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Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 9/06/08 - Medinah Starr: The Next Problematic Femcee From Philly This show marked the last time we came on at our early afternoon time, and we decided to depart with a few surprises. With the whole crew of DJ BlacKnight, Dialekt718, John Black, Jeff Strange & Eprops in the place, probably one of the most funniest and informative interviews came from one of the legendary Boot Camp Clik members, Rock of Heltah Skeltah. Before he came through, Philly native Medinah Starr called into the show to introduce herself and talk about her label that has previous guest Access Immortal signed to it, as well as her upcoming EP and how being a self made femcee has made her success all the more better. Once the convesation ends, Da Rockness Monstah comes through and tells some funny origin stories to the crew before this first half ends. We got in several sets of music in between all of this, see some of the goodies we played for yourself: Black Moon feat Smif N Wessun - Black Smif-N-Wessun Smif-N-Wessun - Wrekonize Heltah Skeltah feat Method Man - Gunz 'N Onez Originoo Gunn Clappaz - Bounce To The Ounce Medinah Starr - Affirmation Medinah Starr feat Access Immortal & Torae - Beauty & Pain Joel Ortiz - Memories

Return To The BoomBox Podcast 8/30/08 - Mr. Mecca Spends Labor Day Weekend With The BoomBox After another sets of songs, Abandoned Nation member Mr. Mecca came by to talk about his experiences in Hip Hop and what he has taken and put into his upcoming mixtape and album. Pay attention here emcees, as Mecca drops a lot of information that you could use to navigate the industry. Mecca also releases some upcoming exclusives from the album while the BoomBox crew drops some recent and newer tracks in between. You can see the incomplete play list below to see what we mean: Esoteric feat Termanology - Incredible Hulk Rap Koncept - Your Charm Sauce Money - Get That Paper NYGz - Giantz Ta This Mr. Mecca - Swagger Mr. Mecca feat Blitz & Wildchild - Calm Down Guru feat Common & Blue Scholars - The Game Needs Me

Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 8/30/08 - Unearthly Rhetoric Calls Back Into The BoomBox For the end of the month, the original game plan was to pack the studio with a bunch of long standing independent artists such as the Brooklyn Academy and Mr. Mecca. However, things didn't quite work out that way and only Mr. Mecca was able to make it, but this was still a dope show with a surprise call in from Kentucky based artist Unearthly Rhetoric. Hitting on the usual topics of Hip Hop, politics and the labor day weekend that caused only co-hosts Dialekt718 & DJ BlacKnight to come. They held it down with several charged sets of dope golden era artists and a couple of newer and exclusive tracks such as: 3rd Bass - Product Of The Environment (Marley Marl Remix) House Of Pain - Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix) Group Home - Suspended In Time The Beatnuts - Hit Me With That Pack FM - Great God Asterisk 4 John Robinson feat Peter Hadar - Mascot Lakim Shabazz - Lots Of Lovin King Sun - Be Black

Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 8/23/08 - Friction & A-Alikes Drop Words Of Wisdom And Lyrics On Ya Ass There's too many topics and bits of information that were hit upon in this second half to summarize, but all we can say is it must be heard cause every bit of it is relevant to the average person. Some of the first half gave you a sample, but all artists present really go in during this second half. After which they bring the same knowledge to the freestyle session that demonstrates their lyrical skill, and they close out with some thoughts and things to look forward. We did get plenty of music in during the conversation, see for yourself: Friction feat Bless Roxwell - A.I.D.S. (Acquired Intelligence To Destroy Systems) A-Alikes - Rather Be Hated A-Alikes feat NIMROD - Drought Time Friction - Devil's In The Details A-Alikes - Explode A-Alikes - Can't Get Along

Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 8/23/08 - Friction & A-Alikes Bring The Revolution To A Speaker Near You Today's show brought together several artists from different locations with similar goals in mind: counteract the negative messages against oppressed minorities and feed people the truth of society's ills through music. Many topics were hit upon as emcees Friction, Ness & K and DJ Scan Elohem all sat together with each other for the first time and exchanged thoughts and facts. This first half focuses more on their music and how they view the Hip Hop genre currently, and there is a lot of food for thought here. The BoomBox crew also provided various tunes aside from the artist's music, as shown by the incomplete play list below: Paris - Outta My Life Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted Souls Of Mischief - Never No More Hieroglyphics - You Never Knew Medinah Starr - Hold Me Down Maya Azucena feat Hasan Salam, Immortal Technique & Ness of A-Alikes - Rebel Friction - Give It Up Friction - Better Man

Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 8/16/08 - Outasight, Kris & Hicks Destroy The Mic, Nola Darling Fits In All Right Picking up right where the first half ended, more people call in to give props to Outasight and the movement he has sparked. Then all of the artists in the studio at the time hopped on the mic for a damn near flawless freestyle session. Emcees take note, some of the lines spit here will make you want to quit your job. When everyone has to split, the group Nola Darling shows up (somewhat) late and rocks with the BoomBox crew for a extra hour of overtime. Listen to their interview for plenty of jokes, guys calling in for a date and how these ladies have made their own niche and landed a XXL write up. Plenty, and we do mean plenty, of exclusives and new tracks were played. See the full listing for yourself: Outasight - Radio, Radio Outasight - Good Evening Kris Kasanova - Go Head Outasight - Love Or Confusion? Nola Darling - Chat Ms Deejay Nola Darling - Who Is Nola Darling?? Nola Darling - Dem Rude Gals Nola Darling - Real "D"s LL Cool J feat Method Man, Jim Jones, Lil Kim & KRS One - 5 Boros

Return To The BoomBox Radio Podcast 8/16/08 - Hick & Kris Kasanova In The Place, Outasight Comes Like A Full Plate... This was one of our craziest shows, with two different sets of guests dropping by for a four hour overtime run. In this half, DJ BlacKnight & Dialekt718 kick off the show with a couple of classic sets before local artists Kris Kasanova & Hicks come through to talk about the moves their making and why they respect the foundations of Hip Hop. Then co-host Jeff Strange arrives, along with Outasight shortly after. With this crazy mix, you'll hear a lot of jokes, phone calls and dope music. Check the partial play listing below to see what made the rotation this half: A Tribe Called Quest - We Got The Jazz Pete Rock & CL Smooth - TROY Kool G Rap feat Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie - Erase Racism YZ - Thinking Of A Master Plan Masta Ace & Edo G - AE Big Boi feat Andre 3000 & Raekwon - Royal Flush Hicks - Mr 2 AM Kris Kasanova - Street Life