We return to reviewing R5 after being disappointed by the Pryhme release with Premier.  We open up this new release "Book of Ryan" and he takes us to some where we did not think he could.  We listened to so many artist spill their soul into their music but did not think it would be Royce adding to the quality of music being released. Check it out

Because of the hype and interpretation of Donald Glover's alter ego Childish Gambino.  We talk briefly about the newly released video "This is America".  One thing I didn't catch was the lyrics because it seemed like a lot of repetitive chorus.  But check out the lyrics here for "This is America" watch the video and follow along.

This week we jump into our review of female R&B/Soul artist. A semi veteran artist Janelle Monae and the popular teen group Chloe X Halle.

The teen group Chloe X Halle from Grown-ish has their first studio release, "The kids are alright." We discuss the easy going production and the great harmonization between the young ladies.  Its surprising that these young ladies had their hands on so much of this album.  From writing, producing and singing all through this release.  It sounded like much more seasoned artists. The ladies created a very enjoyable album that we didn't expect. 

The Kids Are Alright is the debut studio album by American R&B duo Chloe x Halle. It was released on March 23, 2018, by Beyoncé's record label Parkwood Entertainment

We end our interview with Tremel Copeland with reminiscing of older equipment and a few techniques of recording and producing.  A great conversation of old perspective and new with a common love of creating.

SoundCloud: Zuri production

This week we jump into our review of female R&B/Soul artist. A semi veteran artist Janelle Monae and the popular teen group Chloe X Halle.

On this new release "Dirty Computer" by Janelle Monae, she creates a unique blend of soul and funk.  The inspiration comes from a very interesting artist that you can hear the influence throughout this release.  The late great "Prince".  With this being her 3rd album", We discuss if she accomplished that feat or was it just a bad copy of Prince's previous music.                             

For my special production/DJ series.  I sit down with the young Producer Tremel Copeland AKA Zuri of Zuri production.  I had to have a sit down with Tremel because of the many beats and production interludes we play during a lot of our podcast.  And I wanted to pick his brain and show recognition and gratitude for his talent  This is Part I

We were so surprised with the new release of the new J. Cole release K.O.D.  First that it came out with no pre-release fanfare,  And with this different style he choose on this release, we hold our breath and break these tracks down to see if this is another J Cole masterpiece.

KOD is the fifth studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on April 20, 2018 through Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records.

Sean and I sit down to review one of BK's most oddest group.  The Flatbush Zombies.not every hearing from this group before.  I was pleasantly surprise to hear their 19 track release with a few features that went very well with this release

Flatbush Zombies is an American hip hop group from the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 2010

Sean and I sit down and review the legendary DJ premier and Royce da 5'9" with their 2nd release from their collaboration PRhyme.  To me its about the production and giving props to Royce da 5'9" for putting out a stable release.

PRhyme is an American hip hop duo composed of Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9" and New York-based record producer DJ Premier. They created their own record label PRhyme Records and released their first album, PRhyme, on December 9, 2014, and its follow-up, PRhyme 2, on March 16, 2018 The production of each album is based on sampling a single artist's compositions: Adrian Younge for PRhyme and AntMan Wonder for PRhyme 2

Today we are pleasantly surprised by this new release by the Rapper Phonte.  I know him from his collaboration with the Dutch producer Nicolay and their group called the Foreign Exchange.  Sean knows him from his time with the rap group called "Little Brother".  We check out his new release "No news is good news" 

Phonte Lyshod Coleman, better known as Phonte, is an American rapper, formerly of the now defunct North Carolina trio Little Brother and one-half of the duo The Foreign Exchange