Southern Vangard Radio is a weekly podcast that features the latest and greatest underground hip-hop and lively color commentary from Atlanta’s own DJ Jon Doe & rhyme connoisseur Eddie “Cappuccino” Meeks. In addition to dropping every Tuesday, Doe & Meeks don their journalism hats on Thursdays with the Southern Vangard Radio Interview Sessions, which serves as an outlet for artists featured on the mix show to tell their story. Artists such as Consequence, Grap Luva, DJ Trackstar of Run the J ...
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep423! Made you look, Vangardians! We had one more up our sleeve before 2024 was a wrap. We put a big fat red bow around our NINTH year of Southern Vangard Radio - our old friend White Jesus managed to make an appearance, we haven’t seen that bubba in quite some time! January 2025 kicks off Doe and Meeks TENTH year of p…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep422! Better late than never, folks. The holiday season is something’ else, ain’t it? This may or may not be the last show of 2024 - if it is - YOU WAAAAALCOME and if it isn’t…YOU WAAAAALCOME #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap …
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep421! Doebeneezer Scrooge and Ed Cratchit are at your service for the holiday season, Vangardians. Doe has the lab spruced up with that Chrimmus cheer and this week finds us dropping THREE WORLD EXCLUSIVES from the likes of the DOOKIE BROS, CJ THE CYNIC, CHONG WIZARD, ZILLA ROCCA & MILC. Don’t say we never gave you any…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep420! Vangardians - we’re thankful. Thankful for hip-hop and thankful for you. And you….well….YOU WAAAAALCOME! Smoke somethin’, drank somethin’, eat somethin’, get fat and get live it’s that #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap -…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep419! Hey you - yeah I said you - YOU WAAAAALCOME! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap ----------Recorded live November 17, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GAsouthernvangard.com@southernvangard on all platforms#Smithsoni…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep418! Holiday tubs are out and the season is upon us - which can only mean one thing - SCROOGE MCDOE & ED CRATCHIT are here to serve you through the remainder of the year. Tons of new treats this week including WORLD EXCLUSIVES from the upcoming ETO album, big up JORDAN COMMANDEUR for the connect. Buckle up, let’s get …
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep417! ALL WE GOT IZ US. YOU WAAAAALCOME! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap--------------------Recorded live November 4, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GAsouthernvangard.com@southernvangard on all platforms#Smithsonian…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep416! THANK YOU DJ CLARK KENT, GOD’S FAVORITE DJ. WE THAAAAANK YOU and WE’RE WAAAAALCOME!!!!! Three WORLD EXCLUSIVES this week from MILKCRATE, ANKHLEJOHN, EL GANT, SHYSTE, ILL BILL, JEFF HEFFERNAN & PATEN LOCKE - not to mention a Halloween themed Twitch Only set this week - if ya missed it you’re SOL and YOU WAAAAALCOM…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep415! It’s all the way live this week Vangardians, folks are unloading clips before the year is out, and we have a gob of sure shots this week, including a nice preview of the new DJ MUGGS X CRIMEAPPLE X RLX album that drops this week. We also snuck in an early preview of an upcoming DOECINO banger(!!!!!!) to wrap up t…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep414! Libra season is in full effect, and Meeks couldn’t be happier. New joints abound and the best trash talk in town is what you’ll find in this weeks episode. Make sure you clear out your calendar for Sat Oct 19 at Crafts and Crates at Halfway Crooks - Eduardo will be tearing down the stage along I Self Divine and B…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep413! Beware, Vangardians! ’Tis LIBRA season! ’Tis EDUARDO MEEKS season! You have been warned! Episode 413 awaits you - preseth players and enjoyeth and say THAAAAANK YAAA and we’ll say YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundh…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep412! Put it on record - make sure you always take care of you and your star player…which is YOU. THAAAAANK YAAA and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap////////// Recorded live September 8, 2024 @ Dirty Blan…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep411! Back in full swing this week folks, Doe and Meeks return with yet another episode of that goodness with a big ole heap of trash talking to put a smile on your face. We managed to get in a Twitch Only set to boot - make sure you check in on the Twitch stream Sundays when we record the show for the week. OK, enough…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep410! Well this is long overdue. This was recorded the last Sunday in August, but one of Doe’s kids had his appendix out (he’s doing great btw) the day the show was supposed to post. Doe completely forgot to post the show until Meeks reminded him over Labor Day Weekend. Doe’s turntables have also been out of commission…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep409! Any second. Any minute. Any hour. Any day. Any week. Any month. Any year. Any decade. Any century. Any village. Any town. Any city. Any county. Any state. Any country. Any continent. Any planet. Any galaxy. Any universe. THAAAAANK YAAA and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.co…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep408! Vangardians let’s get this thang going - we’re a little late on the post this week, but this episode will tee you up nicely for the weekend. Our good friend THE BAD SEED dropped off “Four Finger Ring II” just before we started the show on Sunday, we so we have TWO, count ‘em TWO, WORLD EXCLUSIVES from that album,…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep407! Yes y’all, it don’t stop y’all, Doe and Meeks back this week with the fresh y’all! This week is filled with shenanigans Vangardians, as our good friend C.O. The Don brought through two bottles of brown in a Porsche gift bag - for a minute we thought we might pull up to Marietta Diner after the show in a new Porsc…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep406! Schools back in this week here in the A, folks - which means that traffic is jacked for the next 9 months and you need some good listening in the morning to get you through carpool drop off - look no further, Doe and Meeks are hear for ya. Gobs of new joints this week per the usual, and our good friend C.O. The D…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep405! Back from summer break, Vangardians, and it feels so good! This Tuesday marked the release of EDDIE MEEKS and DJ POCKET’s “TOXIC MASCULINITY” on all steaming platforms. Pocket dropped in to the lab and we got the nitty gritty on the album, played a few joints from it and also got into a bunch of heat that dropped…
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Toxic Masculinity is a term used to describe a version of masculinity that is unhealthy for men and boys, and harmful to those around them. It's a set of social guidelines and attitudes that are often associated with manliness, but can have negative impacts on society, women, and men in general. The term is meant to highlight the worst aspects of s…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep404! Summer time is here Vangardians, at least in our neck of the woods - and what that means is this is our last show before a 4 week summer break. Meeks delivered as he always done by coming through with a Playmate cooler full of those Hamm’s brewskis - from the land of sky-blue water, of course - and neighborhood f…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep403! There simply isn’t a better way to kick off the summer than with Southern Vangard Radio - and if you’re not hip to our Sunday night streams on Twitch, you’re missing a lot. While you always get the latest and greatest underground hip-hop that’s been squeezed through the SV filter via all your podcast platforms, t…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep402! Summer is in full swing down south, Vangardians! We have a few more shows before we take our regular summer break - so let’s get into it. We’re riding high off the announcement of our first foray into glassware with the commemorative EPISODE 400 WOBBLE WHISKEY GLASS. On top of a very unique 7 oz. glass, we have a…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep401! This week, we begin a new chapter of the merch game here at Southern Vangard, with the release of our first whiskey glass to celebrate our 400th episode milestone! The Episode 400 Wobbler Whiskey glass is available NOW at our BIG CARTEL storefront, which is located HERE: southernvangard.bigcartel.com. This is a o…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep400! What more can we say? It’s a celebration! 400 mix shows (not to mention 275 interviews). All exclusives. Custom action figures. Plaques. Shot glasses. YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap ----------Reco…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep399! It’s just ONE more episode ’til Episode 400 folks! Hit play now for all the goods and get ready for this SUNDAY = CINCO DE MAYO = CINCO DOECINO = YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap----------Recorded l…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep398! It’s live wire this week, Vangardians - 398 is brought you by PROPHETIX as the homie MELLO MELANIN dropped by to hang out during the show. All kinds of antics ensued, as you might imagine - along with all the usual new joints and outlandish commentary. Also, if you missed it, go back and check our crossover show …
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep397! We’re back from Spring Break with a vengeance, Vangardians. Doe and Meeks kick things off with a 10 song set, and also brought two, count ‘em TWO, WORLD EXCLUSIVES courtesy of MATICULOUS, HUS KINGPIN, BHRAMABULL, REEK OSAMA & BIG TWINS. We also announced the date for Episode 400, so mark ya little calendars - MAY…
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep396! Alright look - it might be March Madness but there ain’t no saving your bracket, so let Doe and Meeks brighten up your week with majestic trash talk and new music. We dropped a motherlode of WORLD EXCLUSIVES this week courtesy of our good friends CHONG WIZARD, ZILLA ROCCA, ALASKA, AJ SUEDE, VANDERSLICE, UFO FEV, …
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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep395! St. Pattys Day on a Sunday? You best believe it - and MAN did we find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - our longtime friend and record dealer extraordinaire GENE BROWN dropped in to help us kick off the show! Gene was in the A this weekend slangin’ that heat at the CRAFTS & CRATES party @ HALFWAY CROOKS…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep394! Back from a brief hiatus last week, we celebrate DJ JON DOE’S bday in exquisite fashion this week. Tons of WORLD EXCLUSIVES and a TWITCH ONLY set for the ages - there isn’t much else to say other you need to in tune in NOW…and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard #YouWaaaaalcome // southernvangar…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep393! Fresh off an outstanding night gallivanting the streets of Atlanta, Doe and Meeks have a different pep in their step this week. We also have a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from ULLNEVANO & LOGIC MARSELIS, who have a new project dropping any day now, as well all the new underground rap treats, filtered and presented by the be…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep392! It’s that time of the week when your podcast playlist gets a massive upgrade, courtesy of DJ JON DOE, EDDIE MEEKS and all of the incredible artists we feature each week. If you’re only checking out the podcast - remember we stream live on Sundays (and sometimes Mondays) while recording the episode for the week -…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep391! You know what love is? Doe and Meeks and Southern Vangard Radio and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard #YouWaaaaalcome // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK••••••••••Recorded live F…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep390! We’re a mere TEN episodes away from Episode 400 - if our rudimentary math calculations are correct, we’re hitting four hundo around mid-April. Spring time will be a fun time here at the best underground rap show on the planet. Come on - what show do you know wraps up with one of it’s co-hosts rocking out to the …
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep389! Yeah - we’re late this week, Vangardians - real late. Doe had a biz trip this week and spaced taking the tools he needed to get the show out the door on Tuesday. We sincerely apologize. Alright, let’s get on with the show. WORLD EXCLUS were on deck this week from BAD SEED, L.I.F.E. LONG and our own EDDIE MEEKS, …
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep388! Get live widdit Vangardians, DOE and MEEKS are back with another action packed week. Do us a favor - head on over to southernvangard.bandcamp.com and show some support by copping our new book or some music - at a minimum make sure you tell a friend about this show and make sure you support the artists we play ev…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep387! Winter weather advisories be damned - nothing can stop Doe and Meeks! The fellas are back with the 2nd episode of the New Year, fresh off the heels of MLK Jr. weekend. If there was ever an example of the dream in the living flesh, it’s Southern Vangard Radio…and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGa…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep386! This week we celebrate NINE YEARS of Southern Vangard Radio…since 2015…YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard #YouWaaaaalcome // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live January…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep385! It’s been a year, hasn’t it, Vangardians? Thank you for all of your support in 2023 - from tuning in every week, to copping our new book, to telling a friend about us - we appreciate every single one of you. While this is the last official episode of 2023 - we are having one more big hurrah with our brothers DJ …
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep384! We’re winding down the year, Vangardians, but trust we are LIVE WIRE to the very end of 2023. This week finds us celebrating our good friend DJ POCKET’s born day, so he dropped by the Dirty Blanket to cap off a stupendous week of celebrating our B-more brethren’s 50th bday! To celebrate this milestone, we had WO…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep383! We’re in full holiday motion as of this week, Vangardians - if you missed the live Twitch stream on Sunday this week, you might want to go back and check it out for the festive decor and holiday look alone, not to mention the Doe and Meeks trash talk insanity. The Q4 onslaught of new joints continues, so we’ve g…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep382! We’re barreling through the end of year, Vangardians, despite interference from the Cobb County police. This week, our good friend DJ ROBERT SMITH laced us with TWO WORLD EXCLUSIVES - one from his upcoming project with KRAFTY KUTS, and another from his upcoming solo project. These joints feature our good friend …
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep381! Vangardians! It is we! Doe and Meeks have unleashed yet another episode of greatness upon the earth! Partake, enjoy and say THAAAAANK YA cause YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! Remember that “SMITHSONIAN GRADE: The Story of Southern Vangard Radio” is available now for ya little holiday gift giving - a cool $20 gets you a boo…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep380! If you do the math quickly - you’ll see we’re only TWENTY episodes away from Episode 400. What y’all tryin to do?!?! Meeks and Doe are working on some thangs, but if you have any ideas on how we should celebrate Episode 400, and what will be our NINTH year of Southern Vangard Radio, holler at us. This week finds…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep379! First and foremost, y’all wish Meeks a big Happy Birthday if you haven’t already. We weren’t able to celebrate last week on the show, so we’re making up for it in every way this week. When we say making up for it - we mean it - how about THREE, count ‘em THREE WORLD EXCLUSIVES from EDDIE MEEKS & DJ POCKET’S upco…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep378! It’s always a treat when someone comes by Dirty Blanket Studios to not only sit in on the show, but drop off some WORLD EXCLUSIVES. Our good friend and ATL hip-hop vet, BAMBU DE ASIATIC, fell through to talk about his upcoming EP with DJ ROBERT SMITH and bless us with their debut single featuring MOONBEAM KELLY!…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep377! The West Coast showed up HEAVY this week on the WORLD EXCLUSIVE front - Invisibl Skratch Piklz / Beat Junkies don D-STYLES laced us with a joint from our longtime friend J-SCIENIDE - this is a forthcoming bonus cut on the deluxe version of D and J’s “The Periodic Tables of Excellence”. “Slovakia” drops this Fr 1…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep376! We’re back after a 2 week hiatus but don’t FRET, STRESS or SKRUGGLE for one second - the dynamic duo got jokes and joints galore on deck this week. As an extra added bonus this week - go check out the latest episode of SOUNDCHECK - our pals DJ RHETTMATIC & D-STYLES of THE BEAT JUNKIES had us on their show to tal…
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BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep375! We’re riding high in the sky after the tremendous response from our book drop last week - if ya missed it - “SMITHSONIAN GRADE: The Story Of Southern Vangard Radio” is OUT NOW. You can cop a limited edition package at southernvangard.bandcamp.com, as well as Amazon. This weeks show brings us yet another WORLD EX…
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