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The Rap Music Plug Podcast#208 - Tomorrow Kings INTERVIEWIf you’re a fan of the modern scene of indie rap, chances are you listen to artists that either have respect for, have collaborated with, or have been inspired directly by today’s guests, Tomorrow Kings.
Ever since their inception in the mid-to late 2000s in Chicago, Tomorrow Kings - a rap supergroup comprised of SKECH185, Collasoul Structure and I.B. Fokuz of Jyroscope, Malakh El, Gilead7, and IL. Subliminal - have garnered immense acclaim and adoration for their dense, thoughtful, and forward-thinking brand of hip-hop.
In 2013, as parts of Chicago’s hip-hop scene were m...
2025-12-031h 24
FreemusicempireState of The Game vol.275-SALT w/ Tomorrow KingsATTENDEESSKECH185,I.B.Fokuz,Collasoul Structure, Malakh El, Gilead7, IL. Subliminal, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss ways in which Tomorrow Kings has evolved from Industrial Music Mixtape vol.1 to now. Discuss SALT in detail. intro and outro by August Fanon
2025-11-231h 59
The Next MovementCelestial Clockwork (feat. Tomorrow Kings)The crew from Chicago has come together again to launch a verbal assault! Tomorrow Kings are back with their first new album since 2013's "N.R.T.M." and while much has changed over the past 12 years, their ability to verbally de-construct systems and weak minded emcees is as brutal and blunt as ever. We talked with Tomorrow Kings members SKECH185, Gilead7, Collasoul Structure, and I.B. Fokuz about how the new album was created and much more. Then we discuss their album pick for this episode - Illogic's "Celestial Clockwork". Purchase the new...
2025-10-291h 50
Reel Notes w/ CineMasaiDan-O & Keith Rollins of Freemusicempire & State of The Game | S5 Episode 27If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!
My guests this week are Dan-O and Keith Rollins, the co-hosts of Freemusicempire’s State of...
2025-08-062h 07
CabbagesSKECH185 on The CrowBoo! CABBAGES' TOTALLY '90S season celebrates Spooky Season with rapper SKECH185 as our ghastly guest. The Chicago native turned Brooklyn denizen behind the incredible He Left Nothing For The Swim Back haunts our Zoom with a discussion of gothic cult classic The Crow (1994, dir. Alex Proyas, starring Brandon Lee and Ernie Hudson). Audio issues from 10/31 version have been corrected with this update.For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech.
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2024-10-311h 00
Dad Bod Rap PodQuestions, Answers & VoicemailsSo it's come to this... A Dad Bod Rap Pod mailbag episode. We are celebrating our 300th episode by fielding questions from some people we respect. Show hosts Demone Carter, David Ma and Nate LeBlanc are extremely grateful to have met and interacted with so many talented and cool people over the past few years and we reached out to a few of them to send in some open-ended questions about hip-hop music and culture. Underground rap luminaries such as rappers Open Mike Eagle, Illogic, Rob Sonic, and Fat Tony, as well as producers Blockhead, Roper Williams, Cutso, and...
2024-05-092h 00
The Film Cult PodcastSkech185Willie Lee McIntyre Jr. or as you all know him Skech185 joins Robert for this edition of The Film Cult Podcast
intro: The Smalls
outro: Zak Pashak and Chrome Chomsky
2024-03-2251 min
FreemusicempireState of The Game vol. 186-POTY p. 2 (25-1) w/ Psalm One
ATTENDEES
Psalm One, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss some additional 2023 superlatives.
Discuss projects of the year 25-1.
DA LIST
1. Maps by Kenny Segal & billy woods
2. Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? By Kara Jackson
3. From Whence It Came by YUNGMORPHEUS
4. Real B*tches Don’t Die! by Kari Faux
5. Ritual by Stik Figa x The Expert
6. Raven by Kelela
7. Sleepingdogs-I’m Fakin’ My Own Death Just to Get Some...
2024-02-182h 46
The Magic OrganEpisode 67: Spring Beauties -- Magic Organ Year End Roundup Part 2I am a finicky ass mofo and yet there will be many more rounds of The Magic Organ Roundup as 2023 was an incredible year for new music.This episode does the usual Magic Organ thing, lots of energy, lots of genres and feelings. The whole point is not to make money but to feel something.Enjoy your holidays and find some new music!Excerpts from this episode:Alex Figueira: Blowing Up GatesAngel Bat Dawid: INTROIT Joy...
2023-12-2413 min
The Crate 808 PodcastBest Hip Hop of 2023 - Part 1 | Ep. 165My god, WHAT a twelve months it's been. Hip hop's 50th year delivered some insane music, incredible verses and memorable moments...and we broke it all down for you in this MAMMOTH two-part episode. Do go check out the other episode to get our full 2023 breakdown - we went in! Joining us for this celebration is SonRaw and Rohan (The Rap Music Plug Podcast), as well as guest contributions from the likes of Televangel, Defcee, Beezy (Dead End Hip Hop), Dart Adams, Sean Kantrowitz, GENG PTP, Zilla Rocca, Dan O, Tokyo Cigar, Dylan Green, Rob...
2023-12-192h 13
The CornerOn The Corner With Jeremy Cannon (Album Of The Year Edition)What’s up y’all!? It’s that time of year! This is a look back on the Hip Hop that dropped in 2023 with my homie, Jeremy!
Jeremy’s List in Order:
Codefendents - Crime Wave
Video Dave • Controler7 - ArticulatedTexTiles
Blockhead - The Aux
Billy woods • Kenny Segal - Maps
Fatboi Sharif • Steel Tipped Dove - DECAY
Killer Mike - Michael
Open Mike Eagle - Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering
Blackliq • Mopes - Choice is a Chance
Boygenius - the record
Nappy Nina - Mourning Due
Skech185 - He Left Nothing For The Swim Back
Marlon Craft - Homecourt Advantage, Volum...
2023-12-111h 38
it's OUR show: HIPHOP for people that KNOW BETTERDwane.in/SingaporeFull show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: Leisure Chief, conshus, Nova, MoZaic, Tall Black Guy, Mick Jenkins, Haiku Hands, Kassa Overall, Nick Hakim, Theo Croker, Wajatta, March Adstrum, Stik Figa, The Expert, Defcee, SKECH185, ODESZA, Yellow House, ford., Crescendo, Soy Is Real, Gareth Donkin, Khemist, Adi Oasis, Midaz the Beast, Jalen Ngonda, Inkswel, Tableek, Colonel Red, Steven Bamidele, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
2023-09-101h 52Reel Notes w/ CineMasaiSKECH185 | S3 Episode 29My guest this week is Chicago rapper SKECH185. We spoke about Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Bardo, They Cloned Tyrone, his love for A League of Their Own, Juice, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, how his passion for drawing eventually mingled with his passion for rapping, a brief history of Chicago hip-hop and of the Tomorrow Kings collective, the benefits of regionalism in rap music, his history with Backwoodz Studioz, and the creative process behind his latest album He Left Nothing For The Swim Back, produced en...
2023-08-301h 49
The Crate 808 PodcastBest Rap Albums of 2023 So Far + Verses, Songs, MVPs, Features of Year | Ep. 157We bring you a behemoth of an episode breaking down hip hop in the year 2023 (so far) 🍿 We bring the ruckus with some awesome convos with some equally awesome people, this week we have: Rohan from The Rap Music Plug Podcast, beat maker and writer, SonRaw, and our very own Boom Bap Crusader, Ray Ridge. Enjoy this smorgasbord of nerdy rap chat, as well as Kam's Top 40 albums of the year so far below… Maps by billy woods + Kenny Segal Beware of the Monkey by MIKE Notorious Dump Legends: Volume 2 by Mach-Hommy + The G...
2023-07-083h 55The Rap Music Plug Podcast#142 - billy woods INTERVIEWVideo animation by: Big Flowers
Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING
The Plug (0:21).
The Interview (3:14).
"I'ma keep it real with you, it's the things you can't undo/The past, the black Rubik's cube"
"Payback always inexact but I be squinting over measuring spoons"
For most artists, lyrics like this would universally be regarded as their all-time best moments.
But for artists like billy woods though… lyrics like this are a dime a dozen… they're literally just Verse 2 off of a song called "Hangman".
The prai...
2023-05-101h 41
TheRealHip-Hop.com PodcastEpisode 62: SKECH185SKECH185 talks about not understanding life, people who celebrate suffering, working with producer Jeff Markey, and his new album, He Left Nothing for the Swim Back.
2023-05-0835 minThe Magic OrganEpisode 56: Winter '23 BestiesEpisode 56: Winter 23 Besties!When it comes 'round to the best of/end of year lists for music the lists are tilted towards releases from the second half of the year. The Magic Organ aims to rectify that sitch with this episode, Winter '23 Besties.Mistakes, I always rectify my mistakes in the show notes. I got my band name and album name mixed up for the the band Son Rompe Pera and the album entitled Chimborazo. My apologies to the band and they get an extra shout out.
2023-04-2413 min
Under The Scope2023 Q1 RecommendationsHere, we discuss our favorite albums of 2023 so far!
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy (4:10)
Model/Actriz - Dogsbody (16:30)
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (25:42)
Kelela - Raven (39:10)
SKECH185 & Jeff Markey - He Left Nothing for the Swim Back (47:11)
The Necks - Travel (66:17)
Thank you for listening!
2023-04-131h 18
FreemusicempireState of The Game vol.144-He Left Nothing for The Swim Back w/ SKECH185ATTENDEES
SKECH185, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss SKECH185 new album He Left Nothing For The Swim Back in depth.
Discuss the legacy of Tomorrow Kings and what goals SKECH185 has for this phase of his career.
Intro and outro by Andrew
2023-04-091h 31
Living Off Borrowed Time PodcastLiving Off Borrowed Time Podcast - Backwoodz Studioz (2022 - Now)Your hosts this episode:
Patrique
Thoughtfoul
Patrique is back with fellow previous podcast guest Thoughtfoul with a long promised episode since the last time the two came together for their discussion on Mr. eXquire, to discuss the underground Rap label Backwoodz Studioz. Since that review much has come out from the grim-y, lyrical label and in this episode the pod hosts look back at the last subsequent year of the label's releases and subsequent label members up to the present day. Beginning with rerelease of Premrock's "Load Bearing Crow's Feet" and ending with the recent release of Elucid's old...
2023-03-192h 38
Call Out CultureThe Curious Case of Rap Retirement feat. SKECH185This week we are joined by SKECH185 to talk about "He Left Nothing for the Swim Back", his amazing new album with Jeff Markey and the myth of rap retirement. You can find "He Left Nothing for the Swim Back" here:
https://skech185.bandcamp.com/album/he-left-nothing-for-the-swim-back
For early access to episodes and exclusive content, please support our patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast
2023-02-201h 29
Extraordinary Rap Podcast23. Guy Albino, EldonThis episode is a motherlode, featuring interviews with ELDON (Ruby Yacht) & Guy Albino (Hawd Gankstuh Rappuhs), plus a slew of music recommendations, a rant about melodramatic rap, & the continued Adventures Of Kounterclockwise. Wet Jet Seymour - Broken Balancer https://crossingdoubleyellows.bandcamp.com/album/broken-balancer Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super Slave https://ghais.bandcamp.com/album/there-will-be-no-super-slave Rural Internet - Saint Anger https://ruralinternet.bandcamp.com/album/saint-anger Teether & Kuya Neil - Stressor https://teetherkuyaneil.bandcamp.com/album/stressor Superego - Nautilus https://superegoaus.bandcamp.com/album...
2023-02-142h 03The Rap Music Plug Podcast#134 - SKECH185 INTERVIEWVideo animation by: Big Flowers
Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING
The Plug (0:21).
The Interview (3:10).
*Internet connection was choppy, so excuse the questionable audio quality. We did our best.*
Over the years, as someone who’s obsessed with music… I’ve observed a sort of left brain-right brain dynamic with many of the artists I’ve listened to closely.
In the context of music, I feel there is a side of music-making that is left brain centered on structure, that is all about a thought-out intentional approach.
But th...
2023-02-081h 24
Ransom NotesS2E6: BALLING WITH NO WALLETSContent Warning: This will contain language, beliefs, references and information that may offend listeners. Channel Zero shoutout to Grounded Futures tracks: Intro I: Long Arm Of The Law Intro II: Hard Day's Night NYNEX (ft. ELUCID, Denmark Vessey & Quelle Chris) - billy woods (prod. Preservation & Glow In The Dark Flowers) (2022) KILLER (w / SKECH185) - Guillotine Crowns (2022) Lightbringer w/ Unwoman - Sole & DJ Pain 1 (2022) RESIST(feat. Lady Valore, cunabear, Jouquin Fox, & Virgil Wolfe) [prod. sp00ks] - BearTooth Collective (2022) Maybe Tomorrow - Sun Rise Above (2021) Sante Caserio - Pietro Gori (1894) interpretato da Sandra Mantovani Half...
2022-05-2834 min
Guerrilla Grooves Radio Episodes - GGRHighlights of 2021 Show: Rasheed Chappell, Wavy Da GhawdTracklistIntroThe Doppelgangaz - Fit 2B TiedTermanology & Amadeus 360 the Beat King ft. Skyzoo & Ea$y Money - Star of The ShowRaf Almighty & Therealskitso - It's LiveEl Da Sensei & Jake Palumbo - Blast Off!!!King Magnetic ft. Sean Price - BullyishAgents of Reform (Rhinoceros Funk & Yahzeed) - Agents Take ChargeStu Bangas ft. Apathy - LevitateSadat X & AG - Adventures of X-Man and Andre the GiantBumpy Knuckles ft. Innocent?, St. Ivan The Terrible...
2022-01-061h 22Guerrilla Grooves Radio Episodes - GGR10-5-21: L. HaggoodTracklistIntroPapoose ft. Passport Gift - Cold Winter (prod. by Large Professor)Prodigy, Blazin & QB Rap P - The ScriptJamal Gasol & Deuce Ellis - FriendsCZARFACE (Inspectah Deck, Esoteric & 7L) - Good Guys, Bad GuysRaf Almighty & Therealskitso - It's LiveSpoda & Whip Beats - Doing My ThingVstylez ft. Kuniva - Huh (The Dick Gregory Song)Ren Thomas ft. Googie - More Than RapCurly Castro & Quelle Chris ft. Defcee, Jyroscope, Alex Ludovico + SKECH185 - F...
2021-10-291h 15
All Things CosmicAll Things Cosmic W/Jon Ivan Gill E10: John B. Cobb, Jr.In this episode of All Things Cosmic, we're honored to have Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology and Co-Founder and Co-Director Emeritus of the Center for the Process Studies. Dr. Cobb will be talking about some of the basis of process thought and the ways in which process thought can help us to reimagine a world of substance as a world of event. Also discussed will be the Claremont Process Nexus, a burgeoning consortium of process organizations committed to enacting the common good in the world. Be sure to listen to Dr...
2021-09-201h 06
Dad Bod Rap PodRoad Warriors with guests Boom Bap ProjectIf you've been a hip-hop fan long enough, you've been to a few wack shows. Maybe it was too many dudes on stage. Maybe the artist was beefing with the sound man. Maybe someone was rapping over their own vocals. Maybe somebody got too drunk. It happens. However, with the right perspective, you don't have to let it ruin your night. Our three hosts recall less-than-stellar shows as both fans and performers in the first segment. Next up we have an interview with Karim aka Nightclubber Lang and Destro from Seattle's Boom Bap Project. These guys are underground hip-hop...
2021-09-021h 16
FreemusicempireFME-Attention-Undivided-Bloodmoney-PerezBloodmoney has lived several rap lives. He's moved met and linked up with some of the BEST talent in hip hop. His music booms and seethes with frustration. His taste lingers on the ill outsiders which has allowed him to review, seek out and befriend artists before they make a big name. Dan-O talks to him about iconic voices in the genre, the power of emotion in hip hop, #TheWatchers, and Backwoodz Studioz careful construction. He gets as excited talking about his work as he does Biggie, Scorcese Lorde Jones, Messiah Musik, or Skech185. Bloodmoney lives and breathes the mu...
2021-05-091h 53
Call Out CultureCall Out Culture: Megalithic Monuments - Organized Konfusion's Stress: The Extinction AgendaThis week we are joined by friends of the podcast Skech185 and John Morrison to discuss the monumental album STRESS: The Extinction Agenda from Organized Konfusion.
Check out this amazing article about the making of Stress here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150922175231/http://nahright.com/news/the-making-of-stress-the-extinction-agenda-with-organized-konfusion/
And the great Microchop piece on Paul C
https://medium.com/micro-chop/paul-c-mckasty-the-legend-the-tragedy-the-story-of-an-era-aea20515d282
2020-06-182h 10
Call Out CultureRoundtable Recap of the DJ Premier vs RZA BattleWe were joined by our folks Jedi Bateria, Jihad Scorsese, Small Pro, Defcee, Premrock, Chum Zilla, Skech185 and Geng to discuss the historic DJ Premier and RZA battle.
Premier/RZA Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20knKi4YFeyqonFvNI7cWM
2020-04-141h 59
Spit SessionsTwenty-fifth Episode - H&M, The Gay Agenda, Stans, and Tide PodsIf you eat Tide Pods, keep eating Tide Pods.
Intro/Outro: Skech185 - The Truth
https://soundcloud.com/skech185
2018-01-171h 13