I've been interviewing and documenting People Under The Stairs for over 20 years, our first was in 1999 (see end of this episode) in Mid City, Los Angeles at the Cambridge Street house of our guest Chris Portugal aka Thes-One - where I sat with him and his partner Double K as they recorded their sophomore album 'Question In The Form of An Answer'. Today, on this episode, in this conversation, we reflect on our friend Mike Turner aka Double K, the late, great, beloved friend, partner, producer, DJ, rapper, dog lover, husband, son, cousin, brother, best dude. Please spread the word about this podcast as well as buy the vinyl of Farewell, My Friend at puts.band - and stream the project anywhere.

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Daniel Aged - one of this generations more innovative bassists just released his send solo full length project (between collaborations with Frank Ocean) titled You Are Protected By Silent Love, the follow-up to 2018's practically perfect self-titled debut. Daniel and his brother Andrew delicately carved out a pathway in reimagined of untangling genre constrictions through their band 'inc.' (or Teen Inc. or 'inc. no world'). Their 2013 'No World' LP accomplished what so many major label artist kill themselves to do, with effortless grace. I was the band's booking agent on and off for years and had the pleasure of coordinating many of their tours and shows. We catch up over the years in the convo, you can purchase and stream Daniel's fantastic solo work here: https://danielaged.bandcamp.com or https://www.danielaged.com. Opening song is "Whole Heart" (from his latest) and we close with "Hymn 2" the final song from inc. no world's 'As Light As Light' (2016). Seek all of those titles out! 

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We are back! After an extended hiatus The House List is here for you, back with compelling conversations recorded in person with our host Peter Agoston. Today's episode re-connects us to our friend Matthewdavid. Based in Los Angeles, MD has been operating a totally innovative music label called Leaving Records since 2008. Curating titles that truly break ground in genre and form, very cool stuff worth seeking out. Agoston also booked many live performances for Matthewdavid over the years, so we delve into the past, present and a little bit of the future. Hope you enjoy and do plan to come back very soon for more new episodes! Intro music is Matthewdavid's 'Like You Mean It' and the outro is Matthewdavid's "All You'll Never Know". More at: leavingrecords.com

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After nearly two years from doing interviews our host returns for a brief check-in. Time to turn the mics back on. Veteran interviewer Peter Agoston is back... but for how long?

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SMK is a genius producer whose widespread and often hidden influence across underground and mainstream rap and r&b has yet to be fully documented. He produced the early seminal singles of Al Kapone and Indo & Lil Blunt's full-length for Luke Records and through his contributions to Devante Swing's Da Bassment Crew massively influenced a nascent Timbaland. He's known to be the hidden author of Tupac's "Bring Da Pain" beat and in that cut you can hear his signature psychedelia - interwoven bells in visceral syncopation over a foundation of kinetic bass. It was Jazze Pha and his Bar-Kay father who brought him from West Palm Beach to Memphis where his style exploded after being introduced to the local "Get Buck" dance and sound at Studio G on Beale St. He went on to become probably the most adept re-appropriator of the Triggaman bells on record.

This mix spans at least 30 years of his career and features Skinny Pimp, Al Kapone, Indo G & Lil Blunt, Brother Marquis and many more. As many tracks come from digi-only SMK releases that omit vocalist credits, I just omitted all the credits. (Some of those tracks themselves omit the vocalists, e.g. instrumentals from King JC tapes).

As for me, I'm a music/video/visual/word collage artist based in Ann Arbor, MI. I first got into thug rap from hearing "Ha" by Juvenile on the radio in Atlanta, then was introduced to bounce music via taped Q93 broadcasts when, in high school, I was in a band with Matt Miller, author of "Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans" and director of "Ya Heard Me". Years later I continued the pursuit of underground southern rap through the blog "Twankle & Glisten", posting mixes there as "DJ Kid Slizzard", the last of which eventually reached you (and, amazingly, made money to feed Memphis's hungry) - DJ Kid Slizzard

here is the track listing - please spread the word....

Gangsta Walk (Show)

Fuck All Yall

Bottom Boi Style - Brother Marquis

Hataz

Real Niggaz Don’t Play

Geddo

It’z Da Beat

Dat Nigga

Somethin’ Ta Ride To

Strictly For Da G’s

Take Em On A Drive By

Lyrical Drive By

Handle Ya Businezz

Jump Up

Bring Da Drama

Gangsta Walk

Da Gangster Walk

Instrumental

Tired Of Being A Bitch

Kickin It With Skinny Pimp

Pop That Puzzy

The Ghetto

Take Da Ghetto

Another Riot (remix) II

Think like a G

Punk Ass Nigga

Bass In Ya Face

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My man DJ Memphi$ Jone$ just delivered a hot and pipin' freshly cooked mix crossing all things FUNK. Quite literally it was delivered - in the mail on a compact disc - directly from one of the funkiest towns around: Memphis, TN. No, we won't let technology hold us back! The collection runs deep, he's been collecting incredible pieces of vinyl for years and years. I connected with him through Egon, and we did a very memorable night out there with Dam-Funk back in 2009. But my guy out in AZ named Smite was telling me about Chad's label Memphix Record label back in the 90's (look that one up too). He's a DJ, curator, collector and this mix is exactly what you need to enjoy the rest of the Summer with. Dig on this, pass it along to any Funk aficionados far and wide. If yr on IG - follow him @silkyvincent - he posts some dope records.

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College radio holds as special place in my heart. A non-commercial student run control room is my *happy place*. Records scribbled all over, racks of carts that haven’t been touched in ages, dust balls floating while local rappers freestyle their asses off late at night to a captive audience usually sitting in cars, parking lots and living rooms drinking 40’s and fingers crossed taping it all. At least that’s my vision of it. This episode of the is an offering of just that from 25 years ago (original recorded on cassette). On September 21st 1995 from the campus of the University of Texas in Austin in broadcast studios of student radio station 91.7FM KVRX on it’s greatest weekly export the House of Phat Beats show with Les aka DJ Lil Tiger and Kari Orr aka Koolaid. You may be wondering how I came to find this show and these guys, well I’m glad you asked. It’s because of rec.music.hiphop an accent early-internet forum of many decades ago - Kari Orr was respected voice amongst a gaggle of angsty teenaged Rap opinion-havers while his partner in radio Les would post their radio show playlists weekly. Back then we all were eager students in the tape trade - largely informed by Stretch & Bobbito and The Wake Up Show among other hip-hop radio in major cities. Sharing joints especially if it was unknown, unreleased or rare. Show after show 'House of Phat Beats' were an exemplary example of this. On this recording we’re blessed with an off the cuff freestyle appearance by Souls of Mischief, in Austin promoting their then sophomore album No Man’s Land. Appearances by Tee Double, Mad One, among others! Listen to this like you would the radio in the mid 90’s even if you weren’t alive in the mid 90’s. The volume jumps a bit up and down, stay close to the volume button aka knob. Most importantly, enjoy this letter from the old school, just for you. Les remembers "We had two turntables in the control room, but they were wired to run remotely through two channels on the large control board where we managed all the other machines (CD players, minidisc players, cart players, cassette decks). We had no DJ at the show. We just played tunes, and worked with what we had". I'll post the tracklist on my IG @culturama

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This very special mix (recorded in '98/99 but never previously released) was done by Kevin Beacham (A.K.A DJ Nikoless) in his words "is definitely dedicated to the amazing, and what I feel are slept on skills of, the great Showbiz. His tracks were always raw and stripped down with banging drums and nice melodies. I've always considered him one of my all time favorites since early on in his career, so much respect and appreciation for years of dedication to the craft of quality beat making. It features some guest scratching/turntablism from two of my good friends, DJ Pratt & DJ Precyse. This is also dedicated to Big L (R.I.P)"

1)Introduction (Medicine Inst & You Know Now Inst) w/DJ Precyse on the cut!

2)Check It Out-Show & A.G.

3)Q & A-Show & A.G. w/ Ghetto Dwellas

4)Get Dirty-Ghetto Dwellas

5)Who's It On-The Legion w/Show & A.G.

6)N S E W Remix-Black Sheep (w/I'm No The One Instrumental Blend)

7)Wishful Thinking-Big Pun w/Kool G Rap, Fat Joe, & B Real

8)The Ultimate Remix-The Artifacts (w/DJ Pratt Beat Juggle)

9)Mind I C Mine-Scramanga

10)Time For.... (Demo Version)-Show & A.G.

11)Confrontations-Organized Konfusion (w/You Want It inst)

12)The Crow-O.C. (w/The Session Inst & Represent The Real Hip Hop Inst)

13)Breakfeast At Denny's Remix-Buckshot Lefonque (Bonus Cuts By DJ Precyse)

14)Blowe!-KRS One

15)All Out-Show & A.G.

16)Yes You May Remix-Lord Finesse w/Big L [Remixed By T Ray] (R.I.P BIg L)

17)It's Up To You-Show & A.G. w/Lord Finesse

18)A Lil Sumpin-Lord Finesse

19)Soul Clap-Show & A.G. [Co Produced By Diamond D]

20)It's My Turn [DJ Nikoless Beat Blend Remix]-Uptown (w/Bring It On Rmx Inst)

21)Never Less Than Ill-Show & A.G.

22)A Friend-KRS One

23)Parental Discretion-Big Pun w/Busta Rhymes

24)Stone To The Bone-Big Jaz

25)Freestyle-Funkmaster Flex Presents Jay Z (Stages & Lights Inst)

26)I Don't Understand It-Big L

27)Represent-Show & A.G. w/Lord Finesse, Ice Water Deshawn, & Big L

28)Hands In The AIr-Lord Finesse

29)Fine Tune Da Mic-Maestro Fresh Wes w/Showbiz

30)Stand Strong-Show & A.G. (w/Dignified Soldiers Inst)

31)More Than One Way Out Of The Ghetto-Show & A.G.

32)Drop It Heavy-Show & A.G. w/Big Pun & KRS One

33)Neighborhood Sickness-Show & A.G. w/Pary Arti

34)Themes, Dreams, & Schemes-D.I.T.C

35)Feel The Vibe-Diamond D w/Showbiz

36)Mic Mechanism-Maestro Fresh Wes

37)Set It Off-Lord Finesse

38)Return Of The Funkyman-Lord Finesse

39)Giant In The Mental-Show & A.G.

40)Party Groove Inst (w/Showbiz Verses: Hold Ya Head, Fat Pockets, & Silence

   The Lambs)-Showbiz

41)Devils Son-Big L

42)Fire Water-Fat Joe w/Raekwon, Big Pun & Armageddon 

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There is no denying the soulfully unflinching personal style Brand Nubian’s songbook has made on folks, an impression whose message and lyrics from as far back as 1990 remain just as poignant, if not more today, that when they first were made. Close to being lost for good this episode is a recently re-discovered, never heard before live concert of Brand Nubian (as duo, Lord Jamar and Sadat X) with myself DJing in of all places: Bozeman, Montana, as of now, 14 years ago on: Oct 6th, 2006. A disposable-camera snapshot in time. 2006 was an at times frantic year for Sadat X and myself. My then record label Female Fun was forced to shutter after a once, albeit briefly fluid distribution abruptly stopped after that company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Forcing me to release our follow up to the phenomenal Experience & Education on a onetime-only imprint I created named after X’s onetime address, Riverside Drive Records. In Jan we toured Experience-material extensively in Europe (w/ Greg Nice and Ge-ology) once we returned we spent the next 6 months making Black October. So much so, that by that October - Sadat, Jamar and I were back on the road touring America’s Northwestern saloons as Brand Nubian performing 2nd (In God We Trust) and 3rd (Everything Is Everything) album classics with bits of new material. The live show is raw, on fire, loose and amazing. This is essential listening for any fan of Brand Nubian. I’m so grateful I found the audio and can share it. We had a lot of fun back then, I got endless respect for Sadat, Jamar, Grand Puba and all the extended Nubian family I got to met and hang with during that era (Alamo, Mark Da Spark, Sincere, Stud, Starr (RIP)). Please repost this freely on Soundcloud! 

Brand Nubian Live in Bozeman, MT - 10.6.06 - Concert Tracklist: 

Allah U Akbar

All For One 

Steal Ya Hoe 

Love Me or Leave Me Alone

Word Is Bond

Back Up Off The Wall 

Million Dollar Deal 

Wake Up / The Sun 

Pass The Gat

Sadat X

https://www.instagram.com/sadatx

https://truewineshow.com

Bookings/Features/Voice over work: [email protected]

Lord Jamar:

https://twitter.com/lordjamar

https://www.instagram.com/lordjamar

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Mastered by Mike Tucci (hire him!) 

http://www.masteredbymiketucci.com

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Recommended Usage: Respite. Chris 'Free The Robots' Alfaro created this rich vinyl mix about a week ago, that is a week before when I am uploading this, which is around Midnight between May 31 into June 1st 2020. From the get go you too may be asking just like the mix how you can't understand why the world world is pulling you, me, and everyone .. down. Take this and vibe, if there was a way to turn your off phone for a hour and still listen to this, I'd certainly suggest that. Go screenless. Get a blank page and get to work. Stare out into the sky alone on a roof, in a field, in an alley, towards water, towards something where you see no other human beings. Or run and lift, till you can't do no more push-ups. Smoke a huge blunt and pull the covers so far over your head the rest of the world will never be able to find you. But I can hopefully attempt to assure you that by the end of FTR's mix, you may have earned some new spectre of hope. Than apply that to helping someone, multiple that time and time again, while listening to this, and we just might some small semblance of progress as human kind.

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