Episode 001: The Story's Only Yours To Be Told | Liner Notes + Playlist
I couldn’t be more thankful to the people who encouraged the podcast’s existence, especially the four people mentioned below:
PeaceRussie: DMV based producer. Find him at twitter.com/PeaceRussie
Black Los: Baltimore based emcee. Find him at twitter.com/TRILLBlackLos
MaBinti Yillah: DC based brand strategist and founder of Common Sense Ent. Find her at twitter.com/mabinti6
Marissa Davis-Orban: California based creative. Find her at twitter.com/risa_amor
Much love to Graffititech for the intro and outro music for the podcast! Find him on Instagram and Bandcamp.
The title of this episode comes from the extended version of one of my favorite We Are King songs titled “The Story.” Shout out to my family, especially my older brother James and sister Nyeshia, who played a role in shaping my music tastes. Love and prayers up to my oldest brother, Steven, and my dad, Rashid, who I truly believe are my angels. This episode is dedicated to you.
Thank you to the wonderful educators that encouraged amazing things from me: Ms. Bettye McLeod, my first music teacher from West Baltimore Middle School, and Mr. John Sherry, my band conductor with BSA’s TWIGS Program. Love and light to these three talented guys from my time in the Baltimore School for the Arts’ TWIGS Program:
Dr. Johnny Graham, trumpet: leader of Johnny Graham and the Groove, professor of marketing at Howard University, and co-founder of Our D.R.E.A.M. Foundation. Find him on Twitter at twitter.com/JGrahamDigital
Justin Vibes, vibraphone: LA based singer-songwriter and producer, co-writer for songs such as Kodak Black’s “Zeze.” Find him on TikTok and on Instagram at instagram.com/iamjustinvibes
Will McMillan III, piano: singer-songwriter, leader of the WIllMBand. Follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/willmcmillaniii
Love to Ms. Linda Hall and Mr. Patrick Alston, two amazing music teachers of mine at Baltimore City College.
Shout out to my big brothers from my time at University of Maryland, College Park via The Undergrounduates. Greg, Kadima, Les, Manny, Mike, etc…thank you! These two guys in particular really looked out:
Wayne Watts: Baltimore born, Denver based rapper, co-founder of The Dream Create Inspire Tour. Find him on Instagram.
Nick tha 1da: DC based producer and DJ. Find him on Facebook and Bandcamp.
I compiled the artists and songs that inspired my music tastes into a playlist. Check it out below on one of these platforms. Warning: the playlist is explicit.
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