array(6) { [0]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(20) "Library Rap: Supreme" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "July 30, 2021" ["description"]=> string(249) "This week Tim talks to Supreme about his new EP, Love Jones, breakdown his lyrics, growing up hip-hop, fatherhood, his dad, legendary, Ghostface Killah, and life after college Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com" ["episode_id"]=> string(32) "HSW5964869348?updated=1627632213" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(120) "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW5964869348.mp3?updated=1627632213" } [1]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(21) "Library Rap: MC Lyte " ["datetime"]=> string(13) "July 28, 2021" ["description"]=> string(626) "MC Lyte's career has spanned almost 30 years. When her debut album, Lyte as a Rock debuted in 1988, she was, the first woman to release a solo rap album with a major label. Lyte has not lost a lyrical step and continues to stay at the top of her game. This week on Library Rap, the hip hop legend from Brooklyn, NY joins Tim to talk music, her first hip hop group, the different artists which helped shaped the MC Lyte sound, her first major label audition which involved a book of poetry, career longevity and the record which completely blew her away Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com" ["episode_id"]=> string(32) "HSW5947560885?updated=1627494598" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(120) "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW5947560885.mp3?updated=1627494598" } [2]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(79) "Library Rap: Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook - Can’t Stop Won’t Stop" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "July 16, 2021" ["description"]=> string(753) "Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook are hip hop history. Their new book  “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Young Adult Edition) has just hit the stores.  This week they join Tim on Library Rap to tell the story of hip hop culture, how it intersects with cultures in different regions of the world and the political and social movements that thrive because of hip hop. The two also break down how hip hop has used technology to disintegrate barriers, the creation of hip hop journalism, the importance of being true to the culture and how the story of hip hop is very much the story if the immigrant and his/her importance to the story of America. And that’s just the start. 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In the second half of the episode, Sam Seidel talks "Hip Hop Genius," an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond the usual approach of studying rap music as classroom content and looks instead at deeply honoring the knowledge of urban students. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com" ["episode_id"]=> string(32) "HSW1095554429?updated=1625786279" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(120) "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW1095554429.mp3?updated=1625786279" } [4]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(82) "Library Rap: Dan Charnas - The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "July 02, 2021" ["description"]=> string(388) "Journalist, screenwriter, record producer, teacher Dan Charnas was one of the first writers for The Source and part of a generation of young writers who helped create hip-hop journalism. Dan is the author of a new book called The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop. He joins Library Rap this week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com" ["episode_id"]=> string(32) "HSW7120595116?updated=1625224650" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(120) "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW7120595116.mp3?updated=1625224650" } [5]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(23) "Library Rap: Kipp Stone" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "June 25, 2021" ["description"]=> string(296) "This week, Tim talks to East Cleveland MC, Kipp Stone, to discuss his new EP, Faygo Baby, gives us some lyrical breakdown, talk mental health in the Black community and so much more. Make sure you check out this interview. 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