Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Our guests today join us for our Mid Season Awards episode. We chat with Annoying TV, Ace (Cordae's manager) and Giuseppe (Lil Tecca Manager). We talk abotu the current state of the industry and also try to give out awards for MVP, Rookie of The Year and also Most Improved. We Talk a lot.. I mean a lot about Carti and try to get a idea of what acts like YEAT will be. Plus you know we had to throw in a lil Drake in there too. Overall entertaining episode if you love the screaming 4 mics and 4 strong personality kinda pod. 

Adam 22 is our guest today on Off the Record where Akademiks catches up with him and talk about each of their hip hop companies and also the new media landscape. They evaluate what has changed over the years with rappers they use to cover and even the style of coverage they use to do. They talk about rappers like Lil Pump, 6ix9ine and others and the relationship they have with rappers vs being honest with the content. They talk about interviews they landed and how it happened and how does a balance happen between running a independent media company and having a family. The Conversation continues with them trying to figure out what Era we are in right now in hip hop. 

Todays episode we break down all the details about what we know about the passing of ATL rapper Trouble. He was murdered by a spineless simp who broke into a house where Trouble was sleeping with his ex girlfriend and then all hell ensued. Fights then a shooting where Trouble was shot in the chest and ultimately died. We evaluate the dynamics between visiting women or the art of sneaky linkin.

Lil YACHTY is our guest today. Akademiks welcomes him by starting off recapping the history of their friendship and how initially his explosive episode on Everyday Struggle help set that show off in the culture. We talk about how it feels to be a 6 year veteran and also try to categorize what era we are in now. We address the elephant in the room about a possible Migos breakup. Conversation happens around Drake and his verse on Churchill Downs.  We talk about the growth of rap skills with Lil Baby and also talk about the class of 2016. 

Akademiks is back with another episode. This time he's talking about goals he got from Charlamagne Tha God. Also talks about YSL Case and him being sick last week.

Buddy is our guest today on our monthly Spotify Live episode. We got the chance to talk to Buddy about his come up, meeting Pharrell, surviving the pandemic, his musical taste and his album 'SuperGhetto'. We talk about him being from Compton and breaking the mold of what a Compton rapper is suppose to be.

Yep! We got another exclusive! We got the police report from the night that Meg Thee Stallion got shot and what the witnesses actually said to the sequence of events that police believed at the time they entered the report. This Case has been one of the most elusive when it comes to getting the truth of everything that happened but today we will do some detective work to come out with some clarity of what happened. 

Dreezy is our guest today. After collaborating with one of the hottest producers currently int he game, HitBoy, they teamed up to release the  HITGIRL project which consists of 10 tracks. She's is here to discuss that  and life also talks her new situation and how she been adjusting from being on a major label to now being independent. 

Today is my birthday! Lets talk about how I'm celebrating and also the latest albums to be released (Jack Harlow and Kendrick Lamar). Also, lets delve into the Freddie Gibbs vs Benny The Butcher Situation and also YSL Indictments. 

We finally got another solo episode. Akademiks talks about the death of Kevin Samuels, the comeback of Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow album and also the indictment of Gunna, Young Thug and 26 others in YSL.