"96' gon be that year" - Big Boi (of Outkast)

These are some of the records I had in my cassette deck or "new" CD player 25 years ago. Legal or illegal I copped these joints when they dropped 😅.

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(Jay Electronica, Jay-Z 2014)

[released December 1, 2008] 

Jay Electronica "Swagger Jackson's Revenge"   

2007-08'

One of my favorite most random collaborations in my career to date. I remember I first heard about Jay Electronica through MySpace. Many knew his…

1999.

I was about 18 years old living that young Jersey City, NJ apartment life. Five of us from AML lived in that apartment together. Jamall, Tres, Vaughan, Wes, and myself. I shared a room with Vaughan T (Texture…

[released October 28, 2011]

Bun B "The Life"  

Lyrics by Bun B  
Addl' vocals by 14KT

Recorded at Red Bull Studios, Santa Monica, California

Ten years ago.

It was a wild year for me. I lost my…

This is one of my favorite Hiphop albums for so many different reasons, but I just want to share what I remember the day I bought this on CD.

Something interesting happened. I was living with my AML fam…

Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford "Cuz of U" ft. Lindsay Thompson, Oswin Benjamin, Spacebunny Jefferson

(I co-produced this joint)

Back in the day me and my friend Quentin Joseph (also one of my favorite drummers) used to watch videos and…

(*Play video/instrumental while reading*)

Man, It's been 21 years since Dr. Dre's Chronic 2001 was released!

Although there are several quality references I can use from Dr. Dre's catalog,  whenever I work on improving my ear for mixing - I…

Photo : Trilogybeats

Ever since my older sister Kendrah brought the Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik album cassette tape in the house back in 94'. She told me it was dope and let me dub her cassette tape. I still have it today dubbed…

This guy has been keeping me on my toes with the beats since I first met him back in like 03-04'. God definitely allowed us to cross paths in life for a reason. Makes sense his birthday falls on…

Photo: Trilogybeats

Forever grateful for my momma aka my “Sunday’s Yellow”☀️

Happy Mother's Day weekend to all the mothers out there! 

In this episode, I walk you guys through the creation of…

This happened around December 1999'  and Jan 2000'.

I was living in Jersey City, NJ with a few of my AML members at the time.

My brother Tres Styles was always hustling and hitting up networking events out in…

I was hoping one day I would get to meet one of the brothers that blessed my life. 

I got to tell him about my first Hip- Hop concert I ever went to July 1990 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.…

Woke up today still inspired by the Playlist Retreat family!

I got to officially meet one of my favorite emcees of all time Redman !! 🤯 

I became a fan of Redman straight off his verse on EPMD's "Hardcore" back…

Happy Birthday dad. I wanna celebrate by telling ya'll a fun fact about my pops. He LOVED heavy basslines. The day I found out was when this song came out in 1993. My pops liked to buy a cassette single…

[unreleased video 2004]

AML"RU???"

off AML's sophomore album Jungle Gym Jungle. 
Produced by DJ Haircut (Mayer Hawthorne)
Director/DP: T. Dominic Cochran
Producers: Matt Martyn and Jon Berlinski  
Edited by: Nellie Smydra

This is the first video Athletic…

July 1999' 

When we got off the plane, we took this picture!

I was living in Jersey City, NJ off of Old Bergen Rd around this time. I went back home to Michigan to visit for a weekend. On my…

Happy Birthday J Dilla.

I first heard about J Dilla when he went by the producer name Jay Dee. There was a Hiphop group called The Pharcyde that I became a fan of when they released their debut album, Bizarre…

I was watching the "Stretch & Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives" documentary and man, it took me back! When I was a kid, their radio show was the TRUTH. It highlighted the the essence of Hiphop in realtime…

One day I was just checking interview with The Roots and Black Thought's freestyle.

I hear Sway say "Let's do this! " then Questlove cuts in this drum break.

My first I thought, "Yoooo why does that drum break sound…

eMC "Charly Murphie" 

single off the eMC brand new EP, The Turning Point. 

Shout out to Masta Ace, Stricklin, Punchline, and Wordsworth. This record came out dope. As you can probably guess, there’s a clip of Dave Chappelle…

(l to r : 14KT, ?, J Dilla, DJ Haircut (Mayer Hawthorne), Michael Einhorn)

Happy Dilla Day to one of the illest to do it. R.I.P James Yancey a.k.a J Dilla.
This photo was the first time I met…

An O'Jays song came on the radio the other today..

Then I had to listen to 50 cent's "Ski Mask Way" joint after that.

My mans Disco D produced that joint. Many folks probably wouldn't have known that because Disco…