Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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357: The Library: Grandmaster Caz (A Cold Crush Brother) Dec 27, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim is joined by Grandmaster Caz. The Hip Hop legend talks to Tim about the birth of the culture, what he expected out of it, the night he became "Grandmaster", which Hip Hop elements he's grown to appreciate, whether the disconnect between each Hip Hop generation is organic or industry made, being referenced in a Jay Z song and featured on a Macklemore song, and we get his reaction to Tupac's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

356: The Library: Dinco D and Charlie Brown (Interview) Dec 20, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Leaders of The New School members Charlie Brown and Dinco D from their Queens, NY studio. The legendary MCs talk about Dinco D's new album, Cameo Flows, the impact singer Frankie Beverly has had on Hip Hop, Chuck D's influence, and the formula for making timeless music. They also let us in on the group's plans for 2017.

355: The Library: General Steele is Building Bridges Dec 13, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Smif-N-Wessun/Boot Camp Clik's General Steele. The Bucktown MC sits down with Tim at a coffee shop in Harlem, NY to talk about his new collaboration with Vermont producer Es-K Building Bridges. They talk about writing, Sean Price (R.I.P), almost retiring from the game and the impact gentrification and a Donald Trump presidency might have on Hip Hop culture and rap music.

354: The Library: Hip Hop God Mikey D (Interview) Nov 29, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, artist, Mikey D. The Queens, NY Legend, has released a new album—Day Of D'struction. Tim talks with MIKEY D about the album, developing his own style, battling, and how Chuck D, Grand Daddy I.U and LL Cool J have played important roles in his life.

353: The Library: Illus Nov 17, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, ILLUS joins Tim to talk about his new album A Perfectly Imperfect Beautiful Naked Creation. The album is produced entirely by legendary Rhymesayer, Blueprint and features guest verses by Blueprint, Slug from Atmosphere, Craig G, Roxxxteady, and Paul Dateh. The MC talks to Tim about working with all those artists, why rap needs more superheroes and working with legendary DJ Johnny Juice.

352: The Library: DJ Rob Swift Nov 08, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, DJ Rob Swift. He's a Turntablist, an innovator and a guest lecturer at The New School in New York City. He's also worked with the X-ecutioners, Linkin Park, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Large Professor, Supanatural and many others. Rob sits down with Tim, outside The New School and gives a really in-depth interview about his career. The artist from Queens, NY talks to Tim about album concepts, how he got into teaching, and the music he's most proud of. This is definitely a must listen interview.

351: The Library: Supa Dave West (I Am Nobody) Nov 01, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Supa Dave West, who has helped produce 6 of De La Soul's albums, including their newest release "and the Anonymous Nobody..." Dave talks about the new album and his experiences working with the legendary group for all these years, while striving to create the "perfect beat." He also talks about the late, great J-Dilla and what he meant to music.

350: The Library: Skyzoo and Apollo Brown's Easy Truth Oct 18, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Skyzoo and Apollo Brown. The Detroit Producer and the Brooklyn MC sit down with Tim from a park in Brooklyn, NY to talk about their new album, The Easy Truth, and to discuss the art of sampling, blending the unique features of New York and Detroit, and Skyzoo breaks down one of his verses.

349: Skyzoo Spits! Tim tries to Spit Oct 18, 2016

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Skyzoo and Apollo Brown recently sat down with The Library with Tim Einenkel to discuss their new album, The Easy Truth. During the interview Tim attempted to recite lyrics by Skyzoo; Skyzoo helped him out. Find out what the lyrics mean and more soon when the entire interview is posted.

Here's the lyrics from the track "A Couple of Dollars"

[Verse 2: Skyzoo]
And it sounds like beautiful like the truth
Like "she bad but even more beautiful in the coupe"
And seeing that was seeing all that I would need to pursue
The e-class that was used to corner me off the stoop
Was as clean as the book that your hand on
When you prayed that we stayed away from them anthems
Fuck is left for us except for us to go stand on
A box with a rope and a bottle of Spade
Carpe diem, carpe diem, make it pop it for the day
I threw money to jeweler, sneaker box full of change
Know me, I'm no better I'm about it the same
Cause on a box with a rope is how we got in this frame
Now flick it up, one time for 'em, one time for 'em
Know...

348: The Library: Kemba, Don’t Call Him Conscious Sep 27, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim is joined by Kemba. The Bronx MC sits down with Tim to talk about his new album "Negus", Tupac's legacy 20 years after his tragic death, and the gift and curse of addressing social injustices in your art.

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