SleepWalker Radio

Two twenty something Brandon jinx wannabes blasting out hot fresh music takes, some lukewarm. Episode 2

0:00 - Welcome to episode 2 of the SleepWalker Pod, it’s very warm out and producers shouldn’t try to recreate samples 

2:20 - New Lisha G x Slime Dollaz, and the legend of DJ Phat and DJ Smokey 

4:30 - s/o Jadassea and the UK/NYC connection runs deep (The diaspora is strong)

8:25 - Ice Spice vs St Mercator (The Biggest Bird) 

12:20 - Bitch Where is one of the greatest album intros of all time, Chief Keef is the youngest OG of all time, And no-one has aged better than Sosa 

16:08 - Where is Yung Bans??? 

16:30 - RIP Bankroll Fre$h 

17:17 - Remember Agoff?, Lil Tracy had it in his blood to be a successful musician, and Levi Carter was lit 

20:01 - Soulja Boy is a titan of industry 

21:40 - Whose aged gracefully?: Father, Domo Genesis, Lite Fortunato, Wiki 

24:38 - RATKING 

27:40 - Zelooperz is building a pyramid brick by brick 

29:52 - Earl and Babytron have real conversations w/ you when they rap

31:56 - Black Noise is really tapped in 

34:42 - Favorite Posse cuts: Black Hippy tracks, Oldie, 1Train, Really Doe, The Last Huzzah 

34:57 - The Last F****ng Huzzah 

36:20 - All rappers want to be comedians, and all comedians want to be rappers 

37:50 - Detroit / Michigan vs Milwaukee  

40:01 - Ghostface Killah vs Action Bronson 

41:13 - The best rappers just tap into universal truths that go hard

Interview w/ South Philly Producer / DJ / Artist Jewelssea  

0:00 - We’re here w/ Jewelssea and it’s been kinda decent outside, but the cold front is coming 

0:52- Jewelssea on growing up in South Philly 

3:34 - Jewelssea on initially being a producer before DJing, playing instruments, and how she got into making beats through scoring digital films  

5:35 - Jewelssea on getting into music production through scoring films before transitioning to boom-bap lo-fi beats 

6:35 - Jewelssea on the first track they released 

8:00 - Jewelssea on making her Transcend beat tape w/ JJared 

10:14 - Jewelssea on being featured on the Women Of The World Vol 2 international Beat tape

13:08 - Jewelssea on when they started DJing and the legendary Alt+Escape rave series 

18:00 - Jewelssea on her time studying abroad in Berlin in 2019 

19:30 - Jewlessea on returning from Berlin with newfound DJ experience, and dealing with COVID, and picking DJing backup for the summer of 2021  

21:00 - Jewelssea on being a full-time DJ since May 2022 

22:21 - Jewlessea on playing at the Adult Swim Festival   

24:04 - Jewlessea on playing MakingTime X The Lot Radio  

27:03 - Jewelssea on playing Shrek Rave, Bikini Bottom Rave and other silly shows 

28:30 - Jewelssea on their background in 3D animation 

30:45 - Jewelssea  on her 2020 project It’s All Love 

32:20 - Jewelssea on their current sound (House and Drum N Bass) and plans for upcoming releases 

34:30 - Jewelssea on working with Jah$tar (S/o BNYX and larry) 

37:00 Jewlessea on placement for Robb Bank$ and working at the WOD producer camp  

40:35 -  DJ questions (what software you use? Do you pre-record your sets? Longest set? Craziest lineup? 

44:33 - Jewlessea on how she met Tisakorean #WERKKK 45:45 - S/o Zack Fox 

46:15 - Jewelssea on working w/ Dazegxd

 47:53 - Jewelssea on joining the /none booking agency roster (FKA NoneSuch)

51:21 - Jewelssea on their residency at The 700 

53:45 - Jewelssea on her L8House event and comic book series of the same name 

56:19 - Jewelssea on their merch (available on her band camp)  

57:42 - Jewelssea on who she’s listening to these days (PinkPantherss, liv.e, Frankie Knuckles, Coco Brice, Phony People, Kush Jones, DJ Swisha, Acemo, Moma Ready, and Kornel Kovacs)

59:25 - Jewelssea on moving out of Philly in the near future 

1:01:21 - 2021 summer vs 2022 summer 

1:07:37 - What to expect from Jewelssea in the future

1:08:20 - Shoutouts

Interview with LA / Atlanta based producer and legend in the making utrippin! 

0:00 - utrippin! is here and has been making beats and playing RuneScape since breaking his arms 

1:35 - utrippin! on growing up in LA and moving to Atlanta 

3:22- utrippin! on playing the guitar, and getting into producing his freshman year  

5:41 - utrippin! on not having a sound, and influence of the Plugg genre 

7:58 - s/o off-camera Nolan

9:02 - utrippin! on when he started DJing, and producing vs DJing 

11:44 - utrippin! on briefly rapping, and the first songs he put on the internet 

12:10 - utrippin! name origins 

13:54 - utrippin! on his most recent project #5 , and breaking down the titles of his projects 

15:55 -utrippin! on tapping in with Bear1boss, making 80 songs in less than 2 weeks, and their upcoming tape together 

19:17 - utrippin! on the collectives he’s a part of (Work Department, Nitemare, Corazonn)  

21:45 S/O grandfero aka kadept_one 

22:52 - utrippin! on being based in LA and having different artists stay with him or at nearby BnBs where they could work together including Uglyfriend, Brentrambo, Nolan, Captaincrunch, and Lil Xelly  

24:43 - S/O Uglyfriend  and building natural relastionships 

26:10 - utrippin! on working with BoofPaxkMooky 

27:12 - utrippin! on making “We Aint Goin” w/ Nerdcoke and NGeeYL  

28:35 - utrippin! on his u/u instrumental tape series 

29:30 - utrippin! on designing his own cover art, and working with Slug 

30:44 - utrippin! on working on other things beyond music 

31:16 - RuneScape Stakes and other video games  

35:25 - utrippin! on wanting to score and develop his own video game 

36:40 - utrippin! on working w/ David Shawty 

37:47 - utrippin! on working w/ Nolan  

40:17 - utrippin! on “managing” Jake Hansen and shyguyslug 

43:17 - Producer Questions: 

  - What Software do you use? / Ableton vs FL  

  - 44:56 - s/o Perc40  

  - 47:14 - Do you like sampling or building your melodies?  

  - 47:48 - Do you have any specific preference to where you make beats?

  - 49:56 - Do you prefer collabing or making beats solo?  

  - 51:33 - You ever get producer block? How did you work through it? 

52:34 - What is Glockafella? (VST group) 

54:29 - utrippin! on working w/ Pasto Flocco (New tape coming soon)  

55:19 - utrippin! on connecting all the segments of the underground he’s a part of 

55:58 - You f*ck w/ conspiracy theories (Repitlians, underground government, Denver Airport, Slab City) 

59:47 - utrippin! on how he feels about the current state of music and where he sees himself within it 

1:02:29 - What to expect to see from utrippin! i the future (if you don’t stop then you can’t not win) 

1:03:49 - Shoutouts

Solid convo about a lot of things including rap's Blog Era, Divine Council vs Larry League, the gradual decline of Glizzy Gang, Milwaukee rap music, Popstar Benny tags, Trippie Red fans, Lil Yachty's new album, T*** L***z, 360 deals, and a whole lot more.  Tapioca in!