Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 172! Hey hey party people, we’re back with more twice a week goodness - but before we get into it - let it be known that 1) this is a podcast for adults only - always has been, always will be 2) if you have children under the age of 18 listening to this podcast, it’s your responsibility - not ours 3) all views, opinions, locker room talk and general trash talking are solely those of your friendly neighborhood co-hosts, DJ Jon Doe & Eddie Meeks and 4) this is entertainment by two middle-age guys that are best friends, love hip-hop and are just trying to have a little fun every week - don’t take it us so seriously, we don’t. Alright now that we got that out of the way - tons of new joints on Ep172 mix this week, and we have a crazy insightful interview with producer, DJ and Kersey and Castle head honcho Rob Viktum! Interview snippets are at the end of the mix, the full interview drops on Thursday! #LiveInYourTruth and remember it’s ALWAYS that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek //

Ruste Juxx - Southern Vangard Radio Interview Sessions BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Ruste Juxx interview session! This man needs absolutely no introduction - the Crown Heights rhyme animal has been putting it down for two decades plus and recently dropped one of the summer’s best albums, “Jake and The Juxxman” with NYC producer / engineer / MC , Jake Palumbo. We spoke with Jake a few weeks ago, and now have the other half of the story on how this project came together. Of course we also crack open the history books, and hear about how influential Ruste’s uncle was on him as an MC, how he met Sean Price and his early work with Spencer Bellamy’s East Flatbush Project on 10/30 Uproar Records. We even have a very brief appearance from the one and only Bernadette Price! Hey folks - it’s what you expect, so make sure you tell a friend, cop “Jake and The Juxxman” today and press play on that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek  // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #s

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 171! Oh boy oh boy oh BOY…hold onto your hats this week Vangardians! It must have been those gold bourbon glasses Doe & Meeks were drinking from, ‘cause we’re talking EXQUISITE presentation this week! Doe was locked in with tons of new joints for our Ep171 mix and we have the follow up to our Jake Palumbo interview a few weeks ago - the one and only Ruste Juxx! These two gents have an LP out now, check out what Ruste has to say about it when the full interview drops on Thursday - until then you can hear snippets of our chat at the end of Ep171. You best BELIEVE it’s 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 July 15, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube tw

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 170! Hey there friends and foes, Doe and Meeks back on their bullsh*t this week after last weeks vacation - wait, what’s that? We were on vacation last week but we STILL dropped Episode 169 & an interview with Jake Palumbo? Man we put in that work to keep the fiends coming back, don’t we?! Ep170 is chocked full of new joints, no surprise there. However, our interview session fell through at the absolute last minute, so we’ll get it rescheduled for next week or the following week. Go back and check an interview you haven’t listened to yet (there’s over 100) or listen to Ep170 again on Thursday. Heck yeah we’re fancy it’s that #Guggenheim AND #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live July 9, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Jake Palumbo interview session! You know when you talk to someone for the first time and it feels like home? That’s what happened when Doe & Meeks got Brooklyn by way of East TN MC, producer & engineer on the horn this week. Jake has a new album with Ruste Juxx dropping July 6th on SpaceLAB Recordings / Soulspazm, so we got down with the man behind the boards to find out how the collaboration came to be. Jake also breaks down what it was like moving to Brooklyn some 12 years ago from East TN, how he managed to work his way into the epicenter of the NY hip-hop underground and what it was like working with hip-hop greats like Roc Marciano and the late great Sean Price. We crack open the history books as well and hear about Jake’s upbringing in the South, how woodsheddin’ with his instruments and drum machines in middle school probably saved his life and rolling across the country in a Honda Accord with his SpaceLAB brethren. Folks, when we say there’s more, there’s LOT

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Estee Nack interview session! We LIVE this week good people - and when we say live, we mean LIVE!!! Lynn, MA’s own Estee Nack called in this week and provided if not the best interview to date in 2018 - it’s certainly the most entertaining. This cat’s energy is palpable as he talks about the break neck pace he and his crew, the Tragic Allies, have been on as of late, his personal and working relationship with individuals in the crew like Paranorm, Codenine, Purpose & Al Divino, and recent collab with affiliate members like Crucial The Guillotine. We crack open this history books as well and chat about Estee’s early music influences, growing up in a Latino household and being a part of the Five-Percent Nation. We’ve given ya’ll enough here, trust there’s a lot more inside - you just have to press play, pour it out, light it up and enjoy that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek  // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcast #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixclou

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 168! We’re keeping sh*t short and sweet this week folks - so get ready, this ain’t a repeat of last week. Ridiculous new music, Estee Nack of Tragic Allies on the interview session. Snippets at the end of the mix, full interview drops on Thursday. The greats always re-adjust when there’s a misstep - and come back better than ever. Got damn right it’s ALWAYS that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live June 24, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Instrumentals prod. Kostia Talk Break Instrumental - "Canine Alliance" - Kostia "ADONAI&ARJUNA" - Estee Nack x al.divino (prod. haNN_11) "Newport Box" - C

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Nowaah The Flood interview session! Nowaah has made many an appearance here at Southern Vangard radio throughout our 167 mix shows - as has The Architect, whom Nowaah recently collaborated with on his first full length LP, “Trill Life: Mathematiks.” Outside of it being that raw ish that both gentleman are known for - the artwork for the album, as well a certain remix The Architect did a year ago, appears to have influenced one Mr. Jones and Mr. West on the recently released NASIR. With that, we got Nowaah on the horn to talk about the new record, his thoughts on the coincidences and what’s it been like managing the attention it’s brought. We also get into a little history on how Nowaah got into making music, working with PNC Supreme Cerebral, Dirty Diggs, Killa Kali & the Poison Pen Regime. There’s lots more inside folks - don’t wait another second - but before you press play, go cop “Trill Life: Mathematiks” on Bandcamp, press play and remember it’s always that #smi

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 167! Hey folks, don’t fret, we’re back at it this week! Summer colds took out both Meeks and Doe last week, we had to shut it down and get healthy. We’re back with that twice a week goodness, and boy do the new joints keep flowing this summer. On top of the usual fly mix we deliver on Tuesdays, we have an interview with the one and only Nowaah The Flood! Check interview snippets at the end of Ep167, the full drops on Thursday! #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live June 17, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Instrumentals prod. DJ Spinna circa 1996 Talk Break Inst. - "BuildinBlox" - DJ Spinna "T

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Asun Eastwood interview session! We head back up top this week - and by that we mean Toronto - for an interview with none other than MC Asun Eastwood. if you’re a fan of the show, by now you know we are BIG fans of the new wave of the Toronto hip-hop underground, of which Asun is a massive part of. We get an update on all the goodies he’s dropping this year - including some never before heard exclusive news on one of his upcoming projects and a litany of guest feature work. We dig into Asun’s history - from his Belize roots, his move to Toronto at a young age and how he was even influenced by the South growing up via family visits to Jacksonville, FL. Asun breaks down what motivated him to crank up his music chops again a few years ago, working with longtime collaborators Onaje Jordan & Uncle D.O.E. and how he connected with Bozack Morris, Daniel Son, Futurewave. There’s more fun inside folks, so don’t wait a second longer - push play, shout #TOMA and take in that #s

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 166! Summer is full effect Vangardians, and Meeks and Doe seem to have a bit more pep in their step! We got that EXCLUSIVE ish this week folks as our interviewee for this week, Asun Eastwood, laced us with a never before heard joint off an upcoming project! As Asun would say - TOMA! You can check snippets of his interview at the end of the mix, the full interview drops on Thursday. Once again friends, it’s that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live June 4, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. Prod. By Chikaramanga Talk Break Inst. - "Aftertaste" - Chikaramanga "No Favors (Message To A Hate

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 165! Dropping on the first of the month this week good people - and as Meeks said, this is the EBT episode of Southern Vangard Radio, so get cash your checks and get up! Memorial Day weekend and life stuff made things a little tricky this week, but we still giving ya’ll that work, even if it’s at the end of the week. Lots of new joints, of course, and the regular Doe & Meeks lunacy between the music. No interview this week - but there are plenty we know you haven’t checked out - the last few being Napoleon Da Legend, Smoovth, Elonh Kush, SPNDA, ID4Windz - the list goes on. So hurry up now, go ahead and push play while thanking the LAWD above for that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live May 31, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernva

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Napoleon Da Legend interview session! This Brooklyn by way of DMV by way of Paris MC has made quite the name for himself the past few years. One look at his 2018 releases alone will have you wondering how this gentleman gets any sleep! Fresh off the heels of “Steal This Mixtape 3” in April and the just released “Afrostreet,” we had to get NDL on the horn to find out what makes this him tick. We dig in about how his Parisian & East African background influenced him musically, his move to the DC / MD / VA area and why taking off to Brooklyn inevitably set the stage for his breakthrough as an artist. Napoleon also breaks down his heavy touring internationally in the past 12-18 months, how he managed to get booked at the Essence festival and what it was like being a part of the last Rocksteady Anniversary last summer. You know we also got that EXCLUSIVE info too - including a never before heard joint with Rasheed Chappell off “Steal This Mixtape 4” - but you’ll have to

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 164! We dropped ole Ep163 right out of the sky last week, didn’t we? If you blinked, you might have missed the fact that we dropped TWO mixes last week - Ep162 & Ep163. Might not have had an interview session last week but we DID drop twice a week! This week we’re back in regular form - a god awful amount of fly new joints on Ep164 AND an interview with Napoleon Da Legend! He even hit us off with an exclusive with Rasheed Chappell off his upcoming “Steal This Mixtape 4”! Ya’ll know Steal This Mixtape 3 JUST came out in April, right? Man we stay giving ya’ll that raw before anyone else, don’t forget it! Snippets of the interview with NDL are at the end of this mix, the full drops on Thursday. Do we have to say it again…yeah, we do - hit play ‘cause you know it’s ALWAYS #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WO

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 163! SURPRISE! While we didn’t drop an interview session this week, we STILL gonna hit you in the head with that twice a week raw. This episode is courtesy of our good friends The Wrecking Crew All Stars and their weekly radio show, Techniques Radio. Broadcasting live every Thursday from 9pm-11pm on 91.1 FM Georgia Tech Radio, and streaming live on wrek.org - this is the LONGEST running hip-hop time slot in Atlanta, PERIOD. When we say longest running - we mean 1986, ya’ll!!! DJ Jon Doe is a guest DJ once a quarter, and this mix is from his appearance there a few weeks ago. On top of the regular new hip-hop treats, there’s a freestyle session with Greenville’s PR Heavy & ATL’s Melee Wreck, not to mention interviews with J57, DJ Jon Doe himself and Minister Server. Enjoy the weekend good people, see ya’ll next Tuesday! #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhip

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 162! Hello there guys and gals, ready for another fun filled week with DJ Jon Doe & Eddie Meeks? The South is back in your mouth again after a lovely Mother’s Day weekend, and as you more than likely know - it’s more of that fly sh*t. Gobs of that new new await - do y’all realize how much music we go through every week? - so buckle up! No interview session this week - go back and check our interview with the one and only SmooVth last week or check one of the many other you know you haven’t listened to yet. Yessiree it’s that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live May 14, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Brea

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SmooVth interview session! We have been working on this one for some time folks - and the timing couldn’t be any better as SmooVth and Giallo Point are about to drop “Medellin 2”. SmooVth has been holding down Hempstead, Long Island for years now, and if the music wasn’t enough - the history & lineage to the greats backs it up. We talk about the upcoming release with Giallo, what to expect with the follow up to one of 2017’s more memorable projects and how he originally connected with the UK producer. SmooVth also drops some EXCLUSIVE news on us as he announces his upcoming project with Bronze Nazareth, not to mention his collaboration with Stu Bangas that drops later this year. Of course we go back and do the history - Smooth breaks down growing up around a young Busta Rhymes, Roc Marciano & Jazz, his uncle that was a part of the early LI movement, the influence his grandfather had on him musically and his early days collaborating with comrade Hus Kingpin. We get de

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep 161! Woah buddy are ya’ll in for some TREATS this week!. First off - tons of new joints, which is to be expected. Second - #FiveSe7enMusic was in the house HEAVY as J57, Bobby Mercer & Chel$eMoney stopped by to hang during Ep161 AND we have an interview session with Hempstead’s own SmooVth on Thursday! The homie SmooVth even hit us off with a NEVER HEARD BEFORE EXCLUSIVE that will be on Medellin 2, the follow up LP to last year’s Medellin with Giallo Point! Interview snippets are at the end of the mix, the full interview with SmooVth drops Thursday. Catch us if you can, and yep - you’re got damn right it’s that #smithsonian #grade #twiceaweek // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #DJ #mix #interview #podcasts #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live May 6, 2018 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the Eloh Kush interview session! While this MC / poet has been honing his craft for years, this New Brunswick, NJ native left an indisputable stamp on 2017 and is guaranteed to keep up the pace in 2018. His appearance on DJ Jon Doe & ID4Windz “Maxi-Single Sessions Vol. 01” that dropped at the end of March 2018 is just one of many examples why 2018 will be quite a year for him. We discuss this collaboration and more, including the a preview of his upcoming album with Japanese producer & Jazzy Sport affiliate BudaMunk - Fly Emperor 2, the follow up to last years Fly Emperor. Eloh also breaks down his experiences with the hip-hop scene in Japan, how he and Buda’s new song, “Land Bridges” came together with Issugi & John Robinson and what else we can expect from that side of the world given his strong ties to Japan. It wouldn’t be an interview if we didn’t go back and do the history - we hear about how Eloh got into this music thing, how a trip to the flea market resulted in