On this episode of The Foundation I’ve a bunch of new music from Sndtrak's Flips: Triple Lindy album and Jimetta Rose's The Gift: Around the Way Queen, all on Street Corner Music. After that, we’re doing a mini tribute to Betty Davis and Syl Johnson and the music that sampled their work, and AFTER THAT, I’m just going to play some Matthew Larkin Cassel tracks since the vinyl just arrived. It all goes down Monday night 12-1 AM EST (Tuesday morning) on radiofreebrooklyn.org.

The Foundation 02.15.22 (Betty, Jimetta, Syl, and Sndtrak)

Because we have to give praise to people while they’re still with us. In this episode, The Foundation pays a birthday tribute to the one and only Sade, featuring her original tracks and the music that sampled her over the years.

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The Foundation 01.16.21 (Sade)

This episode is all for 1/2 of People Under the Stairs: Double K. Just a few of my favorite PUTS samples and tracks. Sometimes, all you need is 25 minutes to show how truly special someone's music really is. RIP Double K.

The Foundation 02.01.22 (Double K)

Tracklist:

1. Gang Starr “ALONGWAYTOGO”
2. Gang Starr “Moment Of Truth”
3. Gang Starr “Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)”
4. Gang Starr “Take Two And Pass”
5. Gang Starr  “Above The Clouds” [feat. Inspectah Deck]
6. Gang Starr “The Militia (Remix)” [feat. WC & Rakim]
7. Gang Starr “Manifest”
8. Gang Starr “You Know My Steez (Three Men And A Lady Remix)” [feat. Lady Of Rage & Kurupt]
9. Gang Starr “1/2 & 1/2" [feat. M.O.P.]
10. Gang Starr “Work”
11. Gang Starr “Capture (Militia Pt. 3)” [feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx]
12. Gang Starr “New York Strait Talk”
13. Gang Starr “Who Got Gunz” [feat. Fat Joe & M.O.P.]
14. Gang Starr “The Militia” [feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx]
15. Gang Starr “Check The Technique”
16. Gang Starr “Tonz 'O' Gunz’
17. Gang Starr “Full Clip”
18. Gang Starr “Speak Ya Clout” [feat. Lil' Dap & Jeru The Damaja]
19. Tony Touch “The Piece Maker” [feat. Gang Starr]
20. Gang Starr “Positivity”
21. Gang Starr “Soliloquy Of Chaos”
22. Gang Starr “Rite Where U Stand” [feat. Jadakiss]
23. Gang Starr “Step In The Arena”                                                                                                                                             
24. Gang Starr “Mass Appeal”
25. Gang Starr “The Ownerz”
26. Gang Starr “Take It Personal”
27. Gang Starr “DWYCK” [feat. Nice & Smooth]
28. Gang Starr “Jazz Thing (Video Mix)”
29. Gang Starr “Just To Get A Rep”
30. Gang Starr “Who's Gonna Take The Weight?”

Fresh Out The Barbershop Vol. 56 "Positivity" [The Guru & Premier Edition]

From 10.17.20 "House Shoes's sets (more like work shifts) on Twitch and the music from his label Street Corner Music have helped me maintain my sanity during the current pandemic/state of the universe. So, this episode is dedicated to some of my favorite tracks from Street Corner Music and the samples that were masterfully flipped to creating some knocking tracks. Selections from Tall Black Guy, K. Le Maestro, TUAMIE, God.Damn.Chan, Lancecape, Stro Elliot, Nottz, House Shoes, and more. Go to https://soundcloud.com/streetcornermusic and https://streetcornermusic.bandcamp.com/ and get familiar with the label if you aren't and support independent music.

The Foundation 10.17.20 (Street Corner Music)

D.J. Rhettmatic Breaks, Scratches, & Eggsalad Side 1

Very mellow episode this week, starting with a great cover of Charles Mingus's classic "Haitian Fight Song." Continuing to dig deep on the old and the new. Thanks so much for tuning in as always.

Tracklist: Johnny Cretu-Raducanu, Surprise Chef, Misha Panfilov, Nala Sinephro, Phi-Psonics, Walter Wanderley

October 27 2022

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 210

New year, more records! Another eclectic set to start off 2023. Thanks everyone for tuning in! 

Tracklist: Outlaw Blues Band, Assemblage, Sonny Greenwich, Claus Ogerman Orchestra, Lamont Johnson

January 4 2023

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 218

QBERT THE REAL? QBERT LIVE UNKUT FRESH DOPE UNOFFISHAL SIDE B

Doubleknit Peril

A gritty funky blues track. About looking at one's own life from the point of view of 'what I am doing with the time I have?' This is how it goes:

What am I to do with the death bed blues?
You don’t want to be in my shoes
But you don’t get to choose
Win or lose…It’s going to happen to you….
That’s why we get those,
yes we all get those death bed, dead time blues

So what ya going to do, With the life you live
Have you got something for him, 
something to give,  
Anything to live for, something to be forgiven for
I’ll open the door, just for you, 
when you get the death bed blues

When the time comes don’t run, 
there’s nowhere to run, 
You can’t run out on a deal that’s been done
You start breathing heavy 
when the process has begun,
laugh till you pass…..I'll be there with you, 
when you get those death bed..
dead time blues

When I get them too, 
I buy something new….
Avoid the fact, that it will be back
If it’s me next, I slip away on a pretext,
but oh no, when you’re due,
no hiding from the death bed
Dead time blues

I got the Death bed blues, yes I do
I'm slimming to be beautiful just for you
Maybe you will pass me by, tell me some lies
So I can avoid that end time bad news
It’s going to happen to me too…
I get the Death bed
Death bed dead time blues

Oh keep me out of that depressing room, that undressing room, where you loom
Where you lose your bloom, 
and just whose tune you was singing to, 
and who pointed to the moon, 
said you might not be breathing soon
That’s why we get those death bed, dead time blues

But I suspect, even though I'm wrecked
that I should have checked in before I check out,
grab my drink before I'm chucked out, 
but I messed about, just to get paid, laid, 
then I was splayed, I'm on the floor,
I am no more, it’s nothing new,
I have the Death bed, dead time blues

no one wants to be kept in check, or henpecked,
find away without fear,
have some respect,
who knows what’s correct in this crazy world that’s a cult or sect,
that no one suspects they’re caught in it too…
no wonder we all get those death bed, dead time blues

it’s the end of time, it’s the end of the line
the end of me and the end of mine
it’s your last chance to shine,
the way we live is a crime,
if you don’t do what you’re here to do
I can assure you, 
You’ll get the death bed, dead time blues

I got the Death bed blues, yes I do
I'm slimming to be beautiful just for you
Maybe you will pass me by, tell me some lies
So I can avoid that end time bad news
It’s going to happen to me too…
I get the Death bed
Death bed dead time blues

Death Bed, Dead Time Blues

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The Foundation 02.15.22 (Betty, Jimetta, Syl, and Sndtrak)

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