We enjoyed kicking back this episode with Eso Trey because he took us on a JOURNEY thru some old school hip hop history. We gar-ron-TEE you didn't know all of of this when you woke up this morning.
We also touched upon seeing the signs (uh, like... in life), Nichiren Buddhism (Nam Myoho Renge Kyo?? YES.), the beauty in the b-side, the nuance of properly organizing the tracks on an album, the age-old juxtaposition of Art & Design - and how intentionality affects music.
... and you KNOW we had to speak on Jay-Z's never-not-once-forthcoming Christmas album "Jingle Jigga", the unacknowledged elephant in the room of hip hop, the rules of sampling songs, and the good old days of writing 24-bar verses.
Shout out to:
De La Soul and their album "Buhloone Mindstate"
Dru Down's track "Can You Feel Me"
The Ghostly Bootsy Collins (slappin' the bayse).
T3 from Slum Village
Brand Nubian's "In God We Trust"
Leaders of The New School
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