Extraordinary Rap Podcast

It's the show notes! This episode's focus is on New Kingdom, plus some social commentary, podcast recommendations, and a new music rundown.

With guest correspondent Beverly Fre$h, we interview all three members of the groundbreaking experimental rap group New Kingdom, discussing the group and individual ventures. Jason Furlow (AKA Nosaj, Nature Boy Jim Kelly) ruminates on freestyling with Rammellzee and Sir Menelik, aging, and Project Blowed. Sebastian Laws (AKA Sebstop, Sebash) explains time, synergy, and wanderlust. And producer/engineer Scott Harding (AKA Scotty Hard) takes us through the group's work with Del and Tricky, answers some questions provided by Mike Ladd, and discusses Sensational. We even have a quick appearance from Elucid who shares his thoughts on New Kingdom too.

Not included in the episode is an additional interview with King Eulas, who sheds additional light on Nosaj. It's available for free at http://patreon.com/weirdrap. Also included there is the Bonus Episode, featuring the original New Kingdom demo tape and additional interviews including Nosaj's thoughts on Wordsound Recordings and PM Dawn, Sebastian on his formative years, and Scotty Hard discussing his work with Ka and Lifers Group. If that wasn't enough, in honor of this episode, Nosaj, King Eulas and Beverly Fre$h put together a foundational avant-garde rap playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjOA0PXpcXQ84U_dTPbIey-39AHbmi2Ei.

Nosaj - https://www.instagram.com/nosajfromnewkingdom Sebastion - https://www.instagram.com/suttonclocks Scotty - http://scottyhard.com Beverly - http://beverlyfresh.com

Then we talk about optics; perceptions the role of the white man in hip hop journalism, as it relates to Weird Rap and beyond.

A couple other podcasts we'd like to recommend are #StoriesAboutSongs by Kevin Beacham, and Stirring The Sauce, Vol. 1 on Ice Cube's "Contract With Black America".

Some new album recommendations: Aaron Cartier - Aaron Cartier Best Dog https://biglink.to/aaroncartier Chip The Black Boy - Multiversal War https://davidliebehart.bandcamp.com/album/multiversal-war Nah - Mortal Glitch https://nahstuff.bandcamp.com/album/mortal-glitch Clipping. - Visions Of Bodies Being Burned https://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-bodies-being-burned Ebony Tusks - Heal Thyself https://ebonytusks.bandcamp.com/album/heal-thyself

Another new album is Aesop Rock's Spirit World Field Guide, which some people are boycotting. We discuss this in brief, and more in depth at http://facebook.com/groups/weirdrap.

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In this episode we're joined by trailblazing leftfield rap group Antipop Consortium. And we speak with Brzowski. Plus a poem by Beverly Fre$h, a message from Celestaphone, a review of Roy Christopher's book Dead Precedents, and a rundown of new music releases by doseone, Height Keech, Lil Ghostwriter, drwg, and Serengeti.

In the late 90s Antipop Consortium took the experimental NYC hip hop scene by the neck. The 4-man wrecking crew of Beans, Earl Blaize, Hprizm (AKA High Priest), and M.Sayyid combined futuristic production with aggressive abstract rhymes, heralding a wave of artists which would pave the way for Def Jux, and would forever change the course of music. While remaining true to their name, out of the limelight, APC grew a massive underground fanbase and remains celebrated worldwide to this day.

Our in-depth conversations cover the group's formation, creative approach, disbanding, solo iterations, and an announcement that will have fans elated. We also unveil a world premiere remix of the group's single "Apparently" by longtime collaborator MegMan. An additional 45 minutes of the APC interviews are available at http://patreon.com/weirdrap

Beans - http://beansiswack.bandcamp.com Earl Blaize - https://www.instagram.com/tronmanlives Hprizm - https://hprizm.bandcamp.com M.Sayyid - https://msayyid.bandcamp.com APC - https://www.instagram.com/antipopconsortium

We quickly review Roy Christopher's book, Dead Precedents: How Hip Hop Defines The Future. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/dead-precedents-how-hip-hop-defines-the-future

Brzowski recently decided to bare it all, political controversy be damned, proudly flying the flag of Marxism for his new album, The Subjugation Of Bread. We discuss common misperceptions of Communism, rapping without rhyming, and more. https://brzowskimusic.bandcamp.com

In Search Of Sauce is a podcast surveying hip hop music journalism and discussing the complexities of the genre and culture. https://centralsauce.com

Myka 9 and Kool Keith are featured on the genre-defying album Falling Up by Whatever Your Heart Desires, which is being distributed on digital and vinyl by Weird Rap. http://weirdrap.bandcamp.com

Beverly Fre$h, multi-talented artist and future Weird Rap podcast correspondent, introduces himself to the audience with a spoken word piece. https://www.instagram.com/beverlyfressh

You'll find some of our recent findings from explorations of international leftfield rap research, and much more, at http://soundcloud.com/weirdrap, http://youtube.com/weirdrap, and http://sptfy.com/weirdrap.

A list of notable new music releases, with links, are regularly updated at http://reddit.com/r/weirdrap. Some recent favorites are doseone: G Is For Job https://doseone.bandcamp.com/album/g-is-for-job, serengeti: the gentle fall https://serengetidave.bandcamp.com, Lil Ghostwriter: Schizoaffective Disorder and Cannabis Dependence https://lilghostwriter.bandcamp.com/album/schizoaffective-disorder-and-cannabis-dependence, drwg: drwg https://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/album/drwg, and Height Keech: Wild Height Keech https://heightkeech.bandcamp.com/album/wild-height-keech.

We read a message from Celestaphone. https://celestaphone.bandcamp.com

An hour long bonus episode, along with past and future bonus content, is yours for $3/month at http://patreon.com/weirdrap.

Rate and review us if you please; it will help us out. (Go to https://weirdrap.com/rating, on computer click Listen on Apple Podcasts, on phone scroll down.)

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Message us at [email protected]. Record your message as audio and maybe we'll play it on the podcast.

Music submissions: Please don't unless you're confident that it's top-notch experimental or highly advanced rap music. You can pay $50 via http://patreon.com/weirdrap to get your track played and reviewed on the podcast.

Weird Rap #2 features a trip into the wild mindscape of rap visionary Cambatta (plus an exclusive track), a journey across time with hip hop historian Nate Patrin, a deep dissertation on GZA and flat earth theory, an ethics discussion with Rob Sonic and Hprizm, new music reviews, and even more!

First, Cambatta peels back some layers on his multi-dimensional lyrics, he details his relationship with spirituality, psychedelic drugs and addiction, he shares his feelings on being outsider, and we ponder why the music world resists complexity. We also get a preview of his forthcoming song "Magic Hour (Acid Shower)". Check out Cambatta at http://cambattamusic.com, http://twitter.com/cambattamusic & http://instagram.com/cambattamusic.

Next, we take a look at the GZA's recent controversy around flat earth theory, and we flip the script on his classic single "Labels". (See GZA's post that shook the "globe" at https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmWPGEnCt6.)

Then Nate Patrin, author of Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip Hop, discusses the evolution of boundary-pushing hip hop production from its early days to current times, also looking at where rap music may be heading in the future. Follow Nate at http://twitter.com/natepatrin.

Rob Sonic of Hail Mary Mallon and Sonic Sum returns, and Hprizm, AKA High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium, makes a brief pre-appearance before his full-length interview on the next episode, to discuss the ethics of non-permissioned sampling in music production. Stay abreast of Rob Sonic via http://skypimps.bandcamp.com and http://instagram.com/bobbyfreedom, and keep up with Hprizm at https://hprizm.bandcamp.com and https://twitter.com/HPrizm.

No, the episode is still not over. Because then we give a brief overview of Open Mike Eagle and Prince Paul's various forays into podcasting and radio shows. Check out their current show, What Had Happened Was, and forthcoming podcasts, via https://twitter.com/StonyIslandPods.

And we review some recent music releases: The Same Day by Oblio, of Dreadnots (https://dreadnotsmusic.bandcamp.com), Jadasea's Half Life EP (https://jadasea.bandcamp.com), The Damage Done by Marrow, AKA Routiger Slob (https://marrowraps.bandcamp.com/), and Mr. Yote's album Pello Phantasmo's Book Of Brew (https://yoteland.bandcamp.com).

Finally, we share a brief overview and preview of a new Weird Rap Records release, the Inner Plenum EP by Lil Ghostwriter, available on digital and vinyl picture disc at http://weirdrap.bandcamp.com, http://audiorecon.bandcamp.com, and all the usual platforms.

Is all that not enough for you? Well, at Patreon there's about a half hour's worth of a bonus episode featuring Cambatta expanding on his psychedelic experiences, his rap influences, and comedy. It also includes Nate Patrin detailing the production advancements of Grandmaster Flash, Double D & Steinski, and Prince Paul. He also discusses the current state of leftfield hip hop journalism, and tells us what he's been listening to lately. It's yours for $3 at http://patreon.com/weirdrap.

Rate and review us if you please; it will help us out. (Go to http://weirdrap.com/rating, on computer click Listen on Apple Podcasts, on phone scroll down.)

Check out all our various online happenings via https://weirdrap.com.

Socials: http://twitter.com/weirdrap, http://instagram.com/weirdrap, http://facebook.com/weirdrap.

Communities: http://reddit.com/r/weirdrap, http://facebook.com/groups/weirdrap

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Newsletter: http://weird.substack.com

Send suggestions or whatever to [email protected]. Record your message as audio and maybe we'll play it on the podcast.

Music submissions: Please don't send music unless you're confident that it's top-notch experimental or highly advanced rap music. You can pay $50 via http://patreon.com/weirdrap to get your track played and reviewed on the podcast.

For Weird Rap's first episode we're honored to speak with Rob Sonic, known for his solo works as well as collaborative projects Hail Mary Mallon (with Aesop Rock) and Sonic Sum. We discuss his early days, learning his first rap name, and he even raps some of his adolescent lyrics for us. We get deep into Rob's cryptic writing formulas, breaking down some of the lyrics for "Honeymoon Suite" from the Defriender album. He shares his feelings on contemporary early 2000s artists such as Saul Williams, the Ozone Music camp, and Anticon. He explains why Kool G Rap is considered one of rap's all-time greats, and talks about current artists that he admires. We also get into his working relationship with Aesop Rock and a possibly forthcoming Hail Mary Mallon album. And Rob gets candid about the struggles of being a unique independent artist, including thoughts of quitting the music business altogether.

Curly Castro (of ShrapKnel, Wrecking Crew, BLUu Edwards and the Call Out Culture podcast) joins us to pay tribute to a classic and overlooked album: Skipp Coon's Miles Garvey. We also share some exclusive news about Skipp's forthcoming album, August: Radio Free Jafrica.

Deep-thinking poet and MC Lil Ghostwriter explores the concept of schizophrenia as it applies to rap lyrics and the human psyche in general. He discusses society's schizophobia. And he relates all of this to the lyrics of the great R.A.P. Ferreira (AKA Milo, Scallops Hotel, etc. of Ruby Yacht).

Finally, we do an overview of our favorite music releases throughout the year thus far: Zeroh's Blaqlyte, Cambatta's LSD: Lunar Solar Duality, The Koreatown Oddity's Little Dominiques Nosebleed, Armand Hammer's Shrines, Run The Jewels' RTJ4, Serengeti's Ajai, Dos Monos' Dos Siki, and others.

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Rob Sonic: http://deathvendor.com http://robsonic.bandcamp.com

Curly Castro: http://curlycastro.bandcamp.com http://WreckingCrew.bandcamp.com http://ShrapKnel.bandcamp.com

Skipp Coon: https://tibbit.bandcamp.com

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Beware, Weird Rap podcast approaches, with an ensemble of amazing folks in the wings: Rob Sonic of Hail Mary Mallon and Sonic Sum; Beans, Hprizm & Earl Blaize of Antipop Consortium; Nate Patrin, author of Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip Hop; Curly Castro of ShrapKnel, BLUu Edwards and Call Out Culture; Brzowski; Tokyo Cigar; Iceberg Theory; and many more. Journey into the weirdness at http://weirdrap.com, http://instagram.com/weirdrap, http://facebook.com/weirdrap, http://twitter.com/weirdrap, http://reddit.com/r/weirdrap, http://youtube.com/weirdrap, http://sptfy.com/weirdrap, and http://weirdrap.bandcamp.com.