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Take It Personal (Ep 78: 4th Anniversary Show aka The 80s Show)

Episode 78 is our 4th anniversary special. After the crazy year we’ve all had, it felt right to end 2020 with a TIP celebration. We’ve produced over 23 episodes, close to 90 hours of content, including 7 tributes, 2 album spotlights and some pretty memorable, informative and occasionally contentious interviews with artists like R.A. The Rugged Man, The Beatnuts, Spice 1, Jeru The Damaja, Ras Kass, Shawn J. Period, Meyhem Lauren, Apathy and Black muthafuckin’ Thought of The Roots Crew!

Whether it was our 5-part 1995 Tribute, our 6+ hour MF Doom tribute, The Remix Show or Justice For George, we tried to keep you entertained in every conceivable way throughout this taxing year.

As many of your already know, an awful lot goes into creating each episode. No disrespect to those who strictly do interview shows or hop on Instagram Live for an hour, but we try to produce each show like a movie. In addition to those marathon-like interviews we do, we curate the music from the finest of hip-hop ingredients. From the selections to the sequencing to the mixing to the samples, our goal is to provide you a product that you’ll listen to, not once, not twice, but frequently.

It’s easy to put out content these days, but the average consumer chews it up and spits it out, only to be forgotten a week later. But in a year from now, when you want to remind yourself what 1995 was like, or if you want to suggest to a friend why Black Thought is the GOAT, or tell a friend why MF DOOM is one of the important rappers of the last two decades, you have our shows for that. When you want to re-live classic albums like Street Level or The Sun Rises In The East and learn things we’ve never heard before directly from the artists themselves, then you have our album spotlights for that. When you only want to hear the very best remixes or collaborations, we got you covered. We are a hip-hop library; A time capsule and ultimately the most complete hip-hop show you’ve heard since the great Stretch & Bob days.

Michael Jackson called himself the King of Pop. Howard Stern calls himself the King of all Media. On Take It Personal, we call ourselves the King of all Tributes. No other podcast or radio show for that matter is doing what we’re doing.

Tonight is a celebration for sure. For just one episode, we decided to do something totally off-course. You’re going to hear some of our FAVORITE joints from the 80s. We’re talking Tears For Fears, The Clash, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, Pet Shop Boys, Naked Eyes, George Michael, Michael Jackson and much more.

If you grew up in the 70s or an 80s baby like myself, you’re going to love this show and play it over and over and over again! Thank you all for listening, supporting, and giving us a reason to produce the best hip-hop podcast we can make. Like the legendary Bret Hart says the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.

Sincerely,

Take It Personal Radio

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Take It Personal (Ep 77: A Tribute to The Sun Rises in the East) with Jeru the Damaja

Episode 77 is tribute to the ’94 classic The Sun Rises in the East by Jeru The Damaja. We sit down with D. Original Dirty Rotten Scoundrel himself, as we break down track-by-track on the masterpiece he created with DJ Premier. This is our 2nd album spotlight episode, so what better way to continue the trend than with The Sun Rises in the East? In typical TIP fashion, we interview Jeru for over two hours, as he shares some amazing stories about both Guru and Preem. Like our Street Level tribute, we play the album tracks in their entirety as we weave in and out with insightful stories about making this album.

We greatly appreciate all the Patreon members who continue to show your support. We have an exclusive gift coming your way next week. If you’re interested in becoming a TIP Patreon member, you can check-out the options available on our website (takeitpersonalradio.com).

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Take It Personal (Ep 76: 1995 Tribute Pt. 5)

Lost Boyz – Lifestyles of the Rich And Shameless
Fat Joe – Success (DJ Premier Remix)
DJ Honda – Pre-of-Cash (Remix) feat. Beatnuts, Common & Fat Joe
Main One – El Gran Combo feat. Fat Joe, Joe Fatal, Kurious & Prince Powerule
Frankie Cutlass – Borquias on Da Set feat. Doop Wop, Evil Twins & Fat Joe
Kool G. Rap – 4, 5, 6
Walkin’ Large – When I Flow feat. Jeru The Damaja
QNC – My Kinda Moves
Heather B. – All Glocks Down
Lin Que – Let It Fall
The Fab 5 – Blah
Onyx – Walk In New York
Jamal – Insane Creation feat. Redman
Jamal – Genetic For Terror feat. Redman, Erick Sermon, Kel-Vicious, 50 Grand & Keith Murray
Lords of the Underground – What I’m After (Remix) feat. Keith Murray
Naughty By Nature – Craziest
Nine – Me, Myself & My Microphone
Goodie Mob – Cell Therapy
Outkast – Benz or Beamer
Goodie Mob – Dirty South feat. Big Boi
Outkast – Phobia
Goodie Mob – Thought Process feat. Andre 3000
Goodie Mob – Soul Food
Bushwick Bill – Only God Knows
K-Rino – Verbal Execution
Eightball & MJG – Kick That Shit
Mystikal – Here I Go
Luke – Bust A Nut feat. Notorious B.I.G.
The Roots – Silent Treatment
The Roots – Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz Remix)
The Pharcyde – She Said (Jay Dee Remix)
World Renown – Butta Love
Grand Puba – Very Special
Red Hot Lover Tone – #1 Player
D’Angelo – Lady (Remix) feat. AZ
AZ – Gimmie Yours/Erick Sermon Remix
8-Off – Ghetto Girl
Questionmark Asylum – Get With You/I’d Rather Be With You
2Pac – So Many Tears
WC and The Maad Circle – Homesick
Jayo Felony – Sherm Stick
DJ Quik – Summer Breeze
Hodge – Head Nod (Anniversary Remix)
2Pac – Old School
Rottin Razkals – Oh Yea
KRS-One – Free Mumia feat. Channel Live
Saukrates – Father Time
Mic Geronimo – Men Vs. Many feat. O.C., C-Low & Royal Flush
Black Sheep – North South East West (Remix)
The Roots – Proceed V (Da Beatminerz Remix)
The Roots – Proceed II feat. Roy Ayers
DJ Krush – Meiso feat. Black Thought & Malik B
Chino XL – No Complex
Cypress Hill – Killa Hill Niggas feat. RZA & U-God
Kool G. Rap – It’s A Shame
Fat Joe – Say Word
Too $hort – Buy You Some feat. Erick Sermon
The Pharcyde – Hey You
Ill Biskits – God Bless Your Life
Da Youngsta’s – Bloodshed And War feat. Mobb Deep

Episode 76 is the 5th and final installment of our 1995 Tribute. We’ve got joints from Fat Joe, Lost Boyz, Heather B, Jamal, The Roots, Chino XL, Naughty By Nature and we finally bless ya’ll with the Southern hip-hop tribute of the series. We also have our Get On Down winners announced on this episode!

With 5 episodes dedicated to 1995, clocking in over 20+ hours of music, if this tribute doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.