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Hip-Hop and Life.

Archives for September 2015

Episode 25 – A Conversation With DJ Booman

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DJ Booman is a legendary DJ and producer from Baltimore. His credentials are too numerous to properly summarize. He is an originator of Baltimore Club Music, and even if you’re not familiar with the genre, you’ve probably heard classic records he produced such “Watch Out For The Big Girl” and “Pick ‘Em Up.” He’s also a mainstay on the Baltimore Hip-Hop scene, and his work with Baltimore rapper Mully Man (“Bmore Go Harder” & “She Hurtin’ Em”) landed a spot in MTV’s rotation.

On this historic episode of the Channel 10 Podcast, DJ Booman breaks down the origins of Baltimore Club Music and the early Baltimore Hip-Hop scene. We also get into production techniques, touring, his new projects, how he ended up producing the “Get Off (Baltimore Club Remix)” for Diddy through Kevin Liles, how he got production credits on Michael Jackson’s “Strangers In Moscow,” and so much more. You can’t miss this episode!

DJ Booman stays in the lab, and you can check out everything he’s up to here:

http://ift.tt/1QxViSw
https://twitter.com/djbooman
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Episode 24 – A Conversation With Brace Saga

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Brace Saga is an artist from Baltimore, MD with a dope new project entitled #RetroFuture EP, which is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play Music. On the project, which he describes as an “over-the-top Hood Musical,” Brace is able to showcase his lyrical and production skills, making music that is both accessible and thought provoking. Coming from Baltimore, to joining the military and traveling the world, to recording #RetroFuture in Florida, Brace brings a wealth of life experience and interesting perspectives to his music and to the conversation.

Our wide-ranging conversation with Brace Saga gets deep into music and life in general. Topics include:

– The recording process and inspiration for #RetroFuture
– What it’s like coming up in Baltimore and doing music
– The state of our community and our people as a whole
– Learning through failure and defining “success”
– How “people are looking to politicians for entertainment and people are looking to entertainers for the truth”

There are more gems here than can be listed, so listen to the episode! Brace Saga’s #RetroFuture EP is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. You can reach Brace and support his project below:

iTunes: http://ift.tt/1EZTrFt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bracesaga
Instagram: http://ift.tt/1idtAiD
Reverbnation: http://ift.tt/1EZTrFv

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Episode 23 – A Conversation With Matteo Urella

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Matteo Urella is an author and photographer based out of Boston, MA. His writings can currently be found primarily on Medium (http://ift.tt/1XF1n4V), where you can find his amazingly detailed and thorough “Machetes Dipped In Rum: The Oral History of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony”, which is a complete book detailing the story of one of Hip-Hop’s greatest collectives. You can find his PRO FILES series on Medium as well, where he interviews all kinds of interesting figures in music, film, sports, and the arts.

We speak with Matteo about Hip-Hop, MMA & Martial Arts, and life in general. Topics include:

– His book “Machetes Dipped In Rum”
– Incredible stories that you probably don’t know about Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and their legacy
– Wu-Tang
– Ghostwriting & Steroids
– Anderson Silva & Jon Jones
– Veganisn
– Human rights

This episode is a must listen! Matteo Urella can be found at:

http://ift.tt/1XF1n4V
https://twitter.com/MatteoUrella

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Episode 22 – A Conversation With Schoolly D

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Jesse “Schoolly D” Weaver is a Hip-Hop pioneer whose wide ranging career encompasses a variety of music, television, and film projects, however he is best known for being credited as the first gangsta rapper. His hits include PSK, Saturday Night, Gucci Time, King of New York Theme Song, the music from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and more.

We talk with Schoolly D about his upbringing in Philadelphia, the early Hip-Hop scene, his song creation process and studio techniques, his relationships and thoughts on artists he’s influenced such as Ice-T and NWA, the influence of drugs and the sound of music, his memory of the day of the bombing of John Africa’s MOVE organization in Philadelphia, making music for the film world, what is means to be Black, hanging with Uncle Luke in Miami, and so much more.

Schoolly D is funny and insightful, and this is a conversation that you must not miss.

This September marks the 30th anniversary of Gucci Time and PSK, in September he’s dropping a new version of Gucci Time and on Black Friday he is dropping the original versions of these iconic songs.

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