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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#318: Greg MayoThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we get on the phone with our best friend, musical partner and third creative partner in ItsTheReal, Greg Mayo! Greg discusses growing up in a creative household, the son of a painter mother and a touring musician father (who played with, among others, Hall & Oates, Foreigner, Aerosmith and Peter Frampton, most famously on Frampton Comes Alive), how he initially shunned his musical side to focus on baseball, what it meant when his parents divorced, how listening to ONYX, Cypress Hill and LL Cool J informed his rhythmic thinking, how being...2020-08-0300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#317: The Return of Aminatou SowThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome back podcaster, businesswoman and NYT best-selling co-author of Big Friendship, our friend Aminatou Sow! With Amina on the phone, we discuss the expectations when signing a book contract, the relationship between authors and the publisher's editor, the benefits of bringing on an additional editor, who exactly Ann and Amina wrote their memoir for, what they learned about friendship overall and specifically in a quarantine, and the feelings that come with presenting art to the public. We talk about Trump's disastrous response to COVID-19, his disastrous presidency and his meaningless...2020-07-2700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#316: Director at New York Civil Liberties Union Yusuf Abdul-QadirIn this special episode of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we speak with Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Director at the New York Civil Liberties Union, who recently went viral, thanks to his powerful message about police policies, spending and officer accountability concerning his hometown of Syracuse, NY. We speak about bringing meaningful change to the local level, the national level and the transnational level, how a message is disseminated and the role media should play, and whether Syracuse's current leadership can be trusted with enacting forward movement. Yusuf discusses growing up the youngest of eight children, the differences in being...2020-07-2300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#315: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Teflon Don with Rick Ross and FriendsThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we're celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Rick Ross' classic album Teflon Don by reliving the making-of with Rozay and his collaborators Jadakiss, Styles P, Lex Luger, Spiff TV and Chris Atlas as well as analysis from The New York Times pop critic Jon Caramanica! 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Blige, Missy Elliott, Puffy, Biggie, DMX, Swizz, Suge, Heavy D, Carl Thomas, The Neptunes, The LOX's group projects and solo deals, the joys of fatherhood, growing up in YO, working at Burger King, working the street corners, playing football, breakdancing, watching his mother get a masters degree and invest money...2020-07-1300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#313: Big Boi and Sleepy BrownThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we make two phone calls to Atlanta legends, chopping it up with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown to discuss their collaborative project The Big Sleepover and their individual journeys from Savannah to A-Town to international funk superstardom, as well as stories about Organized Noize, TLC, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Pimp C, George Clinton, Missy Elliott, Jermaine Dupri, Bobby Brown, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Sade, Brick, The Source Awards, The Grammys, Andre 3000's driving, the International Players Anthem video shoot, who came up with the double-CD idea for Outkast, owls, bengal...2020-06-2900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#312: Leslie BrathwaiteThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we call down to Atlanta to connect back with the premier mix engineer in the business, the multi Grammy Award-winning Leslie Brathwaite! Leslie, who would go on to be the trusted man behind the boards for Beyoncé, Pharrell, Jay-Z, Outkast, TLC, Madonna, Lil Uzi Vert, Jack Harlow, Rick Ross, Jeezy, Cash Money, Monica, and so many more talks about growing up in the U.S. Virgin Islands, falling in love with music by deep-diving into his father's record collection, the three months his mother wouldn't speak to him because he was h...2020-06-2400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#311: Atlantic Records VP of Promotions Sam CrespoThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we call our longtime friend and VP of Promotions at Atlantic Records Sam Crespo to discuss growing up in The Bronx in the 80s, falling in love with illustrations and music, traveling all around New York City to be a part of the hip-hop, metal and punk scenes, going to college and briefly studying to be an accountant, a professor's advice that changed his career path and ultimately his life, starting in the music business in Relativity Records' warehouse, moving into their sales office, meeting fellow Bronx native/Puerto Rican/hip-hop...2020-06-1600 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#310: CalmaticThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, it was only right to celebrate episode 310 by getting on the phone with Los Angeles' own, the Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-holding director and storyteller Calmatic! Cal, a new father, talks about where his heart, soul and being are at after the last two weeks, where his mind's been since Nipsey Hussle's tragic passing last year, and what kind of hope he has for his son's generation in America. Cal takes us through growing up in Inglewood, his love for the West Coast, his obsession with baseball and his dreams of...2020-06-0800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#309: Bun BThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we call up our friend Bun B to listen. Bun speaks on his experiences in Minneapolis protesting the murder of George Floyd, his time in Houston spent alongside the Floyd family, the courage, compassion and leadership that Stephen Jackson has shown, living everyday with your head on a swivel, fighting for the younger generations, the duty to speak up, what allies mean in this day and age, and so much more. 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A Waste of Time with ItstherealItsTheReal Classic: Our MomOn this Mother's Day edition of ItsTheReal Classic, we revisit our 250th episode of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, featuring our mom, who through resolve, strength, commitment, curiosity, love and generosity, has made her way through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We're thrilled - once again! - to share her incredible journey, and know you'll enjoy this milestone episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2020-05-101h 49A Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: Our MomOn this Mother's Day edition of ItsTheReal Classic, we revisit our 250th episode of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, featuring our mom, who through resolve, strength, commitment, curiosity, love and generosity, has made her way through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We're thrilled - once again! - to share her incredible journey, and know you'll enjoy this milestone episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2020-05-1000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: AlchemistToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our first episode ever, our May 2015 sit down with super producer Alchemist! We sit down with Al in Los Angeles and trace the lineage of Jadakiss' "We Gonna Make It" instrumental back to the beginning, break news about a rapping reunion with Scott Caan, and figure out the last thing Puffy regrets buying. We also discuss what life is like on the road with Eminem, why Jay-Z hasn't bought a beat from him to that point, how Alchemist would fare against aux cord DJs, and so much more!...2020-05-0300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: Action BronsonToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our July 2018 interview with Renaissance man Action Bronson, one of the funniest conversations we've ever taken part in. In this side-splitting episode, we sat down with Bam Bam Baklava over bagels to talk Flushing, Queens, why he's a fan of the New York Yankees, how he thinks his infamous Funk Flex freestyle went, how he injured his knee running from Germans, making plans for chicken parm with Lenny Dykstra, why Alchemist dresses the way he does, the calendar Jeff made where he photoshopped Action into Renaissance paintings, peeing in between...2020-04-2600 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: Tru LifeToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our November 2018 interview with Lower East Side rapper Tru Life, one of the realest, most harrowing, most compelling and inspiring conversations we've ever had. Tru details his tough early years in New York City's Lower East Side, how he decided school wasn't for him, how music led to recording sessions at Mark and Donnie Wahlberg's studio, connecting with Snoop Dogg, and how Ving Rhames looked out strictly because he believed in Tru Life's talents. We discuss the DVD era and how the drama undermined an artist's talents, how Sickamore brought...2020-04-1900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: Megan Thee StallionToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our December 2018 interview with the H-Town Hottie Megan Thee Stallion right before she exploded onto the world stage. In fact, we spoke with her the day she signed her record contract with 300. Not only the best interview Meg's done, but also perhaps the only one featuring her and her mother Holly, who tragically passed just three months later. In this episode, Megan discusses growing up loving school, getting trouble for cursing at a young age, making best friends during a food fight, always being the tallest in her grade, trying...2020-04-1200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: SickamoreToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our January 2016 interview with super A&R Sickamore, whose wise words, focus and vision have helped change not just the music industry, but culture, for more than a decade. Listen to Sick discuss his journey from getting kicked out of his mom's house to becoming an award-winning mixtape DJ to getting deals for Saigon and Tru-Life to shaping YG's My Krazy Life. We talk Jeremih, Travis Scott, Jeezy, Wynter Gordon, DJ Kay Slay, Rihanna, Hip-Hop, Just Blaze, The Weeknd, Ricky Hil, Phil Jackson, LA Reid and so much more!2020-04-0500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealItsTheReal Classic: Lil Uzi VertToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our January 2016 interview with Lil Uzi Vert, before he set streaming records and took over the world! Listen to a young Uzi talk about A$AP Yams, Young Thug, Steve Aoki, as well as why he hated Michael B. Jordan. We also discussed touring with Fall Out Boy, being friends with Wiz Khalifa, and why hoverboards were a thing of the past. And since we had our friends DJ Drama and Don Cannon visiting too, we brought them in on the conversation and talked about a bunch of things, most...2020-03-2900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#307: GrafhThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Queens' own Grafh to the Upper West Side! Celebrating the release of his latest collaboration with DJ Green Lantern, The Oracle 3, Grafh talks growing up in the rough environs of Jamaica, Queens, an only child living with his mother, the unthinkable realities of his father entering his life as a teenager and leaving just as quick. We discuss his talents in music and sports, and the steps he took toward a career in medicine, obsessing over Royce da 5'9 and Eminem's rhymes on Stretch & Bobbito, going to St...2020-03-1000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#306: The Return of JadakissThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our friend Jadakiss back from a five-year solo-podcast hiatus for a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation about the life of Icepic Jay Jackson, how one evolves after losing a loved one, the pain he put into his new album Ignatius, the facts he spits on his records, what made him grow his hair back, why he wants to sell some of his most exclusive shoes, the blind spot in his movie catalog, why it's so important to find the right dentist, what he appreciates about Rick Ross, his...2020-03-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#305: The Return of Royce Da 5'9This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Detroit's own Royce da 5'9 back to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and very meaningful conversation on what he misses about Slaughterhouse, their unreleased project, the places he and Eminem listen to music, meeting Beyonce for the first time in celebration of Carmen: a Hip-Hopera, listening to 4:44 for the first time alongside Jay Electronica, what he fights with DJ Premier about, doing the Tootsie Roll in a high school talent show, how he broke the cycle when it came to parenting, and much more!2020-02-2500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#304: Cory TownesThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome Philly's own Cory Townes to Upper West Side to discuss his decade-long creative journey to becoming a working, thriving and happy DJ. Cory talks everything from Gremlins to seafood cheesesteaks, working in sneaker stores to working in the Apple store, designing clothes to hosting parties, writing in his own voice to writing in Cliff Paul's, meeting siblings to meeting A$AP Mob, watching How to Make It in America to watching his father, the world famous DJ Jazzy Jeff, losing his way to finding his passion, and so much...2020-02-1800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#303: Jessie ReyezThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Toronto's own singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging, thoughtful and personal conversation. We discussed everything from meeting Rihanna and Beyonce and Frank Ocean, to being mentored by King Louie, to driving through the Bath Salt District every day, to what The Weeknd and strippers have to do with her career, to her asshole years as a teenager, to when she recognized the goodness of her parents, to what she's done to make up for past ways, and so much more! See acast...2020-02-1000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#302: RussThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Russ to the Upper West Side for the wide-ranging, thoughtful and personal conversation you've been waiting for! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2020-02-0400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#301: Jonathan MannionThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation!(3:45) AKAs(4:48) What photographs/artwork he has on his walls at home.(5:28) Meeting and working with Richard Avedon (11:20) His introduction to Hip Hop and what other genres/artists he enjoys (22:37) “Who you shoot vs. How you shoot” (32:30) The first time he sold a print/photograph.(35:08) Dealing with online criticism (40:07) What sessions he felt that he rose...2020-01-2700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#300: The Return of Joe BuddenNow we're podding! This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our friend and co-host of the Joe Budden Podcast, Joe Budden, back to the Upper West Side for a deep and dope conversation about patience, determination, vision and happiness.TOPICS: 8:25 Podcast starts 11:19 Joe Budden TV14:44 Betting on yourself and being patient when dealing with big companies/corporations 29:09 Veering off from a traditional rap career into radio and podcasting 43:31 Time at Complex and Partnering with Spotify 59:11 The Joe Budden Podcast/The...2020-01-2000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#299: Riggs MoralesThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Atlantic Records VP of A&R and Artist Development Riggs Morales to the Upper West Side! Riggs discusses growing up in Washington Heights, a kid in love with comic books, riding the subways to avoid school, a terrible hustler with a great work ethic, who had an interest in the music business, but no way in, and the break he caught when he met the legendary hip-hop writer Bonz Malone. We talk about how he got on at The Source, writing Ma$e's first cover story...2020-01-1300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#298: Ryan LeslieToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome producer/singer/rapper/tech CEO Ryan Leslie to the Upper West Side for a thoughtful, hilarious and meaningful conversation about music, operating direct-to-consumer, dignity, artistry, hard work and vision, plus stories about Fabolous, Cassie, Jagged Edge, Tommy Motolla, Miley Cyrus and much more!6:59 AKAs Eric aka Ain’t Nothing to Cut My Bitch Off aka ASPCAJeff aka Melt the Block aka FondueRyan Leslie aka The Slasher Ryan Leslie speaks about: 7:37 Being first through the “door”/ His fa...2020-01-0700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#297: Hovain HyltonThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome manager, dot-connector, and Cinematic Music Group partner Hovain Hylton to the Upper West Side! Hovain discuses the dark realities in growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, exploring all other parts of the borough as a young man, gaining musical inspiration from seeing Puff Daddy and the Family at Madison Square Garden, and life inspiration from seeing his own cousin's music video on television. Hov talks putting off real jobs and industry internships in favor of running around with Sickamore, road managing Rich Hil, and building a truly independent operation...2019-12-3000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#296: Our Brother DanToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 12 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome our brother Dan back to the Upper West Side for the conversation the streets have been asking for! This episode also features guest appearances from our friends Greg Mayo and David Cho.3:02 AKAsEric aka Brooks Brothers aka Family Ties Jeff aka The Fly God aka Jeff GoldblumDan aka Eric and Jeff’s Brother aka Your Third Favorite Brother on Your Third Favorite Podcast.Dan speaks about:5:29 At...2019-12-2400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#295: The Return of Brandon Jinx JenkinsToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 11 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome Jersey's own Brandon Jinx Jenkins back to the Upper West Side for a conversation that creatives need to hear!1:30 AKAsEric aka Running with the Pump aka New Jersey Gas Attendant Jeff aka Chop Up the Block aka Jenga Jinx aka Brandon aka The #1 Guest aka I’m Coming Back 3 or 4 More Times Jinx speaks about:4:00 What aspect he feels most overlooked in/ Trying to do ev...2019-12-2200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#294: The Return of Jim JonesToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 10 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome Harlem's own Jim Jones back to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging, hilarious and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-2200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#293: The Return of !llmindToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 9 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome producer !llmind back to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-2000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#292: Yung Baby TateToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 8 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we went to Atlanta to sit down with Decatur's own singer/rapper/singer-and-rapper Yung Baby Tate for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#291: Jorge PenicheToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 7 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we went to the Los Angeles Athletic Club's Trophy Room to sit down with Jorge Peniche - Nipsey Hussle's photographer, tour manager, creative partner and friend - for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#290: Gia PeppersToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 6 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome entertainment personality, interviewer and podcaster Gia Peppers to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#289: James Rico of Reel GoatsToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 5 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome DaBaby's music video director and creative partner in Reel Goats, James Rico, to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#288: The Return of Bun BToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 4 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we welcome The Trill OG Bun B back to the Upper West Side for a long-awaited, wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#287: TinasheToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 3 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we went to Los Angeles to sit down with singer/songwriter/dancer/actor/chef/baker/Tae Kwon Do blackbelt/Taco Tuesday hostess Tinashe for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-12-1400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#286: Watchman Writer Cord JeffersonToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 2 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we went to Los Angeles to sit down with two-time 2019 WGA Award nominee, writer for Succession, The Good Place and of course Watchmen, where he co-wrote Episode 6, This Extraordinary Being, Cord Jefferson for a wide-ranging and personal conversation! 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We get into his undisciplined busking career in the streets of Dublin, making just enough money to work for a week in a proper studio, his parents being super supportive of his dreams at 18 years old, the realities of...2019-12-1000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#283: Cousin StizzThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome Boston's own Cousin Stizz to the Upper West Side! Stizz discusses the realities of growing up in Dorchester, the oldest of three children and the son of working class parents who wanted more for him then what they had, how he excelled in certain classes but didn't care for school, the pull of the darker corners outside, and the effect his best friend's death had on him before even reaching high school. Stizz talks his mother's line in the sand, what it was like to bus to the suburbs...2019-12-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#282: DJ ToompThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we went to Means Street Studio in Atlanta to sit down with the legendary producer DJ Toomp about his hall of fame career! Toomp discusses growing up in a musical household in Atlanta, the son of a soul singer, seeing a 60 Minutes segment on DJing in the early 80's, catching Fresh Fest when they stopped through the A, and how he made a name for himself through turntable routines and rocking parties. We get into his time in Miami working and touring with 2 Live Crew, what he took in in terms...2019-11-2500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#281: The Return of Ari LennoxThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we went down to Atlanta for the Red Bull Music Festival and sat down with our friend Ari Lennox to dive into her stellar debut project Shea Butter Baby, dive into The Dreamville Sessions, discuss where she's looking to settle down, remember the best performances on the internet, break down the genesis of her "woo ha" lyric, hear how she puts together her dynamic live shows, see who's been asking for a new album, talk about her amazing IG live appearances, get into her relationship with her dog, her relationship with...2019-11-1900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#280: Dreka GatesThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Dreka Gates - Kevin Gates' partner in life and business - back to the Upper West Side for her own episode! Dreka discusses her upbringing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, meeting Kevin as a high school senior outside her brother's football game, the phone calls, conversations and intellect they traded as friends before they started dating, the way she responded to his power with words, the heartbreak of her family not wanted the relationship to continue, and the resolve it took to block that out and keep pushing forward with...2019-11-1100 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#279: Westside GunnThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, it's the conversation you've been waiting for: we welcome Buffalo's own, Roc Nation and Shady's own, Griselda's own Westside Gunn to the Upper West Side for a fascinating deep dive into the life and times of The New King of New York. 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Kevin does a deep dive into great energy, the influence he's had on the game, recording songs at his grandmother's house, how his music career almost never happened, where his confidence came from, what he learned from Cash Money and what they learned from him, what Atlantic Records offered him during their first conversation, what his wife Dreka has meant to his life and career, real ones he can...2019-10-1400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#275: Trinidad Jame$ Part 1This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome musician, cultural trendsetter, fashion boundary-pusher, sneaker commentator and connoisseur, and basketball lifer Trinidad Jame$ to the Upper West Side for Part 1 of this multi-episode podcast! Trinidad, with great humor and much perspective looks back at the viral monster that was All Gold Everything, from its conception to seeing it rocket out of Atlanta to taking over New York City's Santos Party Haus for the most celebrated performance in years, as well as the severe downturn that came after parting ways with Def Jam and New York City souring on...2019-10-0700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#274: Columbia Records SVP of Content Development Shahendra OhneswereThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Columbia Records' SVP of Content Development Shahendra Ohneswere to the Upper West Side! Born in Suriname, Shahendra discusses his family's big move to The Bronx, learning United States culture from Transformers and Peter Jennings, moving around the country before settling down in Minneapolis, home to a big backpack rap scene, a big punk scene and a big shopping scene, The Mall of America. We talk about his attachment to Rhymesayers, Atmosphere, Eyedea and independent music in the Twin Cities, his move to New York City for college, showing up...2019-09-3000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#273: Sophia ChangThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome music executive, marketing maven, artist manager, full-time mother and game-changer in the flesh, Sophia Chang to the Upper West Side! Sophia, whose audio memoir The Baddest Bitch in the Room will be available exclusively on audible.com starting September 26th, discusses being raised in Vancouver, BC, the daughter of a North Korean mother and a South Korean father, the realities of not finding representation in mass media, growing up popular and outgoing and brilliant, yet still being an outsider, the beauty and the quiet of the Pacific Northwest, as...2019-09-2400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#272: Tiffany CalverThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome BBC 1Xtra personality and Drake's tour DJ Tiffany Carver to the Upper West Side! Tiffany breaks down how a young hip-hop blogging fanatic from the English countryside found herself in on a buffet line in Los Angeles rubbing elbows with Dr. Dre, how Miss Info's work inspired her to try her hand at music journalism, how her parents encouraged her to follow her passion, how a viral Soundcloud mix of hers moved her to get serious about Serato, how every London venue turning her down convinced her to...2019-09-1600 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#271: JeezyThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome hip-hop's thug motivator, the mixtape champion, Atlanta's own Snowman himself, Jeezy to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and extremely meaningful conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-09-0900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#270: Little BrotherThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh, collectively known as the celebrated North Carolina duo Little Brother, to the Upper West Side to commemorate their reunion and new album May the Lord Watch, dive into their shine and their flaws during LB's first iteration, get into the dynamics of the break-up, discuss how death melted the ice, break down legacy and influence, and give full context to the power behind the music they're making today. This is the conversation you've been waiting for. See acast.com/privacy for privacy...2019-09-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#269: We Answer Listener Questions!This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we answer listener-submitted questions about everything from how to succeed in podcasting, which rapper we'd like to see as a college professor, what projects we have in the works, the absolute worst interview we ever had, our favorite memories of Combat Jack, what Chinese food we order on Christmas Day, who would win in a fight between us, and much, much, much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-08-2700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#268: Director Ian "Rex Arrow" WolfsonThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome music video director, filmmaker, storyteller and Mac Miller's long-time creative partner, Ian "Rex Arrow" Wolfson to the Upper West Side! Ian, our great friend and collaborator, discusses growing up in Pittsburgh, its specific dialect, geography, famous residents, and tiny world for a big city, his devotion to cross-country running, his introduction to documentary filmmaking, and his goal to move to New York City to make movies. We get into his years as a student at Columbia University, his experience working at the famous movie rental store, Kim's Video and...2019-08-2000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#267: Dreamville Senior Creative Felton BrownThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Dreamville's Senior Creative Felton Brown (@feltonamus) to the Upper West Side! Felton talks his seminal hip-hop blog Pardon Me Duke, his work in advertising, and how his friendship with J. Cole, Ib Hamad and the entire Dreamville roster developed over the last decade. We get into his roots in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, going to the School of Art and Design, interning at Def Jam as a 16-year-old, and his dual loves of NYC rap and Southern hip-hop. There are stories about meeting Foxy Brown, Method Man walking up on...2019-08-1300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#266: Big K.R.I.T.This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Meridian, Mississippi's own Big K.R.I.T. to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and very meaningful conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-08-0500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#265: Rick RossThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Miyayo's own, CEO of Maybach Music, the biggest boss, Rick Ross to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and very meaningful conversation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-07-3000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#264: DJ EFNThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome one half of the Drink Champs Podcast DJ EFN (along with a dozen of his closest friends) to the Upper West Side to MAKE SOME NOISE!!! EFN discusses his long-time friendship with N.O.R.E., his initial response to N.O.R.E.'s career shift to reggaeton, how they got into podcasting, Drink Champs' success in giving artists their flowers, the potential reason behind DJ Khaled having not been a guest to this point, and episodes with Fat Joe, Diddy and DMX. EFN talks moving to Miami...2019-07-2300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#263: Maxo KreamThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Houston, Texas' own, Maxo Kream to the Upper West Side for his most revealing interview yet! We talk to the newest Roc Nation signee about how Jay-Z reached out through Mike Dean, the literal fights that allowed him to make a name for himself around Texas, getting co-signs from newer stars like Travis Scott as well as legends like Bun B, where his head was at as an up and coming artist, trying to get on by any means necessary, whether taking another rapper's chain or spamming artists and...2019-07-1600 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#262: Pink Sweat$This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Philadelphia's own R&B sensation, Pink Sweat$ to the Upper West Side! We talk growing up "mad Christian," his family's dueling churches, learning to play drums on Sundays, his days as the worst kind of student, living a life with no internet or television or radio, how moving to the suburbs brought Maroon 5 and Avril Lavigne and affection for dogs into his life, trying to get fired from his job at Chik-Fil-A, his life-altering health issues and how he kept it from family and friends, what ultimately sent...2019-07-0900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#261: ShenseeaThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Kingston, Jamaica's own dancehall artist, Shenseea to the Upper West Side! We talk growing up in the church, how her ever-present shyness mixed with performing in singing groups, popular music being kept from her, working in tourism on the island, not meeting her older brother until they were both grown-ups, how mature she believed she was and how much being a mother made her mature, covering songs and posting them to Facebook, keeping her singing dreams from her family, how they reacted to her explicit lyrics, taking on managers...2019-07-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#260: The Return of A$AP FergThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome back Harlem's own A$AP Ferg to the Upper West Side! We talk the Met Gala, his friendship with Dapper Dan, his rules for working with producers, getting bad haircuts, his true friendship with Rocky, the importance of Damon Dash's TriBeCa dojo, why he doesn't put celebrities on a pedestal, everything behind Plain Jane, what his family means to Harlem, what it meant to get an original Bad Boy chain from Puff, his gym music playlist, dressing up as Mike Tyson and then meeting the champ, the mission of...2019-06-2500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#259: Dennis GrahamThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we travelled to Hidden Hills in Calabasas, sat down with Dennis Graham for our Father's Day episode, and had a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation. We talk Memphis, Houston, Toronto and Los Angeles, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Cocker, Larry Graham, Stax, Sun, Motown, Sandy, Degrassi, tour life, club life, real life, TMZ, and of course, his mustache, his music, his son, Drake, and much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-06-1800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#258: CommonThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we travelled to Los Angeles and sat down with Common for a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation. We talk the Obamas, Jay-Z, Beyonce, his daughter, Stacey Abrams, Be, American Gangster, the Wu-Tang documentary, Dilla, Questlove, going bald, visiting prisons, who he's confused for, what puts the A&M in FAMU, and much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-06-1100 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#257: Trevor NoahThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome the host of The Daily Show, host of On Second Thought: The Trevor Noah Podcast, available on Luminary, as well as the author of Born A Crime, now available in paperback, Trevor Noah, to the Upper West Side! Trevor talks growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, getting his mouth washed out with soap by nuns at his Catholic school, his mother's conversion to Judaism and his subsequent Bar Mitzvah, his waning interest in playing sports due to competition, DJing twelve hour street parties and the...2019-06-0400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#256: Moneybagg YoThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome South Memphis' own Moneybagg Yo, whose new album 43va Heartless hit the top of the iTunes Charts and is available everywhere now, to the Upper West Side! Bagg breaks down the different sections of his hometown, discusses growing up a creative child, drawn to drawing, dropping out of high school before his senior year, recording mixtapes around Memphis with one foot still in the streets, his first performance on a heavily stacked lineup at Yo Gotti's birthday party, catching the attention of all the major figures in town, but...2019-05-2800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#255: Jordan KlepperThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome the star and creator of the new Comedy Central documentary series Klepper, former Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper, to the Upper West Side! Jordan talks growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, forever being in the shadow of high school legend Derek Jeter, his contributions to his high school's national champion mock trial team, going to college on a math scholarship while double majoring in theater, and moving to Chicago to immerse himself in the best of improv acting. Jordan discusses his time as a substitute teacher (and his second day...2019-05-2100 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#254: Ciesay from Places + FacesThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome photographer/clothing designer/DJ/party promoter Ciesay from Places + Faces to the Upper West Side! Fresh off the stage from Places + Faces' first Boiler Room concert in NYC, where Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Amine, Valee, Sahbabii and many more performed, Ciesay discusses growing up between South London, England and Gambia, the son of an importer/exporter father and a mother who worked for the United Nations, what popular culture he picked up vs. missed out on, the bootleg merch he wore as a child, how stamped-up his passport became at...2019-05-1400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealBitsTheReal: Celebrity Run-InsWith over 250 episodes featuring guests from the most diverse backgrounds, most different journeys, and most hilarious stories, it's super dope to find commonalities, so we're continuing this new segment that taps into just that. It takes from our amazing catalog of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal and fits it into a new form, perfect for your commute: BitsTheReal. Today's theme: celebrity run-ins, from Big Wos & BosNaud, The Kid Mero, Dreamville President Ib Hamad, DJ Jubilee, Vibe Editor-in-Chief Datwon Thomas, Tierra Whack and Mouse Jones. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-05-0800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#253: Dr. Jessica ClemonsThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Dr. Jessica Clemons AKA Dr. Jess AKA The People's Psychiatrist to the Upper West Side! Many people know her for making the conversation around self-care not so hard to understand, whether on Beyonce's website, The Breakfast Club or her own Instagram. We kick off Mental Health Awareness Month talking about what makes for a good therapist, how people can tackle their own anxiety, what expectations someone should have going into a first session, and how even therapists could use someone to speak with. We dive into growing up on...2019-05-0700 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealBitsTheReal: High School StoriesWith over 250 episodes featuring guests from the most diverse backgrounds, most different journeys, and most hilarious stories, it's super dope to find commonalities, so we're introducing a new segment that taps into just that. It takes from our amazing catalog of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal and fits it into a new form, perfect for your commute, your lunch break, or while you're waiting for a new episode of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies: BitsTheReal. Today's theme: high school stories, from Cardi B, Desus Nice, Jadakiss, Ella Mai, Lizzo, Scottie Beam, Kenny Beats and Shea Serrano.2019-05-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#252: TOBiThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Toronto singer TOBi, whose debut album Still drops this week, to the Upper West Side! TOBi talks growing up in Nigeria, who amongst his siblings makes the best jollof, his family's big move across the world to Canada, how he adapted to the cold, to the school system, to both Canadian culture and other immigrants' cultures, and even getting used to the Americanized use of the word "cool." We get into his love for sports and music and his city, growing up listening to The LOX and Outkast, how...2019-04-3000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#251: Marketing Executive Dela YadorThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome marketing executive, party promoter and cultural connector Dela Yador to the Upper West Side! Bronx born and raised, Dela discusses meeting hip-hop heroes like Big Pun and DMX, moving from Catholic classes to a public high school and literally fighting for respect, gaining leadership from coaching youth basketball, taking a chance by joining school chorus, and what his Ghanan parents expected from his higher education. Dela talks about heading to Buffalo, New York for college, immediately finding himself on academic probation, returning to school with a more...2019-04-2300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#250: Our MomThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we celebrate episode 250 with our mom, who through resolve, strength, commitment, curiosity, love and generosity, has made her way through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We're thrilled to share her incredible journey, and know you'll enjoy this milestone episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-04-1600 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#249: Parks from The Joe Budden PodcastThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we finally welcome Parks from The Joe Budden Podcast to the Upper West Side! We discuss growing up in Elmira, New York, his timing writing bars, one time outside a bar, and his time behind bars, interning in Chicago, moving to NYC, barely making ends meet on $200 a week as an audio equipment salesman, talking himself into a gig at DJ Premier's studio, meeting Joe Budden and becoming not just his engineer but also his therapist, watching Slaughterhouse form, working together and independently with Joe, Joell, Royce and Crooked I, meeting...2019-04-0900 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#248: Birdman and JuvenileThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we are welcomed into Cash Money's NYC vault - really - to sit down with Birdman and Juvenile! We discuss a million things including Birdman's interest in Jeff's Bar Mitzvah, who can call him Birdman Baby or Bryan, Juve's work with A-Trak, recording in the same Houston studios as Destiny's Child, Anthony Davis wanting to leave New Orleans, appearing (or not) on MTV Cribs, how the Cash Money distribution negotiations went down with all the labels, Juve taking a leave of absence from his Shell Gasoline job to sign to...2019-04-0200 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#247: Manager Ramya VeluryThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome manager Ramya Velury to the Upper West Side! Known for her work with Ravie B, Goldlink, Tommy Genesis, Amrit and EQT, Ramya discusses growing up an only child in an Indian family in tiny Ashland, Kentucky, with big dreams, destined for the big city. Ramya talks about making the move and leaving her Kentucky roots and accent behind, her early days at New York University, designing her own major, studying in a class based around Diddy, customizing her own wardrobe, getting to know up-and-coming artists, befriending A$...2019-03-2500 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#246: DJ Megan RyteThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Hot 97 personality, Interscope recording artist and official member of the Heavy Hitters, DJ Megan Ryte to the Upper West Side! Megan, who escaped an abusive household as an early teen, went to college at age 16, and followed her passion for music and performance from Virginia to Florida to Texas and California before landing her dream job in New York, discusses for the first time in detail her significant health scares from last year. Megan talks about growing up in a household with no popular music, what led her to...2019-03-1900 min
2J3BD#10: Home AloneToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 9 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, it's another episode of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies! Eric, Jeff, Styles, Sheek and Jadakiss watched the 1990 American Christmas comedy Home Alone! There's never been a movie review show as fun as this - listen and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-12-2153 min2J3BD#9: Airplane!Today on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, for Day 4 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, it's another episode of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies! Eric, Jeff, Styles and Sheek watched the 1980 American satirical disaster film Airplane! There's never been a movie review show as fun as this - listen and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-12-161h 30A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#210: Jack HarlowThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Louisville, Kentucky native, Atlanta, Georgia resident, Mean Streets fixture and future of Generation Now, Jack Harlow to the Upper West Side! In addition to discussing his uncanny resemblance to ItsTheReal, we talk about committing to music in middle school, knowing that he wasn't college material in high school, bodying his Sway freestyle, his aversion to being challenged by producers, the difference between before and after his Dark Knight project, meeting with Quality Control, signing with DJ Drama and Don Cannon, why his crew is called Private Garden, why he's...2018-10-0200 min2J3BD#6: The Last Dragon (feat. Jadakiss)For Episode 6 of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies, Eric, Jeff, Styles, Sheek and Jadakiss watched a very bootlegged version of the 1985 martial arts film The Last Dragon. There's never been a movie review show as fun as this - listen and let us know what you think! And don't forget to go to ItsTheReal.com and get your tickets to see 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies LIVE Oct. 3rd at Highline Ballroom in NYC!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-09-201h 052J3BD#5: You've Got MailFor Episode 5 of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies, Eric, Jeff, Styles and Sheek hit HBO to check out the 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and co-starring Dave Chappelle and Steve Zahn. There's never been a movie review show as fun as this - listen and let us know what you think! And don't forget to go to ItsTheReal.com and get your tickets to see 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies LIVE Oct. 3rd at Highline Ballroom in NYC!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-08-151h 13A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#200: ItsTheRealThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we mark the 200th episode of our podcast by telling our story. Each week for over three years, we've conversed with artists, producers, writers, executives, comedians, actors, on-air personalities and dope humans, diving into their ups, their downs, their successes and their vulnerable moments, ultimately celebrating each guest's incredible journey. On Episode 200, we asked the great writer and editor Naomi Zeichner (formerly the EIC of The Fader; currently at YouTube) to stop by the Upper West Side to interview us. We discussed how our family, creativity, day camp, earnestness, the internet...2018-08-1300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#198: Jemele HillThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome ESPN personality, writer for The Undefeated, proud Michigander and UNO champion Jemele Hill to the Upper West Side! Jemele discusses her upbringing in Detroit, falling in love with baseball and sports writing at a young age, the perks of interning at the Detroit Free Press as a high schooler, the pull of both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, her experiences as a college intern at landmark papers in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Detroit, and ultimately driving with her mom down to her first staff job, down in...2018-07-3000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#197: Action BronsonThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we traveled down to Brooklyn for a visit with the one and only Action Bronson! In this sidesplittingly funny episode, we sat down with Bam Bam Baklava over bagels to talk Flushing, Queens, why he's a fan of the New York Yankees, how he thinks his infamous Funk Flex freestyle went, how he injured his knee running from Germans, making plans for chicken parm with Lenny Dykstra, why Alchemist dresses the way he does, the calendar Jeff made where he photoshopped Action into Renaissance paintings, peeing in between subway cars, what...2018-07-2300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheRealWant ItsTheReal To Come To Your Town?We spoke with people who've been to our shows in New York, London and Los Angeles, to get their honest opinions on what an ItsTheReal show is like. Want us to come to your town to perform? Let us know! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-01-1000 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#165: Digital Marketing Executive Alex CiccimarroThis Week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our great friend and digital marketing guru, Alex Ciccimarro AKA The Bald God, to the Upper West Side! Alex discusses growing up in Brooklyn, his parents' van being stolen on a weekly basis, calling Bad Boy Records as a 10 year old, getting into music management as a teenager, dedicating himself to the idea of working in the record business and simultaneously giving up on high school, going to Full Sail University, passing out fliers at 3am outside clubs in Orlando, Florida, working at a store in Walt Disney World...2018-01-0800 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#164: True Hollywood StoriesToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, in advance of Eric and Jeff's upcoming headlining show at NYC's legendary venue SOB's on Wednesday, January 10th, the guys share some of their true, ridiculous stories from their decade-long career in and around the music business. Get your tickets now for next week's show at ItsTheReal.com! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-01-0500 min2J3BD#1: Netflix RecommendationsToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, Day 7 of the #12DaysOfPodcasts, we follow up on the amazing idea hatched in the middle of our epic and wide-ranging conversation with The LOX a few weeks back... we headed up to D-Block Studios on Yonkers, linked up with Styles P and Sheek Louch, and recorded the first episode of 2 Jews and 2 Black Dudes Review the Movies! On future shows, the four of us will be attending the movies together and will review one movie per episode, but on today's absolutely hilarious recording, we each go through our top 10 must-see programs currently...2017-12-191h 37A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#150: Q&AToday on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we celebrate 150 episodes of the podcast (and the beginning of our second annual #12DaysOfPodcasts) by answering all listener-submitted questions, ranging from comments about our work with Max B, to a mention of OG Chase B, to a question from Bun B. Make sure to tune in tomorrow and the following ten days for all new episodes of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal!Be sure to check out JeezyShop.com for all things Jeezy: his tour, his merch and his new album, Pressure, available on 12.15.07! See acast.com/privacy for...2017-12-1300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#120: Killer MikeThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, one half of Run the Jewels, Killer Mike, welcomes Eric and Jeff into his Atlanta, Georgia home! In a conversation surrounding ItsTheReal's new album, Teddy Bear Fresh, which drops on May 26th, Mike talks with the brothers Rosenthal about their family, growing up on Jay Z and Biggie, diving into a career of hip-hop sketch comedy, and the persistence, focus, authenticity and sacrifices that earned them ten years in the game. Mike and ItsTheReal trade stories about entourages, co-signs, comedy, haters, drugs, label independence, Kanye West and much more! Teddy Bear...2017-05-2300 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#114: DJ Kay SlayThis week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we are honored to welcome the legend himself, DJ Kay Slay, to the Upper West Side for an amazing conversation! We talk with the Hot 97 and Shade 45 DJ about how he found graffiti in the early 1980's and became "King of the 1 and 3 Trains" by age 16, how he was break dancing and DJing parties at age 11, and navigating the streets of Spanish Harlem through his middle school and high school years. We discuss how he went from teenage star of the seminal documentary Style Wars to dealing drugs and doing a...2017-04-1100 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#21: Bun BIn this week's episode of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our great friend Bun B to the Upper West Side for an hour and a half conversation that ranges from meeting Outkast for the first time to missing out on free Kanye beats to why JJ Watt is a superhero. We discussed Bun being there when Birdman met Mannie Fresh, the greatest thing he ever saw at Freaknik, and the time Sam Cassell almost ran him over in his Range Rover. All that, plus recording at Mike Dean's house during the early UGK days, dancing in the...2015-10-1400 minA Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal#13: Desus NiceOur guest this week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal is The Bronx's own Desus Nice, who after mastering Twitter has become the face of MTV2 via his appearances on Guy Code, Joking Off and Uncommon Sense with his comedic partner The Kid Mero. Desus stopped by the Upper West Side, and we talked his days on the Rocafella street team, his time spent working for porn distributors, and the most White situation he's ever been in. We also discussed why he no longer has Big Pun's autograph, the best excuses to give your landlord when the rent is...2015-08-1900 min