018 - War Stories And Dreams (03/24/25)

Join us on Episode 18, as Analisa and I sit down with our new friend, engineer and producer Chuck Dixon, mentee of the legendary r&b producer Harmony Samuels to share war stories about this music shit. From Chuck meeting a Liberian artist XVBZ (who he would go on to manage) through the artist's brother while at a dish washing job to my stories of being a sixteen-year-old touring rap artist making my way from Baltimore to LA with illicitly obtained green room passwords through a combination of youthful hubris, determination, and my parents 2001 Sienna Minivan. The gang also got me to finally say out loud, live on the show, something that I haven't said publically before, which is that, ultimately---I don't wan't a fucking podcast yo, I wanna host LATE NIGHT. And I reveal to them that this is more than just a pipe dream, it's something I've been plotting on for a while now. I show them my plan written in sharpie on the back of a Trader Joes bag. We also introduce our first sponsor, non-alcholic spirit brand "Three Spirit" and Analisa and I do a back-to-back combo of two written rhymes to the same beat and a genuine freestyle to a beat of Chuck's choosing to break the seal on a reoccuring segment I am rolling out called "The Proving Ground." That and more on this week's episode of The Chris Gabo Show. Mad love. Xo. Gabo.