A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal

Latest Episodes:

QUARANTINE RADIO with Jemele Hill, Lenny S and Rembert Browne Mar 17, 2020

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Today on Episode 2 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on Jemele Hill, Lenny S and Rembert Browne.

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QUARANTINE RADIO with our mom, Jack Harlow and Big Wos Mar 16, 2020

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Today on Episode 1 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on our mom, Jack Harlow and Big Wos.

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#307: Grafh Mar 09, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Queens' own Grafh to the Upper West Side! Celebrating the release of his latest collaboration with DJ Green Lantern, The Oracle 3, Grafh talks growing up in the rough environs of Jamaica, Queens, an only child living with his mother, the unthinkable realities of his father entering his life as a teenager and leaving just as quick. We discuss his talents in music and sports, and the steps he took toward a career in medicine, obsessing over Royce da 5'9 and Eminem's rhymes on Stretch & Bobbito, going to St. John's until his campus talent show performance caught the attention of Busta Rhymes, and music took full control. We get into his early work with 88-Keys, DJ Clark Kent's encouragement to rap for days, and Kanye's guidance in focusing his storytelling to 16-bar phrases. Grafh breaks down his time at Sony, at Roc-a-Fella, at Def Jam and at Koch, his working relationship with Chaz at Black Hand Entertainment, how he was too headstrong to truly succeed in his twenties, how he never completely left the streets behind, and the epiphany he had in on a work trip through Virginia that allowed him to totally reset. We discuss his friendships with Bun B and Royce, almost signing to Scarface, writing music for J.Lo and LL Cool J, spitting straight heat for over a dozen years, happily watching the pendulum swing back to lyricism, and much more!

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#306: The Return of Jadakiss Mar 02, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our friend Jadakiss back from a five-year solo-podcast hiatus for a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation about the life of Icepic Jay Jackson, how one evolves after losing a loved one, the pain he put into his new album Ignatius, the facts he spits on his records, what made him grow his hair back, why he wants to sell some of his most exclusive shoes, the blind spot in his movie catalog, why it's so important to find the right dentist, what he appreciates about Rick Ross, his issues with the Grammys and how he expects us to help him get a nomination, and much more!

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#305: The Return of Royce Da 5'9 Feb 25, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Detroit's own Royce da 5'9 back to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and very meaningful conversation on what he misses about Slaughterhouse, their unreleased project, the places he and Eminem listen to music, meeting Beyonce for the first time in celebration of Carmen: a Hip-Hopera, listening to 4:44 for the first time alongside Jay Electronica, what he fights with DJ Premier about, doing the Tootsie Roll in a high school talent show, how he broke the cycle when it came to parenting, and much more!

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#304: Cory Townes Feb 18, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal we welcome Philly's own Cory Townes to Upper West Side to discuss his decade-long creative journey to becoming a working, thriving and happy DJ. Cory talks everything from Gremlins to seafood cheesesteaks, working in sneaker stores to working in the Apple store, designing clothes to hosting parties, writing in his own voice to writing in Cliff Paul's, meeting siblings to meeting A$AP Mob, watching How to Make It in America to watching his father, the world famous DJ Jazzy Jeff, losing his way to finding his passion, and so much more!

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#303: Jessie Reyez Feb 10, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Toronto's own singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez to the Upper West Side for a wide-ranging, thoughtful and personal conversation. We discussed everything from meeting Rihanna and Beyonce and Frank Ocean, to being mentored by King Louie, to driving through the Bath Salt District every day, to what The Weeknd and strippers have to do with her career, to her asshole years as a teenager, to when she recognized the goodness of her parents, to what she's done to make up for past ways, and so much more!

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#302: Russ Feb 04, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Russ to the Upper West Side for the wide-ranging, thoughtful and personal conversation you've been waiting for!

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#301: Jonathan Mannion Jan 27, 2020

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious and very meaningful conversation!

(3:45) AKAs

(4:48) What photographs/artwork he has on his walls at home.

(5:28) Meeting and working with Richard Avedon

(11:20) His introduction to Hip Hop and what other genres/artists he enjoys

(22:37) “Who you shoot vs. How you shoot”

(32:30) The first time he sold a print/photograph.

(35:08) Dealing with online criticism

(40:07) What sessions he felt that he rose to the occasion

(45:22) Shooting for DJ Khaled and the differences between photographing humans and animals

(56:57) The creative process behind his album cover shoots

(59:03) Shooting at live events as opposed to magazines or album covers

(1:05:21) Advice to upcoming photographers

(1:12:32) Other art forms he uses to express himself and discusses all the private flights he has taken

Speed Round:

(1:22:53) Busta Rhymes

(1:24:36) Puff Daddy

(1:26:21) Outkast

(1:27:35) June Ambrose

(1:28:35) Nelly

(1:31:04) Dreamville

(1:32:34) Who he wants to work with

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#300: The Return of Joe Budden Jan 20, 2020

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Now we're podding! This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome our friend and co-host of the Joe Budden Podcast, Joe Budden, back to the Upper West Side for a deep and dope conversation about patience, determination, vision and happiness.

TOPICS:

8:25 Podcast starts

11:19 Joe Budden TV

14:44 Betting on yourself and being patient when dealing with big companies/corporations

29:09 Veering off from a traditional rap career into radio and podcasting

43:31 Time at Complex and Partnering with Spotify

59:11 The Joe Budden Podcast/The Pull Up/ State of the Culture

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