Below Tha Surface
Below the Surface Podcast
The Blueprint of Midwest Culture, Undiluted and Underground.
Before the algorithms and the streaming platforms, there was public access. Below the Surface Podcast is the direct evolution of The 411: Your Underground Connection, which originally hit the airwaves on Public Access Channel 16 in East Chicago, Indiana. Born from the raw, community-driven era of cable access television, the platform has spent decades documenting the architects of Midwest street and electronic music culture.
Now operating as a fully independent media network and LLC, Below the Surface continues its original mission: digging beneath the mainstream noise to preserve the true history of regional hip-hop, house music, and DJ culture. Through deep-dive artist interviews, vinyl archaeology, and unfiltered commentary, the podcast serves as a living archive for the innovators, the record collectors, and the independent collectives who built the Midwest sound from the ground up.
From Channel 16 to the digital landscape, we don't just cover the culture—we are a part of its lineage.
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SPEAKER_10Here we go. Hello, hello.
SPEAKER_01Below the surface. Thousands of meters down below. Underground. Underground. Below the surface.
SPEAKER_03All right. What up, y'all? It's Friday night. Ain't no better place to be.
SPEAKER_02What's good? What's good?
SPEAKER_08Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_03What up, though? Hell yeah, man. Um, I'll get it kicked off, man. It's been a little minute since we've been on StreamYard. I'm your boy Dirtbag Johnny.
SPEAKER_06We back at it. The low service. I'm DJ Rick Rock.
SPEAKER_03And we got our special guests in the house, man. Custom made and ill Gordon joining in.
SPEAKER_06Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_03Hell yeah, man. Good to have you guys on. Man, appreciate it.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, for Friday night, you know.
SPEAKER_03Right, right. Who's drinking? You ain't watching the Spurs game tonight.
SPEAKER_10Uh I might. I'm mad at the Spurs right now, man. That's it. You know, I ain't bet on them or nothing, but I just, you know, I thought they was gonna pull it off, but we'll see, you know.
SPEAKER_03We'll see. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll see. I'm gonna try to watch it tonight, man. Not a big basketball.
SPEAKER_02No shit.
SPEAKER_06FIFA Mexico.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's what's popping right now in the neighborhood. All the bars are playing that in my neighborhood right now.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I bet.
SPEAKER_06I bet anything's in the gym, yeah. I ain't into soccer, but I'll go to the bar and watch this shit for a whistle.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah. You guys get any of that storm out there?
SPEAKER_08Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Oh, yeah. It was it was wild. It was wild because like I woke up like at two in the morning, the building was shaking and everything, man. I I literally thought it was like a tornado rushing through. Yeah, it was crazy, but it was just really windy, man. A lot of trees got knocked down and stuff over here. Uh North Side, Albany Park, Chicago. Yeah, it was pretty crazy, man.
SPEAKER_06They did a lockdown in Lake in uh South South Lake Mall in Meryville. Oh, no shit. Yeah, it was it was crazy in there. I wasn't in it. My daughter was working at Macy's. She was telling me motherfuckers are going through the racks and going through the glasses. Damn, I was like, you better get away from all that shit. Motherfuckers will fuck you up.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, man. Crazy world we live in, dude. Maravil got hit pretty hard, dude. I was I couldn't even go on my shopping routine because everything was blocked off. Power lines everywhere, man.
SPEAKER_06A lot of road uh roadblocks and shit. Man, yeah, fires down, powers out.
SPEAKER_10Man, I know when I was running around today, I was a couple streets blocked off because entire trees was black.
SPEAKER_06Sidewalk gone, tree just flipped over like it's upside down. All on man, I seen it all today.
SPEAKER_03Fucking insane. Man, well, we we're still here. Yeah, we're still here, and special shouts out to DJ Rick Rock tomorrow's his birthday, and Gemini gang.
SPEAKER_10Happy birthday, happy birthday, man.
SPEAKER_0652 years going around this motherfucker.
SPEAKER_10That's right, what's up?
SPEAKER_06Hell yeah, I'm still here, brother.
SPEAKER_02That's a blessing. You just gotta tell people you're 20 years old with 32 years of experience, man.
SPEAKER_06Oh yeah, I'm still doing what I was doing at that time at that time, you know.
SPEAKER_09Yep, that's weird.
SPEAKER_06Everything what we're doing right now, remember, Jay?
SPEAKER_03Yep. I mean, even before I I came around hanging with Rick Rock, Rick was already interviewing cats. Like I I I can't hate to keep saying it, but he was already interviewing Freddie Gibbs. Freddie Gibbs wasn't even on the mainstream like he is now. He was interviewing DMX, Onyx, Lincoln Park, Cypress Hill. I mean, dude, you you had big names under your belt, brother.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, do or die, do or die.
SPEAKER_03Let's go psychodrama, psychodrama, darkness.
SPEAKER_06Hell yeah, yeah, it goes on and on. I met a lot of mouths, you know, but we just keep going, do what we do, man, because this is what we love.
SPEAKER_03Shit, hell yeah, and now we're in interviewing the infamous Il Gordon Custom Made.
SPEAKER_06Custom made in the house with one of the fucking hottest albums.
SPEAKER_03The fucking super super set the vibe for the summer with this album, man.
SPEAKER_06Can we call it Filthy Friday tonight?
SPEAKER_03Fifty Friday filthy Friday, motherfuckers.
SPEAKER_06Right, yeah, real.
SPEAKER_09That's definitely real, man.
SPEAKER_03Um talk a little bit about um, we've had Custom Aid on the show before. He's gave us a little background about himself. Talk a little bit about you, bro. Um, how you came up and got into the music game.
SPEAKER_10Um so I'll just start at the time when I first started taking like rapping uh serious. Uh I would say um probably like my senior year of high school. Um that's when I really first started like really jotting down, you know what I'm saying, bars or what have you. And then um I went to school in Nashville. I went to school in Tennessee. And so when I went to Tennessee, um I formed well, I didn't form a group, I joined a group. We called ourselves uh the starring artists. I was from Chicago, was one dude from Indianapolis, another dude from California, and another dude from Tennessee. And so we had got like three mixtapes there. And uh when I was in Nashville, I started kind of like you know, building a little reputation off uh for myself as far as a rapper is concerned. And so fast forward in uh 2005, I uh I moved back home to Chicago. Um once I moved back home, I just started recording. Like I didn't, I just uh my man had a studio at his crib, just started recording, just gave me a page, I'm just writing verses, recording songs. Uh and then I joined the um and I want to say probably around like 2008, 2009. Uh me and uh y'all know um Andreas Haley. Yep, oh yeah, yeah, Andreas Haley, man. That's my brother, man. Me and him. Oh, okay. That's what's up, dude. Yeah, that's that's that's that's my guy, man. Uh, but we was in a group together called Substance, and so we got a good group. Uh we did the group all the way up to like 20 2014 2015, and then that's when we uh you know branched out, you know what I'm saying, started solo careers. Uh so I would say my solo career started around 2016, but I've been doing it for real for real since probably like 2005.
SPEAKER_03Okay, hell yeah, dude. Well, um, how many uh how's your uh discography? How many uh projects have you putting out?
SPEAKER_10Um full plate makes my I want to say it's my 11th or 12th album. Oh damn, hell yeah, dude. Yeah, uh I made a couple of EPs in between, so like as far as like EPs and albums together, I probably got about 16-17 projects out.
SPEAKER_03Damn, that's what's up, dude. Putting that work, man.
SPEAKER_09Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh consistency is key.
SPEAKER_06It is, yeah, man. Yeah, you got a repertoire to prove that yeah, yeah, man.
SPEAKER_10So, like uh, if nothing else, I I want to say since 2016, I've at least put out an album every year. Hell yeah, that's what's saying at the bare minimum. One year I think I put out three. Hell damn, dude. Hell yeah. So yeah, man, just you know, and it's and it's it's uh I don't know, I can say it's weird. I guess it's weird to me because it's like I've been doing it for a minute now, but it's just like now with uh with uh with the release of full plate, and then um I want to say I was talking to one of my other producers, Decca Durves. He produces an album called Beautiful Dirt. And I want to say I dropped Beautiful Dirt. I want to say late 2024.
SPEAKER_03Uh oh like he froze up he lagged out a little bit. See if he comes back.
SPEAKER_06I think he froze up. Custom, you got anything to um to uh add with the conversation with uh Ilgord as far as uh uh coming up because we we did an interview uh what how you go in it?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, when we when we uh we did a cup uh actually you guys uh for solar five album. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, solar fives album. We uh we talked about that, yeah. But waiting for Gordo. So uh he you know, I met him, like I've known of him. Um I know well I know of him, you know, because of Andreas Haley, but like prior to that, like I was aware of like Andreas and and Gordo like through substance, you know, like I you know I knew of them in the scene, but I didn't really know him like that. And then one day, you know, I just reached out to Andreas and then we knocked out uh It's Nasty outside that we dropped. And then from there, like you know, I got to meet like their whole crew, you know, and that's how I met Gordo. And like I was always a fan of Gordo. He did a dope album with Decca Dirk, shout out to Decca Dirst. Uh it's called Um Beautiful Dirt. So, you know, when I listened to the album, like, yo, you know, Gordo's really dope. So, you know, it was just like you know, just saying what's up to each other, being cordial, and then um and he knew that I already worked with Andreas. So I just say, hey, if you want to try it out, let me know. And and then here we are, you know. But it was an interesting like process, um, you know, as far as like collabing on this, um, you know, because when essentially like it's a little funny story, kinda, because you know, when I make beats, like I always try to like, I always have an intention, right? Like, I put a beat folder together, and then I'd be like, okay, let me send this. And I always put like the stuff that I really want them to rap on. And then in this instance, like he only picked like one beat that I really wanted it to rap on. Oh damn. And he like, you know, he kind of just went a different route and he explained why. But you know, at the time, I was like, man, I'm like, uh, he didn't really like pick anything that I I liked, you know. But I also threw like a bunch of random beats in there only because like I always want to give the rapper, you know, the the chance to like pick the the vibe and and the whole style, you know what I'm saying? So like yeah, um, so yeah, like you know, when I sent him the initial beat pack and then what I initially intended and what what the end result was was not what I expected, but what Bordo did was like really, really dope. And you know, he like he had everything laid out. He showed me one song, and I'm like, you know what? Don't show me anything. I trust your judgment, just do you, and then send it to me when it's ready. And I was just like, damn, this is dope. Like, you know, he he picked beats that I I didn't really like care for, but at the same time, like what he did and the features he got and all that, it just like he literally like put a masterclass and like you know, being a conduit to like my my beats and him just like you know doing what he does lyrically. And like he he like it was like you know, it was like carving out a diamond type of thing, you know. Like he did, he did his work, man. And it's like uh, you know, not because he's rapping on my album and I'm the producer, but like, you know, overall, like the full plate is literally like something for everyone, like there's something you're gonna want out of it, you know. It's like a 10-course meal, you know what I'm saying? So so yeah, man, like that's basically how it came about and stuff, man. So yeah.
SPEAKER_03I was gonna ask about the production too, because I've heard the other albums you produce, like every album you put out, I've listened to the production, and this production was like any other that I've heard from you. So I was gonna ask, like, I was like, I wonder if he sent him all the beats and he just rapped to all the beats in the folder, or if he or if he didn't.
SPEAKER_02Well, that was the thing. Like, I had like, you know, I initially sent him a certain amount that I wanted him to rap on, but then I also throw in like the equal amount of things that he might be interested in, but you know, I never like I throw some curveballs in there, but you know, there was other stuff that I had just in case because like I said, and what I intended and what what the outcome was were two different things, you know what I'm saying? So, and then like you know, through the process, like of what he explained, you know, it's like he wanted to go a different route, he didn't want to remake what he he's already done, and you know, so like it's crazy. Like, I literally make a bunch of beats every day, and then you know, when I have someone in mind, I'll definitely put stuff together for them, but then I'll also throw a bunch of stuff that I'm not sure about because like you know, it might be a little too edgy or too soft or you know, too mellow or whatever. So, you know, but I don't ever want to take that option away from an artist, you know, like from a rapper. Like, you know, sometimes when they hear shit, they're gonna hear it, and if it talks to them, they're gonna do it, you know what I'm saying? And to me, that's that's the initial move, you know. So I respect that. So that's exactly what happened, though. Like, you know, Gordo will tell you, like, I had intended a whole different sound, and he's like, nah, bro, I got this, and he did his thing, right? So, yeah, and you know, so so yeah, like I'm I'm just I'm super proud and like you know, really like happy that like he did what he did, and it's dope to like have a rapper that knows what he has to do, and you know, there's not a lot of hand on like it was on my behalf, like it was very effortless. Like, I just sent him the beat pack and he got he worked on it what he had to do and he did him, and like from the features to like the way he arranged everything, you know, it was really dope, you know. And then shout out to the homie Dr. Mindbender too, you know, for putting the finishing touches, but like overall, man, like you know, you know, Gordo's a vet, bro. Like, you know, he'd been in the game for a minute, yeah. So like I didn't expect anything less, but I definitely didn't expect what we have. And it's always dope, it's always a surprise, like, you know, when someone kind of like he literally took took it to another level in regards to like what we could do sonically, you know what I'm saying? And it also showed people a little bit more of my range because I literally like to stay in one type of lane, but like you can't sit, like if you were to listen to this album and you didn't know who we were, you would assume that there was different producers on this album, and that's another thing too, you know, because like I like making all kinds of stuff, but there is a particular lane I stay in, but you know, Gordo saw some, you know, he heard different things, so and here we are, you know what I'm saying? So it was dope, it's dope, man. And I hope you guys listen to it and like you know, um, you know, vibe off with it. There's some summer bangers on there, there's something for everyone, man. Like, you know, there's there's some life shit.
SPEAKER_06There's some title of the album is is is hits on point, yeah. Because what you said, what I said, what Jay said is like there's different vibes encompassed in one plate, you know. The plate has different you got your meat, you got your veggies, you got your potatoes, and that's how it is, man.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and overall, even got some vegan food in there, too. It's all there, bro. Soul food, Mexican food, Greek food, all that shit's in there, bro. It's yeah, no doubt.
SPEAKER_06That's what you truly be proud of.
SPEAKER_10I appreciate it. Yes, uh, yes uh, yeah, that was uh that was the whole thing, man. I know I got uh booted off, I was having some technical difficulties, um, but yeah, to Custom's point, man. Like when um when he sent me the beats, I think you know, I think he sent me uh a 50 pack, you know what I'm saying? He said, and out that 50, I chose 20 initially. I chose 20 out the 50. And so then out that 20 I chose, I said, okay, I already kind of had an idea of how I wanted the album to sound. Um I knew which direction I wanted to go into before I even heard the beats. So as I was listening to the beats, I was already listening for specific types. Um so out that 20, I then eliminated the 10. I think I eliminated nine that would be the typical beats that I would rap over, like with my typical style aggressive bars, boom bad. Uh and so once I nailed it down to those uh the 10 that made the album, um, I literally just let the song kind of tell me which direction to go in. Um I could have definitely got on my typical, you know, bar heavy stuff, but I was like, no, I want this just to be a dope album, period. Like I want it to be hip hop by default. I want people to hear it and be like, man, this is the album was thought out very well. Yes, yeah, yeah. I was this was probably this out of all of my albums, this is probably the one I was the most intentional with.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, I was doing that listening to the album, and I'll tell you like this. I I listened to it this morning and I just let it play. I didn't look at it, I didn't check out the name or anything, I just let it play and walked away, and I just see what resonated. And you know, when you when you catch it, it catches you, you be like, Oh, you know, you get that stink face, you know.
SPEAKER_08What's going on, bro?
SPEAKER_11What up, fellas? Oh damn, oh damn, what's up, baby?
SPEAKER_02What's good, Dre?
SPEAKER_11I was just saying you can speak peace, man. Y'all might go intervene, you know what I'm saying? Y'all keep talking about the classic.
SPEAKER_06I want to say something that video you had on the uh um South Shore showing the skyline was beautiful, man.
SPEAKER_11Oh, worry, worry, worry. Appreciate that. Yeah, I like that.
SPEAKER_06I seen that earlier, man. That was real nice.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, yeah, yeah. The one with Miss V, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's that's uh what's what's the name of that joint? It's it's only it's nasty outside, yeah, yeah. Uh luxurious, yeah, yep. Number two, yeah.
SPEAKER_03So speaking of you know, albums on vinyl now that we're talking with Andreas. This album's coming out on vinyl as well, correct? Yeah, it's on now. That shit. I got send me the link when you guys when we get done with the show. I'm definitely gonna order that shit.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, just connect with Gordo, man. He got you.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I got you.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I need a copy, dude. I got you. Yeah, just let me know what I gotta do, man. I'll get it off you, man. But hell yeah.
SPEAKER_06Right now, where if anybody's interested to get your music, where can they copy it? Like right, you know, online.
SPEAKER_02So it's uh it's on Band Camp right now, so just look up Il Gordon custom made Band Camp and it should take you, it should take you right there. Um, so you know, uh, we got limited vinyl and uh limited edition vinyl and CD. So, you know, for the collectors out there, yeah. You know, I need the wax.
SPEAKER_03I need the wax.
SPEAKER_02If anyone, if anyone's tuning in right now, anyone's tuning in, you know, drop a message and then we'll randomly pick someone and we'll hook you up with the CD. You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_03So there you go, man. Everybody listening, hit them up. Hit them up on Facebook, get that, get get some uh get some free music, man. Let's get in with some music though.
SPEAKER_08Um, yep, this is a song.
SPEAKER_03I'm gonna play one. I don't know if you guys got any. I'm gonna pick like two songs that I then I know that I want to hear. Yes, sir. Yeah, yeah. This song the the the soon as because Rick was like, Yeah, man, I like that track six. I'm like, Yes, we gotta play that. Yes, so I think it's called House of the Chance. Master is that what it's called?
SPEAKER_08I think I'm gonna sit back.
SPEAKER_03So um that shit, yeah, because the album, like I said, when it started off, I was sounding custom. Or I don't know if I was sounding custom or Rick Rock. I was like, dude, I I caught like a West Coast vibe right off bat. And I'm like, wait a minute. Okay, and then it like completely changed. And I'm like, oh, there we go, there we go. And then it changed again, and I'm like, oh shit. And then I was like, damn, yeah, the album was definitely a roller coaster vibe. So we're getting into that shit, man, right now. House of Chen. You're watching uh Below the Surface live with uh custom made an Il Gordon check it's uh I'ma just uh I'ma do it though.
SPEAKER_10I'll set this bitch off. Niggas got a problem, get them shift off, and I'ma dress it backwards like crisp cross, rappers get hiktop, and it gets smoked like a lip off.
unknownI'm like my girls, bro, ready for lift off. They dodging on a pitfall, to crash that's the on a brick wall. Reminder that you speaking, but won't get fall. Cause I don't know what you know.
SPEAKER_10You was super low, people now it's time to meet the off. And then it's I'm gonna catch up like a stomach.
unknownNo way up the help, you put up with that, but the four net five, put it, up your cut, one set, I'm not the without picket.
SPEAKER_10Get the hold with that, we're gonna sit with you a bit. That's the last set. NEET nell yeah, that's starting this. Mm-hmm.
unknownNo, I got a lot of sites, that's the way to stop us, got a spin up and stick a light on my gift, but it's still stopped.
SPEAKER_04I keep my nose to the grass, so I know I'm gonna put it blocking up. I picked it for steps to put it like a star and all this. I'm an animal that's basically killing it, but this Only I'm the box, but a lot of pocket. I don't do that, just stick this off, gonna be a lot of mob stuff. I think that's talking stuff with losing while I'm still supported. And leave the state stuff in the doofus like I'm about to score it. Nigga's cool man, I'm about to lose it. Let's keep the gruesy, I ain't really tryna get into it. Don't confuse the rather act as if it's not the mess up. I don't know who I'm gonna be, but it's another banger. I know the world full of strikes and a lot of strikes. I learned from both it's the top though for the freaking fight.
SPEAKER_01The door with the blood of the lamb, I overabsorb it. But jump off the ports with a paint paintbrush, but I'm doing portrait, two four runs, putting niggas in orbit. Body start dropping when I first recorded. Yellow tape, I'm dope, I'm hella weight. No, ain't nowhere to run. We at the gate, I float. See me in the mic, we just a loaf on the vatican flow. Ain't back is the pole, man. Bars is the work of art, settle in the fencey, load it up, then I load the can until it's empty. Simply, wimpy, whatever the tempty, I change it. Beat the blueprint, then rearrange it. Immortalized on wax, the fact remained. Then it go conversation attached my name.
SPEAKER_08Oh yeah. Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_06Straight banger, dude.
SPEAKER_10Friday, filthy Fridays up in the air. I love it. So, like that was that track was one of the beats where as soon as I heard, I'm like, oh no, that's me right there. That's one of the ones I'm like, no, I have to have that one because that's that's that's my pocket right there. Um, and then as far as the features, you know, we had uh uh uh uh Lear, um Andreas Haley, and Griffin. Okay. When I sent them all the uh the joint, I told them I say, no hook, cipher style, body.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_10I want you to you should be writing your verse like you want to have the best verse on the song.
SPEAKER_03Exactly.
SPEAKER_10I feel like everybody definitely came through uh and and held up the end of the bargain, man. That's that's definitely one of my favorite joints because to me that's like that's the essence right there.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I I don't know if I that's like one of my favorites, but I don't know if I have like a favorite favorite yet, man. That that whole album is dope, dude. That's dope. I got a couple though. I got a couple though. That's dope. I I like that shit though.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_10And look, what's what's crazy about that joint too is that's the name of the beat. I didn't change the beat. Custom name that shit, House of Chipmasters, and when I was writing to it and I have this the the whole thing, I'm like, oh yeah, that's the name of the song.
SPEAKER_03There you go. Hell yeah, dude, no hooks, straight body in them. That's that's like a a lot of a lot of the the music out now is missing that. Like I love tracks like that where it's just straight fucking massacre on a beat, man.
SPEAKER_10Oh yeah. I felt like I felt like the project it needed one of those. Yeah.
SPEAKER_06It deters from the sexism, materialism that you see here on mainstream.
SPEAKER_11Yeah.
SPEAKER_06Like it's glamorize, it's not necessarily what everybody wants to admit as far as like you know, your artistry, you know.
SPEAKER_10We definitely won't shoot a video to that joint.
SPEAKER_03Man, when you get the videos ready, when you get the videos ready, um let us know and come back on here again. Do we'll play some of the videos too? Because we can do that. We got two out right now. Oh damn, you should have sent me some videos. It's all good next time.
SPEAKER_10But uh we got we got two out right now, and I just shot uh I shot another one last week, so that one should be coming up soon. And I definitely, like I said, uh House of Chin Masters, that's one of the ones that we have to shoot that video.
SPEAKER_03Okay. Let me know, we'll post it on the podcast page, and uh get that shit bumping, dude.
SPEAKER_06We'll have to come back on, we'll play the videos, we'll talk about the videos.
SPEAKER_03Also, everybody Rick Rock's putting out volume two of Below the Surface Mixtape. Yeah, we'd love to have some of your tracks on there as well, man.
SPEAKER_06Absolutely.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, but uh Rick, man, you gotta uh you gotta send me your email. I'll I'll send you a bunch of stuff, man.
SPEAKER_06Awesome, because uh what I will be doing starting next week, uh I was talking to Derbang about it, because uh um I'll be on Mixcloud live. And uh I was thinking maybe uh doing uh what I was just mentioning, Filthy Fridays, play all of Filthy Records. Uh of course with your permission, you know, play the uh do a whole night Friday night of uh playing uh the whole discography of uh filthy records.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. We could work something on it. That shouldn't be a problem.
SPEAKER_06Filthy Records got a lot of artists, man. You know, and we had Salomon already. Solomon Andreas Haley, we had Dustin Wade, now we had Hill Gordon.
SPEAKER_03Oh yeah, Cliff Clouds.
SPEAKER_06Cliff Clouds, yeah. So I mean uh to do to go online, so I want to start doing some of the regular, like different theme night. You know, it's just uh the Dilty Records organization has a lot of music, man. I mean shit. I could I can rock some shit for a few hours, you know?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, appreciate it, man. We trying, man, we trying.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, I mean, I think it'll pop because ain't nobody doing that shit out here in the Midwest like that.
SPEAKER_03No.
SPEAKER_06No, no, no. So I'm about to get on board with that. I'm gonna start playing uh all kind of Midwest shit. We did uh we promoted a first mix tape, uh the default keys, uh, B tape and all his music.
SPEAKER_02The Yoda Rock B tape. Yoda Rock B tape, Yoda to the homie, man.
SPEAKER_03He was supposed to hop on with us tonight, he couldn't make it, but I was gonna surprise the customer. Yoda rock.
SPEAKER_02It's all good, man. It's all good. That's the homie, man.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, man. Um definitely, man, the Midwest, dude. This this is it, man. It they don't know, they don't even know, man. We got the fucking hot shit out here. It's we keep hitting them. We keep hitting them up us upside the head with dope music all the time, man.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, man. There's there's a lot of talent. Like, it's not just like you know, Chicago, like, you know, you guys are holding it down in Indiana, and you guys got a slew of rappers, and then like, you know, the homies out of Detroit. Shout out to the homie Marr. You know what I'm saying? You know, shout out to shout out to 17 Cypher for connecting me like with a lot of the Midwest artists there, you know, shit. Man, uh today Joey Childs and Decca Durst just dropped their uh project hate mail. Yeah, so that's out now. So yeah, man, you know, um, so yeah, like you know, there's a lot of there's a lot of talent in the Midwest, man. So that there's there's a lot. So yeah, we it's just dope. Everybody's doing things, and I I like it, you know. Keep it keeps the it keeps the steel, you know, steel sharp and steel type of vibe, you know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_03Feel free to send them, send them to us, man, so we can interview them and put them on, man. We love it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like to get solar five on here. I like to get uh I am god, yeah, all them cats, man. I got those right here.
SPEAKER_02What's up, man? What's good, brother?
SPEAKER_07Maintain, nine times working, working.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, man. That's all that's all we can do. My OnlyFans ain't hitting like you used to, bruh.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, man. Yeah, I looked at my mailbox and I was like, wow, hate it.
SPEAKER_03So check it out, man. Uh reach out to either me or Rick Rock or Custom, and uh, we'll plan an interview with you guys too. We'll play all the music on the podcast as well.
SPEAKER_07Okay, yes well.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, that'll be dope.
SPEAKER_07Y'all got some dope this going on, man. Big up for what y'all doing, Joe.
SPEAKER_03Appreciate it, man. Appreciate it.
SPEAKER_07I like hearing that shit. Thank you. Yeah, indeed, man. I like saying this shit.
SPEAKER_03Peace, y'all. Yeah, peace, man. Peace, man. We got all the legends in the building tonight. Um, I'm playing another song, man. This one really got me too. I I like this one too. Uh it's called On the Guys. Really set that summer vibe. It was cool because I I was outside, my son's barbecuing out there. He might be almost done, but he was barbecuing. I was sitting out there drinking the beer. We got new neighbors, I was watching them, make sure they ain't on no crazy shit.
SPEAKER_10But um this joint, I legit thought it gave me it was a mix of West Coast California summer and Chicago summer. Yeah, that's the feeling I got from it, man.
SPEAKER_03And that's the feeling I got.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, you know what I mean. Like when I heard it, I was like, oh yeah, this is a this is a kick it barbecue party type situation. And um, you know, obviously I had to have Andreas Haley on there, man. That's that's my like I said, that's my bro. And when I thought about the joint, I'm like, I legit thought about times when me and him was out kicking it somewhere, doing some some bullshit, you know what I'm saying? Uh so that's what that was kind of like the inspiration for the joint.
SPEAKER_03Okay, yeah, I definitely caught all of that in there. Like I said, I had to I had it all laid out. I was playing your music on the porch. My son was barbecuing, made some homemade barbecue sauce, some salsa, all that, man. We were getting down, so it was like, yeah, this is this is the jam right here. That's what's up. Hell yeah, below the surface, man. Custom made Elk Gordon. Check it out.
SPEAKER_10Yo, what's good, bro? What's good? What's the words?
SPEAKER_07What's your own journey? It sounds like it's cracking.
SPEAKER_10Man, shit. I'm over here at the spot, man. This shit just started busting. What's to it? I put that on the guys, always roll with the group. It don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do. Boast it up anywhere, tryna see what's to it, and it's falling to how we move it. I put that on the guys, always roll with the group. It don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do. Boasted up anywhere, tryna see what's to it, and it's pilot to how we move it. I put that I ain't gotta say a word, cause the squad already know it is what it is when I step through the dope. So you better think twice before you step to me, dope. On the rap shit, cause I gotta step to the boat. And you know that I'm really chillin' on the cool shit. But the squad do the grip, also at the food shit, too, bitch. So I gotta beat up with the reason. I just think trying to start shit for no reason. Nigga should sit good. Then I seen rubble ball, he always rollin' the wood. He said water, what's good? What niggas is gone? Face got another step and the bottom we go. Mm-hmm, like all those whoopin' on a come up. Run down on niggas tryna run up. Y out to the startup, have a fun stick of the night. It is cards, we would do, we just playin' on fire on the guys. Always roll with the cool. It don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do. Post it up anywhere, tryna see what's doing, and it's power to stop.
unknownWe move it. I put that on the guys, always boast the cool. It don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do.
SPEAKER_10Boast it up anywhere, tryna see what's doing, and it's power to how we move it, I put that on the guys, dealing with the guys on my O D still hard knock on the roll. I'm a O T. Oh, it's once in the ghetto with the OD, we're talking gotta miss the OD. But group does like an O D. Oh, that's a fact. You can make that a OG, oh fall back, fam. You don't really know me. Try to play cool, but where do you fold this? Move to the gun, still rest though. These two my brothers on the West Coast, that's how far we did our best though. Now we gotta spice like a reflection, time to get dollars like a breath low. Where we arrive, why we get live. I put that on the guys, always what with the cool.
unknownIt don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do. Boast it up anywhere, tryna see what's to it, and it's all it's how we move it.
SPEAKER_10I put that on the guys, always what with the cool.
unknownIt don't matter what we do, we gon' do what we do.
SPEAKER_10Posted up anywhere, tryna see what's to it, and it's all it's how we move it.
SPEAKER_05I put that on the guys.
SPEAKER_10Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_05That's that vibe.
SPEAKER_06Oh, that's that west coast right there. That's that West Coast vibe right there.
SPEAKER_11That's right. Hey, look, hey, look, hey, custom. Hey, custom look, bro.
SPEAKER_02What's good, fam?
SPEAKER_11Listen, when Godot sent me that beat, and he sent the title with the whole thing. Oh my god, he gave me the whole I say, man, this nigga custom is ridiculous, man, because I know I remember all the shit you gave me, right? I know all the shit I'm featured on. I didn't listen to I Am God shit. I didn't listen to so much of your shit, bro. And then I come across his album, I'm like, this my customer's crazy, bro. I just wanted to come back on and say that, man, and thank you for for the feature, bro. You know what I'm saying? It's a it's a vibe, but mind you, I I got a pack from you right now. Again, a new pack. This man is crazy. I just want y'all to know that.
SPEAKER_03Damn, flipped it up on somebody, man.
SPEAKER_02I'm just trying to I'm trying to just make something happen, you know what I'm saying? But man, I appreciate these guys, man. They they're some of the hardest working dudes. They really talented, you know, they're they're dedicated to their craft. And the best thing about it is like they're like the most like humblest dudes ever, man. They ain't not no bullshit like that. They don't, they don't, you know, they're always trying to build with people, you know what I'm saying? So like it's like anyone that messes with like Gordo or like Andreas, like, I just know off bat, like they're just not some cool, like hardworking shit, you know, like they they're just laid back, but they all got like they all got their own shit, man. They got their own style, you know, they got their own hustle, you know, they they know how to rap, they know how to, they know how to perform, and they just they, you know, like when we did the release party on May 15th for Gordo's album, you know, it was very wholesome, but it was really real too, because like, you know, his people showed up and showed out, and it was just like a dope vibe, you know what I'm saying? Like it was it was very like humbling because like, you know, everybody was just chilling, vibing, and you know, it was a good time, man. So, and you know, and it was very similar to like what we did with Andreas' album. So it's like the right people were there, and the people that really wanted to be there were there, and that's that's what made it dope, man. You know what I'm saying? So it's always dope to have to have those kind of connections, you know. So, like, yeah, man, I I I relish all this stuff, you know what I'm saying? Like, I relish this stuff. I might not say much, like, you know, I always tell Goro, like, I'm fucking hella antisocial, but when it comes to this shit, like, you know, like I I really love like you know, just the whole process and building with people, you know what I'm saying? So it's really dope.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, man.
SPEAKER_06You get lifted, you know? Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah, because I think me and Custom got cool on Facebook too, and and we were like we were like each other's posts for a long time, and then we finally started connecting, like messaging each other, and that's when we got. I was like, hey man, you gotta come on the show, dude. Yeah, man.
SPEAKER_02It's just crazy because like you know, like I know all y'all because of Yoda, and then like you know, um, it's just like because of Psalm and all that. It's like everybody got is connected somehow or another, you know. So it's just really dope how like how far the reach goes. Like they always say you're only five people away from knowing the whole world, you know what I'm saying? So yeah, it's dope, man. It's dope.
SPEAKER_03Hell yeah, man. For sure, for sure. Um damn, I gotta play another one of my favorites, man. I'm sorry, bro. I'm like, I want y'all to pick some tracks too, but I I'm like, I know what I want to hear too, man.
SPEAKER_10Hey, I have no problems with you playing with others.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, man. Go ahead, man.
SPEAKER_10Like, yeah, man.
SPEAKER_03So um, we'll go ahead and get into this song called Click Clax, man. Yeah, man. This is no no features right here, right? No, no features on us. All gordo right here. Let's go. This is me getting back in my bag.
SPEAKER_06Let's go, man, below the surface.
SPEAKER_05I mean, just fall the fuck back, Joe. Straight up, I'm gonna tell these niggas sit back. Yeah, tell them all sit back, oh I go and get that. Sweat I got they better clean us, see before I get back.
SPEAKER_10We can get it, pop it like I'm playin' with some quick clack. Losing not an option when I'm playing that's big facts. Tell them all sit back, oh I go and get back. We can get it, pop it like I'm playin' with some quick black. Loser's not an option when I'm playing with that six facts. Oh, you know what I'm on. My soul like touchdown, rapid is bust down. Do anything that gets in the way, we're gonna last one round. Yes, chicken weak like cutting power. I'm like, wow, this is like when I see I don't think what I'll do now. Cause I guarantee it gets worse. Yeah, I got my rap custom cars. Cause I got somebody to move. Cold cap it with the coffin just like them left door. Stick with me up to the world when you don't have a wall. Niggas really move weird, get up to a score. Tell you dude, I rap niggas like a core. I'm doing numbers like there with no bodies and so it gets old. Don't wanna be a laptop that you took a hole. So I'm out sick back. When I got it, as a cleaner thing before I get back. What can get it, stop it like I'm playin' with some flip facts. That's fixed back. Tell them all sit back. So I'm gonna wake it back. When I got it, as a cleaner thing before I get back. Wicking get it, I feel like I'm playin' with some fix facts. Yep, I'll start with that. My balls in fact, I'm still gonna rap you dig like more facts. My cut of a fact is more sight because niggas don't flow. But I the main reason that I don't go right, it's so right. We have to be a hill on a cold night. Don't let up start to play me, but you think it's a cold fight. I rap in my whole life, so you can't stop me. I bet niggas don't like west into your arts, she find me. When I think you win my face, and that means anywhere, anytime any breast.
unknownNo time to waste like I gotta rich the mill on the west. I'm stuck in the space, and so I gotta mill in the space. I'm still in the space, I'm dominant, the future is proper set.
SPEAKER_10So when I've done it, we'll be a monument. Well it's gonna get that much of compliment. I'm coming in for comedy. We can get it up like I'm playing with some quick facts.
SPEAKER_06I like that instrumental man. Do some beat juggle to that beat, man.
SPEAKER_10Hell yeah. What's crazy?
SPEAKER_06Yeah, oh no, man.
SPEAKER_10Um that song, that song flew. Like that that took me all of maybe five, seven minutes to write. Um because legitimately, once I got the the feel of it, the pen just was it was effortless at that point. It just it just flowed out. That was the easiest song for me to write on the entire album. Wow. And it's you know, it's that's why that's one of the ones we got a video too. Oh, hell yeah, man.
SPEAKER_06Well, we'll do it, we'll come back. We'll come back soon. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, click clax is that's that's one of the ones that was like, let me get you know, let me get back in my bag. Definitely.
SPEAKER_06How many videos you made for this album right now?
SPEAKER_10I have two out right now. A third one gonna be dropping soon. My goal is to shoot at least seven.
SPEAKER_06Oh shit. Well, when you get it done, just get back with us. We're playing like back to back. Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_03Have a whole video show.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, it'll be a whole video show.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, that's that's the uh that's the goal. And then even when I think about the album and I think about the songs, I'm like, I legitimately can do a video for every song in the album. Damn.
SPEAKER_02That's fine.
SPEAKER_10Like every song has that has that feel to where you know it deserves a video.
SPEAKER_03For sure, man.
SPEAKER_06I for sure, why not? So you have the vision of what uh what uh the whole video will be about and messaging it.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, so right now, realistically, I'm thinking anywhere between five and seven. Um but if I can't push uh video for each joint, that yeah, that would that might happen as well.
SPEAKER_03Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_10I'm with it, dude.
SPEAKER_03We'll play them on here.
SPEAKER_10Absolutely. I appreciate it.
SPEAKER_03So everything's on bandcamp, right? For for for purchasing merch and all that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, crack. It should be hitting DSPs pretty soon.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, I'm uh I'm probably gonna hit DSP sometime next month.
SPEAKER_03Okay.
SPEAKER_10Still wanna uh, you know, push the album, uh the vinyl and the merch and everything else. And I plan on doing like a uh towards the end of the summer, early fall, I plan on doing uh um a performance of the album. Like I did the entire album. Uh I'm trying to get a drummer and a bass player as well to perform the entire album from beginning to end.
SPEAKER_03What what part of Chicago are you are like Illinois are you from?
SPEAKER_10Uh I'm on the South Side.
SPEAKER_03So I think my homie Keith King stays out there, he's a drummer. Okay. So Keith King and um what's the other cat's name, Rick Rock? Tim Lee. Okay from uh baby brother.
SPEAKER_06Okay, no shit. They're from Northern Chicago.
SPEAKER_03They're fucking badass, dude.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, they'll bring the pain.
SPEAKER_03Okay because I used to have a rock band back in the day. We were called Dirty Energy, and we had uh bass player, guitar player, drums. It was me and another MC, and we had uh a dude who played percussion named Funky Phil, man. I didn't know Funky Phil, he's related to Keith Jackson, which is a cousin of Michael Jackson. Wow, it's crazy.
SPEAKER_10So yeah, there's there's that separation we were just talking about.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, Keith Jack Keith Jackson, man. You should check him out. He's he's super dope. Okay, yeah, he's on his own thing.
SPEAKER_02Totally random and unrelated, but I heard that Samuel L Jackson is actually related to the Jackson. Wow, that's crazy. Yeah, like I think he's like a he's like a cousin.
SPEAKER_10He's like a cousin, he's like from one of the family. Oh well, you know what? I can see Samuel and Joe being related.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_10I can see that.
SPEAKER_02It's crazy. Yeah, I could have sworn I saw uh an interview with Janet Jackson like a few years ago, and that she said it, you know, straight from the horse's mouth. She's like, Yeah, he's our cousin, and everyone's like, What? And it's crazy because Samuel L. Jackson never says that shit. No, he's a need to, he's his own entity.
SPEAKER_06He's writing anybody's all.
SPEAKER_02He needs to say is motherfucker.
SPEAKER_06That's it.
SPEAKER_03Fucking Samuel L. Jackson. That's all he gotta say.
SPEAKER_02I think I think he's like uh the most he's got the most movies than anyone in Hollywood under his belt.
SPEAKER_10Probably, yeah.
SPEAKER_02He does, yeah, probably. I believe it too.
SPEAKER_10He does, and I heard I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that it's actually in his contract that he has to say, motherfucker. I wouldn't, I would have doubt it, bro.
SPEAKER_08I would have doubt it.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, because I'm trying to think of a movie where he has not said it, yeah.
SPEAKER_03For sure.
SPEAKER_10It's like I don't know if they pay him extra or what, but at this point, there's something in his contract where he says it pretty much in every role he plays.
SPEAKER_03Right, right. Samuel L. Jackson.
SPEAKER_06Oh man, can you have him narrate books on on fucking uh yeah yeah, have him read children's books, yeah.
SPEAKER_10Hell yeah, that would be wild.
SPEAKER_06Mother goose motherfuckers, right?
SPEAKER_02Right, see, I'm bringing it up because Gordo's got everyone sliding through over there, so I'm hoping Samuel L. Jackson would just pop over there.
SPEAKER_03Oh shit, man.
SPEAKER_10If Samuel L. Jackson slides through, then I'm doing something right.
SPEAKER_03All right, that's what I'm saying, bro. Hell yeah. Um, I want to let you guys pick the last track we played for tonight, man. So you tell me what we haven't played, I'll play it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I think I think I let me do this one, bro. Let me do it. We're gonna go with track number one, Trolls. That is a very powerful song. It sets the precedent of like what's to come and listen to the lyrics, man. Like, just listen to the lyrics, it's a very powerful song.
SPEAKER_03All right, we're gonna get into it with trolls, man. Below the surface, let's check it out. I hate the whole plate. The whole plate.
SPEAKER_10Okay, yeah. You know, it is what it is, and a lot of times it's just about the cry. That's real. Yeah. Yeah, because this is me always this upper scrolling. When they know my body's shit at any given moment. Kill them all, send the family of my condonants. I will not lose no matter who is my opponent. Yeah, cause this is me, always this rapist point. When they know my body shit at any given moment. Yeah, cause this is in me, you always disappear. I will not lose no matter who with my opponent. Just win your dope be then you know I'm opposed. I'm not running this trap, just like I'm just a young. Always make my points and I always don't have to go. I'll make it stand up once, it's kinda like a tour. No it's always stand up with a nigga for it.
unknownIt's so perfect, and it's not to make it on the worst. You can see the picture of the worst, yeah, that's the first bit. But they will it changes battle, man. They like it with it, like it's not a bit. Yeah, it's on the bottom. Uh a shit, I just take it out of the way.
SPEAKER_10I got the audience to do what I say I'ma do. I can stay wrong when I came up to board. Yeah, cause this is in me or with this I'm showing. When they know I body shit at any given moment. Kill a boss in the family or fucking donuts. I will not move no matter who is my opponent. Yeah, cause it's in me or with this I'm going. When they know I bought this shit at any given moment. Yeah, cause this in me or with this app is going. I will not move no matter who's my opponent. They will say anything, so they can get attention. I'm running circles where they at like they need a message. These niggas scary, they yellow belly like homosexuit. I'm just selective, I know my victims before I kill them. So know the difference, they reckless, I'm moving with intention. So when they say I'm the illicit, don't need no convention. I get away with killing you, I gotta kill the winners. So I can get booked in this jungle like I'm booed up in place. Cause I'll be fucked in them ass sit when I think attended. My imperfection looks good like the perfect limit. It only adds to the aesthetics of my image. My whole squad don't play that's how you know we win it. We play a little bit rap, but it's like then similar. So if they say they want static, we move in the hit, don't go holler. So if you get offended, know every word in the sentence. I'm still we miss it. Yeah, because it's in me or with this upper points. When they know what body shit at any given moment. Kill a boss in the family of fucking donuts. I will not move no matter who's my opponent. Yeah, because it's in me or with this application. When they know I body shit at any given moment. Yeah, cause it's in me or with this appetite. I will not move no matter who was my opponent. Yeah, hell yeah. That was a great choice, Custom. Hell yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, man. Gordo makes it easy, man.
SPEAKER_03I think you both make it easy, man. Production once the top.
SPEAKER_06Hey, present and bars, man.
SPEAKER_10Yeah. I mean, honestly, like um, I knew that uh I knew I wanted to work with custom. So it was two projects that custom was a part of that really kind of piqued my interest towards them. It was the uh I think a project he did with I Am God, and then um the project he did with uh Andreas Haley. Um when I heard both of those projects, I'm like, okay, cool. First of all, I was like, who is Custom? You know what I'm saying? Like who is this person? You know what I'm saying? Uh but I feel like the opportunity presented itself when um when Andreas dropped uh his nasty outside. Um that's when I actually first met him. I came to the listener party to support, and that's when he and I first met, you know what I mean? Uh at that point, he didn't know I was already a fan of his production. Uh and at that point, I didn't know if he had ever heard anything from me. Oh, you know, period, you know what I'm saying? Actually, side note honestly, because I didn't even know if uh you knew this or not. I didn't think custom rocked with me at all at first. And I'm gonna tell you why. And Dre can attest to this story. Hey Dre, what the what the hell?
SPEAKER_03Right, this is your life, custom.
SPEAKER_11Right, hey, come here, come here real quick.
SPEAKER_10Look, this what happened, G, when Dre was making is nasty outright. I'm gonna just get to the the the quick version of it. I I was featured on the joint, you know what I'm saying? And Dre uh took the uh his project to custom, I mean, took it to custom, took it to the label, what have you, and it was between my joint and another joint that made the album, and it was like, yeah, gee, go on Gordo, you gotta go ahead and walk out, you know what I'm saying? You gotta cut out. I was like, damn, you know what I'm saying? So at that point, I wasn't sure if custom rocking or not. Granted, I knew it was for the betterment of Grace Project, you know what I'm saying? It was kind of like this song, I don't know what the other song it was, it was like this on Fitzmour, etc. etc. Uh so at that point it's like, man, I don't even know because the one song I was on most of the song, we didn't make the album. Um so at that point I went to cool. But then once we met each other at uh his release party, that's when you know we kind of met. I told him the album's dope or how you then shortly after that, we kind of linked and he put it out there like, man, what's up? It was kind of just like, you know, at that point, I knew that I wanted to create something special. Because for me, I was like, bro, I know what he did with Iron God, I know what he did with Dre. I can't be the fall. You know what I'm saying? I can't I can't be the like, okay, you know, that project goes, that project goes. When he did with Wordo is um nah, I couldn't be the fallout, so I knew that I uh I wanted to uh do something special, and that's probably why I went into this project with a lot more attention.
SPEAKER_02All right, that's dope, that's dope, man. You learn something new every day, man.
SPEAKER_11Really, that shit like my fault. You know what I'm saying? You know, I took too long to kick in the track, and it was all type of track because I don't even think you never recorded the track, did you? Nah, you never even recorded it, yeah, yeah. Nah, man. Hey, bro, hey Andre, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, becoming shit.
SPEAKER_02Man, you didn't take you didn't take long at all, man. Like everything happened at the time it needed to happen to, bro. You know what I'm saying? Like life sometimes life happens, man, and who am I to fucking tell someone how to live, you know what I'm saying? So I'm just saying, like everything happens for a reason, and everything ended up coming full circle anyway, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, you dropped the album, I met Gordo, you know, I listened to Gordo's beautiful dirt over and over, and then you know, we we collapsed, and here we are, and it's it's just gonna keep going, bro. Like, you know, custom may present custom may present substance, you know what I'm saying? So let's get it.
SPEAKER_08You know, let's go.
SPEAKER_02So yeah, man, like it's it's all love, man. It's it's always gonna be shit going on, man. Like, I ain't worried about it.
SPEAKER_03All right, yeah, hell yeah, man.
SPEAKER_06Shout outs on the um once again, uh let everybody know where they can get uh music and merch. Yep.
SPEAKER_10Oh yeah, man. You got a customer. That's all you, fam. Yeah, I mean definitely you get uh let me get the uh the music and the merch. Uh on band camp, I got some uh some crew necks, some t-shirts, uh some a couple CDs left, a couple vinyls left. Uh but uh for the vinyls, I think we definitely still got some CDs left on the band camp. I think uh on band camp, all the vinyls are sold out. So if anybody do want to buy, they just hit me up directly, anywhere on social media, Instagram, Facebook, wherever you hit people up at you, just hit me up and I can get that to you. Um same thing with the CDs and the uh merch, but like I said, I'll be having some of those up. The download of the album right now is exclusively on band camp and nowhere else. Um and we'll probably be making it available for streaming within the next month or so. You know what I'm saying? We really want to max out on uh this opportunity with the vinyl and the band camp first. Then once that kind of you know, died down, then we're gonna put it down and stream and whatnot. So right now, band camp, hit me up for those merch and vinyl and CDE.
SPEAKER_06What about if anybody's interested in bookings?
SPEAKER_10Um for me, um, you can send an email to um bars on deck lc at gmail. Okay and that's you know, that's pretty much my booking email. If anybody wants to try to book me for anything, you gave me up here and custom.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, man, like ain't nobody booking me, man. Come on, man. Like, I'm just saying, like I mean, I think the last time, you know, like I gotta say, shout out to B4 Lasers. He's like the only uh actually, I can't say that he ain't the only one. Vest 120 and then my guy, you know, Francois, like all these dudes, like producers that are actually doing producer showcases. These are like the three dudes that like you know have hit me up and invited me out. Um, you know, man, just hit up the filthy gmail, man, filthy records at gmail.com, and you know, and we we can we can work something out, you know. Like uh shout out to the homie Decay, you know, um you know, shout out to everybody tuning in. Thank you guys, you know, below the podcast. You know, I really appreciate you guys, Johnny, Rick, you know, the whole crew, shout out to Yoda. You know, I'm just saying, man, like I really just be on my own shit, and I work with who I work with, and you know, wherever the pieces fall, they fall, man. But you know, shout out to Bordo again for his penmanship, like, you know, what he brings to the table. Like, I'm pretty sure you guys have heard the album already. And like, you know, if you haven't, tune in, you know, like we're just here, man. We're we're just a bunch of fans of hip hop trying to make some dope ass music, man. You know, so like that's what we're trying to do, man. Like, I mean, at least I am, you know, but Gordo, Andreas, like these motherfuckers have been putting in work for a long time. So, you know, they they're you know, they're uh the record precedes them, you know, like they're everything you've heard about them being dope is facts, you know. Ain't no filler bullshit here. So again, man, really appreciate y'all, man. Thank you for taking the time, man.
SPEAKER_03Appreciate y'all for coming through, man. Um shout-outs to uh L Gordon and Custom A for coming through, as always, man. Yes, uh uh Fifty Records putting out that heat all the time. Shout out to Yoda Rock, uh Raw Offices.
SPEAKER_02I was gonna ask, you guys are still doing those tiny desk shows? The Midwest desk, yeah, man. Yeah, yeah, man. Let Gordo know, man. He's ready to rock, man.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, hit up uh Scrubs, man. I'll get I'll get in contact with him.
SPEAKER_02Um I'll send him the album.
SPEAKER_03Make sure you um find me on Facebook too, bro, so I can get that vinyl from you, man.
SPEAKER_10I got you. As soon as we get off this, this we get off.
SPEAKER_02We're already we're already linked on Facebook, so we in the chat messenger. So that's Johnny right there.
SPEAKER_06Gordo show then um there and everything.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah. So Rick Rock will send you his email custom for the the tracks for the filthy Friday mixes. Um, also, like I said, you got any tracks you want to send for the mixtape he's working on, do that too.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, um, I want to send shout-outs to go live on on uh Mixed Cloud Filthy Fridays shipping jumpers.
SPEAKER_03That'd be dope, dude. Uh shout outs to my homie Master Group for always doing the dope logos for us, man. Sure, hell yeah, recreating old boom bap and different album covers and making them the below the surface uh logos is pretty cool. Yeah, um, shout outs to Dave Morris from the hip hop vinyl spinners group. Uh letting us post a podcast on there, and they're worldwide, man. They're all in Europe and all that shit. So hopefully we got new listeners out there and across the fucking pond. Yeah, um, shout outs to my homie Grey Lance for the slaughterhouse piece he made me.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Um shout outs to my daddy's records, man, supplying me with the dope shit all the time. Dope vinyl, um, hit him up. He's got dope vinyl all the time. Every fucking week he's posting new records to buy. Um man, that's all I got right now, man.
SPEAKER_06Um, check me out on mixed cloud. Um, all the mixtapes that uh I put out for the below the surface, you can uh listen to them on there. Also, additional mixes as well that I put out for like old school. Um I'll be going on live. Um representing playing a lot of uh music from what we've done here on the podcast and a lot of uh uh artists that we had when we did uh 90.5 W E D Radio Um FM and um we're gonna do Midwest throwbacks and we're gonna uh represent the Midwest from uh different parts. So be on the lookout for that. I'll be representing that, and I'll be collabing uh Waky Records to do some shit.
SPEAKER_03Hell yeah, that'll be sick, dude.
SPEAKER_06That's it. Love you guys, man.
SPEAKER_03Thank you for thank you for listening. I'm your boy Third Back Johnny in the place to be.
SPEAKER_06I'm DJ Rick Rock.
SPEAKER_03We got Custom and Il Gordon in the building.
SPEAKER_08Like, yo, please. Appreciate it, y'all, man. Have a good night, man. Happy Friday, man.
SPEAKER_03Happy Friday, yep, peace, peace, love.