Episode 507: FuseBox Radio #659: #FBR Classic Long Format Episode - Tunes + Shawn Carter's "Empire State of Mind" - Hov Business Talk with Forbes Magazine's Zack O'Malley Greenburg

With the show coming back into dropping regular episodes this year, we're dropping a few flashback shows for everyone!Our commentary during this 2018 episode touched base on updates with the after effects of the earthquake + tsunami in Japan, the recent U.N. intervention in Libya news, the possible upcoming U.S. government shutdown due to budget issues and why it's just ridiculous how politicians are dragging this along, the re-birth of the "Birther" fake controversy with President Barack Obama and some other diverse topics here and there.We also had a great interview with Forbes magazine staff writer Zack O'Malley Greenburg about the creative inspiration, work & drama behind his latest book, "Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office".Book Summary:Empire State of Mind tells the story behind Jay-Z’s rise to the top as told by the people who lived it with him–from classmates at Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse High School; to the childhood friend who got him into the drug trade; to the DJ who convinced him to stop dealing and focus on music. This book explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.Zack O’Malley Greenburg draws on his one-on-one interviews with hip-hop luminaries such as DJ Clark Kent, Questlove of The Roots, Damon Dash, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, MC Serch; NBA stars Jamal Crawford and Sebastian Telfair; and recording industry executives including Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records, to paint a tantalizing portrait of a very private mogul._________FuseBox Radio Playlist for the Week of March 30, 2011Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners)1. Pharoahe Monch/Let My People Go/W.A.R. Media & Duck Down Records (Played Live)2. Marsha Ambrosius/Butterflies/J Records (Played Live)3. Illvibe Collective/Medicine Man/Soulspaszm & Fat Beats4. L*A*W/Brooklyn!/Planet 12 Productions (Played Live)Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast)1. R.E.K.S. feat. Lil' Fame of M.O.P./Cigarettes/Brick Records & Showoff2. Robert Koch & John Robinson/Channeling/Project Mooncircle3. Sizzla feat. Anthony Red Rose/Mr. Right/White Label4. Floyd Lawson/Roof Top Sugar/Record KicksDJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:Del The Funky Homosapien/Wrong Place/ElektraA Tribe Called Quest feat. Raphael Saadiq & Faith Evans/Stressed Out RMX/JiveJay-Z feat. Nas/Success/White LabelJay-Z/Dead Presidents/Roc-A-FellaPLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds