Sweet Jesus Radio

Brother Tito and I talk to Nick about the origins of the family business (One Stop Print Shop), his multiple travels and El Paso Strong. We discuss my shitty dog owner neighbor drama and Nick reveals that his head has been bitten by a pit bull before. Brother Tito drops knowledge. We also talk about the time Nick mooned the high school security guard and much, much more!

One of my best friends, Ryan drops in from out of town along with the homie Chris to catch up and reminisce about old times. We talk about how we met in 1999, our old Hip Hop group (Thermoptix), recording a little ditty called illpaso and opening for Wu-Tang Clan at NMSU back in the day. We also talk about Chris’s art, my neighbor beef, shitty dog owners and shirtless hugs.

CHRISTIN and I talk about the inescapable mispronouncing of her name, Mother’s Day adventures and a bit of her general background. We discuss her internship at Disney World and Epcot Center, our disdain for Applebee’s and Carino’s, UTEP and UNM life and her work with El Paso Locomotive FC. We also talk about drawing giant dicks.

Lavell, Verseatylle (Verse) and I (with guest co-host, Tito) talk about what we’ve been up to since their first appearance on the show many moons ago. We discuss their past and upcoming performances at Neon Desert Music Festival, Lavell’s Memento album and NDMF 2019 in general. We’re also blessed with the most EPIC a cappellas from both of these bad-asses.

On episode one-mothafuckin-hundred, Gloria, Groove, Tito and I talk about our recent adventures like my trip to Albuquerque to see Bryan Callen, The Marias show, Gloria’s trip to Austin and Groove’s poetry slam. We talk about some of our favorite episodes including the Anguelo Salgado, Zyme One, D.A., Ocho Sanchez, Krystal Poppin and Rezen Nation episodes. We give an illpaso and Bomb Beauty Products update. We discuss the Illmatic 25 year anniversary, the Guru deathiversary and more. Groove also tells us about the time he almost whooped famous rapper Twista’s ass.

Rico, Tito and I talk about my recent and horrible customer service experience at a local Applebee’s and some of the good ol’ days of the El Paso Hip Hop scene. Rico tells us about growing up in New York and Puerto Rico, joining the United States Army and getting robbed at gunpoint while working at Taco Bell. We discuss Rico’s multiple business ventures including Ran-Pass Liquors, Dewey’s Corner Pub, Fight Inc. and more!

Italy, Damian and Dee join me to talk about our recent adventures including our (Dee and I) Palentine’s dinner at El Paso’s haunted restaurant, Monteleone’s, Italy and crew getting pulled over during Sunday fun day, the time Italy competed in a body building competition, Italy’s hilarious online dating experience, Valentine’s Day, butt tattoos and more!

Artist, Carla Ramos joins me to talk about her workout regimen, growing up in Juarez, beating up a classmate’s mom, her 50 Cent butt tattoo, getting roofied, her appearance in a local commercial, girls with armpit shadow and tardigrades.

On this patchwork of an episode we talk about Dee’s birthday party, Vivian’s crazy bar stories, April’s shitty date, Wu-Wednesday and much more!

Makeup artist/skincare specialist/Hip-Hop head April Torres AKA Laretta James joins the show to talk about the origins of her alias (Laretta James), how we met, what inspired her to work in the makeup industry and working with internationally published photographers, Mannon Pictures. We also discuss healthy skincare habits, some of our favorite "BUCK" Hip-Hop songs, her short stint as a "bible thumper" and much more!