Bronx trio The Legion made an appearance on RIOC to discuss its latest album The Lost Tapes since the group’s debut in 1993. Originally signed to Dres’ (Black Sheep) imprint, The Legion became popular from their first single “Jingle Jangle”. Check out this freestyle video and leave a comment!
Add-2 “Prey For The Poor” Interview
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 saying “You can’t be an…
Neek The Exotic “Premium Grade” Interview
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 track from Audible Doctor, the…
DJ Soko “Domino Effect” Interview
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 compilation albums Rawkus’ Soundbombing 2,…
Add-2 | Freestyle
Chicago emcee Add-2 from 9th Wonder’s crew Jamla has stopped by RIOC to promote his new album, Prey For The Poor. With his laid back cadence and heavy lyrical ability, Add-2 shows off a spectacular freestyle over this Audible Doctor instrumental. Check out the video and purchase Prey For The…
N.B.S. & Treach | Interview
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 work as artists and were…
050 Boyz & Treach (Naughty By Nature) | Interview
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 the 050 Boyz for their…
N.B.S. & 050 Boyz | Freestyle
Boston group N.B.S. (Natural Born Spitters) and New Jersey crew 050 Boyz came together in this RIOC episode with one of the highest energy freestyle sessions that we’ve seen up here. N.B.S. is promoting their album with Snowgoons called Trapped In America and 050 Boyz have released their debut album,…
DJ Skizz & Problemz “R.A.W. (Right Amount of Wrong)” Interview
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 Tariq in 1993 and having…
Your Old Droog & Problemz (R.A.W.) | Freestyle
Brooklyn emcees Your Old Droog and Problemz were special guests recently on RIOC to discuss their latest projects in 2015. Droog is a Coney Island native that gained major recognition in 2014 for his uncanny similarity to Nas’ voice and delivery. He’s since stood out on his own with multiple…