This is the mix that accompanies Episode 7 of The Almanac of Rap on Sonos Radio. 

On the episode we take a look at politics and the rappers who have run for office. We also discuss conspiracy theories and try to decide what record label Eric Adams would sign too if he could. It’s a very mixxy episode with a very dope guest; Timmhotep.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview head over to donwill.me

Tracklist:

Sense - Mavi 
Hip Hop - Dead Prez  
Obamacare - Quelle Chris
Politics As Usual - Jay Z 
Cell Therapy - Goodie Mob 
Don’t Smoke K2 - Denmark Vessey 
Magnificent - Black Thought 
Shut Em Down - Public Enemy 
Figg Get Da Money - Schoolboy Q 
A Bird In The Hand - Ice Cube 
Fruits Of The Spirit - Jay Electronica 
Self - Noname 
Incarcerated Scarfaces - Raekwon 
Dig It - The Coup 
The Hustle - Common 
FDT - YG 
The Racist - BDP 
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The  Furious 5 
1TakeMookie - MoRuf 
Fuck A War - Geto Boys 
Alright - Kendrick Lamar

Politics As Usual Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 8 of The Almanac of Rap on Sonos Radio.

On the episode I talk to Kathy Iandoli about Love and Hip Hop (not the TV show) and why rappers don't date each other more.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview head over to donwill.me

Tracklist:

Couples Therapy - Papoose
To All The Girls - Wyclef Jean
Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill
Fancy Clan - Madvillian
Always - Kev Brown
Tainted - Slum Village
Come Close Remix - Common
Love I Need - Moonchild
All I Need - Method Man
Black Love - NE$$, Baby J
Your Love - Mick Jenkins
We Fight/Love - Q Tip
The Light - Common
Love - Jay Dee
Happy Valentines Day - Andre 3000
I Want You - Marvin Gaye
Want U 2 Want Me - Tanya Morgan
Love Won’t Wait - Black Eyed Peas
Paper Thing - MC Lyte
2 Fourteen - Von Pea

Love & Hip Hop Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 1 of The Almanac of Rap.

On the episode I talk to Jean Grae about who is the most unhinged rapper of all time and why it is (or isn't) LL Cool J.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

TRACKLIST

Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar
Figure 4 - Sean P
My Name Is - Eminem
La-La Means I Love You - The Delphonics
Holla - Ghostface Killah
Woo Ha!! Got You All In Check Remix ft ODB - Busta Rhymes 
Brooklyn Zoo - Old Dirty Bastard
90059 - Jay Rock
Welfare feat Danny Brown - Bruiser Brigade
Keep It Thoro - Prodigy
The Presige feat Jean Grae - Quelle Chris
Ante Up - M.O.P.
Hardcore Gentlemen - Tanya Morgan
Ya Mama - The Pharcyde
Pickin Boogers - Biz Markie
Funky For You - Nice & Smooth
Beastin - Redman
How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill
React - Onyx
Milky Cereal - LL Cool J
You Mean I’m Not - Blacksheep

Unhinged Content Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 2 of The Almanac of Rap.

On the episode I talk to Wyatt Cenac about how rap has embedded itself in film and TV over the years, wether Tyler Perry or Spike Lee has had the best soundtracks over the years and who would Wyatt use to score his (pretend) Marvel Motion Picture directorial debut.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

Tracklist:

Fire In The Sky - Anderson Paak (Shang Chi)
Bring Back Ya Love -Christian (Streets Is Watching)
Me and My Bitch - Biggie (The Show)
Come Back In One Piece - Aaliyah (Romeo Must Die)
Name Calling - Queen Latifah (Set It Off)
Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) - Gangstarr (Trespass) 
Streiht Up Menace - MC EIHT (Menace To Society)
Growing Up In The Hood - Compton’s Most Wanted (Boyz N The Hood)
Hollywood Divorce - Outkast (Idlewild)
What You Want - The Roots (The Best Man)
Best Friend - 50 Cent (Get Rich Or Die Trying)
Keep It Real - Jon B & Koko (Hav Plenty)
Who You Wit. - Jay Z (Sprung)
We Don’t Need It - Junior Mafia (Sunset Park)
One on One - Nas (Street Fighter)
Glamour & Glitz - A Tribe Called Quest (The Show)
Anything - SWV (Above The Rim)
Revolution -Arrested Development (Malcolm X)
In Due Time - Outkast - (Soul Food)
Brown Sugar (Fine) - Mom Def (Brown Sugar)
Boom - Royce Da 5’9” - (Carmen)
On The Blvd - Snoop & Dre - (The Wash)
Straight Outta Locash- CB4 (CB4)
Uptown Anthem - Naughty By Nature (Juice)
Kid Vs Play - Kid N Play (House Party)
New Jack Hustler - Ice T (New Jack City)
Party & Bullshit  - Biggie (Who’s The Man)

Rapsploitation Soundtracks Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 3 of The Almanac of Rap.

On the episode I talk to Phonte about why rapping and singing have always been intertwined. We also discuss his origins as a singer and find out who is the better rapper between Mary J Blige and Brandy.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

Tracklist:

Zealots - Fugees
Oldie - Odd Future
Chanel Pearls feat Jill Scott - Conway the Machine
My Kinda Lady - Eric Roberson & Phonte
I Wanna Be Down (BET Cypher Version) - Brandy
What’s the 411 feat Grand Puba - Mary J Blige
Lemon feat Rihanna - N.E.R.D.
J.I.D. feat Johnta Austin - Better Days
I Love Your Smile - Shanice
Lost Ones feat DJ Scratch - H.E.R
Sober - Childish Gambino
Black Tame - Topaz Jones
Conception feat Reek Ruffin - Black Thought
Q.U.E.E.N. feat Erykah Badu - Janelle Monae
Bring The Pain feat Method Man - Missy Elliott
It’s Alright - Queen Latifah
On Our Own - Bobby Brown
Word To The Mutha - BBD
Let Me Know Something - BBD
Which One Of You - Snoop Dogg
I Want You - Cee Lo Green
Boring - Big KRIT
Get It Shawty - Lloyd
Spread - Andre 3000

Rap Singers Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 4 of The Almanac of Rap.

On the episode I talk to Psalm One (rapper, author) about life as a working musician. We also get to the bottom of wether or not industry plants actually exist and talk about if the concept of selling out still exists.

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

TRACKLIST:

Anxious, Nervous and Imperfect feat. Afrokeys - Psalm One  
Shark Fin Soup - Armand Hammer - RACE MUSIC
Force Majeure - Mach Hommy & DJ Muggs - Kill Em All
Tom Hanx - Von Pea & Aeon - Duly Noted 2
Iron Horse ft Dallas Penn - Rob Cave & Small Professor - Respect Wildlife
Goodbye - Dom Kennedy - The Original Dom Kennedy
Private Valet - Larry June - Spaceships on the Boulevard
Think of Things - Oddisee - People Hear What They See
Dirty Sheets - Vitamin D - FLIPS
Quantum Leap - Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man’s Bones
1 Day In NY Feat DJ Skills - Rapper Big Pooh - To Dream In Color
A Little Love  - Jermiside & The Expert - The Overview Effect
Good Enough (Dilla Tribute) - Swiff D - I Hear You
Good To U feat T3	 - Full Crate	- Good To U
Lazy Sunday - Kooley High - Lazy Sunday
Box of Wearies feat Denmark Vessey - Quelle Chris - Guns
Understanding - Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow - Zhigeist
Name - Homeboy Sandman - Dusty
Rainforest - Noname 
Old Derty Hazard - Theory Hazit
10Racks - Brainorchestra - Big Brain
Grandiose Patois - Che Grand - Grandiose Patois EP
WESTSIDE - AIR CREDITS - BROADCASTED
Either You Hear Or With God - SHIRT - RAP
Har Hanx - Tall Black Guy & Ozay
I’l Fight You - Open Mike Eagle - Component Stereo System
Cincinnatian - Donwill - One Word No Space

Industry Plants Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 5 of The Almanac of Rap.

On the episode I talk to Tajai of Souls of Mischief and Von Pea of Tanya Morgan about the pros and cons of the group dynamic and shed some light on a few new rap groups. 

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

TRACKLIST

Knuck If You Buck - Crime Mob
Tear Da Club Up 97 - Three 6 Mafia
Mighty “O” - Outkast
Comin Out Hard - 8Ball & MJG
Get Your Roll On (MF DOOM Special Blend) - Big Tymers
Pimp Clinic - Above The Law
Mayor - Pac Div
I Ain’t Playin - Tanya Morgan
Good Morning - De La Soul
My Mic Sounds Nice - Salt N Pepa
Shook Ones (DJ Parle Remix) - Mobb Deep
Young World - Czarface
Streets Won’t Let Me Chill	- Diamond District
Borough Check - Digable Planets
Black Spasmodic - A Tribe Called Quest
Shakiyla - Poor Righteous Teachers
Make Room - The Alkaholiks
Ladies & Gentlemen - 80 Blocks From Tiffanys
Freestyle  - The Girll Codee 
Take Yo Man - The City Girls
Run’s House - Run DMC
Straight Out The Jungle - The Jungle Brothers
PRTY & BLSHT - Tiron & Ayomari
93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief
Beats To The Rhyme (Live) - Black Star
I’m Housin - EPMD
Last Kiss - Overdoz
YRN - Migos

Rap Groups Mix

This is the mix that accompanies Episode 6 of The Almanac of Rap.

Rappers love spelling things and making acronyms. In this episode we discuss just exactly what that is about as well as uncovering a few lesser known rap acronyms We also quiz Petey DeAbreu on spellings and acronyms in the form of hip hop trivia!

This is just the mix that accompanies that episode. To hear the full interview search for the Almanac of Rap on your podcast app or head over to donwill.me

Tracklist

HYFR - Drake
KOD- J. Cole
LMF - Smino
It’s Supposed To Bubble - UGK
P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent
T.O.N.Y. ft Tragedy - CNN
All For The Love - The LOX
Independent - Webbie
FUTW - Jay Z
D.E.M.O.N.S. - Elzhi
For You - Guru
Keep It Moving - A Tribe Called Quest
G.O.D. Pt. 3 - Mobb Deep
My Philosophy - BDP
U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah
Pause - Jay Dee
Hostyle - Screwball
M.E.T.H.O.D. Man - Wu Tang Clan
RIP - Young Jeezy
Goin Back To Cali (King Most Edit) - Notorious BIG
F.N.G.M. - Flo Milli
Mona Lisa - Slick Rick

The Spelling Bee Mix

Bad With Names is a weekly podcast hosted by Donwill.

Episode 000 - The Pilot w/ Donwill

Donwill went to Cincinnati for Thanksgiving and caught up with his good friend Ilyas. On this episode the missing member of Tanya Morgan explains exactly why he left the group as well as discusses his feelings about their last release. We also get a couple of tour stories as well as perspective on why Donwill and Ilyas had beef in high school.

This episode also introduces the "Horrible Advice" segment and urges listeners to send anything they'd like advice about. Drop us a line at BWNPodcast@gmail.com or @BWNPodcast on Twitter.

As always rate, review and subscribe and don't forget to check out WorkingCreative.BigCartel.com and OldGold.nyc.

Episode 005 - The Uncomfortable Truth feat Ilyas (I-EL)

This week we dropped by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh's home studio to talk Art Basel, feminism and awful names. Her wildly successful wheat paste project, "Stop Telling Women To Smile" uses illustration as a tool for social change and has been a hot topic since she put up the first poster. We also discuss how horses are the same thing as motorcycles in Oklahoma.
 
Learn more about Tatyana's project at StopTellingWomentToSmile.com and don't forget to hit up WorkingCreative.BigCartel.com for some cool Tanya Morgan hats and t-shirts.


Episode 007 - The Fun Of Feminism feat Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Our guests on the show this week are stalwarts on NYC's indie music scene, Armand Hammer. We met up in Steel Tipped Dove's studio to talk about a wide range of topics including HBCU's, creative processes and Spike Lee's filmography. We also get some information on upcoming Backwoodz releases as well as the story of the group's origin.

For more information on Armand Hammer check out BackwoodzStudioz.com. Be sure to follow us on twitter at @BWNPodcast.

Epidsode 010 - The Furtive Movement feat Armand Hammer

Upcoming Tanya Morgan Tour Dates:

2/8 Philadelphia @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ Green Street
2/11 Boston @ Middle East Upstairs w/ Green Street
2/14 Albany @ Ship's Pub

Episode 12 - The Check In feat Donwill

If you've been keeping up with the podcast you'll know that Tanya Morgan has been doing a few shows in the Northeast. We recorded this episode live from the backseat of the car on the drive up to Boston with Green Street, the band who hit the road with us. The far reaching conversation hits topics including the band's history, Dunkin Donuts and just how real things got while recording their latest album, The Will To Win.

Find out more about Green Street at GreenStreetRecords.net and as always drop by WorkingCreative.BigCartel to grab some fresh Tanya Morgan gear.

Episode 15 - The Northeast Telethon feat Green Street

Blast from the past... 

Prod by Organic Resources (SuhBURB and Katrah Quey)

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Jingle Boujee Radio Edit

Kwanzaa Cake Radio Edit

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