Another nice mellow start to this week’s show before we get rolling with some nice mid-nineties hip hop. Then we roll forward a half decade with a minimix of some J-Live tracks.

I always liked the back story of a school teacher who moonlighted as an MC. J-Live has long since given up teaching to pursue hip hop full time, and his work speaks for itself. Here’s a recent track where he covers Gang Starr’s DWYCK (which I happened played just a few weeks ago)

People Under The Stairs gets lots of love on the show, and this week is no exception to that rule. San Francisco Knights was one of their first songs, and if you’re curious about it you should head over to Soul Sides and listen to Thes One himself break down the song’s origins on Soul Sides’ excellent series, The Sidebar.

Then this track:

I don’t know why, but this beat became stuck in my head last week as well, so I had to spread the love and put it on the airwaves. This beat bangs! (especially when it’s pitched up a bit) I really need to go dig up a bit more of my old hip hop 12″s.

Too late! File removed (mp3 – 82Mb)

Tracklist
artist – name [time]
J*DaVeY – You are [8:29:09 PM]
Damu The Fudgemunk – Truly Get Yours
The Herbaliser – Styles
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Skin on the Drum (Bassnectar remix)
Psyco on da Bus – Never Satisfied – (Wiz 1 Remix)
Jhelisa – Friendly Pressure
Washed Out ft. Lushlife – Feel It All Around [Lushlife Version]
DJ Day – Four Hills [9:01:49 PM]
Grap Luva – Keywaves
Mr Scruff – Ug
Get Busy Committee – Chillin Out Maxin
Blahzay Blahzay – Danger
blahzay blahzay – danger (s & lo mix)
Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
J-Live – From Scratch
J-Live – Braggin’ Writes (Revisited)
J-Live – Wax Paper
J-Live – The Upgrade ft Posdanous & Odd
De La Soul – Days Of Oor Lives (feat. Common)
Mac Miller – People Under The Stairs
People Under The Stairs – San Francisco Knights [9:33:04 PM]
dj shadow + gift of gab – count and estimate
Dilated Peoples – Work the angles
Nas – I’m A Villain
Heavy D – Nothin’ But Love (Statik Selektah T.R.O.Y. Blend/Remix)
Public Enemy – Cold Lampin With Flavor
Stetsasonic – Talkin? all that Jazz
Audio Two – On The Road Again
All Good Funk Alliance – So Smooth
Dam-Funk – Searchin’ 4 Funk’s Future [9:57:49 PM]