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Dad Bod Rap Pod

Dad Bod Rap Pod

Hip-hop discussion podcast from rapper Demone Carter aka DEM ONE, music writer David Ma, and record collector Nate LeBlanc featuring interviews with well-respected figures from rap"s past and present. A Stony Island Audio experience.

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Episode 260-Other People's Podcasts with guest Vin...

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2023/03/16

Few groups have combined lyrical prowess and hit making abilities like Naughty By Nature. They had a string of genre defining hits over the course of the 1990's including joints like Uptown Anthem, Hip Hop Hooray, and Feel Me Flow. Selling an ridiculous amount of records did not water down their approach to music though. Vinny and Treach took rapid fire deliver to high levels of rap music inspiring a generation of rappers including this kid from Detroit name Eminem. Nate and Dave had the opportunity

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76:29

Episode 259-Madvilliany Retrospective

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2023/03/09

His life is like a folklore legend. 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

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Episode 258-A Listeners Guide to De La Soul

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2023/03/02

It's difficult to overstate the impact De La Soul has had on this podcast. Simply stated De Le raised us. The three brothers from Long Island and their left of center aesthetic helped shaped who we are as rap fans and human beings. Our original artwork was a homage to their second album De La Soul is Dead. We got the late great Don Newkirk, who voiced the skits on 3ft High and Rising, to be a part of our intro. Our first guest on the podcast was legendary producer Prince Paul who played a huge role

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56:50

Episode 257-Rough Sketches with guest Skech 185

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2023/02/23

Rap contains multitudes. 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

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66:20

Episode 256-Respect Deux with guest Nappy Nina

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2023/02/16

The glory days of this podcast have coincided with a global pandemic and as such recording the show via zoom has become the order of the day, It's a great way to connect with interesting people across town and across the globe for sure. All that said there is nothing like face to face interaction. This week we got a live in-real-life interview with one of our favorite humans, Nappy Nina. This is her third apperance on the pod and we definitely consider ourselves boosters of everything she does. Nate

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61:50

Episode 255- Fly Coastal with guest AJ Suede

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2023/02/09

The modern indy rap hustle is about quantity as much quality. This week's guest AJ Suede has mastered the art of being prolific without comprising the integrity of his product. Since 2015 the Suede God has put out over 30 projects and has shown no signs of slowing down. Nate and Demone had the opportunity to chop it up with the Seattle by way of East Harlem rapper about his creative process, growing up in a hip hop household and the Star Wars prequels. On Side A of this weeks episode Nate and Demone

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Episode 254-Louder Than A Bomb with guest Hank...

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2023/02/02

Armageddon been in effect go get a late pass! 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

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72:22

Episode 253-Game Theory with guest Sean Kantrowitz

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2023/01/26

More game than parker brothers..... 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

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69:26

Episode 252-Scratching The Surface with guest D-Styles

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2023/01/19

DJ is loaded term these days. The advent of new technology has allowed a broader array of people to claim the title DJ when in actuality many are just AI assisted music curators. DJ, producer, and scratch samurai D-Styles is cut from a different cloth. 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

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76:45

Episode 251-Setting Cognitive Traps with guest AKAI SOLO

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2023/01/12

It's been a long time.... 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

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46:13

Episode 250-True To The Game with guest Hua Hsu

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/12/22

You ever meet a person for the first time and they seem like one of the homies? 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

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112:38

Episode 249-Quibble Jam Pt.2

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/12/15

DOUBLE QUIBBLE! 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! 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) Big ups to Stony Island Audio massive! Joints used in this

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55:11

Episode 248-Quibble Jam 2022 (Pt.1)

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/12/08

LETS GET READY TO QUIBBLE! 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! 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

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83:29

Episode 247-20,000 Watts with guest Daddy Kev

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2022/11/29

Daddy Kev is multi-hyphenate mastermind who's has put to together an astonishing body or work across several artistic disciplines. He is a dope ass producer, DJ, sound engineer, party promoter, label head, and now author. His new book Audio Dynamics: Compression Techniques for Modern Mixing and Mastering is a distillation of his vast knowledge of mixing and mastering. Oh and also he was recently nominated for a Grammy for his mastering work on Freestyle Fellowship's To Whom It May Concern

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Episode 246-Nothing Artificial with guest Cap D of...

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2022/11/17

Dyed in the wool backpackers will remember the pitched battle between the keep it realists and the shiny suit mafia that took place in the mid/late-nineties. At that time there was a tangible sense that the ethos of "real" Hip Hop was being subsumed by corporatist tendencies (we weren’t entirely wrong about that). Many emcees stepped forward to defend the art form we all know and love, few the zealotry of Cap D of the Chicago based rap dou All Natural. Together with producer Tone B Nimble, Cap D put

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Episode 245-Havana Nights with guests Fatboi Sharif...

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2022/11/10

Real weirdos are hard to find. 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

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60:16

Episode 244-Child's Play with guest Max from Child Actor

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/11/03

What's in a name? 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

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Episode 243- Little Lotteries with guests L'Orange...

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/10/27

FRIENDS! 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

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Episode 242-Be Inspired with guest Sunspot Jonz

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/10/20

Not to get all ageist in here but one of the unique joys of being a Gen X'er is knowing what the world was like before the internet. Back in the halcyon days of the early 90's building a"buzz" wasn't a matter clicking and scrolling on a page. Marshalling people's attention back then meant putting your boots on the ground and fliers on windshields. 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

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Episode 241- The Happiness Of Pursuit Festival Recap

Dad Bod Rap Pod ·

2022/10/13

This week is dedicated to our trip down to Ontario, California recently for The Happiness of Pursuit Festival, which focises on lyrical, classic, and underground hip-hop. We spent the day at the festival recording the first half of this episode "backstage" and caught up with some of the dopest MCs working today. **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

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