Kardinal Offishall sits down with Angie Martinez, DJ Enuff, and Cipha Sounds at Hot 97 in New York. The interview happened right after Usain Bolt’s domination, and since Kardi has Jamaican roots, you know he was proud. They also talk a little about his upcoming Not 4 Sale album and his trademark yell. After the jump, peep Kardi talk about his favorite MC of all time.
I remember hearing Kardinal Offishall for the first time after stumbling upon his “U R Ghetto” joint (a classic, btw) during the Napster glory days in 2000. A couple years later, he dropped Quest For Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 and from then on, I was a huge fan. Nobody combines raw, lyrical, boom-bap hip-hop with dancehall/reggae as well as Kardi. We brought him through the Sound Session studio a few weeks back while he was here in Seattle to open up for Wyclef Jean. It was fun to meet him just cause I was a fan, but it was even doper to find out how cool and intelligent dude is. Definitely one of my favorite artists out there.
We talked all about his upcoming Not 4 Sale album, breaking into the mainstream with Akon, his background growing up in Toronto, the differences between the Canadian and American music industries, his dream collaboration, and much more. Like I said, he was mad cool, so we ended up having a real long discussion. If you want a front row seat, you can watch the entire interview above, or you can download the broadcast audio feed below:
How is it already August? How the hell did that happen? Anyway, here’s another fun episode of Sunday Night Sound Session for y’all to check out. We debuted a few brand new joints from Heltah Skeltah, Murs, and Skillz, along with bangers from Killer Mike, Elzhi, and more. I haven’t even seen that Murs cut (from his upcoming album) make its way around the blogs yet, so definitely check for that.
Also, we aired clips from our extensive interview with Kardinal Offishall (peep the whole thing here) and were joined in studio by the lovely Amanda Diva. Pr1me, an up and coming MC from Los Angeles, even called in to debut his new joint, “Enter-Lude.” You know what it is.
Show #166 (8-3-08)
Killer Mike ft. Ice Cube – “Pressure”
Nas – “Y’all My N****s”
Big Boi ft. Mary J. Blige – “Sumthin’ Gotta Give”
Animal Farm ft. KRS-One – “Peace” (Local Artist)
**INTERVIEW WITH PR1ME**
Pr1me – “Enter-Lude”
Kam Moye (aka Supastition) – “Where & Why”
Elzhi ft. Ayah – “The Leak”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 1**
DJ Semaj & Charles Herron ft. Joe Baker – “Less Steps” (Local Artist)
**INTERVIEW WITH KARDINAL OFFISHALL, PT. 1**
Kardinal Offishall ft. the Clipse – “Set It Off”
**INTERVIEW WITH KARDINAL OFFISHALL, PT. 2**
A.R.M. (Krukid & M.anifest) – “Delilah”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 2**
Amanda Diva – “Windows Over Harlem”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 3**
J-Steelz – “Maria” (Local Artist)
Murs – “Can It Be”
Heltah Skeltah – “Everything Is Heltah Skeltah”
Skillz ft. Black Thought (of the Roots) – “Hold Tight”
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