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Wondaland/Epic artists St. Beauty join us to talk about their unique journey from meeting at a vintage store, performing in its basement to meeting Janelle Monae and signing with the Wondaland Records collective and hearing one of their songs on Issa Rae's groundbreaking HBO show 'Insecure'. These ladies are artists to the core. Not only do they have beautiful singing voices, they also write, produce and play all of their own music. Keep an eye out for St. Beauty as they prep their upcoming EP and head out on tour with Ro James in a couple weeks.

ForteBowie is one of the most talented artists in music. The Atlanta native raps, sings, writes, DJ's and produces. Three years removed from releasing his critically acclaimed debut, Bowie released Vice Haus 2 at the tail end of 2016. On this episode we speak about the making of the album, his influences, things he learned from Trinidad James and more. We also chop it up with Bryson Clark, the founder of Royally Melanated about the indie book publishing business. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vice-haus-2/id1183140144 http://www.royallymelanated.com

Happy Holidays to all of our listeners! This week we speak with Brooklyn MC Sha Stimuli. You may remember him from his stint at Virgin Records or for his writing in XXL or from the "Rent Tape Series." After a 4-year hiatus, he's back with new music. "New Jordans/A Poem for Mike" is fire and has the net buzzing. For his first interview since the comeback, Sha speaks in detail about his absence, plus we get into his past with Roc-A-Fella, Just Blaze and his big bro Lord Digga. This is a fun and insightful conversation that you'll definitely want to hear. https://soundcloud.com/10-minutes-late-records/sha-stimuli-new-jordansa-poem-for-mike-prod-by-just-blazeneedlz https://soundcloud.com/shauntewrites/silent-night

This week, Reese and Branden LSK, discuss the plethora of new music releases that dropped on Friday including albums from J. Cole and Ab Soul. We also get into all the black people visiting President-elect Donald Trump. And finally, we run give our thoughts on the 2017 Grammy nominations, Critics Choice Award winners and the Golden Globe noms. Check it out and spread the word.

Here is part 2 of the Professor Daddy-O episode. We continue the convo about uninformed opinions on today's rap music, why he stopped making rap music for over a decade, his work in the tech industry and a whole lot more. This is a dope conversation with a man who has made history as an emcee, producer and an executive over the past 30 years. Listen and soak up the game.

With 30 years in hip-hop, Professor Daddy-O of Stetsasonic is a proud OG in the music field. He's written, produced and been an A&R for several hit records from the 1980's into the 2000's. In part 1 of a 2-part interview we go down memory lane from the early days of Stet in East New York to producing "Top Billin" for Audio Two to why the group "stopped making music." This is also an interview you might need to google a few names for. Daddy-O is dropping gems fa sho. Listen close. Buy Daddy-O Music: http://professordaddyo.bandcamp.com

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard the Shirley Caesar #UNameIt videos all over social media. Well we've got--DJ Suede--the man who created the remix of Pastor Caesar's "Hold My Mule" song/sermon. The South Georgia native has produced for Young Thug, Migos and many other artists, but remixing songs got his name out there. Hear his story exclusively on Day 1 Radio. Also Reese and BP talk about President Elect Trump and all the shenanigans surrounding him. Happy Holidays!

This week we sit with Cee-Lo Green's new group Swagu Style House! You won't want to miss this entertaining and hilarious interview. These guys are multi-talented and unlike a lot of new artists they know a lot about the music that came before them. Plus BrandenLSK and Maurice talk about the upcoming #election.

Prince discovered them on the Internet a few years ago and since then KING has been making R&B fans fall in love with their sound. Paris, Amber and Anita joined us in the middle of their tour to talk about their come up, creative process, funny Prince stories and so much more. If your'e not familiar, go download We Are King now (thank us later). And if you are already a fan, you'll love this interview.

We've wanted to have New Orleans emcee 3D Na'Tee on the show since we first started in 2013. She has consistently been bar for bar one of the best rappers for the last couple years and her story is powerful as well. Plus she doesn't have any problems speaking her mind. Which made for a great interview.