Producer Ervin "EP" Pope talks Kanye West, Scarface and more!
The Gangster Chronicles
The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Producer Ervin "EP" Pope sit's in to have a conversation about his entry into music production, his work with Kanye West's "College Dropout", Executive producing Scarface's last album "Deeply Rooted" and talking the rapper out of retiring, his work with "The Game" and what he looks for in a artist.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Penelope Spheras on the host of a new podcast about the life and death of Peter Ivers. |
| 0:06.5 | Peter was the host of a TV show featuring prominent L.A. punk bands until he was murdered |
| 0:12.2 | in 1983. |
| 0:13.9 | 40 years later, we dive into that music scene and the mystery of his passing. |
| 0:19.8 | Listen to Peter and the acid king on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever |
| 0:26.3 | you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect. |
| 0:33.9 | Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student teacher |
| 0:38.0 | relationship on our favorite show. |
| 0:40.0 | We're Suzy Bannockerim and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect. |
| 0:44.8 | Where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us and probably you, |
| 0:49.4 | to try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it. |
| 0:52.7 | You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years. |
| 0:55.9 | Listen to in retrospect on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your |
| 1:00.4 | favorite shows. |
| 1:01.4 | Everyone in our country has a voice. |
| 1:03.6 | It's something that says not just where you come from, but who you are. |
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| 1:13.4 | of the hosts in journalism who've always spoken truth to power. |
| 1:17.6 | Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience, and stories should |
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