ARD: Awesomely Righteous Dudes

ARD: Awesomely Righteous Dudes

Philly DJs Low Budget (Mike), and Dirty South Joe (Joe) talk music, culture, and other topics probably at least vaguely related to the life of a working DJ.

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October 25, 2021 54 mins
No one cared abut Big Daddy Kane VS KRS except Mike, who starts off describing what he enjoyed about the recent Verzuz between the 2 legendary MC's. Joe lets us know about some more cringe-rap thats dropped, as well as some other new songs that came out. We also talk about the appeal of getting rid of laptops while djing, and share some technology nightmares. This was a quick episode we know, but we really just didn't want you to m...
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Are we back or what?!! 3 weeks, 3 episodes! This week we have our first guest since being back from hiatus, Philly and Pittsburgh's own party Rocker, Radio vet, and tour DJ fir Wiz Khalifa.....DJ BONICS! We start off talking shop about clubs, request stories, twitch life, vinyl life, and the working class DJ perspective we all have. Bonics tells us how he got started as a DJ, and how he linked up with Wiz Khalifa. He shares some s...
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August 17, 2021 83 mins
Look at us! being consistent! After covering some current events, Joe turns in a vintage Dirty South Joe performance as we deep dive into Gucci Mane's A&R skills and discover the long list of new artist that he has been putting on from some of the most random locations throughout the south. We go over a bunch of new tracks in the hip hop, latin and dance music space And we end with current covid convo and the state of nightlife.
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November 2, 2020 57 mins
For some random reason we start off talking about our favorite songs that we found out about via memes! Mike and Jabair talk about some recent gigs, while Mike updates us on what's been hitting and what's been flopping ,and how tik tok has made Jersey Club easier to play in the club. Then, Mike and Joe start reminiscing on the days as employees at Armand's records and Doc B's influence on record buying. As usual we all run down s...
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October 26, 2020 57 mins
We're back with more tales from the deejayshpere, starting off with a random discussion of Eminem's early work. Mike talks about his recent Djing experiences and what's been working and what's been flopping. Inspired by Vin Deisel's new song, we explore the rich hisrory of celebrities making music and share some of our "favorites". We have a lot of new music from both the hip hop and dance music worlds. Joe puts us all on new inte...
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October 3, 2020 60 mins
Lets face it, it's impossible to keep up with alll the shit that goes on everyday in this hellscape of a year, so forgive us if these arent't the most pressing topics, but hey, maybe a little break from the chaos is needed. We start off with my Mike's triumphant return to DJing for people, the adjustments we're all making, and finally getting to see what songs are working for people and what songs didn't do that much. We fantasize ...
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September 7, 2020 57 mins
We start off light this week with some feel good smilers of years past before we deal with the full gravity and realization that this year blows so hard, get "all political" , and talk about how we someties need to take a break from the insanity that is the internet. We talk briefly about Qanon, the DJ's it has inspired, and the appeal of conspiracy theories in hip hop. All this serious talk does not stop me from playing another r...
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LIVE FROM LOCKDOWN! Guess what we talk about??? Not only that, we go through some of the new albums that came out, particularly Lil Uzi Vert and how we see th erole he plays in modern hip hop (Spoiler alert: Me and Joe dont really see eye to eye on this). We discuss we've been impacted so far and what we think is gonna come out of all this. But most importanttly we run down ALL THE NEW SONGS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS! This was a fun, mch n...
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In this weeks episode we talk with ARD's very own Jabair about the wide range of sounds that fall under the umbrella of "Future beats"! We talk about the movement, the bangers, and its key players as we try our best to define this vibe. We metion the quandry one is put in when a hot girl requests Russ, other rappers that have huge fanbases that we can't listen to, how much we love Young M.A., Elon Musk the producer, and we run thr...
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Remember how our last episode was this highly informative documentaion of a musical genre that impacted our DJ lives and we then delved into the history of club music in a somehwat of an academic sense? This episode is definitely not like that! In this slightly dated, yet highly "entertaining" edition of the ARD podcast, we run down some "current" events involving Art Basel (basil, bazel), Lizzo's twerking incident, and changing of...
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Our boy Ralph Darden aka Major Taylor is back for another fake-patois-filled episode of ARD. We talk about House of Vans, Ralph's residencies in Chicago and the complexities of spinning to a very diverse crowd. We sidebar into conversation topics that everyone hates, including dreams (and nightmares). We also talk about the pros and cons of using USB sticks vs good ole' serato, our listening habits as djs and then we put each other...
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October 24, 2019 88 mins
This week we have DJ Excel! Now based in Los Angeles, Excel came back home to Philadelpha to sit with us and talk about the past, present, and future of DJing. Excel talks about his early days and his ascension into Philly's world of party rockin. He talks about his move to LA and the obstacles that needed to be overcome to make it in a new city. We also talk a lot of shit as usual!

From Excel's Bio:
Drawing upon the rich music...
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August 23, 2019 63 mins
It's the dog days of Hot Girl Summer out here for what may very well be the final meeting of the ARD Record Pool this season! No guests today other than the dulcet tones of: Jeezy, Meek Mill, Usher, Burna Boy, Jeremih, Jorja Smith, Swae Lee, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Ty Dolla $ign, Pop Smoke, Nicki Minaj, YBN Cordae, Anderson .Paak, Teejayx6, E-40, Rihanna, Quality Control, City Girls, Stefflon Don, Tory Lanez, Quavo, Tyga, Doja ...
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G-Buck joins the crew to talk about his come-up in Philly, finding dance music through basketball, springing from making beats on Playstation and DJing on Temple University's Frat Row, catching Diplo's ear, putting out music on Mad Decent, Insomniac, Owsla, and self-releasing music in 2019, crafting DJ sets for the festival crowd, prank DSJ on Sway, and what The Kids are into these days from Valentino Khan to Lil Texas. We listen t...
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July 19, 2019 84 mins
It's another meeting of the ARD Record Pool as we crack open the virtual corrugated cardboard of this month's shipment. We're checking up on new music from French Montana, City Girls, Daphni, Dreamville, Kygo, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Lil Jon, Juicy J, Croatia Squad, Marshmello, Mustard, Black V Neck, FIGHT CLVB and more. Also discussed topics include the impending people's invasion of Area 51, Ed Sheeran's in hindsight unsurprisingly ...
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In this episode we talk with long time friend of the show, DJ Major Taylor aka Ralph Darden (November Electric, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists), who was a key component in Philadelphia’s genre-bending DJ style that rose to prominence in the mid 2000s. We talk about Ralph’s 90s punk and indie roots, his transition to DJing and throwing parties, and how he has become one of the most sought-after wedding DJs around. We also theorize on t...
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On this go-round gang is joined by Philadelphia's Club Queen, DJ Diamond Kuts! Topics include producing and DJing for Nicki Minaj, the Diamond Kuts origin story, some of Diamond's signature techniques and style on the decks/mic/production, the current state of club/party music, DJing for Patti LaBelle and President Obama, girl rap crushing 2019, putting on large-scale events, producing in the car, DJing in the green sleeve era plus...
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It's another meeting of the ARD Record Pool, where the gang listens to new music from Appyday, Sim Santana, Duke Deuce, DJ Khaled, Lil Nas X, Craig Xen, Future, Nicki Minaj, Trina, Trouble, City Girls, Blanco Brown, Ambjaay, Tory Lanez, Migos, Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Camila Cabello, and Zack Fox. Also discussed are the DJ Khaled approach to album-making and if Son of Asahd is maybe not the flop it originally appeared to be, this ...
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June 13, 2019 67 mins
The gang discuss the cross-generational, time-bending influence of a little known but vastly influential creator named Peter Gene Hernandez, sometimes also referred to as Bruno Mars. Other topics include Raptors fans cheering an injury, Philly's history of excelsior sports behavior, DJ Khaled's lawuit against Billboard and the turmoil in 2019 chart metrics, and what the charts looked like fifteen years ago this week.

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June 11, 2019 51 mins
In the stirring conclusion of our conversation with Cosmo Baker, we cover: Cosmo's favorite current band and their mysterious personnel, Inflo and his Charles Stepney-influenced sound, our varied opinions on cell phone requests both plain and fancy, the new Kid Sister song and how it would fit nicely in Scrubs, XXXtentacioni, Mike's love for Scrubs, the latest in Old Town Road news, updates and traffic, Iggor for the kids vs. Iggor...
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