History of the Bay Podcast Ep. 40: Sleep Dank is a rapper from Vallejo's Crestside neighborhood. Starting with The Mac and Mac Dre, he witnessed the birth the Bay Area rap scene from his hometown. Sleep Dank became part of the 535 Crew along with Mac Mall and Dubee and was involved with their albums with Khayree on Young Black Brotha Records. Appearing on classic Mac Dre albums like "Thizzelle Washington," he launched his own successful independent career. As a veteran of the Thizz Movement, Sleep Dank became part of a legacy that has lasted for decades.
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0:00 Intro
1:54 Growing up in the Crestside
7:19 Getting into hip-hop
10:39 Vallejo’s rap scene
13:57 The Mac
17:22 Mac Dre and Reek Daddy’s first tapes
18:47 E-40 and Mac Dre going from rivals to friends
22:30 Mac Dre starting over after prison
28:15 Mac Mall and Illegal Business
34:02 The 535 Crew
37:31 Dubee, Khayree & The Blackalation
42:29 What happened to Young Black Brotha Records?
46:00 Learning business from Mac Dre
49:16 The Rompalation, Stupid Doo Doo Dumb & Rapper Gone Bad
51:29 “Mac Stabber”
55:58 Thizzelle Washington
1:06:15 Thizz after Mac Dre’s passing
1:09:19 Building a catalogue
1:12:24 New generation of Vallejo rappers
1:15:18 Mac Dre’s personality
1:17:07 Outro

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