Word to the Mutha: Recent Episodes
Charlee D
Featured Song of the Week: Sporty Theivz / No Pigeons
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outkast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporty_Thievz
https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/OutKast.html
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/outkast/ms-jackson
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/441/OutKast-So-Fresh,-So-Clean-Joe-Simon-Before-the-Night-Is-Over/
Featured Song: Age Aint Nothing But a Number / Chi Ali
Show Notes/Oops:
- The song "The Many Ways" was incorrectly read as debuting at #67. Shoulda been #167. Oops!
- At around 39:53, I incorrectly said the single was called "Here I Come". Should been "Here I Stand". Oops!
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(musician)
https://www.biography.com/musician/usher
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/usher-mn0000303506/biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Ali
http://www.mtv.com/news/1441669/ex-rapper-chi-ali-arrested-a-year-after-fleeing-murder-charge/
https://www.mtv.com/news/1695303/chi-ali-daughter-post-incarceration-rapfix-live/
Featured song Swing My Way by K.P. and Envyi
Show Notes/Corrections
- I incorrectly called Foxy Brown's 3rd album Broken Silences, the correct title is Broken Silence.
- The song Hot Spots peaked at #91 on the charts, not #1.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)
https://www.hiphopscriptures.com/foxy-brown
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/foxy-brown-mn0000800212/biography
https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1996.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/foxy-brown-vs-lil-kim/anncasano
https://www.mtv.com/news/1535227/foxy-brown-returns-deafness-cured-shes-back-to-work/#:~:text=She%20announced%20she%20was%20suffering,%22
Featured Songs:
Ice Ice Baby / Vanilla Ice
They Call Me D-Nice / D-Nice
Whoot There It Is / 95 South
Whoomp, There It Is / Tag Team
My Boo / Ghost Town DJ's
Dazzey Duks / Duice
Show Notes:
For the D-Nice song, I mentioned that the Buzzsaw sample was a tiny one but that is clearly a research error as the sample is a large one and clearly a big part of the song.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/10/6/21494291/vanilla-ice-to-the-extreme-ice-ice-baby-history-30th-anniversary
https://www.5280.com/2013/05/whoomp-there-it-was/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Nice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoot,_There_It_Is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_South
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/95-south/whoot-there-it-is#:~:text=Carlos%20Spencer%20of%2095%20South,play%20it%20in%20the%20club.
https://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Duke
Featured Song of the Week: Daddy's Little Girl by Nikki D.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa
https://www.biography.com/news/salt-n-pepa-story-origins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy%27s_Little_Girl_(album)
Featured Song: Ownlee Eue / Kwame
Show Notes:
Ownlee Eue Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsJwanW7W7o
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/1996/releases/june-06.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwam%C3%A9
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19836/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Syl-Johnson-Different-Strokes/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/99779/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bobby-Byrd-I-Know-You-Got-Soul/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19837/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bob-James-Take-Me-to-the-Mardi-Gras/ ]
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-jayz/jay-z-defeats-copyright-claims-over-big-pimpin-idUSKCN1IW2QZ
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/izzo-hova
Featured Song of the Week: Blu Cantrell / "Hit Em Up Style - Oops!"
Show Notes: The sample used on the Window Seat single was actually called "Turn Me Away".
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Cantrell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music#February
https://www.biography.com/musician/erykah-badu
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/erykah-badu-the-godmother-of-soul
Featured Song of the Week: Positive K / I Got A Man
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur
https://www.biography.com/musician/tupac-shakur
https://2pac.com/us/biography
https://www.whosampled.com/Positive-K/I-Got-a-Man/
https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25-years-later-tupac-shakurs-las-vegas-murder-is-still-unsolved/article_c5710dda-1033-11ec-a3bc-5b39fe0cd403.html
Featured Song Gangsta Bitch / Apache
Sources
https://theboombox.com/apache-dead/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/108392/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Chicago-Gangsters-Gangster-Boogie/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19924/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Little-Feat-Fool-Yourself/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/4996/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Monty-Alexander-Love-and-Happiness/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott
Featured Song: Special Ed / I'm the Magnificent
Sources:
https://www.liveabout.com/dru-hill-profile-2851228
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru_Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Ed_(rapper)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-fudgery-close-advance-20180908-story.html
Featured Song: '93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill
https://uproxx.com/music/fugees-breakup-unforgettable-legacy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souls_of_Mischief
https://mag.citizensofhumanity.com/blog/2015/12/10/souls-of-mischief/
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/fugees-reunion-concert-new-york-lauryn-hill-1235072311/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX_tAkqRzQ
"How does it feel..."
Featured song: Knockin' Boots by Candyman
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Angelo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockin%27_Boots_(Candyman_song)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dangelo-mn0000134600/biography
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/dangelo/untitled-how-does-it-feel
Featured song: Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Braxton
https://movieweb.com/movies/1993/july/
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-07-23
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music#July%E2%80%93August
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Stance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neneh_Cherry
This week's feature is on one of the hottest 90's movie soundtracks; the 1992 Eddie Murphy comedy, Boomerang.
Featured song is Skee Lo "I Wish".
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(soundtrack)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103859/soundtrack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marcus-miller-mn0000673114/discography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Die_Without_You
https://www.whosampled.com/Skee-Lo/I-Wish/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Vaughan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_Brass_Band#The_HBO_TV_Series_Treme
"And if ya don't know, now ya know!"
Special featured song on the Pharcyde's Passin' Me By.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.#Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.#Filmography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pharcyde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passin%27_Me_By
Sources:
https://urbanbridgez.com/2019/06/06/black-music-month-spotlight-tracie-spencer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracie_Spencer_(album)
https://www.facebook.com/RnBSoulEffect/posts/the-rb-story-of-tracie-spencer-top-10-rb-hits-1988-1999symptoms-of-true-love-10-/2919377241419503/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr3cYskY2Zg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUwc9ipwDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7B5F3M1YfI
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_(singer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUeL-zq49Q&t=1378s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FBrBQ2TpV0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Thang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Is_Mine_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me_(Monica_album)
https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jun/29/monica_surmounts_personal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Makings_of_Me
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Life_(Monica_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(Monica_album)
Sources:
https://www.whosampled.com/2-Live-Crew/Me-So-Horny/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Live_Crew
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-2-live-crew-mn0000027116/biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_in_music
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-02-03
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Campbell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_So_Horny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZOO9TLnQ0
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim
https://www.essence.com/celebrity/lil-kim-responds-skin-bleaching-accusations/
https://www.biography.com/musician/lil-kim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpuHVPtUfH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfZi_pBQQDI
https://www.essence.com/celebrity/lil-kim-responds-skin-bleaching-accusations/
https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/lil-kim-instagram-photos-fuel-debate-societys-ideal/story?id=38921503
"It's all about me..."
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_9_(record_label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyhwKLTezA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGH0A7E8Lwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3MSDs_xU8
https://madamenoire.com/1009996/mya-veganism/
"Can't explain why your lovin' makes me weak..."
This episode we go back to one of the top girl groups of the '90s to reminiscise on our favorite songs, memories and more!
Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes
"We don't love dem hoes"
This week we recollect on the fun and infectious sound of 'G' funk and Snoop's big debut, how he put west coast hip hop on the map and the legacy of his long-running career.
Guests: Rashanii, host of Single Simulcast and Storytellers and The Internet's TAYREL713, host of Stays Krunchy In Milk.
"Kick off your shoes and relax your feet, party on down to the Xscape beat..."
With my guest, we reflect on the gorgeous voices, the videos, Kandi's breakout success and their legacy.
Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes.
"I wanna be down"
We explore her TV beginnings, rise to fame, faux marriage, motherhood and her comeback.
Guest: Autumn Woodland, host of We Got The Jazz and a visual artist with work featured at https://society6.com/AutumnWoodland
"Can I kick it?" "Yes! You can!"
We reflect on our favorite songs, the dope samples, the memorable lyrics, the genius producing skills, the setbacks, but eventual reunion that encompass our favorite Tribe.
Guest: The Internet's TAYREL713, host of the podcast Stays Krunchy In Milk.
On Twitter: @TAYREL713 and @SKIMPod
"All I really want...is to be happy. To find a love that's mine. It will be so sweet"
We get into her humble beginnings, her hits, videos, hip hop fashion influence and how she became the musical voice for the struggles and experiences of black women.
Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes
STOP!!! Hammertime!
From Hammer pants to bankruptcy, we reflect on his breakthrough career; the highs and the lows.
Guest: Derik Rashanii Jones, co-host of Single Simulcast and creator and writer of Sin and Solace: A Dramatic Serial
"Sometimes I'm goody goody,
right now I'm naughty naughty"
We discuss her music, style, videos, influence, her relationship with R. Kelly and her untimely death.
Guests:
Patrice Abel - The Warrior Healer (Instagram)
Charles G Clark - The Wacko Monologues, Baltimore in Conversation
"If I need it in the morning or the middle of the night,
I aint too proud to beg, naw!"
We will explore TLC's fun and playful, safe sex messages, Lefteye's group challenge, fire, death and more.
Guests:
Autumn Woodland - We Got The Jazz Podcast
Cori Fordham
"If I need it in the morning or the middle of the night,
I aint too proud to beg, naw!"
We will explore TLC's fun and playful, safe sex messages, Lefteye's group challenge, fire, death and more.
Guests:
Autumn Woodland - We Got The Jazz Podcast
Cori Fordham
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