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Take It Personal (Ep 127: New Sh!t) Apr 20, 2023

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Episode 127 we're hitting the pause button on the golden era and giving you an entire show of new shit! If you haven't been keeping up, there's been plenty of dope hip-hop to come out in the 1st quarter of '23.

On this episode, we're playing joints from Ty Farris, Napoleon Da Legend, Rome Streetz, Mickey Diamond, Meyhem Lauren, Supastition, Stove God Cook$, Atmosphere, Che Noir, Larry June, Awon, The God Fahim, Him Lo, Recognize Ali, Chuck Strangers, Vursatyl, Sankofa, Living Legends, Roshin, Naps N Dreds, El Michaels Affair & Black Thought.

At the break we announce the winners of our giveaway, as well as debut our new AMA segment, where we answer many of the questions you've asked. Get ready for another classic TIP episode to put on the shelf. Enjoy!⁠

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Take It Personal (Ep 126: CB4 Gusto) Apr 03, 2023

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Episode 126 is chock-full of treats, you'll need to check your insulin levels after listening to. We're talking demos, bootlegs, remixes, deep cuts and classics from 1992 all the way to 1996. Originally titled the Tiramisu episode to compliment 360's Chef's Special, we thought playing The Message, talking about It Was Written at the break and giveaway away some sick Get On Down vinyl, including Nas, made this title apropos.

At the break. we announce the ways to enter our TIP giveaway. We also share some wild opinions and what's an episode without some A-Aron hate? We get into his loathe for Life After Death and It Was Written. Dre joins the hate parade with his Puffy and Will Smith diatribe. Kevlar annihilates Jamie Lee Curtis and I confessed to liking Hell On Earth more than The Infamous. But we're giveaway a bunch of shit, so stick with us.

In addition to all the Get On Down vinyl records, we're also giving away Take It Personal custom baseball cards featuring Nas, Rakim, MF DOOM Redman & Black Thought courtesy of France's finest Zetaw Cards.

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This episode is the definition of replay value. Enjoy!

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Take It Personal (Ep 125: Chef's Special) Mar 17, 2023

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Episode 125 is an episode DJ 360 has been wanting to do since the inception of Take It Personal. After 124 episodes and over 620 hours of TIP content, our DJ finally gets his wish.

We're calling this the Chef's Special. Once upon a time DJ's went on a feeling and you weren't quite sure what path the music would take you on, you just know it would take you somewhere. This episode is about freedom, creativity and taking it back to the essence of being a real DJ.

DJ 360 is the only chef in the kitchen on this episode. No format. No tracks. No sequencing. No samples. No editing. No topics. I am simply a guest at the table, much like yourself and I know we're about to be served some marvelous shit.

Pull-up a chair, bring your appetite and get ready to experience a full course meal courtesy of DJ 360. Bon Appetit! ⁠www.takeitpersonalradio.com⁠

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Take It Personal (Ep 124: Trugoy Tribute) Mar 03, 2023

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Episode 124 is our tribute to David Jolicoeur aka Plug Two aka Trugoy the Dove aka 1/3 of one of the greatest groups of all-time. Please join us in this celebration as we take you on this incredible lyrical journey courtesy of Trugoy.

Shouts to Pharoahe Monch, Apathy, Open Mike Eagle, Supastition & Jeru The Damaja for being a part of this tribute.

Special thanks goes out to Amy Cinnamon for allowing us to use her amazing art for this episode. Thanks to Dirt Dog for always making our covers come to life and thanks to De La Soul for giving us 35 years of greatness.

Please make sure support De La Soul on your streaming platforms tomorrow. We owe it to them. We owe it to Dave.

You are going to fucking LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this episode.

RIP Dave.

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Take It Personal (Ep 123: NYC Air Play - College Edition) Feb 16, 2023

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On Episode 123, we're finishing up our NYC Air Play series but this time giving you the college radio version. Last episode we had plenty of G-Unit, Dipset, D-Block, Terror Squad and The Roc, but this episode we're giving you Non Phixion, Screwball, Wee Bee Foolish, D.I.T.C., Juggaknots, Bumpy Knuckles, El-P and J-Live to provide the perfect balance NYC had to offer in the 2000's.

Unfortunately, Trugoy passed away during the recording of this episode and if you've been a long-time listener of Take It Personal, you know just how much De La Soul means to us. David Jolicoeur was an amazing lyricist and responsible for so many great moments in hip-hop, so needless to say we're back in the lab working on a very necessary tribute to him. Enjoy episode 123 and stay tuned prepare to drop our next episode where we pay respects to Plug 2.
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Take It Personal (Ep 122: NYC Mix Show) Feb 02, 2023

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On Episode 122 we're going back to NYC circa 2000-2005, where mix show radio dominated the airwaves. Where clan's, posse's, crew's and clik's peaked with G-Unit, Dipset, D-Block, Terror Squad, Ruff Ryders, Murder Inc and The Roc. This was fresh-off the Nas and Jay-Z battle, when NYC was thriving again and when a kid named Justin Smith completely changed the game. Justin Smith aka Just Blaze went on to produce more hit records than any other hip-hop producer during this time. I can't stress this enough, but before there was Kanye West, there was Just Blaze.

There also was no bigger artist than 50 Cent. He wasn't just big in music, he was internally known with every major corporation for his undeniable charisma, street anthems and fashion. And speaking of fashion, remember the oversized white tees? How about Mitchell & Ness jerseys? You also had to have a fresh pair of Tims and white Air Force 1's. Who could forget those gaudy Canal Street watches we wanted to pass-off as Jacobs?

We may have lacked self-awareness in fashion but we definitely can acknowledge the incredible music to come out of this era. Whether you bumped Hot 97, Kiss or Power or downloaded joints off Napster, Limewire or Kazaa, you knew special this time was. We gotta thank to Nas, Jadakiss, Killa Cam, 50, Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Fabulous, Black Rob, M.O.P., Ja, Styles P and Fat Joe for giving NYC back their sound.

This show is a homage NYC mix show and because we're always trying to find a balance like Atmosphere, our next episode we're giving you our college radio edition. Think of Non Phixion, D.I.T.C., Freddie Foxxx, Screwball, Wee Bee Foolish, El-P and J-Live. Think Fat Beats, A-1 and Turntable Lab. Think of the joints you copped off Sandboxautomatic and HipHopSite. Think of the message board era of Okayplayer, HipHopInfinity, UGHH and the best of all, the Philaflava forums. We are going to give you the ultimate yin and yang that NYC hip-hop had to offer during these great times.

Enjoy episode 122.

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Take It Personal (Ep 121: The Set-Up) Jan 18, 2023

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Episode 121 is titled The Set-Up. After these big tributes we do on TIP, you sometimes you have to to decompress, but we can't really take our foot off the pedal too much because we're just getting started.

On this show we take it back to the mid-late 90s with a lot of emphasis on 1996-97. We got bangers from Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga, Camp Lo, Common, Royal Flush, EPMD, Smoothe Da Hustler, M.O.P., Sadat X & Diamond D.

At the break we discuss Uptown Saturday Night, Stone Crazy, Hell On Earth and The Soul In The Hole soundtrack.

This replay value is 10x on episode 121, so start your first listen today because by the weekend you'll be running this back like Barry Sanders.

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Take It Personal (Ep 120: J Dilla Tribute Pt. 2) Jan 05, 2023

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Episode 120 is part 2 of our J Dilla Tribute, it also marks the start of our 7th season doing Take It Personal. We started this podcast in 2016 as an excuse to get together and listen to some great music. Who knew this would bring so many people together from all walks of life? We went from talking about rappers on this show to eventually interviewing the very best of them. Rappers we grew up idolizing, we were "giving them their flowers" before that became a played-out word with our titanic tributes.

We're putting the explanation point on the remarkable young career James Yancey had. This extra large episode features 3 mixes clocking in over 4+ hours with early Jay Dee production as well as collaborations with Madlib, Phat Kat, Illa J, Q-Tip, Common, Frank-n-Dank, Chino XL, Royce Da 5'9, DOOM, Raekwon, De La Soul, The Roots and Black Star to name a few.

This 2-part tribute features over 125 Dilla tracks and has a runtime of 7.5 hours. This is simply our way saying, J Dilla changed our lives.

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