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Episode 94: SERATO‬ (KUTCORNERS + MR. SONNY JAMES) Jul 31, 2019

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Episode 94: SERATO On this week’s nerdiest episode of the @RoadPodcast, the crew sits down with @Serato’s Artist Relations team @Kutcorners and @MrSonnyJames and offer a few solutions to some technical issues that DJ’s frequently encounter with their groundbreaking software (4:27). Kutcorners addresses a rumor that DJ Konflikt (@MyFavoriteDJ) shared on a previous episode regarding #SeratoDJ launching primarily for the “sync” feature (15:20). The fellas discuss Serato’s reasons for discontinuing software updates on #ScratchLive (17:50), the infamous “Wifi Latency Bug” in #SeratoDJPro (23:45) and future software developments like new music streaming options provided by @Beatsource, a new DJ music service merger founded by @Beatport and @DJcity (34:27). Kutcorners remembers @Ztrip initiating the “Practice Mode” feature at @DJJazzyJeff’s @PlaylistRetreat (42:22) and Sonny speaks about his Philly roots (pun intended), coming up with Philadelphia’s own @Diplo and @LowBudget (aka #Hollertronix) and spinning for “True Honey Buns” rapper @QueenBahamadia (54:30). Kutcorners speaks on the Hip-Hop scene in New Zealand (1:06:38) and his appreciation for @ItsTheRub aka @DJAyres and @DJEleven (1:14:42). The fellas speak about DJ unity, the misperception of Social Media representing actual talent (1:16:55), the evolution of club promoters becoming DJs (1:26:27) and the incredible line-up of DJ guests who appeared on Sonny and Kut’s #SeratoUnscripted podcast (1:31:55). Kutcorners shares how he got @Crazearoni and @Atrak to switch over to Serato (1:34:30), touches on the @Roctakon vs. A-Trak situation on twitter (2:02:40) and speaks about the occasional disappointment in meeting your heroes (2:07:40).

Episode 93: DJ BUTCH Jul 24, 2019

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Episode 93: DJ BUTCH On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the crew link up with one of LA’s best club rockers @DJ_Butch. Butch breaks down the importance of @YoungCalifornia pushing the Cali sound during the EDM era (4:22) and and explains how instrumental it was for artists like @TyDollaSign @YG @OTGenasis @JoeMosesAOB to show face in the clubs and push their unreleased music (10:05). The fellas discuss gang life in Long Beach (15:10), Butch’s transition from Battle DJ to Club DJ (24:40) and the classification of “Ratchet” as an actual music genre (45:45). Butch speaks about the @MadeNightlife pool parties at @DayLightVegas that would shuttle people from LA to LV and back (1:05:45), the emergence of the 90’s and 2000’s R&B parties popping up everywhere in LA (1:12:55) and the extravagant bottle presentations at @PHDayClubLA on Sundays (1:15:43).

Episode 92: SUJIT KUNDU (SKAM ARTIST) Jul 17, 2019

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Episode 92: SUJIT KUNDU (SKAM ARTIST) On this weeks episode of the @RoadPodcast, the crew link up with Sujit Kundu, owner of @SkamArtist and former Senior VP for @UniversalMusicGroup and @EpicRecords. Sujit breaks down his work with @HitcoMusic (founded by @LA_Reid) and his instrumental role in Record Promotions for artists like @DJKhaled @FrenchMontana @Tyga (4:02). He explains the difference between a booking agent and a manager (17:44) and talks about his transition as a teenager promoting Rave parties to attending @UCSantaBarbara and booking Hip-Hop acts like #MobbDeep, @KeithMurrayRap @RedManGilla (31:00). Sujit remembers the release of his 1st record “Where I Wanna Be” by @ShadeSheist feat #NateDogg (35:50), creating the name for his DJ agency and the marketing plan behind the “I Am A Skam Artist” promotional campaign (42:15). He touches on tour managing for @AfroJack and @Pitbull (57:50), shares his thoughts on “Influencer DJs” (1:03:42), breaks down how DJing is a lifestyle and not a job (1:31:47) and explains representing producers turned DJ’s like @LilJon (1:33:55) and expanding his agency to performers/personalities like @AmberRose @BlacChyna (1:38:09). Finally, Sujit shares his personal thoughts on DJ’s leaving Skam Artist like @Roctakon and @DJVice (1:49:55).

Episode 91: DJ AYRES + DJ ELEVEN aka THE RUB Jul 10, 2019

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Episode 91: DJ AYRES + DJ ELEVEN aka THE RUB On this weeks episode, @RoadPodcast link up with Brooklyn's finest @DJEleven and @DJAyres aka @ItsTheRub (with special guest hosts @DJMoma from @EverydayPPL and @DJGoldFingerNYC). @DJCrooked reminisces on Ayres and Eleven's iconic party “The Rub” in NYC and their legendary 2004 mash-up mixtape “It’s The Motherfucking Remix Vol.1” (03:21). Ayres explains the origin for the word "Mash-Up" (10:00) and the fellas discuss how different regions of the country develop their own styles of DJing and rapping (15:12). Eleven expands on his stellar and extensive mixtape catalogue as Goldfinger shares his experience selling millions of bootleg vinyl/mixtapes at Beatstreet Records in Brooklyn (36:56). The crew address the changes to New York nightlife in the early 2000's before and after 9/11 (51:29) and how reggae fits into a current DJ set in Brooklyn nowadays (01:35:21). Finally the fellas speak on the importance of DJ’s working together to help support and break new records (01:46:53).

Episode 90: Starboyz Jul 03, 2019

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Episode 90: Starboyz On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas discuss the outrage from the Naija Community and Afrobeats Music World when a video clip from a previous episode featuring @CiphaSounds went viral overseas regarding @WizKidAyo (0:53). Crooked calls @DJMoma (founder of @EverydayPPL) to get his take on who “the face of Afrobeats is in mainstream America” (4:40). The fellas speak on the @DayNVegas2019 festival (20:31), the 2019 @NBA Free Agency 2019 and why the @WNBA isn’t as popular as the NBA (28:07)? The crew break down all the new Hip-Hop being played in Vegas clubs right now (36:30) and recap their first event in Las Vegas with @DJCITY and #DonJulio at @BestFriendVegas and @OnTheRecordLV (55:09). They give a brief review on all the new albums that dropped this past weekend from @ChrisBrownOfficial, @Mustard, @DanielCaesar, @JBalvin and @BadBunnyPR (1:01:52) and question if any songs from @DJKhaled’s new album is getting played in the clubs right now. Finally, the fellas discuss the @Netflix series @WhenTheySeeUs as @DJCrooked and @DJNeva share their personal experiences on how the “Central Park Jogger” case effected New York at the time (1:20:24).

Episode 89: DJ YODA Jun 26, 2019

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Episode 89: DJ YODA On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas sit down with UK’s very own @DJYodaUK. Yoda speaks about spinning 90’s Hip-Hop parties while attending the @UniversityOfWarwick (6:27), his early days working at @FatLaceMagazine and his “How To Cut & Paste” Mixtape Series (19:00). He recalls making a lot of American Music Industry contacts from his club residency at “Spread Love” (24:44) and expresses how huge the 90’s reggae/dancehall music is in the UK to this day (30:00). Yoda explains why he refuses to play Drake (@champagnepapi) or Rihanna (@badgalriri) during his sets (41:15), how he acquired opportunities to DJ @StarWars movie premieres because of his DJ name and how he knew @Banksy before the fame and actually got paid with an original piece (44:40). He speaks about using the @Phase_DJ (58:50) and helping design for @pioneerdjglobal but preferring turntables over their CDJ’s (1:08:02). Yoda shares his love for collecting breakfast cereal boxes and trading with Hip-Hop legend and notorious collector @OfficialBizMarkie (1:15:10). Lastly he talks about recording his new album “Homecooking” at the infamous @AbbeyRoadStudios as well as @IAmMarkRonson’s studio (1:32:50) and expands on the UK Grime music scene (1:44:10).

Episode 88: CIPHA SOUNDS + ROCTAKON + STEVE1DER Jun 19, 2019

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Episode 88: CIPHA SOUNDS + ROCTAKON + STEVE1DER On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas sit down with an eclectic and immensely talented group of DJ’s @CiphaSounds @Roctakon @DJSteve1der! Cipha explains a comedy bit he performs with @SNL’s @CheThinks involving White people singing the “N” word (4:11) and introduces a new method of speech called “Loose Talk” (6:44). They explore @DJJEspinosa’s tweet regarding the Eastcoast/Westcoast definition of the word “cock” (34:48) and speak about The Bay’s reaction to @LilJon’s new single with Mac Dre “Ain’t No Tellin” (45:27). Cipha blames Drake (@ChampagnePapi) @DirectorX and Vince Carter (@Vinsanity25) for “ruining” Toronto’s biggest secret (55:06) and sheds some light regarding the feud between Tyler The Creator (@FeliciaTheGoat) and @DJKhaled (1:07:20). @DJNeva brings up @Hot97’s lukewarm line-up at this year’s #HOT97SummerJam and asks Cipha if he remembers the @RealGhostFaceKillah saying “Fuck Hot97” in 1997 (1:31:50). The fellas question the original members of @WuTangClan and discuss if “Watch The Throne” helped Jay-Z out of a writing slump (1:50:53).

Episode 87: DJ MELO D Jun 12, 2019

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Episode 87: DJ MELO D On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the crew sits down with LA’s legendary @DJMeloD of the @TheBeatJunkies. Melo-D speaks about @Jrocc210 initiating the inception of the Beat Junkies (7:03) and collectively launching multiple business entities like their successful DJ School “Institute Of Sound” @BeatJunkiesIOS and Online DJ School @BeatJunkies.TV (18:34). He reminisces on spinning at 92.3 “The Beat” (48:15), auditioning for @QuincyDJones to be the official DJ for the @VIBEMagazine TV show on UPN (54:17) and explaining how the Eastcoats vs. Westcoast beef between Biggie and 2Pac effected LA (1:01:13). Melo-D breaks down the hip-hop club scene in the 90’s with fellow Beat Junkie @DJIcyIce’s infamous party at Club Unity (1:17:07) and how their 20 year anniversary showcase in 2012 helped them re-appreciate the legacy they created and expand the Beat Junkie brand (1:32:00). Melo explains how he teaches the up and coming DJ's and what troubles he runs into (1:52:49).

Bonus: BOOGIE BLIND PT.2 (Crooked's Demo Tape) Jun 10, 2019

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In our more recent Episode #86 with special guest @BoogieBlind from @TheXecutioners, @DJCrooked played a few audio snippets from a demo tape he made in 1999-2001 with Blind and a collective group of unknown rappers from East/West Harlem called LTG (Lyrics To Go). With very little resources and equipment, Crooked made beats and manually looped them on a Gemini 24 Second Sampler and recorded the songs on a Tascam 8 Track Cassette Recorder. Boogie Blind, having never owned turntables of his own, would be at Crooked's apartment frequently practicing on his Technic 1200's and collaborating on almost every song being made. At the request of our curious listeners, who were impressed by Boogie Blind's innovative and progressive scratches and shocked by Crooked's rapping/producing, we decided to post some of the songs from their demo tape (also knowing how much this embarrasses Crooked was an added bonus lol). Please disregard the some of the sound quality as all of the music was recorded on cassette tapes over 20 years ago. TRACK 1 (0:00) "INTRO" Scratches by @BoogieBlind Produced by @DJCrooked TRACK 2 (0:19) "CROOKED FREESTYLE" Performed by @DJCrooked Contains instrumental from "Keep It Thoro" by Prodigy (produced by The Alchemist) TRACK 3 (3:08) "ROCKSTEADY PARK SHIT" Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked Scratches by @BoogieBlind TRACK 4 (5:22) "WHAT YOU WANNA KNOW" Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked Scratches by @BoogieBlind TRACK 5 (8:12) "KEEP IT MOVIN INTERLUDE" Performed by Philippe Milord TRACK 6 (8:24) "KEEP IT MOVIN" Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked Additional Vocals by Brooke Evans TRACK 7 (12:24) "BEAR HUG" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son) of UTR (Uptown Residaz) Additional Vocals by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green) of UTR (Uptown Residaz) TRACK 8 (16:24) "DOIN THEY THING" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001) Additional Vocals by @BoogieBlind TRACK 9 (20:26) "EASTSIDE WESTSIDE (PUT IT IN THE SKY)" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son) and Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001) TRACK 10 (24:35) "OVERREACT" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green) Additional Vocals by @BoogieBlind TRACK 11 (27:48) "J-ONES" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001) Scratches by @BoogieBlind TRACK 12 (30:21) "GREEN AIRLINES" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green) TRACK 13 (33:13) "ROAD CALL" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by @BoogieBlind, Omiz, Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green), Don Fedi (@_Fedi2070) and Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001) BONUS TRACK (38:39) "ASK YOURSELF" Produced by @DJCrooked Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001) Additional Vocals by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son) For more tracks and music by Crooked, Boogie Blind and LTG: https://www.mixcloud.com/djcrooked/crooked-presentslyrics-to-go-harlem-all-stars/

Episode 86: BOOGIE BLIND Jun 05, 2019

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Episode 86: BOOGIE BLIND On this week’s episode of @RoadPodcast, the crew sits down with Harlem’s Finest @BoogieBlind of @TheXecutioners and @TheHeavyHitters. The fellas talk about Blind djing for @DJCrooked back when he was rapping/producing and performing at colleges in the early 2000’s in NYC (6:11). Blind breaks down Eastcoast vs Westcoast scratching and shares his experience winning the @Vestax.Professional World Championship in 2001 (29:09) and going on @Eminem’s “Anger Management Tour” with the Xecutioners (45:00). Blind explains the history of the “Pause” and “AYO” game (50:01) and talks about dj’ing in different boroughs in New York (59:30). Crooked tells a story of him and Blind having beef over speakers (1:25:30) and Blind shares some memories and speaks on his close relationship with the late and legendary turntabllist #RocRaida (1:58:01).

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