0:00:01-0:05:39) Breakfast by Le Le off of Breakfast (Remixes)
0:05:40-0:06:34 (Rev’s First Interruption music: Breathe In, Breathe Out by Between The Buried And Me off of Alaska)
There’s no better way to start of your show off right than a complete Breakfast – except maybe midnight munchies, at least according to Le Le. Greeting my aural family. I’ll get down to business and continue with more “Love songs.” This is, in my humble opinion, the definitive version of that too oft covered classic Blue Moon, by The Marcels.
0:06:35-0:08:49) Blue Moon by The Marcels off of The Only Doo-Wop Collection You’ll Ever Need
0:08:50-0:09:49) Prelude To A Kiss by Tracie Morris off of State Of The Union
0:09:50-0:12:59) Coax Me A Little Bit by Lena Horne off of Ladies Of Jazz Remixed
0:13:00-0:16:15) Body Baby by Pharoahe Monch off of Desire
0:16:16-0:19:39) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Jc Brooks & the Uptown Sound off of Want More
0:19:40-0:22:29) Truth Hurts by Lizzo off of Cuz I Love You
0:22:30-0:23:35 (Rev’s Second Interruption music: Heliotrope Bouquet by Pink Martini off of Get Happy)
You gotta admit, for “love songs” those were pretty fun. Speaking of fun, that of course was Truth Hurts by Lizzo, who’s described her upbeat and positive music as “like church – but but with twerking.” Before that we heard from Jc Brooks & the Uptown Sound with a spiced up re-interruption of the Wilco’s song I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. They really make it their own, in all the best ways. Then, jumping back in time once more we were blessed by Pharoahe Monch with Body Baby. Immediately preceding the absolutely brilliant Pharoahe was Ms. Lena Horne with an electrified version of her sultry number Coax Me A Little Bit. Then, After Blue Moon, we had a poem from Tracie Morris called Prelude To A Kiss.
Since the less I ramble about it, the more time we have for it, here’s another big, beautiful, block of beats.
0:23:36-0:25:39) Be by Common off of Be
0:25:40-0:29:22) Make U Fly by Zion I off of Heroes In The City of Dope
0:29:23-0:29:39) ODB-Words of Wisdom #1 off of Chris Rock‘s album Bigger & Blacker
0:29:40-0:33:05) As If We Existed by Solillaquists Of Sound off of As If We Existed
0:33:06-0:36:59) Beautiful Struggle by Talib Kweli off of The Beautiful Struggle
0:37:00-0:38:14) (Rev’s Third Interruption music: We Are Genius Millionaires by The Plastic Constellations off of Meat Tape 2)
As a child I didn’t like rap. There were a lot of genres I didn’t. But then I was exposed to more of it, and realized, I didn’t like the rap played on the radio. Which isn’t fair. I didn’t care for pop-rock either, and I’d’ve hated someone to judge the whole genre by the scum that collects atop the main-stream. Obviously, things’ve changed, and we just hop-scotched through some jaw-dropping examples of it.
We started with some Common Sense. From the album Be, that was Be. Then we heard Zion I with Make U Fly from Heroes In The City of Dope. That was followed by the absolutely flawless Solillaquists Of Sound with the Title track off their stunning record, As If We Existed. Then came the always exceptional Mr. Talib Kweli with the title-track off his Beautiful Struggle. And now some more hymns. Because today, I just wanna hang out with you, appreciate some music, and have some Kicks.
0:38:15-0:40:14) Mr. Kicks by Oscar Brown Jr. off of Sin & Soul …and then some
0:40:15-0:42:30) In The Basement, Part One by Etta James off of The Sweetest Peaches
0:42:31-0:42:45) ODB-Words of Wisdom #2 off of Chris Rock’s album Bigger & Blacker
0:42:46-0:45:25) Too The Sky by Myka 9 off of 1969
0:45:26-0:49:05) Ain’t About 2 Stop by Prince [Feat. Rita Ora] off of Hitnrun Phase One
0:49:06-0:50:54 (Rev.’s Fourth Interruption music: Jersey Bounce by Ozzie Nelson off of 100 Jazz Greats)
That was the one and only Prince with Ain’t About 2 Stop from Hitnrun Phase One. A whole album of Electronic Dance Music that he does expertly. Before that we heard from Myka 9 with To The Sky from 1969. Immediately preceding the sky, the absolutely amazing Ms. Etta James took us down In The Basement. And we began that stack of sound of with another practically perfect performer, with a great tune from an awe inspiring album. That was Mr. Kicks himself, Oscar Brown Jr. from the record Sin & Soul …and then some.
Often when sculpting a block of music, I like to start with the softest and slowest songs and build to crescendo/climax. But with this next chunk of sound I knew I wanted to land in a whisper, so it only makes sense to start off with a scream.
0:50:55-0:55:15) No Lives Matter by Body Count off of Bloodlust
0:55:15-0:59:20) Little Baby Swastikka by Skunk Anansie off of Paranoid & Sunburnt
0:59:21-1:03:20) Evil by Paris off of Sonic Jihad
1:03:21-1:08:50) Black Steel by Tricky off of Maxinquaye
1:08:51-1:09:59) Politica by Queen Esther off of State Of The Union
1:10:00-1:12:59) Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday off of Ladies Sing The Blues
1:13:10-1:15:14 (Rev.’s Fifth Interruption music: Swinging The Body by Mike Patton off of A Perfect Place)
We began with the metal side of Ice-T, with the Body Count ditty No Lives Matter. Followed by Little Baby Swastikka by Skunk Anansie. After which we heard a track called Evil, from an album entitled Sonic Jihad, by a man named Paris. Then we had a re-enovation of the old Public Enemy classic Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos. From Tricky’s – first record after parting ways with Massive Attack and made the wise decision to team-up with Martina Topley-Bird. After Black Steel came Queen Esther poeting about the Politica. Lastly we heard Billie Holiday, with Strange Fruit. A song from the late 1930s about being in the South and seeing lynched men hanging from trees. It’s based on a poem by a jewish man, who was also no stranger to persecution at the time.
So that’s it. To all of those who said I didn’t put enough rap and such on our first Black History Month, fuck you very much, and now shut up. And though it was tempting to close out with the reverberating silence after Strange fruit, I just couldn’t bring myself to do that to you. So here’s Ms. Imani Coppola bidding us a Good Day Good Night. Until next time or never. I’ve been Rev. You are uniquely amazing. And we are Aurally Fixated.
1:15:15-1:16:39) Good Day, Good Sir by André 3000 off of The Love Below
1:16:40-1:20:00) Good Day Good Night by Imani Coppola off of The Protagonist
1:20:00 ODB Words of Wisdom #3 off of Chris Rocks off of Bigger & Blacker