I do so hate commercial radio most of the time, but holiday weekends like this make them a little more bearable. Since formats, programming, stunts, and gimmicks are pretty much duplicated nationwide; your local urban station, like the DC and Baltimore stations I can pick up, is possibly doing a all-mixer weekend... They still place most of the mainstream, everyday stuff, but since they hafta fill a whole weekend, they're usually given a little more freedom to dig... With the right mixers, these can actually come off quite lovely. The bama on
92-Q who played "I'm Not Having It" gets two cool ponts for the obscure throwback jont (okay, maybe not THAT obscure, but c'mon-- nobody plays that anymore) ; him and the dude at the Roots/ Kweli/ Floetry show at Nation in Southeast DC who was rocking the Joe Namath L.A. Rams jont (I never knew he palyed there).
Book is doing the thizzle, or simply thizzling, on
WPGC a few times this weekend to make sure their mix weekend is done right; with his appearance on the show this weekend, his return to the airwaves is complete... Welcome back, dawg...
Meanwhile, Stylus sent in a pinch hitter to sub for him; big props to RBI for coming through on short notice... Here's what we played:
5/24/03--Hour 1
Intro
Kurtis Blow- Do The Do
The Omega Project f/ Infinite Loop- Chocolate City
Run-DMC- Tougher Than Leather
Biz Markie- Biz Is Goin’ Off
Milk D- Many Styles
Stezo- To The Max
Wrecks-N-Effect- Soul Man
Special Ed- Think About It
Break
Big Daddy Kane- Somethin’ Funky
Black Sheep f/ Q-Tip- La Menage
Gangstarr- Say Your Prayers
Heavy D- Letter To The Future
NWA- Parental Discretion Iz Advised
Break
5/24/03--Hour 2
Raekwon- Big Spender
Break/ Mystery Beat
Skillz- Off The Wall
Talib Kweli- Get By
Gangstarr- Royalty
Redman- Tonight’s Da Night
Nas- Get Down
Pete Rock- #1 Soul Brother
Pete Rock f/ Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz- Rock Steady Part II
Bumpy Knuckles- Part Of My Life
Break
Pete Rock & CL Smooth- Shine On Me
De La Soul- Much More
Little Brother- Love Joint Revisited
Intelligent Hoodlum- Grand Groove Part II
Mark Ronson f/ Mos Def & MOP- On The Run
Break/ Outro
Heavy D followed up by NWA... classic...
--BHE
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Yay, more playlists! For the 5/17 show Elite was back in town, then Stylus batted clean-up in the second hour...
5/17/03--Hour 1
Intro
Treacherous Three- Put The Boogie In Your Body
Intelligent Hoodlum- Grand Groove Part II
Busta Rhymes- Rhymes Galore
50 Cent- Gotta Make It To Heaven
Rakim- Waiting For The World To End
Heather B- Steady Rockin’
Pete Rock f/ Nature- To My Advantage
Break/ Mystery Beat
Ghostface Killah- Good Times
Large Professor f/ Nas- Stay Chisel
Poem-Cees f/ Head-Roc & Priest Da Nomad- Affirmation, Baby!
Shaquille O’Neal f/ Common, Black Thought, & Joi- In The Sun
Nas- Purple
Critially Acclaimed f/ Cy Young- Flashbacks Remix
Break
5/17/03--Hour 2
Bedroom Wizard f/ Mad Skillz- Skillz In ‘98
Slum Village- Disco
Rasco- We Get Live
Gangstarr- Nice Girl, Wrong Place
Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, & Nate Dogg- Oh No
Common- The Hustle
De La Soul f/ Truth Enola & Mos Def- Stakes Is High Remix
Tribe Called Quest- Like It Like That
Little Brother- Flying High
Slick Rick- It’s A Boy (Remix)
Roots- Rhymes and Ammo
LL Cool J- Farmers Blvd
Alkaholiks- Daaam!/ Make Room
Break
Jurassic 5 f/ Big Daddy Kane- A Day At The Races
Pete Rock & CL Smooth- The Creator
Blackstar- B-Boys Will B-Boys
Organized Konfusion- Let’s Organize
Nice & Smooth- Early To Rise
House Of Pain- Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix)
Common- Communism
Roots- Leonard I-V
Break/ Outro
Nice, but where'd Elite get doubles of the
poem-cees joint from? Stylus doesn't even have a pair to spin with yet... That Elite is mad resourceful...
--BHE
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Time to get up-to-date... Sorry for the delays, folks:
5/3/03--Hour 1
Intro
Sir Ibu of Divine Force- I'm The Peacemaker
Omega- Shake It Up
Artifacts- 31 Bumrush
Roots f/ Q-Tip- Ital: The Universal Side
Walkin' Large f/ Black Thought- Listen To This
J-Live- MCee
GZA- Knock, Knock
Missin' Link- M.I.A.
Opus Akobem- Don't Run
Xzibit- Plastic Surgery
KRS-ONE- Wannabemceez
Break
Rasco- Unassisted
2 Rude f/ Organized Konfusion- Innovations
Zion I- Critical
Ghostface- Mighty Healthy
Black Thought- Hardware
Godfather Don- Piece Of The Action
Break
5/3/03--Hour 2
Skillz- Lost
Cy Young- Make Things Work
Break/ Mystery Beat
Bush Babees- We Run Things (It's Like That)
Neek The Exotic- Exotic's Raw
L.- Relax Your Mind
Common- Funky For You
Big Daddy Kane- The Man & The Myth
Ras Kass- Goldyn Child
Jay Dee- F--- The Police
Just Ice- Turbo Charged
Break
Talib Kweli- Get By
Gangstarr- Itz A Setup
Craig G- Let's Get Up
Critically Acclaimed- Flashbacks
Soullive f/ Talib Kweli- Bridge To Bama
Marley Marl f/ Grap Luva & Kevin Brown- What Ruling Means
Break/ Outro
I'm not sure what re-run the channel aired the week of 5/10, but I think it was one of our old Club 82 joints... Hope y'all enjoyed it.
--BHE
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