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This mix was originally made to celebrate the reissues of De La’s back-cat, and broadcast on BBC 6 Music a month ahead of the March 3rd release date.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

"The last one of the year! Dispatch 54 is here! Thank you to everyone who’s been following the playlist all this long and now listening to my babbling on Soho Radio I have not improved one bit x this one is solo and I played one of my fav 2024 releases Kim Deal ‘Nobody Loves You More’ almost in its entirety x thank you Christian Veitch for producing this one. Thank you all for listening and see you next year :)" - Sonia

Instas: @soniabernardo @sohoradio @christianveitch @kimdealmusicofficial

The Dispatch Show with Sonia Bernardo (04/12/2024)

A new monthly series of mixtapes, in which we invite First Word friends & family to lace us with a selection of their soulful favourites, from across the board. Kicking us off is First Word's label manager Bobby, aka DJ BobaFatt, who also hosts a fortnightly Friday night show on Soho Radio and is monthly resident on BBC 6 Music's Block Party. 50+ tracks covering various sub-genres across the decades, over 2 hours.

Heatwave - The Star of a Story
Erykah Badu - Otherside of the Game
Jill Scott - Watching Me
Mary J Blige - Love No Limit
Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love
Cymande - The Message
Syliva Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
Roy Ayers - The Memory (Matman Southern Comfort Mix)
Aretha Franklin - Day Dreamin (Jim Sharp Mix)
Bassline ft. Lorraine Chambers - You've Gone
Soul II Soul ft. Kym Mazelle - Missing You
Loose Ends - Don't You Ever (Try To Change Me)
Reflection Eternal x Sade - The Sweetest Blast (BobaFatt Blend)
Meli'sa Morgan - Fool's Paradise (Matman Knock The Hustle Edit)
Curtis Mayfield - Right On For The Darkness (Serge Gamesbroug Rework)
The Stylistics - One Night Affair
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Circles
Sade - Kiss of Doome (Jim Sharp Mix)
Raphael Saadiq ft. Rosie Kaye & Charity 'Sky' Grace - Skyy, Can You Feel Me (Yam Who?
Spiritual Rework)
Stevie Wonder x Raisin Heads x Neil Armstrong - My Cherie Amour (Bittersweet Remix)
Stephanie Mills - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin
Kleeer - Intimate Connection
Patrice Rushen - To Each His Own
The Winans - Don't Leave Me
Sindecut - Tell Me Why
Children of Zeus x A Tribe Called Quest x Billy Brooks - 40 Nights With Lucien (BobaFatt Blend)
Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
Jean Carn - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
The Rebirth - This Journey In (Kajmere Sound)
Quincy Jones ft. Patti Austin - Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me
SAULT x The Jones Girls - Whys Over Egypt (BobaFatt's Saulty Girls Edit)
Mos Def - Westchester Umi (Jim Sharp Mix)
Kaidi Tatham x Mica Paris - Temptation You Know (BobaFatt Blend)
Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing
Thelma Houston - You Used To Hold Me So Tight
Sheila E ft. Prince - A Love Bizarre
SWARVY x Anderson Paak - Oop (Am I Wrong)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Bourgie' Bourgie'
Tata Vega - Get It Up For Love
52nd Street - Look Into My Eyes
Joshua x Davina - Come Over To My Place
Toka Project - Think
Seven Davis Jr - Iss Good

Vikter Duplaix - Manhood
Omar - Can We Go Out (Zed Bias Remix)
SEL - Necessary (Bejiing Bros Remix)
Bakey - Maxium - Dub
Mala - Alicia
Angie Stone vs African Brothers - Wish I Didn't Miss You (Nuffwish Smoke Chronic Dub)
Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees
Children of Zeus - Royal

Music From The Soul 001 - BobaFatt

I was invited back to Hospitality On The Beach out in Croatia last week, where I did four sets, on the beach and in Wabi Sabi, once again providing some chilled alternative sounds alongside the line-up of D&B heavyweights.

I've been lucky to play festivals every year at The Garden in Tisno since 2012 (bar the pandemic years, 2020-2022), so this was my 10th time out there (!), and has become very much a home from home for me. 

Keeping with the annual tradition, this one revisits a selection of music I played over my week in Croatia.
70 tracks in the mix over two & a half hours, mixed in one-take; no messin'.

I hope this 180 minutes of hip hop, jazz, reggae, soul, r&b, boogie, bruk, garage, grime & jungle reflects the alternative side of the festival a bit; warming up the ravers in the baking Balkan sunshine.

Love once again to Chris Goss & the Hospital Records team for the invite, and for all their hard work putting this 7-day event together. A labour of love for real. Big up all the performers and the dancers (special shout to the House of Dinosaur crew, and my compadres Dom Servini & Kid Hops).

'Til the next one, hvala! x


TRACKLIST:
Francis Lai - Theme from Love Story
Durand Jones & The Indications - Lover's Holiday
Cleo Sol - Sunshine
Roy Ayers - Revisiting the Sunshine (Jorun Bombay Remix)
Boogie Down Productions - Poisonous Products
Sa-Roc - Talk To Me Nice
J Dilla & N'Dea Davenport - Whatever You Want (Remix)
Last Nubian - Baby
Georgie Sweet - Equal Measure
Kendrick Lamar - Dodger Blue (J Period Loves LA Remix)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
The Notorious BIG - Big Poppa
Mary J Blige - Love No Limite
Half Pint - Substitute Lover
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Next To You
Pointer Sisters - How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)
Anita Baker - Sweet Love
Linda Williams - Elevate Our Minds
Little Simz ft. Lydia Kitto - Only
Khruangbin x Leon Thomas - Vibes Don't Lie (1981 Tokyo Blend)
Leon Thomas x Freddie Gibbs - Mutt (Remix)
Breakbeat Era - Breakbeat Era (Suckaside Remix)
Doechii x Dynamite MC - Nosebag Bleeds (Suckaside Blend)
Doechii - Boiled Peanuts
J Period ft. Doechii - Catfish (J Period Remix)
Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (Jim Sharp Mix)
DameDame - Promise
Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
A Tribe Called Quest x Visioneers - Electric Relaxation (Matman Supa Blend0
Shaggy & Rayvon - Big Up
General Levy - Champagne Body
Buju Banton x Fela Kuti - Champion (Jun Tanaka Edit)
Little Simz ft. Obongjayar - Point & Kill
Soul II Soul - Back To Life
Toto - Georgy Porgy (Jim Sharp Mix)
Johnnie Taylor - What About My Love
Michael Wycoff - Looking Up To You
The Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You
Common ft. Joy Denalane - GO! (Jazzanova Remix)
Elements of Life - Into My Life (You Brought The Sunshine) (Louie Vega Demo Mix)
Quincy Jones & Siedah Garrett - Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me
Alice Smith - Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoon & Cereal
Dijon - Talk Down
Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl (Kaytranada Remix)
Doechii - Nissan Altima
Goldlink - Spectrum
Alicia Keys - Feeling u, Feeling Me
Frank Ocean ft. Earl Sweatshirt - Super Rich Kids
Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower
Klaus Veen - Poison
Wookie - Scrappy
The Ragga Twins - Shine Eye
Maxi Anderson - Lover to Lover
Twista - Overnight Celebrity
Teedra Moses - No More Tears
Cesco - Flump
MXXWLL - Breakflip
The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance
Fred Again, Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap
Unknown T - Time Flies
Central Cee - Band4Baile (Turna Edit)
Ini Kamoze & Damian Marley - World A Jamrock
Jigsy King & Tony Curtis - My Sound Ah Murder
Foxy - Madamoiselle
Omar - Nothing Like This (Chimpo Relick)
Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know (Marchborn Mix)
Jill Scott - Cross My Mind (Swarvy Mix)
4AM Kru - All I Need In This World Is You
NuYorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4Hero Remix)

BobaFatt's Beach Beats | Hospitality on the Beach 2025

Presenting the first of three choice chunks of our Kings Day DJ set in Amsterdam this year. (Kings Day, if you don't know, is a national holiday in NL during which the whole place turns decidedly orange, drinks a whole lot of beer and goes nuts.) 

For the last few years, as part of the festivities, we've been hosting a little secret location sound system party during which we can cut loose and play an extended DJ set covering a whole bunch of bases - sometimes with friends guesting, sometimes (like this year) flying solo for the whole day, dropping as many solid personal favourites as we can along the way, natuurlijk.... 

So here's the first chunk, from early in the day, warming things up with a soulful, skanking, boom-bapping selection of edits, remixes, favourites and classics - hope you enjoy!

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AGFA - The Grateful Dead 60th Tribute Mix

Celebrating the 80th birthday of Debbie Harry (born July 1st 1945), Block Party resident DJ BobaFatt is in the mix with a 20-track selection of the NYC band Blondie's biggest and best tracks, along with a few samples & surprises. Originally broadcast on BBC 6 Music, Saturday 5th July 2025 for The Huey Show.

Tracklist:

(The Huey Show 2 Min Intro)

Blondie - X Offender
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Blondie - Dreaming
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Family Fodder - Debbie Harry
The Paragons - The Tide Is High
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Blondie - Once I Had A Love (aka The Disco Song)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Blondie - Rapture
Blondie - Fan Mail
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
Blondie - Union City Blue
Blondie - Do The Dark
Blondie - Picture This
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Denis
Blondie - Call Me
Blondie - Sunday Girl

(The Huey Show Outro)

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Samples:
Krs-One - Step Into A World
BBC Swap Shop (22.12.79)
BBC Nationwide (1982)
BBC Russell Harty (22.11.83)
American Bandstand, USA 1979
Kids Are People Too, USA 1980
Casey Kasem interview, USA 1980
Punk Glamor interview, USA 1977
Countdown interview, Australia (8.3.81)
Debbie Harry & Chris Stein interview 1981 (Reelin' In The Years archive)
'Blondie's New York & The Making of Parallel Lines'
'When Blondie Comes To Britain'

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Curated, Produced & Mixed by Bobby Bignell aka DJ BobaFatt, June 2025.
Broadcast on BBC 6 Music, Saturday 5th July 2025.

The Huey Show:
Hosted by Huey Morgan
Produced by Tom Whalley

Shout outs c/o Say She She, Idris Elba & Isatta Sheriff.


Blondie Block Party | BBC 6 Music

Playlist:

Cher - Bang Bang (Jim Sharp Mix)
Faith Evans - Mesmerized
Syleena Johnson - Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go
DJ Snatch - Soul Strut
Honey Cone - Sunday Morning People (Uncle Ted Edit)
Get Right - Jennifer Lopez (Njoya Wordplay Transition Up Cardi B)
A.Skillz, The Commodores  - Bump The Funk
Mark Ronson, Raye - Suzanne
Mary J. Blige ft. Method Man - Love At First Sight
Jackson 5 - ABC (A.Skillz Remix)
Mako & Mr Bristow - Funk Am Im No Good

... enjoy!

Evva - In The Mix (August 2025)

chill vibes mixtape

As a short addendum to my 'A 3 Hour Drive in 1985' mix (on Mixcloud/HearThis), we're off to the movies.

1985 was an incredible year for popcorn flicks. 40 years on, we go back to the cinema for a special Saturday morning matinee to take in the sounds from some of the year's biggest blockbusters; from Back To The Future to The Breakfast Club, Weird Science to Rocky IV, Beverly Hill's Cop to The Goonies.

25 tracks in 30 minutes, with clips & trailers touching on nearly 50 films in all. 

Curated and Mixed by Bobby Xennial, May 2025.
Originally produced for BBC 6 Music's Block Party.




TRACKLIST:

Pete Moore - Asteroid (Pearl & Dean Theme)
Dave Grusin - Map and Willie (The Goonies)
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Real Genius)
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (The Breakfast Club)
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (St. Elmo's Fire)
Sheila E ft. Prince - A Love Bizarre (Krush Groove)
James Brown - Living In America (Rocky IV)
DeBarge - Rhythm of The Night (The Last Dragon)
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
Madonna - Into The Groove (Desperately Seeking Susan)
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love (Back To The Future)
Robert Folk - Police Academy Theme (Police Academy 2)
Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Jewel of the Nile)
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (A View To A Kill)
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (Weird Science)
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (Samples the movies of Nicolas Roeg)
Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (The Goonies)
Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (Spies Like Us)
Madonna - Crazy For You (Vision Quest)
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Patti Labelle - Stir It Up (Beverly Hills Cop)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Stranger Things)

Billy Taylor - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Film '85 Theme)
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives (White Nights)
Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (National Lampoon's European Vacation)


Clips / Trailers / Features:

Beverly Hills Cop
Back To The Future
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club
Krush Groove
Weird Science
St Elmo's Fire
Rocky IV
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
A View To A Kill
Desperately Seeking Susan
Spies Like Us
Jewel of The Nile
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Police Academy 2
Vision Quest
Brewster's Millions
Brazil
Cocoon
My Science Project
Explorers
Fletch
Teen Wolf
Legend
Commando
Witness
The Color Purple 
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Mask
Silverado
Out of Africa
A Room With A View
Red Sonja
Ladyhawke
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Jagged Edge
No Retreat, No Surrender
Prizzi's Honor
Young Sherlock Holmes
Ewoks: Battle For Endor
The Last Dragon
The Sure Thing 
That Was Then, This Is Now 
Once Bitten
Real Genius
Return to Oz
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (TV movie)


Additional Samples:

Film '85 (with Barry Norman & Michael Parkinson) (BBC 1985)
Run DMC - Sucker MCs (1984) (also in Krush Groove)
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh - Ladi Dadi (1985)
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Bonus Beats) (1986)
Kurtis Blow - Tough (1982)
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
The Sopranos (1999) ("...ohh, National Lampoon's Vacation...")
Ghostbusters (2016) ( "...is that DeBarge?..." )


Bobby & The Xennial's Movie Matinee Mixtape 1985

This is part 2 of a project done for Strut Records in London whereby I took old school jams into my analog studio and played keyboards and drum machines over the beats to do unique unreleased versions of the trax.. this time around the project is free as I have not cleared the trax
Mr. Sweety G - At the Place To Be
Margo’s Koolout Crew - Death Rap
Lovebug Starski & The Harlem World Crew - Positive Life
Fearless Four - Rockin’ It
Key-Matic - Breakers In Space
O.G.C. - Buggin’ Out
Scoopy - Scoopy Rap
Jazzy Three - Rappin’ Spree
Ronnie Gee - Raptivity
Fresh 3 MC’s - Fresh
Disco 4 - Do It
Lambchops - Shake'm On Up
Mid Air - Ease Out
Spyder D - Rap Is Here To Stay
Sons of Harlem Crew - Harlem Rap
Newcleus - Jam On It
Kool D Ultimate MCs - Freestyle
Family - Rap Attack
Freddy Fresh - Into the Drum
NJ-4 - How Many Girls You Got?
Freddy Fresh - Are You Ready For Freddy (bonus)
Check This mix out if you dug this one
https://soundcloud.com/freddy-fresh/freddy-fresh-real-old-school-master-mix-1970s-80s-rare-free-dl

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