Groove Suite - Hip Hop & Hookah

On the last episode, Mr. Al Pete informs us on his school finals. One of them was to create a podcast that was a nonfictional story about someone or something. Pete chose to create his Digital Media class final podcast project on Odd?Rod. He chats with Rod about his annual birthday event: MindBlown 3: A Poet and a Hypnotist. Rod shares with us how he prepares for his show and Pete gets his flexing skills on by redefining his approach on how to deliver a podcast content in story mode.

Mr. Al Pete takes a break from his school finals studies and speaks about his major, Converged Communications, and the classes he's currently in and some factors that he's learned while being 'Al Pete Dangerfield'! Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Kelis - Millionaire feat. Andre 3000 Leon Bridges - If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) Anderson .Paak - 6 Summers Hablot Brown & Tim Atlas - Cold World Jazz Spastiks - Latin Breaks Black Thought - Conception FKJ - Lying Together

Mr. Al Pete gives the Groovers a grand mix to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with! This is definitely a mix to listen to while you're cooking up the bird and baking up that pound cake. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Ahwlee - Tbl.36 Mereba - Black Truck Zo! - Be Your Man feat. Darien Brockington* John Givez - 2 Steppin’ Georgia Anne Muldrow - Blam Smoke DZA - Dusk 2 Dusk* PJ Morton - Alright Talib Kweli - Around My Way feat. John Legend* Karriem Riggins - Bahia Dreamin’ Braxton Cook - Like You Used To Daniel Crawford - Sirens feat. Jimetta Rose Wale - Black Bonnie Amber Navran - Good To Me Rejjie Snow Pink Lemonade (feat. Cam O’bi) James ‘Creole’ Thomas - Lead By No One Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen Sade - Sweetest Taboo The O’Mys - Nina Fresa dvsn - Morning After Big KRIT - Country Shit Orijanus - Bonita Commander Ven

Mr. Al Pete sits down with Broadway Louie and they speak on his upcoming music projects, his experience with SoulHood and his travels through the music world. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Broadway Louie - The Birthday Freestyle Broadway Louie - Heist Broadway Louie - Growth

Mr. Al Pete sits down with Flash The Samurai and they have an intricate but needed conversation about the state of Hip Hop, black men, and other respected topics. Follow him on Twitter at @FlashTheSamurai. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Mac Miller - BDE (Best Day Ever) Flash The Samurai - Last Day & Heisenberg Saba - LIFE 6lack - Loaded Gun Cheech Forreign - Babylon

What do you get when you (sort of) mix The Groove Suite and The Groove ATL? A GREAT TIME! Al Pete travels to Atlanta, Georgia to witness the first annual block party thrown by The Groove ATL. Pete also does a quick chat with the curator: DJ Wally Sparks. For updates on The Groove ATL, follow them on Instagram/Twitter: @thegrooveatl @djwallysparks. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com.

For his birthday celebration, Mr. Al Pete ends up back in Miami, Florida...and experiences DJ Jazzy Jeff DJin' (and meets him again)! He also gives us the 'What's Good In Duval' segment and gives yall some cool songs to jam to!

Big Boi, from the Mighty Outkast, had a concert in Jacksonville, Florida and who attended the great show AND met him??!! Mr. Al Pete gives us his tale on his experience.

Mr. Al Pete takes a trip to Miami, Florida to attend the Soulection event (the curator Joe Kay pictured). In route, he gets wind of Rich Medina spinnin' literally a block away. This mix is inspired by these events. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Jericho Jackson - Listen Rober Glasper x KAYTRANADA - Find You SaBa - Grey Silas - Link To The Past _Nameless - Rainbow Read Drake - Believe Me instrumental Brock Berrigan - King of the Rats K. Forest - Caught Up Phonte - Find That Love Again Seinabo Sey - I Owe You Nothing Ella Mai - Boo'd Up Bosco - MPH The Internet - Roll JMSN - 'Bout It Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back Mac Ayres - Calvin's Joint Joel. aka MaG - La Dolce Vita Organized Noize - Why Can't We Q-Tip - Unidentified Janelle Monae - I Like That

Mr. Al Pete speaks on his burning desires to go to every concert known to man! He also speaks on various upcoming concerts, which you can find in The Groove Suite Facebook Group page!

Groovers! We're back for the new year: 2018! Here's an easy mix to begin with. More interviews and sponsors will be mentioned within the time. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Airreal Watkins - How You Do That There Bruno Mars - Perm FJK - Betty Shabazz Rapsody - Betty Shabazz Big K.R.I.T. - Drinking Sessions (feat. Keyon Harrold) Maurice Brown - Destination Hope Kia Nicole - Breathe Joy Dennis - A Cold Night's Sin Cyhi da Prynce - Free Brasstracks - Melanin Man (feat. Masego) MJbaker - Seasons Mayer Hawthorne - Game Over Earth, Wind, and Fire - Love's Holiday

We're very honored to have some time speaking to the Editor-in-chief of the soulful website Soulbounce.com, Kimberly Hines, better known as Butta! Mr. Al Pete and Butta speak on numerous topics including her Florida roots, the strengths of maintaining one of the best music and culture sites and her 'groove'! Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Tyler The Creator - See You Again The PLAYlist - Superman feat. Eric Roberson And Glenn Lewis Rapsody - A Rollercoaster Jam Called Love Allah Hathaway - What You Need Masego And FKJ - Tadow Amber Navran - Letter7/Say Yes The CrossRhodes - Black Gold feat. Scarface, Talib Kweli and Raquel Ra Brown The Foreign Exchange - Pity Russell Taylor - Wanna Dance with Somebody

This episode, we have the king, K4S, behind HFL Magazine (and some other great ventures) to take some time out to speak on things including the importance of media for various cultures, what's good in Duval for him and his take on Kevin Hart's recent hiccup! For more info, please check out www.k4sent.com!

We sit down with the melanin'd sound, spirit & body, Lilly. We speak on her band Black Calla & the meaning of it all along with her past, present & future music journey. We played a 'game' and she mentioned 2 individuals within it...gotta listen to see! Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite & and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com. Playlist below: Drake - Passionfruit Iris Temple - Theater Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect Little Sims - Backseat Nakala - Say You Love Me Logic - Never Enough Aaron Camper - Guilty Mila J - Move Shameik Moore - Ride the Boat Black Calla - Oblivion

Episode 24 brings us the group L.O.V.E. Culture. The group consist of EASY, Flash the Samurai, Cheech Forreign, Rob Mari, Spirit and Kyle Dorrell aka Weighed Sailor. The other affiliates consists of Goldsoul, Nostal, DeeT’Or Visions, and Larry Wakefield aka DJ Larry Love. We let them talk to us vs. do the typical interview and we gain insight on their past, present and future works, their purpose and where they see themselves within some years. This go 'round, we bring you the audio AND the write up, courtesy of Void Magazine. Head over to voidlive.com the read the article. Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com.

This episode, Mr. Al Pete speaks with the Dallas native and one of Jacksonville, Florida's top news lady Erica Bennett. They speak on some of the logistics of being with Action News Jax and the Communications field. They also speak on their dogs and Jay Z '4:44' album.

Mr. Al Pete takes some time to speak to the sound minded crew STONO ECHO, consisting of Jay Myztroh and Paten Locke. They have an enlightening but easy conversation of what their (group) name meaning is, jobs and they also speak on some Duval history! Check out more of their great work at www.stonoecho.com and make efforts to grab their new project: Black Diamonds.

Mr. Al Pete puts together some of the many tunes he found over the holiday weekend, including himself! Make sure you're following The Groove Suite for updates, etc. at Instagram & Twitter: @thegroovesuite and on Facebook at The Groove Suite Podcast. Guest/sponsorship inquiries: groovesuitejax@gmail.com.

Mr. Leon Timbo graced the presence of MPN HQ! What more can be stated about that?! Sosha Thumper conducts the excellence interview with him and they speak on how he handle his stage fright (yes, he still has them), his background being from Jacksonville, Florida and he also drops some heavy gems to upcoming and current artists!

Interview with Duval rap artist P1