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jaymack
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"Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz"
Wed Jul-01-20 08:01 PM by jaymack

  

          

History. So many good anecdotes I never heard before.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gravediggaz-rza/id1520209791?i=1000479415548

  

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Really excited about this podcast.
Jul 02nd 2020
1
Nice!
Jul 02nd 2020
2
RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz
Jul 02nd 2020
3
Do they talk about the 2nd album?
Jul 02nd 2020
4
they do!
Jul 03rd 2020
5
      Thanks! Great listen
Jul 03rd 2020
6
New Ep. on 3 Feet High & A Prince Among Thieves
Jul 16th 2020
7
RE: New Ep. on 3 Feet High & A Prince Among Thieves
Jul 17th 2020
8
Thanks for the link, this is great. Can't wait for the native tongues ep...
Jul 18th 2020
9
The new episode up is dope. It's about a few "looseys"
Jul 29th 2020
10
Yes!
Jul 29th 2020
11
love this podcast. n/m
Jul 30th 2020
12
New episode up: De La Soul is Dead
Aug 06th 2020
13
i didnt know the roots did a cover of millie
Sep 16th 2020
24
This podcast is terrific.
Aug 31st 2020
14
RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz
Sep 04th 2020
15
Co-sign all of this.
Sep 04th 2020
16
agreed.
Sep 09th 2020
18
RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz
Oct 05th 2020
55
I've always considered Buhloone a Pos record.
Sep 09th 2020
17
This the one I've been waiting for.
Sep 09th 2020
20
They talk about it.
Sep 09th 2020
21
      LOL I was planning on it.
Sep 09th 2020
22
it never hit me
Sep 17th 2020
33
i kept wondering who was the fourth person on the cover
Sep 17th 2020
35
      Yo speaking of being on covers I was POSITIVELY SHOCKED
Sep 17th 2020
36
           for sure
Sep 18th 2020
39
           Me too
Sep 18th 2020
45
                Same. In fact I thought I could picture him.
Sep 18th 2020
47
I listened to the Gravediggaz ep off the strength of this post
Sep 09th 2020
19
finally getting to these
Sep 09th 2020
23
interesting to hear that tommy boy recently sent prince paul an invoice
Sep 16th 2020
25
So the final episode of the season was dope
Sep 17th 2020
26
They Might Be Giants is the next logical choice
Sep 17th 2020
34
      Ha so this wouldn't interest me at all, but ...
Sep 17th 2020
37
           same
Sep 18th 2020
40
So, uh, where do this podcast go from here?
Sep 17th 2020
27
Yea he can't do Paul again. But I'd love PP to maybe be a guest host ...
Sep 17th 2020
28
as a big fan i would love de la
Sep 17th 2020
29
Agree with everything you said.
Sep 17th 2020
30
I like this, but not for S2.
Sep 18th 2020
44
what about questlove?
Sep 17th 2020
31
Meh. Unless he's bringing more to the table than ...
Sep 17th 2020
32
absolutely not
Sep 18th 2020
41
      ha ha
Sep 18th 2020
43
      you're right
Sep 18th 2020
46
Not sure of another rap person being as good as Paul
Sep 18th 2020
38
I like your ideas of Redman & Q-Tip.
Sep 18th 2020
42
If he could somehow land q-tip or premier...🙏🏾
Sep 19th 2020
48
Yea Preem would be better I think.
Sep 19th 2020
49
possibly...
Sep 22nd 2020
50
how about Egon?
Sep 22nd 2020
51
Alchemist could work as well IMO
Sep 23rd 2020
52
DJ Muggs
Sep 24th 2020
53
Deric Angelettie would be a great interview series
Sep 24th 2020
54
Carlos 'Six July' Broady should be next
Oct 05th 2020
56
      This reminds me I was always disappointed Royce ...
Oct 05th 2020
57
I just launched a new show on Open Mike Eagle's network
Oct 08th 2020
58
Nice ! I'll check it out. Cool concept.
Oct 09th 2020
59
New season is with El-P
Mar 24th 2021
60
Oh dope dope dope. This'll be great.
Mar 24th 2021
61
whoo!
Mar 24th 2021
62
my initial reaction was meh
Mar 24th 2021
63
      Oh me too 100%.
Mar 24th 2021
64
      RE: my initial reaction was meh
Mar 25th 2021
65
           Agree 100000%
Mar 25th 2021
66
           i fully expect to want to dive into his work after listening to the podc...
Mar 25th 2021
67
           ooh
Mar 25th 2021
68
           he opened up quite a bit on Kweli's podcast
Mar 31st 2021
70
RE: New season is with El-P
Apr 02nd 2021
72
Third episode
Apr 20th 2021
73
So far, so good.
Mar 31st 2021
69
RE: So far, so good.
Mar 31st 2021
71
New Season with Dante Ross is 3 episodes in and great
Mar 02nd 2022
74
Yea he's got such a rich history. Great guest.
Mar 02nd 2022
75
      RE: Yea he's got such a rich history. Great guest.
Mar 03rd 2022
76
New season with Questlove
Oct 06th 2023
77
The trailer says he's only doing the first four Roots albums ?
Oct 06th 2023
78
Is this out?
Oct 07th 2023
80
probably didn't have time to cover all albums
Dec 02nd 2023
83
      I actually really like the music clips.
Dec 02nd 2023
85
           Same here.
Dec 04th 2023
86
yeah they are overdoing the sound clips big time
Dec 01st 2023
82
Bookmark
Oct 06th 2023
79
Great ish so far. Heard the Gravediggaz and the 1st 2 De La album eps.
Oct 09th 2023
81
This might be my favorite music podcast.
Dec 02nd 2023
84

LeroyBumpkin
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1. "Really excited about this podcast."
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Love the premise of it.

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2. "Nice!"
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3. "RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz"
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Great listen, appreciate it...

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4. "Do they talk about the 2nd album?"
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That’s my shit

  

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5. "they do!"
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6. "Thanks! Great listen"
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Open Mike has a great delivery as a host.

Paul is entertaining as ever and does a GREAT impression of RZA lol

I agree with Mike...that second album is definitely the one I like better.

The first one is dope but I was never a fan of the horrorcore shit so it didn’t connect with me.

The second one was perfect for the time it came out and it was interesting hearing the idea behind it and how that helped to make it what it is. Giving the production to hungry producers like 4th and True Master proved to work out well as it helped frame the album better for fans like myself and gave Poetic a better canvas to prove himself as an MC like Paul said he wanted to do.

  

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7. "New Ep. on 3 Feet High & A Prince Among Thieves"
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This is now my favorite podcast. I'm almost afraid to listen to them too quickly...ha.

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8. "RE: New Ep. on 3 Feet High & A Prince Among Thieves"
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Have a link for Prince Among Thieves podcast?

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9. "Thanks for the link, this is great. Can't wait for the native tongues ep..."
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also I hope he talks about the making of de la soul is dead and buhloone mind state at some point.

  

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10. "The new episode up is dope. It's about a few "looseys""
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Paul talks about working with 3rd Bass, DOOM, and Paul Barman.

As usual, really fucking interesting. And hilarious.


Side note/spoiler for the ep: Um, the Popmaster (aka the Black Italiano) is real person? All these years I legit thought it was Paul doing a funny voice.

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11. "Yes!"
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I hope this podcast goes in seasons, and every season they spend time with ONE person doing interviews like this. Cause I really need 2 more episodes of Prince Paul talking about:

_ End Of De La
_ Handsome boy Modeling School

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12. "love this podcast. n/m"
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13. "New episode up: De La Soul is Dead"
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That's a top two or three album for me, so I was really into this episode.

Lots of good stuff here, as they talk about how it was a "mean" album, had a lot going on thematically (at least three different "storylines" going on), and how hard some of it was to make/record. And they still barely scratch the surface talking about it.

Also, if you peep, it seems like they recorded all of this stuff back in 2019. Which leads to believe they've recorded most if not all of the stories already and he's going to be slowly putting them out.

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24. "i didnt know the roots did a cover of millie"
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definitely need to check it out. is the album its on worth listening to?

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Just-Say-No%C3%ABl/release/1020429

  

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14. "This podcast is terrific."
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Can't wait for the Buhloone episode. I hope he gets into deeper detail about why he and DLS parted ways. I know they've all *sorta* discussed it over the years but I don't feel like we ever got the full story.

And I agree with whoever above said Open Mike Eagle is a great host - he's got the perfect tone and disposition for this type of podcast.

And Paul just seems like a fucking really, really great dude.

I hope this continues for a while. But then also hope Mike does this with other artists/producers for subsequent seasons. Love the format, and Mike asks great questions.

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15. "RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz"
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Just another co-sign on how good this podcast is. To the degree that, as fun as it is to listen to, it also feels a bit like a historical document. It could be typed up, edited, and published and be just as good as a book, and not dissimilar to those volumes of conversations between Peter Bogdanavich and Orson Welles or Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock (except hip-hop, obviously).

It makes me think about how much hip-hop history exists in the experiences of the people who lived it and how, as those individuals pass, there may be a lot of information lost if it isn't successfully archived. It's not like we don't have plenty of good books about the subject, but each book can only cover a limited scope, depending on the context. Paul is super-interesting as an individual and for the sake of his own work, which is far more stellar than his self-deprecation would have you believe, but he also offers tons of good insights and information on others he encountered along the way. And that's *so* valuable.

Others have been saying how good of a host Open Mike Eagle is, and this is true. Paul's interesting in his own right, but Mike's interest and enthusiasm for the subject - with well-placed, knowledgeable prompts - influences the appeal of the show. Dry-ass overly-amateur podcasters can kill even the most interesting of subjects.

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16. "Co-sign all of this."
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>Just another co-sign on how good this podcast is. To the
>degree that, as fun as it is to listen to, it also feels a bit
>like a historical document. It could be typed up, edited, and
>published and be just as good as a book, and not dissimilar to
>those volumes of conversations between Peter Bogdanavich and
>Orson Welles or Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock (except
>hip-hop, obviously).
>
>It makes me think about how much hip-hop history exists in the
>experiences of the people who lived it and how, as those
>individuals pass, there may be a lot of information lost if it
>isn't successfully archived. It's not like we don't have
>plenty of good books about the subject, but each book can only
>cover a limited scope, depending on the context. Paul is
>super-interesting as an individual and for the sake of his own
>work, which is far more stellar than his self-deprecation
>would have you believe, but he also offers tons of good
>insights and information on others he encountered along the
>way. And that's *so* valuable.
>
>Others have been saying how good of a host Open Mike Eagle is,
>and this is true. Paul's interesting in his own right, but
>Mike's interest and enthusiasm for the subject - with
>well-placed, knowledgeable prompts - influences the appeal of
>the show. Dry-ass overly-amateur podcasters can kill even the
>most interesting of subjects.

  

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18. "agreed."
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55. "RE: Prince Paul x Open Mike Eagle Talk Gravediggaz"
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Well said.

  

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17. "I've always considered Buhloone a Pos record."
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Paul just basically confirmed what I already knew.
Fantastic episode.

The popularity of podcasting has grown exponentially and has reached a 2nd (or 3rd) growth in the last 5 years. You'd be hard pressed to not find multiple podcasts on any subject. In no way do I think Open Mike Eagle is reinventing the wheel with "What Had Happened Was", but to me this podcast feels like an album.

Yes, I'm aware of all the crime and documentary podcasts out there. Yes, those are a collection of episodes that tell a story. This is different. This was a curated music discussion, and the first season was built like an album. Outside of maybe The Music Snobs, I can't think of a music discussion podcast that has had a consistent theme and focus like this. I think what Open Mike Eagle has created here is an amazing debut album.

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20. "This the one I've been waiting for."
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Easily my favorite De La album and I don't say "easily" lightly. I love every one of their albums but this one has always stood out.

I hope they dive into why they broke off from Prince Paul. He was Plug 4 !

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21. "They talk about it."
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Mike asks all the right questions, but I gotta give Prince Paul credit.
Dude seemed open and honest about how he felt during that time.
You'll want to go run Buhloone Mindstate immediately after listening.

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22. "LOL I was planning on it."
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>Mike asks all the right questions, but I gotta give Prince
>Paul credit.
>Dude seemed open and honest about how he felt during that
>time.
>You'll want to go run Buhloone Mindstate immediately after
>listening.

I don't think I could possibly hear that album enough.

Some albums, like Illmatic for example, I've listened to so many times that I very rarely need to hear them. Buhloone isn't one of them. That album continues to blow my mind no matter how many times I hear it. The production is just - *WHEW*. And the lyrics are among DLS' best.

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33. "it never hit me"
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if i think on it yeah it does seem more of a pos album than a balanced one.

i will need to give it a listen soon lol

  

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35. "i kept wondering who was the fourth person on the cover"
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i figured it was him but it was just hard to tell lol

  

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36. "Yo speaking of being on covers I was POSITIVELY SHOCKED"
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to find out that Paul wasn't on the Midnight Marauders cover !!!

Like WTF. I would've been "fuck QTip for life" mad if I were him. Paul is a far far better man than I.

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39. "for sure"
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especially with there being 3 versions with different people on them. couldnt find one spot for paul???

i wonder who the people were that paul was shocked to see instead of him.

  

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45. "Me too"
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If you had asked me if Prince Paul was on the Midnight Marauders cover, I'd have said "Of course" without even thinking of it.

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47. "Same. In fact I thought I could picture him."
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>If you had asked me if Prince Paul was on the Midnight
>Marauders cover, I'd have said "Of course" without even
>thinking of it.

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19. "I listened to the Gravediggaz ep off the strength of this post"
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having never heard their albums or any of Open Mike Eagle's music, and I STILL enjoyed the heck out of it. OKP puts me up on dopeness yet again.

  

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23. "finally getting to these"
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appreciate the post.

i actually listened to the 3 ft high episode first thinking it was the first one. went looking for the second episode and saw the gravediggaz one. on it now.

will there be video versions? i think i saw some clips on youtube but no full episodes.

  

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25. "interesting to hear that tommy boy recently sent prince paul an invoice"
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for like $1 million for the stetsasonic records. i think it was the whole group not just prince paul getting invoiced.

not only does de la supposedly owe tommy $2 million stetsasonic owes $1 million too??

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26. "So the final episode of the season was dope"
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Getting into all the stuff that didn't happen was really interesting. The stories about Dew Doo Man Records and almost working with Run-DMC were really interesting. The cartoon stuff was cool (though I doubt it would still be on now). I feel like he covered the Biggie thing on the actual Prince Among Thieves episode.

All in all, a great and fascinating season. They didn't discuss a some stuff I wanted to hear about; after how much Paul talked about the Psychoanalysis album, I figured there had to be an episode about it. Plus, nothing about Itstrumental, Dyno 5, Baby Elephant, The Dix, Negroes On Ice (considering how much talked about his son, it would have made sense to talk about it), and a bunch of work with Big Daddy Kane. Still, it seems like they covered most of the meat everyone wants to hear about, so it was a capper for the conversation.

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34. "They Might Be Giants is the next logical choice"
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They're kind of the De La Soul of alt. rock.

And we know OME loves TMBG.

TMBG also has a lot of varied projects and has worked with interesting people.


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37. "Ha so this wouldn't interest me at all, but ..."
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... I had a similar thought, that he could possibly take a complete left for the next season just based on what I know about his diverse musical tastes.

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40. "same"
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i know i said i would listen pretty much no matter who but yeah lol

wouldnt be mad at him for doing it. i might just wait for the next one.

  

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27. "So, uh, where do this podcast go from here?"
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Even though there's some stuff that the didn't cover (as I mentioned above), I don't imagine there's going to be another Prince Paul-centered season of this. So, does Open Mike keep this as a one-off? Or should he try to talk to someone else? And who?

Finding someone else to do all these in-depth interviews is likely going to be hard. Prince Paul worked because 1) he's a great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about both his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's not self-aggrandizing.

So, I think the field of producers is pretty narrow of who Open Mike could successfully pull this off with. I think Premier, if he could get him, is the best choice. He keeps it buck and likes to talk about the process. Pete Rock would be awful (he's not an interesting interview at all). RZA is always in self-promotion mode. Large Pro could give a lot of insight, but every interview I've seen with him is kind of dry. I don't think Marley Marl would talk honestly about what he did and didn't do. Maybe Q-Tip could work?

If he wanted to do a rapper instead of a producer, you run into the same pitfalls. KRS would either be great or a disaster, no in-between. Redman might be able to pull it off. I could see LL being interesting, but he might be too "big" for this.

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28. "Yea he can't do Paul again. But I'd love PP to maybe be a guest host ..."
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... for future seasons just because he's such a great personality and he and Open Mike have such tremendous chemistry.

I'd like to see Mike continue this pod as well, he's a great interviewer as a few of us were discussing above.

I wouldn't say he necessarily has to only stick to producers, tho I like some of the ideas you had i.e. Rza. But he can do MCs and/or groups as well, and probably have a similarly quality podcast. He just needs to be selective about which artists he chooses. It'll be hard to follow after PP, for the reasons outlined above and many more.

That was a super fun podcast to listen to. Hope for more.


>Even though there's some stuff that the didn't cover (as I
>mentioned above), I don't imagine there's going to be another
>Prince Paul-centered season of this. So, does Open Mike keep
>this as a one-off? Or should he try to talk to someone else?
>And who?
>
>Finding someone else to do all these in-depth interviews is
>likely going to be hard. Prince Paul worked because 1) he's a
>great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take
>himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about both
>his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's
>not self-aggrandizing.
>
>So, I think the field of producers is pretty narrow of who
>Open Mike could successfully pull this off with. I think
>Premier, if he could get him, is the best choice. He keeps it
>buck and likes to talk about the process. Pete Rock would be
>awful (he's not an interesting interview at all). RZA is
>always in self-promotion mode. Large Pro could give a lot of
>insight, but every interview I've seen with him is kind of
>dry. I don't think Marley Marl would talk honestly about what
>he did and didn't do. Maybe Q-Tip could work?
>
>If he wanted to do a rapper instead of a producer, you run
>into the same pitfalls. KRS would either be great or a
>disaster, no in-between. Redman might be able to pull it off.
>I could see LL being interesting, but he might be too "big"
>for this.
>
>Anyway, just some thoughts.

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29. "as a big fan i would love de la"
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get to see a full picture of those albums and delve into their catalog after. i feel like he would need to interview someone unrelated first though.

doom could be cool to get some information on his process. no idea how receptive he is to interviews though lol

to be honest, if he does another one i probably wont care who it is with. ill probably listen just based on this one.

  

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30. "Agree with everything you said."
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I do think it would be nice to get De La's perspective on the final days w/Prince Paul, as well as a deep dive into all their albums, whether next season or some future season.

Yea I really hope Mike keeps this going.


>get to see a full picture of those albums and delve into
>their catalog after. i feel like he would need to interview
>someone unrelated first though.
>
>doom could be cool to get some information on his process. no
>idea how receptive he is to interviews though lol
>
>to be honest, if he does another one i probably wont care who
>it is with. ill probably listen just based on this one.

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44. "I like this, but not for S2."
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Not after we just spend x amount of episodes of Paul talking about De La.

I'd like them to spend S2 with another musician.

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31. "what about questlove?"
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agree on q-tip. thats expanding on native tongues but not as close to prince paul.

  

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32. "Meh. Unless he's bringing more to the table than ..."
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... what he's brought here, his podcast, and his book, I don't think those of us who've been around this site for a long time would get too much from having him be the next season. I think we basically know most of the stories he'd end up telling.

That's not to say he can't have more, I'm sure he does. I just have to imagine he put all the best ones in the book and such.

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41. "absolutely not"
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43. "ha ha"
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46. "you're right"
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38. "Not sure of another rap person being as good as Paul"
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He really opened up - and in a lot of his stories he was the "sucker duck" - I'm not sure Q-Tip could be that open.

Who else with a long career could be? Surely not Dre. Not Puffy. Who??


?uest might be able to - but then again there are quite a few ex member of The Roots that really don't get talked about much publicly. Paul had the advantage of not really being in a group since De La in 93.

This might be a one-time-only type of podcast where no one else could possibly fill it.


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42. "I like your ideas of Redman & Q-Tip."
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Prince Paul worked because 1) he's a
>great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take
>himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about both
>his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's
>not self-aggrandizing.

Yeah, this is a huge reason the podcast worked so well.
I also think Paul had/has such an interesting career outside of De La.
I think Q-Tip would fit in that same mold as his music has taken him a lot of different places.

But honestly, whoever they get for S2 I'm down to listen now.
Open Mike Eagle and the brand of WHHW is almost just as important as the guest.

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48. "If he could somehow land q-tip or premier...🙏🏾"
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>Even though there's some stuff that the didn't cover (as I
>mentioned above), I don't imagine there's going to be another
>Prince Paul-centered season of this. So, does Open Mike keep
>this as a one-off? Or should he try to talk to someone else?
>And who?
>
>Finding someone else to do all these in-depth interviews is
>likely going to be hard. Prince Paul worked because 1) he's a
>great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take
>himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about both
>his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's
>not self-aggrandizing.
>
>So, I think the field of producers is pretty narrow of who
>Open Mike could successfully pull this off with. I think
>Premier, if he could get him, is the best choice. He keeps it
>buck and likes to talk about the process. Pete Rock would be
>awful (he's not an interesting interview at all). RZA is
>always in self-promotion mode. Large Pro could give a lot of
>insight, but every interview I've seen with him is kind of
>dry. I don't think Marley Marl would talk honestly about what
>he did and didn't do. Maybe Q-Tip could work?
>
>If he wanted to do a rapper instead of a producer, you run
>into the same pitfalls. KRS would either be great or a
>disaster, no in-between. Redman might be able to pull it off.
>I could see LL being interesting, but he might be too "big"
>for this.
>
>Anyway, just some thoughts.

  

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49. "Yea Preem would be better I think."
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He'd be more likely to open up IMO. And considering the talent he's worked with they could prolly do like 50 episodes and still not cover it all lol.


>>Even though there's some stuff that the didn't cover (as I
>>mentioned above), I don't imagine there's going to be
>another
>>Prince Paul-centered season of this. So, does Open Mike keep
>>this as a one-off? Or should he try to talk to someone else?
>>And who?
>>
>>Finding someone else to do all these in-depth interviews is
>>likely going to be hard. Prince Paul worked because 1) he's
>a
>>great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take
>>himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about
>both
>>his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's
>>not self-aggrandizing.
>>
>>So, I think the field of producers is pretty narrow of who
>>Open Mike could successfully pull this off with. I think
>>Premier, if he could get him, is the best choice. He keeps
>it
>>buck and likes to talk about the process. Pete Rock would be
>>awful (he's not an interesting interview at all). RZA is
>>always in self-promotion mode. Large Pro could give a lot of
>>insight, but every interview I've seen with him is kind of
>>dry. I don't think Marley Marl would talk honestly about
>what
>>he did and didn't do. Maybe Q-Tip could work?
>>
>>If he wanted to do a rapper instead of a producer, you run
>>into the same pitfalls. KRS would either be great or a
>>disaster, no in-between. Redman might be able to pull it
>off.
>>I could see LL being interesting, but he might be too "big"
>>for this.
>>
>>Anyway, just some thoughts.
>

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50. "possibly..."
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Marley Marl comes to mind as someone who has had contact and work with a wide swath of MCs, so I feel like he'd be interesting - possibly. I haven't ever heard an interview with him, so I'm not super sure what he's like personality-wise. I doubt he's as dynamic as Paul, but on paper it seems like he should have enough stories for multiple episodes.

The Beatnuts to me have a lot of production credits to their name in addition to their own work - all over the place in terms of connections. PLUS they seems like they have a strong sense of humor and would be fun to listen to.

Madlib could surely sustain an entire season, but obviously a different era. Beyond that, I would be interested in a lot of those semi-underground dudes from the West Coast, thinking about all the Hieros, Freestyle Fellowships, etc - if one could identify a central figure from that world.

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51. "how about Egon?"
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sure, he doesn't have the "name" of other cats, but dude has had a pretty wide-ranging career and has worked with a lot of artists.

you'd get stories from potentially all of Stones Throw's earlier artists, Madlib stuff, Dilla stuff, Now Again/reissue stuff, DOOM stuff, Freddie Gibbs stuff...

plus he seems like a forthcoming guy who wouldn't have the ego or barriers some artists would.

also: I'd be totally down for Redman, as someone else mentioned

  

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52. "Alchemist could work as well IMO"
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53. "DJ Muggs"
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Kind of left field, but just thinking of someone that
1) has been around forever
2) worked with a ton of people
3) not a wide catalogue of interviews
4) isn't uber popular (ex. Puff, Dr Dre)

  

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54. "Deric Angelettie would be a great interview series"
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I don't know if any of y'all have seen D. Dot interviews in the last few years, but I think he would make a great guest/topic. Great memory, funny, knowledgeable...
He could cover Bad Boy/Hitmen/Puff/Big/Kanye etc.

  

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56. "Carlos 'Six July' Broady should be next"
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57. "This reminds me I was always disappointed Royce ..."
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... stopped working w/him after "Death is Certain." To that point that was *easily* his best album and he seemingly just forgot about him altogether even after big upping him a couple times on that very album as "his" producer.

6 laced that album with some of the best beats Royce ever rhymed over IMO. Especially at that point in time, that album was a revelation.

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58. "I just launched a new show on Open Mike Eagle's network "
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It's called 'Can't Knock the Shuffle,' and it takes an interesting approach that I've never seen done before in the hip hop interview space (or any interview space, actually):

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=3027364&mesg_id=3027364&page=

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59. "Nice ! I'll check it out. Cool concept."
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60. "New season is with El-P"
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Perfect. Someone with lots to talk about, but also close enough to Mike's orbit and style that (hopefully) they can have some of the chemistry that made the Prince Paul series so great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYQHRvVuGIY

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61. "Oh dope dope dope. This'll be great."
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I feel like I've forgotten about a lot of El-P music from back in the day by now so, like Prince Paul, this will force me to revisit a ton of great shit from the early days.

So excited.

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62. "whoo!"
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just like Paul, El-P is someone whose work I'm not really that familiar with. but that didn't stop me from loving season one, so I'm all in!

  

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63. "my initial reaction was meh"
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but on the strength of the first season i need to at least listen to one episode. id say im definitely more of a fan of his production than his rapping.

  

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64. "Oh me too 100%."
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>id say im definitely more of a fan of
>his production than his rapping.

I'd hope and expect that to be the primary focus.

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65. "RE: my initial reaction was meh"
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Honestly, I think this is a really good choice.

Easy to forget how long he's been in the game (mid-90s) and the many roles he's had: not just rapper/producer but also his founding role at DefJux. He's worked at the edges of the genre and with folks outside of it. He's been a part of tons of critical records beyond his own solo career. He's a lot like Prince Paul, in a way.

My only worry is whether his personality will open up enough for a podcast. When I've listened to him in interviews he sometimes comes across as a bit reserved. Hopefully Mike can draw him out (if needed, I may have just seen the wrong interviews w/el-p, too).


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66. "Agree 100000%"
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He's a lot like
>Prince Paul, in a way.
>
>My only worry is whether his personality will open up enough
>for a podcast. When I've listened to him in interviews he
>sometimes comes across as a bit reserved. Hopefully Mike can
>draw him out (if needed, I may have just seen the wrong
>interviews w/el-p, too).

Big part of why Prince Paul's season was so good was because of his big personality. He's just such a jolly, goofy dude so you got a ton of really good stories, and had fun listening to it.

Hopefully, like you said, Mike can get El-P to open up more than he typically does. I'm confident he will.

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67. "i fully expect to want to dive into his work after listening to the podc..."
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ive heard some projects but i definitely have a lot to go through. i felt i was fairly familiar with prince pauls work before the podcast but there was so much dope new information they talked about.

it will be interesting to go into this one not knowing too much. maybe ill listen to the albums they talk about after each respective episode.

  

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68. "ooh"
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>maybe ill listen to the albums they talk about after each respective episode.

I might take this idea.

  

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70. "he opened up quite a bit on Kweli's podcast"
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>Honestly, I think this is a really good choice.
>
>Easy to forget how long he's been in the game (mid-90s) and
>the many roles he's had: not just rapper/producer but also his
>founding role at DefJux. He's worked at the edges of the genre
>and with folks outside of it. He's been a part of tons of
>critical records beyond his own solo career. He's a lot like
>Prince Paul, in a way.
>
>My only worry is whether his personality will open up enough
>for a podcast. When I've listened to him in interviews he
>sometimes comes across as a bit reserved. Hopefully Mike can
>draw him out (if needed, I may have just seen the wrong
>interviews w/el-p, too).
>
>
>-thebigfunk
>
>~ i could still snort you under the table ~

  

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72. "RE: New season is with El-P"
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Yeah, this was a good choice. Right depth and length of experience, plus good personality and excellent at bullshitting with folks - first episode was good, looking forward to the rest.

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73. "Third episode"
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On Can Ox and the start of Def Jux was really good. I realised I hadn't heard the B-side of The F Word. Crazy!

  

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69. "So far, so good."
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The stuff about Run DMC's appeal is great. He does discuss his rapping, but luckily he's great at rapping and only cretins would want him to steer away from talking about that.

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71. "RE: So far, so good."
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On point...EL is great MC...topics, out of the typical box type rhymes, political, self deprecating at times, and more than anything, a thinker...legend...

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74. "New Season with Dante Ross is 3 episodes in and great"
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Never would have thought of him, but he's definitely better than anyone I would have suggested (who was a realistic choice).

So many good stories from a very fun time in hip hop.

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75. "Yea he's got such a rich history. Great guest."
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I've found that no one is quite as compelling or entertaining as Prince Paul but it's not really fair to hold anyone to his standard. He's got such a uniquely fun and quirky personality.

But El-P and Dante Ross have been comparably enjoyable in terms of the stories they have to tell.

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76. "RE: Yea he's got such a rich history. Great guest."
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>I've found that no one is quite as compelling or entertaining
>as Prince Paul but it's not really fair to hold anyone to his
>standard. He's got such a uniquely fun and quirky
>personality.
>
>But El-P and Dante Ross have been comparably enjoyable in
>terms of the stories they have to tell.

Agreed.

All 3 seasons (so far) have been great.

Season 1 is GOAT status as far as musical podcasts go.. precisely
because of Prince Paul's personality and sense of humor.

It really drives the point home that he's been the missing element in De La Soul's music for so long. Sure, they are still dope. But that it factor that they had at one time.. the humor, the skits, the playful production and cadences, etc.. that was all Paul. When they parted ways with him, they really did lose what made their music unique and memorable. Stakes Is High is a great album, classic even, but that's when they pivoted toward the whole post-WuTang BARS on BARS on BARS style of hip-hop, which quite frankly, isn't as fun as they are very much capable of doing.

El's was great too. He has a somewhat self deprecating sense of humor as well. Not as laugh out loud hilarious as Paul, more dry, but still he had good chemistry with Mike.

Dante's is good so far too. I've heard many of these stories in his interview on QLS and elsewhere, but his career deserves this.

I see many have discussed who would be next.

I wouldn't be mad at:

the RZA
Q-Tip
Kool Keith
the Alchemist
Tyler, the Creator (too soon? maybe)
DJ Pooh (maybe a little bit too under the radar? he's kinda like the west coast Prince Paul tho)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
DJ Quik

and yes, DOOM or Shock G would have been perfect for this. RIP

  

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77. "New season with Questlove"
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78. "The trailer says he's only doing the first four Roots albums ?"
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Or did I hear that wrong ? Hope they cover more than that. Meaning more than just The Roots.

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80. "Is this out?"
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83. "probably didn't have time to cover all albums"
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because they pause the fucking podcast every 90 seconds to play yet another motherfucking sound clip.

Like we don't know what cars sound like FFS.


Let Quest talk!

  

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85. "I actually really like the music clips."
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Those are helpful. Often times Quest will mention an artist or a specific song, and they'll play a snippet.
Chances are I would seek out the song to reference it anyway.

I guess I miss the SFX stuff, cause it doesn't annoy me that much.

But the music clips are great.

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86. "Same here."
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82. "yeah they are overdoing the sound clips big time"
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Shit is annoying this season. I don't need to hear you cut to the sound of a car when Quest talks about speeding.

And I think they played the Do You Want More (song) clip at least 4 times.


Shit is grating and corny. Just because you can doesn't mean you should, and just because you are convinced you should doesn't mean you should every time.

15 is full of references...no need to play a sound clip each time.


LMFAO at them playing the sound of speeding cars for a story about speeding. Corny AF.

  

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79. "Bookmark"
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81. "Great ish so far. Heard the Gravediggaz and the 1st 2 De La album eps."
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I need to go back and listen to the 2nd Gravediggaz album but when it came out I remember liking the 1st one better.

  

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84. "This might be my favorite music podcast."
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I've loved all three seasons.

I knew the least amount about Ross' career though I knew he was heavy in the A&R game for Elektra. The odb episode was great, liked hearing about Brand Nubian origins - didn't know much about the Puba dynamic. Would've liked to hear a bit more about Sadat X personally; if there was more to tell. In the slept on emcee category; 'dat ranks high up there for me.

I knew the outline of el-producto's story so was great to hear them flesh out the details. Always been a big fan of El's production pre RTJ.

Shute, I can say big fan of his production all the way up to R.A.P. Music. I wish RTJ albums had more of that feel than the heavy 808 and sparse electro let's get this festival dough production of the RTJ albums. Definitely happy to hear in depth talk on Can Ox, CoFlow, the label.

Obviously familiar w/ Paul's De La work, Prince Among Thieves, Gravediggaz, and HBMS, cool to hear insight on the business, his place in it, Native Tongues...


On to the Questlove season... if you're on this site, you know the Questlove origin story and the origin story of The Roots. Was definitely more interested in hearing HOW created albums, songs. Quest can TALK! It's in this format that I like his ability to do just that, TALK & TALK & TALK. Loved hearing Quest talk about Black Thought saying if we gonna be THE BEST, we need to listen to THE REST... Quest getting on the bus and turning up his nose at Thought banging 8ball & MJG. It's really why Thought is one of the greatest of all time... as evidenced by In Your Dreams Kid (the preface to BOOM on The Tipping Point,) Thought's ability to not only sound like different emcees and rap in their cadence... but the ablilty to WRITE like the emcees he is showing love to, that's the incredible part to me. He's the ultimate student of the emcee and Quest might be the ultimate student of the music side of things - we know the basic story... after the jazz shii on DYWM?!, Quest flips the script and his thinking is... I need to sound like an mpc. What I found most interesting about the Illadelph episode was that Quest at times felt he had to show N prove because he felt like, damn... why do they need me anymore? Kelo was heavy in the mix banging out beats for the group.

Can't wait to hear the episode TFA... because as we know, Quest will flip the script AGAIN as far as his drumming is concerned... by the time he's mastered how to sound like an MP, Dilla's got him wanting to sound "drunk" drumming.

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