Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

I promise this wasn't intended to be the full mood of the podcast but Young Nudy x Baby Drill on Off the Record was just classic.

Fridayy is our guest today!

Today our Guest is 1090 Jake. Recently he broke onto the scene in a very explosive way, giving the real info about many rappers pasts and also pointing out their contradictions within their lyrics or persona. Today he tells the story of how he got started doing content, his stint in prison and also how he became the person that Akademiks now calls 'The Stamp'. He speaks on Boston Richie, Kodak Black, Wack 100 among others. Very entertaining episode. Make sure you leave a thumbs up and a comment. Time Stamps: (00:00) Intro (06:04) How did 1090 Jake start getting into content creation? (09:20) 1090 Jake says that Tory Lanez will be tried heavily in prison. (16:28) Jake never faced issues for being white in the streets, but he faced it in prison. (21:45) Jake’s Youtube channel instantly took off and his content shifted towards covering rappers' paperwork. (29:00) Jake explains how to make a weapon in prison and using sign language to communicate. (40:30) Tory Lanez will be obligated to participate in a race war in prison. (47:09) Jake heard that Young Thug and YNW Melly both have their own isolated dorms in prison. (53:18) What made Jake start looking into other people’s paperwork? (55:18) Jake reflects on when he first noticed that big time rappers were watching his content. (58:55) Did Jake end SpottemGottem’s career? (01:01:27) Jake explains what happened between him and Real Boston Richey. (01:07:20) Jake responds to Van Lathan’s remarks that music is an opportunity for rappers to make it out of the hood, and Jake is stopping that. (01:11:20) Is it disrespectful to King Von to say he wasn’t a killer? (01:17:15) Jake doesn’t think that Nine Trey Bloods are still looking for 6ix9ine. (01:24:38) Jake speaks on Kodak Black dissing him and if Jake’s issues with Tekashi 6ix9ine. (01:39:38) Jake would never accept money in return to not drop a video about someone. (01:42:00) Jake explains why Kodak Black said that Jake was a snitch.  (01:46:44) Jake says that everyone in YSL including Young Thug’s brother are rats. (01:51:13) Would Jake interview Gunna? (01:53:42) Jake explains how he knows that 21 Savage did not snitch. (01:55:47) Should Tory Lanez have snitched? (01:58:30) Did Gucci Mane and Da Baby snitch? (02:03:29) Jake thinks that YNW Melly will beat his case.  (02:10:25) Jake gives predictions about Young Thug, Tory Lanez, Kay FLock and YNW Melly’s cases. (02:16:30) How is Jake adapting to the music industry wanting him to appear at more events? (02:20:40) 1090 Jake can understand Lil Durk’s hatred of rats. (02:23:56) 1090 Jake wants to start streaming and create a podcast.  

Elliott Wilson is our guest today. He's a cultural staple in media who has been around from the magazine era to the blog era to now the new media era. After recently making headlines from doing historic interviews with NBA Youngboy and Tyler The Creator, he was recently called out by Drake. He's here to talk about everything. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (03:20) Akademiks and Elliott Wilson discuss feeling overlooked in the hip-hop media space. (09:42) Elliott explains his decision to turn down being a host of Everyday Struggle.  (13:10) Elliott explains how the XXL Freshman list started. (14:40) What was the business model of an independent magazine company? (23:37) Elliott acknowledges that the new age of media is independent platforms.  (28:30) How did Elliott make sure he didn’t lose his audience as magazine culture started to fade away. (32:30) How did Elliott manage to get artists to agree to live interviews in front of a crowd? (40:28) Why is Elliott Wilson so embracing of new generations entering hip-hop? (43:35) Elliott and Ak discuss this new era of women running the rap game. (49:10) Elliott Wilson responds to Drake clowning him for doing interviews at Rolling Loud. (58:55) Elliott and Ak share their stories of having small beefs with P. Diddy. (01:01:38) Elliott shares another moment when Drake had issues with him. (01:05:05) Lil Durk turned down an interview with Elliott after Elliott did an interview with NBA Young Boy. (01:07:35) Elliott explains how he managed to get the interview with NBA Young Boy. (01:15:10) Elliott feels that his Tyler the Creator interview was the best interview of the year. (01:16:00) Elliott agrees with Akademiks previous comments about Charlamagne tha God. (01:23:35) Elliott thinks that artists are more worried about constantly dropping music instead of dropping quality music. (01:25:23) Elliott agrees that Lil Baby’s last album was disappointing, but he hasn’t fallen off. (01:25:58) Elliott thinks that international artist’s are the future of hip-hop. (01:31:53) Elliott shares what type of content is found on his Patreon. (01:38:40) Ak explains the importance of building up other platforms to prove your worth and grow your career. (01:43:45) Elliott shares his hip-hop media Mt. Rushmore list.

Our guest today is podcast host AD who is most known from his time with No Jumper but as of recently his own media empire, The Cuhmunity.

And we're back... with a new episode with Akademiks and his guest Sneako. This happens to be a convo about life and the philosophical approach to religion, God and increasing purposeful in life.

While being inundated with dealing with the hottest tour right now, It's a Blur tour w/ Drake and 21 Savage - We got 21 savage manager, Meezy, here to talk the state of the industry. We talk why shows aren't selling as most expected them to and whats the post PPP / pand*mic effect on hip hop.

We're trying something new boys. While not a official episode of our podcast, random hot takes from Akademiks about the culture will be uploaded here from time to time. Btw, yes we will still have traditonal episodes but these serve to hold the audience over until a new episode arrives.

Gillie and Wallo is our guest today. We begin by talking about how they both started the podcast 'Million dollars worth of game'. We then talk about some of their iconic interviews. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (07:35) Gillie and Wallo share how they got their start in rap. (17:02) What do Gillie and Wallo argue about? (18:50) Wallo shares free game about how to monetize a fanbase correctly. (25:40) Wallo explains how people needlessly ruin business opportunities. (32:19) Gillie speaks on his past comments on Wiz Khalifa. (38:00) Gillie and Wallo explain the impact that they have on the culture. (42:55) How MDWOG broke the podcasting mold by not focusing on current events. (47:04) Akademiks confront Gillie and Wallo about their infamous interview with J. Prince. (52:09) Akademiks shares his respect for how MDWOG was able to captivate a younger audience. (01:00:50) Gillie and Wallo reflect on their Young Thug interview and how prophetic it was. (01:08:25) Wallo shares a brief statement about Gunna and speaks about his activism with helping Pooh Shiesty. (01:21:20) Gillie speaks about the difficulties in getting artists to perform for Gilliefest, a festival he is throwing.  (01:23:54) Gillie and Wallo speak on the crime rate in Philadelphia. (01:28:28) Wallo explains his success and how his story was so important to his career. (01:34:43) Akademiks shares his opinion on the podcast industry. (01:38:40) Akademiks tries to mediate Joe Budden’s and Gillie and Wallo’s relationship. (01:43:00) Gillie and Wallo speak on the phone with Joe Budden. 01:52:48) Gillie fest is July 29, with appearances from Sexy Redd, G Herbo, Babyface Ray, Asap Rocky, Allen Iverson and much more. 

NLE Choppa is back. He's been on a run recently since our last interview with several viral and high charting songs. He's here still promoting his last project but in a better space mentally and with his career. We talk about all things NLE.