This week we welcome back on a great with a dope new album to talk about - Evidence sits down to break down ‘Unlearning Vol. 1’ 🔥 Yet another great chat touching on creative evolution, the process of unlearning, meeting Al Pacino and big love for Phil Collins 👑

 

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? Checking in with his squirrels and Squirrel Tape Instrumentals 2 is coming! (00:58)
• Diving into his new album ‘Unlearning Vol. 1’ and wanted to make it one 40 minute track (02:00)
• Breaking down ‘Better You’ with Alchemist on the beats…and hints of a new Step Brothers project (10:04)
• How it was working with Conway the Machine, Navy Blue and Boldy James (11:40)
• How ‘Pardon Me’ is actually his demo version, and the three stages of creativity - imitation, emulation and innovation (14:23)
• What’s behind the artwork for the album (19:50)
• Why he loves ‘Lost in the Park’ so much (21:30)
• How Slug got Evidence to add Murkage Dave to the project (24:05)
• How he’s dealt with stage fright (27:25)
• Being named after Al Pacino and meeting him in LA (28:25)
• He’s working on Unlearning Vol. 2, starting his own label and projects with Planet Asia, Domo Genesis, Fly Anakin (31:55)
• Why he loves Phil Collins…and never getting over the album version of ‘Batting Practice’ on ’93 Til Infinity (35:00)

 

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For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

 

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

🔲 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

🔲 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🔲 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

🔲 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

 

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

 

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