Ascension: Mike Wiald vs Danny Myers, plus LOCA on Getting Sober

The fullest room the show has had — seven voices, and it moves through three distinct halves. First the card. Trewth on how the Neighborhood Kids video blew up and turned into a tour, then Red Shirt Mike arrives to break down Set the Bar's Ascension event: why the battlers aren't trash talking this time, the undercard, the rookie class, and what the league needs to get from 80 people in a room to 200. Mike Wiald talks facing Danny Myers in his first Canadian battle — a year off, the Ellipsis battle behind him, and what it means to be the face of a league. His message for Danny is twenty seconds and worth the whole segment. Then LOCA returns, and the episode changes register completely. Raising a teenager, caregiving, 'Low Again' and the song she wrote coming down. Sobriety, step work, writing down resentments. Learning to sing after a mother who told her she couldn't. It is the most open anyone has been on this show. Tiago Vasquez closes it — the DJ Slink single, the EP with Evan Smith, playing bass, starting his own business, sobriety and mindset, parenting teenagers, and wanting to make a Spanish and dancehall record. Recorded at B-Side Radio, Vancouver BC. 0:00 Intro: breaking into the studio 1:50 New album, and an F on promo 2:43 An entrepreneur course; Skillmatic 4:47 Bib Gang merch and Ascension 5:33 Trewth on the Fortune cypher 6:51 How Neighborhood Kid blew up 9:08 Tickets and a four-hour cypher 12:00 Red Shirt Mike arrives 13:11 Why battlers aren't trash talking 14:30 Ascension card: Little Q vs Bear 15:54 setthebar.com and filling the Turf 18:09 Tangent: entrance music 20:06 Why Mike Wiald vs Danny Myers 21:51 Vancouver's battle rap talent pool 24:21 The atmosphere of a live battle event 26:50 What Set the Bar needs next 28:53 Scaling from 80 to 200 people 31:31 The website and who's next 35:25 Mike Wiald on facing Danny Myers 36:59 A year off, and being the face 41:58 Prep, angles, no low-hanging fruit 44:02 'Have Mercy' EP and the Kolka feature 48:47 Undercard: Gobi and A.A. Ron 51:30 Beach Tits, Dully Nuff, Bossman 59:09 Bear vs Lil Q; the rookie class 1:02:02 Shiva, Tobin and Snow Leopard 1:05:13 LOCA returns, and 'Low Again' 1:07:24 The Real Ones EP 1:12:47 Sobriety and step work 1:15:10 Youth work up north, and nature 1:19:50 Learning to sing; Limerence 1:26:31 Dating another artist 1:30:17 LOCA's shows and where to find her 1:33:46 Tiago Vasquez and the DJ Slink single 1:36:30 The EP with Evan Smith 1:39:26 His own business, and mindset 1:43:11 Parenting teenagers 1:44:25 Spanish and dancehall records 1:45:58 Writing on the road: Barcelona, Egypt 1:49:08 Tiago's custom builds, and closing