The RIP Fat Beats Edition

In this episode, Phonte laments the death of one of his favorite record stores, explains the tragedy that is Montana Fishburne, and gives tips on Twitter etiquette.

Exile “In Love” (Milo 1 Remix)
Onra “My Mind Is Gone” (feat. Olivier Daysoul)
Madlib The Beat Konducta “Drinks Up!” (feat. Frank N Dank)
Slum Village “Earl Flinn”
yU “Thought About It”
The Roots “The Juice Of Chicago”
Dela “Praise & Praise”
GB “Breathe”
Alex B “You And I Both Know”
Luke Vibert “James Bond In A Jimmy Hat”
La Melodia “Working On It” (feat. Steve Hartley)
Prince “Sticky Like Glue”
Daniel Merriweather “Chainsaw” (Trackademicks Remix)
DJ Center “In A Song” (feat. Middle Child)
Kool G Rap “Cakes” (feat. The RZA)
Boogie Down Productions “Duck Down”
Amerie “Talkin’ About”
Four Tet “As Serious As Your Life Is” (Remix)
The Foreign Exchange “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me”

In this episode Phonte breaks the myth of sexism in the music industry, explains why he’s ‘old and over it’ in regards to discussing hip-hop, and why bad music is like gay porn.

TY “Emotions”
Little Brother “Curtain Call”
Adriana Evans “Never Thought”
Jimetta Rose “Constellations”
Consequence “It’s G.O.O.D. Music” (feat. Common & Talib Kweli)
Electric Wire Hustle “Gimme That Kinda”
DOOM “The Green Whore Net”
Freddie Joachim “Out Of Season”
Mos Def “Mathematics”
Freeway & Jake One “One Foot In”
J Rawls & Middle Child “Thankful”
HomeMade “Settle For” (feat. Mar)
D.Black “Keep On Going” (feat. Vitamin D)
Teedra Moses “Kisses Never Taste So Sweet”
The Luv Bugz “Better”
The Roots “Choir Fire”
Slum Village “CB4″
Digable Planets “Nickel Bags”
Pete Rock “Fairground”
fLako “Dwarf Dance”
Yahzarah “Why Dontcha Call Me No More”

For the first show of the decade, Phonte discusses his first Grammy nod, Tiger Woods’ biggest mistake, the end of Little Brother, and Satan’s horrible taste in music.

Jay Electronica “Exhibit C”
Op Swamp 81 “Fasho”
The Clonious “One At A Time” (feat. Muhsinah)
Sister Nancy “Bam Bam” (ReEdit & Weep)
Keyel “Mary Jane”
Bilal “Had 2 Cut Corners” (live)
Mr. Scruff “Travelogue”
Portformat “Bionic Arms”
Freddie Joachim “Circles”
The Earl “Live in Technicolor”
FS Green “Rusty Beat”
Sir OJ “Dirty Funk”
J*DaVeY “Get Together”
Trus’Me “Can We Pretend” (feat. Amp Fiddler)
Quadron “Simili Life”
The Jackson Sisters “I Believe In Miracles”
Fatback Brother Bill Curtis “Dance Girl”
The Randy Watson Experience “The Dark”
Daru & Rena “4You’reLuv”
Doggy Style Allstars “Unfucwitable”
Slum Village “2U4U”
I.N.T. “Wannago”
Little Brother “Whatever You Say” (demo)

Phonte takes on the Nas/Kelis fiasco, welcomes back Michael Vick, and explains why the average Black person doesn’t care about dogs.

B. Bravo “Midnite”
Method Man & Redman “Dangerous Mcees” (cookin soul remix)
Che Grand “People Bowling” (feat. Tanya Morgan)
Mos Def “Auditorium” (feat. Slick Rick)
DJ Mitsu “Get ‘Em Up” (feat. Elzhi)
Amerie “Why R U”
Kan Kick “I’m Going To Take U Out To Dinner”
GB “Dealer Dog”
Morgan Zarate “Satin White”
Kenlo “Pont”
Jay Dee “Come Get It”
Freddie Joachim “Silent”
Raheem DeVaughn “Wanna Love You” (feat Young Chris)
Slum Village “Cloud 9″ (feat. Marsha Ambrosius)
DJ Spinna “Guaranteed” (feat. Phonte & Yahzarah)
Reggie B “Spirtual Fi”
Zo! & Asylum 7 “The Lineup” (feat. Metasyons, Finale & Buff)
Karriem Riggins “I Want You”
Byron The Aquarius “Repetitive” (feat. Daru & Da Button Pusha)
Lunice “This Time”
Onra “My Comet”
Floyd The Locsmif “Fuzzy Navel”
Afta-1 “Flor Y Uva
Nicolay “Lose Your Way” (feat. Carlitta Durand)

The Long Live The Kaing Edition

Michael Jackson
August 1958 – June 2009

Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (DJ Brainchild’s Power Trio Mix)
The Jackson 5 “Can’t Get Ready For Losing You”
The Jackson 5 “It’s Great To Be Here”
The Jackson 5 “Lookin’ Through The Windows”
The Jackson 5 “I’ll Bet You”
The Jacksons “Give It Up”
The Jacksons “That’s What You Get For Being Polite”
Michael Jackson “Pretty Young Thing” (demo)
Michael Jackson “Someone Put Your Hand Out”
Michael Jackson “Good Thing Goin’ (DJ Bobo James Remix)”
Q-Tip “Move”
De La Soul “Breakadawn”
Kanye West “Good Life”
Jay-Z “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Michael Jackson “Stranger In Moscow”
Michael Jackson “Whatever Happens”
Michael Jackson “In The Closet”
Michael Jackson “Scream”
The Jackson 5 “Superstition”
Michael Jackson “Call On Me”
Michael Jackson “Got To Be There”

The Wedding Bells Edition

In celebration of his brother Big Pooh’s recent wedding, Phonte discusses his third time as a groomsman, how not wearing a wedding ring can build a healthy marriage, and how to use the word ‘bitch’ in a positive way.

Dorian “Be Loved”
Ebrahim “Tears Of Ayanna”
Q-Tip “Let’s Ride”
Ryan Leslie “Just Right”
The-Dream “Walkin’ On The Moon” (feat. Kanye West)
Theophilus London “TNT”
Trackademicks “Enjoy What You Do”
J*DaVeY “Night & Day”
Miguel “Dig”
J Dilla “Let’s Take It Back”
Dr Who Dat? “Kelly Drive”
Freddie Joachim “Meditation”
Mos Def “Victory”
Waajeed “Anything”
Fam-Lay “Fresh N Driving”
DJ Mitsu The Beats “Right Here” (Seoul City Remix)
Mayer Hawthorne “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” (Astronote Remix)
Little Dragon “After The Rain” (GB Interpretation)
Esthero “Superheroes” (Afta-1 Remix)
Aaliyah “Rock The Boat” (Stimulated Remix)
Santana “Aqua Marine”
Mr. V “I Can Sing”
Herbie Hancock “Watermelon Man” (Kenny Dope Club Mix)
Atjazz “Wind & Sea”
Rapper Big Pooh “Rear View Mirror”

The Domestic Violence Edition

In the wake of the Chris Brown/Rhianna scandal, Phonte explains how domestic violence happens in the home and what women and men can do to prevent it.

Kelis “Get Along With You”
RZA “Domestic Violence”
Tanya Morgan “So Damn Down”
The Beastie Boys “Root Down”
The Swingle Singers “Fugue In C Minor (Todd Terje Edit)”
Jaffa “Elevator (The Herbaliser Remix)”
Bottom Fly “Wave #019″
Illa J “DFTF”
14KT “Ypsilanti”
8th1W “A Fool’s Lullaby (Could It Be)”
Carlitta Durand “You Got Me (Pt. 1)”
Reggie B & Miles Bonny “My Sunshine”
Black Harmony “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head”
Mr. Scruff “Give Up To Get”
Afta-1 “Escape”
Koop “Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix)”

Phonte welcomes everybody to the New Year by discussing the Inauguration of Barack Obama, the rigors of rap beef, and his wishes for 2009.

DJ Day “Four Hills”
Daru & Rena “Things You Do”
Ed O.G. & The Bulldogs “Bug-A-Boo”
Shawn Jackson “Fix Ya Face”
Sa-Ra “High Life”
Portishead “Lot More”
Bjork “I Miss You” (Dobie’s Sunshine Mix)
Apple Juice Kid “A Different Blues”
Fat Jon “Tell Me”
The Foreign Exchange “Take Off The Blues”
Ron Browz “Pop Champagne”
Q-Tip “Dance On Glass”
Hueston Independent Spit District “Jus Sayin”
Hi-Gloss “You’ll Never Know”
The Whispers “Keep Your Love Around”
Carl Anderson “Buttercup”
Jermaine Jackson “Where Are You Now”
Prince “My Love Is Forever”
Joey Negro presents The Sunburst Band “Every Day”
Made In Japan “The City At Night”
Musiq Soulchild “Until”
The Pharcyde “She Said” (Jay Dee Remix)
Cunninlinguists “Yellow Lines”
Theophilus London “Cold Pillow” (feat. Jesse Boykins III)

The long awaited “Black Coffee” edition……..

The Randy Watson Experience “Tic Tac Know!”
The Cool Kids “Delivery Man”
FDR “Puff Puff Pass”
Erykah Badu “The Healer”
Digable Planets “Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies)”
Bill Withers “Kissing My Love”
Lloyd Chalmers “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More”
Black Milk “Purple Track 6″
Robert Glasper “J Dillalude” (Simon S Extended Edit)
Madlib “Ashby Road”
Nicolay & Kay “Through The Wind”
Georgia Anne Muldrow “Runaway”
Reggie B “It Gets Better”
Houston Independent Spit District “Recess” (feat. Khimmy J)
Towa Tei “Happy” (feat. Viv & Bahamadia)
Mr. Dalvin “Get Mine”
Ralph Tresvant “When I Need Somebody”
Madlib “Chops & Thangs”
Phoenix “Congratulations”
Dwele “Light Skin Sugar”
DJ Premier “Dink”
The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination “Soulbath”
DJ Krush “Beats”
Lakeside “Something About That Woman”

The Birth Control Edition

In this week’s edition, Phonte discusses the trials and tribulations of parenthood and explains why you really don’t wanna know how many sexual partners your s/o has had.

Pete Rock “Don’t Be Mad”
Sleepy’s Theme “Choked Out Saturday Night”
Outkast “Elevators (Me & You)”
digital underground “Oregano Flow” (Gumbo Soup Mix)
Be Rezell “Blowed Away”
Timbaland & Magoo “Written Rhymes”
Jodeci “Can We Flo?”
Brentford All-Stars “Greedy G”
Alan Hawkshaw “Mile High Swinger”
Sly & The Family Stone “Positive”
The Rimshots “Harvey Wallbanger”
The JB’s “Hot Pants Roads”
Maceo & The Macks “Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)”
Kool & The Gang “Funky Stuff”
Illa J “We Here”
Coultrain “Green”
Hueston Independent Spit District “No More”
Owusu & Hannibal “Delirium” (Up Hygh Remix)
DJ Quik “Down Down Down”
Shonie “Come & Get It”
Platonic “877″
Theo Parrish “The Rink”
Samon Kawamura “You Are The Only One”
The Randy Watson Experience “Knocking At Your Door”
The Foreign Exchange “Daykeeper”