Take It Personal
The "Take It Personal" Podcast was launched as the Golden Era and boom-bap-focused podcast to beat all Podcasts. Broadcasting all the way live from Del Boca Vista and brought to you by the Philaflava crew, who founded one of Complex Magazine's "Top 10 Most Influential Hip-Hop Message Boards," well as authoritative subject matter blogs, T.R.O.Y and "Steady Bloggin'," the show and its brand of witty nuance and authentic reverence is here to fill the nostalgia void in your heart. Co-hosts Jason Gloss, DJ 360, Kevlar, A-Aron and Roger The Announcer take you on a sonic voyage from past to present and back again!
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April 16, 2024 • 195 mins
Episode 144 is our final installment of our 2-part Little Brother tribute. We're finishing up this homage with your favorites from their illustrious catalog, as well as the compilations, mixtapes and other dope collabos. Our exclusive interview with Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh is now streaming on all platforms. Be sure to check out our new items in the TIP store and if you enter promo code "BROTHER" you'll save 20% off your entire o...
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March 27, 2024 • 194 mins
Episode 143 is part 1 of our Little Brother tribute. We're deep diving in their catalog and hitting you with your favorites, the collabos, the bootlegs and b-sides, the mixtape joints and both Pooh and Phonte's solo work. Our exclusive interview with Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh is now streaming on all platforms. Be sure to check out our new items in the TIP store and if you enter promo code "BROTHER" you'll save 20% off your enti...
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March 5, 2024 • 200 mins
Episode 142 is part 2 of our Ice Cube tribute. We're hitting you with the classic Cube features, collabos and soundtrack selections, as well as the continuation of our vintage Ice Cube discography. You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.
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February 20, 2024 • 153 mins
Every once in a while, an interview turns more into a conversation amongst rap dudes. We anticipated having Rapper Big Pooh and Phonte for just 45 minutes, so when I tell you the interview lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes, it tells you just how funny and relatable these guys are to talk to. We covered an awful lot, yet it wasn't nearly enough once it was over. We discuss the May the Lord Watch documentary, their love for Beck or Bjo...
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February 8, 2024 • 171 mins
Episode 141 is part 1 of our Ice Cube tribute. We're going back to the days of the C.I.A. to N.W.A. and then on to his solo career. At the break, we discuss the importance of Ice Cube's first two classic albums and the complete dominate he had in the early 90s in both music and movies. You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.
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January 25, 2024 • 176 mins
Welcome to season 7 of your favorite podcast. On episode 140, we're paying homage to a time in hip-hop, where the underground dominated our decks and digging at Fat Beats was the ultimate high. We've done 3 tributes to the indie hip-hop era, but sometimes you just want an episode to take you back to that special place. If you ever experienced running up those steps to Fat Beats to cop the latest record or maybe you ordered your re...
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December 27, 2023 • 196 mins
On Episode 138, we're paying respects to our late friend and longtime supporter of Take It Personal, Matt "Barkley" Temchatin. Many of you knew Barkley as @HipHopAutographs, as he was one of the most celebrated hip-hop collectors online.
Barkley unexpectedly passed away a few months ago, so we wanted to honor him with our last episode of 2023.
Barkley, like myself, started out doing college radio but his love for hip-hop only g...
Barkley unexpectedly passed away a few months ago, so we wanted to honor him with our last episode of 2023.
Barkley, like myself, started out doing college radio but his love for hip-hop only g...
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December 15, 2023 • 80 mins
Dart Adams, author, journalist, hip-hop enthusiast and human database stops by Take It Personal to talk all things Boston. www.takeitpersonalradio.com Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal
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December 14, 2023 • 97 mins
Esoteric, of 7L & Esoteric and Czarface stops by Take It Personal to talk all things Boston. www.takeitpersonalradio.com Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal
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December 11, 2023 • 59 mins
Jon Anik, sports broadcaster and UFC's play-by-play commentator, stops by Take It Personal to talk all things Boston.
We get into his love for 90's hip-hop, Boston sports and a little MMA as well. www.takeitpersonalradio.com Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal
We get into his love for 90's hip-hop, Boston sports and a little MMA as well. www.takeitpersonalradio.com Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal
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December 8, 2023 • 161 mins
Episode 137 is our 2nd and final installment of our Boston Tribute and it features the legendary Edo. G and Jon Anik. We've got music from Special Teams, Guru, 7L & Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Maspyke, Akrobatik, Ripshop, Reks, Insight, Big Shug, Termanology, K.T., Porn Theatre Ushers and more.
Plus special guests Edo. G and Jon Anik stop by to discuss all things Boston.
Grab yourself a cannoli from Mike's Pastry, some chowda from U...
Plus special guests Edo. G and Jon Anik stop by to discuss all things Boston.
Grab yourself a cannoli from Mike's Pastry, some chowda from U...
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November 21, 2023 • 355 mins
Episode 136 was originally scheduled to be just one episode, but in typical Take It Personal fashion, it's now become a 2-part Boston Tribute. We've got music from MC Keithy E, The Gang Starr Posse, Sir Jake, T.D.S. Mob, Joint Ventures, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, 7L & Esoteric, Insight, Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Termanology, Reks, Scientifik, Almighty RSO, Top Choice Clique, T-Max, L Da Headtoucha, Skitzofreniks, Slaine, Statik, and a ...
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October 9, 2023 • 167 mins
On Episode 135, we've decided after a summer being stuck in the 90's and most recently, our Ultramagnetic MC's 2-part series, it's time for a quick reset.
We're going back to our roots - our sweet spot - our comfort zone and giving you an episode to remind you why you started listening to Take It Personal in the first place. We've got music from Grand Puba, Biz Markie, Red Hot Lover Tone, Nice & Smooth, Kwest Tha Madd Lad, Gr...
We're going back to our roots - our sweet spot - our comfort zone and giving you an episode to remind you why you started listening to Take It Personal in the first place. We've got music from Grand Puba, Biz Markie, Red Hot Lover Tone, Nice & Smooth, Kwest Tha Madd Lad, Gr...
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September 19, 2023 • 283 mins
On Episode 134, we're paying homage to one of the most innovated groups in hip-hop. The Ultramagnetic MC's were your favorite rap group's favorite rap group. In '88, Critical Beatdown joined It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back and Straight Outta Compton as revolutionary albums that changed the landscape of hip-hop forever. Ultra's unconventional rhymes, mixed with their sinister production and style, created one of the mo...
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August 28, 2023 • 187 mins
On Episode 133, we linked up with Kool Keith and Ced Gee of Ultramagnetic MC's to discuss their legendary careers. Both originators and innovators, who helped usher in a new sound, all while laying the blueprint down for the underground.
What started out an interview dissecting things in chronological order, turned into a session of guys having fun, cracking jokes and some very forthright and downright fascinating stories from Ke...
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August 16, 2023 • 254 mins
On Episode 132, we're bringing you the 5th and final installment of our 90's Flashback series. This is our potpourri edition. We've got music from Prince, Missy Elliott, Jamiroquai, Weezer, Daft Punk, Rage Against The Machine, Uncle Luke, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Jane's Addiction, Biggie, Nine Inch Nails, LL Cool J and Janet Jackson. Plus medleys dedicated to Aerosmith, Boyz II Men and Timberland. We delivered another 3 mixes to put ...
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August 1, 2023 • 332 mins
On Episode 131, we're bringing you the 4th installment of our 90's Flashback series. This is our Hip-hop edition with 3 masterful mixes featuring over 110+ tracks and 5+ hours of music. We got classics, anthems and remixes from Ice Cube, Redman, De La Soul, Heavy D., EPMD, Mobb Deep, Eric B & Rakim to Das EFX. The 90's were hands down the best decade for hip-hop and this episodes packs up our case, not to mention might be our...
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July 8, 2023 • 257 mins
On Episode 130, we're bringing you the 3rd installment of our 90's Flashback series. On this R&B Edition, we have music from Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, D'Angelo, SWV, R. Kelly, Usher, Boyz II Men, plus a little hip-hop love from LL, Biggie, Nas, Jay, Mobb Deep, Foxy Brown and Lil Kim.
90's R&B was a special time for many of us and if you lived it, you loved it. At the break we get into what this genre meant to us. We dive int...
90's R&B was a special time for many of us and if you lived it, you loved it. At the break we get into what this genre meant to us. We dive int...
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June 12, 2023 • 217 mins
On Episode 129, we're bringing you the 2nd installment of our 90's Flashback series. This decade was a special time for many of us and if you lived it, you loved it! We have music from The Smashing Pumpkins, Bush, Beck, Guns N' Roses, Ice Cube, Oasis, Sublime, No Doubt, Cypress Hill and plenty more. We also have special tributes dedicated to Nirvana, Green Day and A Tribe Called Quest. At the break, we're back on our 90's talk. Fr...
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May 15, 2023 • 210 mins
On Episode 128, we're staying in the 90's but this time we're incorporating all types of music that defined the decade. Just like we did with the 80's flashback on Episode 78, this show feature the sounds of the 90's courtesy of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, Radiohead, Portishead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Boyz II Men, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu and Mariah Carey to name a few. We're also playing...
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