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Yoyo, welcome back to the dopest / most wokest!! It's time for another installment of our ongoing segment, The Best Albums of the Decade This Year This Time Forevernever Amen (we still haven't thought of a real name)!!! This time we had past guests Chocolate Cake and Maasi roll through to submit and help us assign a numerical value to art...even tho it's a downside to list-making, we got some really good convo inside! This episode's submitted albums are: Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy The Underachievers - Indigoism Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice We get into some heavy analysis and also have a discussion about Chance The Rapper's album at the beginning of the ep so we're spicy from the jump! Hope all ya'll Tanaka's enjoy, and make sure to Pass It Forward and tell at least two friends about the Mega Late Show, onegaiplzandthankyou!! Below is our list as it stands now so you can check out all of the albums and their ranks at once and a link to it so you can do so whenever

Michah "Mad Dog Jones" Dowbak is a Toronto based artist and musician. He is 1/4 of the Sideways Collective along side with Coleman Hell, La+ch, and Shan Vincent De Paul. Coming from an artistic family, Michah has been playing music and creating art since he was a child. That upbringing has culminated in the launch of his first Tokyo exhibition, AFTERL-IFE WORLD, at the Diesel Art Gallery. His unique style of collage, photography and color manipulation are hard to describe but go check out his Instagram immediately. And if you're in Tokyo, go to the diesel gallery. AFTERL-IFE WORLD is running until November 14th. We caught up with him thanks to the homie, professor/ editor of the Tokyo Poetry Journal/ emcee extraordinaire, MLS member, Jordan "Eighpse" Smith. (MLS #39) It was really dope hearing about Michahs process, his upbringing, taste in music, working with his collective and just talking ishness. WEATHER REPORT: Shan Vincent de Pual - Mrithangam Raps Coleman Hell - Two Heads La+ch - nights B Free -

Another stupendous episode with another incredible guest! This week we got Geno into the studio to talk about all of the work he's put into this hip-hop ish!! A Cali-native, he's been rocking long enough to be a part of some legendary scenes and represents his groups, Gray Medium and Mellow Tonin'. We talk a lot of history plus get into the craft of emceeing, and Geno gives us some lessons on having a nice pen game. This is a dope episode that features a dope emcee that takes his lyrics seriously so enjoy this insight into the mind of a wordsmith! We also introduce a new segment feeling out what percentile an emcee would rank in the top 100. So, y'know carpe diem Mega: Jidenna - Worth the Weight ft. Seun Kuti Late: KANDYTOWN - Prove Geno: Mellow Tonin' - Shuffle instagram.com/graymedium mellowtoninmusic.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/mellow.tonin.music soundcloud.com/graymedium @megalateshow on everything faturl.com/megalateshow/ paypal.me/megalateshow Weather Forecast calendar of upcoming dope cu

"2 dudes, booze, Japan and the news!" GOT FADED JAPAN is comedy news podcast and one of (if not theeee) longest running podcasts coming out of Japan. With nearly 500 episodes, the show has evolved and changed a lot over the course of 10 years but currently Johnny, Sean, and Tom meet up weekly to get drunk and discuss Japanese news. These guys are wildly hilarious and have had on a impressive number of notable guests including Bob Sapp, Tom Green, Bert Kreischer, and Fat Mike of NOFX. Theyve also had on a few homies such as Cal Combs and Shad AD. For this episode we linked up with the Got Faded guys to create the greatest swapcast in the history of Tokyo podcasts. We do about 30 minutes getting to know each other, 30 minutes of Got Faded Japan style discussion of some of Japans most salacious news and 30 minutes of Mega Late Show style random questions. Theres talk of homemade facial cream, kryptonite balls, wholesome Family Mart porn mags, Bob Sapp being powered by little Japanese women and even dodeca

This time we have hyper-talented artist/musician/producer S.C.O.O.P. to give us some insight on his works and craft. Hailing from London, he's spent the past couple years in Japan performing and creating. We get into a lot of his background, which is deep (my mans plays 5 instruments), and talk a lot about the creative scene in England. S.C.O.O.P. has been a part of past guest MC Boodah's Beat The Best and will be participating in the end-of-the-year event for the top competitors. Make sure to peep our calendar for updates on when that and S.C.O.O.P.'s other live performances are happening!! Shoutout to Afronaut Zu! +++Weather Reports+++ Late: TENDRE - Them Changes S.C.O.O.P.: S.C.O.O.P. - SAMO TINYMAN - The Mountains ~~~LINKS~~~ www.scoopoftheartist.com @scoopmusicuk twitter.com/scoopartist instagram.com/scoopmusicofficial faturl.com/megalateshow/ paypal.me/megalateshow Weather Forecast calendar of upcoming dope culture shows going on in Tokyo! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ goo.gl/SmRW9u If you want your show in the Weath

Elle Shimada and Abbey Howlett are multi-hyphenate musicians, producers, curators, longtime collaborators and much more. They both come from tremendously interesting backgrounds and found each other within Melbourne's flourishing music community. We caught up to both of them during their Japan tour thanks to the homie, Aaron Choulai. Together, Abbey and Elle, are third of the Elle Shimada Collective, a 6-piece band. Outside of that they both have separate projects and are also working on a new collaborative project. In this recording we hear an early version of a track they're working on and share some music already available online. We also get into a lot of other discussions such as Melbournes music scene and operating as women in that community, Australian artists emerging within the the global music space, defining music with genre titles, our favorite Bjork albums, why Aaron Choulai is so awesome, and weird music that's cool. Elle Shimada and Abbey Howlett are incredible. Check them out on Instagram

Abram "Ramen Beast" Plaut is one of the world's foremost ramen connoisseurs and has been crushing bowls in Tokyo for over 15 years. He's a restaurant owner and also a developer of the Ramen Beast iOS app. This is undoubtedly the greatest ramen based hip-hop podcast episode in the history of the world. We get the Ramen Beast origin story, figure out all the world's problems, and still have time to discuss our favorite Wu-Tang albums. Shout out to EL EL Jay Cool for coming through the last 20 minutes. Check him out on episode 84. Ramenbeast.com Insta: Ramen_Beast @MEGALATESHOW Everything

We're back with part 2 of our episode with guest Neil Armstrong. We recorded so much content with Neil that we had to cut out some just to get it down to 3 hours. Luckily, we had enough to make a whole other episode almost entirely about his time with Jay-Z. We get into how Neil got the opportunity, some tour life stories, what are some things Jay does that no one knows about, and other tidbits from this time in his life. Thanks to Neil for all the time he gave us and the amount of gems dropped! You can find out more about Neil and his own career on the part 1 of this episode. Make sure to get all of this info!!

Kaigen and Meiso are hip-hop artists and long time collaborators. They released their first project nealy 10 years ago and have been working together every since. Kaigen is a Tokyo based emcee/producer and all around creative artist. Meiso is a Hawaii/Tokyo based MC and label owner. Together they have worked/ toured with a huge number of underground hip-hop artists, well as some of the most notable Japanese artists such as DJ Krush and Shing02. As long time participants in Japan's hip-hop community, they joined us to give their perspectives on the music scene, Japanese battle rap, they talk about their careers, hip-hop in Hawaii, experimental acts, running a label and Kaigens new project, TRUTH ADDICT. TRUTH ADDICT is out now on Meiso's label, Meditative Records. The album is produced entirely by Kaigen and features Blu, Self Jupiter, Chali 2na and Akil of J5, Fatlip and Kool Kieth. Go listen. Weather Reports: Kaigen21Meiso feat Ceschi : Original Gaian Truth Addict tracks: Still Keep It Underground

A-yo! This episode we've got something special. A pair of illustrious guests from the world of graffiti. Yesca and Remix have decades worth of experience between, and have been getting busy all worldwide having ended up in Asia. Often considered the red-headed stepchild of hip-hop, this element is often overlooked when the culture is considered, but we make sure to take the time to highlight its importance along with the history and contributions of our guests. Of course, with the unfortunate legality difficulties around graf, its always risky to discuss so openly and shine light on the activities of the participants, so we're expecting all our listeners to #StopStichinStopLyin and just enjoy this premo content. Lots of gems in here. Do your googles, Links: @yescanada_ (Insta) @megalateshow

Yo this episode we caught up with the new homie, Emcee/ recording artist, MNSR Frites. Frites is from the UK and is somewhat new to Tokyo only having been here for a little over a year. Already hes rocked shows with Beat the Best and is working with local artists. We talk about his influences and introduction to hip-hop while growing up in the UK. How he started rapping, his solo work and his time in the bands Granville Sessions and Moose Funk Squad. We talk about some older UK artists, a bunch of new albums including Benny, The new Madlib Freddie Gibbs, Revenge of the Dreamers 3 and double plus extra other shit/ per usual. Dahlinger almost stopped by to kick after several months MIA from the show. Definitely check out MNSR Frites music on bandcamp and spotify. Also keep an ear wide for his new work. Weather Report: MNSR Frites : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66gkyaAmjgg Links: https://mnsrfrites.bandcamp.com/ @MNSRfrites @megalateshow

Back again with some off-format content! Got another kaiwa joint with our guest, Omar Burgess. Omar is a former journalist for various hip-hop outlets and has been active within the culture for many years. We talk a little bit about his past ventures and experiences with some major figures in the community. Also, we have another installment of our Best...Albums...Decade...Ever...list!! We officially add three more albums, and unofficially christen #1 which we think will probably stick until the list is completed. Our guy Shux Wun sat in with us to help us with this great debate! Thanks for listening and enjoy!! @Megalateshow EVERYTHING ===EVERY ALBUM EVER BEST OF THE DECADE FINALLY=== Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly {2015} Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city {2012} A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service {2016} Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy {2010} Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom {2017} Elzhi - Elmatic {2011} Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa {2012} Lupe Fia

Super long episode this week! Neil Armstrong is a dj and member of the renowned 5th Platoon turntablism crew. He is also a producer, a global ambassador for Adidas, an event organizer, a former tour DJ for Jay-Z, and most recently a newish resident of Tokyo. We caught up with Neil to talk about growing up in NY, getting his name from Fat Beats, being taught the art of turntablism by Mista Sinista and Total Eclipse of the X-men, battling in the highly competitive turntablist scene of the 90s and early 00's, touring with Jay-Z, his Filipino roots and his thoughts on the current state of turntablism. This episode is very long. We actually recorded about 5 hours with Neil and decided to cut out the finer details of his time spent touring with Jay. well release that sometime soon. Follow Neil on everything and check out his music everywhere.

STILL, MLS with guest OYG (a.k.a. Old Young Guy) of the Down North Camp. He's an emcee with roots in Japan and L.A. and a history that stretches back to do improvised freestyle sessions in karaoke booths. We get into some deep Tokyo hip-hop history, living with past guest Budamunk, and how connected the hip-hop community is throughout the world. The homie Shux Wun came through again for the back-to-back to hold down the guest host duties. OYG is one of the most interesting people we've had in the studio so we have lengthy, in-depth convo; ENJOY and support your local artists, and MLS!!! Links: instagram.com/oldyoungguy @Megalateshow EVERYTHING

Imani and Maasi Oak! Blerds in the building! Today we got Imani and Maasi Oak! Imani is a singer/songwriter/ artist that also rocks with Bae Tokyo. Maasi Oak is an emcee and also one of Lates old friends from college back stateside. Both of them are super blerds and very much into Pokemon. They've collaborated to create a really dope track about being unapologetic Pokemon fans and the type of swagger that comes with that energy. Imani had to duck out before we could record a whole episode but definitely check out the RAW URBAN MOBILE PODCAST for more of her personal story. Maasi stuck around and we went off on long tangents about Godzilla, zombies, comics, Pokemon Go, the difference between a geek or nerd, and a bunch of other shit. Also MLS member SHUX WUN came through to be confused about Pokemon names with Mega. Late dates people. Links: http://www.goontrax.jp/ INYAMELLOW https://www.imanijmedia.com/ https://soundcloud.com/imanijmedia/pokemon-swag https://bandcamp.com/timthavillain http://www

Back with another one! This time we have two Japanese artists, Asuka and Nami, along with our brother slash former guest Shad AD. Asuka and Nami tell us about their music, how they linked up with Shad, and why they've decided to make music in English. Singing, rapping, and playing piano! We have a very dope convo about the power of music and how it can break cultural and language barriers, unlike Late! Make sure to check out the Weather Forecast at the end of the episode so you can hear where you can catch their next live performance! Weather Report: Asuka - Brasstracks - Everything I Got ft. Anthony Flammia Nami - Sam Henshaw - Church ft. EARTHGANG Late - Heartsdales - Helpless Game ft. Verbal and Mika Nakashima Links: Asuka insta @ask2ksa facebook.com/shadadevents Ropeadpope.com @Megalateshow

Rocky "Azucar" Romero is a Cali raised international Super-star Pro-Wrestler with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Having started wrestling at the early age of 15, hes been wresting alongside some of the sports greatest stars for over 2 decades. During this time he's worn many masks and branched out from just performing in the ring. Hes also an actor, producer, emcee, mentor and ringside announcer. Former guest of the show, writer, announcer, fellow podcaster, and living encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge, CHRIS CHARLTON, was kind enough to bring Rocky to the studio to discuss his career, music, and basically just hang out. Both of them are helping to grow NJPW and absolutely killing it in every way possible. Rocky was ridicuously cool af and we're super honored that he came through. Be on the look out for him on NJPW and check out his site for merch. Check out Chris on the official NEW JAPAN PROWRESTLING PODCAST. Immediately. Weather Report: Rocky - https://rockyromero.bandcamp.com/track/nakasuzo-road Lin

Yo! The Gods are agile. Even in the face of adversity (don't be on no 星 shit in the Ｌｅｉｗａ era) Mega Late were able to pull through. Using the good help of our friends, unofficial MLS members Marvell and Katohmy, we took an unnecessarily trying session and turned it into a cool little catch up with the homies. You might remember Katohmy from episode 007 with Sunday Replay and Marvell from various eps helping out with the Nihongo. Although we get caught up a bit before we have to cut the convo short, we took the opportunity to add this lost mix that was supposed to be released through Sunday Replay before Late shut it down with the difficulty of animating his hair. Special kaiwa/mix edition!! It's like a time-capsule! Let's see if we're still as dumb as we were two years ago. LINKS: Megalateshow /on twitter, Facebook and Instagram faturl.com/megalateshow/?selected=0 paypal.me/megalateshow Weather Forecast calendar of upcoming dope culture shows going on in Tokyo! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ goo.gl/SmRW9u If you want your sh

Eri and Zabu are a super dope dance duo that helped to popularize the New Style Hustle dance in Tokyo. Coming from dance back grounds, Eri from ballet and Zabu from hip-hop/locking, together they decided to begin practicing the New Style Hustle techniques. Over the last half decade they have become two of the most prominent names associated with the dance here in Japan and are teaching the techniques to anyone interested. Recently they were featured on NHK showcasing the dance to the entire nation. You can find them all over Tokyo at the dopest dance events like Hustle Break, SpeakEasy TYO and Life Parc. Do the Google. We also got the homie, Isom of Body Archives, in studio to help guest host. Check out episode #42 for more info on Isom. Weather reports: Isom: Biz Markie - Pickin Boogers Late: Ade - Something Real Zabu: Galactic feat Chali 2na - Think Back Daniel Ceasar feat Her - Best Part (Jayesslee cover) Eri: Justin Timberlake - Suit and Tie Links: @zabu_teamblackstarz https://zabu-aka-tanuk.jim

Greatest Albums List again?? Again & again!!! After a scheduled interview became unscheduled, we pivoted into another edition of our ever-growing, ongoing project, The List. The gods are agile. If you're just now tuning in, we have been looking at albums (only choice selections) that have been released since 2010 and ranking them against each other. This time we have added: JAY Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail Elzhi - Elmatic Childish Gambino - R O Y A L T Y RSXGLD - RSXGLD Peep the end of the show notes for the list so far. Pls enjoy, share, like, subscribe, donate, etc. We love you, especially Late, especially if you're Remy LaCroix LINKS: Megalateshow /on twitter, Facebook and Instagram faturl.com/megalateshow/ paypal.me/megalateshow Weather Forecast calendar of upcoming dope culture shows going on in Tokyo! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ goo.gl/SmRW9u If you want your show in the Weather Forecast make sure to hit us at: mlsweatherforecast@gmail.com :::THE GREATEST ALBUM OF THE DECADE EVER POTENTIALLY THIS TIME (SINCE 2010 B