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Hip hop for the eclectic music listener.  Explore the origins, present state and future directions of hip hop culture through a mix of chill jazz, world and electro vibes and of fiery funk, soul and psychedelic rock jams.  My name is Ion, telling you to "Step your game up to get your name up!"

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm

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5/2/2012
7:00pm JB Nimble & Poe - "Beautiful Day" - In the Park (s/r)
7:00pm Poe - "Go Occupy Your Self" - When It Rain It Poe (s/r)
2:59pm JB Nimble & Poe - "Jump Sauce" - In the Park (s/r)
2:50pm Living Legends - "Trojan Horse" - (s/r)
2:47pm Citizen & JB Nimble - "By the Time" - EPR 2012 Mixtape (s/r)
2:37pm Gift of Gab - "Beyond Logic" - The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
2:33pm JNatural - "The Master" - Love is On Hiatus (Project Blowed)
2:30pm Dumbfoundead - "Different Galaxies (feat. Sam Ock)" - (s/r)
2:17pm Poe - "Go Occupy Your Self" - When It Rain It Poe (s/r)
2:14pm JB Nimble & Poe - "Beautiful Day" - In the Park (s/r)
1:59pm Speech Debelle - "I'm With It" - Freedom of Speech (Big Dada)
1:56pm Kero One - "What Am I Supposed to Do?" -
1:52pm Bayonics - "Streets are Cold (feat. Approach)" - Mission Statement (s/r)
1:48pm Mars Today - "Tightrope (Janelle Monae feat. Ryan Nicole)" - The Re-Mixtape (s/r)
1:38pm James Brown - "The Payback Pt 1" - The Payback (Polydor)
1:34pm Papa Grows Funk - "Rollo" - Needle in the Groove (s/r)
1:30pm Smoove + Turrell - "Let Yourself Go" - Eccentric Audio (Jalapeno)
1:25pm Robert Glasper Experiment - "Why Do We Try (feat. Stokley)" - Black Radio (Blue Note)
1:22pm 14KT - "Width (feat. Tony Ozier)" - A Friendly Game of KT (s/r)
1:07pm The Isley Brothers - "The Real Deal (Parts I & II)" - The Real Deal (T-Neck)
1:03pm Devonwho - "Strangebrew" - Strangebrew (All City)
1:00pm Hudson Mohawke - "FUSE" - Butter (Warp)
12:58pm Spaceghost - "Stuck" -
12:55pm Flying Lotus - "Breathe Something / Stellar Star" - Los Angeles (Warp)
12:51pm Dntel - "Bright Night" - Aimlessness (n/a)
12:47pm Clark - "Tooth Moves" - Iradelphic (Warp)
12:40pm Goldfrapp - "A&E" - The Singles (Astralwerks)
12:37pm Santigold - "The Keepers" - Master of My Own Make-Believe (Atlantic)
12:32pm Cut Copy - "Far Away" - In Ghost Colours (Modular)
12:26pm The 2 Bears - "Take A Look Around (The 2 Bears vs. House of House Version)" - Be Strong (s/r)
12:17pm Lone - "Lying in the Reeds" - Galaxy Garden (R&S)
12:13pm The Ting Tings - "Silence (Bag Raiders Remix)" - Sounds From Nowheresville (Columbia)
12:10pm Ursula 1000 - "Disko-Tech (Fuzzbox Inc Remix)" - Remixes EP (ESL)
12:04pm Bonar Bradberry - "Siula Grande (Pete Herbert Remix)" - Future Disco Vol. 4 Neon Nights (Need Want)
4/25/2012
2:58pm Tipper - "Herriot Method" - Broken Soul Jamboree (Tippermusic)
2:47pm Jack Wilkins - "Red Clay" - Windows (Mainstream)
2:41pm Jack DeJohnette's Directions - "Fantastic" - Untitled (ECM)
2:37pm Aesop Rock - "Zero Dark Thirty" - Skelethon (Rhymesayers)
2:33pm The Shotgun Wedding Quintet - "Keep Smiling" - Tales from the Barbary Coast (Jazz Mafia)
2:24pm Hopie - "It's Beautiful (feat. Luckyiam)" - Raw Gems (s/r)
2:20pm Black Milk - "Give The Drummer Sum" - Tronic (Fat Beats)
2:16pm Common - "Hustle (feat. Omar and Dart Chillz)" - Electric Circus (MCA)
2:12pm Gee Soul - "Dreamcatcher (feat. Baron Meddlesome)" - Affliction Evolved with the Tide of Elation (s/r)
2:08pm Bayonics - "Faded Dreams" - Mission Statement (s/r)
1:56pm Nino Moschella - "Stella" - Boomshadow (Ubiquity)
1:52pm Venice Dawn - "Midnight Blue" - Adrian Younge Presents...Something About April (Wax Poetics)
1:49pm Whitefield Brothers - "Savannahstan" - Original Raw Soul Vol 3 (Now-Again)
1:45pm O' Donel Levy - "You've Made Me So Very Happy" - Killer Jazz Funk from Groove Merchant (Groove Merchant)
1:41pm Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - "Here Again" - Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
1:33pm The Bamboos - "Where Does the Time Go? (feat. Aloe Blacc)" - Medicine Man (n/a)
1:28pm Jamie Woon - "Lady Luck" - Mirrorwriting (Polydor)
1:20pm Ayah & Slakah - "Keep Up" - Keep Up (s/r)
1:15pm Campus Calendar Y'all - -
1:11pm Bassnectar - "Butterfly (feat. Mimi Page)" - Vava Voom (Amorphous)
1:06pm oOoOO - "NoWayBack (feat. Butterclock)" - Our Love Is Hurting Us EP (Tri Angle)
12:58pm School of Seven Bells - "Scavenger" - Ghostory (Vagrant)
12:53pm Evan Voytas - "Can't Let Anybody Know Who You Are" - Feel Me EP (Dovecote)
12:48pm The Chemical Brothers - "Alive Alone" - Exit Planet Dust (Caroline)
12:44pm Return to Mono - "Song of the Beast (Foretaste Remix)" - Framebreaker Remixed (Audio Villain)
12:35pm Martin Solveig - "The Night Out (A-Trak vs Martin Rework)" - The Night Out EP (Vendetta)
12:30pm XXXY - "I Know This (Can't Be Love)" - Everything EP (Well Rounded)
12:24pm Miike Snow - "Paddling Out (Penguin Prison Remix)" - Happy to You (Universal Republic)
12:21pm Wiley - "Boom Blast" - Evolve or Be Extinct (Big Dada)
12:13pm Digital Underground - "Same Song (feat. 2Pac)" - This Is An EP Release (Tommy Boy)
12:09pm Tony! Toni! Tone! - "Boys and Girls (DJ Quik Remix)" - Hits (Mercury)
12:04pm The Pointer Sisters - "Automatic" - Break Out (Planet)
4/11/2012
11:54am Thundamentals - "Check My Fresh (feat. Vida-Sunshyne)" - Foreverlution (Obese)
11:51am Gift of Gab - "So So Much" - The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
11:47am Gift of Gab - "Everything Is Fine (feat. George Clinton & Latyrx)" - The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
11:35am Interview w/ Gift of Gab of Blackalicious - "!!!" - !!! (!!!)
11:31am Blackalicious - "Green Light: Now Begin" - Blazing Arrow (Quannum)
11:27am Speech Debelle - "Live for the Message" - Freedom of Speech (Big Dada)
11:17am Strange Fruit Project - "Stand Up" - From Divine (Black Son)
11:14am THEESatisfaction - "Earthseed" - awE naturalE (Sub Pop)
11:08am Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - "I'll Keep My Light in My Window" - Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
11:06am ArtOfficial - "Don't Sweat the Technique" - The Payback (s/r)
3/28/2012
11:59am A-1 - "Winning 2" - n/a (s/r)
11:46am A-1 - "Golden Girls" - After School Special (s/r)
11:42am A-1 - "Breathing (feat. Emily Fox)" - The Book of Adam (mixtape) (s/r)
11:33am A-1 - "Circulate" - The Book of Adam (mixtape) (s/r)
11:29am A-1 - "My Name Is Adam" - The Book of Adam (mixtape) (s/r)
11:21am A-1 - "All That" - After School Special (s/r)
11:17am Gift of Gab - "Rise (feat. Raashan Ahmad & Zumbi)" - The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
11:14am Scorched Transmissions - "Culture Zero" - s/r (Postegoism)
11:10am Ecid - "So Damn Einstein!" - Werewolf Einstein (Fill in the Breaks)
11:04am Behold the Profit - "A Pack of Scarecrows" - s/t (Lowatt)
11:00am ArtOfficial - "Three Four (feat. Rory Cooper)" - Vitamins & Minerals (s/r)
10:55am Robert Glasper - "Always Shine (feat. Lupe Fiasco & Bilal)" - Black Radio (Blue Note)
10:49am The Shotgun Wedding Quintet - "Catch On" - Tales from the Barbary Coast (Jazz Mafia)
10:45am Ambulaunz - "A More Perfect Union" - Vertical Mile (s/r)
10:36am Dabrye - "Get It Together (feat. Invincible and Finale)" - Two/Three (Ghostly Int'l)
10:32am Pep Love - "Hip Hop My Friend" - The Rigmarole (Hiero Imperium)
10:29am Big K.R.I.T. - "Boobie Miles" - 4EvaNaDay (mixtape) (s/r)
10:26am Vivian Reed - "I've Gotta Be Me" - Vivian Reed (Epic)
10:19am JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound - "To Love Someone (That Don't Want You)" - Want More (Bloodshot)
10:14am The Tymes - "To The Max(imum)" - Tymes Up (RCA Victor)
10:08am Howard Johnson - "So Fine" - So Fine/This Is Heaven 12" (A&M)
9:59am Lee Fields & the Expressions - "Moonlight Mile" - Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
9:56am The Turtles - "You Showed Me" - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (Rhino)
9:53am Creations Unlimited - "Chrystal Illusion" - Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)