HUBBS drove all the way out to NYC from Pittsburgh to appear on RIOC with DJ Eclipse and talk about his upcoming mixtape, Modern Vintage III. The mixtape is a follow-up from the collaboration album, Piece Of Mind, with producer GitBeats. Modern Vintage III is comprised of mostly new material…

DJ Rob Swift of the legendary X-Ecutioners DJ crew was a special guest on RIOC, promoting his first full-length album in six years. Named X-Files: Lost & Deleted, Rob explains that this album is a collection of rare, remixed, and reinterpreted songs from the archives. His vision for this album…

Brooklyn, Queens, and Pittsburgh connected on this RIOC episode with DJ Eclipse. Emcees Skyzoo (BK) and HUBBS (PA) spit some very impressive freestyles while DJ Rob Swift of The X-Ecutioners cut the instrumental. HUBBS is preparing to release his mixtape Modern Vintage 3 and Skyzoo has just released his best…

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…