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This week we've got Matt aka Money Making Matt. He's an A&R at Dreamville Records (J Cole's label if you've been living under a rock). He manages producer Cardiak (another friend of the show), who managed to score over 20 MAJOR LABEL SONG placements in 2017 alone (dinner on Matt!). We spoke about his time at St. John's University in Queens, NY meeting J Cole for the 1st time, getting into the scene and some major gems for up-coming music producers really trying to break into the industry. Also, RIP Reggie Osse' aka COMBAT JACK. You will be missed.

The episode you all have been waiting for. It was such a pleasure to have the great Taz Taylor (of Internet Money) on our show. Taz is undeniably one of the forefronts in the "internet producer" movement, having earned hundreds of thousands of dollars hustling online selling and leasing beats to independent artists. We dug deep into conversation about some of the pros/cons of the industry, his recent cross over into the "industry producer" side (signing with APG), dropping out of school at an early age, using his hard earned money to do good (funding medical bills for his family being one of them) and so much more. If you're feeling a cross roads and unsure of where you fit in the industry as a music producer (Do I sell beats on line? Do I try to get placements? Do I do both?) then this is a must-listen.

There's no doubt that this gentleman right here is one of the PIONEERS of today's popular trap sound. From his early days developing artists, to coming up with Gucci, Jeezy and countless other down south legends, old and new, C Note has solidified his legacy & continues to build even more! There's a rumor that he's got over 7,000 major placements. Try to wrap your head around that one lol. We spoke about why it's important to develop a relationship directly with the artist and some best practices in the studio as a new music producer. It would be weird if you didn't listen to this one!

Releasing your music is the only way to get your career started + surrounding yourself by people that will "d*ckride" you, and why + producing music to connect deeply with the listener and how to achieve that + getting to the point where the music is undeniable + an interesting technique to utilize in the studio when vocal producing.

This week we decided to do an entire episode of only BLAP OR CRAP (for the 2nd time)! If you've been living under a rock, you're probably wondering.. What is "Blap Or Crap"?? Well, it's a segment in our podcast where we listen to random beat submissions found on www.beatthread.com and if we like the beat, we give it a "BLAP" rating. If we don't like it, we give it a "CRAP" rating. We also give a bit of constructive criticism (mostly destructive involving fart noises and toilet flushes lol). Enjoy this BLAP-filled episode, and if you're interested in submitting your beat to our "Blap Or Crap" segment (which we do at the end of every episode by the way) UPLOAD your beats on www.beatthread.com (sign up is FREE) and hashtag #blaporcrap when you upload. It's that simple.

We had an intimate conversation with a young legend (yeah, he birthed a lot of sounds!) Sonny Digital (he produced "Tuesday" for Makonnen, amongst multiple hits that we can list but just don't have enough space for it lol). He drops jewels for the up-coming producer community, his transition into really pushing himself as an artist and so much more. Lately we've been seeing some progress in the music production community, in terms of bigger producers finally "speaking up" on certain frustrations in the industry. We had to get Sonny's opinions/thoughts on the matter. What an episode. Another must-listen.

The road to success as a music creator is tough. The real question you should ask yourself is "do I love it enough?". Do you love the grind? When producing music, every sound matters. Every instrument matters. Every vocal take matters. It's all characters in a 3 minute movie.

His name is Rob Markman. Journalist. Writer. Rapper. Visionary. A Hip-Hop encyclopedia. From his days writing for XXL & helping to pioneer the "freshman cover", to now working as an executive at Genius, these are just a few things that Rob has contributed to the culture. We spoke about the incredibly new and helpful series called "Deconstructed" on Genius and why it's helping to educate people on the creators "behind the scenes" of a song (like us music producers, song writers etc) and much more. Rob is known to be the "interviewer" in most cases, so it was an absolute honor for us to reverse roles to interview HIM. One of our favorite episodes to date. Enjoy!

Why is confidence so important in the music industry? We invited 5 random fans to come to our podcast studio and had a conversation about it on our rooftop. There's a plethora of gems in this one, including an !llmind technique on how to get more record placements as a producer (After all, he's got 14+ major placements in 2017 alone. We think he might be doing something right!). Enjoy!

What's it like to go from being too shy to present in front of a classroom at school, to literally rocking festivals in front of tens of thousands of people for a living? Well, we spoke to the man himself. One of our favorite producers and part of the great collective Soulection. We talk about "record placements" all of the time. It's usually a goal for most up and coming music producers. But, what about the other side of the game? What's it like to be a producer without too many major placements, but have millions of streams on Soundcloud, an amazing social media following & the ability to rock stages across the globe in front of thousands of people alongside your homies, playing the music that YOU created? That's an amazing feeling. We spoke to ESTA on the trials and tribulations, and his journey thus far.