Episode Details

The crew opens welcoming certified Dallas legend Dorrough Music to the couch for a long-overdue sit-down that covers everything from his upcoming event to the real state of the rap game (0:00). The conversation kicks off with Dorrough breaking down his Dorrough and Friends concert happening May 29th at Trees in Dallas — why he chose that summertime date and how it lines up with his daughter's graduation on the same day (4:30). Then the guys get into the concept behind the lineup, how every artist on that flyer is someone Dorrough has a real relationship with, and why this show is really about putting Dallas talent on one stage for the city (12:00). Dorrough drops gems on how to perform — why loving your own music is the number one thing that translates to a crowd before anything else (20:00). Also, Dro breaks down how he approaches crossover hitmaking, from Ice Cream Paint Job to the Cowboys and luxury hotel placements, and why commercializing your sound is not selling out (28:00). The radio conversation gets real when Dorrough explains why radio still outpunches the internet for impact, uses NBA YoungBoy's Shot Calling as a case study (37:00), then gives three things he'd change about radio right now — starting with making every station sound like the city it's in (44:00). And the guys close out with Dorrough opening up about his deep history with Mo3, from linking in 2015 to their unreleased collab Fan Love and what Mo3 was really capable of as an artist (52:00). And much more.