Coach Tev Is Coach Of The Year And Released The Best Album Of 2021 | Hero's Journey Podcast Ep. #97

Heroek talks to rapper Coach Tev about the story behind his name, wanting to play basketball professionally, "Black Ice" possibly being the best album of 2021, trying to get his music into an NBA2K game, and more. READ THE PUBLISH PRESS: https://news.thepublishpress.com/subscribe?ref=fuCIs7Hw3Q GET 7% OFF ANY DISTROKID PACKAGE: https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/4022281 HEROEK SOCIALS: Heroek Hub: https://padlet.com/heroek/heroek-hub-sk7mmzyhbb3jge0f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heroekmusic/ Robotek (Second Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@R0botek TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heroekmusic Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/heroekyt Heroek Headlines (Newsletter): https://heroekheadlines.beehiiv.com/subscribe Heroek Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroek/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/c/Heroek COACH TEV: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachtev/?hl=en Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/51nmCCHes2y60eOYg1D1Jx?si=h4Kzge-ZSl2NrkymMukJ3Q Website: https://www.coachtev.com/ HEROEK MUSIC: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JGIIk1vSbNwt9I9QSHnrR Apple Music: https://apple.co/3vyk7L5 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0B3TV8Z6T/heroek YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW3FV7-ZE89ixixQsXa0G8oAz3S9sXkWo Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/heroek/ARZw535v2qm7pmk?part=ug-desktop&corr=209660376889950450 Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/qckgnzH8vAdBn8UT9 Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/32642487 Boomplay: https://www.boomplay.com/artists/48506531?from=search Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpreter/heroek/14462802 HERO'S JOURNEY PODCAST: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nGjbdH1eruOzWjNF2SkZs Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3jJyysW Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82MTkyODIwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d63b25fa-a7d6-4c20-a9af-697230e2782c/hero's-journey Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/heros-journey/PC:1001065299 Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Hero's-Journey-id5057660? Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1621391879/heros-journey Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/kgek6g1b iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-heros-journey-112845459/ RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/heros-journey-WzJ7yK Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1065299 Anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1029574008 MUSIC USED: Heroek - Around Midnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFgTm1_ltnw Coach Tev - Soufflé: https://youtu.be/MiQqP0qdfng?si=KWXrNAEaby5flutX TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:15 How Coach Tev got into music 2:40 Wanting to play basketball 3:30 Coach Tev’s advice to new artists 4:45 Distrokid ad 6:14 Where does the name Coach Tev come from? 7:57 Mixing sports and music 8:57 Coach Ted’s baseball fandom 10:08 Publish Press ad 10:55 Coach Ted’s biggest inspirations 12:27 Second-guessing music 14:12 Coach Tev’s thoughts on social media 16:34 Not needing a big setup 18:48 Having a kid 21:19 Taking inspiration without imitation 23:50 Is “Black Ice” the best album of 2021?! 26:42 “COTY” blowing up 27:57 What song shows off Coach Tev’s sound? 30:21 Coach Tev’s dream collaboration 32:16 Coach Tev’s dream venue 33:55 Coach Tev’s favorite song of his 35:30 Trying to get “Dynasty” into the NBA2K soundtrack 39:00 San Antonio Spurs getting Wembanyama 40:12 SEGMENT: Know Your Stuff 45:46 Wrapping up *this episode was recorded on December 23, 2023*