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…

DJ Eclipse has a discussion with J57 and Spit Gemz about the past 15 years of music marketing and selling records. In the 1990s, the majority of aspiring artists were looking to sign a major record deal, which was like playing the lottery. When Fat Beats opened up shop, they…

The dynamic trio eMC appeared in a special RIOC show with Da Beatminerz and co-host Torae to discuss their newest album, The Tonite Show. Wordsworth, Stricklin, and Masta Ace have constructed another creative concept album for the true school hip hop fans. Check out this freestyle video which closed out…

Spit Gemz recently released his newest album, Godly Features. In this interview, DJ Eclipse highlights Gemz’s improvements over the years, from delivery to beat selection. Gemz is humble and very gracious to have collaborated with artists that he grew up listening to such as Kool G Rap and Vinnie Paz….

New York native Spit Gemz stopped by RIOC to discuss his newest album, Godly Features. The project is a collection of his best features from collaborations he’s recorded over the years. He even recorded a few new tracks for the project. Purchase Godly Features and share this freestyle video!

Meyhem Lauren is one of the hardest working artists today. Hailing from Queens, NY, he’s announced several upcoming projects, some which will be releasing in 2015. His latest album, More Cashmere EP, is produced by IceRocks and follows up the recent Raw Cashmere EP. The music video for the single…

Meyhem Lauren and Hologram stopped by the show with producer IceRocks. Meyhem and Ice have a new project called More Cashmere EP, following up from the previous release, Raw Cashmere. More Cashmere EP features Hologram, Timeless Truth, Bags, Nems, Mr. Muthafuckin’ Exquire, Kassa, and Kool AD. Meyhem and Hologram also…

Queens emcee Nutso and producer Mr. Len of Company Flow were guests on last week’s episode of @RapIsOuttaCntrl. Along with the host DJ Eclipse, the two artists have released new material. Mr. Len talks about his attempt at retiring from boom bap hip hop with a MURS collaboration called “My…