Fan Questions
After putting in consistent work for the last couple of years, the most infamous podcast on planet earth has finally made it to a large milestone in podcasting, the one hundredth episode! To celebrate, we decided to get our listeners involved and asked them to leave a message or question on our voice mail. In this episode, we play back your messages and answer all of your questions. One hundred down, one hundred more to go!
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Keep It Lean in 2018
The start of a new year can often be a time of stress as we are often tempted to try new challenges and take on more responsibility in our already busy lives. And without a proper plan of attack, things can get out of hand fast. In this episode, we lay out an easy to remember mantra and plan for 2018, so you can come out on top.
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Why Talent Isn’t Enough
In our fifteen year careers in the music industry, we have been blessed to cross paths with some amazingly talented people. Some of these talented people went on to achieve great things, while others never got out of the starting block. In this episode, we dive deep into the notion that talent is enough to make someone successful and explain seven things that are as important (if not more important) than talent.
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Blueprint featured in Forbes Magazine
I have had the had the pleasure of being featured on Forbes.com in an interview about film, podcasting, real estate, and finding your own lane. It’s a really dope feature that I’m really proud of and you should definitely read HERE.
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The Biggest Losers of 2017
Looking back, 2017 was a pretty good year for the most infamous podcast on planet earth, as we consistently provided some of the best edutainment around. But for other people in hip-hop, 2017 was not so good. In fact, there are a few people in hip-hop who probably can’t wait for this year to end. It is for those people we hold this special awards show, where we count down the biggest losers of 2017. Let’s go!
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Help Needed: Hitting The Road Again Soon
As many of you know, I have done a lot of touring during my career as an independent artist over the last fifteen years. However, I fell back quite a bit the last couple of years. Well, I want to make it known now that I’m making plans to do quite a bit of touring in 2018. That means that I will be releasing a lot of new music next year and trying to bring it to your city to perform.
Sell Snow To An Eskimo
If there was one area most creative people all agree they struggle in, it would be in selling themselves and their ideas. Even for the best of us, it’s not easy to ask people to buy our work. Well, in this episode Blueprint interviews friend of the show and marketing professional Hubert Sawyers III. In this discussion we dive deep into what it is that makes it harder for creative people to promote themselves and their creations and how to fix it. Lots of jewels dropped in this one.
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Self-Publishing 101
If there’s one item on almost everybody’s bucket-list, it’s writing a book. While writing a book isn’t the most difficult thing to do, it certainly isn’t easy either. In this episode, the most infamous podcast breakdowns Blueprint’s writing process and history of self-publishing his own books to shed some light for anybody thinking about doing it.
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Stream King No Crown movie now
You can now stream the King No Crown movie for just $4.99. Check it out!
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Order on Deluxe DVD and VHS HERE
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It’s Been A Long Time Coming
I’ve been looking forward to today for a long time. After doing screenings across the country this summer and fall, today is the official release date of my first film, King No Crown. Two weeks ago, I had the last screening here in my hometown of Columbus, last week I mailed out all the preorders for the VHS and deluxe DVD, and this week the on-demand version can be watched right now on Vimeo. It’s finally here.
Signs You Might Have Found Your Purpose
We’re firm believers that life is much easier once you figure out what you would want to do with it, yet figuring out what you want to do with your life is one of the most difficult decisions to make. This week, the most infamous podcast takes on the topic of finding your passion and explains how to tell if you’ve found your passion or just a fleeting interest.
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Our Biggest Marketing Misses
During the course of our long careers, we’ve had many successful releases where everything went down as planned, but also some not so great releases where mistakes hurt our chances of success. In this episode we break down the biggest mistakes we’ve made in releasing our art and the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Shout out to our guy Ill Poetic for the topic suggestion this week.
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Choosing Yourself
If there’s one thing that the music industry is full of, it’s artists looking for somebody to put them on. Everybody seems to be looking for somebody who can either sign them or blow them up. But what if trying to be chosen by these people wasn’t the best solution? In this episode, we discuss why it might be a better idea to choose yourself rather than get chosen by somebody else.
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Lessons From the Road
After two-weeks off, Blueprint returns to Columbus and the most infamous podcast on planet earth to discuss the latest run of his King No Crown film screening tour. In this episode he talks about the ups and downs of the film tour and breaks down six major lessons he’s learned while driving around the country screening his first film.
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Who Killed the DJ?
As guys that grew up during what’s often referred to as the golden era of hip-hop, we remember a time when almost every group had a DJ as one of it’s members. Fast-forward twenty years and you would be hard-pressed to find any major label hip-hop group with a DJ in it, nor would you find any scratches on many major records. In this week’s episode, we dive deep into what’s behind the disappearance of the DJ in hip-hop.
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