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LETS GET READY TO QUIBBLE!

I think it was the great Nate Le Blanc who once said arguing is the 6th element of Hip Hop. It's in this spirit that we present Quibble Jam 2022 our annual breakdown of the year in rap. On part one of the Quibs Nate, Dave, and Demone vigorously debate about the best instrumental albums, best album cover, best non rap album and more!

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Singing Engine-Preservation
2. Glory-SAULT
3. Gotham-Ace Cannons feat Josiah The Gift
4. The Ski Mask Aint for COVID-Ghais Guevara
5. Quantum Leap-Roc Marciano + Alchemist
6. I'll Fight You-Open Mike Eagle
7. @ My Leisure-J Scienide

Daddy Kev is multi-hyphenate mastermind who's has put to together an astonishing body or work across several artistic disciplines. He is a dope ass producer, DJ, sound engineer, party promoter, label head, and now author. His new book Audio Dynamics: Compression Techniques for Modern Mixing and Mastering is a distillation of his vast knowledge of mixing and mastering. Oh and also he was recently nominated for a Grammy for his mastering work on Freestyle Fellowship's To Whom It May Concern re-release. He talks about all that and more in this insightful interview.

During the intro segment Nate and Demone talk about the art of mixing and mastering.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Ascension-Daddy Kev
2. I am amazing-NAH Really
3. Rhythm-Awol One & Daddy Kev

RIP DON NEWKIRK WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROGRAM

Dyed in the wool backpackers will remember the pitched battle between the keep it realists and the shiny suit mafia that took place in the mid/late-nineties. At that time there was a tangible sense that the ethos of "real" Hip Hop was being subsumed by corporatist tendencies (we weren’t entirely wrong about that). Many emcees stepped forward to defend the art form we all know and love, few the zealotry of Cap D of the Chicago based rap dou All Natural. Together with producer Tone B Nimble, Cap D put out several solid releases during the last throes of the backpack era.

All Natural’s discography alone would have made for an interesting interview but Cap D's second act is almost as interesting as his first. Currently Cap D (government name David Kelly) is Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel for the (WORLD CHAMPION) Golden State Warriors. Even though he has the perhaps the coolest gig in the world he is still a rapper at heart. In this interview Cap talks about his All Natural days, making the transition from the booth to the courtroom, and his upcoming album with Chicago legend Juice produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow.

During the intro segment Nate, Dave, and Demone talk crypto crashes, the legacy of All Natural, and why the Warriors have gotten of to a slow start this season. 

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Elements of Style-All Natural 
2. Godspeed-All Natural 
3. Renaissance-All Natural 
4. Crawlspace Instrumental-Kenny Segal  

Real weirdos are hard to find.

Sure there are rappers who attempt to project strangeness but the vast majority come across inauthentic or unlistenable (or both). Every so often a true eccentric grabs the mic and reorients our ideas about how wavy this art form can be. Fatboi Sharif is one such artist. Verbose, macabre, and enigmatic the New Jersey rapper has amassed a devoted following over the past couple years by releasing a string of authentically weird joints with producers like Roper Williams and Lungs/Lonesword.

His latest offering Preaching in Havana is a collaboration with producer Noface. The duo have crafted a project that is eerie and unsettling in all the right ways. Hosts Nate Le Blanc and David Ma talk to Sharif and Noface about how Havana came into being and the mystique they have both cultivated.

During the into segment Demone and Nate talk about Eminem's Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Induction and the tragic passings of Tame One and Hurricane G.

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DISCLAIMER: We had some technical difficulties during the interview so you will hear a couple of rough cuts in the conversation.

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Joints featured in this episode

1. Fly Pelican Fly-Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams feat YL
2. 1999 Hacker Worldwide-Fatboi Sharif & Noface
3. Static Vision-Fatboi Sharif & Noface

What's in a name?

Producers are hella cool because often times you know their name long before seeing thier face (or in some cases faces). This allows for the imagination to run and conjure up images who (or what) made this dope ass beat. In the run up to this interview your humble hosts were a bit confused about who is (or isn't) Child Actor and why did the name start popping up in the production credits on all our favorite rap records.

Max from Child Actor (yes its a group) came on the pod to break down the science behind Child Actor, his beatmaking process and how he became cool with some of the dopest rappers in the world.

During the intro segment hosts Nate Le Blanc and David Ma talk about Doomsday, Halloween, and Westside Gunn's new album 10

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Joints featured in this episode

1.Sheppard’s Tone-billy woods 

2.Spelling-E L U C I D

3.Sit Down Servant-The Staple Singers

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