Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 182! Meeks & Doe have a little extra pep in their step this week as fall has finally landed in the A and they’re still riding high off the “WeAreTheGard A3C showcase from a few weeks ago. The bar stays high this week with gobs of the latest hip-hop on this here Ep182 mix and we have a 1 hour interview session dropping Thursday with legendary DJ/producer KENNY DOPE! Wait, wait, wait - WHAT?! KENNY. DOPE. Wipe the sleep from your eyes folks, you read it right! Interview snippets at the end of the mix, the full interview drops Thursday and once again ya’ll it’s 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 October 14, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #yo

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the #WeAreTheGard A3C Recap interview session! If you didn’t hear already, our A3C showcase with Speakeasy Promotions was out of this world. In case you need a refresher - Bumpy Knuckles, Opio of Souls of Mischief, Breakbeat Lou, Kev Brown, J57, The Architect, Nowaah The Flood, Camoflauge Monk, Rasheed Chappell, J Scienide, Billie Essco, DayTripper, Bozack Morris, Sixman and Dillon & Batsauce were on the bill - but we also had a TON of surprise guests show up. The Architect & Nowaah brought along Ca$ablanca, Bozack brought Heem Stogied, J57 got Ras Kass & El Gant from Jamo Gang to get on stage and do a few joints - it was a sight to be seen. If that wasn’t enough - the one and only Large Professor dropped in and did a surprise 4 song set with Lou at the end of the night! And if THAT wasn’t enough - there were celebrities everywhere in attendance - DJ Premier, Lord Finesee, Diamond D, Dj Hurricane, Dionne Farris and more - it was a hip-hop Disneyland folks. The only thing

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 181! Good people - this is our first mix show in a few weeks. As you have probably realized, we’ve been quite busy getting ready for the Southern Vangard / Speakasy Promotions #WeAreTheGard showcase at A3C that went down last Friday. All we can say is - if you weren’t there, you should have been. Not only was the lineup insane - Bumpy Knuckles, Opio of Souls of Mischief, Breakbeat Lou, Kev Brown, J57, The Architect, Nowaah The Flood, Camoflauge Monk, Rasheed Chappell, J Scienide, Billie Essco, DayTripper, Bozack Morris, Sixman and Dillon & Batsauce - but we had a TON of surprise guests. Hip-hop luminaries such as Ca$ablanca, Heem Stogied, Ras Kass & El Gant from Jamo Gang and get this - the one and only Large Professor dropped in for the night and did a surprise 4 song set at the end of the night! Let’s not forget there were celebrities everywhere in attendance for the show - DJ Premier, Lord Finesee, Diamond D, Dj Hurricane, Dionne Farris - it was a historical night. If you w

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents The A3C Pre-Game Interviews! We were on hiatus last week folks, but we’re back with a barnstormer this week as we have NINE interviews across a two hour interview session. If you haven’t heard, we’re throwing quite a party with Speakeasy Promotions at A3C this year. It all goes down on Friday, Oct. 5th at 529 EAV with Bumpy Knuckles, Opio of Souls of Mischief, Breakbeat Lou, Kev Brown, J57, The Architect, Nowaah The Flood, Camoflauge Monk, Rasheed Chappell, J Scienide, Billie Essco, DayTripper, Bozack Morris, Sixman and Dillon & Batsauce. We picked up the phone to chat with nine of the artists on the bill - Bumpy, Opio, Kev, Architect, J57, Rasheed, J Scienide, Dillon & Batsauce all weighed in on what to expect at the show and what they’ve been up to recently. Of course there’s some exclusive news in there as well, but you’ll have to press play to get it. So go on now - tune in to the interview goodness, get your tix for the show (did we mention its FREE with an A3C pass

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents #TheBadSeed interview session! This Brooklyn bred MC has been putting it down for decades, and is back with a brand new full length LP with #Nottz on Sept 28th, entitled #NoWayInHell. We premiered a few cuts off the album on Ep180 - WORLD EXCLUSIVES, we might add - in addition to having a lengthy, in-depth & entertaining chat about how the album came to be. Seed digs into his long & storied relationship with Nottz, why the producer pulled him away from retirement and what we can expect from the album when it drops. We also crack the history books open and talk Seed’s #MakinRecords days, how he met #Pumpkinhead (RIP) and why he had the inside track on all of the upcoming producers at that time such as Jake One - which led to his connecting with Nottz. There’s SO much more inside, but you’ll have to press play to hear about it. So go on now…press play, preorder “No Way In Hell” on #CrisisCenterCollective today (peace to #DJConcept) and never forget we forever serve up that

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 180! This is another week for the ages Vangardians - we have more WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES for you this week in conjunction with our upcoming Thursday interviewee, The Bad Seed! Seed & Nottz have a brand new LP dropping Sept 28 called “No Way In Hell” on Crisis Center Collective (big up to DJ Concept) and you can hear THREE never before heard joints on this very episode! Snippets of the interview are at the end of Ep180, the full interview with Seed will drop Thursday. And if THAT isn’t enough - how about we’re expanding the lineup at #WeAreTheGard, our Friday night showcase at A3C this year. On top of the original lineup with Bumpy Knuckles, Kev Brown, J57, Camoflauge Monk, The Architect, Nowaah The Flood, J Scienide, Billie Essco, DayTripper - we’re ADDING Opio of Souls of Mischief, Breakbeat Lou, Rasheed Chappell, Bozack Morris, Sixman and Dillon & Batsauce! Say WHAT?! The adds are a show in of itself, you say? We agree. Don’t miss it, Friday Oct 5th at 529 EAV! Say it again n

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Rasheed Chappell interview session! Let’s just start with this - if 1/2 of SVR, the one and only South Memphis Meeks, can’t stop talking about an upcoming MC’s album, that artist must be special - because that NEVER happens. That happens to be the case with this weeks interview session, as Meeks can barely contain himself given Rasheed and the legendary Kenny Dope are about to hit ya’ll with that “First Brick” on Friday Sept. 14th. Our lively convo with Rasheed kicks off with him breaking down the process behind the EP, the long-awaited full length LP to come called “Brick and Mortar” and why this First Brick is so feature rich with cameo’s from Lil’ Fame, Hus Kingpin, Napoleon Da Legend, Recognize Ali, Crimeapple & Daniel Son. We also get into the genesis of Rasheed & Kenny’s relationship, what it’s like to create with one of the greatest producers of all time and why he stood his ground with manager DJ Eclipse over the past 6-7 years in regard to his music output a

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 179! Hey now folks - it’s another one of those exclusive type weeks here at SVR. We just can’t help but stunt with all this EXCLUSIVE material every week, so we keep the collars popped as we have TWO EXCLUSIVES from Rasheed Chapell and Kenny Dope’s upcoming “First Brick” EP that drops this Friday, Sept. 14th! If that wasn’t enough, we have an interview session with Rasheed that drops on Thurs this week, one day before “First Brick” drops! Snippets of the interview are at the end of the mix, the full drops Thursday. Last but not least - how about we just announced our #WeAreTheGard showcase at #A3C18 this year? Alongside Speakeasy Promotions, we’re tearing down 529 EAV on Fri. Oct 5 with Bumpy Knuckles, Kev Brown, J57, Camoflauge Monk, The Architect, Nowaah The Flood, J Scienide, Billie Essco, DaayTripper and more! If you don’t believe by now, we don’t know what to tell you other than it’s forever that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 178! Hope everyone had a grand Labor Day weekend - we ripped a page out of the take it easy book this week ourselves and only did a mix show, so there’s no interview session this week. Regardless, lots of brand new joints, comedy non-stop from your guys Doe & Meeks, and let’s face it - you haven’t listened to all of the interviews anyway, so go back and catch up if you get the itch this Thursday. We’ll be back next week with the goodness that is always #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live Sept 3, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. prod. logic marselis Talk Break Inst. - "Forest Of

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the UllNevaNo interview session! We head to Charm City this week to connect with a new favorite here at Southern Vangard Radio - UllNevaNo from the MGNTK collective. This guy dropped off his latest record with Norfolk producer MANHE, called “SHAMGOD” just over a month ago, and we’ve been scratching our heads ever since trying to understand how we slept on this beast of a crew. After we get UllNevaNo’s correct name pronunciation out of the way ( say it like “You’ll Never Know”), we hear about the latest and greatest in Baltimore’s underground, how him and other Baltimore wordsmiths like Jamil Honesty, Jay Royale & Ill Conscious are making lyrical, bar dense hip-hop relevant in their city again and how to maneuver in a city with a few different hip-hop scenes. UllNevaNo also breaks down the history and evolution of the MGNTK crew, their cassette merch game and his ongoing homage to 80s’ & 90’s basketball. On top of that, he hit us off with TWO WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES from he

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 177! This week is a real treat good people - not only does Ep177 have all the new treats you’ve come to expect every week - it also has a SISONGSET, a SEVESONGSET (peace to NJ2AK) - AND we have TWO WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES from Balitmore’s own UllNevano & illien Rosewell! When we say worldwide exclusives - we mean this is the first place they’ve been played on planet earth for the general public! We get the inside scoop on these two joints and more in our interview session that drops on Thursday with - wait for it…yep, you got it - UllNevaNo! Interview snippets are at the end of Ep177, the full drops on Thursday. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it thousand times - it’s always that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live August 26, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Ma

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Vic Spencer interview session! This Chicago MC has been shredding mics for over a decade now, and doesn’t show any signs up letting up - one look at his releases to date in 2018 and you wonder if he ever sleeps! We kick things off by chatting with Vic about his ever important work with Chicago youth, how he leverages music and subsequent relationships in that work, as well the challenges that come with it. We dig into his hand to hand approach with his recently released LP, “A Smile Killed My Demons”, how he handles releasing music on the myriad of music platforms available today and where his relentless work ethic comes from. Vic also dishes on his working relationships with Ras Beats & Buscrates, how Houseshoes helped tweak the name of his LP with Sonnyjim and what he has coming up in the rest of 2018 - like an appearance on Ghostface Killah & Big Ghost Ltd’s new LP, for example! On top of all of that, he also gave us TWO WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES that we played on our

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 176! Woooooh boy we got a doozy for y’all this week good people! How about TWO WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVES from Chicago’s own VIC SPENCER?!?! These joints can’t be found anywhere but here! Go ahead, wipe those tears of joy from your eyes, because we also have an extensive interview session with Vic on Thursday! Check interview snippets at the end of Ep176 to get ready for the full interview that drops on Thurs! Remember #WeAreTheGard and it’s always that #smithsoniangrade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live August 19, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Bed Inst. prod. Tek-Zilla Talk Bed Inst. - "Dear Summer" - Tek-Zi

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Jamo Gang interview session! Our friends J57 and El Gant stopped by for an in-studio interview (sans Ras Kass), for an update on all things Jamo Gang, as they were in the A this week for a show @ 529 in East Atlanta. We get the scoop on their cross country Canadian tour back in the spring, why Gant was adamant about driving the entire way and the myriad of rap shenanigans that happen when you’re living that tour life. We also hear about their upcoming full length LP, how the overall direction of the group has evolved and dialed in since it’s inception, and why their music will be taking a more purposeful, political turn in the near future. Don’t fret, it’s not all super serious talk, folks - outside of the general yuks that occur when Jamo and the Gard get together, we also get an insider’s perspective on an INSANE story about Brother Ali snatching the mic from Justin Timberlake at a show in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They also dish on other upcoming projects, such as Ga

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 175! Let’s cut straight to it - Ep175 is short this week, folks. We had 2/3 of the Jamo Gang (J57 & El Gant) in studio for an incredible interview that went long, and afterwards they played us a bunch of the upcoming Jamo Gang album and we ended up being on FaceTime with one of the greatest hip-hop DJ / producer’s of all time. Doe and Meeks still gotta get up and go to work on Monday morning and get kids on the bus for school, so we had to compress the mix show this week. All that being said, this weeks mix does have a WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE from Asun Eastwood feat. Estee Nack - “Wing Stop” - which drops on Wednesday this week. We also put a few extra snippets of the Jamo Gang interview at the end of Ep175 to get you ready for the full interview that drops Thursday! High quality content ya’ll, nothing more than #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiph

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Ty Farris interview session! Ya’ll know we’re big fans of Detroit hip-hop here at Southern Vangard Radio - when we kicked off this show in 2015, a new wave of sound was coming out of the D in the form of Nolan The Ninja, Clear Soul Forces, Ty and many others. Since then, he has continued to ride that wave - if not command it - and he’s mashing through 2018 like a Mack truck with no brakes. Ty is kicking off the 2nd half of the year with the release of “No Cosign, Just Cocaine 2”, so we did it up right! Ty dropped a video for “Tyrant Talk” on Monday, we had an album premiere on Episode 174 AND there’s this here interview session for one day before the album drops on Friday, August 10! We get the scoop on his approach with the 2nd installment of the series that he originally kicked off on Valentine’s Day this year, his incessant attention to detail when it comes to song creation and how important it is for him to have a cohesive sound across a project, even when sever

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 174! We have another WORLD EXCLUSIVE for y’all this week folks! We dropped the Kev Brown #Homework album preview and interview session last week - this week we head to the Motor City and give y’all an album preview to Ty Farris’ “No Cosign, Just Cocaine 2”! We have 5 joints off the album in this weeks mix AND an interview session that drops on Thursday in preparation for the album dropping on Friday August 10th! Interview snippets are at the end of the mix, the full interview drops Thurssday! Throw-in the usual shenanigans from Doe and Meeks - word is they’re forming an R&B group - and you’ve got yourself a good time! We serve up that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live August 5, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Kev Brown interview session! There isn’t much to say about this gentleman other than he’s one of the best to do it, and continues to cement his legacy with every piece of music he’s a part of. We last heard from Kev on our interview with partner-in-crime and good friend of Southern Vangard Radio, J. Scienide back in 2015. This week, however, we got a one-on-one with Kev on the eve of the release of “Homework”, his first official solo LP in a decade plus. We talk with Kev on the premise behind the project, his longtime relationship with ReDefinition Records (peace to John & Damu) and all the other goodies he has on the way after this LP. We dust off the history books as well and talk about how life growing up in a household surrounded by music influenced him, how he found himself in the middle of this hip-hop thing and his early performances overseas with the Low Budget Crew. If that wasn’t enough, Kev dishes on his entry into the sound design game with MSXII & Akai P

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 173! Thank the good Lord above for this podcast right here. It brings sheer joy to your guys Doe & Meeks week after week, and brings sheer joy to every single listener - especially on a week like this. We turn things up a notch with Ep 173 as we have an EXCLUSIVE-laden episode thanks to the one and only Kev Brown. He has a new LP dropping this Friday, Aug. 3 on Redef Records called “HOMEWORK”, and we have a WHOLE set of exclusives for the first set AND talk break instrumentals. Did you know DJ Jon Doe has cuts on FIVE, count em FIVE joints on the LP too?! On top of that, we have an interview session with him that’s dropping in a few days! This is one for the books ya’ll - interview snippets at the end of the mix, we drop the full interview on Thursday - and yeah, we know what you were thinking….go ahead, say it…damn straight it’s NOTHING but that uncut, pure #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the #RobViktum interview session! This #Dallas by way of #Amarillo #TX #producer #DJ has long had a home here at Southern Vangard Radio - from his the plethora of bangers on 2017’s #ShootTheMessenger, to his work with #BennGrim, #Skrewtape, #LawrenceArnell, #TyFarris and many more in 2018. He also launched his own sound library company this year, #KerseyAndCastle, and has dropped 3 volumes in a very short amount of time with go to drum & sound sample site #TheDrumBroker. We have lengthy chats about all of that, and get into the history books as well - from his very influential parents who encouraged his craft, fateful family trips to #NYC in the late 80s & early 90s and how he managed to scrape together funds for his first sampler, an #EMU #SP1200. We also talk about various affiliations with legends like #MrDibbs and the #1200Hobos, being a part of #9thWonder’s DJ crew and how he met friend of Southern Vangard, the infamous Mr. Eric #Vanderslice. There’s so much more i