Music
Organized Grind: The Podcast is BACK with Episode 45! This time we have Twin Cities producer, emcee and audio engineer Bona Phide joining us! We kick the episode out talking about his first experiences with Hip-Hop and growing up in Ham Lake, Minnesota (0:00) - Starting to rap and participating in freestyle cyphers around St. Paul in the Late 1990s (7:55) - Working with an early network of Twin Cities artists (including a young Lazerbeak, Flynch, Muja Messiah, Moochy C, Lil Buddy and more) (15:00) - Getting close to legendary Twin Cities producer Flynch and the lessons he learned from him (20:45) - Bona Phide - "Honesty" (produced by Flynch and Bona Phide) (26:34) - Transitioning into working with his band Blackbelt Jonzin' and learning how to book their shows (39:55) - That time when Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters wound up at a show he was performing at (50:55) - Forming Slow Spokes and getting involved with the BMX scene (55:20) - Forming the band Food For Thought via working at Guitar Center (1:05:00) - What's up next for Bona Phide (1:20:20) - Bona Phide - "Peacekeeper" (1:23:30)