{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"STL Hustle Insider","title":"Osunlade on Yoruba Records, Afro House, AI & Protecting the Soul of Music","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3093,"description":"Osunlade joins STL Hustle Insider for a wide-ranging conversation about music, St. Louis, ownership, soul, and creative evolution.\nHe talks about growing up in North St. Louis, being adopted and raised as an only child, finding music as his outlet, learning piano at seven, attending Beaumont, playing in bands, being influenced by funk and Prince, and eventually leaving St. Louis for Los Angeles.\nOsunlade also discusses working with major artists, moving through the traditional music industry, realizing that major-label pressure was pulling him away from his own sound, becoming a Yoruba priest, launching Yoruba Records, and building a label rooted in ancestral reverence, spirituality, soul, and independent ownership.\nThe episode also explores AI in music, stem separation, remixes, DJ culture, how technology is changing music, and why human musicianship, mistakes, live instruments, and emotional interpretation still matter.\nFeatured Guest\nOsunlade\nFounder, Yoruba Records\nMusician, Producer, DJ, Artist, and Creative\nOsunlade is a St. Louis-born musician, producer, DJ, artist, and founder of Yoruba Records, a label founded in 1999 specializing in deep soulful house. His career has taken him from North St. Louis to Los Angeles, New York, London, Milan, Croatia, Australia, and stages around the world.\nThrough Yoruba Records and his own creative work, Osunlade has helped shape and influence the sound and movement now widely connected to Afro House, soulful house, spiritual music, and global dance culture.\nGuest Links\nYoruba Records on Bandcamp: https://yorubarecords.bandcamp.com\nYoruba Soul on Bandcamp: https://yorubasoul.bandcamp.com\nInstagram: @yorubasoulofficial\nTikTok: @yorubasoulofficial\nTwitch: Yoruba Soul TV\nMixedCloud: Search “Osunlade”\nStreaming platforms: Search “Osunlade”\nUpcoming album: Neon Box \nDocumentary: Big Giant Wave \nAbout STL Hustle Insider\nSTL Hustle Insider is a St. Louis podcast and local media platform hosted by Cortez Hustle and owned by...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6RVt-BKuHUDpqnW2pjHJQNyi-e3ue1psZpoYkFxYe3Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NmNi/Y2E5NTc0ODhjZDUx/ZmVhOWIxMThmOWJm/NjY3Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}