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Off The Charts
Monday May 11th, 2020 with Chris Ikonomopoulos
Steel Drums + Rap + Deep Grooves + Jazz + 60s R&B

Hoola Hoop
The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - The Serpent's Mouth - 2018 - Big Crown

Dope Music
Oakland Faders - Cue's Hip Hop Shop Vol. 2 - 2000 - Stray Records

Shakey Dog
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale - 2006 - Def Jam

Say That
Latyrx - The Album - 1997 - SoleSides

Definition
Blackstar [Mos Def & Talib Kweli] - Black Star - 1998 - Rawkus

Enemy Lines
DJ Shadow - The Less You Know The Better - 2011 - Island

Going Home
DJ Frane - Frane's Fantastic Boatride - 1999 - GoodVibe Recordings

Doin' That Thing
Les McCaan - Much Les - 1969 - Atlantic

Sam's Intro
The Rongetz Foundation - Brooklyn Butterfly Session - 2012 - Heavenly Sweetness

I'm Blue (The Gong - Gong Song)
The Newbeats - 7" - 1963 - CBS

My Baby Don't Dig Me
Ray Charles - 7" - 1963 - Sparton

Bee Pee
The Electric Express - 7" - 1972 - Linco

20-75
Willie Mitchell - 7" - 1964 - Hi

The Truth Shall Make You Free
King Hannibal - 7" - 1972 - Aware
Interactive CKCU
Heavy Ben
How can one contain Ghostface!?

4:13 PM, May 11th, 2020
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
It was silly to try.

4:19 PM, May 11th, 2020
Heavy Ben
No, the edits were well done. The question was more of an existential one, directed at potential external censors.

4:29 PM, May 11th, 2020
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
I'm sure he could rap circles around any argument trying to do such a thing.

4:32 PM, May 11th, 2020
IanJ
Solesides crew untouchable at the time, caught them in MTL and is still one of the best shows I've seen. Thanks for taking me back there, Chris!

1:22 PM, May 12th, 2020
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
They were definitely doing cool things. Unique Northern California sound. Thanks for listening and enjoying!

9:41 PM, May 12th, 2020