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ATTENDEESChop The Head, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the positives and negatives of album cover art in 2025. What do we want more of? What do we want less of?  Discuss 2025 album covers in detail. intro and outro by August Fanon

ATTENDEESDaniel Olney, Keith RollinsAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the necessity for a fun rap album and what we need from it in this hip hop marketplace.  Discuss Hi Top Fade by The Cool Kids and God Takes Care of Babies and Fools by Blu, Myka 9 and Mono En Stereo in depth. intro and outro by August Fanon

ATTENDEESJesse The Tree, Mopes, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDA New BusinessDiscuss moving from Pigeon Man to Worm In Heaven after so much growth outside the collaboration in between projects.  Discuss Worm In Heaven in depth. intro and outro by August Fanon

ATTENDEESFleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney, Keith RollinsAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the legacy of Nicole Wray aka Lady Wray in music. Discuss Cover Girl in detail. intro and outro by August Fanon

My old roommate works in tech support with AI and loves art in all forms. I had to chop it up w/ him about AI in music and where we are seeing it pop up in cover art/other forms. This was a dope conversation and I'm happy to share it. Hope we have more.

ATTENDEESKiller Kane, Daniel Olney, Keith RollinsAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss various projects like Drug$$$, 2000XL: A Space Odyessy, Blue Beach, Face Off 1 & 2, and Surviving Outta Spite.Discuss the style, habits and aspects that make Killer Kane’s music special.  intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESI.B. Fokuz, Collasoul Structure, Iceberg Theory, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessTalk about the mission statement of Jyroscope and how it grew out of Tomorrow Kings and developed its own direction. Discuss Overdue in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESKosey!, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss Excerpts of Blk Joy Vol.1 in detail. Discuss BLACK STAR and New Moon in detail and in terms of how they deal with joyful sounds and themes. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESDeclaime, Spectacular Diagnostics, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss what lead to the creation of WHAT IF and where it sits in the catalog of everyone involved.  Discuss WHAT IF in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESGabe Nandez, Preservation, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the process of Sortilège and what people should know about what it means.  Discuss Sortilège in depth. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESNosaj from New Kingdom, Height Keech, NAHreally, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss After The End and how it led to Run Away with A Wild and A Rare One.  Discuss Run Away with A Wild and A Rare One in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESPremRock, Curly Castro, Raphy, Ohbliv, Steel Tipped Dove, Keith Rollins, and Daniel Olney….and a bit of SunmundiAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the conception and execution of Triple Steel Beam. Discuss Lincoln Continental Breakfast, Saisir Le Feu, and Armature in detail. NOTESThree albums, 33 songs total. Prolific and at the same time lean and mean. Different flavors, all within that 25-30 minute range. The only thing comparable to the excellence and execution of this strategy is Roc Marciano’s 2018.  Nobody Planning To Leave was a beloved success and new level of cohesion for the group. When people took shots at the record it was only to note that the album recalled Def Jux flavors and a lot of ears still aren’t tapped in. Triple Steel Beam leaves those concerns behind. Very different sonics, very different outcomes, and three projects that need one another like family. This is not the Jux playbook. The other thing that Triple Steel Beam builds on is the fantasy albums all of the fans dream up. Since each ShrapKnel album is one producer from this otherground space, fans were always spitballing the possibilities (I am super guilty of this) and this is our dream on overload. No matter how much we as fans wish albums into fruition ShrapKnel and beyond our powers in the realm of beat picking and always outpace our expectations. Triple Steel Beam is clear evidence of that.   SHRAPKNEL LESSONSWhen I talk to other up and coming rappers about Curly Castro the lesson I want them to take from his work is that you should establish patterns but find interesting ways to break them. Keep the audience from sinking into deep comfort. From his writing, tone, and delivery Castro can steal a song in less than a full verse. Castro is one of the best in the world at creating impact. On the PremRock side, his solo work thoughts sprawl and expand from literary, economic, to sports references. Everyone who loves Prem loves this about his work, but we adore that he’s never more concise and hard hitting than on ShrapKnel songs. It gives him an opportunity to grow in a different world without losing the progress he’s making in how work. Creating multiple lanes for your work is great but putting your whole heart into each one moves you into a range of expertise few exist in. 

ATTENDEESLord Juco, The Standouts, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the classic previous effort White Walls and how that came together. Discuss Break A Leg in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESSunmundi, Sasco, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the different phases of Sunmundi and what was learned from Klwn Cat, Āthmaan, on the way to CONTACTING. Discuss CONTACTING in detail. intro and outro by andrew

ATTENDEESYaya bey, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew BusinessDiscuss the growth from Remember Your North Star to Exodus The North Star to Ten Fold to do it afraid.  Discuss do it afraid in detail. intro and outro music by andrew