• Episode 50 - (vol. 2) - Ferg & Truth

    Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome back audio/engineer Truth to the podcast - to continue the discussion on his two “Bounce” collab projects….with friend of the show:   / jasonfergmusic  


    A native of Chicago, Jason grew up surrounded by music on both sides of his family, within the church, and through cultural emersion in the city's vast musical heritage. It was in Chicago where he founded a music ministry, set up a home-based recording studio, and began to forge his own musical identity. Supporting others and sharing the power of music, he established Jason Ferg Music, LLC to more effectively produce his own original music and provide live music for events, offer consulting services to emerging artists, and deliver music-centered, personal development workshops and programs for all ages and backgrounds.


    Jason is also an Emergency Manager. He holds a master’s degree in public health and has 20 years of career experience. Over the years, he has fostered safe, healthy, and vibrant communities on university campuses; helped military veterans reintegrate into civilian life by training them for domestic and international disaster response missions; and assisted communities in the cycle of preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against disasters of all types.

    1h 9m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 49 - (vol. 1) - Ferg & Truth

    Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome audio/engineer Truth to the podcast - to discuss his two “Bounce” collab projects….with friend of the show:   / jasonfergmusic  


    Jason Ferg (Ferguson) is a music artist, songwriter, and producer whose music embodies the tenets of living life fully, celebrating family, creating community, and rising above the adverse effects of life's challenges through the power of faith. He is an independent artist who enjoys the creative freedom of releasing music that is true to his perspective and authentic expression.


    Jason has performed live at a growing list of music venues, community festivals, and special events nationwide and has served as a collaborator and consultant to a host of fellow artists.

    1h 6m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 48 - Sports God Ed

    Novek & KNO\\\SAGE welcome west coast native….Dr., prof. & dad Sports God Ed (  / sportsgoded  ) - to talk basketball, business strategies, life struggles and other rap/hip-hop inspired topics.

    1h 3m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 47 - (the B side) - Peripheral's top 5 rap soundtracks (#4-5)

    Novek & Know Sage continue the discussion with Peripheral AKA Vance (  / vance_asprer_photography  ) - to discuss his favorite hip-hop/rap movie soundtracks. The last episode he listed his choices 1 through 3, and on this concluding podcast discussion...Vance brings up his last 2 picks on his list.


    Vance was a contributing writer in the early 2000s for URB (https://urbmagazine.substack.com/) & Stress (https://grandgood.com/2008/11/19/stre...) magazines….and https://HipHopElements.com/. His main focus was on hip-hop reviews. He also interviewed Bahamadia, J-Live for these magazines and other publications.

    54m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 46 - (side A) - Peripheral's top 5 rap soundtracks (#1-3)

    Novek & Know Sage welcome Peripheral AKA Vance (  / vance_asprer_photography  ) to discuss his favorite hip-hop/rap movie soundtracks - Vance was a contributing writer in the early 2000s for URB (https://urbmagazine.substack.com/) & STRess (http://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.c...) magazines….and https://HipHopElements.com/. His main focus was on hip-hop reviews. He also interviewed Bahamadia, J-Live for these magazines and other publications.

    48m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 45 - (part two of "Lead By Example" founder) - featuring Q

    This is part 2 of the episode 44 conversation, of Know Sage & Novek....with Lead by Example founder (  / youleadbyexample  ) - also with frequent contributor to the show, Q!

    49m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 44 - (part one) - founder of "Lead by Example"

    EMPOWER YOURSELF, YOU DESERVE IT! Know Sage & Novek welcome Marlowe Soriano owner of   / youleadbyexample   - Lead by Example isn't just a brand, it's a lifestyle. Wear the apparel as a symbol of your commitment to positively influencing others by your actions on a daily basis...empowering people to be LEADERS through their actions and behaviors.

    57m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 43 - El Cybervato & MC Advizer of Oddjobs/Kill the Vultures

    KNO\\\SAGE & Novek welcome Adam (Advizer) and Roberto (Cybervato)!


    Roberto (El Cybervato) is an interdisciplinary performance artist and educator. Sifuente’s projects include: #exsanguination, a collaboration with new media artist jonCates and Aram Han Sifuentes (2016-2019); “Reculmulations: Digital Avatars and Performance objects,” a collaboration with digital artist Claudia Hart and composer Edmund Campion (Black and White Gallery NYC).


    As co-founder of the San Francisco based performance troupe La Pocha Nostra, he has performed and conducted workshops with La Pocha across the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Sifuentes has co-authored two books with Guilermo Gomez-Peña; most recently “Exercises for Rebel Artists: Radical Performance Pedagogy” Routledge 2011. As a performance pedagogue, he has been Artistic Director of the Trinity College/La MaMa Performing Arts Program NYC. Sifuentes is currently Professor of performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


    The 1990s saw hip-hop's influence extend well beyond the confines of the traditional large metropolitan areas (New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, et al.), initially spreading into the suburbs, where it infiltrated every socio-economic strata and crossed every cultural boundary, then ultimately found its way into smaller regional niches, such as, in the case of the progressive rap combo Oddjobs, Minneapolis and St. Paul. With the equally forward-looking artists of the Rhymesayers Entertainment enterprise, the group not only helped to put Minnesota on the hip-hop map but, inspired by previous mavericks like De La Soul, the Beastie Boys, Hieroglyphics, and Freestyle Fellowship, also helped to tie rap's coastal-based, old-school past with its visionary, postmodern, untethered future.

    The individuals who would eventually form the official Oddjobs lineup originally came together in 1996 as members of the 30-odd-strong Cases of Mistaken Identity (CMI) collective, a rotating cadre of rappers, DJs, b-boys, and graffiti writers drawn mostly from a pair of local high schools. By 1998, Minneapolis MCs Advizer (Adam Waytz) and Crescent Moon (Alexei Casselle), and St. Paul producers/DJs Anatomy (Stephen Lewis) and Deetalx (Devon Callahan), had gravitated toward one another and began performing together at all-ages venues as Oddjobs, occasionally backed live by local band Heiruspecs. Not long thereafter, the group released its first tape, Case Studies, with CMI and began to earn a measure of local exposure. The foursome's entrée into more widespread underground circles came the next year with its debut indie full-length, Conflict and Compromise. They attracted even more notice within the hip-hop community after Crescent Moon's strong showing at the battle competition of the 1999 Scribble Jam, and via his frequent spot as an auxiliary MC for Eyedea + Abilities of Rhymesayers fame. Advizer and Deetalx made the move to Brooklyn in the fall of that year to attend college, but the members kept Oddjobs alive via tapes, telephone calls, and commutes, resulting in the 2000 EP Absorbing Playtime. At around the same time, the Funboy EP was pressed in a limited edition of 5000 and officially released only in Japan. (It quickly began making the rounds in the United States as a bootleg.) Across the Tracks, a Deetalx mix CD, and Live at the Bryant Lake Bowl, with Chicago's Typical Cats and Heiruspecs, both appeared in 2001.

    The full CMI crew -- by that time down to Oddjobs and MCs Nomi and Naimles -- had planned to follow with a full-length project. Instead Nomi (Mario Demira) joined as an official member (CMI Productions became the business front for the group), and the three remaining Minnesotans made the final move to New York the following autumn. Success and respect came surprisingly quickly for the quintet in the Big Apple. Its 12" single "Blue Collar Holler" rose to the sixth spot on the CMJ college radio chart. (A subsequent remix of the song attracted guest appearances from Aesop Rock and Vast of Cannibal Ox.) Oddjobs shared stages with or opened for De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, El-P, and Atmosphere, among others. In 2002 the crew released its first nationally distributed full-length, Drums, on its own indie startup label Third Earth Music. The album was lauded by fans, fellow rappers, and critics alike. They briefly partnered with Eyedea for the extremely rare toss-off cassette Whereabouts of Hidden Bridges. The collaboration also accounted for a track on the next official Oddjobs recording, the six-song The Shopkeeper's Wife EP, released in the spring of 2003. ~ Stanton Swihart

    58m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 42 - Video Dave

    Know Sage & Novek welcome the legendary Video Dave (  / video_dave  ) - a Chicago-bred rapper [of the 3rdEyelanders collective....and frequent collaborator with   / open_mike_eagle  ] TV producer, beat maker and writer. A true multi-hyphenate artist, he has had a creative hand in seemingly disparate corners of modern-day culture. From reality TV shows, to Prince performing at the SuperBowl, somehow Dave has a connection.


    His latest album with Controller 7, ArticulatedTexTiles is a window into his world of ideas and memories.

    1h 17m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 41 - Rosie Roseli & Q

    Know Sage & Novek welcome back to the show, Q (on his bday!) - to chat with Rosie Roseli of Venus Overdrive:   / venusoverdrive  . Music has always been a major part of Roseli’s life and a dream career for as long as she can remember. She dropped a project this year with with poetry slam, high school classmate BAMF brat:   / bamfbrat  


    Sophomore year of high school, Roseli wrote an original song called “Iron Chain” that was recognized by Hamilton officials. She was then selected to perform in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 people on the Chicago stage of Hamilton. After her performance, her voice was even compared to Grammy award winner Sara Bareilles by Times Square Chronicles. Roseli says it was one of the most exhilarating and best moments in her life.


    Although Roseli loves making music, her true passion for pursuing this career comes from the people she sees smile and feel happy through her performances. She wants to make music to touch people’s hearts, connect with others, inspire, and make sure that her audience will never feel alone. Currently, Roseli spends her time perfecting her songwriting, singing, guitar, and keyboard skills. The Daywalkerz (when Rosie was just 16 years old) collaboration project was just the beginning for this musician: https://www.nativestrangermedia.com/bio


    Musical Influences: DEAN, Hayley Williams, Kehlani, Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco

    1h 2m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 40 - Liam the gearhead

    Knowsage & Novek welcome Liam to the show - Liam Sexton is a musician turned data scientist with a passion for rap and rock audio production...we discuss the Neptunes, Timbaland, Ludacris, Mystikal, Trick Trick, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Big Sean and other rap related topics!

    1h 5m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 39 - BADWOLFF

    Life's a buffet, stay hungry....Know Sage & Novek welcome BADWOLFF (  / wadbolff  ) to the show - which is comprised of Amanu Kaiju (founder of art rap crew BADWOLFF; Greenlights Music rep!) & Homegrown (beekeeping…wat up!? spit flow // rotisserie spit operator)

    2h 8m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 38 - Mata Suenos AKA Melissa H to the izz-O

    Know Sage & Novek welcome Mata Suenos to the show - hailing from the boogie down Bronx, Mata Suenos AKA Melissa has learned to balance her Nuyorican heritage with the corporate and higher education worlds. Raised on rice and beans, hip-hop and the Yankees, Melissa can also facilitate a leadership workshop, negotiate a contract and charm a Southerner all on the same day.

    52m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 37 - with Johan Martinez-Khalilian

    Know Sage & Novek welcome Johan Martinez-Khalilian (who surprises his class of '93/'97 classmate Jondy AKA Corny) to the show....to discuss growing up in the 90's with rap/hip-hop - in the Humboldt Park/Chicago neighborhood.


      / johanspeaks   is an internationally recognized motivational speaker and executive coach with a passion for crafting culture and guiding people towards achieving the impossible. Johan is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University with a degree in Communications. His message of perseverance and resilience has fostered the interest of a number of TV and radio shows, including The Tyra Banks Show, TEDx, and the Today Show.


    A product of Humboldt Park, Chicago, Johan bridges his Midwest sensibilities with a love of creativity and meaningful conversations. Everyone has a heroic journey to forge, and Johan would love to serve you as you chase the life of your dreams.

    1h 8m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 36 - OutKast with The Sage Gawd Collective

    Know Sage & Novek welcome the The Sage Gawd Collective (  / dushaun_nicole  ) to the show to discuss OutKast, Andre 3000's newest "New Blue Son" drop & masculinity/evolution.


    The Sage Gawd is a mother, wife, educator, yoga instructor, restorative justice advocate and disrupter: https://sagegawdcollective.com/ . This episode features a poem from D Money on the intro.

    1h 15m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 35 - Vell Da General & Rashad - C.E.O of FYF ent™

    Know Sage & Novek welcome back friend of the show, Rashad (C.E.O of FYF ent™) - to chop it up with Vell De General:   / velldageneral10  


    Vell is a hip hop artist from the South Side of Chicago bringing you real music in this mumble era. He also offers credit repair to his fans and literally changed their lives.

    1h 2m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 34 - card carrying, 3rdEyelanders member: Dave Urso

    Dave Urso is a husband, father and genre bending musician for life. Lover of all good music....card carrying 3rdEyelanders (Chicago collective that consisted of: Video Dave, MC Crave, Iowa Rockwell, Surfboard C, NorfStar & Know Sage) member! Check out Dave's current bands: Honest Enemy & Kingery


    Know Sage & Novek discuss with Dave his hip-hop inspirations: Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest....and when Rage Against the Machine hit - it changed Dave's world, his rock upbringing smashed with hip-hop. Dave also talks how Red Hot Chili Peppers influenced him to learn how to play the drums, and the relationship with sports & music.

    1h 38m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 33 - Ari, The Indigo

    Ari, The Indigo is a Chicago based rapper from Mexico. Her debut project under Iowa Rockwell’s Class of ‘99 brand “GOLDEN," talks on the experience of growing up misunderstood from the world and running from toxic realities. "GOLDEN" is what it means to feel invincible at a young age. Ari, The Indigo creates to express the beauty in young kids, the "Indigos", finding their passions and place in the world.


    In this podcast episode #33 Know Sage & Novek talk to Ari about being a young Mexican female artist, her latest 2023 album “ENTRE EL FUEGO”, and her moving from Chicago to Washington DC. Know Sage also quizzes Novek & Ari on 8 hip-hop trivia questions: https://www.questionshiphop.com/

    1h 17m | Dec 31, 2023
  • Episode 32 - Judge Dredd AKA Jeremy

    Know Sage n Novek welcome Judge Dredd AKA Jeremy to the show. Join the HPH crew as they talk with Jeremy about his love of Southern Hip Hop and UGK in route to a Bowling Showdown.

    35m | Dec 30, 2023
  • Episode 31 - NorfStar

    Know Sage n Novek welcome NorfStar to the show. NorfStar a.k.a. Levy Rivers is on the show today to discuss the intersection of culture, technology, the emergence of a new spiritual consciousness, and how we can thrive in this transitional space. Sit back and absorb these gems as the HPH crew chops it up with NorfStar. So buckle up, because we're about to take a deep dive. This conversation is going to challenge you, inspire you, and maybe, just give you a glimpse of the future. And trust me, it's a future you'll want to be a part of.

    1h 40m | Dec 30, 2023
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