Pen Clique

While the Clique's been building a studio and Kuya's been out cracking knuckles with IG's most poppin' poetry presence we highkey left the pod audience hanging longer than 2k D'Angelou fans waiting for Black Messiah. So we back real quick before season two launches in audio short-form quick catch up stylo to let ya'll know.

• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• Kuya David: @penclique
• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 

Get hit with 20+ years of Poetry wisdom! Cory "Bess Kepp" Cofer cliques up bringing with him his deep bag of poetry tricks and hip hop clout! Bess illuminates black struggle and pain like big daddy Kane during "Threads and Lines" and the boys dive deep into the poetic pond and get salty and sweet during the "2 Piece Combo".  

[Episode Index]

• "Shock Value  " 0:30
• Threads & Lines: 3:50  
• 2 Piece | "Raise up" 14:24
• 2 Piece | #poetry: 28:55
• 5 For Your Eye | 37:57

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece Combo: "Raise Up" -G Yamazawa (Kennedy Center)
• 2 Piece Combo:  #Poetry @cjpeterson

• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• Bess Kepp: @besskepp_
• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 
• Kuya David: @primepoetrylg

We welcome our first and only 'Literary Poet" Angela Peñaredondo to clique up. We dissect the Literary poetry process and throw poetry sugar and salt at the "2 Piece Combo". Angela brings a poem worth all the re-reads for the "5 for Ya Eye".

[Episode Index]

• "Meditations on a Fist" 0:26
• Threads & Lines: 4:26
• 2 Piece | "How We Forget" 13:45
• 2 Piece | #poetry: 27:50
• 5 For Your Eye | 37:18

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece Combo: "Sea Salt" -David Mason (Motion Poems)
• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @killusionerbirth
• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• @PenClique
• Angela Peñaredondo: @angelapenaredondo
• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 
• Kuya David @primepoetrylg

Slam Gawd Kito Fortune blesses the clique with an eye into the extroverts struggles. The whole clique throws them fiery words about the 2 piece and dat IG visual poetry game. Kito's "5 for Ya Eye" procrastination births poetry diamonds.

[Episode Index]

• "Extrovert" 0:34
• Threads & Lines: 4:38
• 2 Piece | "How We Forget" 19:00
• 2 Piece | #poetry: 41:00
• 5 For Your Eye | 51:28

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece Combo: "How We Forget" -Loyce Gayo
• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @zeroroads
• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• @PenClique
• Kito Fortune: @kitofortune
• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 
• Kuya David @primepoetrylg

Dropping f-bombs with precision & how to ruin a haiku: Matt Sedillo cliques up this episode to spit flames, roast on poetry, and talk about them poli'tricks"

[Episode Index]

• "Little Custards" 0:26

• Threads & Lines: 2:05

• 2 Piece | "The System" 13:00

• 2 Piece | #poetry: 32:43 

• 5 For Your Eye | 39:45

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece Combo: "The System" -Prentice Powell

• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @futuredeadpoet   

• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• @PenClique

• Matt Sedillo: @matt_sedillo

• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 

• Kuya David @primepoetrylg

Can Lady B build the perfect boyfriend? Can 3 words be a poem? LA poetry royalty Arianna Basco graces the Clique leading the debate about the "Poetic Merit" of poetry on Instagram and Lady B blesses the Clique with a fiery sonnet during the '5 For Ya Eye' poetry prompt.

[Episode Index]

• "Soil From His Fingertips" 0:30
• Threads & Lines: 4:09
• 2 Piece | "59" 13:00
• 2 Piece | #poetry: 27:20
• 5 For Your Eye | 36:45

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece Combo: "59" -Harry Baker
• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @costas_kournis
• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V

[Clique Up]

• @PenClique
• Arianna Basco: @ladybasco 
• Daniel Hees: @thechubbyfat 
• Kuya David @primepoetrylg

Lyrically Twisted takes the stage as the clique's first and only rapper of the season! The whole clique delve deep into loneliness while staying LIT AF during the "2 Piece Combo" and LT AKA Tyrone Stokes spits his "5 for ya eye" prompt off the top.

[Episode Index:]

• "1712/Change" 0:29

• Threads & Lines: 3:34 

• 2 Piece | "How to be Alone" 9:40

• 2 Piece | #poetry: 26:15

• 5 For Your Eye | 30:44 

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece:• 2 Piece Combo: Tanya David - How to be alone

• 2 Piece:• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @callmetascha     

• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V: thedopespotstudios.com

[Clique Up]

• Pen Clique on FB & IG: @PenClique

• Tyrone Stokes on IG: @lttherapper

• Daniel Hees on IG: @TheChubbyFat

• Kuya David on IG, TW & FB: @PrimePoetryLG

Myron Woods channels the SoCal Poetry Gods during "Threads and Lines" The Clique gets fiery about F Bombs bursting or missing in spoken word during the "2 Piece Combo" and Myron brings it all home with an immaculately concocted poem about black struggle on this episodes "5 For Ya Eye".

[Episode Index:]

• "Pitbull: Part 2" 0:26

• Threads & Lines: 4:38

• 2 Piece | "Here am I" 17:30

• 2 Piece | #poetry: 31:00

• 5 For Your Eye | 36:02

[Footnotes]

• 2 Piece:• 2 Piece Combo: Anis Mojgani - Here am I

• 2 Piece:• 2 Piece Combo: #Poetry @Herbertsona

• Music by The Dope Spot Studios Produced by Dom V: thedopespotstudios.com

[Clique Up]

• Pen Clique on FB & IG: @PenClique

• Myron Woods on IG: @woodsyoukindly

• Daniel Hees on IG: @TheChubbyFat

• Kuya David on IG, TW & FB: @PrimePoetryLG

Artist Shelley Bruce throws poetry THIRST TRAPS during "Threads and Lines"; The Clique drops a perfect slam score during the "2 Piece Combo" and Shelley humbles the whole block during the "Five for Ya Eye".

Take a journey through skid row with critically acclaimed poet Alex Alpharaoh as your guide during "Threads and Lines". The Clique touch the heavens and the bottom of the barrel with the highest and lowest "2 Piece combo" scores yet! Alpharaoh closes us out by shutting 'Merica down during the "Five For Ya Eye".