The Act Like You Knew Podcast is a blend of a fan's curiosity, an artists' angle, and a belief that hip hop culture has the power to literally change lives. We exist to share stories from and about figures who matter in hip hop music and culture. The show's host, Nate "KnewBalance" Whitsell, is a journalist, hip hop junkie, author, emcee, producer, and more, but maintains that he's a fan of the music first and foremost. Nate asks questions that draw guests' essences from the cores of their b ...
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Episode 004 - Dre Trav and Tall,Drk Serve Up YAMMS Without the Marshmallows
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Dre Trav and Tall,Drk (pronounced "tall, dark") share their collaborative recipe for the perfect YAMMS. While the album satisfies listeners' appetites for excellent hip hop, the duo shares some of the bittersweet ingredients that helped create the flavor and feel of the LP. Episode 4 of the Act Like You Knew Podcast just scratches the marshmallow-f…
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Episode 003 - Odessa Kane, Felt1, and Rocky R3y are Col’ Killin’ Records
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Odessa Kane is free. Free to create. Free to progress. And free to be vulnerable. He, his DJ, Felt1, and his engineer/producer, Rocky R3y, discuss the journey that has freed Kane and that has led to the formation of their label, Col' Killin' Records. The imprint's first release, Boyz Off Briarwood Vol. 1, was released in late December of 2018 and h…
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Episode 002 - Blame One Unravels the 34th Scroll
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Blame One is closing a chapter as he rounds out his thirty-third year of writing raps. The 34th Scroll, produced by fellow North County San Diego emcee, Veks, will be released on December 7th, 2018, and this podcast episode brings our trilogy of interviews full circle. Blame was one of my first handful of interviewees, and in THIS INTERVIEW back in…
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Episode 001 - The Rebirth of Johaz of Dag Savage
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Los Angeles emcee, by way of San Diego, California, Johaz steps away from the mic, and removes his dad hat, to take an hour to discuss the Furnace EP, the Dirty Science family, religion, rebirth and more with Nate "KnewBalance" Whitsell on The Act Like You Knew Podcast, brought to you by the PlatformCollection.com podcast network, as well as SDLove…
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