The Indie Unplugged Podcast

The conversation opens with a blunt question: if someone says they found Christ, can they go back to hip-hop without being hypocritical?

The episode opens with a Grammys recap that includes the “Grammy house,” Duran Bernard performing twice, and independent artists winning awards.

The Indie Unplugged Podcast episode "Why Talent Alone Won’t Save You in Today’s Industry" centers on Jania Monet, a Mississippi creative designer and poet tied to an AI artist that reportedly earned a three million record deal.

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B-Vaughn sits down with Martin Crosby for a conversation that starts with family doubt and lands on hard-won industry perspective.

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The hosts start by unpacking Chris Brown’s dance rollout and asking whether the moment felt organic or carefully planned.

The hosts start by asking whether XXL's spotlight reflects the culture or just rewards a narrow version of it.

The hosts begin with a look at a color panel and a DaVinci Micro Panel, tools they use to give videos a cleaner, more high-end finish.

Two hosts start by testing whether a lyric or hook still lands when it is repeated the right way.

The Indie Unplugged Podcast episode “Algorithms & AI: The New Battlefields for Independent Artists” opens with banter about glasses, “pause,” and Ghostface saying people who use the word “pause” have “freaky minds.” The main discussion turns to Lizzo’s TikTok comments, with the hosts arguing that the algorithm now decides what gets pushed, who sees it, and whether a song goes viral.

Shane Kidd says his latest project, Underground Hope, was shaped by the idea that “hope has to be created every day,” and he links that idea to his break from music after depression and writer’s block.

Travis Hall says his high school choir director told him he could not sing, but he later moved from R&B dreams into classical music and opera before writing his own album.

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The Indie Unplugged Podcast episode centers on how virality actually works, with one speaker saying a clip has to be built as a video and not just pulled from an interview.

Flash Finga Flame comes in with history.

Blizm walks in with history behind him.

Entrepreneurship gets checked fast.

Gregory Smith checks false hope early.

An independent music-focused podcast where the hosts discuss Chris Brown's public perception, compare podcast setups of Joe Budden and others, debate why celebrity podcasts succeed while indie ones struggle, and dive into a viral essay arguing hip-hop must die commercially to be reborn authentically.

The show opens live with the hosts catching up on a heavy workweek and the reality that a lot of independents still have to keep a nine-to-five going.

I'm fatigued today and I want to play that game...

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The episode centers on T-Ron Thomas’s appearance on the Social Proof podcast and his claim that professionalism, humility, and service are the keys to longevity in music.

The conversation opens by sorting through the Lil Nas X reporting.

Madison Symphony says her father’s choice of name shaped how she understands purpose, and she describes herself as “the future” while leaving room to write for other artists.