Interviews

Brooklyn native IDE, owner of Creative Juices Music, releases his latest album Breathe Easy after a several year hiatus. The project dropped on May 20, 2016 and is produced by Brooklyn producer Lucky Loopiano. The album is available on digital and CD formats, along with…

MC WhiteOwl has been promoting his latest album Beatz, Rhymez, Drugz online and in the streets of New York City. He visited RIOC to talk with DJ Eclipse about the project, fully produced by FatCatHayze from uptown. WhiteOwl also has an EP with South African…

Cymarshall Law traveled to NYC all the way from New Jersey to talk with DJ Eclipse about his latest album, Hip Hop In The Soul 3. Entirely produced by Mr. JoeKer from Hungary, Cymarshall explains how they first met in 2006 when the late PH…

Queens emcee and food connoisseur Meyhem Lauren was in attendance with Hologram at RIOC, along with a bunch of other Queens artists. Meyhem has been promoting his latest album, Piatto D’Oro on Fools Gold Records, which is a free download. He also spoke about appearing…

New York emcee Gab Gotcha released his first records in the early 1990s with the group Triflicts and appeared on The Beatnuts’ albums Street Level and Stone Crazy. After stepping out of the spotlight for a while, he has returned with more music than ever,…

New York emcee Big D from Ultramagnetic MCs fame joined the crew at RIOC, along with platinum producer Easy Mo Bee to discuss the album they’ve recorded together. This Is My Life is the name of the album that’s been in the works for over…

Philly emcee Jakk Frost and New York DJ/producer DJ Skizz were recents guests on RIOC. The two have released a mixtape called The Beard Awakens, continuing the beard gang legacy. Jakk Frost decided to rhyme over his favorite original breakbeats that have been sampled for…

Long-time emcee Nine from the Bronx showed up to RIOC to speak with DJ Eclipse about the music he’s been working on. Famed for his 1995 hits “Whutcha Want?” and “Any Emcee”, Nine just released a mixtape, No Country For Old Men, in preparation of…

Jakk Frost reminisces with DJ Eclipse the days when he was signed to a major record label, Columbia Records under Sony. Jakk describes it as his college education because he learned the business of the music industry, from working with DJs to getting budgets for…

West coast artists Lyric Jones and Planet Asia visited DJ Eclipse on RIOC to talk about their latest music projects. Originally from the east coast, Lyric talks about moving to LA without knowing the Hip Hop community until Rah Digga added her to a show…