HHSOPB: U!S!A! WHAT?!

Originally aired Sept.18th, 2011 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB. In this episode Ranking B & TamTam the Destroyer be casting off the chains of HHSOPB's global hip hop mandate and playin' some of our favorite hip hop tracks from the country that birthed the genre, good ol' Amerika. Hold on to ya hats cuz this episode gonna pop ya tops off.

Featuring:

The Roots, The Fugees, Blackstar, Aesop Rock, KRS-One & Channel Live, Goodie Mob, Hieroglyphics, The Pharcyde, MF Doom, GZA/Genius, Tribe Called Quest

HHSOPB: South Africa!

Originally aired on Jan.30th, 2011 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton. On this episode TamTam the Destroyer and Ranking B are layin' down a profile on Hip Hop from South Africa, the Rainbow Nation. Plus a extra special philosophizing session about Die Antwoord. Hot Tracks from:
Prokid, Prophets of Da City, Ben Sharpa, Nthabe, Cape Flats, Zola, Die Antwoord, Brasse Vannie Kaap, Emile YX?, Tumi & The Volume

HHSOPB: Hispania!

Originally aired January 16th, 2011 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB. This weeks episode is a loose Latin American theme, featuring Hispanic Artists, tracks with Latin American rhythms and/or samples, titles involving latin America and things of the sort. I forgot to edit out the first 5 min or so of the show before us out so just skip forward to 6:10 or so (unless you would like to listen to the end of a debate on The Somali Hour) Hosted by Ranking B and Tam Tam the Destroyer.

Featuring:

Teddy (Canada)-Precisely

Mondhaja (Argentina)-Emopuara the Machete

Rip Slyme (Japan)-Rakuen Baby

Hilltop Hoods (Australia)- 1979

Facundo (Dominican Republic)- Somos Mas

Plex (Edmonton,CAN)- One

Drunken Tiger (South Korea/LA)- Happy Mexico

Elote El Barbaro (Mexico)- Esto es Todo

Calle 13 (Puerto Rico)- Cumbia De Los Aburridos

Marcelo D2 (Brazil)- That What I Got

MC Solaar (France)- Si On T'demande

MadCon (Norway)- The Way We Do Things

Juan Pino (Ecuador)- Meintete

HHSOPB: OMG! IT'S ALL AUTOTUNE

Originally aired on Dec.19th, 2010 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB. Ranking B and guest host Esteban Ramone Salsa Escatore in the vault for the last show of 2010. And its a special treat for the holiday season: World Peace brought to you by Autotune! It's all autotune in many different amounts and styles. We run the gammut of the world of autotune, and have a great time doing it. One of our funnest shows yet!

HHSOPB: Hip Hop Francais

Originally aired in December 2010 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB, CA. This episode is showcasing the French Hip Hop diaspora, hosted by the hilariously (fake?) accented DJ LaBoeuf. All kinds of wicked tracks from France, Quebec, Algeria, Mali, and more.

Featuring:

Ol Kainry (France)

Sefyu (France)

MC Solaar (France)

La Brigade (France)

Taktika (Quebec)

Yanigga (France)

Awadi (Senegal)

IAM (France)

MBS (Algeria)

Imposs (Quebec/Haiti)

La Caution (France)

Alliance Ethnik (France)

Foy Foy et Kwal (Mali/France)

HHSOPB: A Tad Grime-y

Originally aired in November 2010 on CJSR 88.5 Fm in Edmonton. We be gettin' dirty with a UK Hip Hop and Grime scene showcase! With a trifecta of bad fake British accents provided by TamTam, Ranking B and special guest T-Dawg. So grab yaself a tea an' crumpet an' injoi, wot?

Pan-African Hour: Star Trek (April 20 and 27, 2011)

The end of an era! As Sassafrass prepares to leave to Alberta we have two radio shows left prior to his departure, so we execute a long spoken of desire to do a live radio play spoofing Star Trek! Enlisting Alberta Bertha from Eat My Country to help with the voice acting, we cobbled together two episodes worth of script and music...almost. Both scripts actually fell short of filling up a full hour, so we improvise at the end of both episodes. Sasparilla does both soundeffects and voice acting, leading to a few awkward pauses here and there. Overall, not the most polished radio play you'll ever here, but definitely funny in it's amateur production and ridiculous plot.

Pan-African Hour: New African Music (April 13, 2011)

On this episode we decided to showcase some of the new music that is coming out of Africa, since we tend to play a lot of old stuff, though we also play some new compilations of old music. Most exciting here is the reflection of a new market for African music that has opened up in the West. The original World Music market was made up of baby boomers that got into modified African music with cheesy pop production. But record labels like Strut, Soundway, Souljazz, Analog Africa and others are showing the existence of a new market that is more into African music from the 60s and 70s, music by Africans for Africans, without any of that cross-over production style! And this has allowed old acts such as Ebo Taylor and T.P. Orchester Poly-Rythmo to come back and access the international market for the first time. This episode showcases these new efforts from old legends, and some new comps from record labels that have helped create the new market. Also featured is Afrocubism, who reflect the late 90s trend to move away from pop production and go toward a more acoustic sound, a trend that appeals to the both the old and new markets.

Jovens Do Prenda - Farra Na Madrugada
Orchestre Polyrhythmo de cotonou - Pardon
Ebo Taylor - Mizin
Afrocubism - Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta
Rosendo Y Su Banda - Me Voy Pa'La Costa
Elis Regina - Roda
Mahmoud Ahmed - Feqer Bezebezegen
Orchestre Polyrhythmo de cotonou - C'est Lui Ou C'est Moi
Ebo Taylor - Obra
Clodomiro Montes Y El Super Combo Curro - Puerto Rico Zumbando
Afrocubism - Nima Diyala

Pan-African Hour: Desert Guitars (April 6th, 2011)

Sublime Frequencies has been releasing some killer albums of electric guitar music from groups based out of the Saharan desert, such as Group Inerane, Group Doueh and Group Bombino. It all started when Tinariwen, a group of Tuareg musicians, decided to go electric guitar styles instead of their regular acoustic instruments. Since then a distinctive style of Saharan rock has been developing, which was also party anticipated by the work of Ali Farka Toure. Also included here is Moudou Ould Mattala, whose style is closely related. This is one of the most interesting developments that we know of coming from Africa these days and is a must check out. The style is an incredible blend of West Africa meets North Africa.

Group Doueh - Cheyla Ya Haiuune
Moudou Ould Mattalla - Improvisation
Ali Farka Toure - Inchana Massina
Tinariwen - Chatma
Group Inerane - Kuni Majagani
Group Bombino - Issitchilane
Group Doueh - Wazzan Abyad Kar
Moudou Ould Mattalla - La Dedicace de L'annee
Ali Farka Toure - Baliky Lalo
Tinariwen - Imidiwan Winakalin
Group Inerane - Alemin
Group Bombino - Imuhar

HHSOPB: Gettin' Destroyed

Originally aired Oct.3 2010 on Cjsr 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB. On this show Ranking B is joined in the booth by the one and only Tam Tam the Destroyer, the new co-host of Hip Hop Spread On Planet Bread. We playin' accidental disjointed profiles of the U.K., South Africa and France.

Featuring:

V.A.S. (U.K)

Tumi & The Volume (Canada by way of South Africa)

Taktika (Quebec)

MC Solaar (France)

MitchMatic (Edmonton)

Cartel De Santa (Mexico)

Emile YX? (South Africa)

Damian Marley & Nas (Jamaica to USA)

Roots Manuva (U.K)

La Caution (France)

Ripstar (Nigeria)

Pitch Black Afro (South Africa)

Marcelo D2 (Brazil)

Rip Slyme (Japan)

HHSOPB: Hip Hop Roulette

Originally aired Sept.26th 2010 in Edmonton, AB on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton. It's Hip Hop Roulette, meaning Ranking B made a playlist containing at least one artist from every country ever played on HHSOPB, put it on random, and left it to play. Might seem like a lame concept, but the music in this show sure speaks to the hypeness that is the worldwide Hip Hop movement.

Featuring:

Sagopa Kajmer (Turkey)

HillTop Hoods (Australia)

Mokobe (Mali)

Orishas (Cuba)

Cartel De Santa (Mexico)

113 (Mali)

La Pozze Latina (Chile)

G Bobby Bon Flo (Haiti)

B.U.G. Mafia (Romania)

Dragon Tongue Squad (China)

Erik Og Kriss (Norway)

TreZay (Barbados)

XPlastaz (Tanzania)

Eat My Country: Death... and Stuff

April 6th, 2011 episode of Eat My Country. Another episode on Death. Plus some stuff that isn't so related to that theme. We also focus on Timber Timbre's new album, Creep on Creepin On. Featuring MmmBerta Ryderz
Demon's Claws Weird Ways
Chris Isaak Funeral In the Rain
Dead Horse Interstellar Remedies
Timber Timbre Too Old to Die Young
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Death To Everyone
Bob Dylan The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Alan Lomax St. James Hospital (the Dying Cowboy)
Townes Van Zandt Waitin' Around To Die
El Boy Die Dead Kings
Big Joe Williams The Death of Dr. King
Timber Timbre Black Water
Timber Timbre Bad Ritual

Pan-African Hour: Zamrock! (March 23, 2011)

Check these 70s rock bands from Zambia rippin' it to shreds! Rock and roll never caught on in Africa as much as other US styles like soul, funk and hip-hop, but in Zambia there seems to have been a scene for it. I especially like the Witch. Also, we got asked to an extra long show, and so we threw on a few extra, non-Afro tracks at the end here.

The Witch - You Better Know
Rikki Iilonga and Muis-o-Tunya - The Queen Blues
Rikki Iilonga and Muis-o-Tunya - Chalo Chawama
PEACE!! - This is the Time Now
PEACE!! - Ubalwa Ne Chamba
Blackfoot - Listen Baby
Blackfoot - A5
The Witch - Chifundo
The Witch - Nazingwa
Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family - Nizaka Panga Ngozi
Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family - My Ancestors
Saknatee Srichiangmai - Nom Samai Mai
Afrocubism - Djelimady Rumba
Ferreira Do Nascimento - Macongo Me Chiquita
Lucho Montes y el Super Combo Orquesta Banda - Ayiyi
Vin Gordon - Sidewalk Doctor
Sir Victor Uwaifo and his Melody Maestros - Dododo (Ekassa no.1)
Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands
Calexico - Sirena

Eat My Country: In Dreams

March 30th, 2011 episode of Eat My Country. In dreams may come good music. That's right, it's a sleepy, dreamy nighttime show. All about music of the night- daydreams, nightmares, late nights and early morns. Featuring music by Demon's Claws Hypnotize
Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley Brown's Dream
Fred Eaglesmith Tired
John Prine Spanish Pipedream
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Goodnight Little Arlo
Bernard Adamus Cauchmar de Course
Neko Case Vengance is Sleeping
Lhasa De Sela 1001 Nights
Dakha Brakha Do Sta Lit
Ernest Wilson My Elusive Dreams
Timber Timbre Until the Nigh Is Over
Townes Van Zandt (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria
Sid Hemphill Devil's Dream
John Littlejohn Dream

Pan African Hour: I'm Dice, Yo!

March 30th, 2011 episode of the Pan African Hour. We return to fun and games with a dice show. We pit the African continent against the whole Diaspora- there can only be one! It's a bloody Highlander style showdown and you've got to listen to see who keeps their head! Featuring: Rebellion the Recaller We Must Rebel
Folkloyuma Holla Hollao
Orquestra Aragon Adios Felicidad
Stella Ramisai Chiweshe Ndinderere
L'Orchestre Traditional Burundi Melodia
Wendo K. Ngoma Napesi Yo Mbongo
King Sunny Ade Ota Mi Ma Yo Mi
Toots and the Maytals Sweet and Dandy
Bzunesh Beqele Tegel New
Charles Sonko & Sisters w/ Equator sound Sifunanga Wa Baruaio
Anibal Velasquez Y Su Conjunto Carruseles
Modulo 1000 Curtissima
Ali Farka Toure Cherie
AMADOU & MARIAM Baara
Kandia Kouyate Kadabila

HHSOPB: Steel Wolf Stylee

Originally aired Sept.19th, 2010 on CJSR 88.5fm in Edmonton, AB in Canada. Spooky Luk is gone from E-Ville, so it's just me, Ranking B, kickin' it on the controls and layin' discs lonesome. A bit of a mix, a Rap Kreyol set, and then a profile of the German-Turkish Hip Hop scene sometimes known as Orient Jazz.

Featuring

Antwan Dobson (USA)-The Bed Intruder Song

Jammer (UK)- Bad Mind People

Cartel De Santa (Mexico)- Con El Coco Rapado

G Bobby Bon Flo (Haiti)- Ann Fe Le

Family Senci (Haiti)- I Know I'm Bad

John Forte (USA/Haiti)- They Got Me

Alpa Gun (German/Turkey)-Auslander

Eko Fresh (Germany/Turkey)- Gheddo

Kolera (Germany/Turkey)- Karantina Embryo

Caput (Germany/Turkey)- Caputalismus

Ceza (Germany/Turkey)- Orient Jazz

Sagopa Kajmer (Germany/Turkey)- Yasayan Ceset

Lady Bitch Ray (Germany/Turkey)- Vorhang Auf!

Automattik (Germany/Turkey)- ?

Eat My Country: Lonely Ranger

Solo women/men playin' guitars, banjos, kazoos, harmonicas, organs. Featuring some new music from an album called Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows (1926-1937)
Hosted 'lone by Edmon-chuck (bertha's had the 'itis).

Shorty Godwin Jimbo Jambo Land
Karen James The Ballad of Weldon Chan
Papa Charlie Jackson Scoodle Um Skoo
Stanley G. Triggs The Oda G.
Hezikiah Jenkins Shout You Cats
Lydia Mendoza Punalada
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers Berlin
Fred Eaglesmith & the Flathead Noodlers Mary Lane
Alan Lomax The Rich Old Lady
Timber Timbre Demon Host
Leonard Cohen The Stranger Song
Hell Shovel She Fed to the Cat
Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas' Railroadin Some
Jim Jackson I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop

Pan-African Hour: Dub (March 16, 2011)

Dub is a style that developed in early 70s Jamaica. Using the master recordings of reggae songs (which could be separated into separate tracks), Dub artists would create a new song by playing with the sequencing of tracks and adding effects to tracks. In essence, Dub was the first example of re-mixing, or at least the earliest example that we know of. It certainly is one of the first examples of being creative with recorded music in popular music, though avant-garde composers had done this for a while. Dub is extremely relaxed and tripped out, and you may want to smoke a big spliff before throwing on this episode!
Horace Andy - I & I
Augustus 'Gussie' Clarke - Murderer
Rico Rodriguez - Dial Africa Dub
The Revolutionaries - Blacka Black Dub
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - Dub Three
Keith Hudson - Satia
Burning Spear - Black Wa-Da-Da
Niney the Observer - Tenement Yard Version
Ossie Hibbert & the Revolutionaries - Death Sentence
Augustus Pable - Memories of the Ghetto Dub
Gregory Isaacs - Tam Tam
Tommy McCook & the Agrovators - The Dub Station
The Upsetters - Dread Lion
The Skatelites w/ King Tubby - African Roots Dub
Tappa Zukie Revolutionaries - Falling Dub

Pan_African Hour: Egypt (March 9, 2011)

Egypt is one of the musical centers of the world, Cairo in particular being a city with a great diversity of music. In this episode of the Pan-African Hour we explore first some of the earlier, more classical styles of Egyptian music before turning at the end of the episode to some more Westernized and experimental music.
Fatimah Sirri - Ana Bass Saktalak
Karim Mahmoud - Samra Ya Samra
Asmahan - Ya Habibi Ta'ala
Abdel Halim Hafiz - Zay El-Hawa
Warda - Esmaouni 2
Ahmad Adaweya - Eta'alimouna Baqa
Omar Khorshid - Rakset El Fadaa
Baligh Hamdi - Chaka Chiko
Omar Khorshid - Guitar El Chark

Pan-African Hour: Highlife (March 2, 2011)

Living the highlife, guaranteed yo! Highlife is a style that developed in early 20th century Ghana, and is a broad ranging style that includes almost any type of popular music that came out of that country. It also really caught on in Nigeria. The style usually sounds happy and relaxed, and can be performed with a small guitar-based ensemble or as a large big band ensemble.
E.T. Mensa & His Tempos Band - Tutugborvi
Dr. Sir Warrior & the Oriental Brothers - Uwa Atu Alamuju
Marehamu George Mukabi - Bibi Mama Ngani Mzuri
King Onyina - Ohia Asoma Wo
Kumasi Trio - Womma Onye Bi
E.T. Mensah & His Tempos Band - Muntum
Jerry Hansen & The Ramblers Dance Band - Ekombi
Rex Lawson & His Rivers Men - Peri Special Mbanga
Sir Victor Uwaifo - Igboroho
Ghana High-Life and Other Popular Music - Sugar Soup
Guyoyo - Osikuni Atamfo
Wuliband - H.E. Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammah
Wuliband - Yiri Fa Soto