Legends in the limelight: WEFUNK salutes the music & poetry of Gil Scott-Heron with selections from his most prolific decade, from 1971's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" to 1981's "Grandma's Hands" and "Gun". And DJ Hedspin pays tribute to two of hip hop's royalty, Rakim and Diamond D, complete with with crisp cuts, obscurities, interviews and original samples.
DJs & GUESTS
DJ Static, Professor Groove, DJ Hedspin
PLAYLIST
declaime - the great smoke out
talk (over red - astro instrumental)
alquimia verbal feat. heavy soundz, boogat & paramoize - del mondongo
slum village feat. black milk & phat kat - hear this
bunny mack - let me love you (edit)
eric b. & rakim - mahogany (who is rakim)
al green - i'm glad you're mine
bobbi humphrey - blacks and blues
eric b. & rakim - keep the beat
rakim - living for the city
alicia keys feat. nas & rakim - streets of new york
rakim - it's been a long time
gang starr feat. rakim - the militia
rakim - when i be on the mic
tagyerit - subway surfing
rakim & talib kweli - getting up anthem (part 1)
rakim - guess who's back (blend with bob james - shamboozie)
eric b. & rakim - st. ides commercial
bill withers - kissing my love
eric b. & rakim - in the ghetto (drum mix)
rakim - james brown interview (over james brown - funky president)
gil scott-heron - the ghetto code (intro)
gil scott-heron & brian jackson - the bottle
gil scott-heron - madison avenue
gil scott-heron - willing
gil scott-heron - angola louisiana
gil scott-heron - winter in america
diamond d. - with the dope sound
diamond d. - flowin' (instrumental)
david axelrod - schoolboy
diamond d. - the hiatus (remix)
jazz crusaders - studewood
sadat x. - wild cowboys (instrumental) screwball - screwed up (instrumental) lord finesse - fuck 'em diamond d. - bad/good private investigators - who am i
diamond d. - comments from big l. & showbiz
outkast - southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik (remix)
ultimate force - i'm not playing (dubapella)
45 king - double dare diamond d. - get up a.d.o.r. - day 2 day (remix) lord finesse - here i come bumpy knuckles - bring it home ras kass - soul on ice (instrumental) busta rhymes - what the fuck you want pharoahe monch - the light diamond d. - this one mos def - hip hop
mike bloomfield, al kooper & steve stills - stop
diamond d. - check one, two
oliver sain - on the hill
lord finesse - praise the lord house of pain - word is bond xzibit - bird's eye view organized konfusion - questions big c. - look alive leaders of the new school - classic material (remix) alkaholiks - next level illegal - we getz buzy (remix) showbiz & a.g. - hard to kill pharcyde - groupie therapy cypress hill - when the ship goes down (remix)
three dog night - i can hear you calling
gil scott-heron - must be something
gil scott-heron & brian jackson - we almost lost detroit
gil scott-heron - grandma's hands
gil scott-heron - whitey on the moon
gil scott-heron - show bizness
gil scott-heron & brian jackson - it's your world
gil scott-heron & brian jackson - corners
gil scott-heron - the revolution will not be televised
talk (over mike zoot - turn part ii instrumental, mos def - mr. nigga instrumental)
gil scott-heron & brian jackson - h2o gate blues
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