The Jungle team talk about their encounters with celebrities. They go on to talk about how the music festival culture is changing the way music is produced and digested. The team goes in a little deeper talking about if rappers should be like their athlete superstar counterparts who do not shut up and dribble but instead tackle social issues head on.

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This week episode features The $hoots Collective. The Jungle audio engineers talk about their favorite plugins, SLATE DIGITAL VS ACUSTICA-AUDIO VS WAVES. They also talk about a time when they felt like they wanted to quit audio engineering. 20 Gramz and stepChild join the podcast to discuss how to be a successful rap artist and the key to longevity. The crew raps up with a game of Engineers vs Rappers!

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Today is a special episode where Ksenia took over hosting duties and prepared the questions! House and Cruz talk about who the oldest rappers are, and how old rappers rapping like they're young sounds awkward. Cruz goes in depth about how you need to have trust with your mixing engineer, and shares how for the first time in 16 years, he trusts other engineers with his own music. House and Cruz discuss what it's like being a dad of baby daughters in the music industry. At the very end, House and Cruz play a crazy game of "would you rather?"

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Each of the Jungle's engineers choose their best polished rappers. House chooses Drake, Ksenia picks Lil Dicky and Cruz decides on Cardi B. They also explore what it takes to be a polished rapper and how to achieve it. Practice, practice, practice. You can easily save money if you practice and polish your raps before coming to the studio. House uses the video game, The Sims, as a key to having a good studio session. Cruz shares the knowledge given by Dawn formerly of Danity Kane abotu the 5 P's! Cruz opens up about being an Asian in the suburb who was one of the only ones to like Hip Hop / Rap music. House explains how not being black can make it easier for you to breakthrough as a rapper and Cruz shares a story about himself to support this.

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House & Ksenia break down if Drake's Scorpion Format (Full Album plus many more tracks) or the 7 Ye Theory (EPs) is better to release in order to garner the most attention as a new recording artist. Future recently dropped Beast Mode 2, and he went on a twitter rant about how he deserves recognition for fathering the new generation of rappers. Is future really the father, or is there another Atlanta rapper the true trendsetter? Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams" is a perfect example of the new wave in Hip Hop, "Emo Rap". House and Ksenia talk about how the early roots of this soundscape could originate from Supa Bwe of Hurt Everybody and Lil Uzi Vert.

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Best Buy started to phase out sales of CDs starting July 1st, 2018. Does this mark the end of CDs as profitable merch for independent artists? Is duplicating CDs still a worthy investment? Drake - Scorpion album caused a bit of a stir on spotify with it's users. They were annoyed with the amount of promo material on the app to celebrate Scorpion SZN. House, Ksenia and Excel Cruz explore the advantages of paid promotion on social media sites like what Drake did with Scorpion. Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100! This song uses a latin influence while last year, Drake made island flavors very popular in pop music. The team explores how world music influences today's music industry!

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House and Ksenia reveal their theories on if Childish Gambino really stole "This Is America" from ATL rapper Jase Harley. Did Donald Glover steal, bite or was he just inspired? They predict the next wave in Hip Hop now that it is the number 1 consumed music genre in USA! It even beat out rock! Check out what they have to say about what instrument and plug ins are crucial to any Hip Hop / R&B recording studio. Drake just released his newest album, Scorpion. They discuss his legacy and how he has impacted the music industry.

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About JTapes Audio Podcast:

This is hosted by a group of audio engineers from Chicago sharing their experiences and insight on current hot topics within the music industry and and studio technology.