Radio Radio

So Xmas arrives a few days early this year. How so, you ask? Because this week I've got not just one, but two, wonderful radio shows on-line to tantalize your tune-seeking ears. 

Of course, neither of these programs is holiday themed. Over at RBMA we've got the latest edition of "Across 135th Street." Something else this particular show isn't: a year-end round up show. You scream, I'm lazy. Yeah, you're right. I didn't have time nor felt suitably inspired to go through everything I listened to in '09 (or maybe more accurately try to catch up on stuff I put off listening to through most of the year), and then build a show around it. (New Year's Resolution #467: do a better job keeping up with current releases.) But I did wanna give some shine to at least a few of the things I've been enjoying over the past months, so it's a mixed bag: semi-current quality underground-ish rap (several songs from the High Water Music catalog - Sucio, hang on in there!), three of my favorite Stark Reality cuts (in honor of Mr. Monty Stark), some b-boy-friendly things I've been playing out, a couple of dance tracks and disco edits etc. Playlist as follows:

Stark Reality - Say Brother 

Stark Reality - Roller Coaster Ride

Stark Reality - Comrades

RJD2 ft. Kenna - Games You Can Win

Shafiq Husayn ft. Fatima - Lil' Girl

Lushlife - Innocence/Daylight Into Me

DJ Spinna ft. Krym of Jigmastas - New York

DJ Spinna ft. eLZhi - More Colors

Fresh Daily - Break a Leg

Fashawn ft. Exile - Bo Jackson

Large Professor - Amaman

Diamond District - Streets Won't Let Me Chill

Diamond District - I Mean Business

Paten Locke - Good Muse

Daniel Joseph - And I

Freeway & Jake One - Y'all Don't Want It

Freeway & Jake One - Weather Man

Spaghetti Head - Big Noise From Winnetka

Cocody's Men - Shako

Jimmy Castor Bunch - Potential 

Crown Heights Affair - Far Out

Jackson 5 - Life of the Party (Moxie Edit)

Tensnake - In the End (I Want You to Cry)

Lindstrom & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Remix)

Bobby Hutton - Lendahand (Bim Marx Edit)

Dam-Funk - Mirrors 

Slave - The Way You Love Is Heaven

Larry Houston - Promise (Instrumental)

Natural Four - Things Will Be Better Tomorrow

For this month's "Spine Blowing Decisions" - available here - I dipped a little deeper into the collection than I have on the show of late. Hopefully, some of the heat herein will warm up your winter wherever you may be. Selections include, but are not confined to, the following:

I haven't played some of these in a minute. (New Year's Resolution #468: buy fewer records, listen more to the records that I already own.) Others, like the Sir Henry Ivy 45 and Traphico track, I only learned about this year and am pleased as punch that I did. (New Year's Resolution #469: ignore the first half of NYR #468, keep getting quality records whenever possible.) Enjoy and happy holidays!