Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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204: The Library: Masta Ace (Part 2) Jan 06, 2015

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In Part 2 of The Library with Tim Einenkel's interview with Masta Ace, the legendary emcee, Juice Crew and eMC member talks about the motivation behind his art, anniversaries of 2 albums, eMC's latest project, as well as his upcoming solo project.

203: Masta Ace: 25th Anniversary of "Take a Look Around." Jan 06, 2015

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On July 24, 1990, Masta Ace dropped her debut album "Take a Look Around." It has been 25 years since then and when asked by Tim on The Library to reflect on the album, Ace told Tim, "When I look back at that album, it sounds so preachy to me. "

202: Masta Ace: eMC's New Album Will Blow You Away Jan 05, 2015

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"The album is really good." Masta Ace tells Tim of the new eMC album during his interview with him on The Library. "Guest spots? We have a beat from Diamond D. I've never worked with Diamond D...We have B-Real from Cyprus Hill. We're working on Xzibit...The name of the album is "The Tonight Show" so it's about EMC being guests on The Tonight Show...I can't wait for people to hear the album, they're going to be blown away; I'm sure of it. "

Hear more of Masta Ace on The Library right here https://itun.es/i6g432b

201: Masta Ace: Sitting On Chrome Was His Compromise Album Jan 05, 2015

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On May 2, 1995, Masta Ace Incorporated released their 2nd album, Sittin' on Chrome. On The Library, Masta Ace reflects back on that album 20 years later.

"I think Sitting on Chrome was the album that should have been the most commercially successful because that was the intention. When we went into the studio to make that album, it was based on the success of one song, "Born to Roll." That song took off like nobody expected. One of those records that nobody saw coming even Delicious Vinyl...."

Here more of Tim's interview with Masta Ace here https://itun.es/i6g432b

200: Masta Ace: Feeding My Family Motivates Me Jan 05, 2015

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When Masta Ace's Disposable Arts was released in 2001, Ace said he went into it thinking it would probably be his last album because due to his MS he didn't know what the future held. When death or immobility are contributing factors behind art, it seems to create great work. Now that Ace has a better control over his MS and his health, I asked him are these still his motivation behind his work.

"What I'm doing is, this is how I feed my family, this is how my mortgage is paid, this is how we eat. And so, if I'm going to abuse my body, not be physical wealth or capable or able to be on a grueling tour and jump around on stage for twenty shows in a row for thirty days then I'm hurting my family because they're relying on me to go out there and earn....Those are my motivating factors. I got to continue to feed my family and I have to take care of myself to do that."

Hear more of Masta Ace on The Library right here https://itun.es/i6g432b

199: The Library: Brian Coleman (Part 1) Dec 22, 2014

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This week on The Library, Tim talks to Veteran author and Hip Hop Historian Brian Coleman about his new book “Check the Technique: Vol 2: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies". In part 1 of Tim's interview Brian talks about the creation of timeless music, how he draws inspiration from artists such as: Too $hort, Schoolly D and Uncle Luke from 2 Live Crew and the story behind the Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star album.

198: Brian Coleman: Album Selection Process for the Books Dec 22, 2014

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On The Library, Tim talks to veteran author and Hip Hop Historian Brian Coleman about his new book “Check the Technique: Vol 2: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies." "The way things are selected for these books is definitely not as scientific as some people might assume. I can assure you of that," Brian told Tim during his interview on The Library. He continued, "These are kind of my journey as a fan and they're albums that I personally love. If they happen to be some of the greatest albums of all time or happen to be in the hip-hop cannon, that's great but that's not my intention."

Download part 1 of the interview with Brian Coleman this Monday (12/22/14) here https://itun.es/i6g432b.

197: Brian Coleman Timeless Music Eye of the Beholder Dec 22, 2014

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On The Library, Tim talks to veteran author and Hip Hop Historian Brian Coleman about his new book “Check the Technique: Vol 2: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies." Brian told Tim during the interview, "Timeless is kind of in the eye of the beholder. It's in the fans' eyes. If it holds up over time. If over time it will considered to be more of gimick. a one hit wonder. or just kind fade away. Or it will be something that still sounds amazing and still something the fans latch on to as much now as they did 20-25 years ago."

Download part 1 of the interview with Brian Coleman this Monday (12/22/14) here https://itun.es/i6g432b.

196: Brian Coleman: The Too $hort, Schoolly D, Uncle Luke of Publishing Dec 22, 2014

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On The Library, Tim talks to veteran author and Hip Hop Historian Brian Coleman about his new book “Check the Technique: Vol 2: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies." Brian told Tim during the interview, "I could have probably sold this to a major publisher if I had wanted to take an extra couple of months and really pitch it around and kiss people's butt and stuff like that," Coleman told Tim. "i just don't do that. And part of the reason I don't do that is because I take inspiration from people Too $hort, Schoolly D, Uncle Luke from 2 Live Crew in the way they've always been like "you know what, I want this to be undiluted. I want it to do it exactly the way I want to do it." Maybe that's offensive to some people but I'm an artist and I express myself. Listeners can decide to deal with that however they want. They can not buy it or they can buy it and get really into it."

Download part 1 of the interview with Brian Coleman this Monday (12/22/14) here https://itun.es/i6g432b.

195: Brian Coleman: Story Of Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star Album Dec 19, 2014

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On The Library, Tim talks to veteran author and Hip Hop Historian Brian Coleman about his new book “Check the Technique: Vol 2: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies." During the interview Tim asked Brian for the story behind Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star album. "Black Star was never a group," Coleman explained. "It was intended to be a one off album. It was never intended to be a long term thing...Talib Kweli's main goal was to do a Reflection Enternal album and the Black Star album was kind of a means to an end...Mos Def, Yasin Bey, looked at that album like a jazz session from the 50s..."

Part of The Library's interview with Brian Coleman will air this Sunday, 8pm EST on rapstation.com. It'll also be available for download this Monday here https://itun.es/i6g432b.

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