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Freemusicempire

FREEMUSICEMPIRE

Freemusicempire.com is a place for in depth musical discussion with important voices from hip hop, soul, jazz and so forth. Hosted by Dan-O.

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01:43:40

State of The Game Vol. 127-Label Legacy: Strange...

Freemusicempire ·

2022/12/10

ATTENDEES Jesse The Tree, Sage Francis, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the origination of Strange Famous Records and what vision characterizes it. Talk about the influence it has had and the stellar 2022 releases. Intro and Outro music from Jesse The Tree's album Pigeon Man.

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01:29:27

State of The Game Vol.126-2022 Senior Class w/ The...

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2022/12/04

ATTENDEES Rap Music Plug, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Draft the nominees from the shared google doc Make the case for their inclusion Affirm or deny Make the next pick Continue until the class feels complete Intro and Outro music from Preaching In Havana by Noface x Fatboi Sharif

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01:28:55

State of The Game Vol.125-So Much Alicia Keys w/...

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2022/11/28

ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business December 2021 Alicia Keys released 93 minutes of music(KEYS) and then reissued it in July(KEYS II). Why?! Why is no one talking about it? Where does Alicia Keys fit in the history of music? Is this the best Alicia timeline of all the possible timelines? Intro and Outro by Disco Vietnam off House Rabbi 12

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01:17:45

State of The Game Vol. 124-Cheat Codes w/ John...

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2022/11/22

ATTENDEES John Morrison, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss our relationship to The Roots and the legacy of Black Thought. What changed that made Thought want to pursue a solo career legacy? Is it working? Should he have done it earlier? Discuss the new album Cheat Codes by Black Thought and Danger Mouse. Intro and outro music by Strategy from the upcoming project Graffiti in Space due for release 01/17/2023

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01:13:31

State of The Game Vol. 123-The Year of Small Professor

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2022/11/15

ATTENDEES Small Professor, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins Special guest Torito! AGENDA New Business Talk to Small Professor about the selection process of who he works with. Talk to SMall Professor about his 2022 releases: Hundred Year Darkness w/ AJ Suede, Soiled w/ Torito, Mudslide w/ Vic Spencer, and Sedale Threat by Wrecking Crew (Curly Castro, Zilla Rocca, Small Pro, PremRock). Discuss the SMALL PROFESSOR classic Never At Peace by Career Crooks. Intro and Outro from Prince Jawns

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01:12:44

State of The Game Vol. 122-Jay-Z Misconceptions w/...

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2022/11/07

ATTENDEES Sean Kantrowitz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Sean about the genesis of the ‘Making Illmatic’ podcast series and the most cantankerous episodes. Discuss Jay-Z misconceptions

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01:09:28

State of The Game Vol. 121-Pushing Each Other w/...

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2022/10/30

ATTENDEES Spanish Ran, Bloo Azul, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the coming together and roles of The Church collective and how Bloo and Ran built from that. Discuss Bloo Moon EP and Once In A Bloo in depth. Intro and Outro music from the Bloo Azul x Spanish Ran album-Once In A Bloo.

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01:28:28

State of The Game Vol. 120-Her Word Is Bond w/ Psalm One

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2022/10/23

ATTENDEES Psalm One, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of writing Her Word Is Bond and its reception. Discuss the goals for upcoming solo album Bigg Perm with Custom Made. Spend some time ruminating on the lessons learned over the course of a very unique journey. Intro and Outro music by klwn cat off his new album Vox in Rama dropping 10/31

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01:18:15

State of The Game Vol. 119-Optimization w/ Namir Blade

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2022/10/15

ATTENDEES Namir Blade, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the differences between Metropolis and previous albums? How did those changes optimize the experience of the album? Talk about the courage it takes to pursue optimizing your career whether others understand the direction or not. Discuss the albums of Namir Blade in detail. Intro and Outro music directly from Metropolis. Buy it because it RULES!

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01:32:41

State of The Game Vol. 118-The Art of The Debut w/ Hype

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2022/10/08

ATTENDEES Hype,Keith Rollins,Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss what goes into the process of making a debut album using Talk Nice To Me as an example. Breakdown Hype’s debut Talk Nice To Me in terms of strengths and what aspects Hype would like to develop in the future. Intro and Outro music by DJ Preservation off 1974

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01:51:02

State of The Game Vol.117-Problem Solving w/ Rich Jones

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2022/10/01

ATTENDEES Rich Jones, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Rich Jones about his new album w/ Iceberg Theory Smoke Detector. Discuss albums: Drill Music in Zion by Lupe Fiasco, Crunkstar by Duke Deuce, and Forest In The City by UMI. Intro and Outro music directly from Smoke Detector BUY IT!

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01:29:34

State of The Game Vol. 116-I Told Bessie w/ E L U C I D

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2022/09/23

ATTENDEES Elucid, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the artistic progression from Save Yourself to Don’t Play It Straight to I Told Bessie. Discuss and analyze I Told Bessie. Intro and Outro music by Brainorchestra from his album Live & Direct

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02:14:06

State of The Game Vol. 115-Mid Year Check In w/ Kam...

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2022/09/17

ATTENDEES Kam Thandi, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss themes and storylines in 2022 music and how our listening has changed in this era of heightened positive musical content. Go over Dan’s AOTY list as it stands Intro and Outro music by The Expert from the album The Overview Effect w/ Jermiside

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01:38:18

State of The Game Vol. 114-King Cobra w/ Brian Ennals...

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2022/09/10

*MUST LISTEN* ATTENDEES Brian Ennals, Infinity Knives, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the progression from Rhino XXL to King Cobra and how the project goals changed. Discuss King Cobra in depth and all the different forms it takes throughout the 17 song journey. Intro and Outro directly from King Cobra.

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00:01:53

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2022/09/06

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01:19:09

State of The Game Vol. 113-The Vision of...

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2022/09/04

ATTENDEES Lungs/Lonesword, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the GRIP collective and balancing group with solo projects. Discuss recent projects: The Birth of Lonesword, Where are The Bugs?!, and Alone on Mars. Intro and Outro beats by NCL-TM from KOFFi

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01:24:57

State of The Game vol. 112-2022 Albums You Missed w/...

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2022/08/28

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, Dash Lewis AGENDA New Business Talk about the 2022 return of giant sized popular event rap album (Pusha T, Kendrick) and the show it has cast over more indie rap albums. Talk about ibliss-Raja’s Sun, Leikeli47-Shape Up, and Big Cheeko-Block Barry White. Intro and Outro is from Small Professor's project Church Jawns.

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01:21:21

State of The Game Vol. 111-The Quelle Chris Level w/...

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2022/08/21

ATTENDEES PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to PremRock about Ockham’s Blazer and the persistent drive to make a new project unlike any you’ve done before. Discuss the progression of Quelle Chris given his AOTY contender DEATHFAME. Intro and Outro music by Small Professor from the album Soiled with Torito.

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01:14:34

State of The Game Vol. 110-Auntie Diaries Ripple...

Freemusicempire ·

2022/08/14

ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the act of disclosing real peoples information in a song and the potential ramifications/problems. Discuss specific examples NOTES Romantic version-Drake innovated the disclosure of an ex’s first name “Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree” from Nothing Was The Same. In the purest business sense this acted as an easter egg for the listener that built intrigue. The day a Drake album came out fans hit the internet to find out

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01:24:46

State of The Game Vol.109-Must Hear NO LIMIT albums...

Freemusicempire ·

2022/08/07

ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the overall legacy of No Limit Records from a business model and artistic perspective. Analyze Young Bleed-My Balls and My Word, Mac-Shell Shocked, Mia X-Unlady Like, and Fiend-There’s One in Every Family. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from Mindgarden.

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