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Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome back audio/engineer Truth to the podcast - to continue the discussion on his two “Bounce” collab projects….with friend of the show:   / jasonfergmusic   A native of Chicago, Jason grew up surrounded by music on both sides of his family, within the church, and through cultural emersion in the city's vast musical heritage. It was in Chicago where he founded a music ministry, set up a home-based recording studio, and began to forge his own musical identity. Supporting others and sharing the power of music, he established Jason Ferg Music, LLC to more effectively produce his own original music and provide live music for events, offer consulting services to emerging artists, and deliver music-centered, personal development workshops and programs for all ages and backgrounds. Jason is also an Emergency Manager. He holds a master’s degree in public health and has 20 years of career experience. Over the years, he has fostered safe, healthy, and vibrant communities on university campuses; helped military veterans reintegrate into civilian life by training them for domestic and international disaster response missions; and assisted communities in the cycle of preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against disasters of all types.

Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome audio/engineer Truth to the podcast - to discuss his two “Bounce” collab projects….with friend of the show:   / jasonfergmusic   Jason Ferg (Ferguson) is a music artist, songwriter, and producer whose music embodies the tenets of living life fully, celebrating family, creating community, and rising above the adverse effects of life's challenges through the power of faith. He is an independent artist who enjoys the creative freedom of releasing music that is true to his perspective and authentic expression. Jason has performed live at a growing list of music venues, community festivals, and special events nationwide and has served as a collaborator and consultant to a host of fellow artists.

Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome west coast native….Dr., prof. & dad Sports God Ed (  / sportsgoded  ) - to talk basketball, business strategies, life struggles and other rap/hip-hop inspired topics.

Novek & Know Sage continue the discussion with Peripheral AKA Vance (  / vance_asprer_photography  ) - to discuss his favorite hip-hop/rap movie soundtracks. The last episode he listed his choices 1 through 3, and on this concluding podcast discussion...Vance brings up his last 2 picks on his list. Vance was a contributing writer in the early 2000s for URB (https://urbmagazine.substack.com/) & Stress (https://grandgood.com/2008/11/19/stre...) magazines….and https://HipHopElements.com/. His main focus was on hip-hop reviews. He also interviewed Bahamadia, J-Live for these magazines and other publications.

Novek & Know Sage welcome Peripheral AKA Vance (  / vance_asprer_photography  ) to discuss his favorite hip-hop/rap movie soundtracks - Vance was a contributing writer in the early 2000s for URB (https://urbmagazine.substack.com/) & STRess (http://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.c...) magazines….and https://HipHopElements.com/. His main focus was on hip-hop reviews. He also interviewed Bahamadia, J-Live for these magazines and other publications.

This is part 2 of the episode 44 conversation, of Know Sage & Novek....with Lead by Example founder (  / youleadbyexample  ) - also with frequent contributor to the show, Q!

EMPOWER YOURSELF, YOU DESERVE IT! Know Sage & Novek welcome Marlowe Soriano owner of   / youleadbyexample   - Lead by Example isn't just a brand, it's a lifestyle. Wear the apparel as a symbol of your commitment to positively influencing others by your actions on a daily basis...empowering people to be LEADERS through their actions and behaviors.

KNO\\\SAGE & Novek welcome Adam (Advizer) and Roberto (Cybervato)! Roberto (El Cybervato) is an interdisciplinary performance artist and educator. Sifuente’s projects include: #exsanguination, a collaboration with new media artist jonCates and Aram Han Sifuentes (2016-2019); “Reculmulations: Digital Avatars and Performance objects,” a collaboration with digital artist Claudia Hart and composer Edmund Campion (Black and White Gallery NYC). As co-founder of the San Francisco based performance troupe La Pocha Nostra, he has performed and conducted workshops with La Pocha across the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Sifuentes has co-authored two books with Guilermo Gomez-Peña; most recently “Exercises for Rebel Artists: Radical Performance Pedagogy” Routledge 2011. As a performance pedagogue, he has been Artistic Director of the Trinity College/La MaMa Performing Arts Program NYC. Sifuentes is currently Professor of performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The 1990s saw hip-hop's influence extend well beyond the confines of the traditional large metropolitan areas (New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, et al.), initially spreading into the suburbs, where it infiltrated every socio-economic strata and crossed every cultural boundary, then ultimately found its way into smaller regional niches, such as, in the case of the progressive rap combo Oddjobs, Minneapolis and St. Paul. With the equally forward-looking artists of the Rhymesayers Entertainment enterprise, the group not only helped to put Minnesota on the hip-hop map but, inspired by previous mavericks like De La Soul, the Beastie Boys, Hieroglyphics, and Freestyle Fellowship, also helped to tie rap's coastal-based, old-school past with its visionary, postmodern, untethered future. The individuals who would eventually form the official Oddjobs lineup originally came together in 1996 as members of the 30-odd-strong Cases of Mistaken Identity (CMI) collective, a rotating cadre of rappers, DJs, b-boys, and graffiti writers drawn mostly from a pair of local high schools. By 1998, Minneapolis MCs Advizer (Adam Waytz) and Crescent Moon (Alexei Casselle), and St. Paul producers/DJs Anatomy (Stephen Lewis) and Deetalx (Devon Callahan), had gravitated toward one another and began performing together at all-ages venues as Oddjobs, occasionally backed live by local band Heiruspecs. Not long thereafter, the group released its first tape, Case Studies, with CMI and began to earn a measure of local exposure. The foursome's entrée into more widespread underground circles came the next year with its debut indie full-length, Conflict and Compromise. They attracted even more notice within the hip-hop community after Crescent Moon's strong showing at the battle competition of the 1999 Scribble Jam, and via his frequent spot as an auxiliary MC for Eyedea + Abilities of Rhymesayers fame. Advizer and Deetalx made the move to Brooklyn in the fall of that year to attend college, but the members kept Oddjobs alive via tapes, telephone calls, and commutes, resulting in the 2000 EP Absorbing Playtime. At around the same time, the Funboy EP was pressed in a limited edition of 5000 and officially released only in Japan. (It quickly began making the rounds in the United States as a bootleg.) Across the Tracks, a Deetalx mix CD, and Live at the Bryant Lake Bowl, with Chicago's Typical Cats and Heiruspecs, both appeared in 2001. The full CMI crew -- by that time down to Oddjobs and MCs Nomi and Naimles -- had planned to follow with a full-length project. Instead Nomi (Mario Demira) joined as an official member (CMI Productions became the business front for the group), and the three remaining Minnesotans made the final move to New York the following autumn. Success and respect came surprisingly quickly for the quintet in the Big Apple. Its 12" single "Blue Collar Holler" rose to the sixth spot on the CMJ college radio chart. (A subsequent remix of the song attracted g

Know Sage & Novek welcome the legendary Video Dave (  / video_dave  ) - a Chicago-bred rapper [of the 3rdEyelanders collective....and frequent collaborator with   / open_mike_eagle  ] TV producer, beat maker and writer. A true multi-hyphenate artist, he has had a creative hand in seemingly disparate corners of modern-day culture. From reality TV shows, to Prince performing at the SuperBowl, somehow Dave has a connection. His latest album with Controller 7, ArticulatedTexTiles is a window into his world of ideas and memories.

Know Sage & Novek welcome back to the show, Q (on his bday!) - to chat with Rosie Roseli of Venus Overdrive:   / venusoverdrive  . Music has always been a major part of Roseli’s life and a dream career for as long as she can remember. She dropped a project this year with with poetry slam, high school classmate BAMF brat:   / bamfbrat   Sophomore year of high school, Roseli wrote an original song called “Iron Chain” that was recognized by Hamilton officials. She was then selected to perform in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 people on the Chicago stage of Hamilton. After her performance, her voice was even compared to Grammy award winner Sara Bareilles by Times Square Chronicles. Roseli says it was one of the most exhilarating and best moments in her life. Although Roseli loves making music, her true passion for pursuing this career comes from the people she sees smile and feel happy through her performances. She wants to make music to touch people’s hearts, connect with others, inspire, and make sure that her audience will never feel alone. Currently, Roseli spends her time perfecting her songwriting, singing, guitar, and keyboard skills. The Daywalkerz (when Rosie was just 16 years old) collaboration project was just the beginning for this musician: https://www.nativestrangermedia.com/bio Musical Influences: DEAN, Hayley Williams, Kehlani, Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco

Knowsage & Novek welcome Liam to the show - Liam Sexton is a musician turned data scientist with a passion for rap and rock audio production...we discuss the Neptunes, Timbaland, Ludacris, Mystikal, Trick Trick, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Big Sean and other rap related topics!

Life's a buffet, stay hungry....Know Sage & Novek welcome BADWOLFF (  / wadbolff  ) to the show - which is comprised of Amanu Kaiju (founder of art rap crew BADWOLFF; Greenlights Music rep!) & Homegrown (beekeeping…wat up!? spit flow // rotisserie spit operator)