What’s in a Name?

Brushing off some rust with a weekend recap of the BJM at Roadrunner Boston and Bob Weir at Radio City Music Hall, some nyc highlights including my dinner plans getting ruined over a murder.

Interview with legendary founder of the group Gang Starr Big Shug.

Talk about his new album coming soon exclusively produced by DJ Premier

Meeting Guru and how Gang Starr all came about

Stories of kicking it or touring with icons like 2pac and Biggie, Denzel Washington, Mike Tyson, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe, Cypress Hill, Common, Talib Kweli

His acting career and how that came about, (The Town, The Heat w/ Sandra Bullock, Spenser Confidential with Mark Wahlberh, Black Mass with Johnny Depp, Clear History with Larry David, etc.)

Also some sports talk at the end about his football, basketball experience/coaching career, and where some of the people he coached are now.

Unfortunately technical difficulties cut off the end, enjoy this hour+ long interview.

First new episode post hood to woods move, talk everything from the transition up here, to sports (in particular the Patriots and some bones to pick with the Celtics, how tristan thompson is going to come steal all the women in Boston now that he’s a Celtic, Cam Newton, Bill Belichick, Belichick’s Belichick Ernie Adams etc...)

I talk about a story that my timehop reminded me of the other day...

And I address some elephants in the room at the end.

Dedicated to my Dad and every friend I’ve lost this year.

Forget about 2020 for 20 mins, and subscribe even if you’re never gonna watch again.

RIP HUF, Celtics loss, Delonte and Mark Cuban, Telling the “realer” stories I forgot about on the last episode such as my time as a woodward counselor, running into Geoff rowley and Mark appleyard and making them late for the flip sorry premiere, and growing up in a Skateshop/trap house, dig it

Some people ask what my background is in skateboarding, why it is I post so much about it, etc and so forth, well here it is from A to Z, the story of my skate life.

Just wanted to tap in with everyone and say what’s up

Great positive, insightful Interview with Bill Walton. Talking about his Bike for Humanity coming up, and an array of other subjects, such as his experience with the Boston celtics. Sit back and let the positivity flow.

Episode notes

No interviews this week, nobody’s tryin to tell their life story or promote anything but unity right now, not their album or movie.

Miss concerts and which ones were best

Led Zeppelin

WBCN River Rave

Rock The Bells 2007/Wu Tang in VT

Gangstarr with Talib Kweli

Walking out of Bob Dylan

Dead and Company

Hip hop shows like Andre Nickatina and every Wu Tang Member.

I miss being young going to clubs

Festivals with my frends, Frendly Gathering Angry old man that shut it down

I miss stand up comedy, talk about Dave

City reopened

How im secretly happy about corona only because it’s keeping people away

The christopher Columbus beheading

Kyrie and The NBA bubble he sounds higher than someone on acid at burning man and he ruined the celtics but of course is the one stirring shit up on a 22-0 vote last week, now the players union is voicing concerns about the bubble, and even openly discussing sitting out the season as a protest. Players concerned not only about being in bubble but fair treatment of role players v superstars.

Zion suit

Reggie bush reinstatement

How crazy every thing is the present is a present.

Episode notes:

Tekashi 69 exposing other rapper rats

Bulls hotel aliases

Ryan gallant Clip story/saga

You can’t always get what ya want, people front

Barstool audition

NBA Bubble

Rogan Spotify deal, who won?

Donnell conversation, explaining where I was coming from, tell the South Carolina shooting not being able to ride the bus for a week in LA story

Prelude with my childhood, how it was different, busy bee investigation decoy in 1991-1992, last year in Frank salemme former mob boss’ murder trial, it was revealed that the napkins at the table they sat at were wired for sound, bugged moving in across the street going there every day, going to court staying at the donut truck at Roxbury court

Great insightful conversation with Grammy nominated Photographer Mathieu Bitton, who has done work for Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Jack White, Sting, Miles Davis (he designed the incredible packaging to the Bitches’ Brew 40th Anniversary Edition box set), Marvin Gaye, Jane’s Addiction, Bob Marley, Quincy Jones, James Brown, George Clinton, Earth, Wind & Fire, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Dolly Parton and many, many more.

We talk Prince, working with Dave Chappelle, Friendship with Quentin Tarantino and Quincy Jones, Leica Ambassadorship, wild hollywood parties, dave performing for LeBron and the cavs in LA, John Mayer and more!

Check it.