Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

No Cap is our guest today. His project is out now and he decided to stop at Akademiks' podcast to meet him for the first time and also to talk about his come up and his music.

8 Maj 202248min

Yungeen Ace is our guest today. Its the first time Akademiks and Yungeen Ace have met in person or actually talked since their public spat that stemmed from Instagram coverage of issues with Yungeen Ace and another artist. Quickly they both let bygones be bygones and immediately getting to know each other. Akademiks tries to find out how Yungeen Ace came onto the scene and how he survived in a place like Jacksonville. Yungeen Ace tells Akademiks about the time he almost lost his life but narrowly survived, however he lost his brother and 2 friends. We talk about survivors guilt and also how he bounced back from that to eventually making it. We talk Youngboy, Julio Foolio and his infamous diss song 'Who I smoke'.

4 Maj 20222h 31min

Joe Budden is back with us here discussing independency, building your own and doing it your own. The pocket watcher in Akademiks comes out when he asks who makes more being independent or being aligned with very powerful companies. We talk about how to remain being a company man but also being authentic to yourself. We Talk about Charlamagne and all things Spotify. We talk about Joe's belief in hindsight of previous 'Smear Campaigns' against him. Joe Budden talks discuss his podcast cohost getting fired by him in the midst of his negotiation of a lucrative podcast deal. We talk about how some people doubted his intentions when championing the 'creators' after people felt he may have not acted in the best interest of his previous cohosts. We talk about his issues with Slaughterhouse and how Joe resolved it privately.

29 Apr 20221h 10min

Van Lathan is back on the pod today. He's in new york promoting his new book and decided to pull up on Akademiks to talk about Chicago, Current State of Podcasting and also tries confronting Akademiks on several topics including his comments on DJ Vlad. Van Lathan addresses Joe Budden for him outing his Spotify deal a few years ago and talks about his relationship with him now. Conversation also gets super deep while discussing each others upbringing. Van talks about how his dad approval mattered to him for a long time and gives us a dope story related to hunting. He talks about his time at TMZ and if he did anything wrong and how things turned out overtime.

27 Apr 20223h 42min

Today we are having a reunion of Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks. Since the pair came together at Complex Media on a show called 'Everyday Struggle' the world has been fascinated by this duo and their electric chemistry while being on camera. 5 years later, they reunite on Off The Record podcast. They recap their many paths crossing from ending up on the same show (Everyday Struggle) to both eventually bringing a podcast to Spotify. Conversation also gets into why Joe Budden left Spotify and the current state of podcasting and his podcast networking.

26 Apr 20221h 39min

Bobby Shmurda is back again on Off The Record with this time he's glowing and happier than ever before. This time he lets us know he's finally out his record deal with Epic Records.

23 Apr 20222h

On the day Antonio Brown drops his project, 'Paradigm', he sat with DJ Akademiks to talk about everything life and music. Akademiks got a chance to pull up to his crib where Antonio did some meditation with him gave him a house tour, played basketball with him and oh of-course played him some music. AB discusses him walking off the field as a member of the Tampa Bay Bucaneers and answers if he regrets doing that. He then talks about the next step for him in his life and also the media portayal of him. He talks about meeting some dope people including Kanye West and Young Thug and how they helped him in music. He also talks about being the president of Donda Sports and what that entails. We then get into his project and his motivation behind it and why he thinks there is a paradigm shift happening right now. At last, AB seems to be at peace with himself going into this project and also where his life is, we do a happiness check on him to see how he/s feeling and he lets us know he's never been better.

21 Apr 20221h 10min

6ix9ine returns to Off The Record with a familiar face, Wack 100. This time we add one more to the table, Hassan Campbell. 6ix9ine explains his hiatus and also showcases his new crew and new label. He's still touting the 'I'm Outside and Untouched' slogan that we've heard before but with new confidence as he pulls up with a new song called 'GINÉ'. This is promised to be one of the most chaotic podcasts you've ever watched.

18 Apr 20222h 26min