As you will see below, I have neglected this page in recent weeks due to various personal reasons. However, I haven't abandoned it altogether and I will start posting on a regular basis again after this. In future, each new post will have two shows' recordings; 'Friday Night Raw' (more on this in a minute) & 'Spy @ The Control', which is the name of the Saturday night show - 0/10 for originality, but I had to call it something...
Anyway, Friday Night Raw is my new Hip Hop (& stuff) show and is, as far as I know, the only uncensored Hip Hop show on UK legal radio. It goes out live 00:00-03:00 GMT/BST (so technically it's really Saturday morning) and will contain a section called the 'Beat Shop'. Beat Shop is where I feature 30-60 seconds snippets of beats/instrumentals from up and coming (or established actually, it makes no difference to me) composers and producers that are for 'sale' to rappers, singers or even other producers (in the traditional sense of the word).
To that end, if you are one such composer/producer, please feel free to send your snippets to spy_da_man@msn.com. Remember, I don't need the whole beat, and you can watermark (tag) them in any way that you see fit in order to protect your intelectual property. Bear in mind that I work on a legal station, therefore if your beats contain samples that require clearance, it's you that gets it in the neck if you fail to do so.
That's pretty much it for this week. Next week, I'll go back to throwing the spotlight on artists featured in the show(s), but in the meantime please find below the recordings of all the shows, including the first Friday Night Raw, that occurred since my last post. I hope you enjoy listening to them.
Track list:
Saturday 10/07/10 Pt. 1 - Reggae
Forward On To Zion - The Abyssinians
Promised Land - Dennis Brown
Universal Tribulation - Gregory Isaacs
What's The Agenda - Mackie Conscious & Paul Elliott
And God Said To Man - Earl Zero
Fight Dem Off - Doniki
Kiss My Brain - Tanya Stephens
One Cup A Day - Lukie D
Call On Jah - Chino
Crown HIM - Lutan Fyah
Till Dat Time Deh - Hezron
Nah Go Suffer - Jah Vinci
Save Yourself - Jah Cure
Jamaica - Leontre
Saturday 10/07/10 Pt. 2 - Soul
Tell Me If You Still Care - The SOS Band
Falling In Love - Sybil
Emergency (Dial 999) - Loose Ends
Just Call - Sherrick
Happy Days - Silk
Love's Taken Over - Chante Moore
Kisses In The Morning - Nadine Charles
It Ain't Love - Kay Tunes
Further - Eric Roberson & Black Einstein
Saturday 10/07/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
How's Life In London - London Posse
Heat - Common
Raw - Big Daddy Kane
Wolf - KRS One
It's Me (Online) - Spoda
Ayo feat. Oddisee - JC
My Attribute - CNN
Head Shot feat. Imam Thug - CNN
Live From The Nine - Audible Doctor
Soldiers Survivors feat. Nas & Sheek Louch - Jadakiss
Scars & Stripes feat. Canibus - Matt Maddox
15 Minutes feat. Scorzayzee & Atlanta Smith - Configa
Around My Way - Mystro
Saturday 17/07/10 Pt. 1 - Reggae
You Never Know What You've Got - Me & You
I'm Still Waiting - Delroy Wilson
Smile - The Silvertones
Love Is A Feeling - Earl Sixteen
Who Feels It Knows It feat. Etana - Romain Virgo
Save Yourself - Jah Cure
Praise Jah - Lutan Fyah
Done Wit De War - Anthony B
Unbreak My Heart - Gemini
Long Way - Capleton
Fight Dem Off - Doniki
And God Said To Man - Earl Zero
Saturday 17/07/10 Pt. 2 - Soul
Take Some Time Out (For Love) - The Salsoul Orchestra
Times Are Tight - Jimmy Young
Everyone A Winner - Zuice
Sticky Like Glue - Prince
Kisses In The Morning - Nadine Charles
Bad 4 Me - Eric Roberson & Black Einstein
It Ain't Love - Kay Tunes
The Cell - Erykah Badu
Green Eyes - Obenewa
We Live In Brooklyn - Roy Ayers
Saturday 17/07/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop
Around My Way - Mystro
Soul Search feat. Malik MD7 - JC
Your Chick - Fredi Kruga
Scars & Stripes feat. Canibus - Matt Maddox
The Corner - CNN
On The Real - Nyty
Free Mason feat. Jay Z - Rick Ross
Follow Me feat. Thurzday - Strong Arm Steady
Prisoner - Agallah
It's Me (Online) - Spoda
The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace - Jay Electronica
Patience - Nas & Damian Marley
Chilled Coughee feat. Devin Da Dude - Curren$y
My Attribute - CNN
So Cold feat. Chaundon - Little Brother
Saturday 24/07/10 Pt. 1 - Reggae
Get It - Sean Paul
How U Bad Suh - Busy Signal
Ting - Savage
So Smooth - D Major
Call Me - Voice Mail
Nuh Fit Me - Christopher Martin
As The Money Done - Romain Virgo
Unbreak My Heart - Gemini
Precious Gift - Sizzla
Save Yourself - Jah Cure
The Motherland Calling - Lutan Fyah
Fight Dem Off - Doniki
And God Said To Man - Earl Zero
Sweet Slumber - Leontre & Duane Stephenson
Saturday 24/07/10 Pt. 2 - Soul
Take Your Time feat. Wondress - Mantronix
I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
You're The One For Me - D Train
Jump Up In The Air feat. Lil Wayne - Erykah Badu
Turn Me Away (Get Munny) - Erykah Badu
Don't Trip feat. Donell Jones - LC
Sticky Like Glue - Prince
Bad 4 Me - Eric Roberson & Black Einstein
Kisses In The Morning - Nadine Charles
It Ain't Love - Kay Tunes
Saturday 24/07/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop
Bodega Stories feat. The LOX - CNN
My Attribute - CNN
China White - Ransom
Show Time - Spoda
Money feat. iamCam & Young Dizzy - Fredi Kruga
Shake It feat. iamCam - Fredi Kruga
Steppin' feat. Mystro & Kyza Smirnoff - Black Einstein
Around My Way - Mystro
By The Bridge - Kaos Theory
Ayo feat. Oddisee - JC
Free Mason feat. Jay Z - Rick Ross
The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace - Jay Electronica
The Ghost Of Kwame Nkrumah - M.anifest
Stressed Out - A Tribe Called Quest
Friday 30/07/10 Pt. 1 - Hip Hop
The Truth feat. Common & Talib Kweli - Pharoahe Monch
Trying People - De La Soul
Self Destruction - The Stop The Violence Movement
No BS Allowed - Stetsasonic
Mad Mad World - 7A3
Follow The Leader - Eric B & Rakim
Euphoria feat. Jadakiss, Styles P & Busta Rhymes - Rakim
Get Something - Mae Day
No Distractions - Virginia Slim
Tripperlude - Ashy L Bowz
Hand On The Glock - Cypress Hill
6 Minutes feat. Young De & Tekneek - B Real
Heart Is Breaking feat. Sway & Roses Gabor - Ty
Shake It feat. iamCam - Fredi Kruga
Friday 30/07/10 Pt. 2 - Hip Hop
Audio Meth feat. Raekwon - Rick Ross
Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep
Soul By The Pound - Common
Symphony - EPMD
Can U Dig It - Def Squad
Duck Down - Boogie Down Productions
Free Style - Jus Baad
Boogie Down Bronx - Man Parrish
Looking For The Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
Beat Street Breakdown - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
Friday 30/07/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop
The World Is Yours feat. Pete Rock - Nas
New Wu feat. Ghostface Killah & Method Man - Raekwon
It's That Wu Shit - Meth, Ghost & Rae
The Corner - CNN
Soldiers Survivors feat. Nas & Sheek Louch - Jadakiss
Around My Way - Mystro
Ayo feat. Oddisee - JC
Chilled Coughee feat. Devin Da Dude - Curren$y
The Way They Do My Life - Slept On Fam
15 Minutes feat Scorzayzee & Atlanta Smith - Configa
Kinda Song - Solomon Childs
My Attribute - CNN
China White - Ransom
Saturday 31/07/10 Pt. 1 - Reggae
Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown
I Want Your Love - Half Pint & Junior Delgado
Pretty Little Girl - Maxi Priest
Dark Skin Girl - Romain Virgo
Precious Gift - Sizzla
The King's Son - Lutan Fyah
Love Rastafari - Natural Black
All Together - Gramps Morgan
You Remind Me - Danglin
So Clean - Wayne Marshall
Watch Over Me - Romain Virgo
Summin' Ah Guh Gwaan - Bounty Killer & Busy Signal
Save Yourself - Jah Cure
Fight Dem Off - Doniki
Saturday 31/07/10 Pt. 2 - Soul
It Seems To Hang On - Ashford & Simpson
This Place Hotel - The Jacksons
Do You Love What You Feel - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Love On A Summer Night - The McCrarys
Can't Turn Me Away - Sylvia Striplin
It's My Turn - Bobby Glover
Kisses In The Morning - Nadine Charles
Borrow You - Eric Roberson & Black Einstein
Chocolate - Marva King
Sticky Like Glue - Prince
Gone Baby, Don't Be Long - Erykah Badu
Saturday 31/07/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop
Case Closed - Ruffstylz
Maaad Tight feat. Sonny Jim & Skamma - Metabeats & Mudmowth
Running Thru The Rain feat. K9 & Ric - Klashnekoff
Open Mic feat. Genesis Elijah - Tech Tonic Plates
Power - Genesis Elijah
Shake It feat. iamCam - Fredi Kruga
Lil Brotha - F Dot
Around My Way - Mystro
Slow Down feat. Loudmouth Melvin - Pyro Barz
Soul Search feat. Malik MD7 - JC
15 Minutes feat Scorzayzee & Atlanta Smith - Configa
Emotions feat. Sarina Leah & Shaun Escoffery - Ty
One Love, Spy!