Monie Love Talks 'Monie In The Middle', Native Tongues, Jean Grae

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh sit down British-born rapper, actress, radio personality, and fully-fledged member of the Native Tongues collective -- Monie Love. The conversation with Monie evolves into a wide-ranging discussion starting with her childhood, growing up in London, and being heavily influenced by her father's Jamaican heritage. She goes on to give her unique perspective on the current anti-immigration sentiments being spread by groups like ADOS, she tells the story of how she came to be part of the Native Tongues collective at the age of 16, and outlines that organic induction being based on "vibes". Monie also goes on to illustrate the importance of DJ Red Alert, him being the conduit for so many of the greats that are now house-hold names, including herself, and they explore the evolution of Chris Lightly, from security detail for Red Alert to Violator Records executive.

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0:00.0	What's up party people it's Tyler quality to be came see the MCO
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0:30.0	What's up party people in place to be as tall of quality you are now back in the house with the world's best
0:35.3	Podcast the people's party because we are the world's best podcast we have the best guest we have the best co-hosts
0:43.3	Give it up to my co-host Jasmine Lee. That's me
0:48.6	Jasmine I see you are raising the roof instead of clapping your hands was to deal with that
0:52.5	Yes, because my hands are freaking swollen so I have to go back to the 90s and raise the roof
1:00.0	Well, that's interesting because today's guest dropped her debut album in the 1990s and
1:05.2	She's also a mother so maybe she can give you some advice on being pregnant
1:10.4	Today's guest is a straight-up godmother of the hip hop ecosystem. She is also my sister
1:16.7	She has worked with the greats dropped hits put in the time. She's collaborated with ledges like prince queen latifah
1:24.2	Whitney Houston
1:25.2	She's an integral part of my favorite hip hop crew the native tongues
1:30.4	Her debut album down to earth that came out at a time when female rappers had to fight for any sort of attention and traction in the industry
1:38.6	Tracks like it's a shame
1:40.6	Monty in the middle really the whole album
1:42.8	It took an unapologetic feminist slash womanist stance in an era where rap was a largely about male bravado toxic masculinity
1:51.5	But putting that to decide for a second
1:53.7	She's also a prominent radio DJ and radio host. She's worked all over the country right now
1:59.9	You can hear her on kiss 104.1 in Atlanta. She has a very excellent show
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