Nice Minds

I recorded this one at Gravebomb Studios with my friend Bob Lindberg. Bob and I know each other not only from the twin cities music scene but also because we're real life neighbors (we live less than a mile from each other) and our younger brothers are friends. Bob is a very accomplished recording and live sound engineer. Bob has literally worked on hundreds of records and hundreds of clients throughout the years! Not only this but he's also a fantastic human being and great friend. He's always been very open, honest, kind, and accepting.  

First episode of "Nice Minds" shot in person instead of on Zoom! Shot live at "The Honey House" owned by Ames Farm in Delano, MN where Brandon lives and works. I thought it would only be fitting after getting my vaccination, that I do my first in person episode with the person that I did the very first episode of this show with, my friend Brandon Scott.   

This episode is with my friend Orikal Uno. I've known Orikal for 15+ years from the local twin cities hip-hop scene. Him and I go way back with doing shows and networking. He is a multi-talented dude. He is an emcee, visual artist, producer, engineer, and probably more that I'm unaware of. I have endless admiration for this dude and what he does!

This episode is with my friend AK Knowledge. It was recorded in late January of 2021. AK is an emcee who is constantly seeking knowledge and truth. We used to work at the Maple Grove Community together and I've known him for about 13 or so years. We did numerous shows together and in 2017 he recorded an album all to beats I made between 2006 and 2016 that is finally being released this year.  

In this episode we talk about finally releasing the album that we made together, his musical history, what he's been doing in 2020/2021, the future of the twin cities hip-hop scene, hip-hop as a whole, the future of for profit colleges/universities, and a lot more.  

This episode was recorded with my friend Corvaa. Corvaa is an incredibly talented music artist and business woman based out of New York. She wears nearly every single hat you can think of in the music/entertainment world. She's an unstoppable force!

This episode was recorded with my friend Sterling Banks. Sterling is incredibly talented rapper, singer, songwriter, recording engineer, producer, business woman, and wears nearly every single hat you can think of in the music/entertainment world. I feel like there's nothing she can't do!  

This episode is with Amanda Yang. Amanda is an extremely talented vocalist and songwriter from the Twin Cities area. She has over 90 million streams collectively on Spotify as well as many other accomplishments. Not only that but she's an incredibly nice and down to earth person.  

This episode is with my good friend Tyler Davis. I was a mentor (like W.A.R from my previous episode was for me) in Ty's earlier career as an emcee/producer. We met as students at IPR and Ty is someone I took under my wing when I was first starting Nice Guy Entertainment and put him on his first shows and produced/co-produced a lot of stuff with him. Ty is in a group with another artist I worked with in the earlier days of NGE who goes by the name of Austin AKA AP Lifted. Together they are known as Bottle Kids. Bottle Kids have opened up for countless major artists, done more shows than I can count, have had TV placements, and have generally been killing the game. Ty also produces under the Buttercream Beats alias.  

This episode is with one of my very good friends, Jerry Osowski AKA W.A.R. Jerry is a super important person in my life and career. He was the first one to give me the opportunity to record my music, the first one to offer to give me beats to rap over, and the first one to take me under his wing as as mentor when I was getting started with creating hip-hop music. Jerry is a veteran to the twin cities hip-hop scene with around 25 years of experience in production and rapping. He also threw yearly Halloween shows for almost 20 years straight that were very important to myself and friends and gave so many people a platform when it came to performing and displaying their talents.  

In this episode we talk about our friendship, hip-hop, everything that's happened with 2020, his efforts in helping the community, and had some deep conversations about hardships and stuff that's happened to him and his family.  

In this episode I talk with my friend Breakneck The Mage. Breakneck is a twin cities based emcee originally from Wisconsin. Aside from his solo music, he is well known in the battle rap community and organizes battle rap events.