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Freemusicempire
Freemusicempire.com is a place for in depth musical discussion with important voices from hip hop, soul, jazz and so forth. Hosted by Dan-O.
Episodes
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.141-Self-Development w/ Love,Ulysses
ATTENDEES Love, Ulysses, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from the 2 pack system to a full album. Discuss album 61,265,147 in…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 140-AOTY List 25-1 w/ Cinemasi aka Dylan Green
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss any late year additions that would have been higher if they had come out…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 139-2022 AOTY list 50-26 w/ Cinemasi aka Dylan Green
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how ‘critic brain’ evaluates music and albums that didn’t make this list (but…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 138-Production Trends w Steel Tipped Dove & MIGHTYHEALTHY
ATTENDEES Steel Tipped Dove, MIGHTYHEALTHY, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about MIGHTYCANNONS w/ MIGHTYHEALTHY & Metal Lung/Days Pass…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 137-Flow Fantasy Draft w/ Defcee & Dash Lewis
ATTENDEES Dash Lewis, Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the magic of Defcee & Boathouse-For ALl Debts Public and Private. Discuss…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 136-Preaching In Havana w/ Fatboi Sharif, Noface & GENG PTP
ATTENDEES Fatboi Sharif, Noface, GENG PTP, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the formation and goal of Preaching In Havana. Talk about…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 135-Sentimental Fool w Lee Fields
ATTENDEES Lee Fields, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss a life lived in Soul music from 1969 to now. Discuss in detail Lee Fields new…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 134-Drake Conspiracy Theories
A guest canceled so I kicked my Drizzy theory to K and it turned into a really interesting discussion about Drake. No guest just K and I chopping it up.
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 133-Characteristics of The Ultra-Personal
ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how an ultra-personal rap album hits us, how we should listen to it, and how the personal…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 132-The Evolution of Lukah w/ Lukah & Walz
ATTENDEES Lukah, Walz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the decision to move from soul sample based production to Walz. Discuss the…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 131-Making A Trilogy w/ Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious
ATTENDEES Teller Bank$, Ed Glorious, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the newest album from Teller and Ed The I & I in detail! Discuss…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.130-The Lasso & A. Billi Free
ATTENDEES Billi Free, The Lasso, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the genesis of Holy Body Roll from last year's Tri Magi album into…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 129-The Legacy of Tree w/ Vic Spencer
ATTENDEES Vic Spencer, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Vic Spencer about his best release year! Still Here, Mudslide and Psychological…
FreemusicempireCamo Bucket Chats-The Importance of AJ Suede
Roger aka CamoBucketHats and I decided to meet up once a month or so and chop it up about a topic. The first one he selected was AJ Suede and I was more than…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.128-The Best Group That Never Was w Zilla Rocca & Andrew
ATTENDEES Andrew, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the new album Don’t Wait For Me to Leave in terms of vision curation and…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 127-Label Legacy: Strange Famous w/ Jesse The Tree & Sage Francis
ATTENDEES Jesse The Tree, Sage Francis, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the origination of Strange Famous Records and what vision…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.126-2022 Senior Class w/ The Rap Music Plug
ATTENDEES Rap Music Plug, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Draft the nominees from the shared google doc Make the case for their inclusion…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.125-So Much Alicia Keys w/ Dylan Green
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business December 2021 Alicia Keys released 93 minutes of music(KEYS) and then reissued it in…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 124-Cheat Codes w/ John Morrison & Zilla Rocca
ATTENDEES John Morrison, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss our relationship to The Roots and the legacy of Black Thought…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 123-The Year of Small Professor
ATTENDEES Small Professor, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins Special guest Torito! AGENDA New Business Talk to Small Professor about the selection process of who he…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 122-Jay-Z Misconceptions w/ Sean Kantrowitz
ATTENDEES Sean Kantrowitz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Sean about the genesis of the ‘Making Illmatic’ podcast series and the most…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 121-Pushing Each Other w/ Spanish Ran & Bloo Azul
ATTENDEES Spanish Ran, Bloo Azul, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the coming together and roles of The Church collective and how…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 120-Her Word Is Bond w/ Psalm One
ATTENDEES Psalm One, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of writing Her Word Is Bond and its reception. Discuss the goals…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 119-Optimization w/ Namir Blade
ATTENDEES Namir Blade, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the differences between Metropolis and previous albums? How did those changes…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 118-The Art of The Debut w/ Hype
ATTENDEES Hype,Keith Rollins,Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss what goes into the process of making a debut album using Talk Nice To Me as an example…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.117-Problem Solving w/ Rich Jones
ATTENDEES Rich Jones, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Rich Jones about his new album w/ Iceberg Theory Smoke Detector. Discuss albums…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 116-I Told Bessie w/ E L U C I D
ATTENDEES Elucid, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the artistic progression from Save Yourself to Don’t Play It Straight to I Told…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 115-Mid Year Check In w/ Kam from Crate 808
ATTENDEES Kam Thandi, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss themes and storylines in 2022 music and how our listening has changed in this era…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 114-King Cobra w/ Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives
*MUST LISTEN* ATTENDEES Brian Ennals, Infinity Knives, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the progression from Rhino XXL to King Cobra and how the…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 113-The Vision of Lungs--Lonesword
ATTENDEES Lungs/Lonesword, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the GRIP collective and balancing group with solo projects. Discuss recent…
FreemusicempireState of The Game vol. 112-2022 Albums You Missed w/ Dash Lewis
ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, Dash Lewis AGENDA New Business Talk about the 2022 return of giant sized popular event rap album (Pusha T, Kendrick) and…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 111-The Quelle Chris Level w/ PremRock
ATTENDEES PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to PremRock about Ockham’s Blazer and the persistent drive to make a new project…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 110-Auntie Diaries Ripple Effect w/ Fleetwood DeVille
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the act of disclosing real peoples information in a song and the potential…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.109-Must Hear NO LIMIT albums w/ Fleetwood Deville
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the overall legacy of No Limit Records from a business model and artistic perspective…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 108-2022 R & B Class of The Future w/ Nate Barksdale
ATTENDEES Nate Barksdale, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about The Colors I’ve Never Seen and how it will influence the next project…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 107-The Persistent Technician w/ Juga-Naut
ATTENDEES Juga-Naut, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Juga-Naut’s development in music and approach to the work. Talk about the…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 106-Preservation Celebration w/ Mantis The Miasma
ATTENDEES Mantis The Miasma, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about Mantis journey into hip hop and connection to the scene, the music that…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 105-EP's You Need w Nick Marsh from Focus Hip Hop
ATTENDEES Nick Marsh, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Focus Hip Hop and the editorial vision of what projects to focus on and how…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 104-Leveling Up with OKnice
ATTENDEES OKnice, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to OKnice about the next level of recognition achieved by his new album Have You Tried…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 103-Mourning Music with Myles Bullen
ATTENDEES Myles Bullen, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of creating Mourning Travels and the events that went into it. Discuss…
FreemusicempireFME Attention Undivided-MIGHTYCANNONS (MIGHTYHEALTHY x ACE CANNONS)
Dan O sits down with one of the hottest underground producers, MIGHTYHEALTHY, and finds out his first beat is on this new album MIGHTYCANNONS with ACE CANNONS…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 102-Charting Course with Stik Figa
ATTENDEES Stik Figa, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney New Business Talk to Stik Figa about the necessary elements of altering direction over the course of a long…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 101-Wide World of Old Grape God
ATTENDEES Old Grape God, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Old Grape God about being prolific (34 albums!) and creative at the same time…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 100-FAVORITE VERSES w/PenPals & others
ATTENDEES PenPals, Zilla Rocca, PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about some of the most important things we’ve learned talking to…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 99-Realism in MOOR Chores w/ Lord Kayso
ATTENDEES Lord Kayso,Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Lord Kayso about the vision behind MOOR CHORES and crafting it into a personal…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 98-Degrees of Listenability
ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about how important it is for an artist to curate the listenability of their projects and what…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 97-Best First Songs w/ Andrew
ATTENDEES Andrew, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Andrew about his follow up to 2021’s Pop 1967, The Rain Knows What It’s Doing which…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 96-Label Legacy: Chong Wizard Records w/ Chong Wizard
ATTENDEES Chong Wizard, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Chong Wizard about his personal growth as a producer from Midnight Sons w/…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 95-January Heat with Fleetwood Deville
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Fleetwood DeVille about Next Love Day and his collaboration with…
FreemusicempireFME Attention Undivided-SolarFive
One of the illest conversations in the history of the series, SolarFive frankly discussed his evolution in multiple musical spaces. Iceberg Theory popped in…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 94-Canon-dates 2011 w/ AJ Suede
ATTENDEES AJ Suede, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the new release Metatron’s Cube by AJ Suede and Televangel. How does AJ Suede view…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 93-Second Hand Accounts with Bloodmoney Perez and Defcee
ATTENDEES Defcee, Bloodmoney Perez, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the construction of Second Hand Accounts and the songs that…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol.92-East Hampton Polo Boys Winter Catalogue w Panels
ATTENDEES Panels, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business ● Talk to Panels about the formation of East Hampton Polo Boys and what it meant to him as…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 91-Council of The Gods
ATTENDEES Five Steez, The Sickest Drama, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business ● Talk about the formation of The Council of The Gods and what each…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 90-Best Sequenced Rap Albums Ever f. Career Crooks
ATTENDEES Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the mission for the new album Never At Peace and the reaction it has gotten…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 89-AOTY 2021 25 - 1 w/ GENG PTP
ATTENDEES GENG PTP, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Go over top 25 albums of 2021 highlighting what separated these projects from others. Each…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 88-AOTY 2021 50-26 w/ GENG PTP
ATTENDEES GENG PTP, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk with GENG PTP about the year in PTP: Lungs, Phiik & S!lence, and the art of showcasing…
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From The Desk of Darko The Super
Darko The Super came through to play some jams! Buy his new album with Height Keech called You Gotta Have Friends…
FreemusicempireState of The Game Vol. 87-Production Trends w/ Timepiece & MIGHTYHEALTHY
ATTENDEES Timepiece, MIGHTYHEALTHY, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the Good, Bad, and The Ugly of production in hip hop this year. Talk about how…