This episode was a long time coming. I met this gentleman a year ago at a comic book convention and his story is very interesting to say the least. From working at the Source to doing the interior for a private jet for Céline Dion, Chris AKA no_continues on Instagram Concepcion Has an amazing story. Dula and Myself get a lot of questions. From his early beginnings in the Bronx to moving to Florida, and then moving back up East, just turned out to be a very informative episode. Enjoy!

This was a good episode. I was joined by Cordell, Bruce, and Vinny, and we started off discussing Makaveli and Me against the world and comparing and contrasting those albums. After that, we then got into the topic at hand, which is what is the album that you heard that made you fully invested into this hip-hop culture. We go around the room and get our takes and opinions. After that Dula calls into curse us all out for not including him, and we then start talking about Wonder Man on Disney plus. After that, we finish off with a discussion on all of the ice. Raids and touch on. What’s going on in Minnesota for a little bit. Everybody. Stay safe out there and be careful. Enjoy this episode.

Very inspirational episode. Dula and myself had the pleasure of interviewing a creative and motivated retired street pharmacist turned movie, Director, actor, and author. Luc Stephen is a Haitian born Jamaica Queens (by way of Boston) entrepreneur creative who has an amazing story. We talk about his beginnings in Boston, Massachusetts. Then moving to Jamaica Queens in High School. We talk about the stigma of Haitians in the early 90s as well as his transition from wanting to be a basketball player to falling into the streets in the early 80s. We then go into his transition from jail to becoming a fitness Coach to then getting bit by the Director bug & wanting to direct movies. Definitely a Man of many hats. Great story. Enjoy.

In this episode, Dula and I made a new friend. Fellow podcast er, MC , creative Rich Notch is on the podcast. We have discussions about traditional hip-hop as well as his upbringing and motivation. We also have an interesting Marsha Ambrosia story. We also get into his transition into podcasting, as well as The good old hip-hop discussion. You can see his show on YouTube simply type in tall genius or the rich genius show. Enjoy.

If you know me, you know that I have never been a sports type of Dude. In this episode Dula & his cousin Anthony, and his friend Mane, all New Yorkers, and sports fanatics. Try to convince me, or get to the bottom of why I’m not invested in sports or really care about it at all. They tried to have an intervention, if you will. I even call my Brother to assist. Totally funny conversation. Lots of New York. Slang and jokes all around. One for the books. Enjoy.

In this episode, Dula and myself begin talking about our trip to the Bronx for George Bell AKA King George’s birthday party. 80s and 90s themed to the nines with classic 90s guests, etc. We then have a conversation about Will Smith and his legacy, as well as spiraling off into a bunch of different HipHop conversations regarding producers and production. Like we always do. Enjoy!!!

In this episode Dula and myself interview a creative who I have been watching for years. Carlos a.k.a. @CLASSICMATERIALNY on Instagram has been inspiring me with his East Coast hip-hop inspired clothing. From hats hoodies shirts inspired by retro hip-hop, Carlos has done it all. We get his origin stories and exchange how him and Dula are 6° of separation from a lot of people. We also get a great story on how he started video directing by happenstance. Great hip-hop conversation. Enjoy.

In this episode, I am joined by Lynn, Massachusetts very own Jeff Porter. Restart off with basically a hip-hop conversation, likes, dislikes, etc. We talk about the Boston hip-hop scene as well as trade a few stories. From Meeting, DJ Premier to live shows to his rap influences, we covered all. Great conversation with a good MC. And you get to hear some of his music on this episode. Enjoy.

In this episode, Dula and myself start off by giving CAM’RON flowers for his longevity and having a discussion about publishing and we use Sir-mix-a-lot as the perfect example of why you should own your record. We then get into the age Old(pun intended)age-ism conversation as far as slang & clothing etc.. We then take a turn and start talking about lineage and the slave trade and the drug trade in this country. Basically Dula describes his love hate relationship with America. We went end it off with a quick conversation about the comments Will Millz made towards DJ Akademiks. Great conversation quick episode. Enjoy.

In this episode, Dula and I run down a list of artist that we were just certain they were going to blow up on the rap scene, but never did. Whether it was because of intangibles or no label support, these artist just had extreme potential and never reached their zenith . We also go down the rabbit hole of rap crews that had the star rapper as the head of the label and how many artists have failed under them. Great hip-hop talk HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the Don’t overthink it Podcast.