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Helio-Tropes
Anna Zanes
Anna Zanes is the editor in chief of Alternative Press Magazine. She joins us to talk about honoring the magazine’s legacy while driving it forward—diversifying coverage, spotlighting new voices, and pushing the envelope beyond the sausage fest of yesteryear. We also chat about Corbin's very good new album 'Crisis Kid' and some of the history Yash has with the artist formerly known as Spooky Black. We break down Deafheaven’s stellar new album Lonely People With Power—what makes it so powerful, their leap from indie to major label, and how they've stayed true to heavy music without c...
2025-05-05
1h 00
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SAD PRT
On this week’s episode our guest is the founder of SAD PRT, a platform based on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube that showcases emerging underground artists. We talk about how the platform highlights artists and storylines that often don’t appear in traditional media, and the ways in which they’ve successfully built a community of passionate followers around niche music. We get into the rise of 2Hollis and his polarizing major label debut album star, the intentions behind how albums are crafted, and how clips of crowd reactions at live shows have become a critical marketing tool in breakin...
2025-04-14
1h 13
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Kieran Press-Reyonlds
Kieran Press-Reynolds is a writer with a weekly column at Pitchfork called "Rabbit Holed," exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture. He has written for publications such as The New York Times, Business Insider, No Bells, and more. This episode of HT is a journey into the sprawling world of ASMR, as documented in one of Kieran's latest stories on the topic. Yash admits he is an ASMR truther, while Kieran expands on the many layers and complexities of the styles he has encountered in his everyday life—and those thriving beneath the surface. We...
2025-03-31
59 min
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Andrew Matson of Finals
Andrew Matson is the co-founder of Finals, a music blog that is rumored to be among the best. He joins us to talk about J Critch and long-time producer cohort Laron's expansive collaborative album titled Plus Ultra and the evolution of both their sound and chemistry, which has history that pre-dates college and record deals. We go deep into contemporary New York rap and how pre-drill artists have had a hard time staying relevant as rap shapeshifts in the city. We also get into Fish Narc's excellent new album Frog Song and how his GothBoiClique roots with Lil Peep...
2025-03-18
1h 30
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Will Schube of The Hobbyist
Will Schube is The Hobbyist—a writer and music critic based in New York with bylines in GQ, FLOOD, Pitchfork, Passion of the Weiss, and many more. He joins us from Austin following the launch of his aptly titled newsletter, The Hobbyist, to talk about the best hobby we both indulge in: Golf—with a capital G. We discuss how the culture has co-opted golf in the fashion space while somehow leaving music out of the equation. We also dive into Life Is Beautiful—the new album from Larry June, The Alchemist, and 2 Chainz—and how 2 Chainz steals the show by d...
2025-02-25
1h 20
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Steffanee Wang
Steffanee Wang joins us today to talk about 67th GRAMMY Awards that aired earlier this month and more. She is a New York City-based professional editor, writer, and reporter who currently is an associate editor at The FADER. She previously served as the music editor at NYLON, has written for Teen Vogue, The FACE, Billboard, NPR Music, and other notable publications. We talk about the best looks at the GRAMMY's, Kanye and Bianca's shenanigans on the carpet, Rap Album of The Year nominees, Chappell Roan's controversial speech, world-building via performances, YouTube's algorithm vs Spotify's, and Steffanee's Top 5 songs of...
2025-02-10
1h 05
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Jane Marie
This is the first podcast of 2025 and we're calling it Monetizing Hope with Jane Marie, an award-winning podcaster, podcast producer, writer, and author of Selling The Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans. Jane joins us from her home in LA, just after the devastating wildfires had somewhat subsided. This episode was recorded a few weeks prior to its release. Jane shares stories from her formative years in Michigan where she grew up, including her experiences seeing Nirvana live at The Blind Pig, watching LL Cool J hump women uncontrollably on stage, Insane Clown Posse, and her close encounter...
2025-01-28
1h 07
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Gary Suarez of CABBAGES
Gary Suarez is a writer and podcaster who founded CABBAGES, a media outlet and podcast dedicated to covering independent artists. A Queens, New York native, Gary has contributed to esteemed publications such as The Quietus, Forbes, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The New York Times, NPR, and more. In this special two-hour year-end finale, Gary joins us to share his favorite albums of 2024—including standout projects from Cavalier, Roc Marciano, Vayda, and Your Old Droog—and reflect on the journey of launching his own publication and podcast via a newsletter during the pandemic, back when having a Substack wasn’t as co...
2024-12-26
1h 58
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Aurielle Sayeh
Aurielle Sayeh is a mom, creative director, brand consultant, strategist, creator, and DJ based in Los Angeles. A true multi-hyphenate, she shares how she got her start in culture through modeling and DJing in Paris and Amsterdam back in 2013. As an Atlanta native who hustled her way through the global zeitgeist, Aurielle reflects on her journey of tapping into different creative scenes and building relationships and collaborating with brands like Adidas and VFILES. To be in the club—or not to be in the club—north of 30: that is the question. We also dive into topics like patriotism, how it’s...
2024-12-16
1h 01
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Yak Ballz on 'YOUNG YASHAR'
Yash breaks down the newly released Yak Ballz EP titled 'YOUNG YASHAR' produced by longtime collaborator Mondee. This marks the first official Yak Ballz music in over a decade. Listen to 'YOUNG YASHAR' HERE Follow Helio-Tropes - https://www.instagram.com/helio__tropes/ Follow Yash - https://www.instagram.com/yashzadeh/ Follow Yak Ballz - https://www.instagram.com/yakballz/
2024-11-18
40 min
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Cambrian "Bam" Strong
Cambrian Strong can't be boxed in. The Memphis, TN native and co-CEO of Drumatize Music Group with Tay Keith, whom he also manages, comes on the show to talk about how he figured out being of service in the music industry is the way he would build his brand. He tells us how being an athlete in high school gave him his work ethic and despite having a family who all pursued music as a career, he never saw being an artist as a viable path for himself. Instead he explains that his pursuit of advertising, graphic design, and...
2024-10-29
1h 02
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Joseph Pepin of Pepin.Works
Joseph Pepin is a music manager extraordinaire and A&R consultant from New Jersey. He joins us from Austin, Texas where he is based to talk all things music industry related; from his background as a kid enamored by bands and shows happening in Asbury Park to street teaming and managing bands which lead to his days as a plucky A&R at Island Def Jam Mercury. We talk about the differences between being a music manager and an A&R person and how he helps Primary Wave's catalogue music get re-imagined by contemporary artists. He tells us about...
2024-10-14
1h 14
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Yash Mega Mix
This week Yash returns with a solo pod mega mix featuring 10 songs to cruise to in your car or commute. Let it rock.
2024-09-23
37 min
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Alaska & Steel Tipped Dove
This episode features Yash’s friend, rapper and co-host of 'Call Out Culture' podcast Alaska and producer Steel Tipped Dove. Their new album titled ‘Reverberations of a Dead Man’s Ego’ is out now on Fused Arrow Records. We talk about the relationship between bandcamp and selling merch hand to hand, the divide between what is considered real hip hop vs contemporary rap, Stan Van Gundy’s ball handling, and getting better at rap with age. We go in on day jobs influencing art, how spreadsheets have revolutionized Doves’ process, the album concept’s dark humor, developing a figurative mid-range rap...
2024-09-03
1h 04
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Drew Millard
Drew Millard is a writer, editor, podcaster (co-host of Nersey) and author of a very good book called 'How Golf Can Save Your Life.' On this episode we delve into his time at VICE's music website 'Noisey' and an unprecedented time of stunt blogging in the blog era. We also get into Drew's new blog called 'Media Events' and his recently posted story that takes a deep dive on The Black Eyed Peas in a way that you or Yash (or anyone) has never seen before. Yash also shares his experience with BIP when they attempted to take...
2024-08-19
1h 31
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Kyle Ng of Braindead
Back to our regularly scheduled program. This week we are joined by none other than Kyle Ng, vibe curator, co-founder and creative director of the cutting edge, trippy, music forward, and multi-product clothing brand Braindead. He tells us about his trip to Paris for the Olympics with Oakley and goes on to break down the culture-first ethos of the brand. His passion for indie rock, hardcore and punk is still one of the driving forces behind everything that happens at Braindead and there are no plans to deviate from his personal taste any time soon. From sponsoring Sound and...
2024-08-12
1h 00
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Sissòn
This week Sissòn joins us to talk about some of the influences that shaped his identity and the things that inspire him most. Hailing from Arizona and now based in Los Angeles, Sissòn is a multi-disciplinary artist whose paintings and works have graced galleries and museums worldwide over the past decade. In our conversation, he discusses the intrinsic relationship between art and music in his world, particularly with how he depicts the Black experience. He tells us about Arizona being more gangster than people are aware of, and his personal transition from a life of crime to fi...
2024-07-15
1h 19
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Suzy Exposito
Fresh off the scorching BET Awards red carpet Yash is back with special guest Suzy Exposito AKA Brujacore. Suzy is a New Jersey born, Miami raised, and LA based freelance writer and editor who has bylines Rolling Stone, LA Times, Vogue, Elle, NPR, Remezcla, Revolver and more. We get right down to business about all girls band camp, how Goth is no longer exclusive to Goths and abuelas with crazy visions. We get into Charli XCX's return to form on 'BRAT,' her PC music past, and the time it takes for popstars to bake. We also talk about C...
2024-07-03
1h 15
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Yash
Smack in the middle of a heatwave Yash returns from a trip to New York with even more flames. We talk about a forthcoming Clipse reunion album and the prospect of a Re-up Gang come back, opting out of Kendrick's 'The Pop Out' show, 2Hollis' excellent 'boy' album, Wu Tang's long lost album that has now somehow been converted to an $1 NFT, and the the factors at play when an artist/band cancels an arena tour due to low ticket sales. We talk about major labels WMG, UMG and SONY taking legal action against artificial intelligence companies Suno and...
2024-06-25
58 min
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Matthew Ritchie
Matthew Ritchie is a music, culture and sports writer who is also a contributor at Pitchfork and has written stories for GQ, Chicago Reader, Rolling Stone, Passion of The Weiss, and others. In this episode we try our damndest to focus on one body of work and cannonball directly into Mach-Hommy's #RICHAXXHATIAN album which Matthew reviewed for Pitchfork. We talk about how an 8.0 is the "peoples champion" score even if it's not given the Best New Music championship belt. We break down why the title track is the most streamed song on the album and how streams aren't indicative...
2024-06-10
1h 11
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Vivian Medithi
Vivian Medithi is resident rap corrrespondent at The FADER who has bylines at Pitchfork, NoBells, HipHopDX, Los Angeles Review of Books and more. We talk about Milwaukee rapper Myaap whose excellent song "MLK" and new project produced by Nedarb of Gothboy Click fame is a hidden gem (for now). We break down the details of Atlanta rapper Slimesito and Surf Gang honcho/producer Evil Giane's collab tape titled 'Evil Slime.' Is Lazer Dim 700 commercially viable? Does he need to be? We have the answers. The Atlanta phenomenon is taking the internet by storm and we go in on...
2024-06-03
1h 13
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Jayson Buford
Jayson Buford is a journalist from Harlem, NY covering culture, music, and sports who has written for publications like Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vanity Fair, Stereogum, and more. He joins us today to talk about our beloved Knicks and all things endemic to the greatest city in the world. Our expert analysis leads us to the conclusion that Donté DiVincenzo could have easily been Jackie Junior's mans in The Sopranos or sold ecstasy in real life. We discuss a story he wrote on Cap USA, a black-owned storefront that sells a plethora of hat styles including fitted hats and streetwear i...
2024-05-20
55 min
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Franz De Los Reyes
Franz De Los Reyes is a music executive and Senior Vice President of Marketing at SALXCO (The Weeknd, Nav, Metro Boomin and more) who has previously held positions at three major labels including Def Jam, Epic and Warner Records. He shares how he broke into the music industry by being the squeeky wheel and building lasting relationships along with some digital savvy that major labels were farming in the blog era. He stayed down to come up and now lives in Los Angeles attempting to perfect his golf swing at the range at the Wilson Harding Golf Club in...
2024-05-13
56 min
Dear Jane Marie
DJM w/ Yash Zadeh
Rapper, podcast host and VP at Warner Records Yash Zadeh, AKA Yak Ballz, joins Jane on the couch. Caller #1 thinks she's spending too much time on her phone.And much more over on the Patreon... Caller #2 is considering changing her hair. Caller #3 is seeking the best band aid.Follow Yash on InstagramFollow Yash on X (Twitter) Listen to Yash's podcast, Helio-Tropes Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-05-07
11 min
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Alphonse Pierre
Alphonse Pierre is a music critic and journalist at Pitchfork. He joins us from home base in Canarsie, Brooklyn where an ice cream truck soundtracks our conversation about the Knicks and the 76ers round 1 playoff bloodbath. We talk about Ice Spice's timely verse on Cash Cobaine's "Fisherr" remix and how an independently released song can get ratcheted up with the help of a huge feature and some major label muscle. We talk about Tupac's estate issuing a cease and desist to Drake (when it's convenient) for the AI powered "Taylormade Freestyle," and just how much Future is too much s...
2024-04-28
1h 15
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Yash
Fresh off of Coachella weekend and his day of birth Yash is back with a solo pod talking about the rare sites that the annual festival has to offer with takes on performances by Lana Del Rey, Peso Pluma, Lil Uzi Vert, Justice's return and more. He also gets into the lame rap "beef(s)" of the moment and the dominoe effect Kendrick's "Like That" verse on Metro and Future's 'We Don't Trust You' album has had on the industry; including J. Cole's boring apology, Drakes halfway decent clap back and Rick Ross's hilarious and very good "Champagne Moments."...
2024-04-15
32 min
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Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Sowmya Krishnamurthy is an accomplished journalist based in New York, originally from Michigan. She is the author of ‘Fashion Killa: How Hip Hop Revolutionized High Fashion,’ available now from Simon and Schuster / Gallery Books. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone, XXL, Essence, Complex, Highsnobiety, Playboy, The Village Voice, and Time. We dive into the intersection of fashion and hip-hop and the impact they have had on each other, starting in New York City over the past 50 years. She breaks down the importance of Harlem’s own Dapper Dan, luxury laws, how the hustlers were the first street fashio...
2024-04-01
1h 36
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Claire Bogle
Claire Bogle is a music manager, entrepreneur, and hypnotherapist from New Mexico with exquisite taste. She is the co-founder of Scoremore Productions which is responsible for throwing the first-ever tours and shows for artists like Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, and more. We talk about her rise to success behind the scenes driven by pure passion; including volunteering to drive her beat-up Lincoln and used 5 Series for artist tours in the early days of the blog era. She elaborates on how she and her partner Sascha Stone took the legendary Illmore party at SXSW from a...
2024-03-18
1h 08
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Peter A. Berry
Back at it with Peter A. Berry, writer and editor at large who has bylines in XXL, COMPLEX, Pitchfork, Okayplayer and more. We talk about how we connected via my reaction to an Uncle Murda video clip that Peter put a wild spin on and how it lead to this unique episode diving into one album that has made a significant impact this year already which is Schoolboy Q's 'Blue Lips.' We expand on Peter's review of 'Blue Lips' for Stereogum and the singular themes that show up on the project (that typically don't show up on rap...
2024-03-11
58 min
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Chris Atlas
Chris Atlas is more than meets the eye. An extra popped episode with the accomplished music executive and Bronx-native who tells us about his earliest hip-hop memories running around NYC including a life-changing performance from Public Enemy at a small club in the meatpacking district. We dive into his first opportunity in the music industry as an intern at the legendary Tommy Boy Records where he cut his teeth in College Radio promotion before moving into A&R. He tells us about his time at the label promoting tracks at radio from seminal artists like House of Pain, De...
2024-02-26
50 min
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CAL-A of Free Bread Intl.
CAL-A is a Grammy Award-winning producer, artist manager, and DJ from the Bay Area who owns and operates Free Bread Intl., a company helping brands and businesses create experiences to benefit their communities and the kids in them. He breaks down his contribution to Killer Mike's album 'Michael' which received three Grammy's including Rap Album of The Year. We get into South by Southwest's fall from grace and its potential resurgence, his recent trip to the Phillipines with P-Lo, his penchant for vacation flexing, and the 2022 documentary 'We Were Hyphy.' He explains the impact the Bay Area's countercultural...
2024-02-20
1h 20
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Yash
Yash is back with another solo episode in the thick of Super Bowl Weekend, the Waste Management Phoenix Open and Kanye's 'VULTURES 1' album release. He unveils how Usher is just another guy in the bathroom, breaks down uncleared samples and estate-beefs elicited by Ye's album combined with the intricacies behind its second-rate distribution and problematic rollout. He also get's into A$AP Rocky's Puma pump fake, Eric Sermon eating well off Metro Boomin and Abel's royalty checks, plus Schoolboy Q's anticipated return. Party in the front, Top 5 songs in the back.
2024-02-12
51 min
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Scott Jawson & Sam Hadelman of Dark Matter Media
Scott Jawson and Sam Hadelman of Dark Matter Media are music publicists making big moves in NY. We talk about NFT Stars, Universal Music Group being at odds with TikTok, and how their clients' music playing from Nissan's and Honda's in the street is proof that things are going well. They shine light on the impetus for Dark Matter Media to emerge in today's market and what goes into curating their niche roster with wavy artists like Evil Giane and Cash Cobaine. We also get into culture vs virality, Ari Melber, Crystal Castles, old skate videos giving way to...
2024-02-05
1h 29
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Jade Gomez
Back from his annual golf trip in Florida, Yash is joined by freelance writer Jade Gomez for a new heatrock where they break down the potent influence New Jersey has had on them (and music) for better or worse. We get into the ominous news announced by Condé Nast a few weeks back that Pitchfork is being absorbed by GQ, and the implications on music journalism in the cursed media landscape. We talk about Coachella cheatcodes, gen-pop woes, our love for Glassjaw, Ice Spice cutting the cheese, and Justice's curious return. Jade also comes correct with 5 songs she's vibing t...
2024-01-29
1h 30
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Geng PTP / King Vision Ultra
Geng PTP who also goes by King Vision Ultra is a native New Yorker and a man of many hats whose album 'Shook World' came out last year. On this extendo-clip episode Yash attempts to uncover a healthy dose of his repertoire; from smoothies to fitness and field recordings to music production, art and design. We nerd out on unmistakable producer tags and sounds (plus where they came from) and how we were at the first ever MF Doom show together many moons ago. The laughs are plenty and Geng comes prepared to break down his Top 5 songs of...
2024-01-11
2h 10
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2024 Kick-Off with Yash
After a short break and trip to the east coast for the holidays, Helio-Tropes returns for the new year with a special solo mission episode with its host Yash. On the first show of 2024, Yash talks about Ken Carson and the Opium crew, PETA targets at the airport, Cam'ron's watchful eye, the new Mission Impossible movie, Dave Chappelle's recent special, the latest ††† (Crosses) album and some of his favorite deep cuts from last year. He breaks the silence on how the pod started, where it's going in the year ahead and makes a special announcement — which will most certainly reverber...
2024-01-02
43 min
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Stephanie Gotch of Partners And Associates Agency
Just in time for the holidays, a special episode of HT with Stephanie Gotch whose agency Partners And Associates handles marketing, creative direction, comms and pr for musicians, brands, businesses and more. We talk about Art Basel being the Spring Break of the industry and her experience in Miami with her client Westside Gunn. She breaks down what it takes (and what it doesn't) for musicians to be successful in the fashion space, how showing up consistently is a small part of the big picture, and that blowing a bag on designer drip is not the answer. She also...
2023-12-22
1h 16
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Timmhotep Aku
This week we are joined by none other than the Brookyln-bred, undefeated artists' champion and one-man media giant Timmhotep Aku. We talk about the musical spark that set him on a life-long journey, Video Music Box, the lessons that De La Soul taught us and the mark they made on generations in their wake — including your favorite rappers wearing Denim Tears. We dig into his additional work writing recent stories on Cash Cobain and RXK Nephew and the wild parallels that can be drawn to each. We discuss regional rap waves, his contributions to podcasts, his monthly radio show on...
2023-12-11
1h 25
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Frazier Tharpe
This week we're standing on big business with Frazier Tharpe, senior editor at GQ who recently relocated to Los Angeles from New York. We talk about him hitting the ground running immediately, attending multiple live shows across the city of Angels as soon as he touched down. We get into the recent story he wrote profiling Offset for GQ’s Man of The Year issue, our experiences with Migos, collab album trends, Drake’s boom bap clap-back, Gunna defending the title, Young Thug’s lawyer, Jay Z’s 'Book of Hov' exhibit and much more.
2023-12-04
1h 01
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Jason Goldwatch
Jason Goldwatch is a film director and creative director from San Francisco based in Los Angeles also known for shooting music videos and documentaries. We talk about his recent short film ‘Death Valley’ with DJ Muggs, the accompanying film to the ‘Soul Assassin’s 3: Death Valley’ album. In between Jason’s bong rips he explains how the only way to see the film currently is by going to a screening, the synergy between him and Muggs, and the idiosyncratic approach to how the film was made. We also get into his past as the co-founder of Decon; a record label and me...
2023-11-27
1h 11
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Evan Auerbach of Up North Trips
This week Evan Auerbach of Up North Trips joins us to talk about the new book he co-authored with Daniel Isenberg titled ‘Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes’ out now on Rizzoli. We start from the earliest days of mixtape culture and make our way to the present. Along the way we highlight DJ's and pioneers like Brucie B, the impact of Kid Capri, the sorcery of Ron G, the ingenuity of DJ Clue and much more. From technological innovations to the evolution of the hand-to-hand mixtape economy and its growth into larger scale operations, we unpa...
2023-11-20
1h 05
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Dominique Maldonado
Dominique Maldonado is a music manager living in Puerto Rico. We get into her Florida roots in the music biz and how she went from throwing shows locally as a promoter to booking some of most buzzing artists at the time like Travis Scott and Chance The Rapper for her Leaders of The New Cool concert series in New York, Atlanta and beyond. She breaks down how she forged meaningful relationships which lead her to managing artists like Q-Tip and becoming an A&R person at major record labels. Come for the conversation, stay for the jewels.
2023-11-13
1h 20
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Roger Gengo of Masked Gorilla
This week we are coming to you from Masked Gorilla Headquarters in Highland Park, Los Angeles with Roger Gengo, founder of Masked Gorilla and Masked Records. We talk about him being an early adopter of SoundCloud as a tool for discovering emerging artists, turning a blog into a record label and festival, as we trace the unglamorous steps in between. From throwing shows in LA to being first to champion would be stars like Lil Peep and Lil Yachty (before almost anyone knew who they were), Roger has been on the frontlines of modern rap's tide shifts. So we...
2023-11-06
1h 27
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Uncle Paulie
This week one of Queens finest Uncle Paulie and I take it back to the galaxy from the comfort of our homes in Los Angeles. We talk about his connection to Queens rappers, how he got his name, taking 3rd place at the Malibu Chili Cookoff, Ruff Ryders' Drag-On, Uncle Paulie's Deli and clothing brand inspirations, the famed Cherry Valley TCS sandwich, his comedy night, our new-found affinity for the game of Golf, how Subway took out Blimpie and more.
2023-10-30
1h 06
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Dana Meyerson of Biz 3 Publicity
On this week's episode Dana Meyerson of Biz 3 Publicity joins us to discuss the media landscape past and present. We talk about my first experience at Lego Land, both iconic and awkward magazine covers she's booked over the years, conversational pitching, tastemakers vs gatekeepers, advance album promo cd's, Aphex Twin's fart trend on TikTok, designer shades, AI dogs and more.
2023-10-25
1h 04
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Dana Meyerson
On this week's episode Dana Meyerson of Biz 3 Publicity joins us to discuss the media landscape past and present. We talk about my first experience at Lego Land, both iconic and awkward magazine covers she's booked over the years, conversational pitching, tastemakers vs gatekeepers, advance album promo CD's, Aphex Twin’s fart trend on TikTok, designer sunglasses, AI dogs and more.
2023-10-23
1h 07
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Reilly Herrera of Learn To Forget
Reilly Herrera is a clothing designer, graphic designer, musician and the founder of clothing brand Learn To Forget. We talk about his punk roots growing up in Fullerton, CA, the chaos of COMPLEXCON, his brand's evolution, his band Night Verses' new album, post-sneaker culture, our graffiti past-lives, and much more.
2023-10-16
1h 11
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Nick Hook
The debut episode of Helio-Tropes featuring DJ, producer and artist-spirit-guide Nick Hook. I talk to Nick about summer in New York, rare music gear, legalization of weed in NY, his studio The Space Pit, Spiritual Friendship, RTJ Cu4tro, Gangsta Boo, Teenage Engineering, Jam Master Jays pre-roll joints and more.
2023-10-01
1h 04
The Grateful Show
Most Important Lessons From 2020 - 090
It’s been a crazy year for all of us and we’re beyond grateful for each of you that has been supporting us this year! We’ve had 27 fantastic guests on the podcast, each with an unique and inspiring story to tell! We’ve taken our time to really condense the lessons that we gathered from all these amazing people. We went over each guest episode and highlight our biggest takeaways. Below you can find the listed all the time codes for each guest: 02:24 – Lara Rebecca - https://www.instag...
2020-12-09
50 min