Sunday 2 May 2010

Letter To The BNP




In this week's show I did something I've never done before; I interviewed someone. The someone in question is the artist behind the above video, 5abotage. You can hear the interview, well actually more of a brief chat really, within the Hip Hop hour below.

I really don't know a lot about him or his material, so I won't pretend that I do, but I was intrigued by his track and, through the wonders of Twitter, we managed to hook up so that it could get played on the radio (even if it wasn't the BBC).


In other news, I've been talking about it for weeks on my show and even mentioned it in a previous blog but now it's finally happened, Ty's 'Special Kind Of Fool' was released on 19 April 2010 and the man's been very busy promoting it ever since. You can find a reasoned and in depth review of it over at Leeds Hip Hop site. My personal take is that it was worth the wait, so expect to hear more tracks from it over the coming weeks.

Last but not least, I want to apologize to everyone who 'tuned in' last week (24/04/10) only to find me not there. I was having problems with my computer BSOD'ing all day that day and was unable to resolve the problem in time for my show. If it happens again (technology loves letting me down, so it's likely) I will pick up my tunes and forward to the main studio instead of faffing about trying to repair it. If that happens I won't be able to record the show at the same time (and probably won't be able to do the simultaneous Ustream broadcast either) but at least the show itself will go on.

Anyway, please enjoy the recordings from this week's show at your leisure.

Track list:

Saturday 01/05/10 Pt. 1 - Soul

Behind The Groove - Teena Marie
You're The Best - The Emotions
Don't Let Nobody Hold You Down - L J Reynolds
Dreams Do Come True - Glenn Jones
Dreamz - Zshatwa
It Kills Me - Melanie Fiona
Green Eyes - Obenewa
Gone Baby, Don't Be Long - Erykah Badu
A Call Away - Mario
Cry Baby - Nadine Charles
Starlight & You - Lonnie Liston Smith

Saturday 01/05/10 Pt. 2 - Reggae

Rosemarie - Sanchez
Bun Bun - Shaka Shamba
Good Body Girl - African
Protein, Vitamins & Minerals - Galaxy
Hungry Days - Popcaan
Not Goin' Crazy - Buju Banton
Hard Times - Buju Banton
Love Songs - Tony Curtis, Mitch & Ghost
My Everything - Sanchez
Smooth Sailing - D Major
Never Say Never - Jah Cure
Angel - Hezron
Magical - Courtney John
Kingston - Doniki
Life Of The People - Doniki

Saturday 01/05/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop

Money feat. Young Dizzy & iamCam - Fredi Kruga
Lil Brotha - F.Dot (Floriginul)
Letter To The BNP - 5abotage
Open Mic feat. Genesis Elijah - Tech Tonic Plates
All I Really Want - Spoda
Kennel - BXL
Before N After - Blak Twang
Window Seat Freestyle (Love The Ladies) - Grand Central
Heart Is Breaking feat. Sway & Roses Gabor - Ty
P Rules The World ft Mykestro & Bad Lucc - Don Will
Follow Me feat. Thurzday - Strong Arm Steady

One Love, Spy!