Welcome to Nefarious Supply Radio, a curated playlist featuring underground artists from a diverse range of genres. Each episode showcases a different artist who takes us on a journey through their favorite tracks, providing insights into their creative process and sharing the music that inspires them.

At Nefarious Supply, we believe that underground artists deserve to be heard and celebrated. The music industry can often be exclusive and unwelcoming to up-and-coming talent, which is why we've created this platform to give these artists a chance to showcase their work to a wider audience. Our goal is to support emerging artists and provide a space for music lovers to discover new talent.

Our first episode features the talented music producer StashtheWave, who hails from Boston, Massachusetts. StashtheWave has released two projects - "Cruise Control" in 2020 and "To Whom Much Is Given" in 2022. The latter features guest appearances from Donald Grunge, Jiles, Qwan? Arold, Clyde Black & Notebook P.

StashtheWave's curated playlist for "Nefarious Supply Radio" features music from a variety of artists, including Jordan Ward featuring Joony, Van Buren Records, Notebook P and Clyde Black, Destin Conrad, Luke Bar$, Meech, and more. When creating this playlist, StashtheWave selected all the songs he was listening to during the creation of his new project, "4 The Lovers" and some of the songs featured on the playlist were even sampled for the new project.

We're thrilled to have StashtheWave kick off our first episode and can't wait for you to experience his unique and captivating playlist. So sit back, relax, and let the music take you on a journey through the mind of this talented artist. And be sure to check out his new project "4 The Lovers," Stay tuned for more episodes of Nefarious Supply Radio featuring the best underground artists curating the best music globally.

Can you describe the process of selecting the songs for for the  playlist, and how did you decide which songs would best compliment your new project "4 The Lovers"?

I basically just selected all of the songs I was listening to during the time of creating the idea of what I wanted the beat tape to feel and sound like. Some of the songs I selected were records I actually sampled for 4TL as well. 

Were there any particular underground or independent artists that you discovered through curating your playlist, and how did those discoveries influence the direction of your new project?

So I‘ve known about Jordan Ward for a bit, mainly because of his song ‘lil baby crush,’ but I didn’t really listen to his music that much until his debut ‘FORWARD.’ I already love that album and have it in my top for the year so far, so he definitely influenced this playlist’s curation to an extent. As far as influence for ‘4 THE LOVERS,’ I was actually mainly drawing inspiration from a playlist that someone had made me over a year ago which contained a lot of older R&B and soul with some newer sounds as well. 

How did you balance your own personal taste and style with the desire to showcase a diverse range of artists and genres through your playlist and new project?

There was a certain feeling I was trying to capture with this tape, both sonically and lyrically, and I wanted to be able to do it all on my own so that it was 100% me and my ideas. Balancing everything out wasn’t too difficult for me, from finding which vocals I wanted to use to figuring how I was gonna flip the samples and which vocals to put over certain beats, it all really came second nature to me. The most important part was to make something new from familiar sounds and feelings.

Can you talk about how you see your new project "4 The Lovers" fitting into the larger landscape of underground and independent music, and what sets your project apart from other releases in this space?

I think right now, people really want soul and substance out of music again so I really tried to make this my most personal and soulful output yet. And I think what really sets ‘4 THE LOVERS’ apart from anything like it is the samples and sounds that I used. They all sound familiar if you listen to a lot of R&B or soul music, but I don’t think anybody has really touched them. 

Looking to the future, what are your goals and aspirations for your music career, and how do you see your playlist curation and your new project contributing to those goals?

Curation in general is something I believe I’m starting to get a real knack for, so in the future I’d love to just work with artists on a mutual collaborative level where they can trust me to not only make the production for their projects but to really curate the idea and put it all together with them.