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Buckwild: Music Is My Religion

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - March 15, 2022 05:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We've wanted to speak to Buckwild for a long time. His name often comes up in our Rap Nerd conversations, and the legacy of D.I.T.C. is something that fans or critics cannot quantify. Buck graciously spared some of his time to go through his career and life highlights. As expected, we talked abo...

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Shortee Blitz: Steel Sharpens Steel

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - March 09, 2022 09:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
They say that time flies when you’re having fun. This week’s episode was originally recorded 18 months ago. We had some technical difficulties. Local files got corrupted and whatnot, but this episode was so nice, we edited it twice, and here we are.  Our guest is a friend of the show and a liv...

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Shortee Blitz

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - March 09, 2022 09:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
They say that time flies when you’re having fun. This week’s episode was originally recorded 18 months ago. We had some technical difficulties. Local files got corrupted and whatnot, but this episode was so nice, we edited it twice, and here we are.  Our guest is a friend of the show and a liv...

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Genesis Elijah

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - March 01, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We're keeping the love local this week, and we're joined by one of the hardest working emcees on Planet Earth. Genesis Elijah pulls up, sits down and gets real about the highs and lows of the independent grustle (grind and hustle), working with the MOBOs, playing Basketball and more. In true emc...

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Genesis Elijah: Hometown Hero

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - March 01, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We're keeping the love local this week, and we're joined by one of the hardest working emcees on Planet Earth. Genesis Elijah pulls up, sits down and gets real about the highs and lows of the independent grustle (grind and hustle), working with the MOBOs, playing Basketball and more. In true emc...

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Da Flyy Hooligan: Lamarrie Esquire Meets Ben Kingsley

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 22, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We travel to North West London to break bread and reason with Da Flyy Hooligan. Hooli is a friend of the show and a friend in real life. This conversation has been years in the making, and we made it count. We talked about his new project Ben Kingsley, his blood connection with Micall Parknsun, ...

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Da Flyy Hooligan

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 22, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We travel to North West London to break bread and reason with Da Flyy Hooligan. Hooli is a friend of the show and a friend in real life. This conversation has been years in the making, and we made it count. We talked about his new project Ben Kingsley, his blood connection with Micall Parknsun, ...

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Arusa Qureshi: How Women Came To Rule Rap

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 15, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Ladies first - from now until forever. We're honoured to be joined by Scotland's very own, Arusa Qureshi, Author of the amazing new book, 'Flip The Script: How Women Came To Rule Rap'. Arusa shares her Hip Hop come up story, putting the book together, the Scottish Hip Hop scene and the importance...

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Arusa Qureshi

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 15, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Ladies first - from now until forever. We're honoured to be joined by Scotland's very own, Arusa Qureshi, Author of the amazing new book, 'Flip The Script: How Women Came To Rule Rap'. Arusa shares her Hip Hop come up story, putting the book together, the Scottish Hip Hop scene and the importance...

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Rockness Monsta: Beast Mode

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 10, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We went deep beneath the muddy waters of Brownsville to find the Rockness Monsta for this week's episode. Rockness Monsta is the beast from the east who devours everything and everyone in his path - especially on record. Rock talks about his new 'Ether Rock' album with Ron Browz, the uniqueness ...

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Rockness Monsta

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 10, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We went deep beneath the muddy waters of Brownsville to find the Rockness Monsta for this week's episode. Rockness Monsta is the beast from the east who devours everything and everyone in his path - especially on record. Rock talks about his new 'Ether Rock' album with Ron Browz, the uniqueness ...

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Dan Charnas

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 02, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Real heads know what it means when February comes around. It's Dilla Month. It's only right that we recognise the man James Yancey by speaking to Author and Human Encyclopedia, Dan Charnas! In his first UK interview about his amazing book, Dilla Time, Dan waxes lyrical about documenting a loving ...

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Dan Charnas: Dilla Time

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - February 02, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Real heads know what it means when February comes around. It's Dilla Month. It's only right that we recognise the man James Yancey by speaking to Author and Human Encyclopedia, Dan Charnas! In his first UK interview about his amazing book, Dilla Time, Dan waxes lyrical about documenting a loving ...

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Ty Farris: No Cosign, Just Cocaine

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 25, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We have a certain reverence for the past over here, but we also know it's important to look forward. This week's guest is one of our favourite emcees right now. Ty Farris is fresh from Detroit and has a story to tell that you need to hear. He's raw. Honest. Vulnerable. And he raps really well.  ...

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Ty Farris

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 25, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We have a certain reverence for the past over here, but we also know it's important to look forward. This week's guest is one of our favourite emcees right now. Ty Farris is fresh from Detroit and has a story to tell that you need to hear. He's raw. Honest. Vulnerable. And he raps really well.  ...

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EZ Elpee: Nothing Sounds The Same

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
You may not know the name, and you probably don't see the face. But we will bet our pension money that you know the music. This week's guest could co-opt the Most Known Unknown moniker from Three 6 Mafia. EZ Elpee has hits and classics and can drop as many of each as he wants at will. We found t...

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EZ Elpee

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
You may not know the name, and you probably don't see the face. But we will bet our pension money that you know the music. This week's guest could co-opt the Most Known Unknown moniker from Three 6 Mafia. EZ Elpee has hits and classics and can drop as many of each as he wants at will. We found t...

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Anthony Marshall & Danny Castro: 30 Years of Lyricist Lounge

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 11, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
This week's guests have done more than their 10,000-hour share in the culture. Anthony Marshall and Danny Castro are the founders of the legendary Lyricist Lounge, which recently marked its 30th anniversary. Ant and Danny reminisce on the impactful performances, mythical battles, and more throug...

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Anthony Marshall & Danny Castro (Lyricist Lounge)

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 11, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
This week's guests have done more than their 10,000-hour share in the culture. Anthony Marshall and Danny Castro are the founders of the legendary Lyricist Lounge, which recently marked its 30th anniversary. Ant and Danny reminisce on the impactful performances, mythical battles, and more throug...

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Carl McIntosh (Loose Ends): String Theory

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
For our first episode of 2022, we spoke with a living legend in the world of music. Carl McIntosh is a name that kept coming up in our previous episodes, and even though we've always respected the levels, we had to find out why his name stayed on the tips of our guests' tongues. In this conversa...

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Carl McIntosh (Loose Ends)

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - January 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
For our first episode of 2022, we spoke with a living legend in the world of music. Carl McIntosh is a name that kept coming up in our previous episodes, and even though we've always respected the levels, we had to find out why his name stayed on the tips of our guests' tongues. In this conversa...

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2021 Year In Review: There's Only One Week Left

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - December 22, 2021 18:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We made it to the end of the year. We started out together so we're ending it the same way. We had a quick chat about some of our favourite albums, artists and producers of 2021. We also reminisced on some of our favourite moments on the pod, brought a little smoke for the opps, shout out our co...

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Lord Jazz (Lords Of The Underground)

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - December 14, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
This week, we're gonna hit you one time and it'll definitely be funky. We're joined by one-third of the Lords Of The Underground, DJ Lord Jazz, to talk about the group's history, come up and more. He talks about meeting Marley Marl, recording Here Comes The Lords, the influence of Mr Funkee and ...

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Lord Jazz: Hit Me One Time, Make It Funky

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - December 14, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
This week, we're gonna hit you one time and it'll definitely be funky. We're joined by one-third of the Lords Of The Underground, DJ Lord Jazz, to talk about the group's history, come up and more. He talks about meeting Marley Marl, recording Here Comes The Lords, the influence of Mr Funkee and ...

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Frank Nitt

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - December 07, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We're celebrating another milestone today. This is our 150th episode and we are honoured to have Frank Nitt join us as our special guest.  Frank gets knee-deep into Detroit history. He talks about his early days being one of the D's Hip Hop kids, his brotherhood with J Dilla, working with Illa ...

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Frank Nitt: Detroit, Dilla and Dedication

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - December 07, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We're celebrating another milestone today. This is our 150th episode and we are honoured to have Frank Nitt join us as our special guest.  Frank gets knee-deep into Detroit history. He talks about his early days being one of the D's Hip Hop kids, his brotherhood with J Dilla, working with Ill...

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The Lost Tapes: Raekwon

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - November 30, 2021 20:08 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Originally recorded for The Hip Hop Chronicle in June 2009. To celebrate the release of Raekwon's new book, Staircase To The Stage, Sumit went to Shaolin and found this interview with The Chef right before the release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II. Raekwon speaks on making the album, wo...

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Raekwon: Verbal Intercourse

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - November 30, 2021 20:08 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Originally recorded for The Hip Hop Chronicle in June 2009. To celebrate the release of Raekwon's new book, Staircase To The Stage, Sumit went to Shaolin and found this interview with The Chef right before the release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II. Raekwon speaks on making the album...

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Apollo Brown Appreciation Service

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - November 27, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We've not done an episode without a special guest for a minute, but recent events have called for a tag team chinwag. Last week, Apollo Brown dropped 'Blacklight' with Stalley which is his 25th official release on Mello Music Group. Since 2010, Apollo Brown has worked with O.C., Guilty Simpson, ...

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Apollo Brown Appreciation

Breaking Atoms: The Hip Hop Podcast - November 27, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
We've not done an episode without a special guest for a minute, but recent events have called for a tag team chinwag. Last week, Apollo Brown dropped 'Blacklight' with Stalley which is his 25th official release on Mello Music Group. Since 2010, Apollo Brown has worked with O.C., Guilty Simpson, ...