Usually I provide a complex breakdown with talking points. While I brought the idea of this supershow to the table, Kosey! ran with it and hosted. It was great to let the WUWTM crew take point, we had so much to talk about. If you have time this is a HECK of a ride.
ATTENDEES
E L U C I D, billy woods, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDANew Business
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Dot Dev, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss the shift from the world of Pink Navel to Dot Dev and how the music changed.
Discuss There Was a Wind, but No Chime in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Zilla Rocca, Disco Vietnam, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss the Easy Street Mixtape and how it was put together.
Discuss Fast Eddie as a follow up to Vegas Vic, in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Daniel Olney, MIGHTYHEALTHY, Hobgoblin
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss what went well and what didn’t in 2025 production.
Discuss the crowded world of media and how it affects the world of hip hop production.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Snotnoze Saleemm, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss creating and crafting an experimental, loud album that also flows from track to track and coheres.
Discuss A River Dies of Thirst in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
SKECH185,I.B.Fokuz,Collasoul Structure, Malakh El, Gilead7, IL. Subliminal, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss ways in which Tomorrow Kings has evolved from Industrial Music Mixtape vol.1 to now.
Discuss SALT in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Chop The Head, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDANew Business
Discuss the positives and negatives of album cover art in 2025. What do we want more of? What do we want less of?
Discuss 2025 album covers in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Daniel Olney, Keith RollinsAGENDANew Business
Discuss the necessity for a fun rap album and what we need from it in this hip hop marketplace.
Discuss Hi Top Fade by The Cool Kids and God Takes Care of Babies and Fools by Blu, Myka 9 and Mono En Stereo in depth.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Jesse The Tree, Mopes, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDA
New Business
Discuss moving from Pigeon Man to Worm In Heaven after so much growth outside the collaboration in between projects.
Discuss Worm In Heaven in depth.
intro and outro by August Fanon
ATTENDEES
Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss the legacy of Nicole Wray aka Lady Wray in music.
Discuss Cover Girl in detail.
intro and outro by August Fanon
My old roommate works in tech support with AI and loves art in all forms. I had to chop it up w/ him about AI in music and where we are seeing it pop up in cover art/other forms. This was a dope conversation and I'm happy to share it. Hope we have more.
ATTENDEES
Killer Kane, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss various projects like Drug$$$, 2000XL: A Space Odyessy, Blue Beach, Face Off 1 & 2, and Surviving Outta Spite.
Discuss the style, habits and aspects that make Killer Kane’s music special.
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
I.B. Fokuz, Collasoul Structure, Iceberg Theory, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Talk about the mission statement of Jyroscope and how it grew out of Tomorrow Kings and developed its own direction.
Discuss Overdue in detail.
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
Kosey!, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss Excerpts of Blk Joy Vol.1 in detail.
Discuss BLACK STAR and New Moon in detail and in terms of how they deal with joyful sounds and themes.
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
Declaime, Spectacular Diagnostics, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss what lead to the creation of WHAT IF and where it sits in the catalog of everyone involved.
Discuss WHAT IF in detail.
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
Gabe Nandez, Preservation, Keith Rollins, Daniel OlneyAGENDA
New Business
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
Nosaj from New Kingdom, Height Keech, NAHreally, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss After The End and how it led to Run Away with A Wild and A Rare One.
Discuss Run Away with A Wild and A Rare One in detail.
intro and outro by andrew
ATTENDEES
PremRock, Curly Castro, Raphy, Ohbliv, Steel Tipped Dove, Keith Rollins, and Daniel Olney….and a bit of Sunmundi
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss the conception and execution of Triple Steel Beam.
Discuss Lincoln Continental Breakfast, Saisir Le Feu, and Armature in detail.
NOTES
Three albums, 33 songs total. Prolific and at the same time lean and mean. Different flavors, all within that 25-30 minute range. The only thing comparable to the excellence and execution of this strategy is Roc Marciano’s 2018.
Nobody Planning To Leave was a beloved success and new level of cohesion for the group. When people took shots at the record it was only to note that the album recalled Def Jux flavors and a lot of ears still aren’t tapped in. Triple Steel Beam leaves those concerns behind. Very different sonics, very different outcomes, and three projects that need one another like family. This is not the Jux playbook.
The other thing that Triple Steel Beam builds on is the fantasy albums all of the fans dream up. Since each ShrapKnel album is one producer from this otherground space, fans were always spitballing the possibilities (I am super guilty of this) and this is our dream on overload. No matter how much we as fans wish albums into fruition ShrapKnel and beyond our powers in the realm of beat picking and always outpace our expectations. Triple Steel Beam is clear evidence of that.
SHRAPKNEL LESSONS
ATTENDEES
Lord Juco, The Standouts, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney
AGENDA
New Business
Discuss the classic previous effort White Walls and how that came together.
Discuss Break A Leg in detail.
intro and outro by andrew