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What Had Happened Was

Brand Nubian: One For All

What Had Happened Was

Talkhouse

Music Interviews, Music

5.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After leaving Tommy Boy, Dante Ross began working at Elektra Records and ushered in an amazing roster of legendary rap artists. This epic run would begin with Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar, collectively known as Brand Nubian. In this episode Dante talks about transitioning into working with a major label and working with Brand Nubian to create their debut album One For All Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yo, this is Open Mike Eagle, this is your captain speaking, this is what it happened was.

0:14.4

This is season 3, episode 4 with our guest, with our special guest, Mr. Don Tate Ross.

0:22.2

Thanks for all the love so far y'all, great response last week to the Queen Latifa episode

0:27.6

and also through that a bunch of people seem to get hip to the genius, DJ Marked 45, Kane.

0:36.9

If you're messing with us, like us, rate us, review us, it helps the robots, love us,

0:46.8

quoting the great sage, Drake.

0:51.8

The robots never loved us, I like saying that, it's fun.

0:58.9

Quick question that I get about these episodes and I always seem to get this question a few

1:05.2

weeks in to every season, Don Tate Ross made the beat that I wrap over when I intro him

1:12.0

going into our conversation.

1:14.9

Don Tate made the beat this season like LP made the beat last season like Prince Paul made

1:19.9

the beat in season 1, it will always, always be that way.

1:25.4

That's one of the, that's one of the small print clauses in the contract when you sign

1:32.2

to be an eternal trapped in a jail chair guest for a catalog saga legacy unpack interview

1:40.5

here at what it happened was you got to make a beat for our intro and I get to wrap over

1:48.0

it while I say nice things about you and throw to an interview about you in your life.

1:55.5

Sounds like a win, win, win, win, win, win all around to me and you people, you guys,

2:02.0

you folks, you persons seem to be enjoying it, so that's great for us.

2:07.0

This is what it happened was it's part of the Stony Island Audio Network, peep out the

2:11.5

rest of the content on our network, the fatherhoods podcast, dad by rap pod, the raw report

2:17.1

with dice raw, super duety tough work, creativity and captivity, the questions hip-hop trivia

2:24.1

can't knock the shuffle, self-core, sure there's something I'm forgetting and I apologize,

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