1. Rob Sonic (Sonic Sum/Hail Mary Mallon)

For Weird Rap's first episode we're honored to speak with Rob Sonic, known for his solo works as well as collaborative projects Hail Mary Mallon (with Aesop Rock) and Sonic Sum.  We discuss his early days, learning his first rap name, and he even raps some of his adolescent lyrics for us.  We get deep into Rob's cryptic writing formulas, breaking down some of the lyrics for "Honeymoon Suite" from the Defriender album.  He shares his feelings on contemporary early 2000s artists such as Saul Williams, the Ozone Music camp, and Anticon.  He explains why Kool G Rap is considered one of rap's all-time greats, and talks about current artists that he admires.  We also get into his working relationship with Aesop Rock and a possibly forthcoming Hail Mary Mallon album.  And Rob gets candid about the struggles of being a unique independent artist, including thoughts of quitting the music business altogether.

Curly Castro (of ShrapKnel, Wrecking Crew, BLUu Edwards and the Call Out Culture podcast) joins us to pay tribute to a classic and overlooked album: Skipp Coon's Miles Garvey.  We also share some exclusive news about Skipp's forthcoming album, August: Radio Free Jafrica.

Deep-thinking poet and MC Lil Ghostwriter explores the concept of schizophrenia as it applies to rap lyrics and the human psyche in general.  He discusses society's schizophobia.  And he relates all of this to the lyrics of the great R.A.P. Ferreira (AKA Milo, Scallops Hotel, etc. of Ruby Yacht).

Finally, we do an overview of our favorite music releases throughout the year thus far: Zeroh's Blaqlyte, Cambatta's LSD: Lunar Solar Duality, The Koreatown Oddity's Little Dominiques Nosebleed, Armand Hammer's Shrines, Run The Jewels' RTJ4, Serengeti's Ajai, Dos Monos' Dos Siki, and others.

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Rob Sonic:
http://deathvendor.com
http://robsonic.bandcamp.com

Curly Castro:
http://curlycastro.bandcamp.com
http://WreckingCrew.bandcamp.com
http://ShrapKnel.bandcamp.com

Skipp Coon:
https://tibbit.bandcamp.com

Lil Ghostwriter:
https://weirdrap.bandcamp.com/album/inner-plenum
https://lilghostwriter.bandcamp.com

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