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BROOKLYN RADIO MIX

100+ tracks by De La Soul in the mix..

This mix was originally made to celebrate the reissues of De La’s back-cat, and broadcast on BBC 6 Music a month ahead of the March 3rd release date.

Just over a week after this mix was broadcast, Dave, aka Trugoy the Dove, aka Plug Two, tragically passed away. A few weeks before release. 

The first half of this is the original 40-minute version of the broadcast mix.
A 27-minute edit was broadcast Saturday 4th Feb 2023, for the Block Party mix on The Huey Show.

The second half is a bonus 40-minute selection of 15 more faves - tracks that I feel needed time to breath; some that felt a bit dark for Saturday morning radio, and a few where Dave’s bars hit a little more poignantly now. A bittersweet time. 

Recorded Saturday 4th March 2023, the day after De La day.

Salutes to Posdnuos, Maseo, Prince Paul & the Native Tongues.
Rest in power, Dave.

De La Soul forever.
Stay Plug Tunin’.

Dedicated to Dave Jolicoeur & Don Newkirk.

BBC 6 Music

De La Mix | BBC 6 Music

A freestyle 3 hour mix session recorded Sunday afternoon. One take, no messing. 100 tracks on the disco & soul tip, with sprinkles of fuzzy post-punk, funk, boogie & psych vibes, and a few curveballs thrown in. A ton of vintage classics & some lesser-known bits, alongside recent tracks on a similar tip.

This was basically the crate I pulled together for the Say She She gig at Village Underground in East London, which I played at last week (Aug 31st 2023), and was very much the inspiration for this mix, so there's several tracks by them here, as well as current artists like Cleo Sol, Thee Marloes, Kit Sebastian, Witch, Thee Sacred Souls, Jalen Ngonda & Mad Yella, mixed with a bunch of legends & dancefloor fillers.

A selection of cute but tenacious earworms. Felt good playing this stuff in a big sweaty warehouse, so I had the urge to record a longer session of it all.

A lil' late Summer soundtrack. A discodelic soulcialist affair. Press play while the sun’s out!

Bobby, Sep 2023 x

Image: Bianca Jagger's Birthday Party at Studio 54, 1978

Discodelic Soulcialism

Celebrating the 50th birthday of the late great J Dilla, here's a 27-minute mix comprised of 50 of James Yancey's greatest hits, productions, features & samples.

This was broadcast on BBC 6 Music on Sat 10.2.24 as part of a series of shows dedicated to J Dilla. Huey Morgan's show included this mix & an interview with Illa J, Dilla's little brother, part of which is featured on the intro of this mix. Femi Koleoso (Ezra Collective) followed with an interview from Dilla Time author Dan Charnas, and Gilles Peterson interviewed Pete from BBE Music.

This mix also features A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Slum Village, Janet Jackson, Spacek, Madlib and many more. Turn it up.

TRACKLIST:

BBC 6 Music 3-min INTRO ft. Huey Morgan / Illa J / The Detroit Spinners

Three Degrees - Maybe / J Dilla - Hi.
J Dilla - Crushin’
J Dilla - Whip You With A Strap
J Dilla - Airworks
J Dilla - So Far To Go ft. Common & D’Angelo
J Dilla - Baby ft. Madlib & Guilty Simpson
Spacek - Eve (Jay Dee Mix)
Lucy Pearl - Without You (Jay Dee Remix)
Janet Jackson ft. Q Tip - Got Til It’s Gone
Slum Village - Fall In Love
Slum Village ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff - I Don’t Know
L.T.D. - Love Ballad / De La Soul ft. Yummy - Much More
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
DJ Spinna ft. Phonte (Little Brother) - Dillagence
J Dilla - Workinonit / Beastie Boys - The New Style
J Dilla - Two Can Win
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Cris Williamson - Shine On Straight Arrow / Jaylib - The Red
J Dilla - Lightworks
The Roots - Dynamite
Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá - Saudade Vem Correndo / The Pharcyde - Runnin’
The Pharcyde - Drop / Beastie Boys - The New Style
J Dilla - Time: The Donuts of the Heart
Slum Village - The Look Of Love
Slum Village - Players
Slum Village - Raise It Up
Slum Village - 2 U 4 U
Slum Village - Get Dis Money
A Tribe Called Quest - His Name Is Mutty Ranks
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Faith Evans - Stressed Out
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Tammy Lucas - 1nce Again
A Tribe Called Quest - Find Away
Q Tip - Let’s Ride
Q Tip - Move
Oh No ft. J Dilla & Roc C - Move Pt.2
Jaylib ft. Talib Kweli - Raw Sh*t
J Dilla - F**k The Police / KRS One - Sound Of Da Police
Jaylib - The Official
Spacek - Dollar
Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Ummah Remix)
Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes / Common - The Light
J Dilla - E=MC2
The Impressions - We Must Be In Love / J Dilla ft. Pharoahe Monch - Love
Q Tip - Breathe & Stop
J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Think Twice
J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa Nova
Slum Village - The Hustle
J Dilla - Love Jones
Erykah Badu - Didn’t Cha Know
J Dilla - Stop!

SAMPLES inc.
Busta Rhymes, Questlove, Q Tip, Ali Shaheed, Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, Young Thug & J Dilla.

Hosted by Huey Morgan.
Curated & mixed by BobaFatt.
The Huey Show produced by Tom Whalley.
Special thanks to Jamie Groovement & Illa J.

Rest in power to one of the greatest to ever do it x

J Dilla Block Party: 50 Donut Salute | BBC 6 Music

My final BBC 6 Music Block Party mix of 2024. This one commemorating the 25th anniversary of Q Tip's debut album 'Amplified' & celebrating A Tribe Called Quest's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, here's 50 tracks consisting of just *some* of Kamaal the Abstract's solo work, production, features & collabs, and a ton of Tribe classics.

Plus, an extended bonus mix of a few faves that didn't make the broadcast. There's a whole lot more of course, so go explore if you don't know!

TRACKLIST:
Various - 2 Mins of The Huey Show (intro)

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels Intro
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
Stro Elliot - Kamaal Coltrane
Q Tip - Let's Ride
Q Tip - Higher
A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) [Re-Recording]
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)
Hiatus Kaiyote ft. Q Tip - Nakamarra (Remix)
Janet Jackson ft. Q Tip - Got Til It's Gone
A Tribe Called Quest - Find Away
T.I. ft. Q Tip - Why You Wanna
Mos Def ft. Q Tip & Tash - Body Rock
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Tammy Lucas - 1nce Again
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Faith Evans & Consequence - Stressed Out
A Tribe Called Quest - The Hop
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love
A Tribe Called Quest ft. D-Life - Pad & Pen
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime
Nas ft. Q Tip - One Love
Mobb Deep ft. Q Tip - Drink Away The Pain (Situations)
The Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn (instrumental)
Q Tip ft. Raphael Saadiq - We Fight / We Love
Q Tip ft. Norah Jones - Life Is Better
Q Tip - Move
Q Tip - Official
Q Tip - Gettin' Up
Q Tip ft. Busta Rhymes - Gettin' Up (DJ Scratch Remix)
A Tribe Called Quest - If The Papes Come
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God
A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
Raphael Saadiq ft. Q Tip - Get Involved
Q Tip - Vivrant Thing
Q Tip - Breathe & Stop
De La Soul - Rap De Rap Show
Beastie Boys ft. Q Tip - Get It Together
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario
De La Soul ft. Q Tip - Me, Myself & I
Jungle Brothers ft. Q Tip - Black is Black
Deee-Lite ft. Q Tip & Bootsy Collins - Groove Is In The Heart
N.E.R.D. - She Wants To Move (Native Tongues Remix)
De La Soul ft. Q Tip - A Rollerskating Jam Named 'Saturdays' (Disco Fever Mix)
Slum Village ft. Q Tip - Hold Tighhht

Huey Morgan / Jamz Supernova - BBC 6 Music Outro

Bonus Mix Tracks:
Black Eyed Peas ft. Q Tip, John Legend & Cee-Lo - Like That
The Fugees ft. Q Tip & John Forté - Rumble in the Jungle (Jonwayne Remix)
Robert Glasper ft. Q Tip & Esperanza Spalding - Why We Speak
LL Cool J ft. Q Tip - Runnit Back
Stevie Wonder ft. Q Tip, EnVogue & Prince - So What's The Fuss (Remix)
Q Tip ft. Busta Rhymes - For The Nasty (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Q Tip - Make It Work (from 'Kamaal The Abstract')
A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program (from 'We Got It From Here')
A Tribe Called Quest - What (B.Cause Version)

Also Includes Elements of:
A Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down (outro)
Blahzay Blahzay - Danger
Kool & the Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight? (live)

Spoken Word Samples inc:
Dave Chappelle - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2024 (induction intro)
Red Bull Music Academy - Q Tip on his first Block Party
Various - Artists talk about Q Tip (inc. Nas, Pharrell, Kanye, Dilla)
Eddie Murphy - Do You Like Rap Music? (Beverly Hills Cop)

Clean edit samples:
James Brown - Funky President
Double XX Posse - Headcracker
Fab 5 Freddy - Change Le Beat

Curated & Mixed by Bobby Bignell aka BobaFatt
The Huey Show: Produced by Tom 'T-Bone' Whalley
The Huey Show: Hosted by Huey Morgan

Originally broadcast on Saturday November 30th 2024.


Q Tip Block Party | BBC 6 Music

Now available to stream, this exclusive one-of-a-kind mix by Patrick Gibin captures the heart of our recent collaboration with Mother Tongue. Immerse yourself in this journey through sound.

Originally pressed as a rare collector’s item with hand-drawn cover art, this mix is completely unique and will never be replicated on vinyl again.

Stay tuned for more collections at WaxPoetics.com..

Tracklist:

dego "Sunshine"
DMX Affair "One time to make it right"
Alicia Myers "Gotta Get Away"
Tony Ransom "One Love"
Sylvia St.James "The Way To Your Heart (You've Got The Power)"
Nyhtjar "All in Fun (instrumental)"
Oasis "Hepty Baby"
Patrick Gibin "Team Spirit"
Scott Grooves "So Glad"
Kaidi Tatham "Feeling Happy"
E-Live "Flotational Device"
T.S Monk "Fantasy"

Patrick Gibin - Limited Edition Wax Poetics Mix

Broadcast on BBC 6 Music on Sat 25th Jan 2025, this one celebrates the 40th anniversary of Run DMC's sophomore album 'King of Rock', focussing on the legendary Hollis Queens trio's biggest tracks.

The 40-track mix also takes in collabs, samples and interviews, including Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Onyx, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Russell Simmons, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Pete Rock, Salt (Salt-N-Pepa), The Stone Roses and Bob James, plus pop culture references from CB4, Abbott Elementary, and various clips from their 2024 Grammy-nominated documentary 'Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story'.

NYC's Rev Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels & the late great Jason Mizell were true pioneers in the world of hip hop and rock, becoming the first hip hop act to appear on MTV, where they were eventually dubbed the 'Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time', amongst various accolades. 

The 1984 self-titled debut album on Profile Records was the first hip hop album to go gold, with the follow-up ('King of Rock') the first to go platinum, and third LP ('Raising Hell') the first to go multi-platinum.

From Krush Groove to Live Aid, their style and swagger influenced a generation worldwide for decades.

TRACKLIST:
Various - 2 mins of The Huey Show (intro)

Run DMC - Son of Byford
Run DMC - Slow and Low (Demo)
Beastie Boys - Slow and Low
Run DMC - Proud To Be Black
Run DMC - Together Forever (Krush Groove 4, Live at Hollis Park '84)
De La Soul - Oooh (instrumental)
Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather
Run DMC - The Ave
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Run DMC - My Adidas
Run DMC - Hit It Run
Onyx - Slam (instrumental / vocal)
Run DMC - Run's House
Run DMC ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Down with the King
Run DMC - King Of Rock
Run DMC - Rock The House
The Pharcyde - Runnin' (instrumental)
Run DMC - Rock Box
Run DMC - They Call Us Run DMC
Run DMC - Jam-Master Jay
Run DMC - Jam-Master Jammin'
Run DMC ft. Chuck D & Ice Cube - Back From Hell (Remix)
Run DMC - Here We Go (Live At The Funhouse)
Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp (acapella)
Billy Squires - The BIg Beat
Run DMC - Sucker MC's (Krush Groove 1)
Run DMC - Hollis Crew (Krush Groove 2)
Run DMC - Beats To The Rhyme
Run DMC - Peter Piper
Bob James - Take Me to the Mardi Gras
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk This Way (extended)
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Run DMC - What's It All About
Run DMC - Mary, Mary
Run DMC - It's Like That
Run DMC - It's Tricky

Samples:
Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story (Peacock, 2024)
Abbott Elementary (2021)
CB4 (1993)
Live Aid (1985)
American Bandstand (1985)
'Jam Master Jay Talks About Onyx & Slam Dancing' (1993)

And elements of...
The Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh - Ladi Dadi
Shabba Ranks - Twice My Age


Mixed and curated by Bobby 'BobaFatt' Bignell.
The Huey Show is produced by Tom 'T-Bone' Whalley.
The Huey Show is presented by Huey Morgan.

'King of Rock' by Run DMC was released 21st Jan 1985.

Run DMC Block Party | BBC 6 Music

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I was recently asked to play a night called Classic Material in London. The idea for the club is to give each month over to a year from Hip Hop's past and only play tracks released during it. I was given 1989 and this set was all done from original vinyl, clicks, jumps and all.

Tracklist:

Tone Loc - On Fire (Remix) (Delicous Vinyl)
Gang Starr - Words I Manifest (Wild Pitch)
Chill Rob G - Court's In Session (Wild Pitch)
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies (Capitol Records)
Jungle Brothers - Jbeez Comin' Through (Warner Bros)
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (Capitol Records)
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (Capitol Records)
EPMD - Big Payback (Sleeping Bag)
Ultramagnetic MCs - A Chorus Line (Next Plateau)
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Motown)
De La Soul - Say No Go (Say No Dope mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Most Wanted - Calm Down (Fever Records)
Hijack - Badman Is Robbin' (Rhyme Syndicate)
Ice T - Lethal Weapon (Sire)
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd (Profile)
Jungle Brothers - Tribe Vibes   (Warner Bros)
Jungle Brothers  Beyond This World  (Warner Bros)
Cookie Crew - Born This Way (FFRR)
Jungle Brothers - Good News Coming  (Warner Bros)
The D.O.C - Portrait of a Masterpiece (Ruthless)
Hijack - Doomsday of Rap (Ice T Remix) (Rhyme Syndicate)
De La Soul - Magic Number (123 mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Doug Lazy - Let It Roll (Grove St)
Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Just Keep Rockin' (Desire)

'88 was great but '89 is mine

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