Well, we finally got the one and only Joey the Jerk (of LA Symphony) to sit down with me and Nomadik Vagabond. If you were bumping underground hip-hop in the late 90s and early 2000s, you already know the vibe. LAS wasn't just a crew; they were a supergroup that bridged the gap between the Los Angeles underground scene and the Christian hip-hop world in a way nobody else could.

But the road wasn't all Pete Rock beats and sold-out tours. In this episode, Joey opens up about the "shipwrecks"—the record deals that turned into shackles, the cease-and-desist letters for their own music, and the frustration of having a masterpiece (*Call It What You Want*) locked in a vault for years while the world moved on.

We talked about the grit it took to walk into the Warner Bros. offices and demand their freedom, the reality of being "too Christian for the world and too worldly for the church," and how the brotherhood of LAS has managed to stay intact through it all.

What we're sipping on:

• Joey: Stanley cup full of water, chia seeds, flaxseeds, and protein powder (the "not trying to die" middle-age special).

• Nomadik: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and a Mango Hop Water.

• Jamey: Athletic Brewing Lemon Radler and a Blackberry Sour.

The big news:

Joey isn’t just dwelling on the past. The fire is still lit. He and Cookbook (Jason Soto) have a brand-new album, calling themselves ***OP*** dropping soon (look for it soon), and their first single released this past weekend. Make sure you go support the legends and grab that track.

This conversation was raw, honest, and reminded me why we do this. And even when the industry throws you a curveball, you keep the art moving.

Check out the full episode above. Our Podcast is currently here, on YouTube, and Spotify. We’ll be back everywhere else someday. Maybe.

Episode Notes: Joey the Jerk (LA Symphony)

Summary:
Founding LA Symphony member Joey the Jerk joins Jamey and Nomadik Vagabond to discuss the rise, fall, and resurrection of one of the West Coast's most influential hip-hop collectives. From Will.i.am production to legal battles with major labels, Joey shares the "shipwreck" stories of his career and his current creative resurgence.

Key Topics:
* Technical Difficulties & Bloopers: The struggles of setting up a podcast studio in a closet.
* The Squint/Warner Bros. Saga: How a major label acquisition shelved a finished masterpiece and sidelined the crew for years.
* Mentors vs. Critics: Dealing with the "haterade" from the Christian music industry and the lack of theological depth in the early scene.
* The LAS Brotherhood: Why the crew stays loyal "till the casket drops" despite different life paths.
* CrossFit and Health: Jamey and Joey bond over the struggle to stay fit in middle age.

Links & Mentions:
* New Music: Joey the Jerk x Cookbook are OP – New single out now! Album coming soon!
* Podcasts: https://www.brewsbeards.com
* Community: Shoutouts to DJ Maj, Knowdaverbs, Grits, and the Shadow of the Locust crew.

And don’t miss the new music video from Joey and Cook:

We didn’t just sit around twiddling our thumbs during the hiatus. Life happened. And as we have a tendency to do on this show, we grabbed our drinks, fired up some cigars, and ping-ponged back and forth on the shipwrecks and successes of recent memory.

Here’s a taste of what went down.

The Brews & The Beards

You can’t have a show called Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks without checking in on the essentials. Nomadik was sipping a Rodenbach Classic—a sweet-tart Flanders Ale that he described as “refreshing... low ABV and super digestible.” He specifically didn’t want that American IPA vibe where you drink one and feel like you “just ate a loaf of bread.”

I’ve been sticking to my Athletic Brewing Company beers lately. I was sipping on their Free Wave, an non-alcoholic hazy IPA that hits the spot without the hangover. Nomadik brought up the genius of non-alcoholic coffee stouts. He reminded me of a brilliant morning routine: “I’ve done that before... in the morning, I had a cigar and one of those non-alcoholic coffee stouts, and it was fantastic. It’s like a cold brew [coffee], but just fizzy.”

Note to self: Buy more NA coffee stouts.

As for the beards? Nomadik is out here smelling like Church. He threw in some shea butter and frankincense oil, making him smell like he just walked out of a Paschal (Easter) liturgy.

Me? Well, I recently broke my beard oil bottle and haven’t replaced it. So, naturally, I reached for the tallow skin cream. It warms up nicely in the hands and goes into the beard great, but as I confessed on the show: “For the first few minutes of the day, I smell a little beefy. There is a slight beefy odor.”

Nomadik’s immediate response? “Is that Lenten?” (It was not).

Flavor Fest 25: A Christian Hip-Hop Family Reunion

I finally made it out to Tampa for Flavor Fest, hosted by Urban D and Crossover Church. It was the 25th anniversary of the Christian hip-hop conference, and 12-year-old Jamey would have peed himself.

There were absolute legends in the building. PID. Mike Peace. KJ-52. Watching PID rock the mic was incredible. They aren’t just coasting on nostalgia; they proved they still have the bars and the energy to move a crowd.

But another real highlight was the networking. I met Urban D (Tommy Kyllonen) for the first time. As an Orthodox guy walking into a hip-hop church, I felt a little out of my element at first. But in a wild twist, I found out Urban D has a Greek Orthodox background in his family tree. (I totally failed to mention I was Orthodox at the time—opportunity missed!)

I was also down there promoting the new Royal Ruckus record, Let’s Be Together Today. It was a stark reminder of how the industry has changed. I didn’t have CDs of the new album to hand out. I brought old CDs and T-shirts, but telling people to “go stream it” just feels different. As Nomadik pointed out, “For me, half the thing I love going to concerts is getting the concert merch... if I go to a show now and there’s no merch, I’m like, what’s going on?”

Fatherhood, Fitness, and Dropping 60 Pounds

Nomadik and I are at opposite ends of the parenting spectrum right now. He’s navigating life with a 21-year-old and a 19-year-old, trying to balance guiding young adults who are working and navigating college. Meanwhile, the Bennett family expanded two months ago with a new baby girl.

The sleep deprivation is real. My coffee is stronger, my beard is wilder, and the perspective shift is real. Which brings me to my health update.

Over the last six months, I dropped 60 pounds. It wasn’t just about aesthetics this time. I had some health scares, some hospital visits, and some new medicines that forced the issue. As I put it on the show, my motivation changed: “I’m about to have two children under five. I know what it’s like to lose a dad when you’re little, and I don’t want to create a situation if I can help it.”

I’m lifting heavy, skipping the marathon training (which weirdly made me gain weight), and feeling better than I have in a long time.

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The Locust and The Future

Nomadik dropped some heat of his own. He’s stepping into a new space job-wise, and on the music front, the Shadow of the Locust crew is grinding on Mighty Army Cometh Volume 3. It’s about 75% done, featuring the whole squad, plus a new member, Ilmerillion.

I’m actually featured on a Locust track for the first time ever, and I got to record it in the studio with Jeremiah Dirt producing me on the vocals.

As we look ahead, we’re planning to bring Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks back more consistently. We want more guests, more stories, and more insights into living well.

Until next time: Keep your glass full, keep your beard oiled, and keep navigating those shipwrecks. Peace.

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When my wife and I brought our newborn baby girl home from the hospital earlier this year, we did not immediately strap her into a highchair, set a plate of roast chicken in front of her, and announce, “I will feed you once you can explain the value of protein and the mechanics of digestion.” We actually just fed her.

We feed her milk so that she can survive. We feed her so she can grow. We feed her because she is already part of the family, and families share life together at the table.

But in the modern West, we have adopted a very different approach when it comes to the table of the Lord. Across the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, there is a generally held assumption that religion is largely a mental exercise. Faith risks being reduced to understanding data and giving an intellectual assent. Because of these assumptions, we delay communion until a child reaches a somewhat arbitrary “age of reason,” which varies from group to group.

We end up turning a holy meal into a math problem.

I grew up in a nondenominational evangelical Church with baptistic and dispensational emphases, and we definitely didn’t commune the little kids. But when I started running with Reformed and Presbyterian folks (and even Lutherans), I was forced to face the question of infant baptism, and by implication, infant communion (also known as paedocommunion).

I studied the issue closely, and by the time I joined an Anglican Church, I was already convinced that children belonged at the altar. And significantly, my Anglican parish functionally practiced paedocommunion. If the parents had approached the chalice with a baptized toddler, and he or she looked at the priest and offered a hearty “goo goo ga ga” unto the Lord, we basically accepted that as a credible profession of faith and gave them the Eucharist.

While it was a beautiful pastoral instinct, it was also a workaround; not really something from within the tradition of Anglicanism.

We were trying to hack a modern Protestant framework—to do an ancient Catholic thing in Anglo-Catholic vestments. It wasn’t until I really looked long and hard Eastward that I realized I didn’t need a workaround. The Orthodox Church is the only game in town that has been communing infants since the early Church—without interruption, and without apology.

There is no theological pop quiz at the chalice for the baptized. As I say over and over on this site and in our in-person classes, God’s saving actions are a rescue mission.

Tune in for the rest, or view the original at https://www.simplyorthodox.info/p/the-chalice-and-the-highchair-the

On this episode we are running an interview Chunjay did on a podcast called Indie Music Live! They discuss the Summer of the Cicadas album and play a few songs as well. This gives Chunjay a chance to talk about the writing process of the album as well as the history of Royal Ruckus. This was originally 2 episodes of Indie Live but we smashed it into to one dope Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks episode. For those not familiar with the Summer of the Cicadas album, this is a time to get familiar. For those who are, this is a time to get reacquainted with a trust fantastic piece of art. If you like what you hear make sure to like and subscribe as well as share any and all episodes you found impactful to you.

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@brewbeards

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and be sure to check out IndieMusicLive on IG @indiemusicplus

Also make sure to check out summerofthecicadas.com the cat caught up on anything Cicadas related as well as royalruckus.bandcamp.com and buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to help support the recording of the new EP's. Thanks for tuning in!!

Nomadik Vagabond

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Welcome to Brews, Beards, and Shipwrecks, your go-to hub for everything I’m passionate about creatively—from kicking back with a cold one and diving into my latest reads, dropping fresh tracks as Royal Ruckus, to sharing exclusive insights about the Brews, Beards & Shipwrecks Podcast.

Here you’ll find honest conversations, music premieres, book recommendations, and behind-the-scenes stories that celebrate creativity, curiosity, and community.

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a brew, and let’s explore the perfect blend of sound, story, and style—together.

1. Why this, why now?

Brews, Beards, and Shipwrecks is my long-overdue creative home—where my music as Royal Ruckus, the Brews, Beards & Shipwrecks Podcast, and my latest literary obsessions collide.

After years of juggling tracks, interviews, and book notes across scattered platforms, I wanted one specific space to share every riff, chapter, and pint. The timing’s perfect: I’m firing on all cylinders creatively and can’t wait to bring you along for the ride.

2. What kind of community am I building?

This isn’t a passive newsletter—it’s a digital salon for curious minds, a space for virtual conversation and deep reflection. Each post invites you to probe ideas, unpack themes, and wrestle with big questions—whether that’s dissecting a Royal Ruckus lyric, exploring a book’s hidden layers, or tracing the cultural threads of craft beer.

Think of it as an online gathering place: thoughtful, inquisitive, and always ready for a meaningful exchange.

3. Why you should sign up:

• First Dibs on Everything — Get exclusive early access to new Royal Ruckus tracks and fresh podcast episodes before anyone else. Plus, we’re going to drop a lot of fresh video content here, too.

• We Promise Not to Write Too Much — We get it, we all have inboxes with 40k emails, and email newsletters get opened less than half the time, and those are the good ones. We’ll mind our manners and not cause too frequent of a Ruckus.

• Behind-the-Scenes Access — Perhaps we will dive into raw production notes, share honest studio snapshots, or unfiltered book scribbles I won’t share anywhere else.

• Influence the Content — Your feedback steers guest choices, topic polls, and even surprise features—this is as much your playground as mine.

• VIP Perks & Surprises — As of right now, we’re offering everything for free. If you like what we are putting down and want to become a paid subscriber, we might just surprise you with some special attention.

• Community Connection — Jump into the comments section, share book recommendations, and discover new brews alongside us.

Punch that subscribe button and let’s make this journey unforgettable—one beer, one beat, one book at a time.

Q-Unique takes us back to his Bed-Stuy beginnings, where the pulse of Brooklyn’s hip-hop history—think Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, and the Beastie Boys—shaped his flow. He drops knowledge on the Arsonists rise, talking about their organic blend of breakdance, graffiti, and lyricism that set them apart in the ‘90s golden era.

From 12-inch singles to European tours, Q breaks down how the crew carved their lane. We also get into his solo hustle, the rebrand with the “Legacy Series,” and how personal tracks like “Father’s Day” still hit hard. Plus, Q opens up about weavin’ spirituality into his music, from “Come to Jesus” to his rock ventures with Stillwell, and what’s next with new tracks and a heavier sound. Q also lets us peek behind the curtain on what's going on with Stillwell, his other rock projects, as well some tracks with Sonny from P.O.D.

Tune in for a convo that’s straight-up Brooklyn—raw, real, and layered with wisdom. Whether you’re bumpin this for the bars or the bigger picture, Q-Unique’s got the mic, and we’re riding the beat with him.

This one’s for the heads who love real hip-hop and real talk—don’t sleep on Q-Unique’s story.

Connect:

Plug in and vibe with us on http://instagram.com/brewsbeards or at http://brewsbeards.com. 

Follow Q-Unique on @mr_q_unique on the socials as well as      q-unique.com for the latest on his music and moves. Hit us up on @brewsbeards to chop it up about the episode!

Thank you for tuning in!!

• Braille breaks down his come-up in hip-hop and the moments that shaped his sound.

• How faith flipped the script on his life and led him to the pulpit.

• Balancin’ the mic with the mission: stories of juggling artistry and ministry, in the midst of life transitions!

• What’s next for Braille—new music, new sermons, and keeping it 100, as the kids say..

Listen Now: Grab your headphones and vibe with us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically everywhere else.. Don’t sleep on this one—Braille’s bringing that raw energy, and we’re matching it bar for bar.   Peace, Jamey aka Chunjay

We have our first ever hybrid episode! We had the pleasure of chopping it up with Cookbook of the legendary L.A. Symphony and producer extraordinaire Surebert! Combined they make the team of Portlangeles. While Cook was in Texas and Jamey was in Florida, Nomadik And Surebert were huddled up in an undisclosed location in Portland, Oregon fighting wi-fi issues.  The main thing discussed was the recording and performing of their latest effort "PortLangeles 2" We had a blast recording and talking with people who we consider homies. They took us in to the recording processes of both albums as well their history as a duo and how it felt performing live together for the first time.

Connect with us:

@brewsbeards

@justjamey

@nomadikvagabond

and check Cookbook and Surebert on IG:

@surebert

@cookbookthepr

We hope y'all enjoy!

Nomadik

Lynch shared exciting details about his current projects, including a new album with his group PID, and his innovative "The Script" project, which translates Bible books into rap verse. He's also working on "All Skills No Frills Part 2" and continues to organize collaborations between Christian and secular MCs to create Scripture-based rap that elevates hip-hop's vocabulary through sacred texts.

The conversation culminated with the announcement of Lynch's forthcoming "Proverbs Daily Blitz" app, scheduled for release in March 2025. This digital tool will help users engage with the book of Proverbs daily, building on Lynch's successful social media initiative of the same name. He also discussed his solo single "The Crucible," which explores the transformative nature of spiritual trials, and shared how his experiences as a minister, mentor, and artist continue to shape his approach to creating Christ-centered hip-hop. 

https://preachas.com/

http://royalruckus.bandcamp.com

http://brewsbeards.com

The second half of the show Cas Metah talks about how he stays so productive as well as his thoughts on the different scenes within hip-hop. He shares his experience on trying to break free of being typecast as a certain type of emcee.

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making it!!

Cop "Criminal Blinded" by J.Rawls and Cas Metah:

Digital  https://polarentllc.bandcamp.com/album/criminal-blinded

        https://killacasmetah.bandcamp.com/album/criminal-blinded

Vinyl https://www.fatbeats.com/products/j-rawls-cas-metah-criminally-blinded-ep

Also be sure to sure to check out other music by Cas Metah at his bandcamp: https://killacasmetah.bandcamp.com

And to get other projects by J. Rawls check his bandcamp: https://polarentllc.bandcamp.com

We are truly appreciative of theses dudes for taking time to chop it up with us.

And of course be sure to check us out on Instagram 

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

and to keep up with Cas Metah and J. Rawls you can peep their IG's:

@real_cas_metah

@jrawls82

Peace!!

Nomadik

IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@justjamey

@nomadikvagabond

and

you can find Ohmega on IG @brokinnglish(music) and @brokin_nglish (design)

Also be sure to hit up ohmegawatts.bandcamp.com for music as well as mix cloud.com/ohmegawatts for music. Last but not least ohmegawatts.com for all things Ohmega Watts related.

Remember to share and subscribe and hit up brews beards.com and royalruckus.com and royal ruckus.bandcamp.com for all the fresh tunes!

Nomadik Vagabond

We discuss a variety of things—losing her husband to cancer, difficulties in families, depression, losing my dad in a car wreck, and even the blackouts of World War II.

She was a gem of a woman, and I'm excited to share a little bit of her perspective with you.

I love you, Grandma.

Jamey Bennett

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We're back like we never left! Hopefully y'all remember a few episodes back the we had on Jeremiah Dirt and Illustrate, well you can consider this part 2 where we chop it up with Illustrate solo and get to hear more of his story and why he does what he does. We have the convo about being a rapper who's a christian vs. a Christian rapper and if there is a difference. he shares with us insights into the Colorado hip hop scene as well as what it was like linking up with Fros'T and Ahmad of 4th Ave Jones. As many of you may (or may not) know Illustrate is a member of the hip-hop collective Shadow Of The Locust (see September 2023 episode for that convo), he shares with us how he met Jeremiah Dirt and Calmplex of SOTL. This spurs Illustrate and Jamey to both share some Jeremiah Dirt stories which are worth the listen alone! Wrapping it up Illustrate lets us know what he's up to know as far as crew and solo projects. 

We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!

Wanna hit us up?

Peep us on Instagram:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

@justjamey

and you can get at Illustrate on Instagram:

@illustrate1

and be sure to peep the @shadowofthelocust IG page as well

Wanna hear or purchase Illustrates music? Hit up illustrate.bandcamp.com as well as locustfist.com

Peace and a Blessed New Year to all!

Nomadik Vagabond 

By Joshua Gibbs and Jamey Bennett

The average man knows little of cicadas, thinks rarely of cicadas. And yet on the rare occasion he hears the word “cicada,” his mind invariably drifts off into those few truths about the insects which he was taught in grade school: the cicada lives underground for seventeen years, emerges briefly, dies. A certain kind of man cannot recall such claims without immediately thinking of himself, staring into the distance, and wondering if he is truly a man, or if he is, in fact, a cicada.

The life cycle of a cicada appeals to a man.

When I was a child, I was taught that cicadas slept for all those seventeen years. Sadly, not every naturalist is still convinced of this, though poets yet carry a torch for the truth. To sleep for seventeen years, to wake briefly, soon to die…how sweet would life seem if it had been anticipated in dreams for so long?

The poet is neither convinced that nature has commanded the cicada to spend so long underground. The poet knows the cicada has chosen to stay underground all these years, and that he might emerge from the earth when he pleases. The cicada has said, “It is better this way,” though his residency with the dead, in Hades, is not obligatory and not tenured. The cicada is free and stays underground by choice. It is purely coincidental that seventeen years is the given term of these cicadas.

Someday, these cicadas will have their Che Guevara, their Óscar Romero, their Picasso…and he will sleep for thirty-six years, or fifty-nine, or ninety-one years. We suspect the creature who makes company with Hades himself for seventeen years might be capable of doing so interminably. Have we numbered every cicada emerging from the ground? Have we truly kept track of their departures, their arrivals? Have we only said they sleep “seventeen years” because we tired of putting hash marks on the cell walls? “No one will count longer than this.” Who can say? The death and lust rattle you hear this summer’s eve might be a millennium in the making.

The life cycle of a cicada appeals to a man.

The man wants to believe that he, too, might only have been sleeping up until now, and that the emergence from the death of sleep this very morning might be the inauguration of a brief, golden age. “Will I now truly live? Has it always been a slumber and am I only now waking?” The man wants to believe this is true. He has long been underground, and no matter his activity, he recasts all his labor as nothing more than a patient biding of time. A man interprets patience into the long haul of his already-lived life. “I was always waiting.” A man longs to see the light of day as though he were a cicada, fingers emerging from the dirt, and then hoisting himself out. A man longs to see the world as a kind of egg from which he hatches after a beginning-less gestation period.

“It will all end soon,” says the cicada man, although the cicada man is forever caught between the contradiction of a thing beginning and a thing ending. Is this the seventeen year slumber or the two months of waking? The question cannot be answered, and every bottle of wine might be the last before death; and every bottle of wine might be opened, poured, and break on the tongue as a revelation— not the end, but the beginning of the end. After a thousand years of sleep, what kind of death is possible for the cicada? The cicada is the resurrection creature. The chasm between life and death narrows to crossing points suddenly, unpredictably.

While science has said the cicada wakes only to procreate, the poet knows the cicada wakes simply to live. Is a life of sixty days less meaningful than a life of sixty years? Meaning is not discerned in quantity; a moment in the soul is without end. The man who imagines the cicada emerging only to procreate falsely intuits sudden verve, anxiety and desperation in the cicada. How could such be true of a creature with the patience to wait forever? The sixty days of a cicada’s life are the sixty years of a man’s life. The creature which spends so long in preparation for life accomplishes much living once he has begun. A man needs sixty years to accomplish so little because he prepares for nothing. He is thrown into life and he does not know what it is about. The man longs to live a year as thoroughly as the cicada lives a single day.

The cicada reviews its life many times as it begins to die. Death comes as a surprise to the cicada, just as it comes as a surprise to a man. The cicada has not counted on going to sleep again, so soon, but his eyelids are heavy and the day is late. From the cool shade of the branches of a tree, Thanatos comes to the cicada in the same solemnity with which he approaches a man. The weightless, spiritual scythe of Thanatos passes through the cicada’s legs and then his arms and then his head, and then the cicada body enters his eternal stillness as the dry machine-like fruit which clusters about the limbs of a summer tree. His soul returns to the earth, and he knows sleep again. He will emerge again when it suits the Spirit. Like the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, like the Shulamite, the cicada will rise and go about the city and present himself to the King. And the King will be overwhelmed.

We hope everybody is doing just great! On this episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with Major Chisholm of Creative Liberty podcast. Major came on Jamey's radar through Whiskerino (which was a beard growing group, look it up if you don't know), and they further developed their relationship the last couple years through taking time together to explore life without alcohol.

To kick the episode off we get into the beard talk, which was a rather robust conversation on facial hair. Next we move into the beverage portion of the episode-shoutout to Rambler and Spindrift sparkling waters, as well as Athletic Brewing and Sober Carpenter brewing to help us get some flavor without the alcohol.

Lastly we get into chopping it up about Jamey and Major's journey into living alcohol free. They share how they encouraged each other and what it took to maintain sticking to their commitment.

We hope you dig it!

Socials:

@creativeliberty (Majors IG)

@royalruckusofficial

@justjamey

@brewsbeards

@nomadikvagabond 

Check out Major on YouTube

Check out our "Unvarnished" episodes on YouTube where you get to see our beautiful faces and get to hear all the stuff that gets edited out.

Outro song: Royal Ruckus- "The Great Beard Rebellion"

Peace y'all!

Nomadik Vagabond

We got a treat for y'all on this episode. This one's been a long time comin', but without further delay we present the multitalented Sivion of the legendary Deepspace 5 crew! As you'll be able to hear, we really enjoyed this conversation!

We kicked this one off with what we were drinking, and then move into the beard care section of the episode. After we dissect the finer things of creams and combs we chop it up about parenting and career paths before discussing Siv's history in music and how dual love for the sax and the mic. He's got a few projects in the works that we're excited about, which leads us to discuss the labels he's been on how those connections were made.

After the music talk we get into the deep waters (see what I did there?) of the music industry and its effect on the youth and society, as well as the evolution of the "Christian" hip-hop scene.

Lastly we get into the shipwreck of the show where Sivion shares with us some health issues he's been dealing with for the past few years, how it's been affecting his life, how he's coping with it, and how he was able to take something negative and turning it into something beautiful. This truly was a blessing to have this conversation. We hope you're as encouraged listening to this episode as we were having it.

Check us out on Instagram:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@justjamey

@nomadikvagabond

@sivionds5

Be sure to hit up illect.com or illect.bandcamp.com to pick up music by Sivion (including his latest album Str8 Shot) as well as plenty other quality releases. 

Song at the end was "What It Is" by Sivion produced by Malex off the latest LP "Str8 Shot" on Illect Recordings

Apologies for the technical difficulties!

Be sure to like, share and subscribe!!!

Peace!

Nomadik Vagabond 

We hope y'all have been enjoying your summer! Over here we've been soaking it up! On this episode we have a dope conversation with Illustrate and Jeremiah Dirt of Shadow Of The Locust. We get to talk about Illustrate coming into SOTL and his history in hip-hop. Jeremiah drops some jewels for the up and coming artists as well as the "old heads".

Shadow Of The Locust dropped a new album on July 4th, so we talk about that and some of the behind the scenes recording processes for that and how some of the songs came about. This was really a family reunion minus the barbecue!!

Hit up Royal Ruckus Bandcamp and Shadow Of The Locust Bandcamp to support the artists!!

Y'all will love this one!

Please support the music!

royalruckus.bandcamp.com (Come On And Wakeup LP with bonus bandcamp only joints!)

shadowofthelocust.bandcamp.com(where you can cop the A Mighty Army Cometh 2 album(

jeremiahdirt.bandcamp.com

illustrate.bandcamp.com

and of course brewsbeards.com 

Y'all can hit us up on IG:

@brewsbeards

@justjamey

@royalruckus

@nomadikvagabond

@shadowofthelocust

@illustrate1

@jeremiahdirt

Peace ya'll

Nomadik Vagabond

We gotta cover beard care! So the three of us chop it up about what we're doing for the health and beauty of our facial hair.

Finally Johnny shares with us how the loss of his son inspired him to start the Creative Coping podcast and writing and performing spoken word pieces. He shares how being creative helped him process the stages of grief and how he was able to translate that into teaching school kids about spoken word and poetry. helping them unlock the creativity within them.

Thank you all for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the episode!

peace,

Nomadik

You can find Johnny Anomaly on Instagram;

@johhny_anomaly @creativecopingpod 

and you can check his spoken word pieces at johnnyanomaly.bandcamp.com. Also be sure to check out his podcasts wherever you get your podcasts at.

As always you can find us on instagram at:

@brewsbeards

@nomadikvagabond

@royalruckusofficial

@justjamey

also be sure to hit up www.mrrogersoftherapgame.com to peep the new Royal Ruckus EP as well as royal ruckus.bandcamp.com to download music and cop merchandise.

Lastly hit up locustfist.com to peep the new Shadow Of The Locust album "a Mighty Army Cometh" (also streaming on all major DSP's) as well as custom ink.com/fundraising/amac2 to cop a shirt to help support the new album as well.

On this episode we're playing an interview Jamey did on the Creative Coping podcast with Johnny Anomaly in September 2019. Jamey shares how he got into hip-hop, the current state of the genre and his thoughts on it, as well as the art of storytelling in hip-hop and the importance of saying something. He shares some of the creative processes behind creating music, specifically the Royalty Check & Unexpected Joy EP's.

Johnny and Jamey then talk about Jamey's involvement in the Samson Society, which is a community of men who are serious about authenticity, humility, and recovery.

Lastly he talks about his experience with grief and depression, and how the songwriting process on Unexpected Joy became like survival for him. Tune in and be sure to share this episode with anybody who you think could benefit from it.

Peace and infinite blessings!

Nomadik Vagabond

Be sure to check out the Creative Coping podcast and follow 

@johnny_anomaly on IG

@creativecopingpod also on instagram

as always be sure to check us out at brewsbeards.com

and of course give us a follow on the socials:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

@justjamey

The original episode can be found here: https://creativecopingpod.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/faithfulness-in-the-struggle/

The show has since been renamed The Johnny Anomaly Show, and can be heard here: https://open.spotify.com/show/47jMDe46LCREmcGs9cvyzY?si=45a76c4838c243e6

She updates us on what's been happening with her since the last time she was on the show. We set it off getting right into deep stuff. She share with us what it's like living with loss and how grief is something that is connected to love. We talk about family life and how that affects how we measure time.

Elissa then lets us in on what a post divorce life is like, how it disrupts routines, and how to rebuild after.

We wrap things up with her giving us the story of her remarriage and what life is like trying to create new rhythm.

Be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram @elissbjeletichdavis and her website www.elissabjeletichdavis.com as well as her podcast Everyday Orthodox on Ancient Faith Radio.

Be sure to follow us on IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

@justjamey

Of course http://brewsbeards.com

And lastly hit up https://buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to support the new EP and of course www.mrrogersoftherapgame.com to stream the new album with links to purchase!

Peace!

Nomadik Vagabond