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yup. that’s right. we said AM radio.

Something very special and unique is goin’ down here in the IE (that’s the “Inland Empire”, for all of you non-SoCal readers, the region covered by San Bernardino & Riverside counties). Every weekend, hosts Eternal Tranzmit, Almanac & Mic Flex banter about a wide variety of topics on their weekly hip hop talk show. “Tha’ Juke Joint” is broadcast live on KCAA 1050 AM every Saturday afternoon between 4 pm and 6 pm, then archived as podcasts on the station’s website.

This most definitely ain’t your morning zoo or 5 o’clock traffic jam. The hip hop that is interspersed throughout their broadcasts is (thankfully) not mainstream. The conversation is intelligent and authentic, and aims to represent hip hop culture in a positive light and dispel the negative myths that are typically associated with it. Space is at a premium inside the KCAA studio (oddly situated above a more-or-less deserted mall in San Bernardino), so on-air guests typically call in. Local talent, especially from “the 9″ (another alias for the IE), is given a lot of love here, but the show is also visited by several national (sometimes surprising) artists as well.

Recent guests have included 90s-era rapper Skee-Lo (surprise!), activist & multi-talented MC Supa Nova Slom (from 1/22), IE hip hop crew the Magnificent Ruffians and Em’s former DJ, DJ Green Lantern (from 1/29)

Out of KCAA’s reach? Don’t trip – you can subscribe to their podcasts or download their weekly episodes directly from the KCAA website. For now, to give y’all a taste, here’s quick clip from last Saturday’s show (R Kelly vs Keith Sweat – roflmao):

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This article comes to Mixcrate courtesy of the IE Weekly, where the hosts of Tha’ Juke Joint recently graced the cover. To learn more, we highly encourage you to read IE Weekly staff writer Albert Ching’s full article online: http://www.ieweekly.com/cms/story/detail/rhyme_reason/2976/