When I was in high school, I used to stay up until three in the morning taping WNYU 89.1 FM’s hip-hop show. Back then it was DJ Mayhem and Martin Moore, and they used to get crazy exclusives, from artists like Nas and Ghostface and De La Soul. Before the internet, that was the only way to get a recording of brand new songs before they dropped on albums or mixtapes. So to be on 89.1 FM’s The Halftime Show a decade and a half later was pretty ill.

The Halftime Show (DJ Eclipse, DJ Skizz, Marz One, and Petey Cologne) was actually the first place Stan Ipcus ever got radio airplay. I met DJ Eclipse back in 2005 at a Don Hill’s show and gave him a copy of my FLIRTING WITH FAME album, and he took a liking to “Pay U No Mind” and “Uptown Girl“, two songs produced by Joe Naughty, an ill beatmaker I used to work with during my time recording at Sony Studios. Joe Naughty produced one of my favorite Kool G. Rap songs “Its a Shame“, so to work with him was incredible. And for a highly respected underground DJ to spin my records on the radio back then when I was first coming up was definitely a thrill.

Being a guest on the Halftime Show last night was dope. I got a chance to talk about my latest mixtape, BACHELOR PARTY, my influences growing up, highlights from my rap career, plus I got to spit a couple verses over some ill beats. And they played “Dan Dynamite” and “My Ferris Buellers” on the show. Check it out…

Stan Ipcus- Halftime Show SPIT OFF

Stan Ipcus- Halftime Show full 20 minute segment

Oh, and a little station called Hot 97 played “My Ferris Buellers” on the radio this past Saturday afternoon.  Shout out to Cipha Sounds for spinning that Stan Ipcus!!!  He dropped it at like one in the afternoon on a beautiful New York summer day, and I jumped up off my couch when I heard it, like Don Mattingly had just hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.  My first time ever on Hot 97.  Sick.

Maybe this “My Ferris Buellers” record is the one….we’ll see….