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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal

A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal

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The most fun interviews in hip-hop: comedian brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, better known as ItsTheReal, engage in authentic and hilarious conversation with rappers, tastemakers, and industry veterans, all from their Upper West Side apartment.

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - #318: Greg Mayo

#318: Greg Mayo

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08/03/20 • 114 min

This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we get on the phone with our best friend, musical partner and third creative partner in ItsTheReal, Greg Mayo! Greg discusses growing up in a creative household, the son of a painter mother and a touring musician father (who played with, among others, Hall & Oates, Foreigner, Aerosmith and Peter Frampton, most famously on Frampton Comes Alive), how he initially shunned his musical side to focus on baseball, what it meant when his parents divorced, how listening to ONYX, Cypress Hill and LL Cool J informed his rhythmic thinking, how being competitive with his brother took his learning guitar into overdrive, how he focused his musical ambitions through high school bands and into studying jazz composition in college, and the unforgettable weekend his dad flew in to feature on a handful of tracks on Greg's first solo album. Greg takes us back to the phone call he got his sophomore year at Purchase College informing him that father passed away in Europe on tour, how he's moved forward in living life, the advice that his dad left that carries through to everything both work and personal, and how he's since responded when dealing with the loss of other close family members, including his brother. We reflect on our collaborations through the years, from writing and recording mixtapes as teenagers in Greg's basement to dreaming up sketches to give to the internet to stepping on stages we never could have imagined, the core values and good energy that surrounds that creativity, and how that same passion to make each other laugh is what we strive for today. All that, plus how's Greg's gotten into doing film scoring, how he became a staple at NYC clubs like Rockwood Music Hall and The Bitter End, who he leans toward between The Neptunes and Timbaland, why he didn't attend his high school reunion, where life could have taken him in a sliding doors moment, another classic Greg Mayo car story and so much more! Wanna collaborate with Greg? Go to GregMayo.net

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - #212: Jay Park

#212: Jay Park

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10/16/18 • 72 min

This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Roc Nation singer/songwriter/rapper and son of Seattle, Washington, Jay Park to the Upper West Side! Jay speaks on growing up the son of travel agents in the Emerald City, running around town with his crew on a mission to make a career out of breakdancing, doing poorly in school and hiding his report cards from his parents, and with his back against the wall, auditioned for a Korean talent competition, which ended up getting him cast in a boy band. With his folks going through a tough time, Jay took the gig to support his family and flew to South Korea knowing nothing of the language or culture, not to mention the shock of K-Pop artist development. We discuss his time in 2PM, what differentiated them from 2AM, their supergroup 1 Day, his attempts to work the system and take care of his body and soul without losing who he was over three and a half years before they ever dropped a project, and why he left the group. Jay gets into the reality of coming back to Seattle, his job working at a used tire shop, how his love for music came back, how starting to sing YouTube covers in the bathroom gained him a fanbase, why he felt weird about it, and how it ultimately make him an international draw once again. All that, plus the levels of Korean tattoos, friends by convenience, holding onto creative control, getting a 2 Chainz verse, living in Korea as former member of a boy band, becoming a businessman, his latest project Ask Bout Me, and much more!

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with dvsn, OG Chase B and Erika Ramirez
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04/21/20 • 67 min

Today on Episode 32 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on genius R&B duo dvsn (singer Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85) about their new album A Muse in Her Feelings, growing up in Jamaican households in Toronto, what it felt like to get a verse back from the legend Buju Banton, working with the great Jessie Reyez, and so much more. We got on the line with OG Chase B to discuss Travis Scott's first interview - with us in 2012! - moving into an empty apartment in Houston for the start of quarantine, the number of quality beats he's making each day, how he celebrated Easter and much more. And we ring up Erika Ramirez and get into how she's been staying creative, how the idea of sheltering with a new partner and not being able to have alone time makes her shake in her boots, how her cooking and photography is going these days and much more!!

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Lenny S, David Cho and Julia Rubin
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04/18/20 • 87 min

Today on Episode 30 of Quarantine Radio is a reunion show! We make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check back in on artist manager/photographer/Roc-a-fella representer Lenny S, creative/media visionary David Cho and writer/editor/aspiring cook Julia Rubin to see how the last month has been for each of them. We hear all about Lenny's birthday Zoom featuring Jay-Z, Lala, Melo, Chaka Pilgrim, J. Cole, Meek Mill, YG, Jerrod Carmichael, Lil Rel and so many more, we break down the Verzuz battles and consider where things go from here, we talk about how celebrities should best use their platforms today, how the online media is adapting to the current realities, how Julia is adapting to her current reality without a dishwasher, and so much more!

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Fabolous, Tanisha Scott and Jerry Lorenzo
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04/14/20 • 90 min

Today on Episode 26 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on Brooklyn's own Fabolous, who talks about why he was predicted to be the first to use Coronavirus in a rhyme, getting traded from Atlantic to Def Jam for Musiq Soulchild, and exactly how many times his birthday was celebrated in Dubai. We call up legendary choreographer Tanisha Scott to discuss her work with Director X and Sean Paul, the genius of Drake's Hotline Bling moves and memes, and her hopes for the near-future of dancing while we're all social distancing. And we get on the phone with Fear of God designer Jerry Lorenzo, who speaks on how his announced and un-announced projects have changed during these uncertain times, the inspiration he gets from a visit by Jim Jones to his studio, and the effect the new Trolls movie is having on his household.

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Crooked I, Savon the Don and Cleverly Chloe
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04/13/20 • 62 min

Today on Episode 25 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on acclaimed wordsmith and podcaster, West Coast representer Crooked I, to talk about learning to engineer himself during quarantine, the losses he's dealt with in 2020 and how he's been using his voice in sitting down with legends. We call Savon the Don from the Joe Budden Podcast to talk about how industry he is after being shouted out by Kim Kardashian, how exactly he got involved in the JBP world, and the realities of COVID-19 in Long Island. And we get on the line with Cleverly Chloe down in Dallas, Texas, to talk about giving structure to your days, the beautiful world of jigsaw puzzles, and how she's looking at the bright side of things after her job let her go.

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Brandon Jinx Jenkins, Mouse Jones and Freeway
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03/31/20 • 59 min

Today on Episode 14 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on Brandon Jinx Jenkins (creative/DJ/photographer/host of the Mogul podcast), Mouse Jones (co-host of the Guys Next Door podcast, host of Quarantine Nightly, and party host) and legendary Philadelphia rapper Freeway. Oh, and there's a cameo from fellow State Property member Neef Buck, who just celebrated his birthday!

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Just Blaze, Maino and Dimplez
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04/07/20 • 66 min

Today on Episode 20 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on super-producer/DJ Just Blaze, platinum-selling Brooklyn rapper Maino, and Los Angeles-based digital marketing executive Dimplez.

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - QUARANTINE RADIO with Jessie Reyez, Dreamville's Ib Hamad and Karlie Hustle
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03/30/20 • 71 min

Today on Episode 13 of Quarantine Radio, we make calls from our Upper West Side apartment to check in on Toronto's Jessie Reyez, whose new album “Before Love Came to Kill Us” just dropped, Dreamville President Ib Hamad out in Los Angeles, and Karlie Hustle of the Brutally Honest Podcast, over in Brooklyn.

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A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal - ItsTheReal Classic: Tru Life

ItsTheReal Classic: Tru Life

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04/19/20 • 95 min

Today on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we revisit our November 2018 interview with Lower East Side rapper Tru Life, one of the realest, most harrowing, most compelling and inspiring conversations we've ever had. Tru details his tough early years in New York City's Lower East Side, how he decided school wasn't for him, how music led to recording sessions at Mark and Donnie Wahlberg's studio, connecting with Snoop Dogg, and how Ving Rhames looked out strictly because he believed in Tru Life's talents. We discuss the DVD era and how the drama undermined an artist's talents, how Sickamore brought out the best in Tru's abilities, how Green Lantern called up Jay-Z and convinced him to not fly out of town and instead take a meeting with Tru Life, how Jay refused to let Tru leave the office until he signed a deal with Roc La Familia, and how Cipha Sounds started off as Tru's A&R, but became as close as blood brothers. Tru gets into his time away, the weight of facing a life sentence, figuring out whether loyalty and codes really meant anything, the tears he shed over not seeing his kids grow up, why he dedicated himself to his studies, and what ultimately got him through his eight years behind bars. We get into the realities of going from the system to freedom, how he wasn't ready for the trappings of the music industry upon his release, how he's grown over the past two years, moving to the suburbs, and what he's bringing to the table with his new music. All that, plus stories about Jay, Beyonce, TI, Future, Bobby Shmurda, Tory Lanez, Jim Jones, the inmates who broke out of Clinton Correctional Facility while he was there, and so much more!

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How many episodes does A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal have?

A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal currently has 383 episodes available.

What topics does A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Music.

What is the most popular episode on A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal?

The episode title '#318: Greg Mayo' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal?

The average episode length on A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal is 84 minutes.

How often are episodes of A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal released?

Episodes of A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal are typically released every 6 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal?

The first episode of A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal was released on May 27, 2015.

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