From 1997-1999 Sage Francis had a college radio show on 90.3 WRIU called “The True School Session.” We’ve been digging through old tape recordings of this radio show and compiling podcast streams for your listening pleasure.
This is basically a time capsule of the kind of music and discussions that were taking place in the underground hip-hop scene during the late 90′s. Most of the talking has been edited out (thank the Lawd) and we’ve squeezed in as much material as possible. Despite the iffy sound quality, skipping records, and censored songs, there’s a lot of exclusive material littered among the classic, old school hip-hop and pre-Y2K underground.
You now have hours of anti-commercial music to listen to while you do whatever you do. So keep the browser open and enjoy.
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All “True School Session” podcasts are now available for download!
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30 Comments
This is tight, but it would be nice to know the artists in the mix. I’ dig what I hear.
Thanks for this. I love the little conversation about drugs and real friendships in there, and you’ve got Big L and Buck 65…What more can you ask for.
Vocab and I.
is there way i can purchase this podcast on itunes? i was trying to search it but had no luck? Sorry, I’m a newbie when it comes to podcasting.
So this first track is awesome. You should post (read: I would like) a track list. T’would be awesome. Strange on!
dang,that started off with a bang!sheet,3 the hard way,lol,a fave of mine from the era,I used to host a radio show back then in my country,and that was a staple,guess underground hip-hop is an universal language!thanks for posting this!
man,I need to get this,how?pleez!
man,killed it with the PE intro!I happen to listen to that by itself a lot,still in this day,pretty ominous in a way….yo,what’sup with that saturday remix w/dres and tribe?wow!
“you pretend it doesn’t bother you when they ask if they can download”
so naturally, SFR will have these up for purchase sometime soon. And i think he should. i certainly would have bought one. Sage Francis is an artist worth supporting and it would be awesome to own an official SFR album with the True School Sessions.
It would be nice to see the playlist, any chance? I haven’t heard some of these cuts since they originally came out, THANK YOU!! If anyone’s interested I have a podcast of all unsigned hip-hop demos….
http://www.coffeebreakradio.com/podcast.html
I’m happy to see all these comments. Due to your urging, I intend on offering each podcast for free…one by one…every couple of weeks. We can open up a forum at http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/forum dedicated strictly to the podcast discussions if people want to come up with naming the songs and playlists. If you do not have a membership on the forum please send a message to us at http://www.myspace.com/strangefamousrecords
I hope yit’s like mammory lane… good shit Sage.
cool, i really like the shows.
yoooooooo these are the phatty phat phatz. gonna copy these to my ipod tonight .. Thanks Sage!
Was happy to see you post these up as pod casts. i was in my moms basement the other day and found a box of tapes and many were titled “True SchoolSession” So i have been re-listening to these on tape the past few weeks. Much more convenient as a podcast. Appreciate it. Coming to Indy anytime in the future? -the pirate
Thats awesome, i had no idea you even know what a podcast was. Now that you speak the language, lets do something. My podcast has 198 episodes, if you have time, 200 would be a good one for you to get on. Live phone call, unless you wanna visit montana. Kalispell to be exact. You can have my bed, my girlfriend and I will take the couch. Its almost tourist season, it would be a blast. The Jamhole takes over SFR podcast. Thats brilliant. You show me how to rap and I’ll show you how to podcast. I better listen to it, who knows, you might already know how to podcast. I think Human the death dance is my favorite album besides personal journals.
missed this shit. i have some tapes in my tape drawer of it too. if you ever want to podcast, what was that show? hardcore holocaust? i think i have some sf appearances there too. ha! we’re getting old! xox
TRACK LIST!
Yeah this is awesome thanks a lot for this but I also think it would be cool if you could put up maybe a list of the artist or somethin like that
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This is HIP HOP…..
Yo Sage, thanks a lot for your label, your fantastic music and style, we hope you soon in France!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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These podcasts are soo dope! cant stop listenin! thanks sage, you are incredible.
I’M HAVING TROUBLE DOWNLOADING….. I DON’T SEE THE DOWNLOAD ICON….
testking PK0-003
i cant download these …i cant seem to find that little symbol…can some one help
How are these being posted? Without scrounging through the source code I will also say I am unable to download these. I haven’t tried on any of my other computers but this is windows 7 using firefox. I get an icon but that is all. Thank you for any help.
What happened to the player? Is it not loading for anyone else as well?
why the fuck wont it open for me fuuuck brooo
Yeah, it seems these podcasts have officially been deaded. Sorry about that.