Synopsis
DJ, Artist, Producer and Olympian Michael "Double-0" Aguilar sits with intriguing thought leaders, artists, athletes and creatives. They dive into unwieldy free ranging topics in order to hopefully find valuable random information that can be useful to you.
Episodes
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#119 Devo Harris Not Being Afraid To Leave It All Behind To Re-Invent Yourself
23/10/2020 Duration: 01h16minDevo "Springsteen" Harris on producing hits with Kanye West & John Legend and choosing to leave it all behind to go back to school and reinvent himself in tech.
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#118 | Andrew Barber on Chicago makes The World Takes And The Magic Of Griselda
22/07/2020 Duration: 01h04minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the trusted Chicago Manager (Valee), Consultant, and Journalist Andrew Barber of Fakeshoredrive.
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#117 | Justin Hunte on Ak vs The World, Ethical Journalism and the post covid-19 economy
03/07/2020 Duration: 01h31minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the innovator of evergreen hip hop video content Justin Hunte.
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#116 | Deborah Mannis-Gardner on her love of sampling and how tech needs to change sample clearances
12/06/2020 Duration: 55minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the Queen of Sample Clearance, Deborah Mannis-Gardner.
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#115 - On being an artist advocate for 3 decades, What it really takes to be independent, and her new mindset after catching Covid19 with Wendy day
05/06/2020 Duration: 01h13minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down Founder of Rap Coalition and the deal whisperer Wendy Day.
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#114 - ON INTERMITTENT MEDIA FASTING, THE GOLDIE LOCKS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, AND BEING RAPS MARIO LOPEZ WITH SIRIUS XM HOST AND RAPPER TORAE
28/05/2020 Duration: 01h14minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with MC, Host & Actor Torae
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#113 - How Hip Hop tamed the “savage” gossip beast and smashed it’s cakes to smithereens with Bossip’s Janee Bolden
22/05/2020 Duration: 01h03minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down Senior Content Director of Bossip's parent company Janee Bolden.
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#112 - EVOLUTION OF THE MR. ME TOO ECONOMICS WITH CURTIS HOUSE
07/05/2020 Duration: 01h05minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with grassroots marketing agency owner Curtis House. They discuss how marketing stories will be drastically reshaped as we return to a new normal, how to thrive in the stillness, and if this is the moment VR has been waiting for.
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#111 HOW THE HELL WILL ARTISTS MAKE $ GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS W/ CHERIE HU
30/04/2020 Duration: 01h13minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with music business journalist Cherie Hu. They discuss how artists will make money moving forward since the old paradigm is broken and what digital creators may come out on top after the pandemic subsides.
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#110 FROM YOUTUBE TO BEYONCE AND THE GREATNESS OF CREATIVITY IN THE BLOG ERA WITH MELO X
24/04/2020 Duration: 01h01minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with super producer and visual creative Melo X to discuss going from youtube to Beyonce, the greatness of creativity in the blog era, and what social norms are for sure dead.
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#109 IG Live Is Raps Only Fans & Rethinking Movie Promo In The Tiger King Age with Jerry L Barrow
16/04/2020 Duration: 57minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with Jerry L Barrow, Entertainment Editor at BET. We talk about every producer, songwriter, and rapper becoming a cam model on IG and how the entertainment industry weathers the Tiger King era of marketing and promo.
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#108 Even When You Think You Are Prepared... You Aren't with Netic
09/04/2020 Duration: 01h49minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with Netic about how prepared he was for this pandemic, what he has learned and how it will change the way in which society tells its story.
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#107 Will The Corona Kill The Hypebeasts? With Woodie White
02/04/2020 Duration: 01h32minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with designer and brand owner Woodie White. They touch on post-pandemic fashion, what parts of the hypebeast market will die because of this time and whether living in cities are worth it after this.
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#106 USING CORONAVIRUS AS A THERAPIST, MAINTAINING DAILY ROUTINES AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH DJ MICK
25/03/2020 Duration: 59minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with DJ and Entrepreneur MICK to talk about life in the time of corona, routines to keep from going crazy and what happens next.
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#105 - Responsible Drug Use, Artists vs Entertainers, and figuring out if you are full of sh*t w/ Ladonnis "Donnis" Crump
18/03/2020 Duration: 46minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits rapper Donnis a.k.a LaDonnis Crump. They talk about responsible drug use in Hip Hop, Ram Das and what happens the day after you learn to stop fooling yourself.
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#104 TWITTER ADVICE, SERVING 2 MASTERS AND WHY SAYING "GET A LAWYER" JUST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH WITH DJ BOOTH EIC BRIAN "Z" ZISOOK
11/03/2020 Duration: 01h11minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits with EIC of DJBooth.net and co-founder of Audiomack streaming service Brian "Z" Zisook. He recently had to issue his first twitter apology after statements he made regarding young artists and lawyers were taken with offense. We dive into how best to give advice and more.
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#103 CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM AND TWITTER ARMCHAIR A&RING WITH JAYSON RODRIGUEZ
04/03/2020 Duration: 01h35minHip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits with Veteran journalist Jayson Rodriguez to talk about cultural appropriation, responsible rap journalism and who should helm the new era of Def Jam.
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#102 - ESTHERO "THE MUSE"
26/02/2020 Duration: 01h44minNew name... Same game. Free Range w/ Double 0 is now Think Like A Rapper. Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives. Today we sit with Esthero... Canadian singer-songwriter and quietly a muse to some of Hip Hop's lyrical heavyweights. We talk being truly indie and what it was like being a part of one of the most important albums of the last decade.
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#101 - JESSE KIRSHBAUM "THE PLUG"
18/02/2020 Duration: 01h16minNew name... Same game. Free Range w/ Double 0 is now Think Like A Rapper. Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives. Today we sit down with the plug, Jesse Kirshbaum. He along with his company the Nue Agency has been the go-between for tech companies, brands, and artists for years.
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#018: Jabari Johnson - "Know Your Worth"
10/07/2019 Duration: 01h40min"Know your worth" is a phrase often used to assess your external worth to interacting and working with others. What if we turn that on ourselves? When do we know when its time to refocus and maximize our efforts. Double 0 sits down with the founder of Colors Worldwide and RNBOnly, Jabari Johnson to explore the idea.