Season Premiere Of Drink Champs With Grandmaster Flash

 Some podcasts that promote free-flowing conversation treat their listeners to conversational chaos with people talking over one another, unidentified people speaking, random interjections, and trips down dead end conversational alleys.

Not Drink Champs. I've listened to the show, and it is exactly as promoted, as a night of boozy conversation and boisterous storytelling. The hosts and guests engage together in fun, light-hearted conversation - looking back at their paths to success, highlighting their lives, friendships, and iconic moments within their careers. 

 Any time multiple people are talking in a party-like atmosphere, recording a podcast can present problems with volume level, equalization, and people talking over one another. Drink Champs co-hosts and production people have mastered this logistical challenge. The co-hosts' voices are clear and multiple conversations flow without distortion and add to the depth of the atmosphere.

 

 A long-form podcast -- episodes can last over two hours -- with a conversational art for exploring ideas, friendship, and the most interesting anecdotes from the hip-hop community, Drink Champs excels at unconventional, cultural storytelling.

The first episode of the new season of "Drink Champs,” a podcast series, hosted by Legendary Queens rapper N.O.R.E and Miami hip-hop pioneer DJ EFN, from Warner Music Group’s (WMG) in-house podcast network Interval Presents, just premiered.

You can listen to the first episode HERE. 

In the season premiere, N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN "chop it up" with the legendary rapper, Grandmaster Flash. The creator of the Quick Mix Theory, Grandmaster Flash explains how he created the technique which gave birth to scratching, cutting, and transforming. Flash shares stories from the early days of his iconic group “Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five” which is the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

“Drink Champs” and Interval Presents seek to amplify underrepresented voices and explore the impact of music artistry from diverse perspectives—in a very lighthearted way over drinks and laughs! Each week, special guests sit down with the hosts for a night of conversation and storytelling to talk about life experiences, friendship, and culture. Previous guests included Akon, Jim Jones, Joe Budden, Wiz Khalifa, Marlon Wayans, Tony Yayo, Irv Gotti and more.

“Drink Champs,” from Interval Presents, drops new episodes every Friday. Listen to “Drink Champs” on Apple Podcasts HERE or wherever you get your podcasts.

The company that produces Drink Champs is Interval Presents, which is a podcast network from Warner Music Group (WMG). 

 I don't usually spend a lot of time on these production companies, but Interval Presents has been on a roll, creating some of the best podcasts in the industry.

  Launched in 2022, the network is rooted in artistry, authenticity, and diversity, with unique storytelling about today’s trending topics.

Interval Presents’ slate of programming amplifies underrepresented voices, cultures and explores the impact of music artistry from diverse perspectives. The network’s programming slate includes talk shows and narrative-driven episodic podcasts.

I recommend any of the shows listed below. They are all ear worthy in their own specific way.

Interval Presents produces “Drink Champs” co-hosted by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, “Underwater,” featuring Jason Derulo, “Yeah, I F*cked That Up,” hosted by Billy Mann, “Rap Radar” featuring Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller, “Holding Court” with Eboni K. Williams, and “The Last Resort” narrated by Xiuhtezcatl, with forthcoming shows hosted by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, as well as “Amplify Color,” highlighting Black trailblazers who changed this history of radio.