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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 344

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What’s up, y’all? Before diving in, the Power Up Community Radio Fundraiser ends late tomorrow — if you want to get a last minute donation in, please consider doing so; we have hit our goal, but would love to double it, especially since the economy stinks right now!

Anyways, tonight’s show is the 76th All Things Considered. This one makes the case for Saukrates — with 31 years of experience in bridging the gap between Canadian Hip Hop and its outside influences, navigating the frustrations of the major label system, and exploring ways to diversify the boundaries of the genre, he has quietly cemented himself as a foundational voice, and so, it’s time to get familiar if you ain’t already.

Tracklist:

Intro
Season One
Deeper Cover (Redman, Icarus, & Saukrates)
Keep It Movin (feat. Xzibit)
Let’s Go (Redman & Saukrates)
Saukrates Season
Father Time (Remix)
The Professional
Vietnam
Fine Line
Season 2
A-Yo (Method Man & Redman feat. Saukrates)
My Pager Burnin Up (Easide of Thangs) [feat. Redman]
My Piece
Feels So Good (Kyprios & Saukrates)
Doorite (feat. Nickelus F & K-Os)
Say I (feat. OB O’Brien)
Joni Mitchellin’ Peelin’ Out (K-Os & Saukrates)
Kingdom Come
#FYEO
Anything Goes (Classified, Skratch Bastid, & Saukrates)
Sometimes
Innovations (Pharoahe Monch & Saukrates)
Extraordinary
Iceberg
Hate Runs Deep (feat. Marvel)
Hate Runs Deep (2017 Version) [feat. Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, & Marvel)
Mini Me, Mini U
Play Dis (feat. Common)
Rollin (Remix) (feat. Masta Ace & O.C.)
P’s & Q’s
I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman (K-Os, Saukrates, & Nelly Furtado)
Fades Away (King Reign, Drake, & Saukrates)
What A Day

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 343

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a discussion of the recent Billboard chart headlines that have been making the rounds. Also, the Power Up Community Radio Fundraiser is still going, please consider donating!

Shad – Intro
Shad & Raz Fresco – Look Pt 1
Saba & FELIX! – TicTacToe
Michael Christmas & Mathilde MX – move
Wynne – The British Are Coming
Atmosphere – Caddy
Aesop Rock – Poly Cotton Blend
Westside Gunn – Tiffany Blue
Curren$y – Rush Hour
Lloyd Banks – Book of Records
Mcenroe – No A No I
Nickelus F – Max Frequencies
Mobb Deep – Against the World
Miguel – The Killing
ThorHighHeels – Preview of the Noose
50 Cent – Damn
Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, & Young Buck – You Already Know
Bruiser Wolf, ZeelooperZ, & Harry Fraud – The Spaniard
R.A.P Ferreira, ELDON, & Kenny Segal – blood quantum
The RH Factor & D’Angelo – Bullshit
Not for Radio – Back To You
2 Chainz & The Isley Brothers – The ATL Experience
Hit-Boy, Havoc, & The Alchemist – Celebration Moments
Jay Worthy & Conway – Bellagio
Jay Worthy – Worthy vs Getty
Obed Padilla – Fuerza Freestyle
Charles Hamilton – The Perfect Suicide
Kent Jamz – affirmation
Heems & Lee Ranaldo – Nothing Good Is Easy
The RH Factor & D’Angelo – I’ll Stay
War – Four Cornered Room

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 342

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What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s All Things Considered is web-exclusive so that DJ Carmelo can do his thing — the show makes the case for The Gumshoe Strut, a true DIY one-man-band-man who’s been doing his thing for a long time. Time to get familiar!

Up Down Left Right
No Time 2 Die
My Secret Identity
Stairaway
Broke Off Rap
BEATS! (feat. Pip Skid & Yy)
That Counts
How Many Times (feat. Gruf)
Throw Down Tonight
On the Move
A Coset To Be The Boss (feat. Pip Skid)
Live From the Underground
Worse in the World (TTG Version)
Whirlwind
Traffic
It’s All About… (feat. Grubbs)
Redrum
Point of Combustion
So Confused (feat. MC Homeless)
Break Me Off (Interlude)
Pick Up The Piece(s)
Clock/Works
The Haunted Painting
Wants Might Get (feat. Birdapres)
Too Long In The Tooth
People So Cold (No Hellos)
Sun Down
Do Dad S**t (feat. Nolto, StapleMouth, Id Obelus, Capaciti, & Yy)
I Was There Once
Heard You Were Dead (feat. Azrael)
Cheers
Love 40
Felt
Honestly
Indifference
In Bed At Dawn
Wide Awake
The Real Sacrifice
Bus Stop Joe
Bad Apple
Humble Abody
Goodnight
Speakin’ My Mind

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 341 — RIP D’Angelo

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What’s up, y’all? As I promised last week, tonight’s show is The Clean Up Hour’s dedication to D’Angelo, an absolute titan in music, who leaves behind an unimpeachable discography. His passing at just 51 is a tragedy unto itself, and doubly a tragedy for the entire musical canon. RIP D’Angelo.

Tracklist:

Unshaken
Devil’s Pie
1000 Deaths
Cold World (GZA, Inspectah Deck, & D’Angelo) [RZA Mix]
Imagine (Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, & D’Angelo)
Brown Sugar
The Hypnotic (The Roots & D’Angelo)
Jonz In My Bonz
Till It’s Done (Tutu)
Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes Of Mine (feat. Redman) [Def Squad Remix]
Sugah Daddy
So Far To Go (Common & D’Angelo)
Cruisin (Cut the Sax Remix)
Lady
Betray My Heart
S**t, D**n, Motherf***er (Live at the Jazz Room Cafe, London, 1995)
Break Ups 2 Make Ups (Method Man & D’Angelo)
One Mo Gin
Really Love
The Root
Medley: Greatdayndamornin’/Booty
Lady (Live at the Jazz Room Cafe, London, 1995)
I Found My Smile Again (Radio Edit)
Believe (Q-Tip & D’Angelo)
Geto Heaven (OG) [Common & D’Angelo]
Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine
Untitled (How Does It Feel)

See y’all next time! Heads up the show will be uploaded next week, but will not air live, in order to give DJ Carmelo more time for his event. Also, I’m going to finally start posting the covers I use on soundcloud as of today.

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 340: The Shad Interview

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What’s up, y’all?  As the title of the post suggests, I had the opportunity to interview Shad — legendary Canadian MC, legendary MC overall, and a stand-up guy who didn’t give me a hard time for being 15 minutes late to an interview that I scheduled! We talked about his upcoming album, Start Anew, maintaining optimism in dark times, and the Canadian listenership’s relationship to Canadian Hip Hop at this time. I hope y’all get as much out of this convo as I did.

Also got the usual mix of tunes in here — haven’t played anything new for y’all since August, so it’s time to get right on that. RIP D’Angelo, dedication mix next week.

Tracklist:

Drake, Julia Wolf, & Yeat – DOG HOUSE
Niko B – Stunt jump
Chance the Rapper & BabyChiefDoIt – Drapetomania
Michael Christmas – I’M WITH THE MEXICANS
The Cool Kids & Seafood Sam – Banana in the Tailpipe
J.U.S. & Raphy – How U Want It
Justin Bieber & Hurricane Chris – POPPIN MY S**T
Jay Worthy, Ohgeesy, & Wiz Khalifa – The Jump
Jay Worthy, Wiz Khalifa, E-40, & Jim Jones – From The Jump (Remix)
Curren$y – Another Benz
Ice Cube – Before Hip Hop
Jay Electronica & Quentin Miller – Who Killed Michael Jackson????????
Jay Electronica – @RealCandaceO…TellUsMore!
Mick Jenkins & EMIL – Pundits (YAPPERS)
Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa – Blog Air
Michael Christmas & Mathilde MX – 90’s ppv
Jeezy & DJ Drama – Snowman Party
Mariah Carey -Type Dangerous
Erick the Architect – LUNCHIN
Kaytranada – DON’T WORRY BABE / I GOT U BABE
Princess Nokia – Beach Babe
El Michels Affair & Shintaro Sakamoto – Indifference
Myka 9 & Blu – LA CA
Earl Sweatshirt – gs vs sac
Jay Electronica – Blood Libel. Who’s That Lying On God?
Joell Ortiz – The Crosswalk
Serengeti – what a day
pami – call my dad
Mac Demarco – Phantom
Westside Gunn & Brother Tom Sos – Amira Kitchen
Domo Genesis & Graymatter – World Gone Mad
Evidence – Nothing’s Perfect
Ghostface Killah & Method Man – You Ma Friend
The Expert & NAHreally – 40 Winks
Atmosphere & Yoni Wolf of WHY? – Yearning
Mobb Deep & Nas – Pour the Henny
Kent Jamz – demon days
Charles Hamilton & DEAD – Tell Me That The World Still Remembers Me
Wednesday – Gary’s II

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 339.

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What’s up, y’all? Before getting into it tonight, I first need to offer some condolences — RIP PJ Smith, host of No Crap Radio, which aired here on CKMS 102.7 for a brief bit. PJ brought passionate energy to the station, to the act of record collection, and to the general activity of enjoying music. Archives of his show can still be downloaded here, please grab a DL for the sake of archival: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qwqeyu6i980e81efoxtaa/AAgRoQnNRX8RckBoeV_RV0Q?rlkey=41vdpfemwtd4dwyjirjfzao5g&dl=0.

Tonight’s Clean Up Hour takes us back to the summer of 2000 — GPS was no longer just for the military, the human genome was mapped out for the first time, Putin rose to power, and Lebanon got to celebrate something that Palestine has not. The hope for the new millennium might be gone, but its implications are not. Gave us some fun music though!

Tracklist:

Busta Rhymes – Salute Da Gods!!
Nelly – Country Grammar
Three 6 Mafia & UGK – Sippin’ On Some Syrup
De La Soul – Thru Ya City
Lil Kim & Sisqo – How Many Licks
Sum 41 – Summer
Baha Men – Who Let the Dogs Out
Mac Dre, Keak Da Sneak, & P.S.D – Hyphy
Grimm & Ikeman – Watch the Block Bleed
Lil Flip, Chris Ward, Lil Key, B.G., Duke, Will-Lean, C-Note, Shasta, & Ron Wilson – Candycars
Kool Keith – Back Stage Passes
Amil, Eve, Da Brat, & Jay-Z – Road Dawgs
Brotha Lynch Hung & Snoop Dogg – Dog Market
Spice-1 & UGK – Murder Mad Dance
MC Eiht – Must Be Murder
Canibus, Ras Kass, Killah Priest, & Kurupt – Horsementality
Dilated Peoples, Defari, Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia, & White E. Ford – Ear Drums Pop (Remix)
Eminem – The Way I Am
Quasimoto – Low Class Conspiracy
Big L – Flamboyant
Jurassic 5 – Monkey Bars
Zion I & Planet Asia – Critical
Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee, & Mark Morrison – Backstabbers
Suga Free, DJ Quik, Mausberg, Madd Nation, & G.P. – Hotel Motel
Killah Priest – When Will We Learn
Slum Village & D’Angelo – Tell Me
People Under the Stairs – Stay Home
DJ Quik, Mausberg, James DeBarge & Will Hudspeth – Change Da Game
O.P.M. – Heaven Is A Halfpipe (If I Die)

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 338

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — an ode to the summer of 2005, when beef was wild, Hurricane Katrina showed how startlingly bad government incompetence could get, and the new online console generation was coming into bloom.

Tracklist:

Part 1:
Young Maylay – San Andreas Theme Song
Common, Kanye West, & The Last Poets – The Corner
Common & The Last Poets – The Corner (Reprise)
The Game – 300 Bars and Runnin
Young Jeezy & Jay-Z – Go Crazy
Missy Elliott & Mike Jones – Joy
Fat Joe – Safe 2 Say (The Incredible)
Gucci Mane, Boo, & Young Jeezy – Icy
Slim Thug & Pharrell – Already Platinum
Nelly, Paul Wall, Ali, & Gipp – Grillz
Kurupt – Throw Back Muzic ’86
Tony Yayo & G-Unit – I Know You Don’t Love Me
Ying Yang Twins & Pitbull – Shake
Felt – Breaker Down Like a Shotgun
Quasimoto – Bartender Say
Gorillaz & De La Soul – Feel Good Inc.
Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk With My Heart
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Don’t Hurt Me Dirty
Sean Price & Tek – Onion Head
Kanye West – George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People
Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Little Brother – What You Do
Mr. SOS – Time (What Is It?)
Big K.R.I.T. – A Rapper With a Dream
Trey Songz & Twista – Gotta Make It
Proof – Kurt Kobain
Buck 65 – The Floor

Part 2:
Bill O’Reilly – Skit
Tony Yayo – It’s My Time
Jim Jones & Hell Rell – Penitentiary Chances
Necro, Ill Bill, Mr. Hyde, Mitch Matlock & Katja Kassin – Edge Play
Juelz Santana – You Can’t Touch This
Mike Epps – F**k You C.O.
J.R. Writer – GatMan Freestyle
9th Wonder, Buckshot, L.E.G.A.C.Y, & Joe Scudda – Out of Town
Memphis Bleek & Rihanna – The One
Olivia – Satisfy Me
Canibus – Stupid Producers
Eminem – Benzino (Skit)
Guru – Too Dark 2 See

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 337

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a look back to the summer of 2010, when I discovered 2DopeBoyz and Datpiff. Nuff said.

Tracklist:

Drake & Lil Wayne – Miss Me
Eminem & P!nk – Won’t Back Down
Lil B – Like a Martan
Rick Ross & Styles P – B.M.F (Blowin Money Fast)
Fat Joe – I Am Crack
Pill – Ok Dennn
Plies – Rob Myself
Young Jeezy & Plies – Lose My Mind
Jadakiss – Who Shot Ya
Freddie Gibbs – Serve or Get Served
Scarface – The N Word
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – As We Enter
Lil B – T-Shirt & Buddens
3OH!3, Kesha, & Gucci Mane – My First Kiss (Remix)
Big Boi & Vonnegutt – Follow Us
Big Sean & Chiddy – Too Fake
Bun B & Drake – Put It Down
Mac Miller – Don’t Mind If I Do
Childish Gambino – Do Ya Like
Wale – The Breakup Song
Danny Brown – Friday Night
Ab-Soul – House Party 5
Freddie Gibbs, Chuck Inglish, Chip tha Ripper, Bun B, & Dan Auerbach – Oil Money
Reflection Eternal, Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def – Just Begun
Curren$y & Stalley – Address
Tyler, the Creator, Domo Genesis, & Hodgy Beats – Up
The Roots & John Legend – The Fire
K-Os – Holy Cow
Fashawn & Talib Kweli – Life’s a B***h
TiRon – Cigarette
Charles Hamilton – Deja Vu (Heroin Girl)
Charles Hamilton – I Am More Concerned With Love Than Life (Multi-Player Love)
Vuvuzuela sound at Cape Town Stadium – world cup 2010

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 336

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — we’re getting back to the odes by taking it back to the summer of 2015, a summer that feels a world and a half away, yet we’re still stuck in.

Tracklist:

Dr. Dre – Intro
Dr. Dre – Talk About It (feat. King Mez & Justus)
Westside Boogie – Oh My
Cousin Stizz – Dirty Bands
Chinx Drugz – Feelings
Meek Mill, Swizz Beatz, & Jeremih – Classic
Fetty Wap & Drake – My Way (Remix)
JPEGMAFIA – MC Ride Just Got His Reparations
Asher Roth – Oren’s Not Sure
Mick Jenkins – P’s and Q’s
Lupe Fiasco – OF
The Internet & Vic Mena – Go with It
Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson – Peaches N Cream
Janet Jackson & J. Cole – No Sleeep
Remy Banks & Erick Arc Elliot – higher.
Your Old Droog – Word
Nickelus F – Don’t Judge Me
King Los, Isaiah Rashad, & Kent Jamz – Black Blood
Warren G, Bun B, Young Jeezy, & Nate Dogg – Keep On Hustlin’
Chance the Rapper & Noname – Israel
Lil B, Chance the Rapper, & Noname – Last Dance
Injury Reserve – ttktv
Gunplay – Dark Dayz
A$AP Rocky, Rod Stewart, & Miguel – Everyday
Dom Kennedy – Alhambra
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Erykah Badu, & Chance the Rapper – Rememory
Vince Staples – Summertime
Bones – WaitingByThePlanter
Kill Bill & SCUARE – VIBE KILLERS
Death Grips – On GP
2 Chainz & Betty Idol – Blue Dolphin

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 335

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the conclusion to the summer of Peanuts & Corn, in which I make the case for label founder, producer, and all around great rapper mcenroe. He’s been in the game too long now for y’all to not be familiar!

All tracks by mcenroe unless listed otherwise.

Tracklist:

What’s Wrong?
Gearing Up for Getting Down
Convenience Now Redux
Corner Store
Centrifuge (feat. Cadence Weapon)
Stack Silver
Rejection
Breakfast All Day [Break Bread & Birdapres]
Old School
King Me
91 Bombs on CNN
still watching Friends
Cereal for Dinner (feat. Birdapres)
fishing for ideas
6:25 at the First Window (feat. Pip Skid)
For Service in English, Part One
30 in the Club [Farm Fresh]
Tyler’s in the Coal Room (Weeping) [Farm Fresh]
The Art of the State (feat. Yy)
Phone Won’t Ring
green monochrome screen
Windows 95
I Can’t Work in a Factory
Working in the Factory
Same Old Faces (feat. John Smith)
87 Moving Out
Carry the One (feat. Yy)
Space Pt. III [Farm Fresh]
Got Away With One
24 hours (feat. Birdapres)
Decay (In Effect)
The Bad Sleep Well
Downtown [Farm Fresh]

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 334

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a dedication to Mac Miller, seven years on from his passing. I mainly talk about the release of Balloonerism, but also the usual somber feelings around this time.

Tracklist:

MHB
Doodling In The Key Of C Sharp
Yooo
Larry
Friends (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
In the Bag (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
Goosebumpz
H**s Go Crazy (Future, DJ Esco, & Mac Miller)
Dumb It Down (Freestyle)
The Hold Up (The Ill Spoken)
The Chow Line (feat. Beedie & Max B)
Nothing Can Stop Me (feat. Yung Brody)
Party In The USA (Remix)
Senior Skip Day
Girls In The Palm Of My Hand
Crushin’ Round The Clock
She Said
Skin
Vitamins
Just a Kid
Smoke Signals (feat. John Records)
No
Face the Facts
The Star Room/Killin Time (Live)
Ladders
Circles
Birthday
Rick’s Piano
Funny Papers

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 333

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the summer’s over, so it’s time to send it off with an ode to a summer of too many heatwaves.

Tracklist:

Mista – Blackberry Molasses
Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock – Money Trees
Memphis Bleek – Interlude/Dear Summer (Performed by Jay-Z)
Casey Veggies – Bye Summer
Three 6 Mafia – Da Summa
Niko B – tom did
Open Mike Eagle – ok but i’m the phone screen
Pause – Caroline
War – City, Country, City
George Benson – The World is a Ghetto
Too $hort – The Ghetto
Jay-Z – Party Life
Chance the Rapper – Brain Cells
Takuya Kuroda – Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Chance the Rapper, Jeremih, & Francis and the Lights – Summer Friends
Chance the Rapper & Jamila Woods – No More Old Men
Serengeti – Ozzie Gullen
Kevin Abstract & DERBY – I Wasn’t There
Whitney Shafer – All My Ex’s Live in Texas
America – A Horse With No Name
Lil B – Time’s Blue

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 332

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a mix of Hip Hop entirely from East Asia. In the context of the “woke” and “post-woke” eras, I think something a bit different is needed.

Tracklist:

Rhymester – B-BOYイズム
CB MASS – the real thing (For The Club) (feat. Shin Ji Sun) (진짜 (For The Club) (feat. 신지선))
MC漢 × MAKI the MAGIC – 紫煙
Lunch Time Speax – その男
PUNPEE＆BIM – SHAMPOO (feat. Elle Teresa)
妖艶金魚(yoen kingyo) – OMG
FARMHOUSE – リンス
ZORN – In the Neighborhood
YDG – Chilly
JJJ – Kids Return
The Quiett – Take the Q Train (Remix) [feat. P-Type]
ECD – SHINE (feat. K-Dub)
LIBRO – Signal (feat. Motoharu) (シグナル – 光の当て方次第影の形 feat. 元晴)
Suzuki mamiko – Blue
Zettahun & kojikoji – Midnight Call
INSIST – Honou
Mad Clown – On a Starry Night (별이 빛나는 밤에 (Feat. 강선아)
SOMAJI – ええな
Lo-key design & kojikoji – CAREFREE
The Bangerz – 천국에도 그림자는 진다 (feat. 최적화)
Yakke – 愛密集 (feat. Shing02)
Cero – Summer Soul
STUTS × SIKK-O × 鈴木真海子 – Summer Situation
604 – Morning Glow (feat. 仙手, TOCCHI & Hang)
HARE – 猫 (feat. SOMAJI)
Basi – Rap Amazing (キムチ)
Drunken Tiger – 고집쟁이
Soul Scream – 黒い月の夜
Buddha Brand – 人間発電所
野巢 Nosu – Bakerloo (feat. Flowstrong, 53mo)
Cibo Matto – Sugar Water

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 331

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — link to the review I talk about can be found here: https://old.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/18qec85/album_of_the_year_8_thes_one_farewell_my_friend/.

Tracklist:

Jermaine Dupri, J Money, Sean Paul, BunnaB, & Bankroll Ni – Magic City Money
Drake, Quavo, & Travis Scott – Portland
Michael Christmas – Prime Time Freestyle
Metro Boomin, Gucci Mane, QUE, Hoodrich Pablo Juan, & Young Dro – They Wanna Have Fun
JID, Ciara, & Earthgang – Sk8
Saweetie & TWICE – superstars
Casey Veggies – Fresh & Clean Freestyle
Dom Kennedy – All Girl Crazy
Wiz Khalifa & Young Deiji – Purple Fantasy
Paul Wall & DJ Fresh – Blantons Tonite
Medhane & Peyton – ’02 Roc
Curren$y – Tug of War
Mad CJ Mac – Realism
Dr. Dre, RBX, Lady of Rage, & Dat ***** Daz – High Powered
Larry June – On Da Unda
Snoop Dogg & Tha Dogg Pound – Doggy Dogg World
Jazz Liberatorz – Music In My Mind, Pt. 2
G Perico – Talk About It
The Pharcyde – Runnin
Mariah Carey & Twista – One and Only
Mista – Fresh Groove
Playa & Missy Elliott – Ms. Parker
Jack Harlow, Static Major, & Bryson Tiller – Luv is Dro
DJ Quik – Whateva U Do
BJ the Chicago Kid & Big K.R.I.T – The Resume
Nate Dogg – One More Day
Freddie Gibbs & the Alchemist – I Still Love H.E.R
Consequence & Spree Wilson – Don’t Mean 2 Hurt You
Wiki & Subjxct 5 – Butta Leather
Cool Calm Pete – Mountains
Machine Gun Kelly – tell me whats up
Serengeti – story try demo

See y’all next time!

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 330

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 73rd All Things Considered, which makes the case for Pip Skid, whose gravel voice, unflinching raps, and willingness to broad all sorts of subject matter, makes him an important voice in the Peanuts & Corn canon.

Tracklist:

Good Times (feat. Skratch Bastid)
I Never Knew
I ain’t a Rapper, I’m a DJ Version 2011 (feat. DJ Bunny)
No More Rap
Pump (feat. Nomad)
Ooooooo Ahhhhhhh
These Colors Don’t Run
We Lost Our Jobs Today
Tens of Dollars
Beer Monster
You Soooo Much
You’re Not the Boss of Me (feat. Leonard Sumner)
Audio Cassette*
Long Live Bruce Willis
Dish Pig (feat. mcenroe)
You Smell Awful*
Brain Fog
All Up In This Piece (feat. Epic)
Run and Hide (feat. Birdapres)*
So Small (feat. Gruf)
Straight Jacket
5:20 AM
Towel Snap (feat. The Gumshoe Strut)
8 Track Blues
Gun Lobby
Letters Never Sent**
Raggedy Anne
True Blue (feat. Recyclone)
Asleep At The Wheel (feat. Gruf)*
Varycloseveins (feat. Unleavened)
Secrets
My Two Dads
My 1 Mon
Sit & Spin (feat. Birdapres & Oldfolks Home)
Wash Your Back Alone
Drugs and Roses
Losing My Mind (feat. Skratch Bastid)
This Year (feat. Charlie Fettah)

See y’all next time!

New Music, The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 329

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — we keep on keepin on, eh?

Tracklist:

Benny the Butcher & Bruiser Wolf – Hood On Fire
Raekwon & Nas – The Omerta
Clipse – M.T.B.T.T.F
Drake & Central Cee – Which One
Michael Christmas & Sango – Wut U On
Tyler, the Creator – Ring Ring Ring
Snoop Dogg – Snoopafella
Suga Free – Don’t No Suckaz Live Here
Xzibit, Jayo Felony, & Method Man – P***y Pop
G Perico – Single for the Summer
Paul Wall & DJ Fresh – Dedicated to the Game
Wiz Khalifa & DJ Quik – Take Your Time Get Paid
Larry June, Wiz Khalifa, & Richie Rich – Until Night Comes
DJ Quik – Roger’s Groove
Mr. Muthaf***in Exquire – Y.O.Utopia
Curren$y & Corner Boy P – Motion
Ski Beatz & Mac Miller – Time Goes
Nelly & Pharrell – Play It Off
Jay Worthy, Dam Funk, G Perico, & Honda Carter – San Dimas
Childish Gambino – Shoulda Known
The Roots, STS, & Joanna Newsom – Right On
Anycia – Daily Freestyle
Dom Kennedy – Come Over
Jay-Z – In My Lifetime (Remix)
Open Mike Eagle & AQ – me and Aquil stealing stuff from work
Pause – It Keeps On Rainin
Tony Ford – All We Got/Feel Me My N***a
Freddie Gibbs, Anderson .Paak, & The Alchemist – Ensalada
Cool Calm Pete – Now!?
John Wells – If the word explodes (Long as you with me)
Atmosphere – Between the Lines

See y’all next time!

Shows, The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 328

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, which contains a small discussion of some recent news stories before getting into the music.

Tracklist:

Bun B, Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy, & Jay-Z – Get Throwed
Outkast & Killer Mike – Snappin & Trappin
Outkast & George Clinton – Synthesizer
Nipsey Hussle – Call From the Bank
Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, & Big KRIT – Glass House
Dom Kennedy – TURN ME OUT
Tyler, the Creator – Sucka Free
TI – Why You Wanna
2nd II None – Didn’t Mean To Turn You On
LNDN DRGS & Polyester the Saint – Mony Don’t Make the Man
2Pac, Dr. Dre, & Roger Troutman – California Love (Remix)
DJ Quik – Pitch In Ona Party
DJ Quik – I Don’t Wanna Party Wit U
Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots (12″ Version)
Childish Gambino – Boogieman
A Taste of Honey – Oogie Boogie Boogie
Ripple – The Beat Goes On and On (Jim Burgess Remix)
Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack (C&J Extended Remix)
Womack & Womack – Teardrops
Majid Jordan – Waves of Blue
Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, & Mausberg – Don’t Tell
Foxy Brown & Blackstreet – Get Me Home
The Marias – I Don’t Know You
The Marias – Carino
The Game & Wale – Stripper

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — straightforward mix, been one of those weeks where I am without much to say, so that means more warm weather music for y’all!

Tracklist:

Drake – What Did I Miss?
TECH N9NE – Black Wall Street (The New Breed)
G Perico, Dody6, & DJ Drama – Lil Homies
Mr. Mutha****in Exquire & Blu – Absotively Positutely
Kevin Abstract & Danny Brown – Danny’s Track
Slick Rick – Landlord
Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill a Man
2Pac – I Just Don’t Give a F**k
2 of the Crew – All Day Chill
Dom Kennedy – Blue Cups
Jay Worthy, Faizon Love, & Tiny Doo – Big Worm
Michael Christmas – Just Do It
The Doppelgangaz – Do It Like We
Geezer & Love Spells – Doggy
2 of the Crew – Playa’s Fantasy
Nelly, Jazze Pha, & TI – Pretty Toes
Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson – Peaches & Cream
Nelly, Missy Elliott, & Mobb Deep – Playa
YG, Tyga, & Blxst – West Coast Weekend
Jay-Z – Excuse Me Miss
DJ Quik, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Suga Free, Hi-C, AMG, 2nd II Noe, & El Dabarge – Medley for a “V” (The ***** Song)
Tha Dogg Pound, South Central, & Kevin Vernando – Ridin’, Slippin’, and Slidin’
Larry June, E-40, & Cardo – Ya Feel Me
Wiz Khalifa, LaRussell, Michael Prince, & Mike G Beatz – I Might Be
Clipse, Pharrell, & The-Dream – All Things Considered
Lil B – The All Star Game
Justin Bieber & Lil B – DADZ LOVE
Outkast, Big Gipp, & Cool Breeze – Decatur Psalm
Smoke DZA & Ab-Soul – 89 Rolex
Open Mike Eagle – woke up knowing everything (opening theme)
Open Mike Eagle & Toy Light – Dark Comedy Morning Show

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 72nd All Things Considered, which continues Peanuts & Corn Summer with a look at the work of Bazooka Joe 204, formerly known as John Smith. A more aggressive side to P&C’s approach, his discography is formidable and important listening.

I also included the 25th Mini All Things Considered, which considers Different Shades of Black’s Next School Pioneers, which I guess has turned 30 this year — time flies, eh?

All tracks are by John Smith, Bazooka Joe 204, or Park-Like Setting, unless listed otherwise.

Thirty Years Old
Intro
Zero Theorem
Art School Kidz
F_&@ing Gas Prices Are Killing Me (feat. The Gumshoe Strut)
Crew S**t
Weed Sells But Who’s Buying?
Bone Storm
Gimme a Minute
Get the Bozack
Collared and Cuffed
Come So Far (feat. Birdapres)
Iowanna
Philosophy
Climb Everything
Short Pants Long Sleeves
No Room For Subtlety (feat. mceneroe)
Ode to Concrete
Taxicab Confessions
Bruises and Bitemarks
Last Trip (feat. Gruf the Druid)
Journalism
Screwin’ the Pooch
Bumpin’ Uglies
Take a Look
Blindsided
Vandalize the Temple
Yuletide Bandit
By My Lonesome
Hair of the Dog
The Stone
One Sided Trees

Political Science (Bonus)
Social Studies (Bonus)
Different Shades of Black – Taylor Made
Different Shades of Black – Game From Truth

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 25th Mini All Things Considered, which quickly makes the case for San Diego rapper Cali Cam, whose three mixtapes are still worth checking out for the good vibes.

I also talk a bit about the Diddy trial — have to balance good vibes with bad vibes, eh?

Tracklist:

Cali Cam – Golden (State of Mind)
Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – Cotton Candy
G Perico & Kamaiyah – Resume
Outkast – Ain’t No Thang
Eminem, Sticky Fingaz, & RBX – Remember Me?
Cali Cam – Weight
Freddie Gibbs, Jay Rock, & Jadakiss – Krazy
YG, Blanco, & DB the General – Mansion Party
Larry June & Chuck Inglish – Too Live Crew
Michael Christmas & Jiles – More Ignorant S**t
Cali Cam – New Dreams Daily [Interlude]
Cali Cam – For Your Smile
Wale – Sunshine
Cali Cam – Good Fortune
Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike – Geezer
Dom Kennedy, Troy Noka, & Polyester the Saint – Casablanca
Terrace Martin, Snoop Dogg, & Lalah Hathaway – I’m for Real
Tyler, the Creator – Pothole
Curren$y & Corner Boy P – Sunroof
Wiz Khalifa & Max B – Max B Interlude
2Pac & Outlawz – Lost Souls
Dr. Dre – My Life
Cali Cam – On a Cloud
Cali Cam – Holding Back
Miguel & Kurupt – NWA
PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake – Celibacy
Big K.R.I.T – Highs & Lows
Saba, Joseph Chilliams, & Jean Deaux – 30secchop
miss chad – LARRY DAVID
Kali Uchis – Pay Day
Cali Cam – Westside

See y’all next time!

New Music, Shows, The Clean Up Hour

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What’s up, y’all? Before getting into it, because this post will push things down on the site, I briefly want to call attention to the following post: https://radiowaterloo.ca/tony-williams-chill-music-radio-hour/. Tony Williams is hosting a near-hour show of his music on Sunday from 2:00 – 3:00 PM, through our Host Your Own Show option. I got to hear it early, and it’s great, so make sure to check the show out when it airs!

Now, business as usual. Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, a meditation on the purgatory that we live in following last year’s big beef.

Tracklist:

Statik Selektah, Action Bronson, & Joey Bada$$ – Beautiful Life
Daz Dillinger, RBX, Soopafly, & Kurupt – Deathrow-N-Matez
Curren$y – Sky Miles
Nas & AZ – Life’s a *****
2Pac, Danny Boy, Big Syke, & CPO – Picture Me Rollin
Big K.R.I.T – 4AM @ the Kappa
The Notorious B.I.G. – Goin Back to Cali
03 Greedo & Shoreline Mafia – Trap House
Kamaiyah – Groupies
Jack Harlow & Shloob – Wasted Youth
Wiz Khalifa & OT Genasis – How We Act
Rick Ross, Pharrell, & Rockie Fresh – Presidential RMX
Jhene Aiko – Tryna Smoke
Jay Worthy & Tiny Doo – Red Leather
Slick Rick – Come On Let’s Go
Niko B – I like the way you talk looking at me
Amine – I Think It’s You
GoldLink – LIMPOPO
Snoop Dogg – Joy
Warren G & the Dove Shack – This Is The Shack
Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, & Logic – Black Rothstein
Dom Kennedy – Legendary
Drake – RAINING IN HOUSTON
Kossisko – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
G Perico & DJ Drama – Lost Time
DJ Quik, Mausberg, & Raphael Saadiq – Well
Iman Omari, Javonte, Jean Grae, Clark & the Community, & Muhsinah – Heaven
Larry June – Iced Coffee
Domo Genesis – Stay One More Day
Ghetto Children – Hip Hop Was?

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a brief meditation on impending doom, then music to wash the doom away, if only temporarily.

Tracklist:

Lil Wayne, BigXthaPlug, & Jay Jones – Hip Hop
Smiley & Drake – 2 Mazza
Anycia & Latto – Back Outside
GoldLink & Paco Panama – AFRICAN
Snoop Dogg – Unsung Heroes
Lil B – BasedGod BasedRock Based Freestyle
G Perico, E-40, & DJ Drama – Gangsta
Kendrick Lamar – Squabble Up
DJ Quik, AMG, & Mausberg – Speak On It
Jay Worthy & Daz Dillinger – Bad B****
Curren$y & Fendi P – Shark Tank
Boldy James – Nancy Botwin
Bluestaeb & LOUIS VI – THE ROSES
Kid Cudi & Sharam – She Came Along
Ski Beatz, Tabi Bonney, & Murs – Hip-Hop & Love
Niko B – What am I to do?
Buck 65 – Ethics for Demons
Aesop Rock – John Something
zoomo & Wiki – Problem Solver
Bruiser Wolf – Say No More
Domo Genesis – Cashmere
NxWorries – MoveOn
Dom Kennedy – Confidence
SiR – John Redcorn
4batz & Wale – When I Get Home
Logic – Flawless
Doechii – BEVERLY HILLS
DOMi & JD BECK – U DON’T HAVE TO ROB ME
Amir Obe – LAST TIME
Blush (Kevin Abstract, Ameer Vaan, LOVESPELLS, SEKOU) – EVERYBODYPLAYSTOWIN
Home Brew – 80 Down Scenic
Larry June & Cardo – Gas Station Run
Little Simz, Wretch 32, & Cashh – Blood
Fonz-e-Mak (aka EMIL) – My Super Dope Red Flannel
Blu, August Fanon, Wyldeflowher, Geminelle, Yah-Ra, Lexxus, & Noveliss) – Love (1-4)

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Before getting into it, reminder that CKMS 102.7 is still fundraising until the beginning of next week, so if you would like to support the station, hit the “donate” button to your left, or hit up radiowaterloo.ca/give. You can also help the station by becoming a member of the station for $24 (CAD) a year, or starting a show with us!

On a different note, tonight is the 71st All Things Considered, which makes the case for Gruf — aka Gruf the Druid — whose small discography is universe-expanding. Tonight is also the 23rd Mini All Things Considered, which makes the case for Nestor Wynrush’s Roxbury & Wooden Legs, a small record that should be in your collection.

All tracks by Gruf, or fermented reptile, unless listed otherwise.

Tracklist:

Age Of Ice
Whatyoucallthis
Size of Things…
The Mall (feat. Pip Skid)
Winning the Race
Gimme Gimme (feat. DJ Brace)
Bridges Consciousness
Factory Emissions
Fillossaphee
Amongst the Trees
My Savings Account
Microscope
Interlude (with Arami Baraka)
Many Nations
Trust Your Senses
Sight Lines (feat. The Gumshoe Strut)
TV Dinner
Footpath (feat. Spoof)
The 464th Lesson
Whiplash
Out of the Traffic Into Fresh Goods
King Size
Mask
How Far Can You Get? (feat. mcenroe)
You Got It
Miniature Spoons
Passengers of Time
Sheltered Child
Awakening
The Owl
The Plants
Chosen For You
You Ain’t Folk
Nestor Wynrush – Terry Fox Adidas
Nestor Wynrush – Love This City

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — pretty much get straight into the music, but with a preamble to let y’all know that our fundraising drive begins on the 9th, and runs for one week! If you like local radio, what we do, etc., and want to support this thing we got going on here (especially since the rent’s going up!), please go to radiowaterloo.ca/give, or just hit the donate button to your left. Starting a new show, or buying a membership with the station, also help.

Tracklist:

Mr. M*********n Exquire – No Jumpin
Benny the Butcher & Styles P – Toxic
Swizz Beatz, Larry June, Conway, & Sauce Walka – City Is Mine
Fly Anakin, Quelle Chris, $ilkmoney, & Nickelus F – NOTTOOSHABBY
Lloyd Banks – THE GRUDGE
G Perico – HEY
Aupheus, Sage Francis, Buck 65, & Slug – Recovering Adrenaline Addict
1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, The Pharcyde, & Danny Brown – Citrus Noxide
Michael Christmas & Rugby Lo Sport – What Were You Thinkin?
Rico Nasty – ON THE LOW
Bruiser Wolf, Chilly Gonzalez, & DJ Lucas – Pee-Wee Herman
Andre 3000 – Hotel Lobby Pianos
Jay Worthy – Calamari
Boldy James – Oasis
Wiz Khalifa – Crime Bud and Women
Snoop Dogg, Pharrell, & Tonio Armani – Spot
Common & Sa-Ra – So Cool
Amine & Leon Thomas – New Flower!
Niko B – Hairclips
RXKNephew – “john fetterman”
Weiland – The Girl Is Not Mine
Kilo Kish – when I came to myself
JPEGMAFIA & Flume – AI Girlfriend
Kali Uchis – Silk Lingerie
Asher Roth – New Dessert
Scout Young – Cat O’ Nine Tails
Buck 65 – Window
Boldy James, Real Bad Man, & El-P – It Factor
Michael Christmas – Ain’t Nobody
Serengeti – palookarap
Lupe Fiasco – 3 Piece Flavor
Serengeti – unblu
Billy Woods – Cold Sweat
MIKE, Earl Sweatshit, & Tony Seltzer – Jumanji
Ray Vaughn – JANKY moral COMPASS
Aesop Rock & Open Mike Eagle – So Be It
Video Dave – of mountains and molehills
Blu, August Fanon, Phoenix Cruz, & Charles Hamilton – Dance
Men I Trust – In My Years

See y’all next time!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 70th All Things Considered. Tonight kicks off the summer (and probably fall) of Peanuts and Corn, the Manitoba-based (and Saskatchewan-supporting) rap label that’s been providing left-of-field, grounded hip hop for 30 years now. Tonight’s main mix makes the case for Yy, and the 22nd mini All Things Considered gives y’all a couple of tracks from the mysterious Ill Cola Company,

All tracks by Yy or Turn the Gun, unless listed otherwise.

Camelot Gardens
C’mon
Public Transportation
Moods are Seasonal (feat. John Smith)
Gunned Down
Don’t even Ask (Gruf & Yy)
Next Door (feat. Fermented Reptile)
Hillbilly Reckoning
Dumb It Down (feat. mcenroe)
Kills Will Be Deafening
Enida Watts
The Gambler (feat. Pip Skid & The Gumshoe Strut)
Air Out (Gruf & Yy)
What’s Left of Nine Pieces
Backroads
Of Another Time (feat. Birdapres)
Can’t Have It All (feat. Myka9)
A Tough Manage
Ton of Bricks
I Wasn’t Thinking About It That Way, You’re Totally Right (feat. bigmcenroe)
Innovative
Stress Leave
Eventually Potentially
Everything I Needed To Know I Learned From Rap
Then (feat. Bazooka Joe 204)
Made to Dad
Have You Been There This Whole Time?
We Run All The Way
Trees Are Saps

Mini-ATC:

Higher Ground
Play Button

See y’all next time!