The Verbal E & 3Sixty Experience aka The Black Book Sessions - a podcast by The Art of Being Dar
from 2021-01-29T06:59:23
Clarence "Verbal E." Long and Reese "3Sixty" Thomas are the founding members of The Chapter Crew.
The Chapter Crew is a groundbreaking hip hop live band based in Las Vegas.
They were both born and raised in Chicago, IL, but did not meet until they crossed paths at UNLV.
The Chapter Crew made a splash on the national scene with their appearance on the Questlove start up, Okayplayer, True Notes Volume #1 album, alongside The Roots, Little Brother, Aceyalone, Jean Grae, Supastition & Nicolay, Dilated Peoples, RJD2 and more.
They are also the founders of the monumental open mic/jam session that is The Black Book Sessions.
The Black Book Sessions happened in a local Las Vegas bar called "Money Plays".
It was the home of The Black Book Sessions for the better part of 4 years.
Having shared the stage with most every notable mainstream and underground hip hop group of their era, they carved out a permanent place in Las Vegas hip hop and enjoyed their time amongst the big boys of the industry as well.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
7:08 There is an infancy of Las Vegas hip hop
10:26 Had to come through KUNV
19:00 In Las Vegas…between '90 and '95 there was no hip hop allowed on the streets
25:20 We always stuck to the fact that man all we got is who we are. That's it.
30:09 We will never be booed again
30:37 We actually got on the rock and roll circuit.
33:32 The first time I ever walked in Money Plays
42:30 The Most Valuable Thing we learned: Promote.
43:39 He's performing like Bruce Lee, you know, like circling people... circling around him
46:07 What is hip hop?
48:04 Couldn’t get gigs…had to send in the White Guy get to get the gigs
48:54 The only black performers that played The Main Rooms of the casino’s
51:33 Questlove is running a contest
53:28 Questlove puts us on the album all of a sudden everybody knows my name.
1:00:12 Los Angeles, The Knitting Factory – The Roots –Time to improvise!!
1:11:08 Okay. You got 30 minutes to open up for The Roots.
1:13:27 How it was named The Black Book Sessions
1:14:57 I can't say enough about, our relationship with Stan Henderson
1:17:56 You really are coming full circle.
1:22:52 There is a lot of sacrifice – Honoring the commitment
1:26:47 The Black Book Sessions was one of the most special things we've ever done
1:30:06 Verbal E speaks from his Heart
1:37:22 Keep showing up, Show up. It works.
1:38:30 Rick Rubin? – "Let me know when you’re available, because I’m interested in working with you" - Dar Dixon
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LINKS MENTIONED:
Hip Hop DX article - THE CHAPTER - US VS THEM
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