The Corner Radio Hosted by Kil: Saluting 20 Years of Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt

For the new episode of my podcast The Corner Radio, me and my peoples Yaw, Nick & JP are saluting Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" turning 20. We're chopping it up about how we first got put onto Jay, what we thought of "RD" when it first dropped, what producer held it down the most, what are our top 3 songs, what are our top 3 Jay verses and where does Reasonable Doubt rank in Jay's discography. Trust, if you rock with Jay & Reasonable Doubt then you'll LOVE this ep!

The Corner Radio Hosted By Kil: The Death of R&B @ Bad Boy

"Cause it's Bad Boy for life..." - Puff

For this week's episode of my podcast The Corner Radio, me & my R&B Co-op JR & Kaye are chopping it up about the rise and fall of Bad Boy's R&B roster, why none of these acts could survive once they left Bad Boy, was Faith REALLY a Mary J. knock off, Puff's changing of the guard from Chucky Thompson to Stevie J to Mario Winans and why that didn't work out, why none of us know any of the members of 112's names, the differences between old school answering machines and voice mail and why Puff's "No Way Out" album was truly the end of Bad Boy records. ANOTHER dope ep ya'll! 

The Corner Radio Hosted by Kil: The Sins of Ghostwriting

"I can dig rappin, but a rapper with a ghostwriter, what the f-ck happened?" - Kendrick Lamar

That quote from KRS is the best explanation of what The Corner Radio is gonna be bringing ya'll every week. And on top of that boom bap we'll always have a dope convo, debate or an interview on tap too! So check out the newest episode where I'm chopping it up with 2 of my fav MC's Vegas and Yaw Geez about what's really good with ghostwriting in 2015, how we would feel if we found out our favorite MC didn't write their rhymes and if Drake doesn't write his rhymes, why is he part of this Sprite campaign with Nas, Big and Rakim. Plus, you get 40+ minutes of BANGIN' old school and new school hip hop! ANOTHER dope ep ya'll! And in case cats don't have time to peep the whole show and wanna get straight to the convo, skip to the 23:25 mark and you're good money.

Live From the Writer's Bench: Prince Po from Organized Konfusion

This week, Prince Po from Organized Konfusion sits in with us to chop it up about the beginnings of Organized Konfusion, what lead to the break up, his new solo album produced by Oh No and how Paul C's death affected him. And ya'll already know what it is...ANOTHER dope ep! 

Live From the Writer's Bench: Seattle's Best Jake One

This week, Jake One comes through the bench to chop it up about everything from how he got his start in the game, those CLASSIC Conmen mixtapes with Preme, how he feels about "cyber diggin" and how the Rick Ross' "Three Kings" beat was originally for Detox to his thoughts on Lord Jamar's comments about white rappers, the differences between recording with Brother Ali and Freeway, some of his production secrets, how he felt when the Supersonics left Seattle and what the hell was on his mind when he made De La's "Rock Cokane Flow" beat! Another dope ep ya'll!

Live From the Writer's Bench: Real Talk with Bink!

For this week's ep of The Writer's Bench, we chop it up with grammy award winning and one of one of the illest producers in the game Bink! We chop it up about everything from how he got into the game, how he used to live with Mr. Cheeks and what the feel was around Baseline Studios while making Jay's classic album "The Blueprint" to his relationship with Dilla, what he learned from Stevie J and why his drums are so f-cking CRAZY! Plus Bink! plays us the original beat for Kanye's "Devil In A New Dress!" Another DOPE ep ya'll! And after checking this, come through and grab my Best of Bink! mixtape with just a couple of the BANGERS he's produced for cats!

The Chop Shop: Chucky Thompson - My Life, My Music Documentary

Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a HUGE advocate of twitter when it's time to network cause I've not only made a rack of dope connects through twitter but also a rack of good folk who I now consider friends. I met my dude Shon through twitter cause we were chopping it up about a documentary I was working on and he shared with me this project he was working on based on Chucky Thompson and he asked did I wanna be down...did I wanna be down?!?!?! Come on fam...of course I wanna be down! So, two weeks later I'm in the studio chopping it up with Chucky (who btw, is one of my fave producers EVER) and I'm finally getting answers to questions that I've had the past 20 years! And I think the dopest thing about this interview is that I come at 100% from a fan's perspective and I honestly think that's one of the biggest things missing from the game right now. Back in the day if you worked for the Source, MTV/BET or at a label you were 9 times outta 10 a hip hop head or at least a music lover but we all know that's not how the game is played anymore...but all of that to say, that I think this is a REAL dope interview cause I get Chucky to chop it up about everything from how he got in the game, seeing BIG go from being just an upcoming MC to becoming one of the best ever, why Stevie J was doing more of the R&B bangers on "Life After Death", why the Hitmen broke up and did Puff blackball them after the break up from Bad Boy and the differences between working with Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige to the pressure he felt producing Mary's "My Life", how Faith's "Soon As I Get Home" got made while he was rushing to the airport, how he got the call to work on Nas' "Stillmatic"  and since he's one of the few producers to have worked with both Nas and BIG, who he thinks is the better MC and what he's currently working on and what he has in the chamber. Dope stuff ya'll...for real!

Live From the Writer's Bench: The Grap Luva Episodes Part 1 & Part 2

This week on Live From the Writer's Bench, the team chops it up with the younger soul brother, Grap Luva about everything from his beginnings in hip hop, how Pete Rock made the beats for Heav's "Big Tyme" album with pause tapes, how he ended up making it onto Pete & CL's classic "The Basement" and why the INI album never officially dropped to how Pete Rock and CL Smooth was originally a 3 man crew, how the Pete & CL break up affected him, if he's still rhyming and making beats and Grap breaks down the day Pete made the remix for Das EFX's "Real Hip Hop." Another DOPE episode!