DJ Sir Daniel

Donwill, the DJ, rapper, and Webby-winning podcaster behind Okayplayer's The Almanac of Rap, sits with DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray to unpack the craft of interviewing and w...

DJ Sir Daniel, Jay Ray, and Amani Roberts examine how corporate radio consolidation, advertising priorities, and shifting ownership reshaped R&B and sidelined the genre’s...

In this episode, Seth Neblett discusses his book Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic, highlighting Mallia Franklin and the women who kept P-Funk’s mu...

In this episode, Nick Bambach joins to unpack the enduring legacy of Sade, tracing the band’s post-punk London roots, its artistic ownership ethos, and how a four-piece l...

This episode traces how Donald Trump’s name evolved into a symbol of wealth, access, and status within Black music in the late ’80s and ’90s, linking lyrics to the era’s ...

Neneh Cherry sits at the crossroads of punk, rap, pop, and Black music history, and this episode shows how she carved a lane that still feels outside the box. Tracing her...

Queue Points’ Anita Baker’s Rapture: 40 Years of Auntie Music revisits Baker’s journey from Detroit’s Chapter 8 through her battle with Beverly Glen Records and arrival o...

Sir Daniel and Jay Ray revisit TLC’s rise, marking the 34th anniversary of “Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip” and tracing Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg's 1992 breakout, Pebbles’ influe...

DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray pull up a chair for a women’s history cypher, tracing how Black women MCs turned 90s remixes and rap features into full-on posse cuts that still...

DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray sit down with Dr. Marcus Borders to explore how roller skating rinks, line dance floors, and Southern Soul nights in Atlanta become spaces of Bl...