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Episode 69 - West Coastin and T Hollis Interview

We took it home with this one. We pushin’ through this season of Rona to bring to you our West Coast Edition Ep.  We teamed up with the artist T. Hollis who blessed us with new music and provided us his take of the Jag Life. We cruise through with some new Nipsey x Jay-Z, The Alchemist and West Coast Vets, Blu & Exile. We hit you with some Likwit Junkies, MURS, Reason and new heavy hitters, Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin. Enjoy this somewhat return to normalcy through the West.

Episode 67 -Doomsday

We can not think of a more painful way to end this horrible year than us hearing of MF DOOM’s passing. He meant so much to many. From his comeback, his wicked rhymes to his villainous identity, DOOM was one of a kind. We wanted to honor Daniel Dumile by sharing with you some known/not-so-well known songs among his vast catalogue. We will revisit the mask in different ways through his work with Madlib (Madvillain), Danger Mouse (DangerDoom) and Czarface to name a few. We also have various interview snippets that speak to his genius. It has been a true honor to many of us to have had him in our lives. We wish him the best on his transition. Peace to John and Ramon.
FIRST SEGMENT
Ramon Ayala y Los Bravos de Tierra - Un Puño de Tierra - Puño de Tierra - 1991
Madvillain - Accordion - Madvillainy - 2004
SECOND SEGMENT
Red Bull Music Academy - Interview with Chairman Mao (Madrid, 2011) - Meaning behind the mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sf8QORmxTI (2:08)
DangerDoom f/ Ghostface Killah - The Mask (produced by Danger Mouse) - The Mouse and the Mask - 2005
Czarface and MF DOOM - Bomb Thrown (produced by The Czar-Keys) - Czarface Meets Metal Face - 2018
JJ DOOM (Jneiro Jarel and MF DOOM) - Guv’nor - Key to the Kuffs - 2012
THIRD SEGMENT
E-diction interview (2004) - Song that inspires MF DOOM the most - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHimLWVKBQU (9:03-10:04)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - Live Trane: The European Tours (live in Paris) - 1962
Busta Rhymes f/ MF DOOM and BJ the Chicago Kid - In the Streets (produced by J Dilla) - The Return of the Dragon: The Abstract Went On Vacation - 2015
MF DOOM - Gazzillion Ear (Remix) (produced by Dr. Who Dat?) - 2010
Wu-Tang and MF DOOM - Biochemical Equation (produced by the RZA) - 2005
FOURTH SEGMENT
VladTv - Bishop Nehru interview on meeting MF DOOM changing his career (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzA4YoCreEk (start through 1:03)
MF Doom and Bishop Nehru - Caskets - NEHRUVIANDOOM - 2019
BADBADNOTGOOD and MF DOOM - The Chocolate Conquistadors (from Grand Theft Auto Online: The Cayo Perico Heist) - 2020
Mos Def tribute to MF DOOM (January 1, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpxsyL30Urk

Episode 67 - El Desmadre Again

This one here feels different. People are recognizing that Police x Capitalism go hand-in-hand. Rough times ahead but we must believe in a better and more united society. Six in the Morning decided to share a soundtrack of well-known and more obscure songs that speak to our collective moment. Lets keep going fam. We need each other. Enjoy.

Episode 66 - Best of 2019

 
It’s over!! 2019 is on our rear view mirror now and we came at this one to honor the HipHop year in music!! This is one of our longest segmented ep’s but we hit you off to heat from the jump: Jidenna, Goldlink, EarthGang and Choosey x Exile. Some newer cats as Add-2 and Villain Park who killed their projects last year. Some current stars including Rapsody, Westside Gunn x Griselda, Danny Brown and Freddie Gibbs x Madlib. Of course some legends made the cut: Pete Rock x Skyzoo, Statik Selektah x Bun B and Gang Starr(!). Great HipHop year that we are very happy to share with you all!!! Enjoy!!!
FIRST SEGMENT:
Jidenna - 85 to Africa (Wondaland Records and Epic Records) - 2019 (August)
Jidenna - Tribe (produced by Mike N Keys and C Gutta) - 85 to Africa - 2019
Goldlink - Diaspora (RCA) - 2019 (June) 
Goldlink f/ Tyler, the Creator and Jay Prince - U Say (produced Dj Juls) - Diaspora - 2019
Little Brother - May the Lord Watch (Imagine Nation Music, For Members Only Records and Empire Distribution) - 2019 (August)
Little Brother - Everything (produced by Khrysis) - May the Lord Watch - 2019
 
SECOND SEGMENT:
Villain Park - The Recipe (Black Out Company) - 2019 (August)
Villain Park - Visions (produced by Smoke) - The Recipe - 2019
EarthGang - Mirrorland (Dreamland, Interscope and Spillage Village) - 2019 (September)
EarthGang - UP (produced by VOU and Edsclusive) - Mirrorland - 2019 
Rapsody - Eve (Jamla and Roc Nation) - 2019 (August)
Rapsody f/ Mereba - Myrlie (produced by Eric G) - Eve - 2019
 
THIRD SEGMENT:
Danny Brown - Knowhatimsayin? (Warp Records) - 2019 (October)
Danny Brown - Best Life (produced by Q-Tip) - Knowhatimsayin? - 2019
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana (ESGN, Keep Cool Records, Madlib Invazion, and RCA Records) - 2019 (June)
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib f/ Pusha T and Killer Mike - Palmolive - Bandana - 2019
Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 7 (Griselda Records) - 2019 (October)
Westside Gunn f/ Benny the Butcher and Curren$y - Lucha Bros (produced by the Alchemist) - Hitler Wears Hermes 7 - 2019
 
FOURTH SEGMENT:
Darondo - Didn’t I (produced by Ray Dobard) - Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions - 2011
Choosey & Exile - Black Beans (Fat Beats Records) - 2019 (March)
Choosey & Exile - I Did - Black Beans - 2019
Add-2 - Jim Crow: The Musical (Add-2 Productions) - 2019 (November)
Add-2 - Souls for Sale (Soul’d Out) (produced by Jadah Arrington) - Jim Crow: The Musical - 2019
Big Tone and House Shoes - Big Shoes (Street Corner Music) - 2019 (June)
Big Tone and House Shoes - From My Mouth to Gods Ears - Big Shoes - 2019
 
FIFTH SEGMENT:
Your Old Droog  - Jewelry (Mongoloid Banks) - 2019 (December)
Your Old Droog - Mrs. Cloutfire (produced by Quelle Chris) - Jewelry - 2019
Wiki - Oofie (Wikset Ltd.) - 2019 (November)
Wiki f/ Lil Ugly Mane and Denzel Curry - Grim (produced by Shawn Kemp, Alex Epton and Lil’ Ugly Mane) - Oofie - 2019
Viva Mescal - Long Live: The Peyote (East of the River Productions) - 2019 (January)
Viva Mescal - All Facts (produced by Rokem) - Long Live: The Peyote - 2019
DJ Muggs and Mach-Hommy - Kill’Em All (Soul Assassins) - 2019 (August)
DJ Muggs and Mach-Hommy f/ Sick Jacken - Anacaona - 2019
 
SIXTH SEGMENT:
Shafiq Husayn - The Loop (Nature Sounds) - 2019 (March)
Shafiq Husayn - DMT/The Whill - The Loop - 2019 
Robert Glasper - Fuck Yo Feelings (Loma Vista Recordings) - 2019 (October)
Robert Glasper f/ Buddy, Denzel Curry, Terrace Martin and James Poyser - This Changes Everything - Fuck Yo Feelings - 2019
 
SEVENTH SEGMENT:
Gang Starr - One of the Best Yet (To The Top - Gang Starr Enterprises) - 2019 (November)
Gang Starr - Family and Loyalty - One of the Best Yet - 2019 (November)
Statik Selektah and Bun B - TrillStatik (Showoff, Ill Trill and Empire) - 2019 (April)
Statik Selektah and Bun B f/ Method Man and Grafh - Still Trill - TrillStatik - 2019 (April)
Skyzoo and Pete Rock - Retropolitan (Mello Music Group) - 2019 (September)
Skyzoo and Pete Rock f/ Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher and Elzhi - Eastern Conference All Stars - Retropolitan- 2019 (September)
 
EIGHTH SEGMENT:
Quelle Chris - Guns (Mello Music Group) - 2019 (March)
Quelle Chris f/ Mach-Hommy - Wild Minks (produced by Quelle Chris) - Guns - 2019
 
 

Episode 65 - The Decade wRap Up

It is a w(rap) folks!! It's been a great dime piece! Here at Six in the Morning we celebrate the best of the past ten years and share with you our thoughts of both the hits and misses. We play dope music from culture and chart movers as Anderson .Paak, Odd Future, A$AP Rocky, Yeezus himself and Busta Rhymes (w/ DOOM!). What's the posse cut of the decade? Best feature? Most influential label? We share with you some of the top crews (TDE, Dreamville, and Griselda) and our artist of the decade, K.Dot himself, Kendrick Lamar. Enjoy this trip of our past ten years in music.  Here’s hoping for a great start to the next ten!!
Much love to @jonnygraphics for the dope cover art - he obviously had his pick for the decade. Check out his work @ https://www.instagram.com/jonnygraphics/ 
Shout out to Dj Mentos for putting out one of the best instrumentals out this year: The Maxwell Tapes Vol. 1 : https://djmentos.bandcamp.com/ 
MOST INFLUENTIAL LABEL
TDE
Jay Rock f/ Black Hippy - Vice City (produced by Yung Exclusive and Cardo) - 90059 - 2015
Dreamville 
Revenge of the Dreamers III f/ J. Cole, Lute, and DaBaby - Under the Sun (produced by Christo, Pluss and Nice Rec) - Revenge of the Dreamers III - 2019  
Mello Music Group 
Apollo Brown and Joell Ortiz f/ DJ Los - Grace of God - Mona Lisa - 2018 
BEST SONG
Anderson .Paak f/ Talib Kweli and Timan Family Choir - The Dreamer (produced by Callum Connor) - Malibu - 2016 
Kendrick Lamar - Alright (produced by Pharrell Williams and Sounwave) - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2015
BEST ALBUM
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (Executive Producers: Top Dawg and Dr. Dre) - 2015 
King Kunta (produced by Terrace Martin and Sounwave) - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2019
Anderson .Paak - Malibu (Executive Producers: Adrian Miller, Ketrina “Taz” Askew and Kevin Morrow) - 2016
f/ Rapsody - Without You (produced by 9th Wonder) - Malibu - 2016  
BEST POSSE CUT
Odd Future (Taco, Tyler, the Creator, Hodgy, Left Brain, Mike G, Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Jasper Dolphin, Earl Sweatshirt) Oldie (produced by Tyler, the Creator) - The OF Vol. 2 - 2012
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar - F*ckin’ Problems (produced by Noah “40” Shebib) - Long. Live. A$AP. - 2013
BEST GUEST VERSE
Busta Rhymes f/ DOOM - In the Streets (produced by Dilla) - Return of the Dragon - 2015
Kanye West f/ Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj - Monster (produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean and Plain Pat) - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 2010
ARTIST(S) OF THE DECADE
Kendrick Lamar 
GROUP(S) OF THE DECADE
Griselda (Westside Gunn f/ Conway the Machine - Dunks (produced by Daringer) - Flygod - 2016
Run the Jewels - Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1 (produced by El-P) - Run the Jewels 2 - 2014  
MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCER 
Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program - The Grail - Down 2 Earth Vol. 4 - 2019
PRODUCER OF THE DECADE
9th Wonder
(Solo: The Wonder Years (2011), Tutankhamen (Valley of the Kings) (2012), Bladey Mae (Grandma's Blades) (2013), Zion (2016), Zion II (2017), Zion III (2018) 
Collaborative: w/ Murs (Fornever (2010), The Final Adventure (2012), Brighter Daze (2015), The Iliad Is Dead And the Odyssey Is Over (2019), w/ David Banner (Death of a Pop Star (2010), w/ Buckshot (The Solution (2012), w/ Explicit (Where Do I Come From? (2013), w/ Talib Kweli (Indie 500 (2015) w/ Mr. Cheeks (The Lost Tapes EP (2017) 
Collaborative Mixtapes: w/ Akello Light (To Hanes Mall (2010), Hanes Mall 2: Silas Creek Parkway (2012), w/ Cans (Album Mixtape Part 2), w/ Actual Proof (The (Free) EP (2012), w/ TP (TP Is My Hero (2011) 
Compilation and Mixtape Album: 9th's Opus: It's a Wonderful World Music Group Vol.1 (2010), 9th Invented the Remix...Again (2010), Loose Joints (2010), Food for Thought (2010), Tutankhamen (2012), Black American Gangster - Jay-Z (Remix of Jay-Z's American Gangster) (2013), 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad (2014), 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad II (2018) Individual 
Songs within Albums: 2010 (artists) (Asher Roth, Big Remo (two albums), Sadat X,  Christopher Williams, Heather Victoria, Rapsody, Sean Boog, Thee Tom Hardy 2011 (HaLo (twice), Tyler Woods, Terrace Martin, Lil B, Big Remo, Heather Victoria (twice), Sean Boog, Skyzoo, Rapsody (twice), Chris Brown, Median, Phonte, Torae, GQ 2012 (Raekwon, Rapsody (twice), Add-2, Lecrae, Big Remo, Sean Boog, Torae, Talib Kweli, Skyzoo, Sean Price, Robert Glasper Experiment, Masta Killa, Rapper Big Pooh 2013 (GQ, Big K.R.I.T., Locksmith, Heather Victoria, Rapsody, Terrace Martin, Fat Joe, Nipsey Hussle, Cory Mo, Rapper Big Pooh 2014 (Verbal Kent, GQ, Ea$y Money, Dilated Peoples, Ed O.G., HaLo, Rapsody 2015 (King Magnetic, Jill Scott, Add-2, XL (Sadat X and El Da Sensei), Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram), Termanology, Big K.R.I.T., 2016 (Anderson .Paak, Vice Souletric, Miles Davis and Robert Glasper, Rapsody, GQ 2017 (King Magnetic, Kendrick Lamar, Rapsody, Masta Killa, Problem 2018 (Black Thought, Westside Gunn, Victory, Milez Grimez and Swann Notty, Anderson .Paak 2019 (Smif-n-Wessun, 2 Chainz, Rapsody, Murs)
9th Wonder and Murs -The Hulk - The Iliad Is Dead And the Odyssey Is Over - 2019)
 

Episode 64 - Sincerely, Detroit

Detroit will always be important to HipHop. We wanted to continue to honor the Motor City by having our second all Detroit Ep! We highlight reliable spitters as the ever sharp Royce 5’9, Quelle Chris, redhot Danny Brown,Black Milk and ever reliable Apollo Brown. Newer spitters/producers as Page Kennedy, Aztek the Barfly and Sada Baby get a spin. And yes, we play Big Sean. The Detroit homie Geoffrey and the insightful Brian come through to lend their ears and vibes. Enjoy this episode of our tribute to the D!
SEGMENT ONE:
Page Kennedy f/ Fred the Godson and eLZhi - Assassins (produced by Mic West) - Torn Pages - 2017
Danny Brown f/ eLZhi - Contra (produced by Apollo Brown) - The Leftovers Unmixedtape - 2009
Danny Brown - Combat (produced by Q-Tip) - Knowhatimsayin? - 2019
SEGMENT TWO:
Royce 5’9 - Cocaine (produced by DJ Khalil) - Book of Ryan - 2018
Aztek the Barfly - Alpha (The Beginning) (produced by Foulmouth) - Line King - 2018
Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit - Bridges 1977
Joell Ortiz and Apollo Brown f/ DJ Los - Grace of God - Mona Lisa - 2018
SEGMENT THREE:
Icewear Vezzo and BabyFaceRay - Champions - Champions - 2019
Sada Baby - On Gang (produced by Pooh Beatz) - Bartier Bounty - 2019
SEGMENT FOUR:
Big Tone and House Shoes - Homage - Big Shoes - 2019
Dixon Hill f/ Guilty Simpson - My Word - Actus Reus - 2019
Black Milk f/ Sam Austins - Black NASA - DiVE EP - 2019
SEGMENT FIVE:
Big Sean - Overtime - 2019
Quelle Chris f/ Jonathan Hoard and Jean Grae - You, Me and Nobody Else (produced by Quelle Chris, Dane and Chris Keys) - Guns - 2019
Bullies (Denmark Vessey, DrxQuinnx and Azarias) - Crumbers (produced by Azarias) - 
いじめっ子 - 2019
Quelle Chris f/ Mach Hommy - Wild Minks (produced by Quelle Chris, Dane and Chris Keys) - Guns - 2019

Episode 63 - Hip Hop and Hops 2- The Mad Scientist

Beer Making 101 with the Mad Scientist: We taking notes here at Six in the Morning for this ep! The Mad Scientist himself Andres takes us on a journey in beer making! The process is lengthy but the good doctor has a way of making any session easy to follow. We take the show on the road and are joined by Manuel and Wilson whom all help us to talk Hip Hop x beer. We sprinkle music  of course throughout providing a good ol’ lesson of Hip and Hops and some new remixes by the youngin proving hip hop is for the children. Seriously, take notes yourself as we all go on a ride to learn a thing or three about brews. You’re welcome. Enjoy!

Episode 62 - Your Morning Coffey

Wake up to this cup!! In this episode, we bring you the very talented Coffey Jones who shares his new EP, Free Coffey, with us. We are also blessed with his producer, Johnnysalreadydead who provides great insight to the making of this project. It is a project definitely worth the listen! We have included various songs that should be on your constant rotation which include artists as Rapsody, Skyzoo x Pete Rock, Bun B and The Alchemist. We have some surprises in the form of Little Brother(!), and Blu x Damu the Fudgemunk. Support local and independent. This all goes well with your morning joe. Enjoy!!
https://soundcloud.com/coffey-jones    https://www.instagram.com/coffey.jones/
SEGMENT ONE:
Rapsody f/ Leikeli47 - Oprah (produced by Eric G) - Eve - 2019
Skyzoo and Pete Rock - It’s All Good - Retropolitan - 2019
Coffey Jones - Astronaut Dreams 2 (produced by Johnnysalreadydead) - Free Coffey - 2019
SEGMENT TWO
Little Brother - The Feel (produced by Khrysis) - May the Lord Watch - 2019
Jidenna f/ GoldLink - Babouche (produced by J. Kitts, Nana Kwabena and Dom) - 85 to Africa - 2019
Coffey Jones - Peace/Pieces (produced by Johnnysalreadydead) - Free Coffey - 2019
SEGMENT THREE
Bun B f/ Maxo Cream and Young Dolph - In My Trunk - Bun B Day - 2019
Powers Pleasant (from Pro Era) f/ Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Meechy Darko and Zombie Juice - Vintage Chanel - Life Is Beautiful - 2019
EarthGang - Up - MirrorLand - 2019
Coffey Jones - Overthinking (produced by Johnnysalreadydead) - Free Coffey - 2019
SEGMENT FOUR
Bishop Nehru and Brady Watt - Let the Bass Play - The Real Book, Vol. 1 - 2019
Blu and Damu the Fudgemunk f/ Cashus King, Shawn Jackson, Yamin Semali, and Local Blacc - Beast Mode - Ground & Water - 2019
Coffey Jones - 9 (produced by Johnnysalreadydead) - Free Coffey - 2019
SEGMENT FIVE
Ras Kass and Snoop Dogg - LL Cool J - Soul On Ice 2 - 2019
DJ Muggs and Mach-Hommy f/ Sick Jacken - Anacaona - Kill’Em All - 2019
The Alchemist f/ Action Bronson - Tropical Storm Lenny - Yacht Rock 2 - 2019
Coffey Jones - Trippin (produced by Johnnysalreadydead) - Free Coffey - 2019