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Yo extra long episode with Tokyo's dopest Studio owner, producer Ghostpops (South Africa) and writer MC artist, Kraftykid (UK).We touch on a lot of topics this episode. Racial profiling in tokyo, the "grimiest" parts of Tokyo, race and japanese artists using the n-word, the difficulty of working with and around japanese artists making black musics,…
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Year 6 Episode 1! Yo I am back with new Mega Late Show content! As usually we are rocking with some of the most talented, interesting and accomplished people in Tokyo Japan! Today I got two of my long time homegirls, dancers: Yinka Oshitelu and Ktea 3ntertainer. Both have been in Japan for a long time and have been on some of its largest stages. Fr…
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Peace! This episode was recorded several months ago. i fucked around and deleted the video of it and then got lazy to edit the audio. but here we are!! finally. my apologies. I give a kinda long update on the state of the podcast before the recording. And i dont remember much about the conversation but im certain it was good. Paulie is a life long …
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Hello,Back with another installment of the interviews about infection rates. This joint features good good friend of the pod a.k.a. DJ Double El who goes by too many monikers to list out. We get into a bit of vaccine talk and try to hash out some realistic expectations for the future. We are not scientists and this is not financial advice, lol He a…
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Hello,Still. With the good homie Emjae we got caught up on what's been going on since we last linked. It has been over a year and some change that we last really chopped it up and since he has been in Japan. He has constantly stayed focused and in work mode though. He's been working on a new project, collaborating, and plans to drop a video soon. A…
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Hello,Again & again with another convo. This one is chicken soup served straight to you by the lovely & wonderful N'Dea Davenport. She gives so many jewels and gems in this ep its almost unbelievable. We go over what her experience with the past year has been like and all the work she has been taking the time to do. And not necessarily artistic wor…
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The Final episode? Probably not***Sorry for the delay. I recorded this two weeks ago and couldn't get my ass into gear to edit the video and audio***Without further adieu, episode 150!! Extra long run time and featuring one of our earliest supporters, an iconoclast in the worldwide house dance community, with unrivaled experience and expertise! The…
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Hello,Got another drop with a homey. DJ AAROCK fell on the line to let us know how it's been for a working DJ during the parallelogram. He's been able to keep working and also found time to pursue some personal projects. He's been got some music that he's produced with an emcee coming and he has a graphic novel also. We get into all of that, plus s…
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Hello,Got another drop for ya'll this time with the Guy, Putafeche of the Breakdown crew. He's just moved recently so there is a little bit of talk about the feel of some of the neighborhoods in Tokyo. Then we get into what it's like for an introvert during the pandemic (hint: not that big a change). We also talk about the general atmosphere in Jap…
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Took a while but finally got the homie and owner/ operator of Tokyos renowned Soul Food House. Theyve been featured on just about every major Japanese media org and also on Pharrells "Entrepreneur" music video. We also discuss the Legacy Lounge!Hes been interviewed countless times so we didnt want to rehash all the typical stuff. Lots of random fun…
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Before this recording if you asked me who was Mevina, id tell you he was the homie. A cool as hell, big Samoan guy that runs a few Polynesian dance school or classes. And i think owns a few restaurants back in the states. Turns out that's only partially right. Mevina comes from a long line of super influential members of the Polynesian dance and mu…
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Hello,Today we have the Legend, the Man, the Ninja himself, Scott Popular. Scott has been able to take advantage of the panerabread to focus on one of his main projects, NinjaMan. Although of course there have been pitfalls the past year, he was able to find opportunity amongst the adversity.We also get into a lot of Atlanta talk. As one of the mai…
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Episode 147!!! Eriko aka dj Lua Cheia is a dancer, dj and the founder/ editor-in-chief of Sneaker-Girl.com. the world's first all women's sneaker head site. Joining us is the fly goddess, Naomi Kawahara, of FabFiveTokyo and Japan 4 Black Lives. Eriko and Naomi are long time friends and two of the flyest sneaker heads in Japan. Naomi brought Eriko a…
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Peace! Welcome back! Episode 146 with the hardest working emcee in Tokyo, Rhyming!Rhyming fka Rhyming Gaijin is an emcee, producer, photographer and one of the longest producing Youtube content creators in Tokyo.He challenged himself to make an album in 40 days and release on his 40th birthday.We get together and talk about the project, staying mot…
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Hello,The return of the 200 IQ!!Go Yama makes a blessed appearance on this TempCheck! It has been awhile since we chopped it up so we spend a bit of time catching up and seeing where each other are at. @goyamamusic has been in Cali and recently relocated to L.A. He's been busy during These Times not only with his music, but also with his new non-pr…
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Maurice Shelton is a semi-retired professional Mixed Martial Artist and trainer at a Tokyo UFC gym. Amongst other things, he is also a friend, co-host of the This Is Not Information podcast, historian, and actor. Regular ol renaissance man. I caught up with him last Friday to discuss his experiences training, fighting and teaching MMA in Japan. We …
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Hello,It's mostly comics, tho. Welcome back, true believers!! For this Check, got the homey Submerse on the call. @submerse, like many, has been keeping busy while things are quiet in these times. Gigging when he can, he was able to release a jungle album and has some other joints prepping in the chamber. We talk all about his music and what's goin…
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NO SENPAINO KOHAI'S! Caught up with the good homies A Valley, Mc Boodah, and Mj the Sensei to talk about their new upcoming collaborations together. We took some time to give Boodah some flowers and talk about Tokyos hip-hop community since he's moving to Okinawa sometime soon. Mj and A Valley have new collaborative projects coming out with Boodahs…
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Hello,After a lil technical difficulty caused delay, another one.This convo is with the god Omen44. @thepluginternational has had a busy year despite the ongoing pandemic situation. He released multiple albums last year, and was even able to finish two tours before the whole world went to hell. He talks about hearing murmurings about the upcoming t…
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Hello,Back with another one broadcasted from individual residences! This time the homey, the illustrious DJ Hiroking gives a blessed appearance. For many DJ's, this time has come with a lot of struggles, and @hiroking tells us how he's been able to make it through. Getting into the online hustle (go check him out on 17live!!!) and how everything is…
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Hello,Had a convo with long-time friend Max Kevin. It has been awhile since the last one with the comedian so there are a lot of updates on what he's been up to. Since that time he has left and returned to Japan. We talk about doing stand-up during the pandemic, what life was like in America v.s. Japan, and why you shouldn't trust the stock market.…
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Finally got the homies Foniks and DNZ back on the podcast. Listeners will recognize DNZ from the Breakdown episode were we celebrated the Breakdown event. One of the longest running hip-hop events in Tokyo. DNZ is a turntablist Dj and twitch streamer. Since then he's been streaming deejay sets and preparing for Tokyo to open back up for events. The…
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Hello,True believers and Tanaka's, back with another forehead spot. Got the good buddy and illustrious artist Mark de Clive-Lowe for this convo. It has been a minute since the last time we spoke in Japan. Mark's been in L.A. since all the madness started and has been able to make the best of it. With roots in Japan, New Zealand as well as the US & …
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Ayyyy a change of pace music-wise with this one. We've got the homie Eto in studio. He is a drummer, producer and singer song writer. He's been a part of several bands in Tokyo but recently branched out to produce his own work. Despite largely performing rock and indie rock music, his newest project Island Hopping is a call back to his Puerto Rican…
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Sharing and discussing music with Akio James and Aaron Choulai. Lots of odd strange suchness about experimental and indie music as well as some general music convo. plus i get to talk about Animal Collective which is always lovely. Watch part one to here more about all the incredible stuff James as been working on!Check out Akio James and his 360 d…
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This one dropped late because a variety of reasons but boom! great and interesting stuff!Akio James is a percussionist, student, dj and experimental music artist. Over the last several months he's been organizing improv sessions with Japanese musicians using a 360° camera and an ambisonic microphone to share on YouTube. In between performing, he's …
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Hello,Called good friend of the pod Daisha Hunter to get caught up. She was planning to be in Japan for all of 2020 (weren't we all), but then 2020 happened. During the convo she shares what she's been up to the past year her feelings about the whole situation including being zen enough to ride it out inside until 2022 when everything is hopefully …
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Hello,Recorded this awhile back. Had a catch-up call with one of the fav's, @cake-desu. He has been keeping busy during the pandemic, even starting a publishing house. We talk about that, getting into poetry, and of course, Drake. We also talk about music and what he's been up to with his group, @laidbackcx. There's some 2020 descriptions of corona…
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Part two of our episode with VivaOla and Wez Atlas of the Solgasa art collectives In part one we talk about VivaOla's start in music and growing up in Tokyo. Check that out. Here we play a bunch of music from VivaOla Wez and some other artists they work with. We talk about a few of VivaOla's releases, his collaborations and his production process. …
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Back again with the guys of Solgasa! Solgasa is one of the dopest music/art collectives coming out of Tokyo. This time we have VivaOla and Wez Atlas. VivaOla is an R&B singer-songwriter and producer. His music is an interesting and unique combination of Neo-soul, R&B and hip-hop. His new track "Runway" is phenomenal and guaranteed to get you moving…
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Yo back with fam from the Tokyo-based hip-hop collective, The Hilt!Monsieur Jovoni just dropped his debut LP Ainu Negrito! Inspired by his travels, exchange of culture and Black indigenous peoples around the world!Also of the Hilt, on the guest host mix, KraftyKid!We talk about the new album, working with the different personalities and styles in t…
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Hello?Another drop, another call, another friendo to check up on! Today's episode was recorded awhile back and is with Alex Camp who has appeared on the show a couple times before. Alex is continuing his comedy and we get into how to keep pursuing your passions in the middle of a pandemic. Professionally and literally. There is talk of romances and…
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Moving in SilencePart two of our convo with Ktea 3ntertainer! This time we share a bunch of music, hit yall with some self help motivation vibes and discuss our rituals to stay perfect.We had Naomi of Fab Five Tokyo, Speak Easy TYO, and Japan for Black Lives fame on the guest host mic!! Always a pleasure.Shared a gang of music. #tobenwigwe#miyachi#…
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Shitty teachers beware!New episode featuring Ktea 3ntertainer! She is a dancer, YouTube content creator, and human connector.If you're in Tokyo may have seen Ktea at Speak Easy, on the Tokyo version of Pharell's Entrepreneur video directed by Darryl Wharton Rigby, or perhaps her interview with the Black Experience Japan YouTube channel.Joining in a…
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Hello?This convo was recorded at the end of the year so please excuse any outdated info. We talk about Justice's recent moves, what the mood is like in Tokyo, and the difficulties & ethics of organizing during a pandemic. Justice is one of the most active participants in the scene so it was really interesting to hear his perspective on all the chan…
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Part two of our super long convo with two of graffiti's most prolific writers, Yesca One and Remix.Check part one for more information on Tokyos graff scene and thoughts on modern graffiti culture. Here we talk about early Scribble Jam, MF DOOM passing, have some questions for REMIX about his long history of writing, and we ask a bunch of questions…
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Rest in Power MF DOOM!Kicking off the new year with a podcast using the classic format of extra long episodes of in-depth subculture deep dives plus... alcohol! We got the infamous graff homies Yesca one and Remix back in studio! Yesca has been writing in Tokyo for over 17 years. When it comes to knowledge and experience in Tokyo, there are very fe…
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Another year, another bunch of drops in your podcast feed.Thank you to all the listeners, old & new, stumble-uponers and day-ones, you are all appreciated! Saying goodbye and sayonara forever to 2020 and hoping for only the brightest of blessings in the big 2-1!!As we get back to our regular schedule in the new year, please enjoy this convo with th…
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It's the return of Young Cal Combs!Here's a convo that was recorded awhile back with a show favorite. Cal Combs has appeared on multiple episodes and is one of the best people in general, period. He's been in America for a couple years now, so you can hear about his experiences since he returned from Japan. Teaching in NY, staying focused as an art…
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Part two with Kraftykid and A Valley of the HiltCheck part one for a little more information on KraftyKid and how they came to work on their new project Dream Gang. Here we share a bunch of their music including one unreleased single and also discuss their upcoming work with Ghostpops of Tokyo Dope City Studio.We also play a grip of new tokyo shit …
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Yo approaching the end of the year and weve almost collected all the Hilt Infinity Gems! KraftyKid aka McGaburi is an emcee, producer, songwriter and also an illustrator.He's one of the newest members of the Tokyo based hip-hop collective, the Hilt. We've almost had all members of the hilt on the pod and joining us as guest co-host is A Valley. Kra…
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Still droppin these phone convo bombs.This episode is with Magic Mike, dancer slash MC extraordinaire. A lot has happened since he first appeared on the podcast a couple years ago. We talk about how he's been dealing with the pandemic in Shanghai. He saw it all go down as it happened and provides some insight on the response. He also is used to tra…
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Part two with Ro and Deza!!!Because my tremendous mistake in deleting the entire episode while resetting the language settings on my new laptop, I couldn't edit this episode. So the music is a little loud at times and stuff that I mention would remove, is there. But it's still dope and part two!! Where we share music and such! We play some of their…
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Universal greetings! Deza and Ro Morikawa are two of the newer faces in Tokyo music community. Both of them moved to Tokyo a little over a year ago and met through their English company. Deza is an emcee/ producer and Ro is pianist/ vocalist and producer.After a series of serendipitous events, they both found out that each other made music. So they…
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Back with another one! The homey Mega Ran hopped on the line and to talk about what's been going on with him. We get into politics, surviving and growing during a pandemic, plans that had to be delayed due to the pandemic, and Twitch'ing for 3 hours every day!(!!) And, we speak on his project with Slum Village member Young RJ, 2 Hands Up.2 Hands Up…
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Back with part two of our conversation with Stash Cairo and DJ L-Spade of Tokyo Stash and Spade We come in hot, pulling no punches in our Christmas song convo. We discuss what components does a song need to be considered a Christmas songs.- React to Xmas Tree by Deerhoof - Discuss Outkast "Players Ball" being a- Christmas song- If we like Radiohead…
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