Show 649

June 3, 2011

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

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PLAYLIST

  • intro
  • 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
  • wale - my sweetie
  • bunny mack - let me love you (edit)
  • eric b. & rakim - mahogany (who is rakim)   (start of hedspin's rakim mix)
  • al green - i'm glad you're mine
  • bobbi humphrey - blacks and blues
  • eric b. & rakim - keep the beat
  • bob james - storm king
  • rakim - living for the city
  • alicia keys feat. nas & rakim - streets of new york
  • cecil holmes - call me
  • 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
  • rakim - guess who's back (blend with bob james - shamboozie)
  • rakim - the r.
  • rakim - real shit
  • rakim - all night long
  • eric b. & rakim - st. ides commercial
  • bill withers - kissing my love
  • eric b. & rakim - in the ghetto (drum mix)
  • mountain - long red
  • rakim - james brown interview (over james brown - funky president)   (end of hedspin's rakim mix)
  • 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 - gun
  • gil scott-heron - angola louisiana
  • gil scott-heron - winter in america
  • intro   (start of hedspin's diamond d. mix)
  • diamond d. - with the dope sound
  • diamond d. - flowin' (instrumental)
  • david axelrod - schoolboy
  • diamond d. - the hiatus (remix)
  • jazz crusaders - studewood
  • diamond d. - the hiatus
  • sadat x. - wild cowboys (instrumental) screwball - screwed up (instrumental) lord finesse - fuck 'em diamond d. - bad/good private investigators - who am i
  • lee dorsey - occapella
  • diamond d. - comments from big l. & showbiz
  • outkast - southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik (remix)
  • albert king - cold feet
  • 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
  • d.i.t.c. - day one
  • 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   (end of hedspin's diamond d. mix)
  • 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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