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A5 - MOUTHFEEL - 05

Peven Everett - Heat Up (Awaaz Club Edit)

Drill Music in Zion

SEATTLE (feat. Nayirah)

I Care

Ultimate Aaliyah

Man Undercover

On the show this time, it’s jazz, it's Afrobeat, it’s KOKOROKO! Their latest release is the EP “Get the Message” available on Brownswood Recordings.

Live on KEXP, Episode 471 - KOKOROKO

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

a 6hr&41min deep dive into the life and times of Jodeci, specifically highlighting the first 3 albums, plus heaps of rareish material, soundtrack cuts, remixes, collabs and unreleased tracks. the influence the Degrate & Hailey brothers had on the overall modern musical landscape cannot be understated. when they weren't breaking new ground as the group Jodeci, they were responsible for nurturing the talents of all those who participated in the Swing Mob/Bassment Crew era, a list of names who then went on to define modern-day r&b, soul, hip hop and pop.

originally aired on 13/04 via Blue In Green radio >>> www.blueingreenradio.com.

photo by Danny Hastings, a previously-unpublished shot from the Diary Of A Mad Band sessions.

tracklist:

01. jodeci - interlude (553-nasty)
02. jodeci - stay (live @ uptown mtv unplugged) (1993)
03. jodeci - forever my lady (dalvin's bass)
04. jodeci - come and talk to me (horny mix)
05. jodeci - i'm still waiting (jazz version)
06. al b. sure! - touch you
07. father mc - treat them like they want to be treated (original 12" mix) (feat. jodeci)
08. father mc - everything's gonna be alright (soul convention dub joint) (feat. jodeci)
09. jodeci - let's fly
10. father mc, mary j. blige, jodeci, christopher williams & heavy d & the boyz - next stop uptown (studio version)
11. jodeci - gotta love (12" edit)
12. father mc - lisa baby (daddy radio) (feat. jodeci)
13. jodeci - the x's we share (live @ in living color) (1992)
14. jodeci - cherish (movie version)
15. jodeci, mary j. blige & stevie wonder - you will know (live @ arsenio) (1992)
16. k-ci & jojo - star spangled banner (live @ mike tyson fight) (1991)
17. jodeci - jodecidal hotline
18. jodeci - lately (main)
19. jodeci - cry for you (live @ the apollo) (1995)
20. jodeci - my heart belongs to you (touchdown working remix)
21. jodeci - what about us (mr. dalvin version)
22. jodeci - success
23. jodeci - feenin' (mr. dalvin remix)
24. jodeci - what about us (swing mob)
25. jodeci - lately (live @ the apollo) (1995)
26. jodeci - feenin' (l.t.j. bukem remix)
27. jodeci - you got it (cosmack dub)
28. jodeci - won't waste you (nick hussey remix)
29. jodeci - fallin' (acoustic version)
30. jodeci - time & place
31. jodeci - p.i.b. 4 play
32. jodeci - love u 4 life (main pass remix)
33. jodeci - freek 'n you (freekoustical mix)
34. jodeci - s-more (remix)
35. jodeci - fun 2 nite (2b3 brixton mix)
36. jodeci - get on up (def squad remix) (feat. erick sermon)
37. jodeci - freek n' you/pump it back (live @ the apollo) (1995)
38. jodeci - fun 2 nite (jm paradise mix)
39. jodeci - let's do it all (bootleg mix) (snippet)
40. jodeci - get on up (mr. dalvin remix)
41. jodeci - freek 'n you (mr. dalvin's freek mix) (feat. raekwon & ghostface killah)
42. jodeci - 4u
43. jodeci - good luv
44. jodeci - come up to my room (feat. tha dogg pound)
45. jodeci - wild side
46. mr. dalvin - get mine
47. jodeci - after last night
48. aaron hall - curiosity (misdemeanor) (feat. missy elliot)
49. sista - brand new (mr. dalvin's ferrari mix) (feat. static)
50. devante - gin and juice (feat. static)
51. mr. dalvin & static - true o.g.
52. dj quik - quikstrumental (quik's groove 7) (feat. jodeci)
53. jodeci - incredible
54. dalvin degrate - dangerous (feat. devante)
55. jodeci - after the party (unreleased demo version)
56. k-ci & jojo - slip & fall
57. k-ci & jojo - still waiting
58. jodeci - devante piano medley (live @ the apollo) (1995)
59. sista - feel of your lips (feat. k-ci & mary j. blige)
60. mary j. blige - i don't want to do anything (feat. k-ci)
61. derek degrate - pray (prod. mr. dalvin)
62. da bassment - love you down
63. jodeci - stress reliever
64. h-town - knockin' your heels (kings of slow jam remix) (feat. jodeci & pretty ricky)
65. k-ci hailey - if you think you're lonely now (live radio edit)
66. little cedric and the hailey singers - have faith
67. dalvin degrate - long day
68. k-ci - care for you
69. jodeci - get back (original demo).

CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND - Episode_020: Jodeci

Aaliyah- At Your Best Gangstar Child Remix Slowed And Reverb

Sade - Like a Tattoo (Reelsoul Remix)

TRACKLIST:

AALIYAH - NEVER COMIN' BACK
DOM KENNEDY ft. RICK ROSS - GOLD ALPINAS
DESTINY'S CHILD ft. STATIC - SAY MY NAME (TIMBALAND REMIX)
JAGGED EDGE - READY & WILLING
SONDER - LOVELY (ALT. VERSION)
MICHAEL ANTHONY - BEING IN HER HOUSE TRAP....HELLA DUALITIES 
ICYTWAT - BEEP ME 911 (REMIX)
LEPHIL - HOES PRETTY
AALIYAH - LOOSE RAP
PARTYNEXTDOOR - THE SHY/NUH READY (OG VERSION)
DRAKE ft. JAMES FAUNTLEROY - ON MY WAY

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i still love you, D.B.

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