Made In The 1980’s™

Episode 69 | Canibus Sophomore Album "2000 B.C" Turns 25!

Listen to my voice New York. Listen Deeply, You are getting sleepy. On July 18th you're gonna get up go to the record store and you're going to buy 2000 B.C!
Canibus is the original Internet Emcee/Blog Era Rapper and I have a heck of a sidebar on this topic. Canibus was one of my absolute favorite rappers of the late 90's early 2000's. I was overly excited to buy his 2nd album since the first one left a lot to be desired.
From the Battle with LL, New Wyclef distain and The DJ Clue Promo Freestyle, nothing was going to stop me from copping and getting my ears on this! In a time where the "Sophomore Jinx" was a hot topic especially in regards to rap music, Canibus was one of few artist of his time to actually defeat the stigma; However, it largely fell on deaf ears and personally, I feel it's one of the most disrespected album in hip-hop ever!
Let's talk the album, the progression of Canibus and how labels and marketing truly make or break careers no matter how we feel about talent and skill. And of course we'll talk about how some emcee's may truly get in their own way and how that can not do you any favors long term.

Episode 68 | Clipse "Let God Sort Em Out" Album Review

The long awaited release of Clipse Let God Sort Em Out is here! Pharrell, Pusha T and Malice have reunited and from the looks of things, the world is pleased!
No reason to wait. I've listened at LEAST 8 times now. So lets talk about it!
Track for Track Analysis ,The Features ,The Content, Why Rappers 35-55 are NEEDED. Then let's pivot to Going Viral vs Building Legacy and doing what got you signed/noticed. It's been a great weekend for hip-hop! Let's celebrate!

Episode 67 | You Can't Blame Jay-Z for Everything!

Nicki blames Jay-Z for literally everything but Slavery....And that's not right.
Will Smith performing "Pretty Girls" goes viral...But have you seen the whole video?
Group Chat Talk: Ja Rule on Bag Fuel. Talking about how Beef is bad for Hip-Hop and when you think about the majority of beef/battles, he's not wrong. 
@JRBang asks the question of the day "Why Shawn Carter the only one who said F IT and made hit records afterwards?......and I have an answer! LET'S FN GO!!!

Episode 66 | Keep Ye Away!

It's new Drake out...I got thoughts on it. And honestly since this recording, I think it's even more positive. 
Also King Combs drops "NEVER STOP" with Ye and Kanye West and man...The energy y'all had for Yeezus should have been applied here. Kanye's resume is undeniable, but now...It may be time to just stop trying to attach himself to the hottest topics and the new young energy

Episode 65 | C. Delores Tucker Tried To Warn Us

I hope you've been enjoying a safe and positive July 4th weekend.
Lets unpack an ugly truth about hip-hop and what can we do to repair the destruction. In 1993, C. Delores Tucker was calling for boycotts of rap artist such as Snoop, Pac and Ice-T. She said the misogyny, violent language of ourselves and towards each other were seeds being planted to brainwash black youth and destroying us.
The child I was then didn't understand. The man I've become lets me know, we should have let her cook. Let's discuss the good, bad, ugly, unfortunate and the why on today's episode.

Episode 64 | Not Guilty But He Filthy

Due to the time sensitive nature of the content, I couldn't wait on this! The cool thing about transitioning this into a music podcast is that I'm always ready to talk about music and the people in it. 
 
The verdict is in! Diddy is found NOT GUILTY of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering charges. However is now absolutely considered a violent, drug abusing, domestic abuser who will buy prostitutes.
Where do we go from here?
How do YOU feel about Diddy now?
Why did they overcharge him?
How will the industry react?
Let's talk about ALL OF IT!

Episode 63 | Talking Music As A Family feat. Courtney "MAFI" Johnson

There's been a lot of changes going on in my world and some subtle and not so subtle changes to this podcast. But what's most important right now is that my cousin, MAFI is on the live with me this week and we talking music like we've been talking since we were kids! 
Some topics for this week are
Stevie Wonder is ABSOLUTELY The Greatest R&B Artist of All Time! But the rest of this list has some crazy moments
Is Pusha T as good as he thinks he is?
T-Pain vs Drake??? The Game needs them both!
Does Kendrick Lamar REALLY have bars?
Timbaland BEEN Wildin...But Let's talk about the AI Thieving he doing
Can Andre 3000 and Jay-Z do the same things rap wise?
Nothing like a great music conversation to get me fired up! Enjoy!

Episode 62 | Brain Dump

It's been a while and I had some time after a nap to talk about things that have been on my mind. We need more black music nerds, a lot of Jim Jones narratives are false, not just the Nas one and I've been so inspired by so many artist and platforms that it's making me want to revamp and get better at everything that I do. 
From New York Times Popcast to Aloe Blacc and Braxton Cook, I have a lot to say. I hope you've been well! 

Episode 61 | Talk Soon

As we close out May, I want to talk to you about the journey I'm on and how serious I take it. This serious journey is taking up more of my time but for the better. As I take steps to educate myself to live deeper in my God given purpose to serve, I ask for your patience as this little platform of expression called, Made In The 1980's™ gets inconsistent for the remainder of the spring and summer.
This is far from a goodbye, but a definite, talk to you soon. As always, thank you for listening. 

Episode 60 | "Derrick Obama" |YOUTUBE LIVE SHOW

Good Day! THANK GOD I MADE IT!!!! I want to take some time out to just sit and talk with you on one of my favorite days of ALL TIME! My Birthday! And I would love to talk a little music with you all before I get into what may be an eventful weekend. Also got some music takes for y'all!
The Midwest Listener is the MOST UNBIASED Listener EVER
Joey BadA$$ going at Daylyt on the Red Bull Cypher
The Big 3 was only a thing cause they were the only rappers the OG's could remember in interviews.
Open Season
Let's Do Episode 60 Right!
 
Apologies for any audio issues with guest.