This episode was with El Da Sensei of the legendary group the Artifacts. RIP to Tame One & DJ Kaos. It was a huge honor to have El on the show, I had to ask alot about the first Artifacts album Between A Rock & A Hard place since it's one of my favorites, the group's history, what's next for El & much more. Get all types of Artifacts merch on El Da Sensei's IG page, & definitely check out the recent Artifacts release from 2022 produced entirely by Buckwild called No Expiration Date.

Hyperion returns to the show for his second time on this episode. He was on EP. 20 in Feb 2021, he's been pretty busy since then & putting in alot of work. He just dropped The Rise Up deluxe edition in nov 2022, & a couple singles in December. Find out what he has coming in 2023 & more on this episode.

I found out about Billy NoJokes' music in 2022 , I kept seeing it on playlists for different shows & so I checked it out & started playing it on The Graveyard Shift. I was trying to think of artists to have on the show recently & his name popped in my head. So here's the episode, we talked about alot of his releases from 2022, his group Masamoon a little bit, his history, what he has coming next & much more. Look his music up everywhere, & watch for alot of new music in 2023.

I'd seen the name Sankofa around & have played some of his songs on my mixshow but didn't really know much about him before this interview. He told me about Fort Wayne, Indiana where he's lived for awhile now, where he's from originally, how he got into making music, & much more. He put out a ton of music in 2022 & it sounds like alot more is coming in 2023 so look him up asap, & definitely check out his incredible new album with Act-1 called VLTR KMBT which is a tribute to Only Built For Cuban Linx.

This episode was a conversation I had with Long John aka Long John Cracksy, who actually has many other names. He drops alot of his projects under different names. He lives in Italy so I found out alot about what's going on over there, we covered lockdowns & the pandemic first, politics, how he got into music, the Hip Hop scene, & much more. He drops alot of music, so definitely look him up. His two most recent releases came in the last few months, the Big Muzungu EP & the Full Circle album.

I talked with Cymarshall Law on this episode, he's been putting out really good music for a long time so it was good to have him on the show. I first heard him around ten years ago on a crazy track with M-Dot & Chaundon called El Mariachi. Since then he's put out quite a few projects, one just dropped recently , a new album called Carpe Diem, definitely check it out. He has alot more coming soon in 2023 too it sounds like from this episode so stay tuned.

SoulRocca is 12 Finger Dan & Boogie Down Base of Soulbrotha & Roccwell. All 3 of them are producers from Germany & they recently put together an album together called In Good Company. It just dropped a couple days before recording this. Definitely check it out as well as their past work. The beats on this new project are crazy & there's alot of great guests. Plus it is available on vinyl so pick it up asap.

I just heard of LJS not long ago, he recently dropped his first album Audio Psychosis entirely produced by B.Dvine & that was all I really knew going into this interview. Hear about what I found out about him on this episode. Definitely look him up & check out the album.

Thirstin Howl The 3rd joined me on this episode. His single Brooklyn Hard Rock was one of the first records I bought after getting turntables & he's a legend so it was a huge honor to do this interview. We talked about how he got started rapping, The Lo Lifes, Polo, & much more. Check out his new single The O.G. ( open grave ) available everywhere.

In this episode I talked with Mello Dee, who is a member of the group Heddshotts out of Mass. He's dropping a new producer album on Oct. 21st 2022 called Loud Noises. We talked about that, we got into his history, Heddshotts, & much more. Follow him everywhere @Mellodeemusic.