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ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the ongoing evolution of rappers making personal albums palatable for their audience as well as the different textures of personal albums available to us. shadowboxMemoirs In Armour intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Starlito, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the evolution of Lito through solo mixtapes and Step Brothers projects, how Lito influenced the world of music we have now. Imposter Syndrome intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, No God, Koseph! AGENDA New Business Discuss D’Angelo-Voodoo in depth. Discuss the scope of its influence and what makes it special. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Mega, OG Nick Marsh, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Samurai in detail. Breakdown the tendencies, attributes, and skills of Lupe Fiasco. How conceptual do we want Lupe to get?---Do you want Lupe to rap from the perspective of a dinosaur or a cheeseburger? Do you want stripped down Lupe? Some of the underground heads have always maintained the feeling that Lupe gets credit for being high concept without actually achieving a high concept. This is a part of Lupe as an artist no one is neutral on. His discography forces a position. Does Lupe like his audience?---I really thought Lupe would take over the world. What I learned from Lupe is no matter how talented you are, even if you carry all the attributes your audience has been demanding, if you talk down to your audience…lecture not conversate…you will lose them. Hip Hop fans I know all have a point of disengagement from Lupe where he became too much and they walked away. Most of them didn’t walk away because he wasn’t the same emcee, it was because he pushed them away. To Soundtrakk or not to Soundtrakk-In the roll out for Samurai Lupe has been protective of Soundtrakk. He thinks when people suggest a new producer they are denigrating Soundtrakk. I disagree with his processing of this. Lupe’s sound has been very clean and almost cute for a while. A lot of us wonder what would he sound like over August Fanon or Messiah Muzik production? We know this is a community with a ton of sonic flavor and we just want Lupe to take advantage! MY HOPE When I first heard Lupe on Touch The Sky my hope for him was he could become the Kanye I could handle. Someone a) better at rapping and b) in Christ pose less often. It was as exciting as hearing Kurupt on Doggy Dogg World. I always hold him against those hopes to chart where he has gone and where I rate him all time.

ATTENDEES Rich Jones, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney New Business AGENDA Discuss the mission, coming together, sound signature, and reaction to SOUR DUB. Discuss SOUR DUB in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Nacho Picasso, Televangel, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the process of making this album since we haven’t had a solo Nacho album since 2019. What adjustments were made? Discuss Jesse’s Revenge in depth. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Curly Castro, PremRock, Controller 7, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the evolution from the debut to Metal Lung to Nobody Planning To Leave and the format of ShrapKnel. Talk about Nobody Planning To Leave in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss important themes and topics related to 2024 music. Unveil new superlative categories and name possible contenders. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Supastition, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the emotional reality of being “your favorite rapper's favorite rapper” and how difficult it has been to stay centered. Discuss Every Last Word and All That Was Left Unsaid in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Sunmundi, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from the audioscape of Midnight Oil to Lived and Born. Discuss Lived and Born in depth. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Kam Thandi, Rap Music Plug aka Rohan, August Fanon, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss how #RICHAXXHAITIAN adds to the legacy of music Hommy has put together. Discuss the influence, tendencies, strengths and room for improvement regarding Mach-Hommy. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the drama between Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and J. Cole charting the rise and fall of the big three. Discuss the songs in depth and the outcome. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Chong Wizard, Zilla Rocca, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from Midnight Sons to Money Has No Owners. Breakdown Money Has No Owners in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Āthmaan, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the influence of Indian music on hip hop and hip hop’s effect on Indian music. Discuss The Vital Breath in depth. The First Fist to Make Contact When We DapOut of The Blue

ATTENDEES Ceschi, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the final leg of a long beautiful solo career and the growth of Fake Four. What is the label's optimal future? Discuss Bring Us The Head of Francisco False (Part 1) in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Cavalier, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the process of crafting an album and how it has changed from ⁠Chief⁠ to ⁠Lemonade⁠ to ⁠Private Stock⁠ to ⁠Different Type Time⁠. Discuss Different Type Time in depth. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES Real Bad Man, Lukah, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Permanently Blackface (The 1st Expression) transitioning into Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. And the growth in dimension Discuss Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. In detail intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES The Expert, NAHreally, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss going from entirely self produced projects like Hackinway & Loose Around The Edges to The Expert produced BLIP and how different the process is. Discuss BLIP in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES SonRaw, Rob from Next Movement Pod, Dylan Green, Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Celebrate 200 episodes of State of The Game and how odd it is to still be here. Discuss how influential and unique the Diplomats movement was and the effect it had on us as listeners/artists/critics Discuss Dipset moments that imprinted on the culture, our memory, our inner circle. When you hear Dipset what comes to mind first? intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEES DøøF, NCL-TM, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business From Hoodrat Noir to Swamp Phonk to BULLETPROOF KUFFLINX what are the common characteristics of a NCLDOOFUS collaboration? What makes these albums so different? Discuss BULLETPROOF KUFFLINX in depth. Intro and outro by andrew