Category Archives: The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 296

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the year’s final ode to 2004, a year when an energetic yell could cost you your political career, and I was in the midst of losing all innocence by learning more bad words and consuming too much media. Byah!

Tracklist:

Nas – Intro
Nas – A Message to the Feds, Sincerely, We the People
Fabolous – Breathe
Eminem & D12 – One Shot 2 Shot
Trick Daddy, Twista, & Lil Jon – Let’s Go
Nas – Thief’s Theme
TI – U Don’t Know Me
Lil Jon & Ice Cube – Real ***** Roll Call
Snoop Dogg & Pharrell – Drop It Like It’s Hot
Ja Rule, Fat Joe, & Jadakiss – New York
Cam’Ron, Syleena Johnson, & Kanye West – Down and Out
The Game, Kanye West, & Ludacris – Whole City Behind Us
Papoose – Mixtape Murder
Guerilla Black & Beenie Man – Compton
Young Buck, Chingy, & Lil Flip – Baller (Remix)
Chingy & CIB – Where Da ‘Git It Gurlz At?
MF DOOM –  *** Cakes
De La Soul – Come On Down
Jean Grae – Style Wars
Heiruspecs – 5ves
Devin the Dude – ***** Keeps Smoking Up My Bud
Ludacris & Bobby Valentino – P***in All Over the World
Trick Daddy, Ludacris, & Lil Kim – Sugar (Gimme Some)
Mos Def – The Panties
Nelly & Tim McGraw – Over and Over
Talib Kweli, Common, & John Legend – Ghetto Show
Eminem – Yellow Brick Road
Xzibit – Back 2 the Way It Was
Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia
K-os – Crabbuckit

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 295

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the final ode, of the year, to 2009. The fall, specifically, when Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMA’s, setting into course a domino effect that has resulted in the collapse of western civilization as we know it. What can one say?

Tracklist:

Jay-Z & Luke Steele – What We Talkin About
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem – Forever
Clipse, Pharrell, & Cam’Ron – Popular Demand (Popeyes)
Kid Cudi – Soundtrack 2 My Life
Lil B – I’m God
Snoop Dogg & Soulja Boy – Pronto
Mike Posner, Big Sean, & Freddie Gibbs – Bring Me Down
Birdman, Drake, & Lil Wayne – Money To Blow
New Boyz – You’re a Jerk
Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, & Mack Maine – Every Girl in the World
Usher & Plies – Hey Daddy [Daddy’s Home]
Timbaland & Drake – Say Something
Wale, Gucci Mane, & Weesney of Backyard Band – Pretty Girls
Gucci Mane – Wasted (feat. Plies)
Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, & Birdman – Wasted (Remix)
Red Cafe & OJ da Juiceman – Wasted [MopMix]
50 Cent – OK, You’re Right
Eminem & Dr. Dre – H**l Breaks Loose
Tyler, the Creator & Earl Sweatshirt – ***Milk
Joell Ortiz – Taking My Ball
Pill – Afro-Sheen
Lil Wayne – DOA
Fashawn – Lost in New York
Ghostface Killah & Lloyd – Goner
Mac Miller – Travellin Man ’09
Drake – Fear
Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, & Masta Killa – Kiss the Ring
Wiz Khalifa – The Thrill

See y’all next time!

WaSun: EARTH MOTHER – Album Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Always by WaSun

The Underground King of Toronto

With previous heavy hitter releases, and re-release of Prison Notebooks, WaSun’s latest, is in his words, his best album: EARTH MOTHER. Getting into the tracks, the overall vibe is of a soft beach and warm sand. I am in love with this album. To the soul of the broken-hearted,  this album hits home.

WaSun wrote a personal album, about his life. The hardship he describes via this album can only be felt by listening to the songs. Tell me which ones you listen to on repeat. currently mine is Always.

Old School Hip Hop and social justice movement is WaSun’s background and life. He is a modern warrior for us all. Support his album, released by TAOT RECORDINGS – Shout-out Righteous – Shout-out: Street Hop & DJ Carmelo. This is the album we all need to nurture our hurt wounds and find the strength to move on. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Album of a lifetime. Epicness surpass WaSun’s new release EARTH MOTHER-find it on streaming platforms. Support this GREAT, CANADIAN! Torontonian, multi heavy-hitter albums – check out Prison Notebooks, Comrade Music, What Must Be Done –

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 294

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the final ode to 2014, a strange fall for everyone.

Tracklist:

Wu-Tang Clan – Ruckus in B Minor
Westside Gunn – Rayfuls Plug
Big KRIT – Cadillactica
Prhyme – U Looz
Your Old Droog – Lossey in the Store With Pennies (Remix)
Domo Genesis – STRICTLY4MY******
TI & Young Thug – About the Money
Vince Staples – Screen Door
Mike Will Made It & Bankroll Fresh – Screen Door
Rittz, BOB, & Mike Posner – In My Zone
P. Reign, Drake, & Future – DnF
Childish Gambino – Candler Road
Nipsey Hussle, Young Thug, & Rich Homie Quan – Choke
French Montana – Dontchu
BJ the Chicago Kid – Can’t Hold My Liqour/It’s True
Wale – Girls On Drugs
Lil B – Girl When I Want You
J. Cole – January 28th
Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me
Logic – Buried Alive
Childish Gambino & Jaden Smith – Late Nights in Kauai
Bobby Shmurda & Ty Real – Wipe the Case Away
Jhene Aiko – Eternal Sunshine
Shintaro Sakamoto – Gently Disappear
Future – Codeine Crazy
A$AP Ferg & Clams Casino – Talk It
Tunji Ige – The Love Project (ooh ooh)
Rick Ross & Big KRIT – Brimstone

See y’all next time!

The Birdapres Interview

What’s up, y’all? I did something a bit different tonight — I sat down with Birdapres to discuss a wide range of topics across the course of an hour. There are two versions of the interview here, one without background music and one with. Check it!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 293

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 64th All Things Considered which makes the case for Birdapres, aka your the MC who your favorite rapper views as their favorite rapper. Time to get familiar!

Tracklist:

Like Minds
Rock Icon
Bird Is…
More Than Before
The Devil’s Record Collection
Bridge & Tunnel
F_@k You 2k3
Only When I’m Drunk
Just Stop (Do the Bus Stop)
Do That Dance (Shake and Go At It)
Get Loose
Flow Speratik
Break
Break Me Off
Kicked to the Curb
Sometimes Bird Rhymes Slow
Lechez Les Balloons
Igetsno/Bird Reynolds
Distant
Cashews & Green Beans
Grumpy Old Men
Commies
Broke Street (feat. Jeff Spec)
Due South
Negotiate
Butterscotch Molasses (feat. Moka Only)
Hayseeds
Duncemeat
Made Out of Words
They Ain’t Really Doin It Right
The Impaller
Follow the Sun
Different Insignificant
Sight Unseen (feat. Zen 26)
Me & G
Shades of Avocado
The Winter
Never Supposed To
Bus Stop Blues
Toothpaste
In My Life
Take Me Away
Scratch Chorus
The End of Your Starting

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #53

What’s up, y’all? As usual, here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week:

Bright Like Stars Reflections Rock No
Swamp Music Players Swamp Sandwich Rock No
Raging Flowers Kiwi Christmas – Single Pop / Christmas No
Alain Bédard Auguste Quartet Particules Sonores Jazz CanCon
Eguanuku Rosemary The Light Must Shine Pop No
Kelowna Rose Guilty of My Reality – EP R&B CanCon
Gergana Vilinova This Is The Time – Single Jazz / Christmas CanCon
Jay Williams Gravity – Single Electronic No
melrose more than a body in glass Folk CanCon
Jason Kent Jukebox Boy Rock CanCon
Olivier Loridan Sound Like a Beat – Single House No
KC is Lazy Fire – Single Folk CanCon
Victoria Staff I Wake Up Smiling 🙁 Pop CanCon
Jade Elephant So Far – EP Rock CanCon
Odd Marshall Lucky Dragon – Single Folk CanCon
Heather Avalon Use Me – Single Pop CanCon
ARK IDENTITY ANNDALE – EP Alternative CanCon
Tara Van Things I Wanna Say – Single Pop CanCon
Patrick Smith Another Set – Single Jazz CanCon
Stonehocker Take Everything – Single Alternative CanCon
Brett Higginson I Be Free Singer-Songwriter No
Ryan Dsouza The Letter – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Phil Dawson ٤-tet Don’t Waste Your Ancestors’ Time Jazz No
Land of Sound Chatbot Blues – Single Pop CanCon
Icarus Phoenix Old Sleep Singer – Single Alternative No
Dawn Melanie Childhood Games – Single Folk No
Violett Jean Christmas To Me – Single Singer-Songwriter / Christmas CanCon
John Dawson Outlier Folk Newmarket CanCon
Half a Chance Little Problems – Single Folk CanCon
Night Court $hit Machine Punk CanCon
Pizza Academy/Narrator Greetings From Twin Pine Folk No
Chronic Fatigue Surrender to Serenity Punk CanCon
Two Piano Tornado & the Spectacles Ring Them Bells Country / Christmas CanCon
Big Joe Shelton How Good Could Love Be – Single Blues No
Clover Country Porch Lights Rock No
Mason Via Wide Open b/w Falling Country No
Kimberly York Fun Country No
Cashavelly Meditation Through Gunfire Pop Tracks 5, 7, and 12 are Explicit No
Jangus Kangus Honeymooners in Venice/Janakita – Single Rock No
FENNE Angel With a Darkness R&B No
Waltzburg Broken Bottles – Single Pop No
Niko Ready? No Rock No
Bagjuice Long Time – Single Reggae No

Here’s this week’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Erik Lankin – Aloft on Broken Wings
Frolin – A Touch of Peace
Patrick Smith – Another Set
Alain Bedard Auguste Quartet – Mel & Less
Phil Dawson ٤-tet – Shifting Sands (Mainline)
Night Court – SARDINES AND TEENAGE DREAMS
Chronic Fatigue – Bus Beers
Jade Elephant – Listen to the Beatles
Swamp Music Players – Mikayla
Bright Like Stars – The Less You Know
Jason Kent – Sundark Blues
Ryan Dsouza – Angel Full of Lies
Igor Lisul – Cry for Earth
Kelowna Rose – I Walk
Eguanuku Rosemary – The Light Must Shine
Victoria Staff – Niagara
Victoria Carr – High Green Hill
Miufly – What I Told U
Heather Avalon – Use Me
Tara Van – Things I Wanna Say
Brett Higginson – We’re the Fish
John Dawson – Merry and Pippin
Melrose – saw
Dawn Melanie – Childhood Games
KC is Lazy – Fire
Wreckless Harbour – Heavy Days
Amelie Patterson – The Dissertation

Also, we are fundraising — any help with the bills is always appreciated! Please hit the donate button, to your left, if you would like to support the station financially.

See y’all nex time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 292

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, a straightforward mix of tunes — I’ll be doing lots more talking starting next week. Quick reminder that we are fundraising, please hit the donate button, to your left, if you would like to support the station!

Tracklist:

Tyler, the Creator, Glorilla, Sexxy Red, & Lil Wayne – Sticky
Young Buck – Get Buck
A$AP Ferg & Denzel Curry – Demons
Lloyd Banks – Season of the Psychos
Benny the Butcher, 38 Spesh, & Busta Rhymes – Jesus Arms
Spice Programmers, Blu, & Cashus King – Go to the store
Westside Gunn – Paulin Paulin Paulin
Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher, Boldy James, Stove God Cooks, & DJ Drama – Still Praying
Freddie Gibbs – Cosmo Freestyle
Blu & Fashawn – Smack
Jay Worthy, DJ Fresh, & Larry June – More Then Bags
Rejjie Snow – Rio de Janeiro
Da Brat – Funkdafied
DJ Moves, Buck 65, & Lindsay Misiner – Sur Le Flex
Rahzel, Q-Tip, & Questlove – To The Beat
Big Sean & Cash Cobain – Get You Back
Gordo & T-Pain – Target
Serengeti – idiot
DJ Moves & Buck 65 – Crypt Keeper
Da Grassroots & K-OS – Eternal
Thee Anomalous & Able Rock – Day by Day
Adeem – Her Grape Soda is Poison
Juggaknots – Clear Blue Skies (Brewin Remix)
Big Sean & Charlie Wilson – Break the Cycle
Conductor Williams & Domo Genesis – Space Heater
Legit, Calez, & Average Bo – Android88
Ab-Soul, Lupe Fiasco, Punch, & Doe Burger – Peace
my bloody valentine – sometimes
Dear Maryanne – This is Going Well
Mount Eerie – Demolition

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 291

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, in which I talk about the election and the continued neglect of the Datpiff archive story. Certainly not the most uplifting rambling I’ve ever done, but what can you do, eh?!

Tracklist:

XV, Mike Summers, & Mickey Factz – The Blog Era
XV & Mike Summers – July 26th, 2010
The Antiheroes & D-Sisive – Blow Up
Remy Gray, L.A.M.E., & Michael Christmas – SpaceGhost
Calez – Navy Pier
Mr. Swagtastic – Swagga Tight
Shawn Chrystopher – iRockPolo
Qwest – Missing
Gutta Gadafi (aka Gutta da God) – Can I Live (Freestyle)
Groundworks – Dungeon Keepers
Pesticyde & Poetic Death – Emergency Notice
Show TuFli – Collapse
Ryan Skid & Illdotlogic – The Reality Check
Divo – Hip Hop
Oddjobs, Slug, & Carnage – Hunger Pains 2
Object Beings – Attack of the Postmodern Pat Boone
Crackbeat Society – Where the Pack Meet
A.hymnz, Nomad, Variex, & 2Mex – Apocalypse in a Box
AndrRomak & Variex – The Fear of Nothing
Granola Funk Express & Grand Pupp – A Place to Rise
Cauzndefx – Aki
Calez – Empty Seat
Asthma & Reeses – Track 5
Jay Allen – Summer of 2011
Divo & DL Incognito – Wreck the Mic
Calez, Fnz-e-mak, & Julian Malone – Sunshine
Yung Nate – Forget About It
Cleen – American Idol
XV, Mike Summers, & Earth to Cheska – Treasure Chest

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 290

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s mix is a dedication to Ka, the New York MC — Brownville representer — whose passing on October 12th marks the loss of an irreplaceable visionary. RIP Ka.

Tracklist:

D.N.A
Cold Facts
Iron Work
Knighthood
Day 93
Argo
Enough Praise/Recovering
If Not True
Tested Testimony
Stay Gutter
Still Heir
No Downtime
Day 1125
Illicit Fields
Barring the Likeness
Orpheus
I Need All That
We Not Innocent
Nothing Is
Subtle
Reap
I Wish (Death Poem)
Up Against Goliath
To Hull and Back
Children
Day 3
Oedipus
Day 13
Mourn at Night
Pray
No Reservations
Forgive Me
Old Justice
Grapes of Wrath
Collection Plate
My Only Home
Family Color
I Love (Mimi, Moms, Kev)
True Holy Water

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 289

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a double-bill, with part one being this month’s All Things Considered (which makes the case for J-Bru), and part two being the 21st Mini All Things Considered (which makes the case for Jay Bizzy).

Tracklist:

Part One (all tracks by J-Bru)
Makin People Say
The Fax (Remix) [feat. Classified & Spesh K]
P.A.I.N
Underground MC
Underground MC Pt II (feat. Mic Boyd)
Nothin Can Stop Me
Daily Operation (feat. Classified & Choclair)
2 for $20 (feat. Classified, Spesh K, & Ebony)
What r We Doin? (feat. Eternia)
Its Just Words
This is the Song
Be a Man (feat. Classified)
Movin On Up (feat. Dutch Robinson)
Lost Soul
I Who Have No One
1 of These Days (feat. Ebony)
I Seen the Reaper Walk By
Ranin (feat. Jordan Croucher)
Venting
Jealousy (feat. Classified & Rochester)
No Matter What They Say (feat. Selekwa)
Hard To Smile
He Looks Like You
Holy Are You

Part Two (Jay Bizzy, unless listed otherwise)
I Laugh Out Loudly (J-Bru & Jay Bizzy)
The Truth Hurts
East Coast Warriors (feat. Classified & Johnny Hardcore)
Choose Your Own Adventure 3 (Classified, Jay Bizzy, & J-Bru)
The Ghost of Jacob Marley
When the Evening Comes (feat. Rocky Ninja)
Help! I Been Robbed (J-Bru, Jay Bizzy, & Ghettosocks)

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 288

What’s up, y’all? Here’s tonight’s Clean Up Hour — straight to business with a mix of tunes that are mostly from the past 6 or 7 weeks.

Tracklist:

The Kid Laroi – BABY I’M BACK
Eric Reprid – LIKE A ***** ***** (G6)
Big Sean – Yes
Drake, Young Thug, & 21 Savage – It’s Up
Latto & Young Nudy – Shrimp & Grits
Future – MADE MY *** FAINT
RiTchie & FearDorian – Broke the Mold
YG & Ty Dolla Sign – RESCUE ME
Curren$y, Jay Worthy, & DJ Fresh – If I Ever Take You Home
Tinashe – When I Get You Alone
YG & Larry June – PUT IT IN MY HANDS
NePh & GiTori & TFM Moose – S**Bot
LL Cool J & Eminem – Murdergram Deux
JPEGMAFIA – it’s dark and hell it hot
John Wells – PELOTON
Serengeti – places places
Blu & Exile, KXNG CROOKED, & Kurupt – Chucks
Phiik & Lungs & Michael Christmas – John Taffer
Ransom & V Don – Mid Life Crisis
The Alchemist & Havoc – Scientology
A-F-R-O, Blu, 60 East, & Elena Charis – Across the Universe
Phonte – 5:55am
Spice Programmers, Declaime, & M.E.D – All Y’all
Curren$y, DJ Fresh, & Paul Wall – Stay the Course
Calez – Mew Mew
Serengeti – no way jose
Heems & Vijay Iyer – Manto
SkyBlew & DJ Reimei – Intergalactic [GW2]
Jay Worthy & MadeInTYO – School Daze
Dom Kennedy – Loved
Juicy J, Robert Glapser, & Emi Secrest – To You
Shad & 14kt – Keep Going (And Don’t Forget)
Calez – Missing Ju (Nobody Feel)
Julian Malone & Calez – Good Living
Warm Brew – Staples Center

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 287

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a two hour return to the summer of 2004!

Tracklist:

Lloyd Banks – On Fire
Jadakiss – The Passion of Kiss
The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin
Young Buck & 50 Cent – Let Me In
Lil Wayne – Go D.J.
Jadakiss & Nate Dogg – Time’s Up
Mobb Deep – Got It Twisted
Saigon – Pop Quiz (Multiple Choice)
Juelz Santana – Jump Jump Jump
50 Cent – Southside
Nickelus F & Lil Lee – Burglar Love
Method Man, Redman, & Snoop Dogg – We Some Dogs
213 – My Dirty **
LL Cool J – Headsprung
Proof & T-Flam – Runnin! Yo Mouth
The Streets, Kano, Donae’o, Lady Soverign, & Tinchy Stryder – Fit But You Know It (Donae’o Remix)
Viktor Vaughn – Ode to Rode Rage
Beastie Boys – Ch-Check It Out (Just Blaze Remix)
The Pharcyde – Bongloads II
Masta Ace, Punch & Words – Travelocity
Slum Village, Kanye West, & John Legend – Selfish
Consequence, Kanye West, & Kharyee – So Soulful
Mase – Welcome Back
The Roots – Star/Pointro
The Streets – Dry Your Eyes
The Game, Dr. Dre, & Jay-Z – Get Your Money Right

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 286 + My Appearance on Hip Hop Can Save America

What’s up, y’all? Before I give y’all tonight’s Clean Up Hour, I first want to bring attention to my recent appearance on Hip Hop Can Save America, an independent hip hop news podcast which has helped bring to light a story I recently broke about the disappearance of the Datpiff archive. It’s a huge loss for hip hop archival, and there is absolutely no understanding of why this has happened! So, Manny and I talked about the situation and its implications, you can check it out here:

On the usual note, here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — an ode to the summer of 2009. More strangeness, more goofiness, more everything:

Tracklist:

Freddie Gibbs – Midwest Malcolm (Inhale)
Slaughterhouse – Sound Off
Method Man, Redman, & Saukrates – A-YO
Fabolous & Kobe – I’mma Do It
Busta Rhymes & Ron Brownz – Arab Money
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
Chamillionaire – Internet Thugs Attack
Cam’Ron – My Job
Paul Wall & Marty James – I Grind
Maino & T-Pan – All the Above
Dom Kennedy & BJ the Chicago Kid – Of All Time
Mos Def – Quiet Dog Bite Hard
The Cool Kids & Ludacris – Pennies (the Updated Rosters Remix)
Chamillionaire – In My City Mayne
Charles Hamilton – Crack a Blogger
Mac Miller – Get It On the Floor
Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y – How Fly
Jay Rock – Magnificent
Fabolous & Drake – Throw It In the Bag (Remix)
Freddie Gibbs – How We Do (93 Til’ Freestyle)
The Alchemist, Evidence, Blu, Talib Kweli, & Kid Cudi – Therapy
J. Cole – World is Empty
J Dilla & Blu – Smoke
Eminem – Mr. Mathers (Skit)
Eminem – Deja Vu
XV – Mirror’s Edge
Casey Veggies & Rich Hill – Euphoria
Eyedea & Abilities – Smile
50 Cent – Funny How Time Flies

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 285

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a trip back to the summer of 2014.

Tracklist:

Bones – ReturnOfTheP*mp
Travis Scott, Young Thug, & Rich Homie Quan – Mamacita
Boogie & A$ton Matthews – Westside
HS87 – Grindin My Whole Life
Fredo Santana & Childish Gambino – Riot
Slaughterhouse – Illmind Interlude
Father, ILOVEMAKONNEN, & Key! – Look at Wrist
ILOVEMAKONNEN – I DON’T SELL MOLLY NO MORE
Mick Jenkins – Canada Dry
The Roots & Dice Raw – Black Rock
Common & Vince Staples – Out on Bond
Blu – The 50Z
Statik Selektah, Ab-Soul, Jon Connor, & Logic – Alarm Clock
Riff Raff & Mike Posner – Maybe You Love Me
DJ Mustard & Tinashe – Tinashe Checks In
Ab-Soul – Just Have Fun
Saba & Benjamin Earl Turner – Westside Bound
PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake – Recognize
Amir Obe – Where Did You Go
Isaiah Rashad – Part IV
Jhene Aiko – The Pressure
Mac Miller – Diablo
Mellowhype – The DAZE
Bones – WhereTheTreesMeetTheFreeway
Atmosphere – Flicker
Shawn Chrystopher – Sunset II
Isaiah Rashad – Sydney Jones
Boogie – Let Me Rap
Wiz Khalifa, ScHoolboy Q, Rick Ross, & Nas – We Dem Boyz (Remix)
Lil B – **** KD (Kevin Durant Diss)

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 284

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a dedication to Julian Malone, the Chicago MC who left an indelible mark on my musical tastes and general interests. RIP.

Tracklist:

Goodbye to Dreaming
October 20th
Enemy
A**hole
KidEnemy (feat. Calez)
Bike
Chicago Zoo
MethRZARaeInspectahGZA
Colours (feat. Fonz-e-mak & Kembe X)
Fulla Bad
2Deep
1992
The Glory
10th Wonder (Upperness)
Love Text (Calez feat. Julian Malone)
That One Girl
Dreaming Into Existence (feat. Calez & Fonz-e-mak)
I’m Good
16th Switch
Git Sum (feat. Johnny St. Cloud & Calez)
Die For It (Kembe X, Julian Malone, & Isaiah Rashad)
The Longer Yard
Chill
In My Way (UG feat. Julian Malone)
The Bird & The Bees (Legit feat. Julian Malone)
The Marathon of Greatness (Fonz-e-mak feat. Julian Malone)
Look In
Pair of Dice
OG
Graveyard (feat. Legit)
Untitled
Welcome to Life
All Love

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 283

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 62nd installment of All Things Considered. For this month, I make the case for Wordburglar, the Canadian MC whose expansive discography is fun, dense with references, and worth checking out if you’re unfamiliar.

Pre-Show Routine
The WB
Scova Notians
Lyrical Dope (feat. Chokeules) [Drink Your Milkshake Remix]
Sayin’ Raps
Showtime in ’09 (feat. Timbuktu, Jesse Dangerously, Chokeules, MC Frank Deluxe, Psybo, More or Les, Thesis Sahib, & Ghettosocks)
Word Currency
No Flow
Lyrilogical Guy (skit)
A Letter From Snake Eyes – Part 3
Spinner Rack
Your Friend’s Brother
Walkmen (feat. Ghettosocks)
CDs are Back
Wanna Be On My Posse Cut? (feat. Jesse Dangerously, Moka Only, Timbuktu, & Touch)
That Guy With the Disguises (Imposter Syndrome Remix)
That Metroplex Life (feat. Hot Rod of Cybertronic Spree)
Sneaky Neighbors (feat. Timbuktu)
Wrong Ralph Pulaski (Cobrapocalypse Pt. 1)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sega Was Bad (feat. Mega Ran)
Woolco Tapes
Used Crate of Mind (feat. Birdapres)
Living Between Wednesdays
Remember the Fanbase
Barter in Nostalgia
The Route
The Other Shop (Negative Space Remix)
No ETA (feat. Rich Aucoin)
Channel Halifax

Part 2 (BONUS)
Job Description (skit)
Hat Trick
Noggin Users (feat. MC Frontalot)
So It Flows
Rank & File (feat. Touch, Chokeules, Esh the Monolith, CasUno, Savilion, Jesse Dangerously, More or Les, & Timbuktu)
Torontaun
1980 FORCE
The Mos Eisley Rap Show
Layman’s Terms
Dude, Where’s My AT-AT At? (feat. The-Garthim-Master)
Permanent Address (feat. More or Les)
Make Fun Not Bore
Gray and Bleeding (feat. Thesis)
Yo Canada (CBC Live Radio Version March 2009)
Breeze (feat. Pigeon John)
Stewart

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 282

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s sixth dedication mix to Mac Miller.

Tracklist:

Watching Movies
Live It Up
Miss Mary Jane (B.White & Mayo feat. Mac Miller)
Get Mine’s
Pranks 4 Players (feat. Sir Michael Rocks)
Goose Porridge (The Duck Hunters feat. Mac Miller & Q Hefner)
Marco Polo
Come On Baby (Killa Kyleon & Mac Miller)
The Real (The Ill Spoken)
3rd Dimension
On Some Real S**t (10,000 Bars)
Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza
Live My Life
Hurt Feelings
Stay
Heaven (Vince Stapes, Mac Miller, & Hardo)
Hulu (Larry Fisherman)
She Used To Love Me (Larry Fisherman)
Labido (Delusional Thomas)
Doodling in the Key of C Sharp
In the Air
Missed Calls
Successful
The Mourning After
Woods
Rain
Rainclouds (Larry Lovestein & the Velvet Jazz Revival)
Day Before (Young Thug & Mac Miller)
REMember (Live)
One of a Kind
The Festival (feat. Little Dragon)

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 281

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, which wraps up a summer that went by too fast.

Tracklist:

Jay Worthy & King Most – Summertime
Young Buck – When the Rain Stops
100s – Land of the Laced
Mr. Muthaf***in Exquire – Generation Gap (snippet)
Common – Nuthin’ to Do
Theory 77 – Summer of 82
Your Old Droog – The Sandbox
N.W.A – The Dayz of Wayback
MC Eiht – Straight Up Menace
Pharrell & DJ Drama – Reminisce
Blu & Evidence – Wish You Were Here
Matt Champion – Sana Ana
Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla Sign – Refresh/Say No More
Childish Gambino & Chloe – Survive
Diiv – Out of Mind
Kino – Summer Will End
Mount Eerie – Huge Fire
Mount Kimbie & King Krule – Empty & Silent
The Painters – Rolling Thunder
Brockhamption – LAMB
Dom Kennedy – They Say I’m
Common & Pete Rock – Lonesome
Atmosphere – Sunshine
Jazz Cartier – See You in Hell
The Marias – Sienna
Outkast – Vibrate
Schoolboy Q – Smile
Louie Zong – Goodbye Summer

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 280

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, a bit of “summer’s winding down” flavor.

Tracklist:

Stephen David Heitkotter – Hangin All Night
DJ Honda, The Beatnuts, Fat Joe, & Common – Out for the Cash (5 Deadly Venomz)
Logic – Paul Rodriguez
Niko B – what counts as fine?
Larry June – Three Piece
Dom Kennedy – From the Westside With Love
Jay Worthy, DaM FunK, & Honda Carter – Can’t Fade the Funk
DJ Polo & Ice-T – Suzy Rose Extended Club Mix
Larry June – Cleaning My Spot (Interlude)
Childish Gambino – No Excuses
Stolen Idols – Sao Paulo ’64
Koichi Matsukaze Trio + Toshiyuki Daitoku – Round Midnight
Cymande – Dove
DJ Honda & De La Soul – Trouble in the Water
War – The World is a Ghetto
BJ the Chicago Kid & Kendrick Lamar – The World is a Ghetto
Rhye – One of Those Summer Days
Vince Staples – Justin
Jahmiu – God Did Good
Atmosphere – To All My Friends
Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, & Harry Fraud – The Count

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 279

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s show is the 61st All Things Considered — I’m returning my focus to Canadian artists tonight with Spesh K, the Good Scotian and OG MC who has been doing this Canadian Hip Hop thing for a long time, and is always worth giving some more recognition, in my opinion.

Tracklist:

Export Eh Intro
Demolition
The Main Event (feat. DJ Y-Rush)
Don’t Stop (feat. S-Cape Artist)
Hip Hop Since
Won
Six Emcees (feat. Classified, J-Bru, Jay Bizzy, Mic Boyd, & Bonshah)
Bring it Back (feat. D-Sisive, Boy-iLL, & Divo)
Play This (feat. O.B.1)
Test the Dress Code
TGIF
Get Up (feat. MC’s Funkas)
Saturday Night
Faded
Media Coverage
Meant to Call (feat. Royal T Pompey)
Waiting
Jwep
But We Still Do It (feat. Royal T Pompey)
Figure It Out (feat. LoPro)
If Loving You is Wrong (feat. S-Cape Artist)
Ham n Biscuits
Free
Handwriting (feat. Pacewon & Classified)
Moonlight & Vodka (feat. J-Bru)
Sunrise Sunsets
The 902
Hold Me Back
Good People
My Way
Echo
So Many Files
Brand New Day (feat. DL Incognito & Jordan Croucher)

Bonus Tracks (those of you listening live won’t get these ones, sorry!):
1/2 Irish Hoods
Breakin Hearts
Hush Service
Rise Up
The Eh Game
The Hoe Down
Back to the Bang Boogie
She Ran Away on Valentines Day
What Life Is (feat. iLLvibe & LS)
Adapting to the Change (feat. Jaro & Royal T Pompey)
The Green Room (feat. Jordan Croucher)

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 278

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour:

Tracklist:

Cousin Stizz – My Bike
JPEGMAFIA & Denzel Curry – JPEGULTRA!
Gang Starr – Step In the Arena
MF DOOM – All Outta Ale
Skeme – That Good
Jay Worthy, DaM FunK, & P-LO – Untouchable
Niko B – ur a bundly of joy !
Reflection Eternal – Some Kind of Wonderful
Michael Christmas – Nissan Altima
Curren$y – High Tunes
Smoke DZA & C Lo – I Like Dreaming
Larry June – Til Next Time Love
Terrace Martin, Wiz Khalifa, & Overdoz. – Roll Up
Snakehips & Earthgang – GLIMMER
Big K.R.I.T & Raheem Devaughn – Player’s Ballad
Dom Kennedy – South Central Love
Yelawolf & Poo Bear – Good Girl
New Boyz & Shannell – Can’t Nobody
Killer Mike – SLUMMER
NxWorries, Snoop Dogg, & October London – FromHere
Snoop Dogg & E-White – I Miss That *****
Scotty ATL – Five in the Mornin
Childish Gambino – Dadvocate
Stalley & Jade – Sunrays
Men I Trust – Something In Water
Vince Staples – Government Cheese
Slum Village – The Look of Love
Common & Pete Rock – Everything’s So Grand
The Game, Ashley Cole, & Mike Epps – Supastar

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 277

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, few different things I talk about before the music.

Tracklist:

Dat ***** Daz, Kurupt, Soopafly, Tray Deee, Bad Azz, & Techniec – Gang ****** *** Criminal
Curren$y – Wreckognize
Kool G Rap, DJ Polo, Ice Cube, Scarface, & Bushwick Bill – Two to the Head
Above the Law – Murder Rap
Wiz Khalifa – In the Cut
Polyester the Saint & Krondon – Bury Me in My House Shoes
The Game, Mozzy, ToBi, & Osbe Chill – Carmen Electra
Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha
Snoop Dogg – Promise I
Dom Kennedy – In the Daytime
Jay Worthy, DaM Funk, Polyester the Saint, & Leven Kali – Rich Today
Casey Veggies & Dylvinci – Nostalgia
Larry June & DJ Fresh – Organic Watermelon Juice
Ramriddlz – Gang $igns
G Perico & 2Eleven – State and Fed
Stalley & Jay Worthy – MiddleWest
Action Bronson & Larry June – Kompressor
Childish Gambino, Jorja Smith, & Amaarae – In the Night
Westside Boogie, Kalan Fr.fr, & Mamii – SOMETHIN STRANGE
Bobby Valentino & Timbaland – Anonymous
Bow Wow & T-Pain – She’s My
YG & Tory Lanez – Me and My *****
Cousin Stizz – Gone Til November
Big K.R.I.T – Layup
Blu, Evidence, Domo Genesis & Navy Blue – Lights at Night
Common, Posdnous, & Pete Rock – When the Sun Shines Again
Cocaine 80s & Nas – Chain Glow
R.A.P Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura – bending corners (sittin sidewayz revisited)
Obscure Disorder – The Grill
Asher Roth, Heather Grey, & Murkage Dave – Sacred
Your Old Droog – Grandmother’s Lessons

 

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 276

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — mainly just get right to the music with only a bit of talking beforehand.

Tracklist:

Action Bronson, Young Mehico, & Julian Love – Splash [Provocativ]
Blu, Kokane, & Evidence – Three Wheel Motion
Erykah Badu – The Cell
Shock G – Sunshine Rhime
Larry June, Black C, & Cardo – Meet Me In Frisco
Warren G – Do You See
The Notorious B.I.G – Juicy
Coolio – Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix)
Jay Worthy, DaM Funk, DJ Quik, Channel Tres, & Ty Dolla $ign – 105 West
Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, & Mauseberg – Don’t Tell
NxWorries & H.E.R – Where I Go
Dom Kennedy – Home Alone
Field Mob & Ciara – So What
Sir Michael Rocks & Casey Veggies – Get It Together
2Pac & Digital Underground – I Get Around
The Marias – Run Your Mouth
N.W.A – I’d Rather **** You
Wiz Khalifa & Young Deiji – Purple Fantasy
G Perico – Turn Around
Redman – Creepin
Skyblew x Navo the Maestro – Light Switch
TiRon & Ayomari, Yummy Bingham, & Homeboy Sandman – Do What You Want
Childish Gambino – Steps Beach
Big K.R.I.T – Party Tonight
Skyzoo & The Other Guys – Give You Anything
Curren$y, Smoke DZA, & Harry Fraud – Mirrors
Stalley – Midwest Hustler
Your Old Droog & Yasiin Bey – Care Plan
Common & Pete Rock – Dreamin’

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 275

What’s up, y’all? Tonight marks the 60th All Things Considered segment — I make the case for Kitty Pryde in this one!

Tracklist:

intro
charsuka
$krillionaire (feat. Travie McCoy) (feat. All-American Rejects)
okay cupid
accordion
orion’s belt (feat. riff raff)
JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!!!
he2
bad sweater weather
how 2 b a heartbreaker???
time is the donut of the heart!!!
sickfit
UNfollowed.
strange magic
counting all the starfish
your love
ay shawty 3.0 (feat. Lakutis)
Mass Text Booty Call-In
Mass Text Booty Call (feat. ya boy sprightly)
Afterglow
509 Seabreeze
•.¸.•SECOND♥LIFE•.¸.•
Brush Me Off (feat. DVS)
☼ MISS U ☼
mami
Asari Love Song
thanks kathryn obvious
Affectionate
☠DEAD❤ISLAND☠
Overpass
m0rgan stop =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ
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❅ LAST MINUTE ❅
B.O.M.B (peter) [note — those of you listening live will hear it cut off here; apologies, couldn’t fit everything in before the MixtapeMonopoly replay).
2 Minutes (feat. Lazerdisk & Rtymeklubben)
Running Away
Baby Pink
the window (with american pleasure club)
It Never Hurts (feat. Teen Suicide)
ashby road
Florida
Sugarwater

See y’all next time!