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!

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!

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!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, which takes us back to the first four months of 2000. The Playstation 2 launched in Japan, Bill Clinton was still president, and hip hop found itself at a bit of a crossroads, which gave us some pretty great music to go with the existential dread.

Also, the station is in need of new programmers — hit the “how to” button above if you’re thinking that now is the time to start a new show!

Tracklist:

Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, & MC Ren – Hello
Dead Prez – I’m a African
Ghostface Killah – One
Ja Rule, Black Child, & Tah Murdah – We Don’t Give a ****
Big Pun & MOP – New York Giants
D.I.T.C – Ebonics (Premo Mix)
Prodigy – Keep it Thoro
Rah Digga & Busta Rhymes – Imperial
Trina & Trick Daddy – Off the Chain With It
Cypress Hill – (Rap) Superstar
The LOX, Eve, Drag-On, & Swizz Beatz – If You Know
Three 6 Mafia – Grab the Gauge
Tony Touch, D12, & Eminem – Get Back
Hypnotize Camp Posse, La Chat, & Mr. Del – A** & T******
Outsidaz & Eminem – Rush Ya Clique
Tha Eastsidaz, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, & Kokane – Ghetto
Del tha Funky Homosapien – Pet Peeves
Jungle Brothers & Black Eyed Peas – Down with the Jbeez
Black Rob, G-Dep, Mase, Mark Curry, & satan – Down the Line Joint
Macklemore – The Infinite Anthem of Freedom
Blackalicious – As the World Turns
Common & Cee-Lo Green – A Song for Assata

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a look back at the first four months of 2005. when the first video was ever posted on Youtube, the world watched the fallout of the Game and G-Unit’s beef, and I was just a 10 year old punk who listened to hip hop and kept up with video game news.

Tracklist:

The Game – Put You On the Game
C-Murder, Curren$y, & Mac – Camouflage & Murder
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Drag-On, Jae Millz, Cardan, The Lenox Ave Boys, & Terra Blacks – Move Back
50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, & Tony Yayo – We Gonna Hit Yo A** Up
Papoose – F*** Da Hip Hop Police
Nickelus F – MORE CRACK PLEASE
Chamillionaire – Switch Styles
Freddie Gibbs – Get Blowed
Yelawolf – Pistol N The Air
Proof – Oil Can Harry
BLUEPRINT & CJ the Cynic – Kill Me First
Mike Jones, Paul Wall, & Slim Thug – Still Tippin
Brooke Valentine, Big Boi, & Lil Jon – Girlfight
Amerie – 1 Thing
Will Smith – Switch
Z-Ro – Mo City Don
Pimp C – Young **********
50 Cent – Ryder Music
Zion I & Gift of Gab – Stranger In My Home
Rapper Big Pooh & Murs – Now (Remix)
Wiz Khalifa & Kev da Hustla – Life of a Hustla
Buck 65 – Abandoned Cars
Edan – Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
Aesop Rock – Facemelter
Busdriver – Cool Band Buzz
Boom Bip – One Eye Round the Warm Corner
Pete Rock – Midnight and You
Beanie Sigel & Bun B – Purple Rain
Nickelus F & Drake – AM 2 PM (Unreleased Version)
jawed – me at the zoo
BONUS:
Chyna Whyte & Ying Tang Twins – What They Want
DJ Drama, Willie the Kid, Stat Quo – Gimme That (Freestyle)
Redman, Icarus, & Saukrates – Deeper Cover
WC – Theif’s Theme
Geto Boys & Z-Ro – When It Get’s Gangsta
Kool Keith – G-Strings
The Alchemist, Nina Sky, Prodigy, & Evidence – Hold You Down (KDAY Remix)

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the first ode of the year to 2010. We’re going back to the first four months, when the first iPad released — decimating humanity in the process — and I read the XXL Freshman list, which set off a domino effect that would forever impact me.

Tracklist:

B.O.B – Don’t Let Me Fall
Wiz Khalifa – We’re Done
DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross, & Snoop Dogg – All I Do Is Win
Yelawolf & Bun B – Good To Go
Red Cafe & Fabolous – I’m Ill
DJ Kay Slay, Uncle Murda, Mistah F.A.B., & Grafh – Kay Slay’d Em
Jay Rock – Real Bloods
Earl Sweatshirt – EARL
Nipsey Hussle – When They Talk About Me
E-40 & Gucci Mane – Whip It Up
Pac Div & Pill – Birds
Game & Pharrell – It Must Be Me
MellowHype, Tyler, the Creator, & Mike G – BlaccFriday
Das Racist – Rainbows in the Dark
Mike G & Earl Sweatshirt – Stick Up
Snoop Dogg & Kid Cudi – That Tree
CyHi – Teach-Her
Asher Roth – Trash Minutes
Method Man, Raekwon, & Ghostface Killah – Miranda
Ludacris & Trey Songz – S*x Room
Cypress Hill, Pitbull, & Marc Anthony – Armada Latina
Brotha Lynch Hung & G-Macc – I Tried To Commit Suicide
Childish Gambino – B***h, Look At Me Now
Ayomari & TiRon – Just a Dreamer
Dom Kennedy – Me Again
Stalley – Babblin
Lil B – TV to the Internet
Excerpts from Diddy’s 2010 New Year’s Party
DJ Khaled, Diddy, Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Swizz Beatz, Fabolous, Jadakiss, & Fat Joe – All I Do Is Win (Remix)

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the first of the year’s odes, this one to the first four months of 2015. In some ways, they feel a lifetime away, and in others, we’re still stuck in them.

Tracklist:

H3H3 – DJ Khaled.exe
Lupe Fiasco – Mural
Action Bronson – Actin Crazy
Rae Sremmurd – No Type
Drake – No Telling
Earl Sweatshirt – Facust
Hodgy Beats & Domo Genesis – New Balance
Future – March Madness
ILOVEMAKONNEN, Rome Streetz, & Rich the Kid – No Ma’am
Flatbush Zombies & A$AP Twelvyy – Half-Time
JPEGMAFIA – I Used To Be Into Dope
Big Sean – Platinum & Wood
Julian Malone – Empower
Mac Miller – Days
Tinashe & Iamsu! – Worth It
Heems – Pop Song (Games)
Ludacris & Miguel – Good Lovin
Wale & Jeremih – The Body
Logic & Big K.R.I.T – Top Ten
Michael Christmas – ADHD
Open Mike Eagle – Dark Comedy Late Show
TUT – Highs & Lows
Audio Push, G-Eazy, & Hit-Boy – Bonfire
T-Pain – Need to be Smokin
Boogie – Further
Jazz Cartier – Too Good To Be True
Kendrick Lamar – u
Joey Bada$$, Maverick Sabre & Dyemond Lewis – On & On
Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire – Generation Gap (Snippet)
Tyler, the Creator – 2SEATER
EMIL – Monday
Kid Cudi – love.
Kevin Abstract – Drugs
Laura Groves – Mystique
Curren$y & Styles P – Alert

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s 69th All Things Considered, which makes the case for the enigmatic, charismatic, one-of-a-kind Ghettosocks.

Tracklist:

The Getaway
Whatchuknowboutme?
Ice Wine
Stop!
Voltron Kicks
Tech Wall
He’s the DJ I’m the Rapper ’08
City Life (feat. Loe Pesci & Classified)
LIVE AT THE APOLLO (skit)
Bring Some Wine (feat. Loe Pesci)
Youth In Asia (feat. WOLVES)
Koala Laundry
Evict Bush
Fish Pond Bombs
Grapez
Antelope Freightbuster
After the Smoke Clears
Cathedral (feat. Apt)
Ctu Commies
Dreams of Hawaiian Sophie
Stolen Kicks (feat. PH)
Baby Penguin Again
Once Got Busy (Burger King Bathroom)
A Song About Breakdancing
The Mustard Station (feat. Jeff Spec, Timbuktu, Moka Only, & Muneshine)
Pink Lemonade (feat. Apt)
Cap (feat. Moka Only)
Her Favorite
Roofless
Lapping the Sun
Value Village
I Don’t Sing
Outside
Smoove Regardless (feat. Ambition & Justo the MC)
Nautical (Swamp Thing & Ghettosocks)
All In (feat. O.C. & Moka Only)
Fantasy Island (Swamp Thing & Ghettosocks)
Sorry Excuse for a Human
Reflections
Truth to the Light (feat. Birdapres & Timbuktu)
Out for Treats

See y’all next time!

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

Tracklist:

Mobb Deep – The Start of Your Ending (41st Side)
Run DMC, Pete Rock, & CL Smooth – Down With the King
Lloyd Banks, Swizz Beatz, Fabolous, Ryan Leslie, Pusha T, & Kanye West – Start It Up
TI & Just Blaze – I’m Talkin To You
The Neptunes, The Clipse, & Ab-Live – Blaze of Glory
Eminem – 8 Mile
Tyler, the Creator & ScHoolboy Q – THE DARK STAINS OF DARKESEE LATIFAH PART 6-12 (REMIX)
Ab-Soul – B.U.C.K.O Jr.
Wiz Khalifa & Too Short – On My Level
Curren$y, Harry Fraud, Conway the Machine, & Rome Streetz – Money Magnet
Benny the Butcher & Westside Gunn – Vader
LEP Bogus Boys & Lupe Fiasco – ZOMBIE LAND
Wale – Freedom of Speech
Jack Harlow & 2forwOyNE – SYLVIA
Jack Harlow – ICE
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR – $PIDERMAN $UPERMAN
Drake, Andre 3000, & Lil Wayne – The Real Her
JPEGMAFIA – Whole Foods
Malci – Tetsuo the Iron Man
Omen & J. Cole – Things Change
Skotch Davis – Don’t 4get 2 Remember
Kid Cudi, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, & Steve Aoki – I JUST WANNA GET
The Away Team, Laws, & Big Remo – Paid
D-Sisive, Birdapres, & Cadence Weapon – The Unknown
Calz – If We Make It
John Wells – whole world burnin down
T-Fire – Say a Prayer

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — diving right into the music tonight!

Tracklist:

Three 6 Mafia & Project Pat – Roll Wit It
Boldy James & Antt Beatz – Brick James
Drakeo the Ruler, Krispy Life Kidd & Ketchy the Great – Engineer Scared
Fat Joe – ****** Get Killed Foe Less
Gangrene – Take Drugs
Outkast & Slimm Cutta Calhoun – High Schoolin
Niko B & Kirbs – miniclip
Doechii – BOILED PEANUTS
Guru – The Traveller
Quentin Ahmad DaGod – Roaches in my Ashtry
Ant – I Was Always a Collector
Boldy James & V Don – Mrs. Porter
Curren$y, Harry Fraud, & Bruiser Wolf – Zack Morris Phone
Previous Industries & Pep Love – West Coast Video
Ant – Day After 2010
Playa & Magoo – Derby City Interlude
Guru & Erykah Badu – Plenty
Guru – When You’re Near
Ant – Just Didn’t Fit in 2004
Specifics – Craig’s House
Cool Swim – Bedroom Raps
Brother Ali – Handwriting
Ant – Rhodes, Birds, and Wind
Specifics – Lampin
Men I Trust- I Don’t Like Music
HEBL, Zoodeville, & Slug – Valencia
The Avalanches – Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (MF DOOM Remix)
Guru, Common, & Bob James – State of Clarity
R.A.P Ferreira – barbados gooseberry, kiwi
Dear Nora – Hung Up
Kevin Abstract – Seventeen
Serengeti – 14
Skyzoo & The Other Guys – The Freedom Dance
Andre 3000, Carlos Nino, Alex Cline, & Pablo Calogero – “This is Where my room used to be”

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s seventh dedication mix to the late Nipsey Hussle. RIP Nip — the marathon continues.

Tracklist:

Things Ain’t Been the Same
Karma (Freestyle)
I Be Killen Um
Alert (Hit-Boy & Nipsey Hussle)
Neighborhood Superstars (Slim Thug, Nipsey Hussle, & Yo Gotti)
No Reason (DJ Mustard, Jeezy, Nipsey Hussle, RJ, & YG)
You Broke (YG & Nipsey Hussle)
Same **** (The Game, Ty Dolla $ign, & Nipsey Hussle)
**** a *****(The Game, Nipsey Hussle, Joe Moses, & Elijah Blake)
Chun Li (Wale & Nipsey Hussle)
This Plane (7 Days a Week)
Rimpau’s Finest
THUGGIN (feat. Lil Boosie & Lil Cali)
I’m From (feat. Cuzzy Capone)
Bucketheads
LINE IT UP
Bullets Ain’t Got No Name
A Million Bucks (DJ Kay Slay [RIP], Troy Ave, Vado, Fatman Scoop, Nipsey Hussle, & Rocko)
One Hunnit
Nothern Lights (Blanco, Nipsey Hussle, & Kokane)
Skurr (Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux)
Picture Me Rollin (feat. Kent Jamz)
Keyz 2 the City 2 (feat. Teeflii)
Don’t Take Days Off (feat. Dubb & Tai Phillips)
Tommy Gunz (feat. Young Brodee)
If You Think I’m Bluffing
Girl Scout Cookies (Blanco, Dorrough, & Nipsey Hussle)
We Ride
H-Town (feat. Dom Kennedy, Cobby Supreme, Teeflii, & Skeme)
No ***** Like Me (feat. Trae the Truth)
Tha Mansion

See y’all next week for the show’s sixth anniversary special!

What’s up, y’all? Here’s tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 68th All Things Considered, which makes the case for Toronto MC Abdominal. With an incredible discography, it’s time to get familiar if you ain’t already!

Tracklist:

My Name is Abdominal
Abdominal Workout
Behind the Scenes
Fast Food [Fry Antics]
Still Hungry
Urban Hermit
T.Ode (feat. Notes to Self)
Pedal Pusher
Panic Attack
Balance Both (feat. Chali 2na)
Forged From Hardship (Dutty Moonshine Big Band Remix)
Inoutro
Interlude
The Best Posse Cut You Ever Heard (feat. Dan-E-O, D-Sisive, Fatski, Kamau, The Grand I Am Perial, Esoteric, & Arcee)
Abcapella
Train of Thought (feat. Obe One)
While You Sleep
Sock Hop
Courage (feat. my mom)
Elizabeth
Open Relationship
Reflective Meditation Rhymes
Walk Left/Stand Right
Outta Left Field
Broken
These Boots
The Vinyl Frontier

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, where I eulogize my truck.

Tracklist:

OG Maco – 5AM in LA
El Snappo & 1900Rugrat – Chicken (Remix)
Nas – Blue Benz
03 Greedo, Kenny Beats, & Freddie Gibbs – Disco S**t
Cousin Stizz & Smino – Nokia
Fat Ray, Danny Brown, & Black Milk – Just Say No
Spice Programmers & Chuck Strangers – EAZY E
Niko B – boarded the plane
6ix & Logic – WMD
Michael Millions, Fly Anakin, & Nickelus F – Blacksugar
Reason, Kota the Friend, & D’anna Stewart – Stuck On Moments
homeless beats – propsei freestyle
Love, Ulysses – Green Line Shawty
Buck 65 – Digger’s Song
Yy & Birdapres – Tape Surgery
Hodgy Beats – D00rs
JPEGMAFIA – either on or off the drugs
Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, & Yebba – DIE TRYING
serengeti – vanessa
R.A.P Ferreira – when my eldest daughter asks how old I am
Party City Machine Guns – What’s the Word
Madvillain – One False Move (“Great Day” Demo)
Break Bread – If I Do Say So Myself
Stalley, Curren$y, & MadeinTYO – Count Your Blessings
THEY. – Never Change
Legit – Figure 8
Nas, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, & Stephen Marley – Leaders
JID – 2007
Substanial – Ain’t No Happy Endings
Midicronica – Pillow Jam
Nujabes – World Without Words
Nujabes – The Space Between Two World
Uyama Hiroto – Walk In The Sunset
The Pollyseeds, Terrace Martin, Robert Glapser – Funny How Times Flies

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s 67th All Things Considered segment, in which I make the case for Canadian Funk-Hop band, God Made ME Funky. With six fun albums across a ten year span, I want to give the group some props, even if I only discovered them recently!

Tracklist:

Basslude
Won More Time
We All Fall Down
Bringin’ It Back
ComeOnUpToGetDown
Phantastik!
Where We Play
Funky Fly N’ Free
The Jam
Too Shy
U Can Do It
FeeeLit (feat. Eternia)
Swagger Stance
Cybersects
Digital Life
Everybody Get Up
Beating Machine
My Day (feat. Moka Only)
Bartenda
Saga
Get Down
Spotlight
Peace, Love
Subway
Summer Love
Feels Like Music
Ur Own Way
I’ll Fly Away
Delancy
U Stepped
The Future
Double Dutch Bus Rmx

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? A bit early this week due to some work demands, here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s final ode to Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul who, along with his brothers in rhyme, gave us one of the best Hip Hop groups of all time. RIP.

Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)
The Corner
Freestyle (Dat S**t) 2006
Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, & Monie Love)
Property of Spitkicker.com (feat. Roc Marciano)
The Bizness (feat. Common)
Stiz & Stonz (feat. Tito of The Fearless Four, Grandmaster Caz, Whipper Whip, LA Sunshine, & Superstar)
My Writes
3 Days Later
Church
Who Do U Worship
Must B The Music
The Sauce (feat. Philly Black)
Down Syndrome
Do As De La Des
Me Myself And I
Itz Soweezee (Hot) [De La Remix]
No Over Till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo
I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
Pass the Plugs
Trouble in the Water (DJ Honda & De La Soul
Stay Away (Pete Rock, Rob-O, & De La Soul)
Leave Your Cares Behind
In the Woods
Just Havin a Ball
Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
Stakes Is High (DJ Spinna Remix)
Freedom Train
Keepin’ The Faith
Freedom of Speak (We Got More Than Three)
Bigger (feat. Choklate)

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is this week’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s fifth ode to People Under the Stairs. Salute to Thes One, RIP Double K, Forever the P!

Tracklist:

Swan Fever
Step Bacc
Drumbox
Redeemer
My Boy D
Stoned Youth Truth
Bobby in the Hood
Yehaw Partystyles
You Lied
Stars in the House
Death Of A Salesman
Lord Radio & Hale Bop
Double K – Livin’ A Mean One (The New Gangsta Gangsta)
O.S.T (Remix) [feat. Odel]
Listen
Hardcore
Bloquera – Fiesta
Too Much Birthday
The Love
Kaos & Thes
Jamboree pt. 1
Jamboree pt. 2
LA Song (Sensitive Mix)
Roundabouts
After These Messages
Umbrellas (God Forgive Me)
The Aesthetics Crew & L.A. Mike – Timmay!
Sonic Riders
The L.A. Song
The Breakdown
Thes One – Survivor Syndrome (We did it for Mikey)
Thes One – Sparrow
Thes One – Italian Balconies

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s mix is the 66th All Things Considered — this time, I’m making the case for Grand Analog, the Canadian hip hop band whose small discography contained many a great record — time to get familiar if you ain’t already!

Tracklist:

LMAO
I Play My Kazoo
Get Live and Go
Magnifico
I’ll Walk Alone
Rap Sheet (This Day On) [feat. Saukrates]
The Great Rhyme Dropper (feat. Shad)
Her Daddy (Don’t Like Me)
4am in Parkdale
Electric City (feat. Shad)
Ballad of the Beast (feat. Shad, Len Bowen & DJ Dopey)
Around This Town
Not Enough Mondays/Crunch (feat. Nester Wynrus & Len Bowen)
Mutations (feat. Posdnous)
Human Beans
Mixtapes: the Slow Ride
Love is a Battlefield
Take It Slow (Spaces & Places)
Sittin On Sunday
Trip the Light Fantastic (feat. Maylee Todd & Len Bowen)
Ride On/Oshiya Dub (feat. Clairmont the Second & 2oolman)
Simmer Me Down
People People
Howl (Like Wolves)
Quiet Life (feat. Steven Mulcare)
Light So Bright (feat. Cadence Weapon)
Lion Head

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, in which I introduce one more year-end list — my discoveries of 2024. A bit of a diverse offering of projects, singles, etc., that I discovered, or finally got around to checking out, from various years prior to 2024 (with one exception).

Tracklist:

Themselves – opening of [This About the City Too…]
J Dilla – Fire Wood Drumstix (feat. MF DOOM) [Jay Stay Paid]
UrfavGrannie – Crackheads [UrfavGrannie]
DJ Polo – Down Like That (feat. Back 2 Back, Kasia, Roxanne Shante) [Polo’s Playhouse]
Molemen, Buck 65, & Sage Francis – Follow Me [Ritual of the… Revisited & Remastered]
The Black Eyed Peas – Weekends (feat. Esthero) [Bridging the Gap]
The Streets – Soaked By the Ale [Fit But You Know It Singles 1 & 2]
Prince Paul – I Want You (I’m an 80’s Man) (feat. Bimos) [Itstrumental]
Cymande – Brothers on the Slide [Cymande’s first three albums]
Henryk Debich – City [City]
HARRISON – Like When We Were Kids [Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees]
Stolen Idols – Busy Port [Moonlight Offerings]
Hideo Shiraki – Deux Step [Plays Bossa Nova]
DJ Vadim – Headz Still Ain’t Ready [USSR – The Repertoire (Theories of Verticality)]
Koichi Matsukaze Trio & Ryojiro Furusawa – Lover Man [At the Room 427]
J Dilla – 9th Caller
Rahzel – Suga Sista (feat. The Roots) [Make the Music 2000]
Masaru Imada Trio +1 – Blue Road [Planets]
The Black Eyed Peas – Positivity [Behind the Front]
Lewis Black – Vince Gill, Amy Grant, and Me [Lewis Black Discography up to 2010]
idialedyournumber – The Home We Built Is Gone [Hourglass]
DJ Shadow – You Can’t Go Home Again [The Private Press]
Minji – looking for mice
QUASAR – I Never Thought I’d See the Day [QUASAR discography]
Daniel Koestner – Lazy River [Donut County OST]
idialedyournumber – Part Two
Nacht Plank – Winters Thrill [Friends Within the Darkness 3]
Thomas Brunet – Gardens of Plenty [Chants of Senaar OST]
Zoo Kid & Rago – Watch Over Me

See y’all next time!

What’s up, y’all? We’re kicking the new year off right by bringing the best of 2024 into the new year with us — #50-26, next week will be #25-1.

Tracklist (albums are in square brackets):

Childish Gambino – Yoshinoya [Bando Stone and the New World]
Your Old Droog – Roll Out [Movie]
moonsailor – waterpoort [SCHiM Original Soundtrack]
Brian Nasty – Anyday, After Wednesday [Anywhere, But Here With You]
Ab-Soul – Don Julio 70 (feat. Fre$h) [Soul Burger]
Wavy Bagels & Driveby – Outside [A Carfull]
Shad & 14kt – A Day in the Life [Reel Speakers]
Matt Champion – Code Red [Mika’s Laundry/Slint’s Favorite – EP]
Heems – DAME [LAFANDAR/VEENA]
Westside Gunn – I Know Verdy [HWH 11/Still Praying]
The Marias – Real Life [Submarine]
Previous Industries – White Hen [Service Merchandise]
Classified – Slippin [Luke’s View/The Relux]
ShrapKnel – Sataday [Nobody Planning to Leave]
Nickelus F – The Shining Light [Mmcht]
Asher Roth & Heather Grey – What the Heck?! [Temporary Heaven]
Tinashe – Getting No Sleep [Quantum Baby]
Mount Eerie – November Rain [Night Palace]
Vince Staples – “Radio” [Dark Times]
dear Maryanne – Natty Ice [And Nothing Bad Happened]
Attic Ocean – Young Again [Retriever]
Travis Thompson & Nima Skeemz – Real Hustlers [My Wonderful, Horrible Life]
Spice Programmers – Roaches in the car tray (feat. Solute) [Transatlantic S**t 2]
Cousin Stizz – Wit Me or Not [GABOS – Game Ain’t Based on Sympathy]
Action Bronson – Hideo Nomo (feat. Julian Love) [Johann Sebastian Bachlava the Doctor]

See y’all next week to finish the list off!