Summary: <p>Over the past five years, no NC hip-hop label not named Jamla Records has been more successful in reaching an audience than the Chapel Hill-via-Charlotte crew Immaculate Taste. Started out of necessity when brothers Alec Lomami and Mike Tambashe (along with cousin Leroy Shingu, now better known as the rapper Well$) wanted to pursue music and didn’t know any business-minded friends to help them run it, IT has gone on to earn its flagship artists Well$ and Angelo Mota major looks, from press coverage, to music festivals, to Spotify playlists. With Angelo’s new record, When All Is Said And Done, hot off the presses, label co-founder Alec joined us on the pod to talk about networking in New York, booking Well$’ first show (opening for G-Eazy) while he was in South Africa, the shift of tastemaking from blogs to playlists, and more. We also talk with Alec about the new 9th Wonder x Drake mashup album by DJ Critical Hype called More 9th that has been making the rounds on hip-hop Twitter over the past few days, and Justin gets more than a little excited for the upcoming 9th Wonder & Black Thought album.</p> <p>Soundtrack: </p> <p>Angelo Mota - “Sweet Tooth”</p> <p>DJ Critical Hype - “Over” </p> <p>Marley Pitch - “Plush” </p> <p>Listen to “Best Of The Carolinas,” Vol. 2, out now! <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/xmupw84s3ykc32gzftrsflufv/playlist/5EUEJGmeB4AmozRgsUafPz?si=ixpY_-0RQLCyYsoII1wKew" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/user/xmupw84s3ykc32gzftrsflufv/playlist/5EUEJGmeB4AmozRgsUafPz?si=ixpY_-0RQLCyYsoII1wKew</a></p> <p>And don’t forget to follow us on social, if you don’t already. </p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/superemptync/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/superemptync/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/superemptync" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/superemptync</a> </p>
