The Gig Podcast

07/09/2024

Starring Biz-Millah and The Boy Who Liveded

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12/08/2024

I been So Fresh and So Clean since before OutKast was. Which means I qualify to give you some cologne advice. I’ve been smelling like a thousand bucks since I was 10. I’m interested in what’s your choice scent for a given situation.. and to the one guy who is inevitably gonna say cologne is gay…. So is ya father…

Gym- Abercrombie Fierce
Blue collar work- Lacoste White
Wedding- Mercedes Sign
Quality time with your wife- Polo Red Rush/Extreme
Drug Store Cheap Scents- Nautica Blue
Old Classic- Perry Ellis 360° or Polo Sport
Pajama Parfum- Polo Double Black
Hottest Smell for ‘24- Polo67

I’m kinda partial to Ralph’s work within the scent industry, that’s because he’s created fragrances with similiar profiles. If you’re familiar with one of these colognes and like it then you’ll probably like em all. And if you don’t like any of these it’s probably cause you use women’s deodorant…

27/07/2024

38 yr old Sean Cov is still impressed by the pen game of 25 yr old Sean Cov…

Listen to Do It For Hip Hop prod. Stankfoot by Sean Cov on

12/07/2024

Em’s new album sounds like he’s got a “40 on the porch tellin stories with a bottle of jack and 2 grandkids on his lap, babysitting for Hailie, while Halie’s out getting smashed”

25/06/2024

Copa America is to Eurocup as And1 Mixtape is to WNBA

01/05/2024

Come talk to us in the comments…

You have better in you Kendrick, but we get it. Not getting psyched up to battle Drake since he's inferior.Dont Be late for Work…

16/04/2024

“Comfort is a slow, enticing poison” -Joe

12/04/2024

I have 20+ hrs of driving ahead of me… Can you reccomend a book? Preferably Non-Fiction stories about the fringes of society but I’m open to anything..

09/04/2024

Couldn’t tell me nothin 22 yrs ago…

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05/04/2024

The original Cole diss last week was garbage and I wouldn’t even consider it a diss record.. Cole responded with an on par joint that was released last night. However I’m not ready to crown Cole the winner, Kendrick is capable of top tier battle rapping, as seen below, and might already have the response waiting to be released…

Kendrick Lamar verse all copyrights go to Kendrick Lamar and big Sean on the song control and if you want to see big Sean reaction to control and Kendrick ve...

23/02/2024

Trenton is a Green City. Not environmentally friendly, it is far from that. However, amongst the dilapidated row homes, crumbling sidewalks and shells of warehouses in what was once a booming industrial town, grows a varied array of vegetation. “The Town” as it is affectionately called, is green with the type of plants,or weeds, normally associated with trash strewn lots. During the sweltering summers that fauna breaks the dread and monotony of bricks, gates, and boarded windows in an other wise gray neighborhoods.
The greenery was probably most prevalent in my Neighborhood, Chambersburg, or “The Burg” as anyone inside of Trenton’s City limits referred to it. At one time, so I’m told, The Burg was The Town’s Italian section. It wasn’t too hard to believe because sprinkled amongst the taquerias,bodegas, and Dominican barbershops were pizza places, Mom & Pop pharmacies, and the crown jewel, an Italian specialty deli called Porforios.
My tiny and spacious yet spartan one bedroom apartment sat on the second floor of the Porforio building. Nonna Porforio had lived here many years in this apartment before she passed the year prior to me moving in. I had kept a few pieces of her furniture when I moved in with next to nothing after being released from a State halfway house, and I never dreamt of removing her crucifix nailed above the entrance door.
While I was still halfway incarcerated I had managed to acquire a halfway decent gig at an aluminum gutter supply warehouse. My immediate supervisor was a family friend of the Porforios and made the connection for me to rent the joint for $600 a month. After being locked in cages for 18 months this apartment was akin to landing at Heavens Gate after being paroled from Lucifer’s crib.
On Sunday mornings I would emerge from my lair to join Johnny Porforio and an ever cycling cast of characters for a few espressos on the sidewalk out front of his shop.
At 10am on a Sunday just like every other, the bells chimes over the door as I walked into the small storefront with the black and white checkered tile. Johnny glances over with a smile and nod as he continued packaging prosciutto for Mrs. Ianelli. Mrs. Ianelli was a typical customer. She was 70-something with not a single gray hair, a small Jesus pendant necklace, just a single spray too much perfume, probably Chanel No. 5, and a warm motherly aura. Despite fleeing The Burg decades ago she faithfully came to the shop after early Mass for as far back as Johnny could remember. Probably further back than even Johnny’s father, the previous shop owner, could have remembered if he was still around.
Another customer, a younger Irish colored guy, I didn’t recognize browsed the shop while Mrs. Ianelli rounded up the last of her accoutrement for Sunday Dinner. He first shuffled around by the old Coca Cola fridges that we’re repurposed to display 4 types of ravioli, pre made chicken/eggplant parm,and dozens of fresh homemade pastas. Then he mosied to the center rack of imported Italian sodas (grapefruit and blood orange were my personal favorites). That same rack held all sorts of cakes and cookies from the old country that I never bothered to try.
I leaned up against the counter that the Espresso machine graced and picked up a copy of today’s “Trentonian” paper.
“PERRY ST. GANGSTER FACES RICO”
The article was about Petey Black, leader of Trenton’s wildest street gang, The G-Shine Bloods, and the slew of racketeering charges he was up against. Those spineless prosecutors were sure to put him under the jail! I once shared a cell with Petey Black but that’s for another chapter.
As a read up on my ex-cell mates current state of affairs, from the corner of my eye I saw Johnny motion to the anonymous Irish kid to follow him to the back office.
“ Try some of the ‘mooz-a-rell’ Sean, I’ll be out in a minute” and the 2 men disappeared to a section of the store I have never seen.
I hadn’t noticed the small dish of marinated mozzarella on the counter until Johnny mentioned it. I popped a chunk in my mouth, the cool smooth texture was second only to the phenomenal creaminess and fresh taste.
Porforios wasn’t the kind of place where unfamiliar faces showed up often. So I was even more surprised that the new guy was invited to the back room. I never mistook Johnny for a squeaky clean choir boy, but now seeing some shady dealings made me, a seasoned street kid and new parolee, a touch uneasy.
However, by the time The Face and Johnny emerged from the back room I had shook it off and did what any part time crook would do, acted as if nothing was abnormal. New Face hustled our the front door quickly wearing a black jansport bookbag he didn’t come in with.
“Coffee!?” Johnny asked with his signature smiling eyes.
“You know it!” My response......

TBC.

05/02/2024

It had been almost a month since I had reported to my P.O.. There was no doubt in my mind that Mercer County had issued an arrest warrant. I was scheduled to report to the probation office weekly as well as go in front of the judge every Tuesday morning. I had been getting high for months. It started in the halfway house with the intention of quitting before I came home. As assertive and self confident as I am, I always get bullied by drugs and submit to the schedule they want me on. I had been functioning on the brink of destruction for the 2 months that I inhabited this apartment…..

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Stories & Opinions From The NJ Streets

15/02/2023

Go ahead and take this business idea to market.. just kick a few points back this way..

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13/12/2022

Masculine Health

There’s an array of sources hitting you with “mental health” chat from every angle nowadays. Most all of it is great info for your wife, your kids and the accountant across the street who lets his wife dress him and be the guiding light for his families trajectory. However none of these sources are geared toward you, a mans man. Your a guy who has struggles but also has a nagging feeling that pouring your heart out on the construction sight isn’t the solution to your inner turmoil. Cov as well as a multitude of other Gigmen have been battle tested in the face of some of the most agonizing adversity that a modern man will face. The Gig has compiled years of failure in life, career, the gym, relationships and self development so that you wont have to. This episode makes a swing towards providing guidance as well as entertainment, guidertainment if you will. In this episode the fellas start unwinding the rats nest of stressors that you John Wayne types go through during the course of life. They discuss how to be self sufficient and responsible for being mentally stable, emotional fit, and physically strong. All 3 of which are vital components in being a part of the masculinity fueled movement know as The Gig..

Masculine HealthThere’s an array of sources hitting you with “mental health” chat from every angle nowadays. Most all of it is great info for your wife, your...

29/11/2022

We Aren’t Sparta

The Gigmen are some hard nosed,thick skinned, tough rapscallions. For at least half of the duo, that resilience was built through years of Spartan living. We explore the idea of achieving success, happiness and overall well being by stripping yourself down to the bare minimum. That may mean sleeping on a floor mattress until you can sleep in a luxury water bed or removing all the useless chatter from your inner dialogue so you can zero in on your life’s game plan.
Secondarily the Gigmen try and come to a conclusion of the popular current question on everyone’s mind “Is SouthPole making a return to the High Fashion world?” For those out of the know, SouthPole was a top tier Bangladeshi Fashion house coming to prominence in the mid 90’s. It stood aside other iconic designers such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry and Lugz. Here’s a hint…. Dont get caught out in the cold this winter without an SP bubble parka.
The Gig is 2 parts story telling, .68 part comedy pod, a sprinkle of motivational speech, and 2 parts hiphop chat.. That being said this week isn’t gonna pass without us bringing to light the shortcomings of a hip hop legend as well as shining our proverbial headlamp on the livest European Hiphop scene currently making waves in 2022.
It’s the Christmas season, so lets all shame those who celebrate the holiday with a fake tree. Cov recounts the dangerous voyage he made just to obtain a freshly cut live Douglas fur for his family… There’s more too but don’t take my word for it…
——Don’t be Late for work——

We Aren’t Sparta The Gigmen are some hard nosed,thick skinned, tough rapscallions. For at least half of the duo, that resilience was built through years of S...

15/11/2022

Freestyle Sessions Tonight at 8pm est

You may know Sean Cov from his days in the underground rap world. Back then the general public wasn’t aware of what all the MC’s around Cov knew to be truth… That his freestyle ability is second to few. That ability has carried through to current times when Cov, the worlds most charismatic podcast host, jumps through a variety of topics seamlessly… So tune in tonight, we cant tell you what’s gonna be discussed because then it wouldn’t be a pure freestyle. However we can guarantee your undisputed entertainment. If your not satisfied contact Payday and he will personally refund every red cent that you’ve spent on The Gig….

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01/11/2022

Wildwood Stories Tonight at 8pm

In the wild depths of Southern NJ In the heat of the summer there’s a town where White, Black, Brown and Yellow Trash gather to bask in the seaweed laden shallows of the Atlantic Ocean. That filth strewn island is called The Wildwoods. The 4 mile stretch of degradation is a wonderland for drug addicted criminal wiggers, pre-teen baby mamas, disgraced Union Plumbers and an array of other bottom of the barrel Delaware Valley Seasonal Vagrants.
These are the stories of one gang of said vagrants on a humid July Evening in 2005. Presented By The Gig Podcast

The Gig Podcast Is Many things… “The podcast for guys who don’t listen to Podcasts”, “2 G’s with a mic in the middle”, and “ Ex-Knucklehead, Blue collar, hip...

25/10/2022

BBOY Stories From ‘02 Jersey

When Pat Hernandez moved to the neighborhood at the end of the 90’s none of the fellas thought much of it. Than one brisk fall afternoon in October of ‘99 Cov met Pat’s alter ego, “Hypa The Bboy”. Breakdancing had been intriguing to Cov as far back as 1991 when he took a “Dance Like MC Hammer” class in 1st grade. Now with Hypa in the neighborhood Cov, soon to be known as Smooth C, had a sensei. The Gig this week brings you into the mind of a NJ Teenage BBoy. From learning to Break in expeditious fashion, to being undefeated through a majority of his bboy career, and even the sole loss suffered at the hands of Co-Founder of VCP Crew, Sky Dub..
Breakdancing, from an outsiders perspective is an unbelievable skill set immersed in odd culture. There’s not a podcast,book, or movie out today that gives you a more entertaining version of the mindset of a teenage bboy.

Also Joining the show this evening return guest and high ranking Gigmen, SKREWTAPE. If your Unfamiliar, Skrew is a South Jersey Hiphop icon. He’s best known for his gravely voice and gritty but clever lyrics across multiple hip hop projects. He’s also been making waves with his startup clothing brand “We ❤️ Your Customers”. He got the invite to this particular episode because his roots tunnel deep into the 4 elements of Hiphop. In the late 90’s before he wrote SLAB on the walls he was classically trained in the art of Bboying by Filipino Assassins. After you finish with this episode of The Gig go check out Skrew’s music anywhere you stream and on IG

The Gig Podcast is the Number #1 podcast in the “ex Knucklehead, blue collar” section. The Live chat during Monday night streams is filled with guys who have made the mistakes so that you don’t have too. So come on through and kick it with The Gigmen!! And don’t forget here at The Gig you always have a “Plus One” and your “Plus One” has a “Plus One”

Don’t Be Late For Work!!!

When Pat Hernandez moved to the neighborhood at the end of the 90’s none of the fellas thought much of it. Than one brisk fall afternoon in October of ‘99 Co...