Interviews

Lone Catalysts emcee and producer J. Sands appeared on RIOC recently with DJ Eclipse and King Magnetic to talk about his upcoming projects. In this interview on Sirius XM, Sands has a lot of material in the works. His recent 4/20 album, Dankovic EP, has…

Allentown, PA emcee King Magnetic appeared on RIOC with DJ Eclipse and J57 to talk about his official debut album, Timing Is Everything. Fully recorded at 9th Wonder’s studio in North Carolina, Magnetic shares the experience of creating this album that was over five years…

Bronx trio The Legion made an appearance on RIOC to discuss the latest album The Lost Tapes since the group’s debut in 1993. Originally signed to Dres’ (Black Sheep) imprint One Love, The Legion became popular from their first single “Jingle Jangle”. Chucky Smash, Molecules,…

Chicago emcee Add-2 releases his album Prey For The Poor and stops by RIOC for a quick discussion. In this video interview, he describes the album as reporting what it going on in the world, black culture, and other social issues. He quotes Nina Simone…

Queens emcee Neek The Exotic released his latest album, Premium Grade. Known for his feature on Main Source’s hit song “Fakin’ The Funk”, Neek talks about connecting with new producers and the process of working with them from overseas. Entirely produced by N95 with one…

Brooklyn producer by way of Detroit, DJ Soko, has released his latest solo album, Domino Effect. In this interview with DJ Eclipse on Sirius XM’s Rap Is Outta Control, Soko speaks on his vision to create a Detroit version of the classic nostalgic hip hop…

Boston hip hop group N.B.S. was interviewed on RIOC about their latest album, Trapped In America, produced by Snowgoons. Other special guests 050 Boyz and Treach (Naughty By Nature) were in attendance as well. In this video, N.B.S. remembers when they first put in ground…

New Jersey group 050 Boyz (Riq Da Kid, Prince AK, and Tru Trilla) were special guests on RIOC recently. They brought another special guest to the show, Treach from the legendary group Naughty By Nature. Treach and DJ Eclipse both commented on how they respect…

DJ/producer DJ Skizz and emcee Problemz from Brooklyn showed up to RIOC to talk about their collaboration EP called R.A.W. (Right Amount of Wrong). DJ Eclipse was reminiscing with Problemz about his early crew Smoked Out Productions aka Missin’ Linx with Black Attack and Al…

Producer and emcee Luck of The Mood Doctors was a special guest on RIOC as Da Beatminerz filled in for DJ Eclipse on the turntables. As the biological brother of Posdnuos from De La Soul, Luck’s music with the MD reflects a similar appreciation for…