Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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531: Exclusive: Chuck D Talks Flavor Flav Firing and the Hoax of It. Food Industry As Modern Day Gangsters and Media Coverage of Negative Hip Hop Stories Apr 01, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with legendary hip hop artist, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Chuck D. The PE frontman breaks news on the firing of Flavor Flav and guess what? The joke is on you! The hard rhymer talks about the new Enemy Radio album, Loud is Not Enough, the Bernie Sanders concert and he breaks down the origins of Public Enemy and some of their most influential tracks. He also talks about his plans for 2020, why Enemy Radio’s track “Food as a Machine Gun” is the most important hip hop track of its time and why he won’t continue to let Hip Hop be treated as a bastard child.

530: The Library - Buckshot - Artist In the Age of Covid-19 Mar 31, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, legendary artist, Brooklyn's own, Buckshot. The Black Moon artist breaks down the business side of music,gives business advice to new artist during the pandemic, and the impact of quarantining and Covid-19 has had on the livelihood of the artist. Buckshot discusses the benefits of D-Nice's Instagram Live, his new venture, Buckshot Mobile and his new book.

529: The Library - 14 Trapdoors - Breaking the Mold While Representing Buffalo, New York Mar 24, 2020

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This week on The Library, Tim sits down with 14 Trapdoors. Made up of the artists known as Bendyface, WZA, Short Moscato, these artists discuss continuing to help put Buffalo, NY on the map. They talk about who they are, their influences, the late Mac Miller, MF Doom, working on a new project with 88 Keys, their own production, performing at a public library and what they plan to accomplish with their art.

528: The Library - Grafh Mar 10, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down to talk with hip hop artist Grafh, from Ground Central Coffee in New York City. Grafh tells Tim about how he masked his feelings after his dad was murdered and his continuing struggle to reconcile his death. Grafh breaks down the story behind the tracks, sequencing an album and features from his latest project, THE ORACLE III. He also discusses working with the legendary Pete Rock and he ode to the late, great Notorious B.I.G.

527: The Library - Fokis - Why Life is Good Interview Mar 03, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with artist, Fokis. Fokis and Tim talk about his project "This Thing Called Life", lyrics, art, exercising, Ras Kass and much more.

526: The Library - Lazarus - Wu-Tang to GZA to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Interview Feb 18, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Detroit MC and MD, Lazarus. Tim and Lazarus discuss touring with Wu-Tang Clan, his current tour with GZA, the impact of legendary Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Lazarus as an artist and the hip hop scene in Pakistan. Lazarus also talks about the intricacies of rhyming in multiple languages, and much more.

525: The Library - Sa-Roc - A Black Woman Created this Tour Interview Feb 11, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with Sa-Roc backstage at Elsewhere Hall in Brooklyn, NY during Rapsody's "A Black Woman Created this Tour". The Rhymesayers MC discusses her new music, being open with her fans through music, confidence through writing, and the importance of going out on tour with Rapsody and the significance behind it.

524: The Library - Asri Bendacha - Documentarian - Pursuing Hip Hop Greatness Feb 04, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, documentary filmmaker, Asri Bendacha sits down to talk about his new film, The Pursuit of Greatness. The documentary follows up and coming hip hop artist, Jon Rise as he struggles with balancing finances, family issues, his dream to become a famous rapper, while Asri explores the hip hop industry in the digital era. Tim and Asri talk about the film, his role as the filmmaker and his love for hip hop and much more.

523: The Library - Nikki Jean - Making the Music She Wants to Make Jan 28, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with artist, NIkki Jean at Webster Hall in New York City. The Rhymesayers artist talks about how working with greats such as Bob Dylan, Carole King, Carly Simon, Lamont Dozier, Jimmy Webb, and Burt Bacharach, have changed her writing. She discusses her broad range of influences from Irving Berlin to hip hop and the impact they have had on her life and art. Nikki also gives a breakdown of each track on her new project, Beautiful Prison.

522: The Library - D.I.T.C.'s Buckwild - Bridging Hip Hop's Generational Gaps Jan 22, 2020

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with legendary producer, DITC's Buckwild. Topics discussed: Years 1993, '94 and '95 being turning points for Hip Hop music, the late, great Big L, the role of a producer, how a trip to L.A. helped shape the Buckwild production sound, learning about R&B from Babyface and being influenced by The Bomb Squad. Buckwild also talks secrets to radio play, the gift and curse of having hit records, what makes O.C., Pharoahe Monch and others complete artist, Puffy wanting to manage O.C., Rawkus Records changing the game. The Bronx producer discusses about how many of today's artist are not elevating the art form and much much more.

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