DJ Solespin Playlists for The Goods (2010-2018)

  1. Young-Holt Unlimited - Funky Is As Funky Does
  2. The Hitch-Hikers feat. The Mighty Pope - Mr. Fortune
  3. B.T. Express – This House Is Smokin’
  4. Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You
  5. The Staple Singers - For What It's Worth
  6. Johnnie Taylor - Love Bones
  7. Gary Wright - My Love is Alive
  8. Rick James - Mary Jane
  9. Bo Diddley - Hit Or Miss
  10. D’Angelo – Feel Like Makin’ Love
  11. Galt McDermot - Coffee Cold
  12. Toni Tornado - Sou Negro
  13. Fresh 4 - Wishing On A Star 
  14. Common - Resurrection (Large Professor Remix)
  15. Slum Village - Fall In Love
  16. Master Ace - Me & The Biz (Extended Remix)
  17. Reflection Eternal - Fortified Live
  18. Diamond D - Gather Round
  19. INI - Props
  20. Little Shawn - Hickeys on your Chest
  21. Tamia - So Into You
  22. Musiq - Religious
  23. Groove Theory - Tell Me
  24. Erykah Badu – Bag Lady
  25. Patrice Rushen - Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up
  26. Elton John - Little Jeannie
  27. Da'Ville - Mirrors
  28. Lukie D - Thinking Out Loud
  29. George Faith - To Be A Lover (Have Some Mercy)

DJ Solespin - The Goods (June 12, 2016) Playlist:

1.K'Naan - America featuring Mos Def & Chali 2na
2.Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President
3.Shad - I Don't Like To
4.D-Shade - Told You So featuring Euphrates
5.Elaquent - The Official
6.Goapele - Childhood Drama (Remix)
7.Zero 7 - Somersault (Danger Mouse Remix) featuring MF Doom & Sia
8.Common - So Far To Go featuring D'Angelo
9.Pete Kuzma - High & Dry featuring Bilal
10.Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever
11.Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
12.Midnight Star - Wet My Whistle
13.Lillo Thomas - Sexy Girl
14.Kleeer - Intimate Connection
15.Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.)
16.Prince - Let's Work
17.John Martyn - Johnny Too Bad
18.Dennis Alcapone - Cassius Clay
19.Skin, Flesh & Bones - Reggae Stomp
20.Delroy Wilson - Love Uprising
21.Max Romeo - War In A Babylon
22.George Faith - Midnight Hour/Ya-Ya
23.George Faith - To Be A Lover (Have Some Mercy)
24.The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
25.Dave Valentin - Sidra's Dream
26.The Supremes - Come Together

DJ Solespin - The Goods (April 17, 2016) Playlist:

1.The Commodores - The Assembly Line
2.Boris Gardiner - Melting Pot
3.Fitz & The Tantrums - Breaking The Chains of Love
4.Charles Bradley & The Bullets - This Love Ain't Big Enough For The Two of Us
5.Mark Ronson - The Only One I Know
6.Bob Dylan - Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
7.The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
8.Sly & The Family Stone - M'Lady
9.Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - Pucker Up Buttercup
10.Queen Latifah - Dance For Me
11.King Bee - Back By Dope Demand
12.Chubb Rock - Lost In The Storm (Marley's Hip Hop Remix)
13.Main Source - Peace Is Not The Word To Play (Remix)
14.Maestro Fresh-Wes - Drop The Needle
15.Kwame The Boy Genius - Keep On Doin'
16.LL Cool J - Nitro
17.K-Os - B-Boy Stance
18.Gang Starr - Gotch U
19.Fu-Schnickens - La Schmoove (Remix)
20.Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
21.St. Vincent Latinaires - Hot Pants, I'm Coming
22.The Chosen Few - Funky Buttercup
23.The Jesse Gresham 3 - Shootin' The Grease
24.Reuben Wilson - Superfly
25.Johnny Guitar Watson - I Need It
26.Pucho - Got Myself A Good Man

 DJ Solespin - The Goods (July 12, 2015) Playlist:

 1. United 8 - Getting Uptown (To Get Down) (Quantic Remix)
2. Shawn Lee`s Incredible Tabla Band - Apache
3. Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
4. London Grammar - Hey Now (Bonobo Remix)
5. Platinum Pied Pipers - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
6. Jay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa Nova
7. Emile Normand Sextet - Mas Que Nada
8. Tippie & The Clovers - Bossa Nova Baby
9. Dream Warriors - My Definition
10. Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face in My Sink
11. Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
12. Black Moon - Who Got The Props
13. Mos Def - Undeniable
14. Moka Only - More Soup
15. The Protege - Nothing
16. Q-Tip - Move
17. Dela - Big Time
18. Reggie B & Miles Bonny - My Sunshine
19. The Chambers Brothers - Funky
20. Ruby Andrews - You Made a Believer Out Of Me
21. Betty Lavette - Soul Tambourine
22. Donny Hathaway - Magnificent Sanctuary Band
23. Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back IN Time
24. Toni Tornado - Sou Negro
25. Darondo - Legs
26. Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson - Nobody
27. Faze-O - Riding High
28. The Souljazz Orchestra - Celestial Blues

DJ Solespin - The Goods (May 31, 2015) Playlist:

1. Africa - Paint It Black (Harmless Records)
 2. Cymande - Zion I (Janus Records)
 3. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Chant (Island Records)
 4. The Folkes Brothers - Oh Carolina (Blue Beat)
 5. Bongo Herman - Chairman of the Board (Soul Jazz Records)
 6. Zap Pow - River (Pressure Sounds)
 7. Zap Pow - River Stone (Pressure Sounds)
 8. King Tubby - Tribal War (Select Cuts)
 9. Jackie Edwards - All Shook Up (Trojan Records)
 10. Peter Tosh - Ketchy Shuby (Columbia)
 11. Tenor Saw - Golden Hen (Uptempo Records)
 12. Admiral Tibet - Leave People Business (Maximum Pressure)
 13. Pinchers - Agony (Jammy's Records)
 14. Admiral Tibet - Serious Time (Jammy's Records)
 15. Tenor Saw - African Children (Black Roots)
 16. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (Island Records)
 17. Gregory Isaacs - Sad To Know (You're Leaving) (Island Records)
18. Cornel Campbell - Boxing (Joe Gibbs Music)
 19. Mr. Vegas - Do You Know (Delicious Vinyl)
 20. Les Colocs - Tassez-Vous De D’là (Le Musicomptoir)
21. Ariane Moffatt - Montréal (EMI Music France)
 22. Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Lights (Reggae Remix) (Universal Music Canada)
 23. k-os - The Bed's Too Big Without You (Universal Music Canada)
 24. Redhead Kingpin & The F.B.I. - Kilimanjaro Style (Virgin Records America)
 25. Heavy D & The Boyz - Mood For Love (Uptown Records)
 26. Master Ace - Me & The Biz (Extended Remix) (Cold Chillin')
 27. Brand Nubian - Who Can Get Busy Like This Man (Elektra)

DJ Solespin - The Goods (March 2015) Playlist:

1. 3rd Bass - Derelicts of Dialect (Def Jam Recordings)
 2. Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - I Gotta Have It (PWL America Records)
 3. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician (Wild Pitch Records)
 4. Superlover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James (Elektra)
 5. Antoinette - I Got An Attitude (Next Plateau Records)
 6. Brand Nubian - Slow Down (Elektra)
 7. Reflection Eternal - Fortified Live (BBE)
 8. Chubb Rock with Howie Tee - Mr. Nobody is Somebody Now (Select Records)
 9. EPMD - Chill (Def Jam Recordings)
 10. The Fugees - Ready Or Not (Ruffhouse Records)
 11. Chill Rob G - Let Me Show You (Remix) (Wild Pitch Records)
 12. Poor Righteous Teachers - Time To Say Peace (Profile Records)
 13. Def Jef - On The Real Tip (Delicious Vinyl)
 14. Steady B - On The Real Tip (Jive)
 15. Dream Warriors & Gang Starr - I've Lost My Ignorance (Remix) (Island Records)
 16. Artifacts - Wrong Side of The Tracks (Big Beat)
 17. Black Moon - How Many MC's (Wreck Records)
18. The Pharcyde - Passing Me By (Brixton Flavor) (The Funky Chemist Records)
 19. The Beatnuts - Props Over Here (Relativity)
 20. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - One In A Million (Epic Soundtrax)
 21. A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) (Jive)
 22. Souls of Mischief - Never No More (Jive)
 23. Black Sheep - Flavor of The Month (BBE)
 24. House of Pain - Word Is Bond (Remix) (Tommy Boy)
 25. Gang Starr - Gotta Get Over (Large Professor Remix) (Chrysalis)
 26. Common - Resurrection (Large Professor Remix) (Relativity)

DJ Solespin - The Goods (February 2015) Playlist:

 1. The Magic Disco Machine -Scratchin’ (Strut)
2. Juice – Catch a Groove (Strut)
3. Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had A Ball) (Strut)
4. B.T. Express – This House Is Smokin’ (Scepter)
5. The Mighty Imperials featuring Joseph Henry – Joseph’s Popcorn (Daptone)
6. Rick James – Give It To Me Baby (Gordy)
7. Cameo – I Just Want To Be (Chocolate City)
8. Eddy Grant – Walking on Sunshine (Columbia)
9. One Way – Give Me One More Chance (MCA)
10. Mizellstory – N Our Time (Blue Note)
11. Gino Vannelli – People Gotta Move (A&M)
12. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Sunshower (RCA)
13. Zapp- Doo Wa Ditty (Warner Brothers)
14. Serge Gainsbourg – Javanaise Remake (Mercury)
15. Tenor Saw – Roll Call (Blue Mountain)
16. Shinehead – Know How Fi Chat (Elektra)
17. The Brothers Johnson- The Devil (A&M)
18. Davina- Come Over to My Place (Loud)
19. D’Angelo- Brown Sugar (DMC)
20. Miguel- Adorn (RCA)
21. Prince- Sign “O” The Times (Paisley Park)
22. Creative Source- You Can’t Hide Love (Sussex)
23. Claudia Barry – Love For The Sake of Love (London)
24. Leon Haywood- I Want To Do Something Freaky To You (Harmless)
25. Idris Muhammed- Crab Apple (Kudu)

DJ Solespin - The Goods (December 2014) Playlist:

 1. Disclosure - Latch (G. Duppy Reggae Remix) feat. Sam Smith
2. Pharrell - Happy (Cousin Cole Reggae Remix)
3. Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
4. Garnett Silk - It's Growing
5. Beres Hammond - Move Along
6. Jacob Miller & Inner Circle -None Shall Escape The Judgement
7. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
8. Main Source - Just Hangin' Out (Your Hood Remix)
9. Brand Nubian - Word is Bond
10. Fatlip - Today's Your Day
11. Michie Mee & L.A. Luv - On This Mic
12. MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
13. Brother Ali - Take Me Home
14. Wyclef Jean - Wish You Were Here
15. Mayer Hawthorne - Shiny & New
16. Stevie Wonder - Rocket Love
17. Elton John - Little Jeannie
18. The Bar-Kays - Anticipation
19. Earth, Wind & Fire - Love's Holiday
20. Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons
21. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - What I Am
22. Nikka Costa - Like A Feather
23. Jully Black - 5X Love
24. Groove Theory - Tell Me
25. Mary J. Blige - Love No Limit (Remix)
26. The Blackbyrds - Mysterious Vibes
27. Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing

DJ Solespin - The Goods (December 2014) Playlist:

1. The Turtles - I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)
2. Mike Curb Congregation - Burning Bridges
3. Marlena Shaw - California Soul
4. Erma Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man
5. Cannonball Adderley - African Waltz
6. Mongo Santamaria - Green Onions
7. Lee Dorsey - A Lover Was Born
8. The Isley Brothers - I Turned You On
9. The Delfonics - Ready Or Not
10. The Delfonics - Trying To Make A Fool Of Me
11. Don Covay & The Goodtimers - Come See About Me
12. Solomon Burke - Cry To Me
13. Jean Walls - Have A Little Mercy
14. Al Brown - Here I Am Baby
15. Leroy Sibbles - Express Yourself
16. Norma Fraser - Respect
17. Eugene Paul - Frankie & Johnny
18. Jimmy London - Suspicion
19. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk
20. Howling Wolf - Back Door Man
21. Ray Charles - Night Time
22. Champion Jack Dupree - Frankie & Johnny
23. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
24. The Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You
25. Bobby & Jimmy Purify - I'm Your Puppet
26. Aretha Franklin - The Weight
27. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
28. Wilson Pickett - I Found A Love, 1
29. Wilson Pickett - I Found A Love, 2
30. Wilson Pickett - Jealous Love
31. Percy Sledge - It Tears Me Up
32. Galt McDermot - Coffee Cold
33. Stevie Wonder - Hey Love
34. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You

DJ Solespin - The Goods (November 2014) Playlist:

 1. Thes One & Raashan Ahmad - Doin' It
2. Marco Polo  - Nostalgia featuring Masta Ace
3. Madvillain - America's Most Blunted
4. Litte Shawn - Hickeys on your Chest
5. Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Butcher Shop
6. Cash Money & Marvelous - Ugly People Be Quiet (Remix) 
7. Just-Ice - Cold Gettin' Dumb
8. Stezo - Crazy Noise
9. Chubb Rock with Howie Tee - Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack
10. The Roots - Right On
11. Original Concept - Knowledge Me
12. Sir-Mix-A-Lot - Posse On Broadway
13. The Clash - Bankrobber
14. Mikey Dread - Break Down The Walls
15. Da'Ville - Mirrors
16. Rahsaan Patterson - Do You Feel The Way I Do
17. Donnie - Classifieds
18. The Isley Brothers - Work to Do
19. Sly & The Family Stone - Let Me Have It All
20. Average White Band - I'm The One
21. Rick James - Mary Jane
22. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah - Make It Last
23. Donny Hathaway - What's Going On (Live)


DJ Solespin - The Goods (July 2014) Playlist:

1. Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
2. Koushik – Be With
3. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
4. The System – Don’t Disturb This Groove
5. Loose Ends – Hanging On A String
6. Erykah Badu – Bag Lady
7. Feist – Mushaboom (K-os Mix)
8. D’Angelo – Feel Like Makin’ Love
9. Mark De Clive Lowe – Restless
10. Marley Marl – Hummin’ feat. Roy Ayers
11. Charles Bradley – Heart of Gold
12. DJ Spinna – Surely
13. The Pharcyde – Drop
14. Masta Ace Incorporated – The I.N.C. Ride
15. Busta Rhymes – Turn It Up
16. De La Soul – Plug Tunin’
17. Nice & Smooth – No Delayin’
18. MC Tee & Lord Tasheem – Gangster Nine
19. Gang Starr – Code of the Streets
20. Pete Rock – Back on the Block featuring C.L. Smooth
21. Souls of Mischief – Make Your Mind Up (Rock On Mix)
22. Biz Markie – Nobody Beats The Biz
23. Digable Planets – 9th Wonder (Blackitolism)
24. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – Everybody Loves A Star
25. MF Doom – Dead Bent

DJ Solespin - The Goods (April 2014) Playlist:

1. Aries: Planetary Motivations
2. Black Heat - Love The Life You Live
3. The Ohio Players - Walt's First Trip
4. African Music Machine - Black Water Gold
5. Dyke & The Blazers - Let A Woman Be A Woman
6. All The People - Cramp Your Style
7. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Fire Weaver
8. The Blackbyrds - Blackbyrds Theme
9. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Try Me
10. Paul Simon - Mother & Child Reunion
11. Greyhound - Black & White
12. Jackie Mittoo - Toronto Express
13. Ken Boothe - Look What You've Done To Me
14. Delroy Wilson - Ain't That Peculiar
15. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby
16. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
17. Tomorrow's Children - Sister Big Stuff
18. The Bar-Kays - In The Hole
19. Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
20. The 5 Stairsteps - Dear Prudence
21. The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
22. Al Green - I'm Glad You're Mine
23. Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation
24. Q65 - Get Out of My Life Woman
25. Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm - Gettin' Nasty
26. Clarence Reid - Masterpiece (Kenny Dope Edit)
27. Bo Diddley - Hit Or Miss
28. The Headhunters - God Made Me Funky
29. Richie Havens - Handouts In The Rain
30. Bill Withers - Kissing My Love
31. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion

In honor of International Women's Day, I dedicated the playlist to my muse.
DJ Solespin - The Goods (March 2014) Playlist:

1. Teena Marie - Square Biz
2. Stephanie Mills - Pilot Error
3. Howard Johnson - So Fine
4. Babyface - It's No Crime
5. Entouch - II Hype
6. Christopher Williams - Every Little Thing U Do (Dawghouse Mix)
7. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You
8. Michael Wycoff - Looking Up To You
9. Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You
10. Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight
11. After 7 - Can't Stop
12. Mtume - Juicy Fruit
13. Debarge - Stay With Me
14. Al B. Sure! - Night & Day
15. Tamia - So Into You
16. Troop - Spread My Wings
17. Groove Theory - Tell Me (6 Karat Hip Hop Mix)
18. Monica - Before You Walk Out of My Life (Pete Rock Remix)
19. Davina - So Good (Remix) feat. Raekwon The Chef
20. N'Dea Davenport - Bring It On (Premier & The Guru Mix)
21. Trey Lorenz - Photograph of Mary (Kenlou B-Boy Mix)
22. Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
23. J.C. Lodge - Someone Loves You Honey

DJ Solespin - The Goods (December 2013) by Dj Solespin on Mixcloud

DJ Solespin - The Goods (December 2013) Playlist:

 1. Dave Cortez & The Moon People – Happy Soul (w/a Hook)
2. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm – Funky Mule
3. Bo Diddley ‎– The Shape I'm In
4. Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
5. Harmonica Paul ‎– Motherless Child
6. Ramsey Lewis ‎– Mighty Quinn
7. Lonnie Mack - Memphis
8. The George Benson Quartet ‎– Benson's Rider
9. Clarence Carter - Snatching It Back
10. James Brown ‎– Nose Job
11. Five Stairsteps & Cubie ‎– We Must Be In Love
12. David McCallum - The Edge
13. Dyke & The Blazers ‎– You Are My Sunshine
14. Otis Redding - You Left The Water Running
15. Johnnie Taylor - Love Bones
16. The Staples Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
17. Wilson Pickett - Take That Pollution Out Your Throat
18. Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop
19. Ken Boothe - My Love
20. Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You
21. The Illusion - Together
22. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
23. Patrice Rushen - Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up
24. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
25. Buddy Miles - Down By The River
26. Donovan - Season Of The Witch
27. Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Celestial Blues

DJ Solespin - The Goods (June 2013) Playlist:

1. Bill Cosby - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Traffic - Heaven Is In Your Mind
3. Allen Toussaint - Sweet Touch Of Love
4. The Meters - Hey Pocky A-Way
5. Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe - Todo Tiene Su Final
6. Wilson Pickett – Bumble Bee (Sting Me)
7. Hank Ballard & The Midnight Lighters - From The Love Side
8. Erma Franklin - Hold On, I'm Comin'
9. Cyril Neville - Gossip
10. Aretha Franklin - Baby, I Love You
11. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
12. DJ Catalist - Hot Witness
13. Ken Boothe - Live Good
14. Horace Andy - Fever
15. Miike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Extended Dub Remix)
16. John Holt - Holly Holy
17. Toots & The Maytals - Redemption Song
18. Toots & The Maytals - Reggae Got Soul
19. George Faith - All The Love I've Got
20. Roots Manuva - Again & Again
21. The Beatnuts - Turn It Out feat. Greg Nice
22. Diamond D - Gather Round
23. INI - Props
24. Taj Mahal - Corinna
25. Taj Mahal - Satisfied 'N Tickled Too
26. Bruce Cockburn - Wondering Where The Lions Are
27. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You For Talking To Me Africa
28. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Band - Your Love (Means Everything To Me)
29. James Brown - Your Love

DJ Solespin - The Goods (January 2013) by DJ Solespin on  Mixcloud
DJ Solespin - The Goods (January 2013) Playlist:

1. Junior Walker & The Allstars - Cleo's Mood
2. Tommy Roe - Dizzy
3. Gary Wright - Love is Alive
4. Johnny guitar watson - Lover Jones
5. James Brown - Make It Funky, Pt. 1
6. Ramsey Lewis - Back To The Roots
7. The Chris Hinze Combination - Bamboo Magic
8. Mandrill - Don't Mess With People
9. The Shocking Blue - Love Machine
10. Grootna - I'm Funky
11. Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need
12. Buddy Miles Express - Train
13. The Equals - The Skies Above
14. Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield - Stop!
15. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity - Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
16. Willie Bobo & The Bo-Gents - Come Together
17. Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean
18. Barrabas - Children
19. Day Break - Everything Man
20. Rufus With Chaka Khan - Swing Down Chariot
21. The Flaming Ember - Spinning wheel
22. The Electric Flag - Groovin' Is Easy
23. James Last - I Am I Said
24. Nancy Sinatra - Fridays Child
25. Percy Sledge - Love Me Tender
26. William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
27. Gino Vannelli - The Wheels of Life
28. Bobby Bryant - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
29. Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand
30. The Bee Gees - Marley Purt Drive
31. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart


DJ Solespin - The Goods (2012-12-23) by Dj Solespin on  Mixcloud

 DJ Solespin - The Goods (December 2012) Playlist:

 1. The Jackson 5 - It's Great To Be Here
2. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Tramp
3. Marvin Gaye - T Plays It Cool
4. The Budos Band - Budos Rising
5. Charles Bradley - Golden Rule
6. Lee Fields - Money Is King
7. AYB M.O.D. - Turn Back The Clock
8. M.C. Solaar - Nouveau Western
9. Prince & The Revolution - Pop Life
10. Chuck Stanley - The Finer Things In Life
11. Maxwell - Ascension
12. Esperanza Spalding - I Can't Help It
13. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - A Chance For Peace
14. DJ Sun - Marks On The Keys
15. The Chimes - True Love (Extended)
16. Sybil - Don't Make Me Over
17. Will.i.am feat. Julie Dexter - Lay Me Down
18. Thievery Corporation - Until The Morning (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
19. Material - Let Me Have It All
20. Landslide feat. Ernesto - Solitary (Simple Time Mix)
21. Rosey - Love (King Britt Remix)
22. The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (The Ummah Remix)
23. Foxy - Madamoiselle
24. K-os - Heaven Only Knows (West Coast Mix)
25. Main Source - Scratch & Kut

DJ Solespin - The Goods (Puces Pop Record Fair Edition 2012) by Dj Solespin on  Mixcloud
DJ Solespin - The Goods (Puces Pop Record Fair Edition 2012) Playlist:

 1. NRBQ - Rocket number 9
2. Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine
3. Edwin Starr - Time
4. Junior Walker & the Allstars - Pucker Up Buttercup
5. Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper
6. The Freedom Sounds feat. Wayne Henderson - R.E.S.P.E.C.T
7. Boobie knight & the soulciety - Soul Ain't No New Thing
8. Eddie Kendricks - Date with the rain
9. The Hitch - Hikers feat. The Mighty Pope - Mr. Fortune
10. Young Holt Unlimited - Funky Is As Funky Does
11. Colosseum - Elegy
12. Joe Bataan - Chick-a-Boom
13. Johnnie Taylor - I Could Never Be President
14. The Spinners - My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
15. Hugh Masekela - Mago
16. Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
17. Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta
18. Wilson Pickett - Mercy Mercy
19. Cannibal & The Headhunters - Land Of 1000 Dances
20. Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
21. Otis Redding - Don’t Mess With Cupid
22. Mongo Santamaria - Spinning wheel
23. Paul Anka - It doesn’t matter anymore
24. The Cougars - Right On
25. Titanic - Something on my mind
26. Madeleine Chartrand - Ani Kuni
27. Stevie Wonder - Don’t Know Why I Love You
28. Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
29. The New Birth - Honeybee
30. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Sweet City Woman
31. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Groovy Situation
32. Dave & Ansil Collins - Double barrel
33. Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack
34. MAX ROMEO - Seasons In The Sun

 DJ Solespin - The Goods (March 2012) Playlist:

 1. Bongo Rock - The Incredible Bongo Band
2. Back in the USSR - Ramsey Lewis
3. Scorpio - Dennis Coffey
4. Things Have Got To Get Better - Marva Whitney
5. Light My Fire - Erma Franklin
6. Don't Mess with The Messer - Koko Taylor
7. Beggin’ - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
8. Indian Ropeman - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity
9. Peint En Noir - Nanette
10. Send Me a Postcard - The Shocking Blue
11. I Got A Line On You - Spirit
12. The Kids are Alright - The Last Words
13. Over, Under, Sideways, Down - The Yardbirds
14. If I Were Only A Child Again - Curtis Mayfield
15. Monkey time - Bobby Jay & The Hawks
16. Something You Got - Wilson Pickett
17. Suzanne - Nina Simone
18. Footin' it - George Benson
19. Hey Joe - King Curtis
20. Games People Play - Joe South
21. Sweet Inspiration - King Curtis
22. Baby While You're Young - Andy Kim
23. Sneakin in the back - Tom scott & the l.a. express
24. I keep asking you questions - Black Ivory
25. Reasons - Minnie Riperton
26. Mr. Muhammed - A Tribe Called Quest
27. Give the people what they want - Vicious Beat Posse
28. Somethin' That Means Somethin' - The Pharcyde
29. Just Hangin Out - Main source
30. Build - Diverse
31. Religious - Musiq
32. Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International
33. Wishing On A Star - Fresh 4

The GOODS PRESENTS DJ Solespin Aug 1st 2010 Playlist:

 1.Mandrill - Fencewalk
2.The Staple Singers - For What It's Worth
3.James Brown - Ain't it Funky Now
4.Wilson Pickett - Knock on Wood
5.The Byrds - My Back Pages
6.The Shocking Blue - Venus
7.Tamiko Jones - Black is Black
8.The Super Eagles - Love Is a Real Thing
9.The Nite-Liters - Horny Man
10.King Curtis - Teasin'
11.United 8 - Get Uptown (To get Down)
12.Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
13.The Equals - Laurel & Hardy
14.Webert Sicot & Thoray All-Stars - Chaffeur Automobile
15.De La Soul - Say No Go
16.T Connection - Do What You Wanna Do
17.Ramsey Lewis - Spring High
18.James Brown - Body Heat
19.The B-52's - Mesopotamia (Danny Krivit Edit)
20.Mark Ronson - Stop Me Medley
21.Madlib - Distant Bounce
22.B.T. Express - Everything Good To You
23.Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It (Hurley's House Mix)
24.Jomanda - Make My Body Rock
25.The Jungle Bros. - I'll House You
26.Tok - Unknown Language
27.Lee Scratch Perry - Party Time
28.The Ohio Players - Find Someone to Love
29.Aretha Franklin - Think
30.George McRae - Rock Your Baby

Foxy Brown


Foxy Brown emerged within the mid 90s and entertained me in many ways.

The blatant materialism was amusing.



Even though I knew she was the mouthpiece for Jay-Z, I enjoyed what she brought to hip hop at the time.

Jay-Z




Like most people of my generation, I remember Jay-Z as The Jaz’s sidekick.

Jay-Z is the face of hip hop and epitome of music business success.

If you asked me what side I was on during his beef with Nas, I would have not been able to answer. The two of them should have been busy bringing hip hop classics to us rather than bickering among themselves. I believe that they did produce some quality music at the time when they needed to do so.

Jay-Z presented the blueprint for a lot of young cats to follow.



I won't name them because his influence on them is obvious.

At the time of The Blueprint's release, there was reasonable doubt Jay-Z would not drop an album as classic as his 1996 debut.  


The Black Album is one of the only entries in his discography that could almost take the coveted spot of his best album.

However, since the fragments of The Blueprint can be found on The Black Album, it stands to reason I acknowledge the earlier of the two.




Admittedly, I wished he had retired after The Black Album but everyone, including Jay-Z, knew that was not going to happen. Hip hop needed him to return then.
Thank goodness hip hop has a Jay-Z.

Jay-Z inspires me to achieve my own dreams and build my own empire.


DJ Solespin - Holdover Hip Hop Vol. 1


One of the highlights of my DJ career in the last few years arrived when Domeshots & Fatlaces featured my Holdover Hip Hop mix on their blog.

It was my second turn at bat submitting a mix to them and this one stuck.  

Hopefully you stick out from the beginning to the end for some of the best 90s hip hop I got my hands on.


Tracklisting

Public Enemy - Night of The Living Baseheads
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Butcher Shop
Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent
Three Times Dope - Greatest Man Alive
Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face In My Sink
Stezo - To The Max
The D.O.C. - It's Funky Enough
Big Daddy Kane - Taste of Chocolate (Remix)
Queen Latifah - Wrath of My Madness
Master Ace - Me & The Biz
Black Sheep - Flavor of The Month
Gang Starr - What You Want This Time?
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Freestyle (Yo! That's That Sh#t)
Positive K - Night Shift
Main Source - Snake Eyes
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
Common - Resurrection (Large Professor Remix)
Souls of Mischief - Make Your Mind Up (Rock On Mix)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Sun Won't Come Out
Outkast - Player's Ball
Naughty By Nature - Feel Me Flow
Reflection Eternal - Fortified Live
AZ - Rather Unique
Mobb Deep - Eye For An Eye
Chef Raekwon - Verbal Intercourse
Gang Starr - You Know My Steez (Three Men And A Lady Remix)
Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up
The Fugees - Ready Or Not (Salaam's Ready For The Show Remix)
Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah & Originoo Gunn Clappaz) - Blah
Artifacts - The Ultimate
2pac - I Ain't Mad At Ya

   

Ms. Melodie



A casual browse of this blog's recent posts will reveal they are focused on female hip hop artists.

I had been planning to write about some of my favorite hip hop females for a while and finally did so.  International Women's Day was earlier in the month so the first ladies of hip hop are on my mind.



I also realized I was doing this on the day of the late Boogie Down Productions pioneer Ms. Melodie's birthday.


RIP Ms. Melodie

10 Best Female MCs


The Women & Hip Hop Conference held in Montreal last year got me to thinking about the state of hip hop and female MCs on a whole.

For a few years it appears that the female MC is rare like an endangered species. In some ways, they might be.

There is the issue of there being too few to listen to today. If and when I take notice of a female MC, I treasure them like a worker for wildlife preservation.

My enjoyment for female MCs is two-fold. As it should be clear through multiple posts, I love female vocalists. Their voices are pleasing to my ears. If a lady is lyrical, I’m in even more bliss.

From my days of discovering hip hop in the late 1980s to not caring much about it now, I am nostalgic and reflective and decided on finding out just who have been my favorite ladies on the microphone.

Below are the female MCs I consider to be the 10 Female MCs that I've been blessed to have heard.
 










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On September 9, I dedicated the show playlist to female MCs of the 1990s glory days of hip hop.

The Suite Delight new time slot is Tuesday morning 1-2am EST on www.ckut.ca & 90.3 FM.


If you haven't already, please make yourself familiar with the links below for more of your favorite show and mine to bring you up to speed.


Visit the Mixcloud page to listen and the Podomatic site to download the podcasts.



The Suite Delight - 2014-09-09 Playlist:

1. Nikki D - Lettin' Off Steam
2. Michie Mee & L.A. Luv - Jamaican Funk
3. Roxanne Shanté - Have A Nice Day
4. Salt-N-Pepa - Tramp
5. The Fugees - Ready Or Not (Salaam's Ready For The Show Remix) 
6. Bahamadia - 3 Tha Hard Way
7. Gang Starr - You Know My Steez (3 Men And A Lady Remix) feat Kurupt & The Lady of Rage 
8. Flipmode Squad – We Got Cha Opin (Part 2)
9. LL Cool J - I Shot Ya (Remix) feat Prodigy, Foxy Brown, Fat Joe & Keith Murray 
10. Queen Latifah - Inside Out
11. Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat
12. MC Lyte - I Cram 2 Understand U

Lil Kim


Lil Kim emerged at the same time as Foxy Brown within the mid 90s and entertained me in many ways.



Lil Kim was my favourite of the female material girls. 



She reminded me of a sexier, sassier Salt and had power to her voice similar to MC Lyte.

Even though I knew she was the mouthpiece for the late, great Notorious B.I.G., I enjoyed what she brought to hip hop as well.



Erykah Badu


Badu’s Window Seat video was controversial and the one for her cover of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was pulled not too long after I viewed it from Facebook.



Badu single or album can appear on any year end Best of list by default.




Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) pays tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. and the Sylvia Striplin original at the same time.



 For an old school enthusiast like me, that’s all that’s needed.



It was quite a surprise to learn Erykah Badu worked with Bonobo on his new album.



I'm not particularly happy with the controversial moves lately but it is no surprise I await the next installment in Erykah Badu's discography like most other people.  Hopefully the controversy doesn't stop the product from reaching us.