Bassist/producer/rapper Patrick Paige II joins Oliver and Morgan to discuss Biggie's debut studio album Ready To Die. We get into Big's knack for storytelling, Patrick's very cool math teacher, and what Biggie's career might've looked like if he were still with us today.

More on Patrick Paige II

• Check out If I Fail Are We Still Cool?
• Bass to Bass: In Conversation with Patrick Paige II and Thundercat (Complex)
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Ready To Die

• The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review (Billboard)
• Amazon Music's mini documentary on Ready to Die
• The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready To Die’ at 25: 9 surprising things about the era-defining album (NME)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Ready to Die unless otherwise indicated):

• Respect
• Mary J Blige: What's the 411 (Remix)
• Friend of Mine
• Patrick Paige II: Voodoo
• Big Poppa
• Suicidal Thoughts
• Mary J Blige: What's the 411 (Remix)
• Super Cat: Dolly My Baby (Remix)
• Notorious B.I.G.: Party and Bullshit
• Unbelievable
• One More Chance
• Gimme The Loot
• Warning
• Things Done Changed
• Juicy
• Gimme the Loot
• Everyday Struggle
• Machine Gun Funk
• Me and My Bitch
• Who Shot Ya
• Things Done Changed
• Machine Gun Funk
• Unbelievable
• Big Poppa
• The What
• Unbelievable
• Respect
• Me and My Bitch
• Juicy
• Machine Gun Funk
• Wun Two: Juicy
• Craig Mack: When God Comes
• A Tribe Called Quest: Phony Rappers

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Musician/producer/minister Steve Arrington sits down with Morgan and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss Heatwave's debut scorcher, Too Hot To Handle. We talk about the music scene in Dayton, Rod Temperton's prolific career, and Heatwave's ability to meld various genres into one cohesive and funky record. 

More on Steve Arrington

• Steve's interview on NPR
• Check out Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Heatwave

• Unsung: The Story of Heatwave
• Greg Phillinganes on Rod Temperton
• Always and Forever Live

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Too Hot To Handle unless otherwise indicated):

• Always and Forever
• Ain't No Half Steppin'
• Slave: Watching You
• Steve Arrington: Nobody Can Be You 
• Boogie Nights
• I'll Beat Your Booty
• Too Hot To Handle
• Super Soul Sister
• Boogie Nights
• Lay It On Me
• All You Do Is Dial
• Sho 'Nuff Must be Luv
• Slip Your Disc To This
• Rock With You (Rod Temperton Demo)
• Slip Your Disc to This
• Boogie Nights
• Ain't No Half Steppin'
• Michael Jackson: Off The Wall
• Boogie Nights
• All You Do Is Dial
• Too Hot To Handle
• Always and Forever
• Super Soul Sister
• Ain't No Half Steppin'
• Ohio Players: (I Wanna Know) Do You Feel It?
• The Brothers Johnson: Closer to the One That You Love
• Prince: Condition of the Heart

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Rapper/producer Pell sits down with us to talk about N.E.R.D's "In Search Of..." We get into the sex, drugs, rock & roll of it all, The Neptunes' prolific career, and N.E.R.D's influence on Pell's own work.

More on Pell

• Website
• Check out glbl wrmng
• Twitter | Instagram

More on N.E.R.D.

• the-cult-popularity-of-n-e-r-d.html">Explaining the Cult Popularity of N.E.R.D. (Vulture)
• Pharrell's Signature 4 Count  (Genius)
• ‘In Search Of…’: N*E*R*D’s 21st-Century Hip-Hop Mission Statement (uDiscoverMusic)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from In Search Of... unless otherwise indicated):

• Lapdance
• Pell: Eleven:11
• Mase: Lookin' At Me
• Mystikal: Shake Ya Ass
• Kelis: Caught Out There
• Britney Spears: I'm A Slave 4 U
• 702: I Still Love You
• Jadakiss: Knock Yourself Out
• Old Dirty Bastard: Got Your Money
• Jay-Z: I Just Wanna Love You (Give It To Me)
• Nelly: Hot In Herre
• Tape You
• Brain
• Brain (2001 Electronic Version)
• Brain
• Run To The Sun
• Young Franco: Juice
• N.O.R.E.: Superthug
• Am I High
• Provider
• Stay Together
• Run To The Sun
• Am I High
• Bobby James
• Things Are Getting Better
• Baby Doll
• Tape You
• Provider
• Lapdance
• The Neptunes: Light Your Ass On Fire
• N.E.R.D.: Perfect Defect
• N.E.R.D.: You Know What

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Director and screenwriter Kemp Powers sits down with us to discuss De La Soul's  sophomore effort, De La Soul Is Dead. We get into DLS's shift in image and tone, the growth of Prince Paul as a producer, and Kemp's very , ahem, special connection to the song "Let, Let Me In"

And stay tuned to the very end for a short bonus beats on Kemp's love of dancehall music! 

More on Kemp

• Kemp Powers’s long journey to becoming Pixar’s first Black writer-director
• With ‘Soul’ and ‘One Night in Miami,’ Kemp Powers finally hits his artistic stride
• Twitter | Instagram

More on De La Soul Is Dead

• De La Soul Is Dead Turns 30 (The Source)
• De La Soul's Classic Album De La Soul Is Dead Is Turning 30. It Was The First Album I Fell In Love With (Very Smart Brothas)
• an-album-found-in-a-trashcan-de-la-soul-is-dead-2495945905.html">An Album Found in a Trashcan: De La Soul Is Dead (PopMatters)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from De La Soul Is Dead unless otherwise indicated):

• Intro
• Shwingalokate
• Jungle Brothers: I'll House You
• My Brother's A Basehead
• De La Soul: Brain Washed Followers
• Pease Porridge
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Oodles of O's
• Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
• Kicked Out the House
• Skit 1
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Millie Pulled A Pistol on Santa
• Let, Let Me In.
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Pease Porridge
• Rap De Rap Show
• Keepin' The Faith
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Oodles of O's
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Lou Donaldson: It's Your Thing
• Bittis in the BK Lounge
• Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
• Skit 5
• Black Sheep: Flavor of the Month
• The Pharcyde: Otha Fish
• A Tribe Called Quest: Buggin Out
• Eek-A-Mouse: Border Patrol
• Shinehead: Chain Gang Rap
• Super Cat: Ghetto Red Hot (Remix)
• Sean Paul: Punkie
• Super Cat: Dolly My Baby (Remix)
• Shabba Ranks: Mr. Loverman

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Drummer and producer Karriem Riggins sits down with us to discuss a bonafide classic, A Tribe Called Quest's third studio album Midnight Marauders. We get deep into the samples used on this record, Q-Tip's growth as a producer, and how Bob Power helped shaped the sound of the LP.

More on Karriem Riggins

• KCRW Presents Lockdown Listening: Karriem Riggins
• Check out Pardon My French
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Midnight Marauders

• End of Discussion: Why A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders” Is Better Than “The Low End Theory” (Complex)
• A Breakdown of the samples used on Midnight Marauders (Power 106)
• A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’ Turns 25 (Albumism)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Midnight Marauders unless otherwise indicated):

• Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
• Electric Relaxation
• Jahari Massamba Unit: Etude Montrachet
• A Tribe Called Quest: I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
• Award Tour
• Steve Biko (Stir It Up) 
• The Chase, Part II
• Common: The Hustle
• Clap Your Hands
• The Roots: Push Up Ya Ligher
• Sucka N****
• Award Tour
• J Dilla: Beej-n-Dem Part 2
• Midnight
• Q-Tip: Let's Ride
• 8 Million Stories
• Electric Relaxation
• Oh My God
• God Lives Through
• Kool & The Gang: Who's Gonna Take The Weight
• Oh My God
• A Tribe Called Quest: Oh My God (Remix)
• A Tribe Called Quest: Oh My God (Know Naim Remix)
• Cal Tjader: Aquarius
• Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
• Lyrics to Go
• Minnie Riperton: Inside My Love
• James Brown: Just Enough Room For Storage
• Lyrics to Go
• Ronnie Foster: Mystic Brew
• Electric Relaxation
• Brethren: Outside Love
• Electric Relaxation
• Jack Wilkins: Red Clay
• Sucka N****
• The Meters: Handclapping Song
• Clap Your Hands
• Bob James: Nautilus
• Clap Your Hands
• Lou Donaldson: Ode to Billie Joe
• Clap Your Hands
• Weldon Irvine: We Gettin' Down
• Jade: Don't Walk Away
• Award Tour
• Lyrics to Go
• God Lives Through
• Digable Planets: Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
• The Roots: Good Music
• Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth: They Reminisce Over You  (T.R.O.Y.)
• Slum Village: Keep It On
• De La Soul: Breakadawn

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 In honor of Computer World's 40th anniversary (!!!) we decided to rerun our episode with Nite Jewel discussing this classic album.

[show notes from the original post]

When we invited L.A.’s own Nite Jewel to join us, it probably shouldn’t have been a surprise that she picked Kraftwerk’s Computer World; after all, she’s toured the world performing the album. In sitting down with us, NJ (aka Ramona Gonzalez) broke down how she first became obsessed with the album, walking the streets of Berkeley, thinking about German philosophy (no, really!) and why the LP is such a masterpiece of fusing a variety of musical elements all colliding in the early 1980s.

More on Computer World

• How the album invented “computer funk” (Rolling Stone)
• The “sampling legacy” of the album (The Vinyl Factory)
• DJ Food’s appreciation (Clash Music)

More on Nite Jewel

• Nite Jewel on performing Computer World (Pitchfork)
• 2017 interview (Bandcamp)
• Interview with KALX (aka the best college radio station out there, according to O.W.)
• Website | Facebook | Twitter

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Computer World unless indicated otherwise):

• Computer World
• Nite Jewel: 2 Good 2 Be True
• Nite-Funk: Let Me Be Me
• Pocket Calculator
• Computer Love
• Zapp: Computer Love
• Home Computer
• Model 500: Future
• Cluster: Prothese
• It's More Fun To Compute
• Gillette: Short Dick Man (Bass Mix)
• Afro-Rican: Give It All You Got
• Numbers
• Nite Jewel: Artificial Intelligence
• Home Computer
• Night Jewel: Numbers
• Numbers
• Home Computer
• Computer World 2

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Bassist/composer Joshua Abrams sits down with Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss Arthur Verocai's underrated self-titled debut record. We discuss the rediscovery of this album via sampling, the texture of Arthur's synth work, and why we connect with the album even though our Portuguese is, uhh, a bit rusty.

More on Joshua Abrams

• Joshua Abrams' Chameleonic Quartet Gets Exuberantly Ornery On 'Cloud Script' (NPR)
• Joshua's Quarantine Concert
• Website

More on Arthur Verocai

• Arthur Verocai: Return Of A Brazilian Secret (NPR)
• The Legend of Arthur Verocai (The Vinyl Factory)
• I Threw Everything Away: An Interview with Arthur Verocai (Sounds and Colours)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Arthur Verocai unless otherwise indicated): 

• Pelas sombras
• Seriado
• Velho parente
• Caboclo
• Little Brother: We Got Now
• Dedicada a ela
• Seriado
• Velho parente
• Presente grego
• Sylvia
• Caboclo
• Aaliyah: Are You That Somebody?
• Caboclo
• Que mapa?
• Caboclo
• Na boca do sol
• Sylvia
• Na boca do sol
• Que mapa?
• Karina (Domingo no Grajaú)
• Dedicada a ela
• Ivan Lins: Hei Você
• Celia: Na Boca Do Sol
• Gal Costa: Relance

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Writer and musician Jason King sits down with Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss the Sylvester live album Living Proof. We talk about Sylvester's vision of wholeness and sharing good vibes, the countless gorgeous moments captured in the live setting, and the medley of genres he blended together. 

Please stick around to the end of the episode to hear a snippet of our past conversation with Shea Serrano about DMX. Rest in Power.

More on Jason King

• Jason in conversation with Dua Lipa (NPR Music)
• Check out Jason's work with Pitchfork
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Sylvester

• Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester (Amazon Music)
• The Extraordinary Musical Legacy of Sylvester (The Guardian)
• Bigger Than Disco, 'You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)' Is A Celebration Of Self (NPR)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Living Proof unless otherwise indicated):

• Overture - Live
• Happiness - Live
•  Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
• Sylvester: Over and Over
• Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) - Live
• Herbie Hancock: Magic Number
• Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) - Live
• Sharing Something Perfect Between  Ourselves - Live
• Body Strong - Live
• Sylvester: Fever
• Medley: Live
• Blackbird: Live
• You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Live
• Blackbird - Live
• Sharing Something Perfect Between Ourselves - Live
• You Are My Friend - Live
• Medley - Live
• Dance (Disco Heat) - Live
• You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
• Sylvester: I Need Somebody to Love Tonight
• Patrick Cowley & Sylvester: Do You Wanna Funk?
• Sylvester & The Hot Band: A Whiter Shade of Pale
• Sylvester: Be With You

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Producer and DJ The Twilite Tone sits down with Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss Stevie Wonder's 1980 comeback album, Hotter Than July. We get into Stevie's foray into country western and reggae, his return to All I Do, a song he cowrote over a decade prior as a teenager, and the impact Disco Demolition Night had on black music.  

More on The Twilite Tone

• Do It Properly music video
• Twilite Tone @ Vinyl Factory
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Hotter Than July

• Master Blaster (Jammin') Live in 1980
• KCRW's piece on Stevie Wonder's comeback in 1980
• wonder-hotter-than-july-lon-neumann.html">The Making of ‘Hotter than July,’ The Album That Revived Stevie Wonder’s Career (Okayplayer)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Hotter Than July unless otherwise indicated):

• Cash In Your Face
• Rocket Love
• The Twilite Tone: Do It Properly
• Stevie Wonder: Fingertips
• All I Do
• Do Like You
• As If You Read My Mind
• I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
• Master Blaster (Jammin')
• I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
• Happy Birthday
• As If You Read My Mind
• Master Blaster (Jammin')
• Tammi Terrell: All I Do Is Think About You
• All I Do
• Lately
• Rocket Love
• Do Like You
• Cash In Your Face
• Happy Birthday
• As If You Read My Mind
• Lately
• Syreeta: Cause We've Ended As Lovers
• Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack: You Are My Heaven
•  Gary Byrd & The GB Experience: The Crown
• Logg: Lay It On The Line

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Multi-instrumentalist & songwriter Xenia Rubinos joins Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss Abbey Lincoln's underrated jazz LP, Abbey is Blue. We discuss Abbey's melancholy voice, her work in the civil rights movement, and how her work has influenced Xenia's own music.

More on Xenia Rubinos

• Check out Xenia's newest music video "Did My Best"
• Bandcamp
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Abbey Lincoln

• Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln performing live in 1964
• Abbey Lincoln: The Power Of Voice (NPR)
• How it Feels to be Free (PBS)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Abbey is Blue unless otherwise indicated):

• Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
• Come Sunday
• Xenia Rubinos: Lonely Lover
• Lost In The Stars
• Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln: Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
• Brother Where are You?
• Afro Blue 
• Thursday's Child
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh
• Lost In The Stars
• Xenia Rubinos: Laugh Clown
• Let Up
• Long As You're Living
• Mongo Santamaria: Afro Blue
• Afro Blue
• Lonely House
• Let Up
• Lonely House
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh
• Come Sunday
• Long As You're Living
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh
• Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln: Driva' Man
• Nina Simone: I Loves Your Porgy
• Charles Mingus: Fables of Faubus
• Duke Ellington: Warm Valley

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