Ion the Prize-Cast: Recent Episodes

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No specific theme here, just good music

Tracklist: 1. Alan Hawkshaw - "Mystique Voyage" 2. Ancient Astronauts - "Anti Pop Song" 3. DJ Shadow - "Mutual Slump" 4. Doug E Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - "D.E.F. = Doug E. Fresh" 5. The Electric - "So Now You Know" 6. Dela - "Go On (feat. Reach)" 7. De La Soul - "Verbal Clap" 8. The Morning Benders - "Cold War (Star Slinger Remix)" 9. Junk Culture - "Honeysuckle" 10. Blackbird Blackbird - "Sunspray" 11. Theo Martins - "Grenades (Passion Pit Remix)" 12. Zion I & the Grouch - "Victorious People (feat. Freeway and the R.O.D. Project)" 13. Brother Ali - "Victory! (Come Forward)" 14. The True Reflection - "Whisper" 15. Willie Wright - "Right On for the Darkness" 16. Tommy Guerrero - "Yerba Buena Bump" 17. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - "Ghost in the Rain (feat. Clutchy Hopkins & Chhom Nimol)" 18. Broken Bells - "Meyrin Fields" 19. Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces" 20. Chocolate Milk - "Sweet Heat" 21. Breakbot - "Shades of Black" 22. Recloose - "Dust" 23. Duriye - "Finding Home" 24. Nosaj Thing - "Aquarium" 25. Shigeto - "French Kiss Power Up" 26. Beans - "Gluetraps (prod. Four Tet)" 27. Dr. Octagon - "Blue Flowers" 28. Bruce Haack - "Incantation" 29. Locomotive - "Lay Me Down Gently" 30. Pharoahe Monch - "The Grand Illusion (Circa 1973)" 31. Yelle - "Safari Disco Club"

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Part 2 of 2. I open up on the electronic/psych side, throw in some shaolin spices, enter the world of Pharoahe Monch, and end in up in a wild drum circle!

Tracklist: 1. Salva - "Baroque" 2. Junk Culture - "Blissed Out" 3. Rene Hell - "E.S. Des Grauens in Fifths" 4. The Insane Warrior - "Seldom Seen Smith" 5. Emprasarios - "The Source" 6. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - "La Eterna Felicidad (feat. Bardo Martinez)" 7. Ultrafunk - "Kung Fu Man" 8. Raekwon - "Crane Style (feat. Busta Rhymes)" 9. Ultramagnetic MCs - "Traveling at the Speed of Thought" 10. Organized Konfusion - "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" 11. Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch & Nate Dogg - "Oh No" 12. Pharoahe Monch - "Black Hand Side (feat. Styles P & Phonte)" 13. Melanie Fiona - "Gone & Never Coming Back" 14. Willie Wright - "Lady of the Year" 15. Marsha Ambrosius - "Far Away" 16. Luisa Maita - "Fulaninha (Maga Bo Remix)" 17. La Solucion - "Mini Minoso" 18. Incredible Bongo Band - "When the Bed Breaks Down, I'll Meet You In the Spring" 19. Radio Citizen - "Stop or Go (feat. Bajka)" 20. Hugh Mazekela - "Grazing in the Grass"

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Part 1 of 2. I play a few new tracks and remixes, dust off some O.V. Wright, and add a dash of Nate Dogg tributes.

Tracklist: 1. Quincy Jones - "Soul Bossa Nova" 2. Dusko Goykovich - "Menina Moça" 3. J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - "For Your Love (feat. Zumbi of Zion I & Rithma)" 4. Prefuse 73 - "The Only Hand to Hold (feat. Shara Worden)" 5. Dela - "WhatUWanna (feat. Blu)" 5. Detroit Emeralds - "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" 6. Charles Bradley - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" 7. O.V. Wright - "Nothing Comes to a Sleeper" 8. Daedelus - "Tailor-Made (feat. Milosh)" 9. Blaqstarr - "Rider Girl (Mux Mool Remix)" 10. Zion I & The Grouch - "Leader" 11. Ana Sia - "Tardigrade Symphony in D (feat. Eric Dee)" 12. UNKLE - "The Runaway: Lupe's Revenge (Lupe Fiasco vs Unkle Reconstruction) (feat. Elle J)" 13. Lupe Fiasco - "Beautiful Lasers (2Ways) (feat. MDMA)" 14. Nate Dogg - "One More Day" 15. Nate Dogg - "Nobody Does It Better (feat. Warren G)" 16. Atlantic Starr - "Let's Get Closer"

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New episode with a focus on new Bay Area hip hop and a dope interview with special guests Em Dub (founder of Thizzler on the Roof Entertainment), Kool John (rapper, director and shmopfest pioneer) and rapper ST Spittin (stspittin.blogspot.com)

Tracklist

  1. Take - "Juniper"
  2. Take - "Begin End Begin (Falty DL Remix)"
  3. Toro Y Moi - "Still Sound (SposhRock Remix)"
  4. Dwele - "Detroit Sunrise (feat. Monica Blaire & Lloyd Dwayne)"
  5. Dionne Warwick - "You're Gonna Need me"
  6. The Electric - "Hands Up"
  7. The Modern Jazz Quartet - "But Not For Me"
  8. Scanner w/ the Post Modern Jazz Quartet - "Beyond the Edge of the Frame"
  9. Salva - "Icey"
  10. Pendulum - "Set Me On Fire"
  11. Sub Swara - "Tambores (feat. Zuzuka Poderosa)"
  12. House of Pain - "Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix)"
  13. Ryan Lewis & Macklemore - "Irish Celebration"
  14. Zion I & The Grouch - "Rockit Man"
  15. San Quinn - "Movin U (feat. Martin Luther)"
  16. Big A - "Man on the Moon"
  17. Lil' B - "Based for Your Face (feat. Jean Grae & Phonte)"
  18. BOAC - "The Buzz"
  19. Gotham Green & Quickie Mart - "Game Change (feat. Planet Asia)"
  20. The Jealous Guys - "Bus Stop Jazz (feat. Lunice)"
  21. Blu - "Amnesia"
  22. Roach Gigz - "Hold Up (feat. J. Stalin"
  23. ST Spittin - "In the Spotlight (feat. Mistah FAB & Krystle Azul)"
  24. Young Gully - "Slow Down"
  25. Messy Marv & San Quinn - "Bay Luv"
  26. Afro-Soultet - "Aphro Boogaloo"
  27. Heavy Tin - "The Nooki #"

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I celebrate Presidents Day and George Washington's birthday by mixing in some music from artists whose last names end in "Washington"! Part 2 of 2

  1. Dinah Washington - "New Blowtop Blues
  2. Albert Washington - "Hold Me Baby"
  3. Electric Sunset - "Palace"
  4. Toro Y Moi - "Got Blinded"
  5. Blu - "Amnesia (Remind)"
  6. Jacque Polynice - "Obama O's (Mike Slott Remix)"
  7. Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters - "Funkyard"
  8. La Justicia - "Las Frutas des Pais"
  9. Los Rakas - "Propaganda (feat. Zion I)"
  10. Rick Flare - "My City"
  11. George Washington & the Cherry Bombs - "Crisco Party"
  12. The Pomegranates - "50's"
  13. Cee Lo Green - "Brightest Lights, Bigger City (Scoop Deville Remix)"
  14. Lyrics Born - "Pushed Aside/Pulled Apart (feat. Lateef)"
  15. Beans - "Superstar Destroyer"
  16. Random and Lost Perception - "Cloud Strife"
  17. Egyptian Lover - "Freaky DJ"

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I celebrate Presidents Day and George Washington's birthday by mixing in some music from artists whose last names end in "Washington"! Part 1 of 2

  1. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"
  2. Ariwhy - "Chase Scenery"
  3. Tyrone Washington - "Submission"
  4. The Cold War Kids - "Mine Is Yours (Blended Babies Remix feat. Sir Michael Rocks of the Cool Kids)"
  5. Radiohead - "Lotus Flower"
  6. Flying Lotus - "Caravan of Delight"
  7. Mophono - "Cut Form Crunch (feat. Flying Lotus)"
  8. Salva - "Wake Ups"
  9. Charles Bradley - "Golden Rule"
  10. Baby Washington - "Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind"
  11. Dwele - "Too Fly"
  12. Adele - "Set Fire to the Rain"
  13. Grover Washington Jr - "Black Frost"
  14. Radio Citizen - "World"
  15. Dark Time Sunshine - "Primor (feat. P.O.S., PeeGee 12, DJ Zone & Aesop Rock)"
  16. Aesop Rock & Del tha Funkee Homosapien - "Preservation"
  17. Awol One & Factor - "One Live Tape (feat. Ahmad & Abstract Rude)"
  18. Broken Complex - "This Life"