Dope Sh!t Podcast

The guys try to explore and cope with the phenomenon of "Lof-Fi" being tossed around so liberally in music.

The guys finally put to rest any further discussion that can be had around a debate between whether Illmatic or It Was Written is the best Nas album.

This week Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, gave some "advice" to aspiring musicians, stressing that they needed to release music "more than once every 3-4 years" if they expected to be "successful".  There's been a lot of reaction to this statement online since and Samurai Banana and Uncommon Nasa take this episode for their own reactions, some of which might surprise you.

This week Uncommon Nasa and Samurai Banana talk about how much they aren't into indie hip-hop anymore.  Yes, a strange topic for a show like this, but the guys lay down some of their own truths about the sub-genre, which touch upon their passions for it as well.

Uncommon Nasa tries to rationalize the seemingly sudden rise of Youtube content creators in the landscape of entertainment online, Samurai Banana guides him through it delicately.  

Samurai Banana and Uncommon Nasa talk about the ethics of sampling.  Can you ask someone what they sampled in order to use it yourself?  What about sample snitching?  It all gets broken down.  Know the rules, so you can break the rules.

Uncommon Nasa and Samurai Banana give their thoughts on the, at times, awkward support shown by the music industry for BLM via the posting of black squares on IG and other social media accounts.  

As stated with the extra recorded message on the podcast, this was recorded before the protests against police brutality and in support of George Floyd began in the country, thus they are not mentioned here.  What we did discuss, was the recovery and possible landscape of the indie musician in a post-Covid world (whenever that may be).  What changes will take place in producing and selling music, touring and more.  Please be safe.

The guys are back!  With Uncommon Nasa hunkered down in his apartment and Samurai Banana tucked away at his escape retreat in Vermont, the guys connect virtually to kick off Season 7.  This episode gets into the Instragram battles and online shows that have been taking place during the Covid-19 lockdowns and their effects on music scenes.  As has been planned for a while, the show is now bi-weekly, so we'll be back in TWO Mondays for now on.  

Uncommon Nasa and Samurai Banana check in during the Covid19 crisis to talk about the isolating steps they've taken for themselves and navigating being a musician during these times.