Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews with Tim Einenkel

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Library Rap: Fat Beats' Joseph Abajian,: Pushing Hip Hop From the Beginning Aug 13, 2021

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This week on Library Rap, Joseph Abajian aka DJ Jab founder of the famed hip hop record store Fat Beats. Abajian gives a history of the record store scene back in 1990s New York City. He explains the importance of Fat Beats to the independent hip hop artist.

Library Rap: Supreme Jul 30, 2021

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This week Tim talks to Supreme about his new EP, Love Jones, breakdown his lyrics, growing up hip-hop, fatherhood, his dad, legendary, Ghostface Killah, and life after college

Library Rap: MC Lyte Jul 28, 2021

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MC Lyte's career has spanned almost 30 years. When her debut album, Lyte as a Rock debuted in 1988, she was, the first woman to release a solo rap album with a major label. Lyte has not lost a lyrical step and continues to stay at the top of her game. This week on Library Rap, the hip hop legend from Brooklyn, NY joins Tim to talk music, her first hip hop group, the different artists which helped shaped the MC Lyte sound, her first major label audition which involved a book of poetry, career longevity and the record which completely blew her away

Library Rap: Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook - Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Jul 16, 2021

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Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook are hip hop history. Their new book “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Young Adult Edition) has just hit the stores. This week they join Tim on Library Rap to tell the story of hip hop culture, how it intersects with cultures in different regions of the world and the political and social movements that thrive because of hip hop. The two also break down how hip hop has used technology to disintegrate barriers, the creation of hip hop journalism, the importance of being true to the culture and how the story of hip hop is very much the story if the immigrant and his/her importance to the story of America. And that’s just the start.

Library Rap: Nas was Born to Use Mics and a "Hip Hop Genius" Jul 09, 2021

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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Professor Sohail Daulatzai co-authored Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic, which focuses on the first album by Hip-Hop artist Nas. In light of this book, I sat down with Professor Daulatzai to talk about how, if at all did Nas’ first album, Illmatic change the Hip-Hop industry.

In the second half of the episode, Sam Seidel talks "Hip Hop Genius," an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond the usual approach of studying rap music as classroom content and looks instead at deeply honoring the knowledge of urban students.

Library Rap: Dan Charnas - The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop Jul 02, 2021

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Journalist, screenwriter, record producer, teacher Dan Charnas was one of the first writers for The Source and part of a generation of young writers who helped create hip-hop journalism. Dan is the author of a new book called The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop. He joins Library Rap this week.

Library Rap: Kipp Stone Jun 25, 2021

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This week, Tim talks to East Cleveland MC, Kipp Stone, to discuss his new EP, Faygo Baby, gives us some lyrical breakdown, talk mental health in the Black community and so much more. Make sure you check out this interview.

Library Rap: Kxng Crooked aka Crooked I Jun 18, 2021

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This week on Library Rap, Tim interviews Long Beach, California emcee, Crooked I. In the interview we talk about being a member of the supergroup, Slaughterhouse, his favorite hip-hop track, his album, Apex Predator and a whole lot more

Library Rap: Lyrics Born - Growing Up Asian American in the United States Jun 11, 2021

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"The minute I heard [Trump] say 'China Virus' and 'Kung Flu' I knew it was going to be open season on Asians," Lyrics Born tells Library Rap: The Hip Hop Interviews during their must-listen conversation this week.

"ANTI" by Lyrics Born and Filipino-American DJ Cutso is a new track denouncing the criminal epidemic that shines a light on this troubling rise in their communities, with hope that it spreads awareness to stop the violence against AAPI.

Lyrics Born discusses the false narrative of conflict between Asian-Americans and other communities, the pinning by White America of communities of Color against each other, the minimizing of racism in the United States by pushing the idea of the “Model Minority”, lack of Asian-American history in American History Books, the toll racism has on mental health and much more.

Library Rap: Mekka Don Jun 04, 2021

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Tim sits down with Mekka Don to talk about his latest single, “Still Dope”, going from practicing law to being a hip hop artist, the business side of hip hop, navigating the music industry, appearing on Sway in the Morning and much more.

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