Rebel Radio
276 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsRebel Radio is brought to you in partnership with EDM.com The Art of Selling Without Selling Out. Rebel Radio shines a light on cultural pioneers and their influences, reflecting on the roots and future of underground culture. We engage the influencers who define what we wear, watch, listen to, and play with — and how we spend our spare time and loose change — and explore what it means to be a creative entrepreneur today. Our weekly interview show explores the journeys of those who do it best in all areas of youth culture. We learn how they stay creative in the face of relentless distract and setbacks. How they make something where previously nothing existed, how they find inspiration and influence, as well as how they inspire and influence others, and what it takes to create movements.
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Melanie Maras: You can't just start beating someone with a stick.
November 09, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis week, Josh brings back his sometimes co-host Cassandra. If you love Cassandra, let us know and we’ll try to coax her back into the studio. If you don’t love Cassandra, what’s wrong with you? We’re not exactly sure what you’re supposed to learn from this episode. You definitely will NOT get step-by-step instructions for becoming a dominatrix. Or a recipe for making fake semen. Oh, we talk about sex a lot in this show. Fitting, because our guest is Melanie Maras, host of YouTube’s “M...
James Haunt: How to make people want more
October 31, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis week’s episode is part of our ARTxWORK REBELS series, in partnership with Guerilla One. Check out all of the ARTxWORK REBELS episodes at www.rebelradio.net. James Haunt comes through the studio to tell us how he’s moved from graffiti to streetwear design to corporate art. After spending much of his childhood in jail, he hit a turning point after landing in the hospital from a beating by the cops. Dude is still on the rise but is quickly building an impressive body of work. Here’s how h...
Jarret Myer: How to be number one at something
October 26, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourJarret Myer is one of our favorite entrepreneurs. He's built at least three successful companies, including Rawkus Records, which helped launch the careers of folks we love, like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, El-P (now of Run the Jewels), High & Mighty, among others. In many ways, Rawkus kept hip-hop rooted in the underground just as it was breaking through to the mainstream. He also launched and currently runs Uproxx.com, which seeks to bring an insightful perspective to the insanely competitive wo...
Milana Vayntrub: Enough about me; let’s talk about you
October 23, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourMilana is the star of your favorite AT&T commercials (Her character may or may not be called “the cute and funny girl in the blue shirt.”) as well as the hit YouTube show Let’s Talk About Something More Interesting. She’s also the founder of Can’t Do Nothing (www.cantdonothing.org), which doesn’t do nothing. It makes content and raises money and awareness to help refugees worldwide. Josh met Milana at TEDxHollywood and tricked begged forced allowed (the first three are supposed to be crossed...
Le Youth: How to fail your way to success
October 15, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourLe Youth is going to teach us about reinvention and goal setting. He makes great house music with a sexy infusion of R&B, but it wasn’t always that way. After early success in the music business, it all went pear shaped. The music wasn’t moving him, and a lawsuit from a band member threatened to unravel everything he worked for. Spoiler alert: He won the case, started over with new music, and has been blowing up the clubs with a string of hits that’s steadily moving him to the top of the g...
Jennifer Kushell: How to do what you love and make a global impact
October 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis week we bring you a very special recording of our first ever LIVE podcast. Brought to you in partnership with Honda Financial Services. To all you college grads out there, this is your time. And Honda’s here to help you get going. Save $500 on any 2016 or newer Honda vehicle. Check out http://www.hondafinancialservices.com to learn more. Our guest, Jennifer Kushell, came up on stage and told amazing stories from her journey as an entrepreneur — from starting her first business at 13 to...
Mattie Safer: How to Find Something Better
September 28, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourMattie Safer has made music across three genres. You might know him as the bassist for The Rapture, the indie (or something) band whose track House of Jealous Lovers was called a top-10 song of the decade by NME. But Mattie’s true passion is in soul and hip-hop. So much so that he left The Rapture so he could make music that really speaks to him. His debut EP — All We Are — feels like more of a tribute to Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield, or at least Bobby Caldwell, than anything from the e...
Michael Delahaut: How to make opportunity come to you
September 27, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis episode is part of our ongoing ARTWORK REBELS series — hosted in partnership with Guerilla One — in which we talk to the most talented and creative people creating art in the streets. Check www.rebelradio.net for other ARTWORK REBELS episodes. Michael Delahaut, aka Wise, is a bit of a double agent. As a member of the Seventh Letter crew, he’s a graffiti veteran. By day, he’s a creative director who’s worked on groundbreaking campaigns for Nike, Sprint, and of course Scion, which is how...
Miles Beard: How to keep going when giving up is so easy
September 14, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourMiles Beard is a young cat with, as they say in the music business, a golden ear. He’s been a creative force behind several of the biggest hits in recent years, from Jason Derulo, Wiz Khalifa, David Guetta, Charlie Puth, to name a few. He tells us the story of his journey from starting out as a local DJ to becoming an A&R executive at the top of the game. His secrets to success might surprise you: - Never Give Up. - Don’t Be Afraid. - Your Biggest Asset is Your Relationships. Learn how h...
Slick: How to do business with people you trust
September 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis week’s episode is another installment in our ARTWORK REBELS series in partnership with Guerilla One. Check out the others at www.rebelradio.net. If you don’t know OG Slick, you don’t know LA graffiti. My dude has been famous since the 80s. More precisely, since the Slick x Hex battle at the Levitz furniture factory, which ended up as an early reality show on local TV. He’s gone on to become one of the most noted artists on the West Coast, if not the world, and a creative force behind e...
Amanda Micallef: How to get out of the way of the crowd
September 07, 2016 00:00 - 56 minutesAmanda Micallef says her company, Arsenic, offers an innovative medium that is crowdsourced and crowd curated. We think it’s about pictures and videos of fine ass women. But what do we know? Could be both? Either way, Arsenic is the most-followed brand on Snapchat and is killing the game on Instagram. Innovative for sure. It’s a “magazine” with no magazine, and a digital company with no website. Arsenic started up as a means for Amanda to express her creativity that wasn’t being met thro...
Shhh.... How to get your head right with ASMR.
August 22, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourAlly is a YouTube celebrity, with views by the millions on her videos. She’s one of the leaders of the ASMR movement, or genre, or whatever it is. Picture pretty women whispering and playing different characters, or just talking. Whispering, rather. Some people get a tingling sensation and then get very relaxed and fall asleep to these videos. Millions of people. Ally is joined in our studio by her sometimes collaborator, Lane. Lane is a digital marketing expert and host of the Beerlosophy p...
Champagne Drip: How to do it just for the sake of art
August 17, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourChampagne Drip creates a sort of trap - future bass - tropical house - glitch fusion. Or something like that. What I’m trying to say is stop trying to categorize his music and just enjoy it. He makes bangers for Mad Decent, a recent collaboration with Dillon Francis, and prior to his reinvention as Champagne Drip, he was making drum & bass under the name SPL. Sam drops by the studio to tell us how his alter egos came to be and why they make creative sense, whether or not they make any busin...
Bishop Lamont: How to be a street nerd and find tremendous courage
August 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourBishop Lamont is here to teach us about perseverance. As an up-and-coming rapper, he was discovered by Dr. Dre and signed to Aftermath Records, on his way to stardom. That was 11 years ago. He got shelved, dropped, and had to reinvent his career and find another way. He released a series of mixtapes that kept him relevant in the streets while he could figure out how to navigate the business, soaking up game from folks like Dame Dash along the way. He relied on family and his martial arts tr...
Antwon: Have friends that aren’t shitty.
August 03, 2016 00:00 - 50 minutesAntwon is a rapper. Sort of. That is to say that he raps, but his raps don’t sound like the stuff you’d expect to hear in 2016 if you listen to the Pandora Hip Hop channel or the radio. Antwon’s sound falls somewhere between the uber-backpack rap coming from his label Anticon and Bay Area a la Mac Dre. I’m guessing at this point you have no idea what I’m talking about. He’s also the leader of the Nature World collective, which includes a clothing line and the punk-meets-hip hop Nature World ...
Sacha Jenkins: If you are afraid to fail, you are never going to win ever
August 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourSacha Jenkins is more than a journalist or filmmaker. He’s spent the better part of two decades documenting and commentating hip hop and other underground cultures. He’s been a creative force behind Mass Appeal magazine, the recent documentary Fresh Dressed, and was a founder of Ego Trip’s subversive media empire that encompassed books and magazines as well as TV shows. If that’s not enough, he also plays in multiple punk bands. In our interview Sacha gives us insight into a career that sta...
R3ll: How to build core fans that really support you
July 27, 2016 00:00 - 43 minutesR3ll stops by Rebel Radio to tell us what it’s like to be young and enthusiastic. He moved to LA after becoming a popular party promoter and DJ in the Jersey Club scene and is now bringing his energetic bass sound to audiences across the country and around the world. He gives us some insights into how he keeps it fun for himself and for fans, and how he tries to create an experience that goes beyond the music. "They need to remember that like weeks, months, like, 'Yo, last time I saw him it...
Jimmy O. Yang: How to get help without asking for it
July 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourYou may know Jimmy O. Yang as Jian Yang on Silicon Valley. You’ll surely know him soon from the upcoming movie, Patriot’s Day where he shares the screen with Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman. We know him as a funny ass comedian on YouTube and the Arsenio Hall Show, where he muses about being an Asian dude in America, being broke, and listening to hip hop. Jimmy stops by the Rebel Radio studios to give us some insights into his rapid rise from open mic night to the national touring circuit and ...
Saber: How to go out and make the biggest impact possible
July 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourSaber is not the first to describe graffiti as an addiction. It’s way beyond a simple act of rebellion or self-expression. It's thrill of getting away with it, the positive reinforcement from friends and peers, and of course, the fumes that get so many youngsters hooked after their first hit. In our interview — co-hosted by Eddie Donaldson from Guerilla One — Saber explains how his comrades in the Seventh Letter both fell prey to the addiction and leveraged it to become one of the most power...
DJ Spider: How to make DJing great again
June 29, 2016 00:00 - 53 minutesDJ Spider isn’t just a great DJ; he makes it look fun too. He preaches work-life balance: “I don't know how long term you can be burning up the clubs without burning up your life." He makes hilarious videos, such as his Vine series Mag Life or the multi-million-view Whole Foods Parking Lot featuring DJ Dave. He goes on tour with rockstars: Blink 182 this summer. He starts social media firestorms in his spare time, like the viral hit Make DJing Great Again baseball caps. In our interview,...
Denzel Slager: Know what makes you happy and just do that
June 27, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourDenzel Slager started playing soccer at five years old. It wasn’t until his twenties that he learned what the struggle was really about. After rising through the ranks in his native Holland, he hit the big leagues — a contract with Coventry City. Just as everything was starting to go his way, it all fell apart. Two years later, he’s in Los Angeles playing for LA Galaxy II with side hustles including modeling, reality TV, and launching his own clothing line. He stops by our studio to tell us...
Eddie Cruz of Undefeated: You have to stand for something
June 22, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourEddie Cruz is a true innovator. He’s also the co-founder of one of our favorite brands. Undefeated was the first to bridge the gap between athletic apparel and streetwear. In doing so, the brand not only created a global opportunity for itself — 10 stores and counting — but also helped to further the evolution of the genre, including an increasing number of collaborations between upstart streetwear designers and the behemoth sneaker manufacturers. Eddie drops by the studio with Adam Weissma...
Super CW is going to help you fight cancer
June 08, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourWarning: Today’s episode gets pretty deep. Don’t worry, we’ll be back to our regular shallow selves next week. Super CW flew in from Hawaii just to chop it up with us. She’s on a break from being one of the island’s hardest working people: DJ, blogger, marketer, documentary filmmaker, and part of the Pow! Wow! crew that is becoming famous around the world for its cutting-edge art shows. While she battled breast cancer in 2015, she documented her journey and the healing protocol on her Snapc...
Kenny of Fresh Selects on how to turn a passion project into a record label
June 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourIf you truly love music, discovering the music Kenny Fresh put outs on his label is likely to make your whole day. While most labels are looking to capitalize on the latest trends, Kenny’s Portland-based Fresh Selects instead focuses solely on putting out music he loves, introducing the world to unique, innovative artists such as beatmakers Mndsgn and Iman Omari, R&B singers SiR and Coultrain, and multi-instrumentalists Low Leaf and Dolphin. Kenny drops by our studio to give us some insight...
Super CW is going to help you beat cancer
May 30, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBWarning: Today’s episode gets pretty deep. Don’t worry, we’ll be back to our regular shallow selves next week. Super CW flew in from Hawaii just to chop it up with us. She’s on a break from being one of the island’s hardest working people: DJ, blogger, marketer, documentary filmmaker, and part of the Pow! Wow! crew that is becoming famous around the world for its cutting-edge art shows. Last year she added one more distinction: cancer survivor. While she battled breast cancer in 2015, she d...
Claude VonStroke: How to breakthrough in the music business
May 28, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourEXTRA SPECIAL 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE. Today we bring you a special birthday treat: Lessons from one of the best in the business. Never give up. That’s the lesson we get today from Dirtybird Records chief Claude VonStroke. He’s a DJ, producer, label boss, and the leader of a tribe that trusts him to provide a full-service entertainment experience that includes events and merchandise. The Dirtybird BBQ daylong cookout with DJs have become a favorite of fans around the country, and last y...
Michelle Tam: How to become the Martha Stewart of paleo
May 25, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourMichelle Tam of Nom Nom Paleo drops by the studio to bring Josh a vinyl toy of herself (complete with bacon and meat cleaver) and tell us a bit about how she’s become the “Martha Stewart of paleo.” For her, that means having one of the leading paleo blogs and a book that was nominated for a James Beard award. She’s surprisingly not that hardcore about her paleo (she even eats white rice) and recommends that we all pay attention to our own bodies and notice what works for us. Sounds like good...
Missy Suicide: "She's just so comfortable and confident, and she's naked."
May 18, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourMissy Suicide is a badass, if you can’t tell by the name. She’s the owner of the world’s largest collection of naked goth chicks. More accurately, she’s co-founder of Suicide Girls, a community of over 20 million people that is redefining beauty not only through glamorous portraits of unclothed women who often don’t fit traditional definitions of beauty, but through candid and supportive discussion of topics spanning the complexity of modern life. As she puts it, "We felt like this was place ...
How to be like Risk: Live, breathe, eat, sleep art.
May 11, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThis episode is part two in our ARTXWORK REBELS series, brought to you in partnership with Guerilla One, our go to source for information on graffiti and street art. Guerilla One is on hiatus online, so hit us up directly if you want more information. Graffiti art legend Risk stops by our studio to tell us about his latest project — a joint show with fellow Rebel Radio alum TAZ — and give us some insights into how he’s built one of the most interesting careers you’ll ever find. Risk is a st...
Them Jeans: "Hey, my brain is full of cool ideas." What about you?
May 04, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThem Jeans is our tallest guest so far! He’s a DJ, producer, and host of two popular podcasts: The Stew (food) and Tall Tales (music). Josh knew him as the doorman at Cinespace at the forefront, literally, of the electro-indie explosion that birthed the careers of Steve Aoki, Franki Chan, Thee Mike B, and the like. Jeans stops by Rebel Radio headquarters to tell Josh he looks like Ray Romano and get some parenting tips (although he doesn’t have a child). They also discuss what it’s like bei...
TAZ: How to stay out of a creative rut, lessons from a master
April 27, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourWelcome to the first episode in our ARTxWORK REBELS series, brought to you in partnership with Guerilla One, our go to source for information on graffiti and street art. Guerilla One is on hiatus online, so hit us up directly if you want more information. What a great artist to start with. Jim Evans has had more impact on how musicians communicate visually with their fans than almost anyone on the planet. He sometimes paints under the name TAZ. His body of work runs deep, so deep. From des...
Jayceeoh: How to collab and compete at the same time
April 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourJayceeoh drops by Rebel Radio World Headquarters to play us tracks from his new collab with the funk Dr. Spock (aka Redman). Sorry, no snippets (yet), but we can tell you the energy is electric, and the duo is fittingly called 1,000 Volts. He also gives us some insights into his creative journey. Jayceeoh is a very competitive dude, as you might imagine. He’s a two-time DMC finalist and winner of VH1’s Master of the Mix as well as McDonald’s Flavor Battle. Even his mixtape series, Super 7, is...
DJ AM helped DJs out of the corner and on to the stage
April 11, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourIt’s hard to overstate the influence DJ AM has had on the art of DJing. There are a handful of DJs who have massively influenced the art of DJing. - Kool Herc taught us we could mix two records together. - Grandmaster Flash taught us we could scratch. - Q-Bert taught us the turntable could be a musical instrument. - AM taught us we could play whatever records we want. Before he died, DJ AM inspired DJs around the world to break through boundaries many of them weren’t even aware of. He broke n...
Brandon Wardell: How to be a sad sex symbol
April 06, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourCassie thinks it’s amazing that Brandon is only 23 and already has his shit together. Hard to say whether that’s a complement to Brandon or a commentary about the state of 23-year-olds. You might know Brandon from his Vice articles or his two Snapchat shows (one for MTV and one for Comedy Central). Or from his collab with weird-comedy pioneer Bob Odenkirk or around LA doing stand-up at spots like The Improv and Meltdown Comics. Or you may not know him at all, which only proves that you’re ol...
6 reasons you need to hear more from Vikter Duplaix
March 30, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourWe hope you enjoyed last week’s interview with Vikter Duplaix. There was so much good stuff that we had to re-up for a second week. If you missed the first part, you can check it out below. In part two, Vikter tells us about his first big break and how he learned (the hard way) to take credit for the work he’s done. He also explains how he managed to stay focused on his creative vision when people were expecting him to be something different. Then we get to hear about being mentored by r&b gr...
Vikter Duplaix teaches you how to be fearless, baby
March 23, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourWe loved this interview so much we chopped it in half. You get the head this week. Come back next week for the tail. Vikter Duplaix isn’t just one of the most talented DJs around. He’s made his way through the music business since he was a teenager and has learned how to make the system work for him. He’s been nominated for a Grammy. He’s worked with legends. When I say legends, I mean LEGENDS: Earth Wind & Fire, Erykah Badu, Common, Jamiroquai, Teddy Pendergrass, Kenny Gamble, Jazzy Jeff, Qu...
2 reasons Serato will blow your mind again
March 16, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourAJ Bertenshaw talks to us about everything DJ culture. We all know the art of DJing has changed dramatically in recent years. In the old days, DJs had to carry crates of vinyl around to gigs. In later years some DJs replaced the milk crates with CD bibles. In either case, that night’s selection was limited to whatever they could carry. And then there’s the beat matching, finding the tempos of records by hand and trying to match each new song with the one before it. I know, right? Our guest...
Geoff Moore: Start by doing it for free if your goal is to make money
March 09, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourWe’re going to find out how as we talk to Geoff Moore. Geoff has been shooting since he was a kid, and professionally since the early 90s. He’s shot magazine covers, album covers, celebrities, ad campaigns. He’s shot for Facebook around the world, and the new campaign for T-Mobile that’s showing up in the form of giant pink and black billboards around the country. Early on, he made music videos for artists such as Jewel, the Goo Goo Dolls, and the Cardigans, gaining MTV Director of the Year...
Ant LaRock: 3 Powerful ways to stay incredibly focused
March 02, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourAnt LaRock stops by our studio to put us up on what the next generation is up to. A musician since childhood, he meandered through multiple genres before landing on a classic deep house sound that pre-dates him by about a decade, somehow avoiding the more obvious choices like trap, techno, or whatever EDM means these days. He got his first break with a remix of “Right Here, Right Now,” for Giorgio Moroder and Kylie Minogue, and recently remixed “Flip It” by Charlotte Devaney featuring Snoop...
Josh Luber: Love and sneakers (and hip hop). How to turn your passion into profit.
February 24, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourToday’s guest is Josh Luber, founder of StockX: the stock market of things. At last count, StockX had over 19,000 pairs of pre-owned sneakers for sale. Josh also founded Campless, an online pricing guide for resale sneakers. We found him through his TED Talk where he persuaded a roomful of creatives and techies to think about how Air Jordan could be relevant to their businesses. In short, Josh is a data guy with a passion for sneakers. A few years back, he left his corporate gig at IBM to bu...
The Professor: How to be your best? It's simple: Work really hard
February 17, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourThe Professor is an unlikely basketball star. He's 5'10" and white. He grew up on the mean streets of suburban Oregon. He's also one of the best-known streetballers in the world. He was a star of the And1 Mixtape tour for seven years, and is now one of the franchise players for the new BallUp league. His YouTube channel has close to a million subscribers and almost 100 milliion plays, partly due to the extremely popular Spiderman series, in which he challenges strangers to one-on-one basket...
Franki Chan: Why your marketing doesn’t work and how to be authentic
February 10, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourFranki Chan is a punk. No, not like that. He got his start by responding to a flyer that said "if you’re antiracist, antigovernment, vegan, we’re trying to find a drummer.” From that day on, the DIY punk scene in Indiana became his life. Years later, he would move to LA, realize the seriousness of punk rock was missing one thing: fun, and launch a club called Fucking Awesome with his new friend and fellow unheard-of DJ, Steve Aoki. Though they didn’t know it at the time, the two were at...
What I learned working for Richard Branson, U2, and Chris Blackwell
February 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourPhil Quartararo is a music marketing legend. He’s helped break some of the world’s biggest acts, from U2 to the Spice Girls, Linkin Park, Josh Groban. He’s run both independent and major labels — Virgin, Warner Bros., EMI. But listen to our interview and you’ll learn he’s also the definition of a hustler. The story at the beginning about how he got started will take care of that. His career has been a study in refusing to give up, in trying to prove the haters wrong. He’s also an outspoken cr...
Roger Gastman: What it takes to build a business out of selling art and defiling your neighborhood
January 27, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourRoger Gastman has worked with Bansky and Shepard Fairey. You have not. How a punk rock kid became the world’s expert in graffiti and street art. If you still think graffiti is just kids defiling your neighborhood, you need to get with the times. Graffiti, and its sibling, “street art,” have infiltrated high-end galleries, museums, and private collections, with top artists’ work selling for five-to-six figures. Roger Gastman is the man behind a lot of that evolution. As a magazine publishe...
Watch the Duck: What can you learn from Pharrell, T.I., and Steve Aoki?
January 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourAlabama—London—Atlanta—Los Angeles duo (trio if you count the duck) WatchTheDuck have become proteges of Pharrell, T.I., and Steve Aoki. Their sound is a unique blend of all of those influences, filtered through their own identity as a couple “weird” kids from Montgomery. Their first single “Poppin Off” blew up on YouTube and attracted the attention of their heroes. They’re in studio telling us their stories, and teaching us all how to battle the fears that keep us in our comfort zones. If yo...
Peanut Butter Wolf : How to be a real influencer
January 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourIf you love J. Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Mayer Hawthorne, Aloe Blacc, and Dam Funk then you have Peanut Butter Wolf to thank. We're in studio with the king of the West Coast underground. Through his label, Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf has given the world important, and sometimes commercially successful music from J. Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Mayer Hawthorne, Aloe Blacc, and Dam Funk, among others. He also crosses genres as if they didn’t exist, taking experimental, or just plain weird...
Darlene Ortiz: The OG - original girl - of hip hop
January 06, 2016 00:00 - 1 hourIce-T’s first baby mama spills the beans on what it really means to be down for your man, and for yourself. While he was inventing gangsta rap, she was catching our attention in her white bikini, and inspiring the dude behind the scenes. Years later, her book Definition of Down tells the whole story, and on our show she explains how she managed to keep it real and not get caught up in “that life." If you like the music from this episode, click on the links below: Ice-T, 6 'N the Mornin' https...
How to get on Forbes’s Cash Kings list, according to Dave Weiner
December 23, 2015 00:00 - 1 hourDave Weiner is a bit of a paradox in the music business. He comes off as a blue-collar type: unpretentious, straightforward, and honest — all foreign concepts to most of his peers. He runs his business frugally and with an attention to detail that stands in stark contrast to the fanciful way most record companies operate. Instead of just looking for artists with talent, Dave has made his career by finding talent who also know how to do business, often finding regional players who looked like ...
Mr. C on "Get rid of doubt and do the work!"
December 16, 2015 00:00 - 1 hourBorn in London in the late 60's, C started MCing in London clubs aged 16 & soon earned a reputation as a vivacious rapper working with LWR's Ron Tom, Jasper the Vinyl Junkie & Jazzy M. Mr.C has organised & been resident DJ at: Fantasy ('88), Base (Dungeons '89), Release (91), Harmony (92), Drop (93), Cyclone (94), Vapourspace (94-95), Flavour (The End 95-96), Subterrain (The End 95 -2002), Superfreq (Worldwide 2002-Present) & SuperDiscoFreq (L.A 2010-2013). Mr.C held down a weekly radio show ...
Caspa & Rusko on "Do what you love and the rest will follow!
December 09, 2015 00:00 - 1 hourNowadays, a lot of people think of dubstep as the music that plays while drunken frat boys pump their fists. From a Key & Peele parody to a general disdain among dance music fans over 30, dubstep has become somewhat of a whipping boy for EDM. It wasn’t always this way. Once upon a time, dubstep was the underground alternative to the overly commercial direction UK garage took in the mid-2000s. Dubstep was dark, sparse, and a direct link back to the drum & bass roots. Our guests today rememb...