
Prairie Rap Podcast
A podcast about prairie rap. Including those outside the Canadian prairies that are connected to this scene.
Episodes
17 episodes
Mindbender (Toronto, Ontario) Nextra, Supreme Being Unit
Mindbender joins us to discuss his long hiphop career. We start back in the Ottawa days and move to the present. We touch on the classic group Supreme Being Unit with his twin brother Conspiracy all the way up to his last album which features s...
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1:18:54

bonus episode. Max Prime & Jon B - (Edmonton, AB). Hardly Novices
We deep dive into co-host Max's (Emprime) recent vinyl/cd/cassette Hardly Novices that he did with producer Jon B.
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30:52

Mickey O'Brien (Sudbury, On). Hand'Solo Records
Mickey O'Brien has a couple of new records out. Postcards as well as one with his Sudbury collaborators (Magick Show). We discuss touring, union contributions, working with producer Fresh Kils. Thank you to Em Prime for the mix down of this pod...
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1:04:16

Skizza (Saskatoon, SK). The Sons of Boombap
Epic -In February when I was going through a difficult time, I had to stay in Saskatoon for family. I had a hanging out session with Skizza during this week. We took time to record this podcast episode.We talk about back in the ...
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51:28

Fortunato x The Dirty Sample - the Coalition (Toronto, On). Hand'Solo records, Urbnet.
We deep dive into the Coalition album on Hand'Solo Records. We also discuss what Fortunato has been up to past and present. This includes a local Edmonton connection with Sonik helping on the artwork. Of course this album is produced by our goo...
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48:53

Ghost Cartridge (Mantrakid) - Self Titled album (Calgary, AB/Comox B.C). Neferiu Records
This episode is a deep dive on the new Ghost Cartridge self-titled album. We catch up with rapper/producer Nate Schmold of Ghost Cartridge, and go back in time to discuss how his electronica roots transposed into a love of all things hip...
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1:05:08

Rob Crooks - Introducing the Ghost ( Winnipeg, MB). Saskatoon Folk Rap, Foultone
We do a deep dive into the Rob Crooks album Introducing the Ghost. Rob has been busy lately on the beats and rhymes. We discuss this album as well as recent projects with Bazooka Joe, Kitz Willman, Pip Skid and Andrew Mbaruk. We also touc...
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1:13:57

Kitz Willman (Winnipeg/Saskatoon)
We talk to Kitz regarding his recent projects. Including discussing his newest album with Rob Crooks. Kitz lets us know he is excited that he took second place in the most recent beat battle. We discuss the Kingston, Ontario rap scene briefly. ...
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56:43

Staplemouth, (Denver, Co/ Hawaii). El Gran E Records/Extraordinary Rap.
We deep dive into the Mycelium Culture album "Microdose". This is an outstanding one producer album (7th Galaxy) available on cd or bandcamp files via El Gran E records. Staplemouth really opens up on this one. From Plague Language to the prese...
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55:48

Maki (Kamloops, British Columbia). Clothes Horse Records, Endemik Music
Maki is a producer from Kamloops British Columbia. In the early 2000s he was a producer for Clothes Horse Records. He worked on early Epic albums such as Local Only and Aging is what friends do together. He was also the producer for the Epic an...
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1:07:53

Inky & Emotionz - (Vancouver, British Columbia). Flow States
This episode we deep dive into the new Inky and Emotionz album flow states. Emotionz discusses his travel to Kurdistan, Monday Night Live (historic Vancouver rap night(, a book his working on as well as the legendary Fourth World Occupant tours...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:44

Thomas Quinlan Part 3 (Hand'Solo Records, Exclaim! Magazine)
In part 3 of our discussion with Thomas Quinlan we touch on Conspiracy of Supreme Being Unit. RIP to Conspiracy (Khari Stewart). Thomas discusses the recent collaboration between Conspiracy and Primordial MC prior to his death. Thomas als...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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42:01

Id Obelus - Part 1 (Audio Recon, sfrr, srrm). Logansport, Indiana
A chat with Label head of Audiorecon (and the End shoppe) ID Obelus. We approach this interview on two fronts. We discuss his music career, including the early years. We touch on the 2002 scribble Jam in Cincinnati. We also discuss various enti...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:17:59

Thomas Quinlan Part 2 (Hand'Solo Records, Exclaim! Magazine)
Episode 3 is part 2 of our Thomas Quinlan interview. We talk more about the Halifax rap scene. Thomas recommends the Dirty Sample record "Joshua's Dreamixes". We also chat about putting out cassettes and discuss an album that the ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:23

Thomas Quinlan (Hand'Solo Records, Exclaim! Magazine)
In episode #2 we travel to Toronto, Ontario (Via Zoom), to talk with rap community organizer Thomas Quinlan (Hand Solo Records). We discuss the early years of the label with TQ. Including the Basement of Badmen series. We discuss the clas...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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