Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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347: The Library: Classified (Shit is Filthy Interview) Sep 14, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Canadian Hip-Hop artist, Classified, who has released his latest album "Greatful." Tim and Classified talk about the album and what it was like working with Snoop Dogg and DJ Premier. He talks about the differences between working with artists in the studio versus over the internet, how Canadian music laws have helped and hurt independent artists, and how quitting weed for 10 days allowed him to write one of his favorite versus for the album.

346: The Library: Producer Superior (Interview) Sep 06, 2016

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This week on The Library with TIm Einenkel, German producer Superior joins Tim from Italy to talk about his new album, “The journey”. It will feature artists such as Blu, Edo G, Reks, Verbal Kent, M-Dot, Termanology, Lil Fame Of M.O.P and more.

345: The Library: Slug: He's No Biggie (Interview) Aug 30, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Slug, co-founder of the indie label Rhymesayers Entertainment and one half of the group Atmosphere. Slug and Tim discuss the art of growing a beard, Atmosphere's new album - Fishing Blues-, learning to make music fun again, balancing tour life and family life, and why if Biggie was still a live today, he might not make 5 lists. People put Biggie in the top 5. "I'll never be in the top 5. I'll never be Biggie. It's okay, I'm okay with that. I can never be Biggie because I lived. If Biggie were alive right now, he wouldn't be Biggie. It [“No Biggie”] basically was about when an artist is cut short, it doesn't give us an opportunity to poke holes in them. He didn't give us a chance to watch him fall off. He never gave us that 5th album where we can be like “well, Biggie lost it.” And then the 6th album where we can be like “He got it back.” We put him in the top 5 by default, where really we don't know where it would have went from there.”

344: The Library: Sadat X is Agua (Interview) Aug 16, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim sits down with legendary MC, Sadat X, live from Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York to talk about his new album, Agua, executive produced by Will Tell and featuring Pete Rock, Lord Jamar, Dres, R.A. The Rugged man, Rahzel, A.F.R.O., Wordsworth, Shabaam Sahdeeq and many more. The Bronx, NY MC also discusses why A.F.R.O. is on the road to greatness, how Sadat has stayed in the game for so long, why Hip-Hop should not be your only source of income and the perfect wine for certain situations.

343: The Library: Rahzel, The Godfather of Noyze Aug 08, 2016

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The week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to The Godfather of Noyze, Rahzel. The former member of The Roots, joins Tim backstage at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY at his Rahzel and Friends show, to discuss why he started beatboxing, his take on where Hip-Hop started, how he's found his own path through diversity, why he loves the live performance and working with Pete Rock, Large Professor, Bjork and others.

340: The Library: Ice T Interview; Now Pay Attention Jun 30, 2016

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Ice-T made a name for himself bringing his life as a hustler on the streets onto his debut album, 1987’s Rhyme Pays. He was a pioneer in hip hop as it went from regionally popular music to nationally recognized art form. Since then he has become one of only a handful of hip hop MCs to create a highly visible and successful entertainment career, creating music, acting in television and film, and writing a memoir. As he gets ready to headline The Art of Rap Festival this summer, he sits down with The Library’s Tim Einenkel to discuss the many lanes he's taken throughout his career. He talks about his single-minded drive to find freedom from the poverty and violence of the streets, why you should never battle an unsigned rapper, and what the real lesson of Marlon Brando’s Godfather was.
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338: The Library: A-F-R-O (All Flows Reach Out) Interview Jun 16, 2016

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A-F-R-O has been cosigned by artists such as: Questlove, Talib Kweli, Queen Latifah, DJ Premier, Murs, Jean Grae, and many more. If you ask him who are his influences, he will give you a list of Golden Era Mcs. The much anticipated 18 year old A-F-R-O joins Tim on The Library this week to talk about working with RA the Rugged Man, Premo, his soon to be released debut album, why he loves to rhyme and why he's joined to the Golden Era of Hip Hop.

336: The Library: CL Smooth's Emancipation (The Interview) Jun 09, 2016

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This week on The Library, Tim talks to hip hop legend CL Smooth. He talks about the upcoming release of his second solo album. "the Emancipation of Corey Penn". CL also opens up on what it was like working with such icons as Big Daddy Kane, Heavy D and The Boyz, Kool G Rap, Run DMC, Grand Puba, Q-Tip, AZ and of course Pete Rock. Other topics he touches upon include the importance of the horn in his songs and and the role of the artist as an agent of positive change.

334: The Library: Kokane: Bringing Back that West Coast G-Funk Sound Jun 02, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, legendary west coast artist, Kokane joins Tim to talk about his new album Kokane King of Gfunk, which features Bootsy Collins, Gipp Goodie, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, George Clinton and more. He tells Tim why he chose Hip Hop over Funk, why this album is an album for the people and the influence Motown, Reggae and Funk continue to have on him as an artist. "Our identity on the West Coast is really the G-Funk sound. when you go on to New York sound, it's the Boom Bap sound. When you go to the South sound, it's the Trap sound. But then we got to get back to what made us, and that's the West Coast G-Funk sound."

333: The Library: Positive K Interview May 26, 2016

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This week on The Library with Tim Einenkel, Positive K. The Bronx producer and MC talks about his career, the gift and the curse of his 1992 hit "I Got a Man", and how his diversity of styles on his debut album, The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, helped to pave a way for future artists. He discusses almost becoming Nas' manager, the importance of professional wrestling to him, and his soon to be released album with Greg Nice, titled Great Minds.

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