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   Download mp3 (right click to save as)   It is my pleasure to present another installment of Redemption Sessions! This Sept 2014 Equinox edition delivers with 2 and a half hours of boom bap goodness for your listening pleasure. 1213 Radio and the Redemption Sessions show have been around for 7 & a half […]

Happy holydays/Merry Kushmas! A gift from 1213 Radio to our listeners and supporters. Here is the final segment of the Redemption Sessions radio show/podcast for the 2013 December Solstice. I play 3 Xmas themed songs that are essential listening for all hip hop heads. Added a couple of Boondocks clips to coincide with the message, […]

This post is in honor of an innocent young man, Trayvon Martin. Today would’ve been his 18th birthday. Rest in peace. Artist: Jasiri X Song: A Song For Trayvon It’s Sunday the God’s day, a day of rest The NBA all stars are playing next. But right outside that same city the celebratory atmosphere would change […]

It’s my pleasure to present to you 1213 Radio’s final broadcast for 2012. 3 hours packed with that metaphysical boom bap to provide a soundtrack for your ascension process and the solstice celebration! The podcast is broken up into 3 parts: Decolonize Your Mind 101, Ascension Workshop, & the Fam Livication. Download the mp3 or […]

FiNALLY. After months and months of setbacks and broken computer downtime, it’s my pleasure to present to you the Redemption Sessions podcast #2! This installment includes tributes to MCA & Trayvon Martin, as well as tributes to the Fukushima victims/survivors and (because it’s that time of the year), one more remembrance livication for Hurricane Katrina […]

Artist: Street Sweeper Social Club Song: Good Morning Mrs. Smith [Boots Riley] In the military outpost known as hell We was way too drunk off Muscatel Prone to fail and get thrown in jail From the stories that the TV was known to tell This night at the end of the world Police sirens sing […]

In honor of J Dilla and in celebrating his birthday this week (Feb. 7th), here is a documentary on him titled Still Shining. from the Vimeo page: “Created in 2006, this remembrance piece is created as a tribute to the memory and legacy of James “J.Dilla” Yancey. This is a piece designed for his fans […]

  download ZIP file here 192kbit CBR mp3 109 mb ZIP file Greetings people. After a couple of years since my last mixtape and many delays and setbacks, I am happy to announce that my latest project is complete and ready to download for your listening pleasure. 80 minutes of all vinyl goodness, the Intelligent […]

A part of the elite, architect, elegant, ambitious devils with class. Christopher managed to borrow the cash, the beliefs of the queen along with the mass. Demonic thoughts in his skull like glass, sharp when lunged in a wind blast. At glance they seem to glow, low and behold truth unfolds. Proof savagery eminently awaits, […]

Here is the first official podcast of the Redemption Sessions radio show. The show has been around for a couple years but I was really feelin’ the vibes on this show and finally got around to starting a podcast. For new listeners, the show primarily focuses on underground hip hop and reggae. This episode includes […]