Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Rome Streetz interview session! This NY MC bulldozed through 2018 all the way until the very end of the year. From Hip-Hop Album of The Year nods for his “Street Farmacy” project with Farma Beats to the end of the year grenade he dropped off, “Noise Candy 2: The Re-Up” - this guy is holding a very bright torch and has quickly found himself at the forefront of the NYC hip-hop underground. We kick off our first interview session of 2019 by getting a level set on Rome’s beginnings in New York, how a move to London while he was coming up impacted him musically and why he’s staying the course of making music he loves. Rome also breaks down how he and Farma started working together, how one of the standout cuts on “Noise Candy 2” - “Columbian Neck Ties” feat. Illa Ghee & Agallah - came together and what he has on deck for 2019. If that’s not enough, him and Futurewave laced us with a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from their upcoming album that you can find on our Ep192 mix, so make sur

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 192! Happy New Year Vangardians! How about them apples, we’re back on the very first day of 2019! Doe & Meeks are reloaded and we got two bricks for you this week as you would expect - tons of brand new joints, including a WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE from our interview session guest this week, ROME STREETZ! You haven’t heard this ANYWHERE else folks, and WON’T hear it anywhere else for sometime - “C-Note” from Rome Streetz & Futurewave kicks off Ep192, and you can check out snippets from the interview with Rome at the end of the mix, the full interview drops on Thursday. Out with the old, in with the new it’s FOREVER that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live December 30, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #ap

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the NapsNdreds interview session! This South Floridian by way of St. Andrews, Jamaica MC re-entered the scene in 2016 after a brief hiatus with an end-to-end burner of an album titled “Bloodclaat”. Tastemakers like DJ Eclipse, DJ Premier helped spread the gospel which ultimately helped tee up Naps new LP with Nottz that dropped this week - “Trouble And A Pair of Dice”. This guy was a real champ - most folks would cancel an interview session if they had the flu & bronchitis - but not Naps! We get the low down on how the new album came to be, how he originally connected with Nottz and his perspective on the game at the moment. We also dig in how Naps came up in this music ish, running in the same circles as Deacon The Villain of Cunninglynguists and when he signed with then fledgling label Freshchest Records - which ultimately led to him working with one of the today’s world renowned mastering engineer Joe Laporta and the legendary Eddie Sancho, who mixed the entire albu

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 191! Happy Holidays Vangardians! If you’re not in the spirit after last weeks episode, Ep191 is GUARANTEED to get you there. 2018 doesn’t let up as folks are STILL dropping joints left and right, so you get more of that brand brand new new in Ep191. We head to South Florida for the interview session this week to chat with the homie NapsNDreds, who has a new album dropping TODAY called “Trouble And A Pair Of Dice”. This thang BANGS folks - every joint is produced by Nottz, has features from Vinnie Paz, Fred The Godson and others - make sure you go cop it today! You can check out snippets of the interview at the end of the mix, and hear the full interview on Thursday. MURRY CHRIMUS ITZ NUTHIN BUT THAT #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live December 16

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Supreme Cerebral interview session! We head West this week to catch up with one of 2018’s most prolific MC’s - from EP’s to LP’s to his feature / collab game, his stamp on this year is undeniable. The man also known as Bugzy Nino breaks down his recent underground NY radio run with Banish Habitual - which included stops at DJ Eclipse and DJ Riz’s “Rap Is Outta Control” on Sirius XM, Guerrilla Grooves Radio (whaddup Fred?), PF Cuttin’s “East NY Radio” & Bushwick Radio - why he made the trip out East and what is was like riding the elevator 36 floors with LL Cool J on his way up to Sirius XM studios. Supreme also takes time to break down his relentless work ethic over the past couple of years, why the success of King’s Throne inspired him to go harder and what he has dropping before the end of the year (yeah, there’s more) as well as what 2019 will bring. Ok, we’ve given enough away - so go ahead and press play, scoot over to Supreme’s Bandcamp page to cop something a

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 190! We haven’t truly slid off the rails on an episode in a while, but your guys Doe & Meeks took care of that this week on Ep190. Buckle in and get ready for a wild and woolly one this week, folks. Maybe it had something to do with our interviewee this week for our Thursday interview sessions? Or maybe it was these crazy Christmas beats from Jonwayne? Who knows, but whatever it was made for one heck of an entertaining show this week. Ok, back to our interviewee for this weeks interview session - we head West to talk with the one and only Supreme Cerebral! Interview snippets are at the end of this here mix, and the full interview drops on Thursday! Have a holly, jolly week y’all and remember it’s ALWAYS that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live Dec

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the John Jigg$ & DJ Concept interview session! Boy has this one been a long time in the making - big ups to Jiggs & Concept for being patient with us, we had a real time getting this interview done over the past few months, but we finally got ‘er done! If you didn’t know already, these two gentleman released an EP at the top of October called “Good Friday” that will straight sear off your eyebrows if you get too close. We got the lowdown on how this project came to be, talked about guest shots from SmooVth & Recognize Ali, why Jiggs & Concept work so well together and their go to cuts on the project. We also hear about Jiggs recent tour in Europe, how Grand Daddy IU came to be a mentor, what Concept is up in the future with his label, Crisis Center Collective and what it Long Island means to both of them when it comes to this hip-hop ish. There’s so much more inside, but we can’t spill all the beans here - so go ahead and scoop that Good Friday EP now, hit play on this

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 189! We’re just around the corner from our Episode 200 mix show (don’t forget the other 154 interview sessions on top of that) - so we need EVERYONE to PLEASE go to SOUNDCLOUD and FOLLOW. Goal is to get to 2000 followers on Soundcloud by the time Ep200 drops. If ya really feel like ya can’t do that, go to Apple Podcasts and subscribe, leave a review, SOMETHING. Alright, let’s get back to regular biz - loads of new treats this week sliced, diced & mixed up by Doe, lots of trash talking from him & Meeks as always AND we go to Strong Island this week for our interview session - a dope chat with dynamic duo John Jigg$ & DJ Concept! Interview snippets are at the end of this here mix, full interview drops Thursday. We’ve said it before, we’ll say it one more again - it’s ALWAYS that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mi

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Hobgoblin interview session! We first became acquainted with this Birmingham, UK producer via the homie Jamil Honesty - a track called “The Marines” that also featured rhyme wizard Supreme Cerebral. Ever since then, Hobby Gobs has been popping up everywhere, and on Dec 4th, he and Jamil are set to drop a BURNER in the form of “Martyr Musik” - an eight cut EP that boasts features J. Scienide, Jay Royale, Ace Cannons, Rome Streetz, CodeNine & DJ Grazzhoppa. Hobs was gracious enough to get up at 2:30 am his time to chat with us about the upcoming project, how he and Jamil began collaborating and what else he’s serving up the rest of the year and 2019 - how about a Hobgoblin X Farma Beats project, for example?! We also go back and few years and hear about his come up - moving to from the sticks to Birmingham to pursue a career as a DJ, how that eventually got him into production, and the reason for his return after a 7-8 year hiatus. The stories are plentiful folks, so d

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 188! Hey Vangardians - we’re back with another one-two punch this week, so shake yourself out of that post-Thanksgiving food coma and listen up! We have a cornucopia of WORLD EXCLUSIVES all over the place for the mix this week - check the tracklist below and feast your eyes on all that new hip-hop goodness. Most notably - check the first set as we premiere Jamil Honesty & Hobgoblin’s upcoming “Martyr Musik” EP that drops Dec 4th - and yep you guessed it - we have an interview session with ole Hobby Gob himself on Thursday! Snippets are at the end of the mix, and you can expect the full interview on Thurs! If that isn’t enough to wet your whistle, the homie Landon Jordan just got off tour with Snoop Dogg, and he dropped by to tell some stories and brought his band with him as well, The Band Of Misfits. MAN - put down your fork, push away from the table and tune into that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #st

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Grime Lords interview session! This Virginia duo, comprised of producer Pete Twist & MC Born Unique dropped a bomb in October of this year in the form of their debut LP, “Wimbledon Dons”. The buzz is undeniable so we had to have these gentleman on the show to discuss the project, the cast of characters that showed up from a feature standpoint and the upcoming vinyl release of the album on Official Crate Music (peace to Dave!). We also get into that history ish as we talk about how Pete & Born met via a chance studio session that DJ Rerok booked, the progression over the past decade with the music and why it’s been a long, winding road up to now. There’s a ton more inside folks - wait til you hear the inside scoop behind the Wimbledon / tennis ball theme you’re seeing everywhere - it’s what you would expect from Doe & Meeks…that’s right, it’s nothing but that #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stit

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 187! It’s another sure shot this week Vangardians as we turn the final corner on 2018 and barrel into the last few weeks of the year. If you missed it - last Friday we kicked off the FRIDAY FIVE, which is a weekly list of 5 LPs / EPs as well 5 singles you should be checking for. This is independent from the weekly mix show playlist, and is a way for us to highlight certain releases that we’re really into and are worthy of spending your hard earned time AND money on. Make sure you follow us on all the socials to get that list every Friday. Ok - back to our regularly scheduled program - of course there’s tons of new records on the mix this week, including a world exclusive from DaVillins & VS The Best (whaddup VS!?!) AND we have an interview session with Virginia’s own GRIME LORDS - Pete Twist & Born Unique! Interview snippets are at the end of the mix, the full drops on Thursday! Jeepers Creepers it’s ALWAYS that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.c

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Sixman interview session! As many of you know, Michigan hip-hop holds a special place in our hearts here at Southern Vangard - the impact it’s had on hip-hop in the early days through today is profound. Doe also happens to be married to a Michigander - go figure. Anywho, we got hip to Grand Rapids native Sixman at the top of 2018 and played a few joints on the mix show, and had him kick things off at our #WeAreTheGard A3C showcase with Speakeasy Promotions this year. Turns out he dropped a brand new project around the same time called “The Last King,” produced entirely by DJ Supa Dave. All that on top of this gentleman has been residing in the Atlanta metro for the past 15 years or so - sounds like the perfect storm for an in-studio interview session! We get the low down on the new project, how he and Dave had no intention of making a full length when they started working together and who’s the most critical of the music they make. We also dig into Sixman’s history c

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 186! This fall is cranking folks - from the #WeAreTheGard A3C showcase, to DJ Jon Doe & J57’s Maxi-Single Sessions Vol. 02 to DOECINO’s performance at the Jax Forever King show this past weekend - your guys Doe & Meeks are making quite the rounds these days! We got more twice a week goodness on deck again - gobs of new treats from the underground and yet ANOTHER in-studio interview session with Grand Rapid’s own SIXMAN aka SIXMANE! Interview snippets can be found at the end of Ep186, the full interview drops on Thursday. From MI to KY to TN to GA to all around the world it’s nothing but that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live November 11, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherra

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 185! Big week at Southern Vangard as DJ Jon Doe drops Maxi-Single Sessions Vol. 2 feat. J57 on Southern Vangard / FiveSe7enCollective / Soulspazm. With features from Ras Kass, El Gant, Zo! of Foreign Exchange, Eddie Meeks and Q-Unique, as well as TWO remixes from D.R.U.G.S. Beats - it’s a real doozy! We get into a few joints from the record as well all KINDS of new joints like you would expect. No interview sessions this week as Meeks and Doe have been rehearsing for the JAX FOREVER KING show that takes place this Sat Nov 10 at 529 EAV - if you’re in the A come thru! If you need that interview fix, go back and check out that P. Watts & Large Professor IN-STUDIO interview from last week or the 150+ other interviews in the archives. Hip-hip hooray it’s always that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #po

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the P. Watts & Large Professor interview session! This is one for the ages Vangardians. If the surprise that Watts, Breakbeat Lou, Opio and Classic Material cooked up with Extra P for our #WeAreTheGard showcase at #A3C18 wasn’t enough - how about an IN-STUDIO interview a mere few weeks later with Watts & LP?!?! These two gentlemen dropped by the lab along with the homie Ghost to build about the new and old. We get the story on how their A3C appearance came to be, why it almost never happened and the new single Raw Wattage dropped last week - “T.O.O.L.” that features rhymes and production from Large, and the flip side, “Don’t Lose,” that features Sadat X and is produced by DJ Ogee of DITC. We also crack the history books open to hear about how Watts and DJ FX came together to form Raw Wattage, Watts’ Queens / NY lineage and how his meeting Tragedy Khadafi eventually linked him with Large. Extra P breaks down the status of Main Source reunion, why “each one, teach one” has

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 184! Boy oh boy oh boy oh BOY do we have something special for ya’ll this week. As a result of this special-ness, we had to do something a little different for this mix this week given we didn’t have time to crank out a new one. HOWEVER, the good folks at Techniques Radio / Wrecking Crew All Stars let us post DJ Jon Doe’s set from his appearance at WREK 91.1 FM Atlanta a few weeks ago, so there’s tons of new joints like there always is. So what’s so special about this week you ask? Let’s just cut straight to it -P. WATTS OF RAW WATTAGE & LARGE PROFESSOR ARE IN STUDIO FOR OUR INTERVIEW SESSION THIS WEEK! Ain’t nothing left to say - interview snippets are at the end of this weeks mix, the full interview drops on Thursday. Say it a little louder for the people in the back - IT’S ALWAYS THAT #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boomb

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the PF Cuttin interview session! We stayed another week Brooklyn after talking to Kenny Dope last week, and sit down with the one and only PF Cuttin. PF & O.C. of D.I.T.C. dropped a new album this week called Opium - a searing 9 cut project that was born of out the ashes of a tragedy - the tragic passing of PF’s best friend, the one and only Sean Price. PF breaks down the genesis of the project, his favorite sleeper cuts and what he has around the corner for us next. We also go back a few years to PF’s production mentors such as Professor X, Daddy-O & Bobby Simmons of Stetsasonic, including an INSANE story on how Daddy-O snuck him into the Latin Quarters and he witnessed DJ Red Alert play “It’s A Demo” 35 times in a row - let’s just say the night didn’t end well for folks that checked their coats. As you might imagine, there’s a lot more inside, so cop Opium NOW, then press play on this here interview and thank the heavens above it’s always that #smithsoniangrade #twicea

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 183! Hey there good people - as we say around these parts….WALCOME! Meeks & Doe keep the torch lit as they do every week - and sincerely thank you for following the light. TONS of joints that are fresh off the press this week for Ep183 this week - if they’re not exclusives they JUST dropped and more than likely you heard it here first. For this weeks interview session, we stay in Brooklyn after Kenny Dope’s interview last week, and have a super insightful chat with PF CUTTIN!! PF has a new album with OC of DITC out this week called OPIUM, and it’s a barnstormer. You can check a few joints from the album at the top of this mix, as well as snippets of our chat with PF at the end. The full interview with PF drops this Thursday and of course you know it’s ALWAYS that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Kenny Dope interview session! What more can you say Vangardians - it’s Kenny DOPE. If you don’t know the man’s resume, do your Googles. We interviewed Rasheed Chappell a few weeks ago in anticipation of he and Kenny’s “First Brick” - a mind melting return for the duo some 7 years after their first collaborative effort, “Future Before Nostalgia”. That interview led to us connecting with the legendary producer / DJ and a subsequent 1 hr interview! Kenny breaks down why it took him years to find an artist like Rasheed, why there was a 7 year gap between releases and what we can expect from the duo in the very near future. KD also paints a picture of what it was like growing up in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, how that environment impacted him at a young age and the critical work he put in at local record store in his early years that laid the foundation for his career in music. It’s not all super-serious here folks - we get into some record nerd business, talk about Bob James’