Bougie Black Brother

Hidden Figures Review

Today we talk about the very uplifting and empowering movie Hidden Figures (not Hidden Fences).  This is so much more of a movie than just 3 women working for NASA.  It really teaches you on so many levels that we had to talk about this.  I hope you get to see the movie if not, take a listen to what our observations are.

Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.

New Age, Neo Rock Hip Hop or What?

This episode we talk about a few  rappers/entertainers that are changing the sound of hip hop and is this just a phase that the distributors are allowing or is this a change that will be able to move Hip Hop to a different space.  These unique entertainers we talk about moves between rap, vocals and unique production to enhance their style and their personality.  Here's our thoughts

The Atlanta series on FX

Atlanta is one of the top cities for young rappers looking to make a name for themselves in the business. Among those up-and-comers is Alfred Miles, a hot new artist who is trying to understand the line between real life and street life. He is managed by his cousin, Earn, who gets caught up in the local rap scene and his cousin's career after returning home to the ATL. Earn does whatever he can to try to get Alfred's career to the next level. Darius, the rapper's right-hand man and visionary, is also in Alfred's entourage. When Earn isn't busy managing his cousin's career, he spends much of his time with best friend Vanessa, who is also the mother of his daughter

The Get Down - Podcast Review

This session is the review of the show on Netflix called The Get Down.  A hip hop anthology of the birth of Hop hop.  From Graffiti to hip hop on records.  We talk about our life during that time and what we saw through the eyes of children at that time.  Became the reality of what is being seen today.  We explore this with my Brother Mark as well as my Wife Alicia.

HipHop into Mainstream

This introduction to Carr Waxx starts with the classic hits of Chic and the Sugar Hill Gang. The 70's and 80's were a time of street DJ's building their skills and competing against each other for crowd dominance.  Mark and Michael discuss their experience with these records and during that era

World (Music) Invasion of the 70's and 80's II

This session we go through many of the World artist that influenced the US with their interpretation of our music as well as their own sound that we began to embraced and add to our brand of music.  My brother and I talk about a lot of them and how even MTV had a big part with introducing their music and how we started listening and seeing music. 

World (Music) Invasion of the 70's - 80's Part I

This session starts the conversation about our look at the Global music invasion that changed the outlook of the US as well as how the world became a part of our music community. Our preparation, thoughts and ideas are compiled to prepare for the actual session 

Break Beats and Roller Rink Artists

This episode we look at some unknown one and done artist that shined during their time but faded away in to oblivion.  These artist was a must have for artist and filler and ensured they would keep dancers and B Boys on the floor until we could begin playing the main attractions.  We discuss our struggles and how we had to keep up with the changing trends of hip Hop music

Introducing Flying Lotus

This episode we talk about Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison).  A Hip Hop instrumentalist that has become a hip hop darling  because of his work.  I followed him from Pandora to purchasing his work currently.  With the new artist coming out copying his style and the people on his label.  I wanted to give this Producer/artist/DJ/ etc., the credit that he deserves

Masters of the Nuyorican Soul Experience

This episode uncovers the creativity of a pair of remix djs that evolved into producers in their own right. Louie Vega and Kenny Gonzales were two of the clubs hottest house/dance djs out of NYC. Their Latin roots and creative style propelled them to a higher level in music production. As producers and eventually record label owners, these two became sort after by many artists. We talk about the history they created.