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Episode 60 (Hour 1) Best of Nine Trey (’93)

• December 6th, 2013

Peace world and welcome to the latest edition of the podcast that plays the neck crackin'est Old School Hip Hop, Remixes, B-Sides, Rarities and Underground gems, Nitty Gritty Radio. I'm your selector Wil Infamous and we are here at a monumental episode....THE BIG 6 OH!

Here for the 60th and last episode of 2013 I wanted to pay homage to the 20th anniversary for agrueably the greatest year in the Golden Era of Hip Hop...1993.

'93 was a special year for me personally, I was starting my junior year in high school, just got my drivers licenses along with my first car (a rusty '84 Mercury Cougar) and was just starting to realize how much Hip Hop music played as a big influence in my life. So I wanted to make a playlist full of bangers from the year 1993 to show my gratitude to all the great releases for this banner year in Hip Hop history. I know there are a few artist and groups that were left off due to time restrictions ( already super-sized it by 1/2 hour) like

Naughty By Nature, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Freestyle Fellowship, YZ, Funkdoobiest, Fat Joe, Trends Of Culture, Digable Planets, etc....all DOPE albums from '93 but couldn't fit them in the mix. So when you listen take that into consideration and marinate on just how amazing 1993 was for the music and the culture of Hip Hop.

Feel the vibe and enjoy the Episode 60 (Hour 1) Best of Nine Trey playlist.

Playlist:

Nappy Heads (Remix) - Fugees

The Chase, Part 2 - A Tribe Called Quest

Ego Trippin' (Part Two) - De La Soul

Biggie Party and Bullshit - Biggie

Sound Of Da Police - KRS-One

Soul By The Pound (Thump Mix) - Common Sense

Back Seat - LL Cool J

Da Nex DingDong - Onyx

Down With The King - Run-DMC

GottaGetOver (Remix) - Gang Starr

It's Not A Game - Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Only When I'm Drunk - Tha Alkaholiks

Chief Rocker - Lords Of The Underground

I Gotcha Opin (Remix) - Black Moon

Come Clean - Jeru The Damaja

Catch a Bad One - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Player's Ball [Original Version] - Outkast

Can It Be All So Simple - Wu-Tang Clan

93 Till Infinity - Souls Of Mischief

Love Comes And Goes - Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs

Lyrics To Go - A Tribe Called Quest

Doggy Dogg World - Snoop Dogg

Fallin' (feat. Teenage Fanclub) - De La Soul

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Episode 60 (Hour 2)

• December 6th, 2013

Episode 60 (Hour 2) has gems from Action Bronson, Termanology, Tanya Morgan and Oddisee to name a few. Also on this list we got the world premier and debut track from up and coming Boston emcee, Diatonik. Good head nodding music from start to finish.

Playlist:

Pepe Lopez - Action Bronson

Back in the Day - Termanology

Forever Ill (feat. Dephlow & Tiff The Gift) - Awon & Phoniks

When It Rains (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Dag Savage (Johaz & Exile)

First Thing Smoking - Skyzoo

Word Is Bond - Joey Badass

Control - Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica

Shine On - Planet Asia & DirtyDiggs

Midget Cough - Action Bronson

Take My Turn (feat. Action Bronson & Jared Evan) - Termanology

Jade - Ransom & Statik Selektah

All 'Em (feat. Outasight) - Tanya Morgan

Quicksand feat. Common & Dezi Paige (Prod. J Dilla) - Yancey Boys (J Dilla & Illa J)

World Peace - Dizzy Wright

Tangible Dream - Oddisee

Loud Enough (feat. John Robinson) - Moe Pope & Rain

Caged Bird (feat. Ezdread) - Reks

EveryThingIKnow - Diatonik

Comfy In The Truck (Bolts Remix) - Blu

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Episode 59 (Hour 1)

• October 8th, 2013

Peace fellow Hip Hop heads! Wil Infamous here with a very special "end of an era" type episode. Since October of 2003 every time I would DJ and then in '09 when I started Nitty Gritty Radio I've been getting my inspiration from living and breathing in New York City and its surrounding areas. Episode 59 marks the end of that era. The fam is moving on to greener pastures and relocating to the state of PA to start a new chapter. So I wanted to make this episode extra cheesin' gooey with that Nitty Gritty Radio sound.

So enjoy this Golden Era Hip Hop soundtrack of my memories from October '13 in NYC,

Episode 59 (Hour 1).

Can't wait to see and hear what inspiration the future will hold.

Playlist:

Wake Me When I'm Dead (feat. Masta Ace) - The Brand New Heavies

The Bridge Is Over - Boogie Down Productions

Wrath Of My Madness (DJ Premier Mix) - Queen Latifah

Luck Of Lucien - A Tribe Called Quest

Sleepin' On My Couch - Del Tha Funky Homosapien

Same Song (feat. 2Pac) - Digital Underground

Saturday Night Live (LA Jay Remix) - Masta Ace

Resurrection (Remix) - Common Sense

Get On The Mic (Remix) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Silent Treatment (Questions Mix) - The Roots

I Like It - Grand Puba

Can't Wait - Redman

Everbody Get - Young Zee

Just Another Case - Cru

Hey You - The Pharcyde

It Was A Good Day (Remix) - Ice Cube

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Episode 59 (Hour 2)

• October 8th, 2013

Chronological adjective

1. (of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

Episode 59 (Hour 2) is 100% in chronological order to show the Underground Hip Hop sound evolution from 1997 to 2013. Each year on this playlist is represtented by one track (with the exception of '98 and '13). I try keep every episode/ every hour on this podcast in some kind of chronological order because that's the way my brain works when dealing with music. But this is the first playlist that has a track for every year going 16 back to create a complete vibe that'll keep your head nodding from start to finish.

Press play and set the DeLorean dial to the 1997 "MiLiGHT" album from DJ Krush and enjoy the timeline.

Playlist:

Shin-Sekai (with Rino) - DJ Krush ['97]

The Visualz - Siah & Yeshua DapoED ['98]

Fla La Lashe (feat. Mos Def) - Medina Green ['98]

On Mission - Reflection Eternal ['99]

U Can Do (Life) - De La Soul ['00]

Exclaim The Name - Declaime ['01]

Shorty On the Lookout - Little Brother ['02]

Up 2 No Good Again - Tame One ['03]

Fly Till I Die - Pete Rock Feat. Talib Kweli & C.L. Smooth ['04]

Hookslide - Asamov ['05]

Sun, Moon, Stars - Mos Def ['06]

The Narrow Path - Blu & Exile ['07]

Don't Rush Me Feat. 9th Wonder - Jean Grae ['08]

Back 2 Basics - Diamond District ['09]

Step Correctly - Celph Titled ['10]

Same Ol' Thing - Kooley High ['11]

No Apologies (feat. Raekwon) - Planet Asia ['12]

The Day I - Tanya Morgan ['13]

Own Appeal - Oddisee ['13]

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Episode 58 (Hour 1)

• September 10th, 2013

Peace y'all, its your homie Wil Infamous here back with the latest edition of what you've been missin', Nitty Gritty Radio! Its been a minute since our last episode so I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. Here on Episode 58 we're bring the fun back to Hour 1 with classics from Red Head Kingpin, De La Soul, Jeru The Damaja and Camp Lo to name a few. Hope you enjoy the feel good vibe.

Playlist:

Do The Right Thing - Red Head Kingpin

Dance for Me - Queen Latifah

Let, Let Me In - De La Soul

Vibes And Stuff - A Tribe Called Quest

Ya Mama And Stuff (feat. The Pharcyde) - Gummy Soul

Flip Da Scrip - Da King & I

Buck Em Down (Remix) - Black Moon

You Can't Stop The Prophet - Jeru The Damaja

Dynamite Soul II (Lip Service Remix feat. Mad Skillz) - Artifacts

Let's Organize (feat. Q-Tip) - Organized Konfusion

Next Level (Nyte Time Mix) - Showbiz & AG

In The Flesh - Pete Rock & CL Smooth

The Love Song (Remix) feat. De La Soul & Mos Def - Da Bush Babees

Get Funky - The Beatnuts

Black Nostaljack - Camp Lo

Chanel No. Fever - De La Soul

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Episode 58 (Hour 2)

• September 10th, 2013

This playlist starts out with a drop/ track from one of my all time favorite emcees that you see pictured above, Jean Grae. I know its an old picture of Jean but I absolutely love the expression on the dude's face in the front row. You know someone spitting fire when you see a stank face like that, haha. Then from there its all smiles and head nods for the rest of the hour.

Episode 58 Hour 2 has gems from Blu, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rapsody, Statik Selektah, and a new joints from De La Soul and Tony Touch with D-Stroy.

Straight Hip Hop for your eardrums.

Playlist:

SupaLuv (Acoustic Rehearsal) - Jean Grae

Castlenova - Castle

Beats x Rhymes x Life - Clear Soul Forces

Be Yourself feat. Shuko - Blu

King Steelo - Capital Steez

Dark Knights (feat. Wale) - Rapsody

Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes - Jay Electronica

The First Letter (feat. AG) - Kid Tsunami

The Dangerous Three (feat. Brother Ali & Masta Ace) - R.A. the Rugged Man

The Spark (feat. Action Bronson, Joey Badass, Mike Posner) - Statik Selektah

Don't Change - Rapper Big Pooh

Queen of Hearts feat. Mayer Hawthorne (Oddisee Remix) - The Black Opera

Burgundy Whip (feat. Jimetta Rose) - MED, Blu & Madlib

Death Of YOLO (Feat. Smoke Dza) - Joey Badass

Touch and D Stroy (Prod. DJ Premier) - Tony Touch and D-Stroy

Life Is A Gamble (Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) [Prod. By 9th Wonder] - Big K.R.I.T.

Get Away feat. The Spirit Of The Wu - De La Soul

Forever - Slum Village

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Episode 57 (Hour 1)

• July 20th, 2013

Peace world!! It's your boy and gem selector, Wil Infamous checking back in with another installment of Nitty Gritty Radio. Its been a minute since our last episode and SOOO much has been going down in my world I had to take a little extra time to put this Episode 57 together.

In case you missed the Matt Marx Gang Starr tribute post that went up last month the big news is that my wife and I welcomed our son Myles into our lives....and the shit has been hitting fan ever since, literally! Haha. Well, not literally but it has been a whirlwind of diaper changes, bottle warmings and late night soothe sessions with the little guy. And as you can see from the picture above, he already has exquisite taste in Golden Era Hip Hop onesies. My man Myles.

So enough blah blah about the boy, lets get to some beats!

I usually pick out every month's episode while on my daily excursions around NYC but Episode 57 Hour 1 is a little different because I've been home so much helping take care of my son. So these are some tracks I've been bumpin around the crib to keep my mind right during these first few weeks of fatherhood. And going off Myles onesie in the pic Im starting off this playlist with some classic RUN D.M.C. and the rest is all gravy from there.

Playlist:

Here We Go - Run-D.M.C.

The Overweight Lovers In The House - Heavy D & The Boyz

Milky Cereal - LL Cool J

Sobb Story - Leaders Of The New School

For Pete's Sake - Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Jussummen - Das EFX

Thats When Ya Lost - Souls Of Mischief

Essaywhuman !!! (Live At The Soulshack) - The Roots

Mix Tapes (81st Street Subliminal Remix) - The Nonce

Good Dwellas (Part 2) - Cella Dwellas

The Next Level - Tha Alkaholiks

Crush - Big Shug

Questions - Organized Konfusion

Stakes Is High - De La Soul

The I.N.C. Ride - Masta Ace Incorporated

Also wanted to share this pic with y'all....

Its from the day my son was born. Thought any true Hip Hop head would appreciate my t-shirt selection for that day...."Stakes Is High".

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Episode 57 (Hour 2)

• July 20th, 2013

This is the first year since the podcast has been out that I didn't do some type of Summertime themed playlist. So I thought what better than to get a bunch of underground gems from that past few months to simulate that summer sun feeling while listening to some good Hip Hop music. It starts out with the Blackalicious sunny day track "Make you feel that Way", then goes into an unreleased Rakim track (that heard for the first time last month = FIRE), then we hear some selections from the summer of 2013.

So there we have it, Episode 57 Hour 2. Kick off the flip flops and feel the vibe.

Playlist:

Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious

Get Visual [Unreleased] - Rakim

Twothousand40 (feat. Masta Ace) - Kid Tsunami

Kings (feat. Planet Asia) - Ras Kass

Favorite Rap Stars (feat. Raekwon & Styles P) - Havoc

Stine Shine (Feat. Little Brother & Notes To Self) - Bird

Illest In Charge (feat. Blu) - Klaus Layer

Moonshine - Reef The Lost Cauze

Face The World (Prod. 9th Wonder) - Nipsey Hussle

BBQ (Family Reunion Remix) - Substantial

Just The Music - Trek Life

Sex.Your.Girl - SYG

B.A.R'd (feat. Action Bronson) - Joey Bada$$

The Mushroom of Course! - CASTLE

Alone - Von Pea & Aeon

Dark Knights (feat. Wale) - Rapsody

Summertime - Blu & Bombay

Nakamarra (feat. Q-Tip) - Hiatus Kaiyote

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Gang Starr Tribute Mix (DJ Matt Marx)

• June 4th, 2013

Peace world!! Its your boy Wil Infamous checking in on the head nod machine that I call Nitty Gritty Radio! Since I last posted life has been a thrill ride at 90mph with the birth of my son Myles. My wife and I are extremely overjoyed to welcome him into our lives. But with the joy of fatherhood comes the 24/7 job of raising another human...and trust me non parents out there, it IS a 24/7 job. So with my plate being full this month I thought I'd shine some light on the DJ that I did my very first radio show with back in 1996. That DJ is my homie Matt Marx (for you Boston heads aka DJ Goodfella). We had a show together on WERS back in 1996 and he was one of the first DJ's that I heard do the format of Golden Era at the top of the show then new Underground goodies at the end, a format that I still use to this day.

So my man Matt Marx put together this Gang Starr tribute mix that I'm sure will keep all the Nitty Gritty Radio enthusiast heads noddin' from start to finish!

Listen, download, enjoy but most of all check Matt Marx's Twitter and Soundcloud page where you can find this mix and others that he'll be putting out in the future.

https://soundcloud.com/djmattmarx

Playlist:

Mostly The Voice

N.Y. Strait Talk

Battle

Full Clip

You Know My Steeze

Blowin up the Spot

B.Y.S

Owners

Brainstorm

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Stay tuned for Episode 57 coming soon....

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Episode 56 (Hour 1)

• May 7th, 2013

Peace world!! Welcome back to another love letter to Hip Hop that I call Nitty Gritty Radio. This month of May is extremely special to me because any day now my wife and I are expecting the birth of our first child. I can't even put into words the joy and excitement that's been coursing through my veins over the past few months! The sky seems more blue, the birds are singing louder and music sounds better to my ears than it ever has!

So for this Episode 56 Hour 1 I wanted to do a greatest hits / best of Hour 1 type of playlist. Hour 1 of the podcast is where I usually play the Golden Era Hip Hop, B Sides, Remixes and Rarities that I grew up on and hold very dear to my heart. So for this month I wanted to make the vibe extra special because this will be the episode/ playlist that's playing when we take our son home from the hospital for the first time and I start a whole new adventure in life called fatherhood...so why not change some dippers nodding to some of my favorite Hip Hop tracks from '91-'97.

For the past 4 years I've put almost all my creative energy into this podcast. But with life changing on the horizon, Nitty Gritty Radio will have to take a back seat. Like I said in the Episode 52 intro, I'll still be updating the podcast periodically but it won't be on the clockwork schedule of the first Tuesday of every month. Its been a fun ride and looking back on past episodes I now see how therapeutic this podcast has been for me. For a dude that's never kept a journal or written down any daily thoughts, when I listen to an old episode it takes me back to EVERY single emotion that I was feeling when picking out that playlist. And for music to do that is very special.

So keep up with us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr for updates on upcoming episodes.

Well...enough blah blah, lets get into some beats. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Its A Boy - Slick Rick

Similak Child (Homogenized Mix) - Black Sheep

Peachfuzz - KMD

Funky Child - Lords Of The Underground

Saturday Night Live (LA Jay Remix) - Masta Ace

Wrong Side of Da Tracks - Artifacts

Soul By The Pound (Thump Mix) - Common Sense

Silent Treatment (Black Thought's '87 You And Yours Remix) - The Roots

Props Over Here - The Beatnuts

So Tough (feat. Queen Latifah) - Freddie Foxx

I Like It - Grand Puba

Amazin' (Lp Version) - Omniscence

Can't Wait - Redman

Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest

Brooklyn Kids - Jemini The Gifted One

Haagen Daz - Artifacts & DJ Kaos

Breadadawn (London Remix) - De La Soul

Hey Young World - Slick Rick

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