POW Radio
05.14.25
Founded in 2005 by writer Jeff Weiss (The Ringer, Washington Post, GQ), POW is the last rap blog — one of the the first nationally to write about Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, Drakeo, 03 Greedo, and many others. In 2016, it birthed the label, POW Recordings, releasing albums from Chester Watson, Kent Loon, Fatboi Sharif, Rhys Langston, Gabe ‘Nandez, Ness Nite, Pioneer 11, The Outfit TX, Vince Ash, and Zilla Rocca.
The radio show is an extension of this far-flung sound, boasting guest mixes from the rotating cast of POW contributors that span Latin boogaloo to Soviet Jazz to West Coast street rap.
This month’s episode is guest hosted by Fatboi Sharif.
AS A YOUNG CHILD FATBOI SHARIF ALWAYS SAW THE POWER OF THE WRITTEN WORD AND THAT YOU COULD CREATE WHICHEVER WORLD YOU WANNA INVOLVE THE LISTENER INTO A STYLE OF HIS OWN THAT WILL MAKE YOU WANNA RETURN AND DISSECT A DIFFERENT LAYER WITH EVERY FIND. FATBOI SHARIF HAS SAID REGARDING HIS MUSIC “I LOVE TO CREATE WORLDS WITH MY MUSIC FOR ME IT’S DEEPER THAN JUST TRACKS OR MAKING SONGS FOR ME EVERY SECTION HAS TO BE A CHAPTER THAT IF YOU MISSED A PIECE WITHIN THE FULL SPECTRUM YOU’LL WANT TO RETURN TO FILL IN THE BLANKS”.
BEING INFLUENCED BY SUCH FILMMAKERS AS DAVID LYNCH, STANLEY KUBRICK AND WES CRAVEN AS WELL AS 90’S HEAVY METAL, GRUNGE ROCK AND 70’S SOUL MUSIC SHARIF’S STRONGEST POINT TO HIS WRITING IS HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AS WELL AS MAKING HIS VOICE AS IMPORTANT A TOOL IN HIS RECORDING PROCESS AS THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION ITSELF
HIS LATEST ALBUM IS “LET ME OUT,” A COLLABORATION WITH DRIVEBY.
Tracklist:
Itensive Care & The Body – Mistakes Have Been Made Missy Elliot – Beat Biters Butthole Surfers – Dust Devil Throbbing Gristle – Hamburger Lady Gonjasufi – Blaksuit Bigg Jus – Tongue Sandwich DJ Shadow – Why Hip Hop Sucks in 96 MACABRE – Drill Bit Lobotomy Biz Markie – Studda Step Cannibal Corpse – Edible Autopsy Merzbow/Right Brain Audile – Ambient Study For Kinbaku-bi Part 1+2 Zelooperz – Hurt Nobody Quelle Chris – The Prestige Ft Jean Grae The Caretaker – The haunted ballroom (1st Version) SPK – Emanation Machine R. Gie 1916 Zeroh – Gun Metal ft The Koreatownn Oddity Ho99o9 – New Jersey Devil Dr.Dooom – Housing Authority Ft Motion Man Portishead – Wandering Star Hieroglyphics – No Nuts Beck – Motherfucker Moor Mother & Olof Melander – HEMLOCK Godfather Don – 7 Degrees Of Elevation DJ Spooky – Scientifik (Riddim Warfare) Ft Sir Menelik Thomas Bangalter – Rectum Wu tang Clan – Heaterz Thirstin Howl The 3rd – Brownsville Bullet Gold Card Membership The Offspring – Take It Like A Man Cavalier – Doodoo Damien Swans – Coward
