments, OME and the entire Stony Island massive for providing us a home. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.

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Our theme song is produced by Cutso and rapped by DEM ONE.

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DBRP hosts Demone Carter, David Ma and Nate LeBlanc list their favorite Beatminerz beats (kind of a tough choice when there are so many great ones to choose from) and discuss various other hip-hop sibling groups and family bands.

This podcast is only one of the fine programs available due to the largess of the Stony Island Audio network.

In the intro segment we discuss tattoo etiquette, commitment phobia, the infantilization of NBA coaches, and the terror of the wrestling unit in middle school P.E. class.

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This is it y'all. Part 2 of the DBRP 50 year-end extravagangsta. The last episode of 2023! This week the bros dissect the Top 25 songs that make up the whole DBRP vibe. Thanks to all those who rocked with us this year. The three bad brothers you know so well are gonna take a break and return February 2024.Cheers!

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To conclude the 93' Retro series the bros talk about arguably the most perfect rap album of all-time A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. Coming off the commercial and artistic triumph that was Low End Theory many wondered if Tribe could raise the bar yet again. Nate, Dave, and DEM talk about their favorite joints from this nocturnal masterpiece. In a year where rap music delivered several classic album Midnight Marauders still stands alone.

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Del's second album, No Need For Alarm, was a departure of sorts from his debut LP, I Wish My Brother George Was Here. Eschewing the Ice Cube/George Clinton funk aesthetic, Del went deep into his backpack and pulled a record for the ages. The head of the Hiero Voltron launched a full-scale attack on inferior rappers over raw no-nonsense beats. This week, the bros reflect fondly on an album that lives in their collective DNA. 

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For this week's edition of the 1993 Retro Series the bros reflect fondly on De La Soul's 3rd album Buhloone Mindstate. By this point in time De La may have been at the height of their powers. They crafted a masterpiece and reinvented themselves yet again. Nate, Dave, and DEM revel in this classic album and as a special bonus Blockhead hops on to talk about what Buhloone means to him. Blockhead's new album "The Aux" drop November 17th via Backwoodz.

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In last weeks episode the four man wrecking crew (Nate, Dave, DEM, and DJ Cutso) talked about when the Tao of the WU first found them and their favorite tracks off of this classic album. This week they delve into the best three song runs from the album and consider this blasphemous question: are their skippable tracks on the album?? Tune in for all the high jinx.

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Have a song ever had truer title!? 30 years after its release Wu Tang Clan's Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) remains a musical achievement without parallel. The 9 man rap cartel ripped a hole in the fabric of Hip Hop space-time and delivered a masterpiece. Eschewing the polished rap sound for something more guttural and dangerous. In this episode Nate, Dave, DEM, and special guest DJ Cutso talk about when they first heard the Wu Tang and their favorite jams off the album. Part 1 of a two part WU banger.

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Hopefully yall have been enjoying or 1993 retro series thus far. This week we examine Black Moon's album Enta Da Stage. Buckshot Shorty, 5 FT, and Evil Dee combined to create a dark and gritty album that spawned a visual aesthetic (two strap backpacks) and a sound that is still relevant today (lo-fi beats that you can study to) Was this a timeless album or an album of its time? The bros are joined by author Adam Mansbach and rapper Defcee to parse through this question and talk about their new record The Golem of Brooklyn Original Soundtracks (and the accompanying novel).

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It's episode 2 of Talk Like Sex. The podcast where two forty-something Hip Hop heads ponder horny questions and dispense advice on intimate relations. In this edition of TLS, DEM, and Blockhead reflect on the institution of marriage, the fool's errand that is double dating, and where sex rap will go next. As a special bonus, a snippet of the Blockhead joint "The Cella Dwellas Knew" featuring Quelle Chris is tucked in there.

Talk Like Sex ain't for everybody. Only the sexy people.

They are a cohort of rap gods who descended from the mountains so that we might know the electric potential of rhyme. Inner City Griots, FF's second album, is a complex and challenging record that did not easily fit in any of the sub-genre boxes of its day. With 30 years of hindsight the bros take a look back Griots and ask the questions of all questions: Is this a timeless album or an album of its time?

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Extra P said "don't say the years" but in 1993 Souls of Mischief called their own shot and proclaimed their 1993 debut album to be forever and thirty years later they still aint wrong. In this installment of the Dad Bod Rap Pod '93 Retro the bros dissect the album '93 Till Infinity and pose the question of all questions-Is this a timeless record or a record of its time?

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By the time 1993 rolled around KRS One was already a Hip Hop elder statesman. On Return of The Boom Bap the Blastmaster looks back over his career, wages verbal war on police, and makes a case for still being #1. But how has this album aged? Is it a timeless classic or an album of its time? Nate and Demone debate all of the above on the newest installment of our 1993 retrospective series.

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With a side of pickles?

We caught up with Open Mike Eagle as he bounces around the country on his tour with the band AJJ. He talked us about his new album Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering, his favorite gas station foods, and where he ranks among the great Mike's in rap music history. Get the low down on this new masterpiece a day before it drops!

During the intro segment Dem plays a little hero ball and gives his takes on 6 albums from Q3 2023.

Tracks featured in this episode:

1. Love Infringement-Kool Keith
2. Everybody Good-Black Milk
3. 10 MAC 11's-TREE
4. Earvin Magic Johnson-Nas
5. Black People Always Pass The Vibe Check-Chris Crack
6. Therapy-Homeboy Sandman
7. BET's Rap City-Open Mike Eagle feat. Young Zee
8. I bled on stage at first ave-Open Mike Eagle

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San Jose Jazzfest is San Jose's premier music happening and in commmeration of Hip Hop's 50th B-Day the good folks at SJZ curated a HIP HOP 50 stage featuring breakdancing, popping/locking, turf dancing, and a headline performance by MURS! The south bay media darlings otherwise known as the Dad Bod Rap Pod were tapped to interview the Living Legend MURS in advance of his set. The LA rapper was sharp as a tack and legit hilarious as he talked about retirement, why the government should be run like indie rap, and what Hip Hop means to him. Your humble hosts were outside for real podcasting from huge stage in the middle of the street on a beautiful San Jose evening.

Hope your Hip Hop birthday weekend was sufficiently lit!

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How do we celebrate the culture that has given us so much over the past 50 years? By sharing two interview with true Hip Hop pioneers.

Over our 250+ episode run we have had the privilege of talking with many Hip Hop legends none more important than Roxanne Shante and Easy AD (of the Cold Crush Brothers). Despite being a global cultural and economic phenomenon, Hip Hop is still criminally under-documented (especially the era before people were making shit tons of money off rap music). That's why we are proud to present this week's episode which features excerpts from DBRP Classic interviews with two true Hip Hop pioneers.

In the first segment, we flash back to our Roxanne Shante interview from 2018 as she prepared for the release of her Netflix biopic. She described her incredible ascent to the top of the rap world and her struggles with misogyny in Hip Hop. Part two of this birthday bash features an excerpt from an interview we did with Cold Crush Brother Easy AD. He touches on the park jam era and whether the Cold Crush has been properly celebrated for their contributions to the culture. Hip Hop has been very very good to us. Here's to 50 more years!

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Fair question. Remember Season 3 of Atlanta when they started throwing in these curveball episodes that were completely off-plot (but still within the universe of the show)? Yeah, it's kind of like that. As I am want to do, I was lurking Blockhead's twitter feed. Watching a master work. The man who had the stones to challenge the existence of blue balls on twitter was enthralling and enraging followers with his takes on the "friend zone". I of course had to get my two cents in and and an off-hand joke about doing a hip hop version of the sex advice show Love Lines (iykyk) turned into the pilot episode you are about to hear.

Blockhead in addition to being a world renowned producer is a funny ass dude with IDEAS about how you should live your love life. For my part I'm a gen x divorcee podcaster guy. I'd like to think I have learned some things that could useful to others (probably not). So we sat down and spent roughly 50 minutes talking about the aforementioned "friend zone", relationship histories, and how to get your partner to listen to more Godfather Dom.

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This was just one of the many gems dropped by Dante at his Son of The City book talk at Aemoba Records Berkeley on Saturday, July 8th. The former scrub/current author has been touring the country and chatting with hip hop luminaries like Just Blaze, B-Real, and Open Mike Eagle at each stop. How we got the call for the Bay Area leg of the tour I do not know but we definitely showed up and showed out.

The three bad brothers that you know so well gathered around a small table with Dante and special guest Del The Funkee Homosapien to talk about Dante's stellar career and the state of hip hop generally. It was super dope conversation and we got it all on tape. Enjoy!

ALSO BUY SON OF THE CITY IT IS AWESOME BOOK!

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We back on our grind. This week we have a dope interview with the collaborative emcee/producer combo Video Dave and Controller 7. Folks who listen regularly know that Dave and C7 are among our favorite humans. That's why it was great to chat with them about their new album ArticulatedTextiles (out now on Fake Four).The record is a wonderful blend of heartfelt observations and clever beat-scapes evoking Native Tongues feels.

During the intro segment the bros talk about their unexpectedly cool summer.

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The Fat Boys are one of those rap groups from the 80's that sometimes get mistakenly branded as a novelty or gimmick act. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Fat Boys were among the first wave of stellar rap crews to barnstorm the nation and bring the street poetry of New York to middle America. Central to the Fat Boys success was rapper/producer Prince Markie Dee.

After the Fat Boys disbanded Markie Dee went on to have an incredible production career crafting hip hop flavored R&B joints for J-Lo, Mariah Carey, and Mary J. Blige (you have perhaps heard the song Real Love yeah?) He also had a couple of slept on solo projects in the 90s.

Back in 2018 he was kind enough to hop on the phone with the dad bods and talk about the wildness of the Freshfest Tours, having a 3 movie deal with Warner Bros, and being signed by industry titan Tommy Mottola. Prince Markie Dee tragically passed in 2021. We present this interview to honor his memory and musical legacy.

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By now you have probably noticed we took a few unannounced weeks of summer vacation. Shout out to everyone who reached out to inquire what in the actual fuck. We good, just taking a summer breather after releasing 50+ episodes a year for 5+ years (yes I'm flexin). No worries, we'll be back in July with mo hot shit.

This week we wanted to bump this episode from the back end of our catalog. Episode 59 (and honestly it should have episode 69 considering the guest) our conversation with Akinyele. The Ak ha ha gave us a call from a Miami strip club and talked about Live at the BBQ, working with a young Nas, dealing with industry fuckery, and running for Mayor of Miami. With his seminal release Vagina Diner about to turn 30 we thought it was the perfect time to share this convo with one of raps raunchiest.

In the carbon dated intro a young(er) Nate, Dave, and Demone talk about De La Soul's skirmishes with Tommy Boy over streaming.

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If you weren't born in the 70s/80s I think it's hard to understand the importance radio stations once held. In a world before the internet radio was the primary way we learned about and consumed new music. In that paradigm the radio DJ held a sacred place. The old school disc jockey was curator, taste maker, and gatekeeper all rolled into one. Luckily the the Dad Bods came of age in a time and place where the benevolent radio DJ Chuy Gomez presided over Hip Hop radio. For more than 20 years Chuy was the voice that brought us Hip Hop over the airwaves. He also held it down (and continues to hold it down) on TV as well as the host the California Music Channel.

The bros were fortunate to get some of Chuy's time and nerd out about the bay area radio of yesteryear.

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On this week's episode of Dad Bod Rap Pod your humble hosts talk to underground rap veteran Mr. Lif. This Boston bred emcee rose to prominence in the early 2000's and has worked with some of rap's most brilliant minds including El-P and Edan.

In this wide ranging interview Lif talks about his rap origin story, getting encouragement from guru, almost leaving the rap game, and his newest business venture. During the intro Demone talks about his recent trip to Brooklyn and ruminates with Nate about whether BK is the center of the indy rap universe.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Unbeautiful- Oh No
2. History- Thievery Corporation feat Mr. Lif
3. Luna Thee Impressionist- Mint Beats
4. Making Planets-Edan feat Mr. Lif

The great Nate Le Blanc once said that arguing is the 6th element of Hip Hop and what generates more arguments than a Rolling Stone list of the top 100 West Coast rap songs. On this week's episode the three bad brothers you know so well audit the Rolling Stone list and break down the defining characteristics of West Coast rap.

The guest for episode 267 is producer Jel from Anticon. Jel talks to Nate, Dave, and Demone about the Anitcon origin story, how he got started as a producer, and the slew of new projects he is set to release.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Zen Approach (Remix Instrumental)-Jel
2. God Thinks Funny Haha-Jel
3. Know You Don't-Jel
4. Mixtapes (81st Street Subliminal Remix)

We do have an abiding curiosity about all things Chicago rap. It is for these reasons we were geeked to have the multi-faceted Alexander Fruchter (like hookter) join us for a proper nerd out. Alexander has moved deftly between the roles of DJ, writer, and label head for many yes. His Closed Sessions imprint is the artistic home for several aritsts we dig (Defcee, Kipp Stone, Boathouse). In this interview Alexander talks about the origin of Closed Sessions, meeting Defcee, and his new dinner/conversation series Legends.

During the into Nate and Demone wax nostalgic about the best albums of the pandemic (cause that's over now right?).

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Joints used in this episode

1.Poppy Seed Buns-DJ Rude One feat Wiki

2.Norville Rodgers-Conducter Williams

3.Popovich Offense-Defcee feat Mick Jenkins

This year is flying by! Can y'all believe we are already at the quarter poll of 2023. The pandemic is over (supposedly) but the rap virus continues to spread. There were so many releases no sane person could keep up with them all. But no worries, the dad bods are not regular. They listened to a ton of rap releases in the first months of the year and they gather this week to share their findings.

What were the stand out releases, biggest surprises, and bitter disappointments? Tune in to find out.

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Interstitial beats for this episode were produced by Deep Search Collective

Joints used in this episode

1. Noise Pollution-Taumie
2. Loading-Conductor Williams
3. She Could-Phiik & Lungs/Lonesword

Shingo2 was a member of the experimental Hip Hop group Terracotta Troupe and has collaborated with several prominent producers including Nujabes, Fat Jon, and Substantial. Shingo2's music has also been featured in several popular anime series, including "Samurai Champloo" and "The Eccentric Family."

Nate, Dave, and Demone talk to Shingo2 about his humble beginnings, rapping in two languages, and helping to bring west coast underground rap to Japan.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Luv (Sic) rmx-Nujabees feat Nujabees
2. Ecydsis-Terracota Troupe

We all know that Wu-Tang Clan aint nuthin to fuck with but in 2023 its important to note that the Wu-Tang Brand is also unfuckwittable. The "W" logo has become almost ubiquitous, there is a Wu TV show, and, Method Man seems poised to become a full blown acting sex symbol. But all this greatness had to start somewhere right? On this week's episode of Dad Bod Rap Pod your humble hosts David Ma, Nate Le Blanc, and Demone Carter talk to DJ Mathematics, who in addition to producing and DJing for the Clan was also the person who designed the iconic Wu logo. In this interview you will hear the story behind the logos' creation and what Mathematics has learned from his friend and mentor the RZA.

During the funky intro, the bros talk about their all-time favorite Wu Tang beats (spoiler alert: there is a good deal of overlap). Listen all the way to the end of the episode to hear what novels the dad bods are currently reading.

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Joints used in this episode

Side A

1. Maxine (RMX)-Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon
2. Mighty Healthy-Ghostface Killah

Side B

1. Wu Banga (RMX)-GZA, Ghostface Killah, Cappadona, Masta Killa
2. King Toast Queen-U God, Cappadona, Buddha Bless

On the intro segment Nate, Dave, and Demone talk about two new releases-Kool Keith's Serpent and Navy Blue's Ways of Knowing. During the outro the dad bods talk about their weekend hanging with the legendary Prince Paul!

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Joints used in this episode

1. Waiting For Itzuri-Meaty Ogre
2. Teach Em-Meaty Ogre -
3. Simply Red- Meaty Ogre
4. Glass Ceiling-Meaty Ogre

Kid Koala is a Canadian turntablist, DJ, producer, and graphic novelist. He has released hella solo albums, collaborated with artists such as Deltron 3030 and Dan The Automator and some group called Gorillaz. He is renowned for his other worldly turntable techniques, blending diverse musical genres and creating surreal soundscapes. His latest project Creatures of The Late Afternoon is a multimedia adventure that comes with its own board game. 

On this week’s episode Nate, Dave, Demone talk to Koala about the origin of his name, touring with Hip Hop legends, and how his music ended up on the big screen. On the B-Side of the interview Nate and Demone talk about the interesting sub-genres lurking at the intersection of rap and electronic music. 

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Joints used in this episode

Side A

1. Kid Koala - Once Upon a Time in the Northeast
2. Kid Koala - Skanky Panky

Side B

1. Kid Koala - Basin Street Blues

2.Kid Koala - Emperors Main Course

Nate and Dave had the opportunity to check in with New Jersey rap royalty Vin Rock, who recounted the groups humble beginnings, there connection to Queen Latifah, and what's next for the rap dynasty that ruled the 90s.

On the A-side your hosts put their best foot forward as they discuss the intricacies of male grooming. On the B-side learn more about some upcoming live events featuring the Dad Bod conglomerate.

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MF DOOM was both man and myth. In era where we know way too much about the rappers we love Daniel Dumile was able to stay shrouded in mystery up until the very end of his life. So how do you tell the story of one of Hip Hop's most enigmatic artists and his masterwork Madvilliany? Writer Will Hagle was grappling with this question as he sought to write a book about the project for the vaunted 33 1/3 series. His approach to breaking down Madvillnay may take some by surprise. The three bad brothers you know so well Demone Carter, David Ma, and Nate Le Blanc talk to Will about his approach to writing this book and all the mysteries that unraveled and re-ravaled along the way.

Of course the Dad Bods take time to luxuriate in the genius of Madvilliany as an album as well. On the B-side of this weeks episode your humble hosts take a little more time to reflect on De La Soul's return to streaming platforms and make a big announcement about an upcoming live event with one De La's key collaborators.

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On this week's episode we do our best to honor the legacy of Plug 2 and give new listeners a guide to De La Soul's first four albums. How do the Dad Bods rate each of these masterworks? How have the albums aged? These questions and many more will be answered during this special episode. That in an of itself would be one hell of an episode but we were also fortunate to get De La Soul's first A&R Dante Ross to join us and talk about the early days of the group and who Dove was as a person.

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RIP TRUGOY

RIP DON NEWKIRK

There about as many flows as there are variations of the human voice. Skech 185 comes from the ruff, rugged, and raw end of the vocal spectrum. His flow is ferocious, off-kilter, and densely packed with metaphors and meaning. Skech's latest release on Backwoodz, He Left Nothing For The Swim Back, is as frenzied and manic as the album title suggests. Dave and Demone talk to the Chicago native about his origin story, evolution of his craft, and his windy city rap Mount Rushmore. During the intro segment your host talk about hanging at with Open Mike Eagle and Video Dave during their recent SF tour stop.

On the B-side the three bad brothers that you know so well talk about their favorite non-Armand Hammer Backwoodz Releases. It's a barrel of laughs in a tank of hot takes floating down a river of lava. It's the Dad Bod Rap Pod!

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Joint used in this episode

Side A

1. He Left Nothing For The Swim Back-Skech 185
2. Eastside Summer-Skech 185

Side B

1. Jay Street-Skech 185
2. Western Automatic Music-Skech 185

Nate and Demone gathered in Dem's living room to talk to Nina about her new album Mourning Due, potential retirement, and being buried alive in the Sahara (true story). Good times were had by all! This interview is not to be missed.

During the Side A intro segment we mourn the sudden and tragic passing of Dave aka Plug 2 aka Trugoy from De La Soul. Given what De La means to us this passing was absolutely devastating. We do our best to process grief and uplift Dave's legacy.

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Side A

1. Trying People-De La Soul.
2. Scuffle-Nappy Nina

Side B

1. Tucked In-Nappy Nina
2. Itzsiweezee-De La Soul

On Side A of this weeks episode Nate and Demone ruminate on the NBA All-Star weekend, trade deadline, and the endearing mania of Draymond Green. On Side B your two Scorpio host get mad astrological. Break out your birth charts and your ball shorts! Dad Bod Rap Pod action its fantastic!

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Joints used in this episode

Side A

1. DBRP Theme (Midnight Run RMX)-DJ Cutso
2. Black Mesa Incident-AJ Suede
3. Vox Machina-AJ Suede

Side B

1. 5 x 10-AJ Suede
2. Mount Saint Helen-AJ Suede

In orders of sonic magnitude there is no bigger rap album than Public Enemy's 1988 masterpiece It Takes A Nation Of Millions. This genre shattering classic is about to turn 35 (holy shit!). In celebration of this milestone Nate Le Blanc, David Ma, Demone Carter, and guest Jason Woodbury (of the Aquarium Drunkard podcast) come together to dissect what makes It Take A Nation so brilliant.

That would be robust episode in and of itself but wait there's more?!? Nate and Demone had the privilege of talking to Public Enemy co-founder, producer, and Bomb Squad detonation specialist Hank Shocklee. He was part of huge sea change in rap production and has went on to have an impressive career scoring and doing sound design for many films you know and love.

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Sean Kantrowitz is a man of many talents. He is a whole ass musician who has worked with some of the most ginormous names in the music industry (DR.DRE??). He is super tight with Questlove and has even provided input for some of the music intros on the Jimmy Fallon Show. But his most recent project has put him in the interesting position of being hip hop's preeminent quizmaster. After piloting a Hip Hop trivia night (which evolved into a online show) called The Questions with his cousin DJ Steve 1nder, Sean has reached uncharted heights for a real hip hop head, his trivia game has just hit the streets thanks to Penguin Random house publishing. Sean was kind enough to join Nate and Demone for a conversation about gamifying hip hop and much more.

During the funky intro Nate and Demone talk about the board games they played growing up. On the B-side Nate attempts to stump Demone with trivia queries from the Questions Hip Hop Trivia game.

"Dodododo it's the audio daily double!"

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Joint used in this episode

Side A

1. Game Recognize Game-JT The Bigga Figga
2. The Questions-Common feat Mos Def

Side B

1. Game Theory-The Roots
2. This Is How We Do-The Game feat 50 Cent

After honing his craft in the fertile crescent that was the Bay Area DJ scene of the 90's D-Styles has perfected and innovated the art of scratching. He has won international DJ competitions with the Invisibl Skratch Piklz and the Word Famous Beat Junkies but he is more musician than anything. Over the past 20+ years he has quietly amassed a healthy production catalogue including everything from ground breaking works of turntablism (peep 2002's Phantazmagorea album) to making beats for undergrounds stalwarts like Jihad The Roughneck and ascendant vangaurd-ian R.A.P. Ferreira. His immense talent is juxtaposed by his intense humility and everyday vibes.

On the A side of the episode your humble host Demone Carter, David Ma, and Nate Leblanc talk about their bachelor pad horror stories and there favorite scratch choruses. On side B there is robust discussion about struggle meals and proper bachelor pad etiquette. This episode is a must listen for all DJ's and the people who love them.

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Joints featured in this episode

Side A:

1. DBRP Theme- DJ Cutso feat. DEM ONE
2. John Wayne On Acid- D-Styles
3. Rhymes Like A Scientist-Third Sight

Side B:

1. In My Own World (Check The Method)-Common
2. D-Styles IDA 2018 Showcase (clip)

Two and a half weeks to be exact, but we are back! Hope y'all had a safe and pleasant holiday break. Your favorite rap nerds have reconvened for Season 6 of the Dad Bod Rap Pod and we are starting on a good note with episode 251. Side A of this episode starts with the original kings of content David Ma, Demone Carter, and Nate Le Blanc talking about their New Year's Eve debauchery/resolutions. Then, the bros welcome Brooklyn-bred rapper AKAI SOLO to the program. Spirit Roaming, AKAI's latest release on the venerable Backwoodz Studioz label was described by Pitchfork as "impassioned soliloquies and elaborate sample arrangements, rendered with impressive precision."

In this interview, AKAI breaks down how Spirit Roaming came into to being and the guidance he received from billy woods during the process. He also talks about his approach to rap, friendships, and life generally. Disclaimer: the zoom was glitching in spots during this interview, but it's still really good.

On Side B, the Dad Bods discuss their favorite hangover cures which run the gamut from weed to egg Mcmufins. A good time was had by all. Hope you enjoy. If you like what you hear please like, rate, review, and subscribe on your platform of choice. If you really down with the team, please subscribe to our Patreon (patreon.com/dadbodrappod)

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Joints featured in this episode

Side A:

1. Jyu Viole Grace (instrumental)-AKAI SOLO
2. Marine Snow-AKAI SOLO
3. Fresh Squeezed-Squires

Side B:

1. Fire In The Hole-Earl Sweatshirt
2. Quick Realignment-Jeff Markey
3. Thunderball-Lungs/Lonesword feat. Phiik

We had a chance to virtually chill with author and Bay Area Hip Hop head Hua Hsu. His bylines include The Atlantic, Slate, The Wire and The New Yorker. His new book Stay True: A Memoir, is out now via Doubleday Publishing. We talked to him about his writing career and what is was like when he was was cutting his teeth in Berkley's hip hop scene of the mid nineties. Given Hua is from our neck of the universe we spent some time talking about our mutual stomping grounds as well. Episode 250! A cherry on top of season 5.

Suge LeBlanc is giving us a couple of weeks off so have a happy and safe holiday. We will be back with new episodes mid January.

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Joint used in this episode

1. Range Day-Sleep Sinatra & Ohbliv featuring Obijuan
2. Trippin Instrumental-Zion I
3. Passion Fruit-Illogic

In part two of Quibble Jam your humble host Nate LeBlanc, David Ma, and Demone Carter talk about the best rap records of 2022. The imaginary awards dispensed in this episode include Best album, Best song, rookie of the year and much more!

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Joints used in this episode

1. Fire Sky-Preservation
2. Iron Horse-Rob Cave & Dallas Penn (prod by Small Professor)
3. Come My Way-Saba featuring Krayzie Bone
4. Death of a Constable-Brian Ennals and Infinity Knives
5. Hunger Games-YL
6. Wharves-billy woods
7. Sometimes-Black Thought & Dangermouse
8. Ours-R.A.P Ferreira
9. Rossi-Defcee featuring Armand Hammer

I think it was the great Nate Le Blanc who once said arguing is the 6th element of Hip Hop. It's in this spirit that we present Quibble Jam 2022 our annual breakdown of the year in rap. On part one of the Quibs Nate, Dave, and Demone vigorously debate about the best instrumental albums, best album cover, best non rap album and more!

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Singing Engine-Preservation
2. Glory-SAULT
3. Gotham-Ace Cannons feat Josiah The Gift
4. The Ski Mask Aint for COVID-Ghais Guevara
5. Quantum Leap-Roc Marciano + Alchemist
6. I'll Fight You-Open Mike Eagle
7. @ My Leisure-J Scienide

During the intro segment Nate and Demone talk about the art of mixing and mastering.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Ascension-Daddy Kev
2. I am amazing-NAH Really
3. Rhythm-Awol One & Daddy Kev

RIP DON NEWKIRK WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROGRAM

All Natural’s discography alone would have made for an interesting interview but Cap D's second act is almost as interesting as his first. Currently Cap D (government name David Kelly) is Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel for the (WORLD CHAMPION) Golden State Warriors. Even though he has the perhaps the coolest gig in the world he is still a rapper at heart. In this interview Cap talks about his All Natural days, making the transition from the booth to the courtroom, and his upcoming album with Chicago legend Juice produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow.

During the intro segment Nate, Dave, and Demone talk crypto crashes, the legacy of All Natural, and why the Warriors have gotten of to a slow start this season. 

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Elements of Style-All Natural 
2. Godspeed-All Natural 
3. Renaissance-All Natural 
4. Crawlspace Instrumental-Kenny Segal  

Sure there are rappers who attempt to project strangeness but the vast majority come across inauthentic or unlistenable (or both). Every so often a true eccentric grabs the mic and reorients our ideas about how wavy this art form can be. Fatboi Sharif is one such artist. Verbose, macabre, and enigmatic the New Jersey rapper has amassed a devoted following over the past couple years by releasing a string of authentically weird joints with producers like Roper Williams and Lungs/Lonesword.

His latest offering Preaching in Havana is a collaboration with producer Noface. The duo have crafted a project that is eerie and unsettling in all the right ways. Hosts Nate Le Blanc and David Ma talk to Sharif and Noface about how Havana came into being and the mystique they have both cultivated.

During the into segment Demone and Nate talk about Eminem's Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Induction and the tragic passings of Tame One and Hurricane G.

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Fly Pelican Fly-Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams feat YL
2. 1999 Hacker Worldwide-Fatboi Sharif & Noface
3. Static Vision-Fatboi Sharif & Noface

Producers are hella cool because often times you know their name long before seeing thier face (or in some cases faces). This allows for the imagination to run and conjure up images who (or what) made this dope ass beat. In the run up to this interview your humble hosts were a bit confused about who is (or isn't) Child Actor and why did the name start popping up in the production credits on all our favorite rap records.

Max from Child Actor (yes its a group) came on the pod to break down the science behind Child Actor, his beatmaking process and how he became cool with some of the dopest rappers in the world.

During the intro segment hosts Nate Le Blanc and David Ma talk about Doomsday, Halloween, and Westside Gunn's new album 10

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Joints featured in this episode

1.Sheppard’s Tone-billy woods 

2.Spelling-E L U C I D

3.Sit Down Servant-The Staple Singers

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How many of us have them? In this era of collaboration via internet the magic of actual freinds making music together is criminally underrated. Producer L'Orange and emcee Solemn Brigham have a 15+ year friendship that has served as fertile soil for the creation of the Marlowe song collection. The third installment entitled Marlowe 3 drops October 28th via Melo Music Group. L and Solemn talk with host Nate Le Blanc about their friendship, respective creative processes, getting their music in commercials, and the afore mentioned new album.

During the into segment hosts Demone Carter, David Ma, and Nate Le Blanc ruminate on why they stan certain producers. Small Professors name comes up a lot.

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Joints featured in this episode

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This week we talked to Sunspot Jonz of Mystik Journeyman who took the Bay Area's "out the trunk' ethos to whole other level. From selling tapes hand-to-hand on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley to rocking packed houses overseas, Sunspot has done it all. The legendary hustle of Mystik Journey laid the groundwork for what would become one of the most successful underground hip hop groups of all time, Living Legends. Sunspot was as energtic and ripped as ever in this interview.

In the intro segment hosts Nate Le Blanc, Demone Carter, and David Ma talk about some of the best releases from Q3 of 2022. Also, Nate and Dave give a primer on what rap songs are suitable to listen to before 10am.

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**WARNING** the sound here is rough. We were in a tent about 10 feet from the main festival stage, and the music is audible in the background, as is the crowd and the various folks walking by our table, us chatting off mic at times, etc. It was a chaotic environment, but we feel that's part of the charm of this special episode. If you are sensitive about audio on podcasts, feel free to skip to the 38 minute mark where we are back in the studio.

This episode features live performance audio and interviews with our friends Open Mike Eagle and Video Dave, the fire spitting young MC A.F.R.O., Bay Area battle MC and recording artist Locksmith, and the absolute legend Suga Free. We also have a great chat with recording artist and THOP Fest founder 60 East.

Dad Bod Rap Pod hosts Nate LeBlanc, David Ma and Demone Carter analyze the festival in real time, recount our experiences with some of the featured acts, and generally try to herd the cats to create a hybrid live pod and studio show reflecting on the experience. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio network, which for a brief moment was a real place, a folding table in the Inland Empire, but is mostly a state of mind.

CSWTAR features stellar bars from Open Mike Eagle and his comrades Video Dave and Still Rift. The production duties are handled by a slate of top-tier beatmakers including Diamond D, Quelle Chris, and Madlib. In this week's episode Demone Carter, Nate LeBlanc, and David Ma talk to their friend and podcast benefactor about the new album, lawless 7-11 parking lots, and battling supernatural enemies.

Also, Open Mike Eagle WORLD PREMIERS a couple of new joints from the CSWTAR. Come for the banter stay for the beats!

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Joints used in this episode:

Raise It Up-Bacao Rhythm & Steel band

Circuit City-Open Mike Eagle feat. Video Dave and Steel Rift

I retired and then I changed my mind-Open Mike Eagle

cd only-Open Mike Eagle feat Aesop Rock

Dirt Off Your Shoulder-Bacao Rhythm & Steel band

During the intro segment Demone and Dave talk about the winds of controversy surrounding Madlib, Egon, and MF DOOM's rhyme book. They also ponder dream Madlib collaborations we have yet to hear.

Dad Bod Rap Pod is a proud member of the Stony Island Audio network. Shout out Stony Island Minister of Rhyme Open Mike Eagle. If you rock with the podcast please like, rate, and subscribe on your platform of choice. If you really want to do us (and yourself) a solid please consider subscribing to our Patreon account patreon.com/dadbodrappod.

In the intro segment hosts David Ma and Demone Carter share their reflection on the incendiary new piece written by Jayson Buford entitled "The Painful Mediocrity of White Boy Rap" The Dad Bods also delve into the new double album release by Ka.

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Your intrepid hosts Demone Carter, David Ma, and Nate LeBlanc ventured out to Oakland on Labor Day for the annual Hip Hop block party known as Hiero Day. Although it was a sweltering hot day the Dad Bods stayed hydrated and were able to get backstage interviews with Keak Da Sneak, Opio, and A-Plus. There are some clips of live performances by Hieroglyphics, Kool G Rap, and Masta Ace included in this episode as well.

One of the key organizers of Hiero Day (and the DBRP hat plug) Ian Davis stops by the program to talk about his role within Hieroglyphics and, the meaning of Hiero Day.

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Dad Bod Rap Pod is down with the Stony Island Audio shout out to Open Mike Eagle.

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Your humble hosts spent Labor Day sweating at the annual Heiro Day festival in Oakland (stay tuned for the special Heiro Day episode....) A fun but grueling endeavor as was hot AF. As such we have an abbreviated intro segment from the weary yet triumphant Demone Carter.

Dad Bod Rap Pod rolls with the Stony Island Audio posse (rolling with your posse is the only way to go). Shout out to art rap impresario Open Mike Eagle.

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The three bad brothers you know so well also talk about the deluge of new rap records including new heat from Mach-Hommy, J.I.D, The Alchemist/Roc Marciano, and AKAI SOLO. During the funky outro your humble host talk about their upcoming takeover of Heiro Day.

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Dad Bod Rap Pod is part of the Stony Island Audio gang. Shout out to our fearless leader Open Mike Eagle.

Host Demone Carter, David Ma, and Nate LeBlanc also talk about the new Black Thought and Dangermouse collab album Cheat Codes. Is this the definitive Black Though solo project? Are the vocals mixed too low? The guys break it all down in this episode. 

The Dad Bod Rap Pod is another dope podcast on the Stony Island Audio Network. Shout out to our benevolent benefactor Open Mike Eagle. 

Nate, Dave, and Demone also talk about the recent auction of Kool Herc collectables and their current non-rap listening. Dad Bod Rap Pod is part of the Stony Island Podcast network all praise due to the honorable Open Mike Eagle. 

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The three bad brothers that you know so well (Nate LeBlanc, Demone Carter, and David Ma) start off the episode by talking about the brilliant new record King Cobra from Baltimore-based producer/emcee duo Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals. Hip Hop and wine connoisseur David Ma also recaps his experience at the Blue Note Festival in Napa, CA.

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Transitional beats for this episode were provided by Deep Search Collective

We were fortunate to have both Vic and Small Pro on the show this week to talk about the new album, annoying rapper trends, and more. Hosts Nate LeBlanc, David Ma, and Demone Carter also eulogize the Choco Taco, praise the new Mykah 9 book My Kaleidoscope, and recap a recent live performance by Devin The Dude in San Jose. 

Dad Bod Rap Pod is a proud member of the Stony Island Audio podcast network! Shout out to the big homie Open Mike Eagle. 

Hosts Nate LeBlanc, David Ma, and Demone Carter also lament the break-up of the pioneering comedy duo Desus and Mero. As a special bonus, there are clips from the recent Dad Bod Rap Pod live event Slap Box included in this episode. 

Dad Bod Rap Pod is a proud member of the Stony Island Audio podcast network! 

A ode to the letter J?

J Rocc's new album "A Wonderful Letter" is both of these and more. Hosts Demone Carter and David Ma chop it up with the world famous Beat Junkie about his incredible career and his first new album in over a decade. J Rocc has been a fixture in the worlds of turntablism and beat making for some time. The Stones Throw stalwart talks about his relationships with the late great J Dilla and Madlib as well as nurturing future DJs at The Beat Junkie Institue of Sound.

Demone and Dave start off the episode by ruminating on LA rappers who have yet to receive their flowers. Despite being the spring board for the biggest acts in rap there are a great many LA rappers who remain somewhat unsung despite their creative output.

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In the second segment we interview rapper, author, and label head MF Grimm. It was a distinct pleasure to talk to Grimm about his past as a child actor, his streetwise rap style, his autobiographical graphic novel, and much more. Dad Bod Rap Pod is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Beats for this week's show were provided by Small Professor, show him some love on social media or better yet buy something on Bandcamp. DBRP is a member of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Next up is an interview with Seattle-based producer Jake One. The incredibly prolific producer has made beats for everyone from Gift of Gab to Rick Ross and many more in between. Easygoing and incredibly talented, Jake discusses record collecting, collaborations, and tells stories about some of the interesting figures he's crossed paths with on his musical journey.

In the second segment the fellas discuss the best rap records of the year so far, a check-in on the state of the art as we reach the halfway point of this chaotic but increasingly inspiring year.

Beats for this week's show were submitted by Controller 7 and we thank him for the contributions. Our theme song is composed by DJ Albert Jenkins.

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This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

1. There are only 2 perfect hip-hop albums, Main Source Breaking Atoms and A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders
2. Born Like This is DOOM's Best Album
3. Redman ruined Method Man
4. Nasir is Nas's 2nd best album
5. Jay Electronica is overrated and the new album is mid
6. We all wasted our time listening to back pack rap, the music that has stood up form that era is the music we were all ostensibly against.

Beats for this week's show were submitted by Zilla Rocca from his Bandcamp-exclusive recently-released beat tape. Make sure to tune into Part 2 on Call Out Culture's feed for a deeper discussion!

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Next up we have a special in-studio interview with Platurn & Edgewize, a DJ?MC duo with a new EP called Apatheater on Needle To The Groove Entertainment (full disclosure, Dave is a partner in the label). They took hip-hop back to the essence of dope beats and dope rhymes with no frills but a modern sensibility on the new project and we were happy to have them on. As you can imagine, it's very hard to promote a record in the current environment and we are happy to provide artists on our wavelength with the opportunity. All beats on this episode except our theme song were produced by DJ Platurn!

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