
Episode 202 : Word Play
" I'm so raw that I'm rare. " - Meth Nothing too fast, no dramatic moves, just various ranges of head-nod speed this month, with a selection...
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" I'm so raw that I'm rare. " - Meth Nothing too fast, no dramatic moves, just various ranges of head-nod speed this month, with a selection...

" Algorithms can't silence the beat of the brave... " - Chuck D This one has been a challenge to get together in time ( thanks Numa Pompiliu...

" Big up to all the massive... " - Buckshot Somehow, this humble show from the days when you had to explain what a podcast even was has reac...

" I am the pottery of greater hands... " - Common This month has been a major struggle! My main computer - which is essentially my recording...

" Make dua for my enemies... " - Da Flyy Hooligan Coming off seeing a great performance by DJ Premier and The Alchemist this month, both pro...

" You ain't nice, just a little courteous... " - Phonte This episode we blend some tracks from artists I've seen live this month, a few new...

" ...I see you. " - Ras Kass This was an episode which didn't mystically guide me to each record in the mix - I had to work for my inspirati...

" ...when they still ain't fixed this one? " - Treach It's been a great month - I got married! And just like every month - the podcast is ou...

" Still a couple lessons I can teach... " - Dilated The sonic signature isn't as overwhelming as this month's title might suggest, but I wan...

" You need this in your life. " - Prodigy This month's selection is on the reverse warm-up strategy, as we start off uptempo out of the gate...

"...I already know what they sayin'." - Curren$y This month we maintain a steady pace as we move between some of the newest releases, some o...

" ...the come-up ain't without a price. " - Rapsody We go up and down in waves of energy this month, as we start aggressive, cool down to so...

" Still refuse to sell my spirit to eat... " - Phonte A lot of midtempo business this month, as we combine the remembrance of Biggie Smalls...

" I don't need a reason. " - Che February is here once again, and as always we pay tribute to many of our Hip-Hop community who have transit...

" My heart is a drum, art is my tongue... " - Chalk It's always a treat to have a guest in the studio, and we're starting 2025 by hosting on...

" ...and we don't make the f-ing pistols... " - Kool G Rap Sometimes the episode number compels me to follow it to provide an overall theme...

" The sonic still iconic... " - Dr. Dre I was all ready to go with a plan for this episode, and was just waiting to have a guest into the st...

" ...I'd be filthy rich if not for integrity. " - Ka The title and theme of this episode came into focus after the second of two tragic loss...

" Traumatised, but full of pride... " - Bashy Thanks to the short length of some of the tracks, the total running time of this episode isn't...

" Posthumous ain't the wave... " - Mega Ran For this month's cover art, I couldn't resist calling back to one of the most unexpectedly popul...

" I never did a dance for a dollar... " - Buckshot This month we don't shift into high gear in terms of tempo at any point, topping out at a...

" Come on and give me my props... " - Diamond Fifteen years! We started this ride in June 2009 and here we still are all these years later....

" Slashed all four tyres on the bandwagon... " - Pos The end of the fourteenth year of the show is here, with the numerically-satisfying num...

" If you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you're right, you're right. " - Malcolm X It's been a rough month in the Hip-Hop community, as we've...

" ...just to show how many come to the funeral. " - Tee There's some very serious Hip-Hop in this month's selection - from the rugged to the...

" Rockin' and rollin' like the myth of Sisyphus... " - Anthony Cruz More than any other month in the year, February is the one where we reme...

" I AM " - Chuck D Hope you've had a good start to 2024! While it's been a bit bumpy over here, the selection on the first episode of the ye...

" Speaking to the people that matter, with my mind. " - Grap While a lot of December up this way has been surprisingly mild, but there was a...

" Ain't a damn thing changed boy, protect ya neck! " - RZA This month marks a full thirty years since the landmark date of November 9th 1993...

" ...kick rocks or kick rhymes... " - Jean Grae The seasons are most definitely changing on this side, and the heavens have been pretty open...

" Do you wanna be dope, or do you wanna deal it? " - Common All Hip-Hop at a nice steady pace - but a varied platter of vibes - for this epi...

" Let me say it again, and say it with feeling... " - Jay Dee A big episode this month - both in importance and in number of tracks - as we...

" Tell Nipsey I'm still running laps. " - Dave East We're past the halfway point of 2023 and summer in the UK is...variable. Instead of tryi...

" Paid my dues, now pay my fee. " - Pete Rock Another year in the books! This is the fourteenth birthday episode of the podcast, and it's wi...

" I was a seventies baby, raised in the eighties... " - Scarface An appropriate quote for this month's episode, in which we keep a constant...

" We on they mood board, though they livin' in denial. " - Solace This month's selection came together slowly and then all at once! It's tur...

"Godbodies behind bars, y'all see the barcode." - Pharoahe The month went from the ridiculous to the sublime, but as always, here we are rig...

" Too old to rhyme? Too bad, too late. " - Dave This month marks a huge loss for the Hip-Hop community, and the music world more widely, as...

" ...baking soda, get it crackin' when you mix me with Kane. " - Checkmark If you're like me, every time you write 23 this year you're think...

" ...while she was waiting for her son to shine. " - Mystro Ok - last month was a bit chilly but this one was ridiculous! As 2022 ends, we l...

" This might be God speaking, it's just my mouth is moving. " - Ka The weather might be cooling, but there is some heat on this one. We pay...

" Great Britain is a myth right now... " - Strategy Two different occasions combine for this month's episode; it's Halloween, and (0)161 is...

" Whose ways are strange when it's time to survive? " - DOOM My birth month comes around once again, but times are getting rougher out there...

" ...today, we choose violence... " - Da-Neek Last month we had a nice, chilled, downtempo selection, gliding through several different genr...

" If you move, I'll fall. " - Traditional I've been away for most of the month dealing with a family emergency, but I've just about managed...

" I only ride with the MFers that I used to walk with. " - Suga Free Another milestone passed - this is the thirteenth birthday episode! Tha...

" ...'cos it's the right thing to do. " - Sensei Of Soul With no particular theme I wanted to integrate this month, there were all kinds of...

" ...you can rally troops, but I play the awesome defence... " - Guru 155 brought to mind the famous Rucker Park on 155th St and Frederick D...

" Where the venom corrodes the street... " - Large Professor We have a great mix of the old and new this episode, and I all but guarantee th...

" Seasoning drippin' off of my style, I dress tastefully... " - Meyhem Lauren It's Feburary once again, and so we dig into the catalogues of...