Peace Hip Hip Brethren! Nitty Gritty Radio is back with another episode of Hip Hop classics, remixes, rarities and Underground gems for you listening pleasure. Episode 87 Hour 1 follows the format to a T with classics from Public Enemy, Masta Ace, Naughty By Nature and more. Enjoy the vibe.

Playlist:

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy

So What Cha Sayin' – EPMD

Me & The Biz - Masta Ace

Similak Child (Extended Homogenized Mix) - Black Sheep

Uptown Anthem - Naughty By Nature

GottaGetOver(RMX) - Gang Starr

Get Down Remix (feat. Q-Tip) - Craig Mack

Reality (Killing Every...) – Black Moon

Daaam (Remix) - Tha Alkaholiks

Tha Bullshit - Jeru The Damaja

Double Trouble (feat. KRS One) – Mad Lion

The Good, The Bad, And The Desolate (Feat. Dice Raw and Shanky Don) – The Roots

Look Of Love (Remix) – Slum Village

Can't Knock The Hustle – Jay-Z

Episode 87 Hour 2 if full of head nodding gems from artist like GQ, Cyhi The Prynce, Noveliss and Skyzoo. The Nitty Griity Radio Hour 2 Usual Suspects rep hard this hour and they don’t disappoint.

Playlist:

Another Day - Blu & Exile

This Is Now (feat. Keith Murray) [Large Professor Remix] – Koss

Bamboo – Skyzoo

God Bless Your Heart - Cyhi The Prynce

Laundry Day – GQ

The Aura - Apollo Brown & Planet Asia

Moon and Back - Fel Sweetenberg & Finale

Put Jewels On It (feat. Run the Jewels) - Statik Selektah

Flow Provider (Feat. Mic Phelps) – Noveliss

Ahead of You - Tanya Morgan

Look Around (feat. Oddisee) - L'Orange

Let It Fly – Skyzoo

Ftgu – GQ

Oh Yeah (feat. Donwill) - Von Pea & The Other Guys

Kinfolk - Reuben Vincent

Built by Pictures (Live) - Oddisee & Good Compny

Stare At The Moon – Noveliss

Peace world! It’s you boy Wil Infamous here bringing you a different type for Episode 86 Hour 1 of Nitty Gritty Radio. Over the years there has been a plethora of producers that have caught my ear to the point that they’ve become staples in my everyday life. Y’all know the big names like 9^th Wonder, Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Pete Rock and the list goes on. But there’s one producer that with every project he releases my respect grows more and more, and that producer is Amerigo Gazaway. The first project of his that I caught wind of was “Fe La Soul”, where he mixed De La Soul vocals with Femi Kuti inspired beats. Needless to say, I was hooked. Then I heard “Bizzare Tribe”, where he mixed Pharcyde vocals with Tribe Called Quest inspired beats, and by the time I heard “Yasiin Gaye” (Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def with Marvin Gaye inspired beats) I was a full fledged fan. So when “A Common Wonder” dropped I realized I had to do something here on the podcast paying homage to my man’s talent, and ear, as a producer.

So here we are, Episode 86 Hour 1 is a full episode dedicated to Amerigo Gazay’s true talent for finding that soulful mix of blending amazing lyrics from one artist and having the vision of mixing it with a complexly different artist to make a full album’s worth of dope music.

Please check the links below and support these artists and follow them on social media. Because when the next project drops, you don’t want to be late to the neck nockin’ party. Enjoy the vibe.

https://amerigo.bandcamp.com

https://gummysoul.bandcamp.com

Playlist:

I Was Made To Love H.E.R. - A Common Wonder

Ya Mama And Stuff - Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde

Stakes is High - Fela Soul

93 Still - 93 Still

Sugar By The Pound - A Common Wonder

This Means You feat. Talib Kweli - Yasiin Gaye: The Return

Runnin' - Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde

Rock Co.Kane Flow (feat. MF DOOM) - Fela Soul

Tell Me Who Profits - 93 Still

Two Worlds feat. Kanye West - Yasiin Gaye: The Departure

4 Better Or 4 Worse - Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde

Inner City Travellin' Man - Yasiin Gaye: The Departure

For Once In My Life feat. Erykah Badu - A Common Wonder

Bonita Keeps On Passin' Me By - Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde

I Want You 'Til The Summertime - Yasiin Gaye: The Departure

Episode 86 Hour 2 has that Underground Hip Hop vibe that you’ve grown accustomed to from the podcast. This hour we got new gems from Tanya Morgan, Rapsody, The Perceptionist, L'Orange feat. Elzhi & Blu and of course new Wu-Tang just to name a few. Good frickin’ music all up in this bitch!!

Playlist:

Another Von Intro (featuring Von Pea) - The Other Guys

VPND - Tanya Morgan

Fashawn – Fashawn

Gettahead - L.A.Z

True Lightyears (Feat. Jay Electronica) – MF DOOM

Who Want It (ft. Black Thought & What The Duck) – David Banner

Chrome (Like Ooh) – Rapsody

Out of Control - Mr. Lif & Akrobatik (The Perceptionists)

The Difference (feat. Blu & Elzhi) - L'Orange

Filthiest aka LESSLOWITT!! (feat. Ilyas) - Tanya Morgan

Bernal Heights – DUCKWRTH

Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody

You Can Do It! (Give Up) - Your Old Droog

Panties In a Jumble - Apollo Brown & Planet Asia

People Say (feat. Redman) - Wu-Tang Clan

Winter Winds (feat. Marvalyss) - Apathy & O.C.

Blink of an Eye (feat. Ras Kass) - Slaine & Termanology

Free at Last (feat. Syne) - Mr. Lif & Akrobatik (The Perceptionists)

Peace y’all! After an extreme hiatus, it’s your man Wil Infamous back at it again with another episode of Nitty Gritty Radio. It’s been a minute since my Ep 84 and between work, rasing a 4yr old and life, the podcast has been put on the back burner for the past 6 months. But like a White Castle burger at 3am in Brooklyn, I’m hard to keep down for long, haha. Episode 85 Hour 1 has gems from L Boogie, Big Pun, Large Pro, The Sound Providers and many more. Hope the absence has made the heart grow fonder and the beats sound as sweet as ever for you here on Nitty Gritty Radio!

Playlist:

It's Gettin' Hot (K-Def Remix) – Artifacts

Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix) - Cypress Hill

Keep It Tight (feat. Lauryn Hill) - DJ Skribble

Fortified Live (feat. Mos Def & Mr. Man) - Reflection Eternal

Super Lyrical (feat. Black Thought) - Big Punisher

Hell On Earth (Front Lines) - Mobb Deep

Pay Ya Dues - Busta Rhymes/Coco Brovaz/Frankie Cutlass/Keith Murray

One + One (feat. Nas) - Large Professor

Confrontations - Organized Konfusion

Boulevard Connection - Ed O.G, Masta Ace & Common

Pay Me - Cash Brown

All I Know – Rahzel

Without A Doubt - The Roots

Way Of Life - D.I.T.C.

'Nuff Said - Surreal and the Sound Providers

Who Am I (Remix) feat. Grap Luva - The Sound Providers

To Each His Own (feat. Q-Tip) - Pete Rock & INI

Over the past 6 months to a year I’ve been on a big Clear Soul Forces/ Noveliss trip. Every few years there’s a sound that I find in Hip Hop that bring me back to that boom bap/ pure 90’s sound and Noveliss does just that for me. So this Episode 85 Hour 2 I decided to run a few of his solo jams along with kicking things off with a fire track from CSF “Sparring Session”. Plus we got bangers from Oddisee, Skyzoo and that unreleased Dangerdoom joint with Black Thought. A recipe for straight neck knocking! Enjoy the vibe.

Playlist:

Sparring Session - Clear Soul Forces

A World Without Music - L'Orange & Mr. Lif

Mad Nice (feat. Black Thought & Vinny Price) – Dangerdoom

Poets and Gangstas - Talib Kweli & Styles P

Nnge (feat. Toine) – Oddisee

Charlie Brown (feat. Blu) – ScienZe

Maximum (prod. 9^th Wonder) - G-Eazy

Super Predator (feat. Styles P) - Joey Badass

Point Guns At Magneto (feat. Nolan The Ninja) – Noveliss

Finesse Everything – Skyzoo

Through with Him – Rapsody

Friendzone – Elzhi

Temporary - NorCal Nick, Rav.P, ILL.SUGI

Next Time - Tanya Morgan

Left Alone – Noveliss

I Remember – ANTHM

Cole Summer - J. Cole

Peace world, it’s your selector Wil Infamous here taking a serious tone as I attempt to shine some light on a serious epidemic that plagues many households around the world, domestic violence.

You may be asking yourself, “what does this have to do with Hip-Hop and the straight bangers that I’m normally accustom to on these playlist?”…everything, at least for me. Good Hip-Hop music speaks to your soul and as an emcee if you have the self-awareness that your music does that and actually try to tackle a serious issue that many can’t put their feeling into words, but can relate to yours, that’s very powerful. I’ve recently been educated on domestic violence and the emotional impact that it can have on both men and women. A lot of the tracks that I have on this playlist are from a child perspective growing up seeing abuse in their home. A scary statistic I found out was that 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence. If you or someone you know is in a toxic relationship, educate yourself and leave. Life is too short to waste away with anger…listen to good music and be mindful of your thoughts instead.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you want to check out some more statistics on this topic please see below. Peace.

• On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.

• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severephysical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

• 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.

• On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

• The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%.

• Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.

• Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.

• 19% of domestic violence involves a weapon.

• Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior.

• Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries

Women are much more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence with 85 percent of domestic abuse victims being women and 15 percent men. Too many women and men have been held captive by domestic violence — whether through physical abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse or a combination of all three.

Domestic violence is not a singular incident, it’s an insidious problem deeply rooted in our culture — and these statistics and songs prove that.

Playlist:

Last Good Sleep - Company Flow [lyrics]

3 Wishes - J. Cole [lyrics]

Cold Hearted (ft. Miguel Jontel) - Blu & Exile [lyrics]

Dorian - Brother Ali [lyrics]

Bottle Dreams - Oliver Hart (Eyedea) [lyrics]

The Last to Say – Atmosphere [lyrics]

Wha gwan Bredren! It’s your Hip-Hop selector, Wil Infamous, here with the first episode of Nitty Gritty Radio for the new year. Wanted to start thing out on a feel good tip for 2017 (because TRUST, we all need it) so I packed the Episode 84 (Hour 1) playlist full of feel goods from Kid “N Play, De La Soul, The UMC’s and Guru to name a few. Here’s to hoping that 2017 treats a lot of us better than 2016 did. Onward and upward is the mantra. Now, let’s get into some beats!!

Playlist:

The Rhythm – Kwame

We Rock the Mic Right - Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I.

Last Night - Kid 'N Play

Somebody For Me - Heavy D & The Boyz

Latifah's Had It Up to Here - Queen Latifah

Eye Know – De La Soul

Push It Along - A Tribe Called Quest

Fudge Pudge - Organized Konfusion

One to Grow on - The UMC's

Soul Flower - Brand New Heavies feat. The Pharcyde

La Schmoove (feat. Phife Dawg) - Fu-Schnickens

Trippin Out - Prince Markie Dee

Watch What You Say – Guru

Valley Of The Skinz - Trends Of Culture

Episode 84 (Hour 2) has bangers from Jean Grae, CyHi The Prynce, Noveliss…plus, new joints from Gensu Dean feat. Dynas, Rapper Big Pooh, Stick Fig and Oddisee. The feel good keeps flowin’ on this playlist! Enjoy!

Playlist:

Casebaskets - Jean Grae

Dreams – Choosey

Can It Be (feat. The Regiment) – Confidence

Cydel Young - CyHi The Prynce

Pretty Bird (feat. Masta Killa and Talib Kweli) – HaLo

Triangle Offense (feat. Sha Stimuli) - Skyzoo & Torae

These Bammas - Diamond District (Oddisee, yU & Uptown XO)

Hook Heavy (feat. Sean Price) - 7evenThirty

Super Hero (feat. MF DOOM) [L'Orange Remix] - Kool Keith

Preem (feat. DJ Soko) – Noveliss

Jump Shots – Reks

Dreams (feat. Dynas) - Gensu Dean

There's An Art To Sleeping - L'Orange & Mr. Lif

#Goals – Rapsody

Big Trouble Little Child - Rapper Big Pooh

Organic (prod. Blu) - NorCal Nick

Down Payment (feat. Elzhi & Nottz) - Stik Figa

Like Really - Oddisee

Early in The Morning - Lando Chill