Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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194: The Library: Masta Ace (Part 1) Dec 17, 2014

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In Part 1 of The Library with Tim Einenkel's interview with Masta Ace, the legendary emcee, Juice Crew and eMC member talks about his early hip-hop influences, creating concept albums vs. non-concept ones, the impact "The Symphony" had on his career and working with Edo G and Pete Rock.

193: What If Marley Marl's The Symphony Never Happened? Masta Ace's Alternative Career Dec 17, 2014

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When legendary MC Masta Ace was featured on Marley Marl's The Symphony alongside Craig G, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, he knew music was his calling. But what if The Symphony never happened? Ace tells Tim on The Library what career he would have pursued. Part 1 of Tim's interview with Masta Ace will be available here soon https://itun.es/i6g432b

192: Masta Ace: Concept Albums Come to Me Dec 17, 2014

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"I don't come up with them. They come to me", legendary MC Masta Ace tells Tim on The Library when Tim asked him how he keeps coming up with concept albums. Ace continues "When I make these concept albums, the storyline around the album is an exercise for me. And it's a challenge as well because you're trying to make this story that you're trying to tell in between songs connect to the songs in someway. I've just enjoyed doing that and I'll continue to do those kinds of albums because for me as a writer, they're just a lot of fun to do."

Part 1 of Tim's interview with Masta Ace will be available here soon https://itun.es/i6g432b

191: Masta Ace's Very First Rap Influence Dec 17, 2014

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Masta Ace, born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and his very early hip-hop influences were dudes around his way whom used to rhyme in the park. Ace tells Tim on The Library about the impact one guy in particular had on his career.

Part 1 of Tim's interview with Masta Ace will be available here soon https://itun.es/i6g432b

190: Masta Ace Talks Timeless Music and Edo G and Pete Rock Dec 17, 2014

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"I was happy it was a song about something", legendary MC Masta Ace tells Tim on The Library when Tim asked him about the record Edo G's record "Wishing" produced by Pete Rock. Masta Ace discusses what it means that the lyrics, written in 2004 are still relevant today.

Part 1 of Tim's interview with Masta Ace will be available here soon https://itun.es/i6g432b

189: The Library: DJ JS-1 Dec 08, 2014

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DJ JS-1 has a new album called “IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T”(Ground Original 4). He sat down with The Library's Tim Einenkel to talk about his new project which features over 45 MCs on it, his graf work, thoughts on the true school vs. the new school artists and much more.

188: DJ JS-1: Jay-Z Must Be Bored With Hip-Hop Dec 08, 2014

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DJ JS-1 has a new album called “IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T”(Ground Original 4). He sat down with The Library's Tim Einenkel to talk about his new project which features over 45 MCs on it and the love/hate relationship we all seem to have with hip-hop music. He told Tim why he's content with his career status thus far:

"If you win, it must be boring. A guy like Jay-Z, I can't imagine how he would just sit in the studio and really have a great vibe to make an album because a lot of the great music and hip-hop, it came from struggle. When you're on top of the world, what do you really rhyme about? Everything's great."

187: DJ JS-1 Speaks Graffiti As the Real Street Art Dec 08, 2014

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DJ JS-1 has a new album called “IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T”(Ground Original 4). He is also an accomplished graffiti artist, tag JERMS. He sat down with The Library's Tim Einenkel to not only discuss his new project but about writing graf and the ramifications of it not being respected as the original street art.

Entire interview will be posted soon

186: Black Sheep Dres Talks 20th Anniversary of Non-Fiction Dec 07, 2014

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Co-founding member of the legendary hip-hop group Black Sheep Dres, discusses the 20th anniversary of Black Sheep's 2nd album, Non-Fiction which was released on December 6, 1994.

Download the entire interview here http://thelibrarywithtimeinenkel.libsyn.com/the-library-black-sheep-dres-part-2

185: DJ JS-1 Speaks On the History of the Hip-Hop DJ Dec 01, 2014

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DJ JS-1 has a new album called “IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T”(Ground Original 4). He sat down with The Library's Tim Einenkel to talk about his new project which features over 45 MCs on it. A great record on the album features O.C or D.I.T.C and is called "Turn the Tables" Asked why he started the album with this record and why the DJ's important, JS-1 said "When I grew up the DJ broke records...The DJ should be a voice. He should be a voice for the good artists trying to get out there." The Rock Steady member also goes on to explain why new vinyl is not as appealing to the Hip-Hop DJ because it is less fun to spin.

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