Guest Speaker Ep. 40: Hero the Emcee

Our 3rd installment of our 6-part "Album Analysis" limited series features Roxbury, MA hip-hop artist, Hero the Emcee, as he returns to the podcast to discuss his new album "The 8th Letter". He describes the theme of the album, paying homage to Guru, Rakim, and the hip-hop greats that have gone too soon. He discusses the process of creating the project, his old-school boom bap sound with a modern twist, storytelling and sequencing within the project, performs a lyrical breakdown of hidden gem "Love Me Now" featuring Bekah Baby, and so much more. Stream "The 8th Letter" out everywhere now: https://open.spotify.com/album/6P66tqyf7L2QhXUWznUH10?si=cwZvJje-QQSgys-dsNQPxQ Follow Hero the Emcee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herotheemcee/ Follow our social media and blogs Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/turntableteachers/?hl=en Blog - https://www.turntableteachers.com/blog Shop - https://www.turntableteachers.com/shop Subscribe to our streaming services Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-turntable-teachers/id1448694925 Google Play - https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Icujt6fhi2je7zzfxjkr7glcowe?t%3DThe_Turntable_Teachers%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-538618877 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4UJh499meoTP5wV2b2jrb0?si=EMaTjq9CR2-_zA6orKQNEQ Spotify Playlists- https://open.spotify.com/user/45ix6360sx8y5286mf2ims30f?si=Swo3O5_ZREaF-01aOXVThQ