Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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64: The Library: O'Hene Savant (Part 2) Sep 26, 2013

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The Library - Tim Einenkel - This week, we hear part 2 of Tim Einenkel's interview with Philadelphia born but West African raised artist, O'Hene Savant (pronounced "oh-hen-knee Sah-vahnt) on his latest album.

63: The Library: O'Hene Savant (Part 1) Sep 18, 2013

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I had the great pleasure of interviewing rapper/producer O’hene Savànt, on his latest album “Pronounced O’Hene Savant.” This Philadelphian born artist has an incredible story. As mentioned, He was born in Philly but spent his adolescent in West Africa with his Uncle, where he did what typical teens did (i.e. played soccer) but spent the majority of his after school hours at his uncle’s side in front the piano: hours mastering scores of classical and gospel music, the only two genres his uncle allowed in the house. During these years, Ohene discovered and fell in love with the music that captured his generation back home in America: hip-hop. He began to teach himself hip-hop cords on the piano. Unaware of sampling or synthesizing, now teenage Ohene just assumed hip-hop productions were done with live instruments. He also began writing his own raps. Here’s part 1 of my interview with him. Take a listen to it and check out his album.

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62: The Library: Art School with Justin Bua Aug 23, 2013

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Legendary artist Justin BUA and ArtistWorks present the first ever interactive "how to draw" art school. In this segment of The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks to Bua about the art school, the commercialism of graffiti and his album of choice when creating art.Download my podcast http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-library-with-tim-einenkel/id491102842Website: www.rapstation.comFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibrarywithTim

61: The Library: Substantial (Part 2) Jul 22, 2013

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On The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks with Hip-Hop Artist Substantial about his latest album "Home is Where The Art Is." and his writing process. This interview will air in three parts, here is part 2 of the interview

60: The Library: Substantial (Part 1) Jul 09, 2013

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On The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim talks with Hip-Hop Artist Substantial about his latest album "Home is Where The Art Is." This interview will air in three parts, here is part 1 of the interview.

More on Substantial below:

Substantial is synonymous with hip-hop, from the U.V. Ink label he launched, to the lyrical dexterity of his common-man flow. His debut solo album, To This Union A Sun Was Born (Hyde Out Productions), did well everywhere, especially in Japan where it hit the Top 10. This success set off a career touring Asia, Europe and almost all of North America.

As things got busier, Substantial linked with QN5 Music to focus solely on artistic creation. That led to profound collaborations with the legendary DJ Kool Herc, Bootsy Collins, Chew Fu, Cunninlynguists, Nujabes (R.I.P.) and an appearance on Bruce Kulick’s (of KISS) album with all-star rocker Gene Simmons. His videos have appeared on MTV, BET, and VH1, while his music has made it to the second round of Grammy voting in three categories. Even the renowned car company Bentley reached out to have Substantial’s supergroup FANOMM (with Chew Fu & J-Cast) create a song for them and perform in China at their car show.

Vogue Magazine included his duo’s music (Bop Alloy) in a recent playlist. Not bad for the Prince George’s County rapper and community activist: He builds recording studios for at-risk youth in conjunction with Covenant House, and raises money for school music programs in VH1’s Save The Music Series. For his newest album Home Is Where The Art Is (Mello Music Group), Substantial called upon Oddisee, an acclaimed musician who directed, mixed and contributed a large portion of the production. That’s just the start of things to come. No wonder they call him Substantial.

59: The Library: Treach (Part 3) Jun 25, 2013

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The Library with Tim Einenkel this week features part 1 of Tim's interview with Naughty by Nature's Treach. It's been 20 years since the landmark single "Hip-Hop Hooray" dropped. Naughty by Nature is currently on tour celebrating this anniversary. In Part 3 of the interview Treach talks about working with Queen Latifah , why he went into acting, his writing process and his favorite kind of beat to rhyme over.

58: The Library: Chali 2na (Conclusion) Jun 19, 2013

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Founding member of Jurassic 5, Chali 2na is on a mission with a new project called "Against The Current." As a music artist, he is committed to releasing a series of EPs over the course of the next several months. What you might not have known is that throughout his career he's also been developing his skills as a visual artist. Chali 2na is putting together a coffee table book that will reveal the evolution of my craft. Starting with his days as a teenage graf writing vandal all the way to the present, with his oil paint work on canvas. Here is the conclusion of my interview with him.

57: The Library: Chali 2na (Part 3) Jun 19, 2013

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56: The Library: Chali 2na (Part 2) Jun 19, 2013

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55: The Library: Chali 2na (Part 1) May 02, 2013

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