Take It Personal Ep #60 : Indie Hip-Hop Tribute Pt. 2 with Shawn J. Period

"Episode 60 is the 2nd installment of our indie hip-hop tribute. This time we’re joined by Shawn J. Period, a major player in the indie movement. Shawn has given us with countless classics and we discuss each and every one of them. Only on TIP will you get to hear Shawn tell his story like this. We discuss his days on Big Beat, his first group Down South and his collabos with Mos Def, Heltah Skeltah, Bush Babees, Mad Skillz and The Artifacts.

This is an XXL episode clocking in over 5 ½ hours of music and discussion. We got joints from Company Flow, Kool Keith, Mos Def, Blackalicous, Talib Kweli, Non Phixon, MF DOOM, J-Live, Aceyalone, Lootpack, Styles of Beyond, Wee Bee Foolish, The Arsonists, Eminem, People Under The Stairs, 7L & Esoteric, Jedi Mind Tricks, Natural Elements, Godfather Don, Buc Fifty, Defari, Juggaknots, Aesop Rock, Rasco, Royce Da 5’9, Pharoahe Monch, Common, Sir Menelik, Mr. Lif, Atmosphere and so much F*CKING MORE! We’re talking 5 ½ hours of music, with over 100 tracks of quintessential indie era anthems.

If you were all up on IRC, AOL or Prodigy chat, copped records at Fat Beats after a slice of Joe's Pizza, maybe ordered from Sandboxautomatic or Hiphopsite and repped labels like Fondle ‘Em, Rawkus, Def Jux, Stones Throw, Hydra, GuessWyld, Eastern Conference, ABB, Anticon, Hiero or Rhymesayers, then THIS episode is for your! Sincerely" - The Take It Personal Crew" 

01.   Company Flow - 8 Steps To Perfection
02.   Talib Kweli - Manifesto

03.   J-Live - Braggin Writes

04.   J-Live - Braggin Writes (Dome Cracker Remix)

05.   DJ Spinna - Watch Deez feat. Eminem & Thiristin Howl III

06.   Bad Meets Evil - Scary Movies

07.   Non Phixion - I Shot Regan feat. Necro

08.   Rahsheed - Industrypartybumrusha

09.   Mr. Live - Supa Dupa

10.   El Da Sensei - Frontline feat. Pharoahe Monch, Prince Po, Mike Zoot & F.T.

11.   F.T. - Metal Thangz feat. O.C. & Pharoahe Monch

12.   C-Rayz Walz - WhoDaFuckAreYou

13.   Pumpkinhead - Dynamic (Remix) (Remix) feat. Bad Seed, Ces, DCQ, Jean Grae, Meat Pie, Ocean & Pokaface

14.   Mos Def - Mathematics

15.   Krumb Snatcha - Closer To God

16.   Planet Asia - Place of Birth

17.   Encore - Filthy feat. Evidence

18.   Rasco - Major League feat. Defari & Dilated Peoples

19.   Dilated Peoples - Triple Opitics

20.   Defari - Never Lose Touch

21.   Cali Agents - Neva Forget

22.   Royce Da 5'9  - Boom

23.   Mos Def - Universal Magnetic

24.   Mos Def - If You Can Huh You Can Hear

25.   Mike Zoot - High Drama feat. Mos Def

26.   KRS-One, Zack De La Rocha & The Last Emperor - C.I.A.

27.   High & Mighty - Open Mic Night feat. Baby Blak and Rahsheed

28.   Alchemist - E=MC2 feat. Evidence & Mr. Eon

29.   Lootpack - Whenimondamic

30.   Company Flow - Vital Nerve feat. BMS

31.   Sir Menelik - Nightwork

32.   Scaramanga - Special EFX feat. Godfather Don

33.   Godfather Don - Pieces of The Action

34.   Mr. Lif - Be Out

35.   7L & Esoteric - Be Alert feat. Virtuoso

36.   Natural Elements - Bust Mine

37.   Atmosphere - Scapegoat

38.   Blackalicious - A To G

39.   The Herbaliser - 8 Point Agenda (Version 1) feat. Latyre

40.   Aceyalone - Rappers, Rappers, Rappers

41.   MF DOOM - Doomsday

42.   MF Doom - Hey!

43.   A.G. - Weed Scented feat. O.C. & Guru

44.   Chief Kamachi - The Best feat. Guru

45.   Buc Fitty - Buc Buc Buc

46.   Obscure Disorder - 2004 feat. Non Phixion

47.   Non Phixion - Rock Stars

48.   Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood Runs Cold feat. Sean Price

49.   X-Ecutioners - Raiders Theme feat. E. Bros

50.   Big L - Size Em Up

51.   Tommy Tee - World Renown feat. Pete Rock, Large Professor & Mike Zoot

52.   Pete Rock - Back on The Block feat. C.L. Smooth

53.   Hi-Tek - The Sun God feat. Common

54.   Common - Tekzilla

55.   Freddie Foxxx - Part of My Life

56.   Smut Peddlers - Stank MCs feat. Kool Keith

57.   Masters of Illusion - The Bay-Bronx Bridge

58.   Motion Man - Hold Up feat. Biz Markie

59.   Dr. Dooom - Leave Me Alone (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)

60.   Cenobites - Mommy

61.   Eminem - Any Man

62.   High & Mighty - The Last Hit feat. Eminem

63.   Apathy - Every Emcee feat. Rise

64.   Copywrite - Fuck Soundcheck

65.   Edan - Run The Shit

66.   Swollen Members - Bottle Rocket feat. Evidence & Everlast

67.   Atmosphere - Homecoming feat. El-P

68.   Deep Puddle Dynamics - Rainmen

69.   Aesop Rock - Nickel Plated Pockets feat. Vast Aire

70.   7L & Esoteric - Speaking Real Words feat. Inspectah Deck

71.   R.A. The Rugged Man - 50,000 Heads feat. Sadat X

72.   Pharoahe Monch - Behind Closed Doors

73.   Juggaknots - Clear Blues Skies (Remix)

74.   I.G. Off & Hazadous - The Nicest

75.   Scaramanga - 7 XL feat. Grand Puba & Sadat X

76.   Saukrates - Rollin' (Remix) feat. O.C. & Masta Ace

77.   People Under The Stairs - San Francisco Knights

78.   Jurassic 5 - Jayou

79.   Haiku D'etat - Haiku D'etat

80.   Blackalicious - Deception

81.   Tame One - The Moment I Feared

82.   Arsonists - The Session

83.   Wee Bee Foolish - This Kid

84.   All Natural - Queens Get The Money

85.   J.U.I.C.E. - Sincerely

86.   Unspoken Heard - Trackrunners feat. J-Live & Grap Luva

87.   Siah & Yeshua DapoED - The Head Bop

88.   Styles of Beyond - Easy Back It Up

89.   Souls of Mischief - Soundscience

90.   Defari - People's Choice

91.   Black Attack - Correct Technique feat. Problemz

92.   Army of The Pharoahs - The Five Perfect Exertions eat. 7L & Esoteric, Bahamadia, Chief Kamachi, Jedi Mind Tricks & Virtuoso
93.   Binary Star - Indy 500

Take It Personal (Ep #55 : Speak Ya Clout) with DJ Premier

"I can tell you all the reasons why you should listen to our DJ Premier interview, but we're talking DJ Premier! When the G.O.A.T. talks, you just listen.

DJ Premier goes in-depth about the new album. We talk plenty about Guru, their relationship, the misunderstandings and the family bond. We collabos with Nas, Pete Rock, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Bun B, K-Rino. We discuss the artists featured on One of The Best Yet, as well as those who weren’t on the album but felt they should be. There was nothing off-limits and DJ Premier opened about Solar like we've never heard before. Of course, we had to have a little fun, so, we made Preem choose his best work outta Livin' Proof, The Sun Rises In The East or Hard To Earn.

Episode 55 also features plenty of '19 music with Gang Starr, Benny The Butcher, Murs, Pharoahe Monch, Brother Ali, Little Brother, Diamond D, DJ Shadow, Apollo Brown, Meyhem Lauren, Westside Gunn, Rapsody, Freddie Gibbs, Him Lo, Skyzoo & Pete Rock, Black Moon, Big Shug, Ghostface Killah, Supastition, Darc Mind, Your Old Droog, Elcamino, Apathy, Ras Kass and much more." - Take It Personal Radio  

1. Apathy - Still Gutter

2. Meyhem Lauren - Return of Dat Hard Shit
3. Conway - Tito's Back feat. Benny & Westside Gunn
4. Westside Gunn - Kool G feat. Conway & Benny

5. Benny The Butcher - Crowns for Kings feat. Black Thought

6. DJ Premier - Headlines feat. Conway, Westside Gunn & Benny

7. Big Shug - Still Big

8. Gang Starr - Lights Out feat. M.O.P.

9. Him Lo -Wu Lo

10. Rapsody - Ibtihaj feat. D'Angelo & GZA

11. Murs & 9th Wonder - Super Cojo Bros feat. GC & Cojo

12. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Education feat. Mos Def & Black Thought

13. Th1rst3en (Pharoahe Monch) - Palindrome

14. Apollo Brown - God Help Me feat. Black Milk, Ketchphraze & DJ Los

15. Kanye West - Follow God

16. Pusha T - Coming Home feat. Lauryn Hill

17. Diamond D - Survive or Die feat. Fat Joe, Fred The Godson & Raekwon

18. Gang Starr - Bad Name

19. Gang Starr - Take Flight (Militia Pt. 4) feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx

20. Masta Ace & Marco Polo - E.A.T. feat. Evidence

21. Skyzoo & Pete Rock - Eastern Conference All-Stars feat. Westside Gunn, Conway, Benny & Elzhi

22. Gang Starr - Hit Man feat. Q-Tip

23. Brother Ali - De La Kufi feat. Talib Kweli

24. Diamond D - The Three Kings feat. Erick Sermon & Havoc

25. Black Moon - Black Moon Rise

26. Ghostface Killah - Me, Denny & Darryl feat. Method & Cappadonna

27. Griselda (Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny) - Dr. Bird's

28. 38 Spesh - Never Seen A Man Cry feat. Benny & Conway

29. Little Brother - Sittin Alone

30. Ras Kass - The Long Way feat. Everlast

31. Clever 1 - Unlicensed To Carry

32. Smoke DZA & Benny - Drug Rap

33. Elcamino & Bozack Morris - No Smoke feat. Benny

34. 38 Spesh & Big Ghost Ltd - Purple Lotus

35. Gang Starr - From A Distance feat. Jeru The Damaja

36. Apollo Brown - Can't Lose feat. Phat Kat, Royce Da 5'9 & DJ Los

37. LEX & G.S. Advance - Sweep The Leg

38. Your Old Droog - World's About To End

39. Brother Ali - Red feat. Evidence

40. Brother Ali - Situated feat. Pharoahe Monch

41. Darc Mind - Don't Stop

42. Supastition - Someday Soon feat. Blueprint

43. Murs & 9th Wonder - Tony Robbins Pocketbook

44. Westside Gunn - Gunnlib

45. Westside Gunn - Thousand Shot Mac feat. Meyhem Lauren, Hologram & Conway

46. Stu Bangas - Carbon Fiber feat. Apathy

47. Smoke DZA & Benny - Smoked And Butchered feat. Styles P

48. O.C. & Lil' Fame - Jugganots

49. DJ Shadow - Drone Warfare feat. Nas & Pharoahe Monch

Take It Personal - Ep 53 : YO! MTV Raps Tribute with Doctor Dre

"It’s not every day you get to go back to your old school and talk with your teachers. Today, we got that chance to speak to one of them. Doctor Dre was the only doctor I knew growing up besides Dr. Spock. Dre, along with Fab Five Freddy and Ed Lover, were instrumental in our early exposures to hip-hop. They helped educate and they definitely helped entertain us. If not for YO! MTV Raps, many of us wouldn’t have even known these classic rap videos existed. There was no internet back then. Certainly nothing remotely close to Youtube. If you didn’t catch Music Box, Pump It Up, Rap City or Yo!, chances are, you just missed out!

While Fab Five Freddy took on the more serious role as the teacher who dropped knowledge all day, it was the fun-loving duo of Doctor Dre and Ed Lover that really captivated you. They had you laughing from the start of the class to the end of it. They left you wanting more. Doctor Dre knew how to kick dunn language, like on Knowledge Me, and he and Ed both knew how to have fun like Back Up Off Me. There has never been a team like Doctor Dre and Ed Lover and considering how the music industry is today, especially MTV, there never will be. Before mainstream TV really embraced hip-hop, before you had In Living Color, Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or New York Undercover, it was YO! MTV Raps that was pivotal in the hip-hop movement in mainstream America.

On this episode, we pay homage to YO! with 2 ridiculously dope DJ 360 mixes. We also speak to the great Doctor Dre. We talk about his early days at Adelphi University with Chucky D and Flavor Flav. We talk Original Concept, Def Jam and some interesting stories about Rick Rubin. We cover touring with the Beasties, how Bill Cosby did a very Bill Cosby thing when on YO!. We find out Don Cornelius felt threatened by their success. We talk about RUN-DMC not giving Dre the proper credit all the way to dropping an album on Def Jam in ‘88 along with Slick Rick and Public Enemy. We talk a lot of P.E., even Dre’s love/hate relationship with Flavor Flav.

We cover a lot of ground here. From Who’s The Man, to who was the man behind the selections on the the soundtrack. But - what would this interview be without the amazing history and stories of YO!? We take you to the final episode, where that infamous freestyle session goes down between Rakim, Chubb Rock, Erick Sermon, MC Serch, KRS-One, Redman, Method Man, Large Professor, Special Ed and Craig Mack. We learn who Doctor Dre felt had the best verse on that iconic episode. So much and more. Don’t miss our YO! MTV Raps Tribute Show featuring Doctor Dre!" - Take It Personal Radio 

Todd 1 – Down With MTV feat. Doctor Dre & Ed Lover

Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader
Boogie Down Productions – My Philospohy

Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
EPMD – You Gots To Chill
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo – Road To The Riches
Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half-Steppin
Biz Markie – Biz Is Goin’ Off
Special Ed – The Magnificent
Stop The Violence Movement – Self-Destruction
Heavy D – Big Tyme
MC Lyte – Paper Thin
JVC Force – Strong Island
Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep
Nice & Smooth – Funky For You
D-Nice – Call Me D-Nice
N.W.A. – Express Yourself
Eazy-E – Eazy-er Said Than Dunn
The D.O.C. – It’s Funky Enough
Ice-T – High Roller
Boogie Down Productions – Love’s Gonna Getch’a
K-Solo – Your Mom’s In My Business
Cool C - Glamorous Life
LL Cool J – I’m The Type of Guy
LL Cool J – Jingling Baby (Remix)
LL Cool J – To Da Break of Dawn
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J – Jack The Ripper
LL Cool J – The Boomin’ System
Chubb Rock – Treat ‘Em Right
Brand Nubian – All For One
Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint
De La Soul – Plug Tunin’
3rd Bass – The Gas Face feat. Zev Love X/DOOM
EPMD – Rampage feat. LL Cool J
Das EFX – Mic Checka
Ice Cube – Who’s The Mack?
Digital Underground – Doowutchyalike
Del the Funkee Homosapien – Mistadobalina
A Tribe Called Called Quest – Check The Rhime
A Tribe Called Called Quest – Scenario feat. L.O.N.S.
Gang Starr – DWYCK feat. Nice & Smooth
Grand Puba – 360
Organized Konfusion – Fudge Pudge feat. O.C.
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Poppa Large (Remix)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y./The Creator (Live)
Run-DMC – Down With The King feat. Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
Naughty By Nature – Uptown Anthem
Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man
Redman – Time 4 Sum Akson
House of Pain – Jump Around
House of Pain – Who’s The Man
Doctor Dre and Ed Lover – Back Up Off Me!

Take It Personal Ep 51 : A Jazz Thing

"Episode 51 we pay homage to jazz music. There is no hip-hop without this great artform. We've got joints from Digable to De La. We've also have Freestyle Fellowship, Blackalicious, Madkap, Organized Konfusion, Sound Providers, Damu The Fudgemunk, Artifacts, Buckshot LeFonque and Siah & Yeshua DapoED to name a few. Remember, on Soundcloud you can now download each episode for free. Our website has all the track lists for each episode and we just released a few new tees for the fall." - Take It Personnal Radio

1.     Gang Starr - Jazz Thing

2.     Digable Planets - Dedicated

3.     Organized Konfusion - Keep It Koming

4.     De La Soul - Patti Dooke feat. Guru

5.     Madlib - Slim's Return

6.     Guru - Respect The Architect feat. Bahamadia

7.     Common Invocation

8.     Freestyle Fellowship - Inner City Boundaries

9.     The Roots - Essaywhuman?!!!??!

10.   Buckshot LeFonque - Breakfast @ Denny's

11.   O.C. - Word...Life

12.   A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (Remix)

13.   Brand New Heavies - Bonafied Funk feat. Main Source

14.   Sound Providers - Get Down

15.   Soho - Hot Music

16.   K-OS - Superstar

17.   Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

18.   Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

19.   De La Soul - I Be Blowin'/I Am I Be

20.   Guru - Loungin'

21.   Madkap - Proof Is In The Puddin'

22.   Buckshot LeFonque - Some Shit @ 98BPM

23.   Black Star - Respiration (Pete Rock Remix) feat. Black Thought

24.   Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way

25.   All Natural - 50 Years

26.   Damu The Fudgemunk - The Bright Side

27.   Slum Village - I Don't Know feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff

28.   Godfather Don - Where'z The Skillz?

29.   Pharoahe Monch - The Truth feat. Common & Talib Kweli

30.   Black Star - Thieves In The Night

31.   Jeru The Damaja - Da Bitchez

32.   Siah & Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz

33.   Artifacts - Haagan Daz

34.   Digable Planets - Where I'm From (Remix)

35.   Kaotic Style - Hip Hop Jazz
36.   Guru - Feel The Music
37.   Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz