Apocalypse stopped by RIOC to talk about his new album, The Wake Up Call. After his debut appearance on two Masta Ace albums (Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer), Apocalypse finally recorded his own project, executive produced by Domingo and only two features (Screwmanew and Novah Xcel). Purchase The…

Brooklyn emcees Apocalypse and Screwmanew were featured in another freestyle session on Sirius XM’s RIOC with the legendary DJ Eclipse. Apocalypse made his debut on Masta Ace’s album, Disposable Arts, and later, A Long Hot Summer. He’s returned with an album of his own, The Wake Up Call, executive produced…

Special guest Large Professor joined the RIOC crew recently in an episode to discuss his newest album, Re:Living. In this interview, Extra P discusses his Nas tribute song, “In The Scrolls”, and how he had to seek out Queensbridge native G-Wiz on foot to be a part of the album….

Bronx legend Kool Keith swings by @RapIsOuttaCntrl as a special guest to talk about random topics and watch DJ Eclipse on the turntables. In this one-of-a-kind interview, Keith talks about producing on his own and recording about 7,000 tracks per week. He claims to have pioneered gift-giving at shows, such…

Pioneering emcee Kool Keith from Ultramagnetic MCs was a special guest on @RapIsOuttaCntrl recently. DJ Eclipse dug up an archived freestyle from 1989 where Keith performed on Marley Marl’s “In Control” show on WBLS. The performance was uncanny and entertaining to say the least, and this video brings you Keith’s…

Baltimore hip hop duo Raf Almighty and Snook Da Crook make up the group Dirt Platoon. The two biological brothers just released their third official album, Bare Face Robbery, with the help of the Effiscienz imprint. The album includes production from Fel Sweetenberg, Tom Delay Beats, DJ Low Cut, Mil,…

Newark emcee William Cooper released his latest album, God’s Will, produced entirely by BP. The album is 26 tracks of raw, grimy hip hop that true hip hop lovers can always appreciate. Guest features include Rah Digga, ILL BILL, Pacewon, Planet Asia, Diabolic, Big Noyd, Sticky Fingaz, Sean Price, Timbo…

Baltimore, MD group Dirt Platoon and Newark, NJ emcee William Cooper stopped by RIOC to discuss their upcoming albums, Bare Face Robbery and God’s Will. Both projects were heavily cosigned by DJ Eclipse after mentioning that he rarely promotes music from outside of his immediate circle. Check out this freestyle…

Tha Addicts members DJ Menace and Bliz Balboa showed up to RIOC to talk about their upcoming album, This Is For Us. The project is releasing in August 2015 and will be available for download. Both members got down on this instrumental for the freestyle session at the end of…

Hip hop group eMC was interviewed recently by Torae about their latest album, The Tonite Show. Masta Ace describes the concept of the album being based on the Gary Shandling show. eMC is the musical act on The Tonite Show with Jimmy Falcon while the songs and skits highlight what…