Fifty years after its invention, if there’s anyone who has a right to discourse about the haves or have-nots of hip-hop, it’s DJ Jazzy Jeff. From his work with the Fresh Prince to his storied turntabling career, he’s seen it all — and yet, remains unpretentious, using this learned skill to opine on one of the pillars of the genre: flow. “Flow is something that not a lot of people understand,†he expressed in an interview with Switched on Pop, “but you feel it.â€
From Biggie to Mary J. Blige, and from Black Thought to BabyTron, we spent this episode of Switched on Pop — originally aired last November — trying to decipher the nebulous skill of flow with some vital insights from Jazzy Jeff himself. Listen to the full episode below and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.