Stay Busy with Armon Sadler

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S3:E5 - "Future's Prayer" Nov 08, 2021

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NOTE - This episode was recorded before the AstroWorld incidents. Thoughts and prayers to the families.

Once again, we back. The Busy Boys recap their introduction of Busy Sessions featuring Reggie Becton and his set on Grace Weber's tour stop in Brooklyn. CHAT - Summer Walker, Terrace Martin, Silk Sonic, Travis Scott, and Kanye West on Drink Champs. HALF&HALF - Responsible Revisit of Audius and NFTS. EOTM - Rob Markman, VP Content Strategy at Genius. SLIDE DECK - Wildfires by Sault (Armon), Slow Down by Ro James ft. Masego (Nic). BOARD MEETING - Live Shows and how they can shape or create fandom, what we look for in live performances, bucket list shows. BULLETIN BOARD - New Ausar track "Vanity," Black Christmas is back on 12/11 (blackchristmasnyc.com), and Snoh Aalegra is about to tour! Stay Safe, Stay Humble, Stay Busy.

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S3:E4 - “AfriKan Giant” ft. Kofi Dormah (Writer, Director) Nov 01, 2021

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The Busy Boys are back with their first visitor to the Busyverse, the good brother Kofi Dormah. CHAT - What Kofi’s been listening to, Fetty Wap’s arrest. HALF&HALF - Pusha T and Nas doing it big for the artists through Audius. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH - Mike Hamilton Jr., Senior Director of Commerce at Epic Records. SLIDE DECK - Peng Black Girls by ENNY and Jorja Smith (Kofi), Woman by Little Simz and Cleo Sol (Nic), Seasonal Depression by Ro Marsalis and Southpaw Swade (Armon) BOARD MEETING - Kofi speaks on “AfriKan Giant The Prequel - Coming to America”, African stereotypes, the challenges in being a director, and the crowdfunding campaign for the film. BULLETIN BOARD - Reggie Becton performing at Elsewhere Nov 3rd, ‘Look Closely’ by Hush Forte out now, and “Flowers Freestyle” by Devvon Terrell out now. Stay Safe, Stay Humble, Stay Busy

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S3:E3 - “Opinions of Opinions” Oct 25, 2021

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The Busy Boys are back and enjoying the balance of life. CHAT - Armon’s debut on Billboard, ‘Wildest Dreams’ by Majid Jordan, HER’s “For Anyone” video, Wale’s ‘Folarin II.’ HALF&HALF - Spotify and Shopify join forces to create virtual merch tables for artists. EOTM - Mike Hamilton Jr, Senior Director of Commerce at Epic Records. SLIDE DECK - Paraiso by Bairi (Armon) and God Is A Genius by Kevin Ross (Nic). BOARD MEETING - The commotion surrounding Pitchfork’s article and social copy about Teezo Touchdown, disagreement versus disrespect, should critics write about things they dislike? BULLETIN BOARD - SXSW 2022 initial lineup, Adele “One Night Only” TV Special, The Digilogue x Recording Academy Workshop 11/4, Reggie Becton and Grace Weber 11/3 at Elsewhere, and new Statz project ‘LOVE/LIFE’ out now. Stay Safe, Stay Humble, Stay Busy.

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S3: E2 - “Cast Your Ballots” Oct 18, 2021

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The Busy Boys are back in a familiar setting with much to be happy about. CHAT - feelings on Adele’s “Easy On Me,” “Ex For A Reason” by Summer Walker and JT, Reggie Becton’s ‘California.’ Young Thug’s ‘PUNK,’ and Ryahn’s “Deeper.” HALF&HALF - Algorithms writing songs as if they are Travis Scott? Crazy. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH - Mike Hamilton Jr., Senior Director of Commerce at Epic Records. SLIDE DECK - “Greatest Fault” by Hush Forte (Nic) and “Never Lose You” by Kalan.FrFr. BOARD MEETING - What metrics need to be met for something to be a classic? Why are we so pressed to call things classic? Why aren’t other adjectives sufficient enough? BULLETIN BOARD - Maxo Kream’s ‘Weight Of The World’ out today and LVRN’s new radio show on SiriusXM. Stay Safe, Stay Humble, Stay Busy!

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S3:E1 - "Pamplemousse" Oct 11, 2021

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Bigger than ever. Busier than ever. Armon and Nic are back to discuss it all. CHAT - upcoming releases from Adele, Majid Jordan, Summer Walker, and Silk Sonic. Was Adele ever good? Has Majid missed their moment? Is Summer Walker an R&B legend? HALF&HALF - Credit Due Campaign by ABBA providing digital liner notes for music. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH - Mike Hamilton Jr., Senior Director of Commerce at Epic Records, 2021 Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Power Player, 2020 Hits Daily Double Noisemaker, R&B aficionado. SLIDE DECK - "APT 706" by Sækyi and Eric Penn (Armon) and "You Want My Love" by Lucky Daye and Earth, Wind, and Fire (Nic). BOARD MEETING - Out of Office! A discussion on all the new music and music happenings while we were away. 'Call Me If You Get Lost' album of the year? Is 'CLB' a miss? What's wrong with Meek Mill? TOP OF THA MORNIN. BULLETIN BOARD - Check out 'Sonlight' by Dan Kema, Reggie Becton performing at Elsewhere in Brooklyn 11/3, 'PUNK' by Young Thug coming soon. Stay Safe, Stay Humble, Stay Busy.

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S2:E28 - "Listen Twice, Speak Once" Mar 29, 2021

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Ending Women’s History Month with some accountability! The Busy Boys chat about new music, favorite projects of the first quarter, and things they’re anticipating. Unfortunately, one more discussion on Usher v CB. The Half&Half is about those providing meals for touring professionals that have been out of work for a year. Our Employee of The Month is still Njera Perkins who just interviewed Maxwell for Okayplayer! You know what you’re getting from the Slide Deck. Our Board Meeting is Nic and Armon coming together to discuss things they’ve learned and unlearned with regards to women in the music industry and life, ways we can be better and more responsible. Stay Busy!

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S2:E27 - "Where Ya Soul At?" ft. Norelle (Grammy Accredited Vocalist) Mar 22, 2021

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Busy Boys brought in a Grammy-accredited talent in Norelle for Women’s History Month. We have a great CHAT about Drake’s latest achievement, Grammy recap, and Bieberveli. The Half&Half is all about Audiomack’s new arrangement with DistroKid. Our Employee of The Month is still the great Njera Perkins! Slide Deck is super heat, featuring Norelle’s latest single “Back Into You.” Our Board Meeting is dedicated to Norelle’s journey from backup vocalist to going solo, her feelings on current R&B, and what to expect from her next. Norelle and Nic really nerded out but it was enjoyable. Stay Busy!

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S2:E26 - "It Takes A Village" ft. Megan Taylor Jordan (Artist Manager, Entrepreneur) Mar 15, 2021

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How do you build and nurture your village? We bring in CEO of The Village Music Group and Reggie Becton’s artist manager, Megan Taylor Jordan, to talk us through it. The CHAT is a fun discussion on H.E.R, Triller acquiring Verzuz, Giveon and more. Nic sips some tea while giving us more info on these NFTs for the Half&Half. We give love to Njera Perkins again as our Employee Of The Month recently spoke with Swaggy Sie. The Slide Deck got ACTIVE but the Board Meeting really took the cake. The cherry on top was saluting more women-owned businesses. Stay Busy!

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S2:E25 - "Divine & Online" ft. Olivia Shalhoup (Digital Lead, Entrepreneur) Mar 08, 2021

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The Busy Boys are joined by Trippie Redd’s Digital Lead and Amethyst Collab founder, Olivia Shalhoup, for a fun and insightful episode. Our CHAT discusses Tidal and Square’s big move, new Drake and SilkSonic’s debut, plus a conversation about .Paak’s status in music and Bruno Mars’ respect for the culture. HALF&HALF is all about those NFTs courtesy of Kings of Leon and how artists should jump on the wave. One more shoutout to Employee Of The Month, Njera Perkins, before we slide into the Slide Deck. A quick game of Auto-Reply before we learn all about Olivia’s path to where she is, emoji etiquette, Trippie’s brand building, and Olivia manifesting certain goals. The Bulletin Board is dedicated to the women-owned businesses. Stay Busy!

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S2:E24 - "No Skipping Steps" ft. Swaggy Sie (Radio Host, Ambassador) Mar 01, 2021

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So nice we had to do it twice! Welcome to Stay Busy Women’s History Month, we’re taking it to a SIRIUS TIÉR with this first guest: @swaggysie! We chat about a bunch of music news, namely Bobby Shmurda, Pop Smoke, and Silk Sonic. The Half&Half is real - are there too many podcasts?!? Our next Employee of The Month is talented writer, publicist, and vinyl collector Njera Perkins! (@IAMNJERA). Plenty of heaters in our Slide Deck, but what else is new. Of course we hit Swaggy with a game of Auto-Reply before learning all about her journey to becoming On-Air at SIRIUS XM, an ambassador for TIÉR, and how she’s holding it down for the women. Salute to all women-owned businesses, and y’all Stay Busy.

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