Feb 11, 2020
In this week’s episode John meets with American
rapper and prolific creator, Che “Rhymefest” Smith to discuss
Hip-Hop, his upcoming album, and Hollywood acting debut, along with
topics ranging from Chicago’s youth, spirituality, various life
changing trips around the world, and much more. Rhymefest's
upcoming album is titled Love Lessons Part 1, and as
you'll hear in this conversation, Love is a topic at front of mind
right now for Che. This episode also includes the world-premier of
an amazing track from the upcoming album, featuring Black Thought
(aka Tariq Trotter of The Roots) & Raheem DeVaughn. Rhymefest has
won multiple Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award, but as
he says: that stuff you can just Google; in this conversation he
goes much deeper.
MUSICAL MENTIONS:
00:12 John Gardner
00:22 Che “Rhymefest”
Smith
00:33 World Music Foundation
03:17 Black Thought
03:18 Raheem DeVaughn
04:25 Australia
04:26 New Zealand
04:27 Singapore
04:28 Hong Kong
06:03 Baobab Tree
06:06 Africa
06:07 East Africa
06:08 Madagascar
06:13 Griot
06:19 Taiwan
06:21 Alishan Forest
08:09 Ghana
08:18 American Slavery
09:15 Igbo
09:16 Kikuyu
09:17 Mandingo
09:18 Maa’sai
11:01 In My Father’s
House
13:57 Art of Culture
15:55 Drum
15:56 Poetry
15:58 Singing
16:18 Coca Leaves
16:53 Musician
15:54 Instrument
16:55 Prince
16:56 Kanye West
22:43 A&R
26:04 Hollywood
26:11The Public
29:06 Hip-Hop
29:10 Rock
33:33 Floyd Mayweather
33:50 Muhammed Ali
33:52 Mike Tyson
34:08 Bruce Lee
35:47 Peru
36:07 Champa
37:38 Amazonian Jungle
39:37 Japan
40:47 79th street
40:51 Mexian Pyramids
42:43 Atlanta
42:50 Pete Buttigieg
44:03 Stony Island
44:19 The Dan Ryan
51:20 Indian Classical Music
51:21 Afrobeat
51:22 Blues
51:50 Iran
51:52 19th Century Hafez
52:04 Jamaica
52:21 Jay Z
52:25 Verse
52:33 Mauritania
52:59 Colombia
53:00 Palenque village
54:58 Wolof
55:05 Croatia
55:08 Yugoslavian war
55:18 Kosovo
56:35 Wu Tang Clan
56:41 Mobb Deep
59:11 Jazzy Jeff
59:17 Ghana
59:29 Eritrea
59:30 Ethiopia
59:31 Uganda
59:32 Tanzania
59:33 Rwanda