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As I am sure you know Hip Hop mythical birthday was August 11th 2023 and we celebrated in grand style.

San Jose Jazzfest is San Jose's premier music happening and in commmeration of Hip Hop's 50th B-Day the good folks at SJZ curated a HIP HOP 50 stage featuring breakdancing, popping/locking, turf dancing, and a headline performance by MURS! The south bay media darlings otherwise known as the Dad Bod Rap Pod were tapped to interview the Living Legend MURS in advance of his set. The LA rapper was sharp as a tack and legit hilarious as he talked about retirement, why the government should be run like indie rap, and what Hip Hop means to him. Your humble hosts were outside for real podcasting from huge stage in the middle of the street on a beautiful San Jose evening.

Hope your Hip Hop birthday weekend was sufficiently lit!

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Happy Born Day Hip Hop!

How do we celebrate the culture that has given us so much over the past 50 years? By sharing two interview with true Hip Hop pioneers.

Over our 250+ episode run we have had the privilege of talking with many Hip Hop legends none more important than Roxanne Shante and Easy AD (of the Cold Crush Brothers). Despite being a global cultural and economic phenomenon, Hip Hop is still criminally under-documented (especially the era before people were making shit tons of money off rap music). That's why we are proud to present this week's episode which features excerpts from DBRP Classic interviews with two true Hip Hop pioneers.

In the first segment, we flash back to our Roxanne Shante interview from 2018 as she prepared for the release of her Netflix biopic. She described her incredible ascent to the top of the rap world and her struggles with misogyny in Hip Hop. Part two of this birthday bash features an excerpt from an interview we did with Cold Crush Brother Easy AD. He touches on the park jam era and whether the Cold Crush has been properly celebrated for their contributions to the culture. Hip Hop has been very very good to us. Here's to 50 more years!

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What f*ck is this?

Fair question. Remember Season 3 of Atlanta when they started throwing in these curveball episodes that were completely off-plot (but still within the universe of the show)? Yeah, it's kind of like that. As I am want to do, I was lurking Blockhead's twitter feed. Watching a master work. The man who had the stones to challenge the existence of blue balls on twitter was enthralling and enraging followers with his takes on the "friend zone". I of course had to get my two cents in and and an off-hand joke about doing a hip hop version of the sex advice show Love Lines (iykyk) turned into the pilot episode you are about to hear.

Blockhead in addition to being a world renowned producer is a funny ass dude with IDEAS about how you should live your love life. For my part I'm a gen x divorcee podcaster guy. I'd like to think I have learned some things that could useful to others (probably not). So we sat down and spent roughly 50 minutes talking about the aforementioned "friend zone", relationship histories, and how to get your partner to listen to more Godfather Dom.

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According to legendary A&R Dante Ross there are two kinds of Hip Hop nerds, cool ones like us and....actually I forgot what he said after that I was too busy patting myself on the back.

This was just one of the many gems dropped by Dante at his Son of The City book talk at Aemoba Records Berkeley on Saturday, July 8th. The former scrub/current author has been touring the country and chatting with hip hop luminaries like Just Blaze, B-Real, and Open Mike Eagle at each stop. How we got the call for the Bay Area leg of the tour I do not know but we definitely showed up and showed out.

The three bad brothers that you know so well gathered around a small table with Dante and special guest Del The Funkee Homosapien to talk about Dante's stellar career and the state of hip hop generally. It was super dope conversation and we got it all on tape. Enjoy!

ALSO BUY SON OF THE CITY IT IS AWESOME BOOK!

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It's been a long time!

We back on our grind. This week we have a dope interview with the collaborative emcee/producer combo Video Dave and Controller 7. Folks who listen regularly know that Dave and C7 are among our favorite humans. That's why it was great to chat with them about their new album ArticulatedTextiles (out now on Fake Four).The record is a wonderful blend of heartfelt observations and clever beat-scapes evoking Native Tongues feels.

During the intro segment the bros talk about their unexpectedly cool summer.

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Author, funk drummer, and respected hip-hop figure J-Zone joined back in 2019 to drop knowledge about the rap industry and promote his new Red Bull Music Academy series Give The Drummer Some, where he interviews and plays with legendary drummers. We are really happy with how this one turned out.

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First the Fat Boys break up....

The Fat Boys are one of those rap groups from the 80's that sometimes get mistakenly branded as a novelty or gimmick act. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Fat Boys were among the first wave of stellar rap crews to barnstorm the nation and bring the street poetry of New York to middle America. Central to the Fat Boys success was rapper/producer Prince Markie Dee.

After the Fat Boys disbanded Markie Dee went on to have an incredible production career crafting hip hop flavored R&B joints for J-Lo, Mariah Carey, and Mary J. Blige (you have perhaps heard the song Real Love yeah?) He also had a couple of slept on solo projects in the 90s.

Back in 2018 he was kind enough to hop on the phone with the dad bods and talk about the wildness of the Freshfest Tours, having a 3 movie deal with Warner Bros, and being signed by industry titan Tommy Mottola. Prince Markie Dee tragically passed in 2021. We present this interview to honor his memory and musical legacy.

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What we're gonna do right here is go back....way back...back into time.

By now you have probably noticed we took a few unannounced weeks of summer vacation. Shout out to everyone who reached out to inquire what in the actual fuck. We good, just taking a summer breather after releasing 50+ episodes a year for 5+ years (yes I'm flexin). No worries, we'll be back in July with mo hot shit.

This week we wanted to bump this episode from the back end of our catalog. Episode 59 (and honestly it should have episode 69 considering the guest) our conversation with Akinyele. The Ak ha ha gave us a call from a Miami strip club and talked about Live at the BBQ, working with a young Nas, dealing with industry fuckery, and running for Mayor of Miami. With his seminal release Vagina Diner about to turn 30 we thought it was the perfect time to share this convo with one of raps raunchiest.

In the carbon dated intro a young(er) Nate, Dave, and Demone talk about De La Soul's skirmishes with Tommy Boy over streaming.

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Radio...suckas never play me.

If you weren't born in the 70s/80s I think it's hard to understand the importance radio stations once held. In a world before the internet radio was the primary way we learned about and consumed new music. In that paradigm the radio DJ held a sacred place. The old school disc jockey was curator, taste maker, and gatekeeper all rolled into one. Luckily the the Dad Bods came of age in a time and place where the benevolent radio DJ Chuy Gomez presided over Hip Hop radio. For more than 20 years Chuy was the voice that brought us Hip Hop over the airwaves. He also held it down (and continues to hold it down) on TV as well as the host the California Music Channel.

The bros were fortunate to get some of Chuy's time and nerd out about the bay area radio of yesteryear.

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On this week's episode of Dad Bod Rap Pod your humble hosts talk to underground rap veteran Mr. Lif. This Boston bred emcee rose to prominence in the early 2000's and has worked with some of rap's most brilliant minds including El-P and Edan.

In this wide ranging interview Lif talks about his rap origin story, getting encouragement from guru, almost leaving the rap game, and his newest business venture. During the intro Demone talks about his recent trip to Brooklyn and ruminates with Nate about whether BK is the center of the indy rap universe.

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Joints used in this episode

1. Unbeautiful- Oh No
2. History- Thievery Corporation feat Mr. Lif
3. Luna Thee Impressionist- Mint Beats
4. Making Planets-Edan feat Mr. Lif