11/20/23 - "Ready or Not" - Episode 001

Thanks to everyone for tuning in to our very first episode! I had a lot of fun jumping across tons of genres and eras to show just how much ground we can cover with this concept- we went from Aretha Franklin to Muddy Waters to Mos Def to Red Hot Chili Peppers to Stevie Wonder to Thundercat and so much more. I hope to release these recaps & recordings within a few days of the episode but still working out all of the logistics.

I'm already hard at work on the next episode and can't wait to share it with you guys!

Episode Links

• Youtube (Link coming soon)
• SoundCloud
• MP3 Download (Click to listen in browser or right click -> Save As)
• Spotify Playlist

This week's notes and mentions:

• Patrick Hicks (@patrickhicksmusicstories on Instagram) video about Don Covay's album "See Saw"
• Rolling Stones cover of Mercy, Mercy
• Jeff Beck's recording of "Cause we've ended as lovers" by Stevie Wonder
  
• "No Skips" with Jinx & Shea- Season 2, Episode 10: Black on Both Sides by Mos Def

Full Playlist:

1. The Fugees - Ready or Not (The Score-1996)
2. The Delfonics - Ready or Not, Here I come (Can't Hide from Love) (The Sound of Sexy Soul-1969)
3. Aretha Franklin - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind this time) (Young, Gifted & Black-1972)
4. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (Lady Soul-1968)
5. Don Covay & The Good timers - Mercy, Mercy (See Saw-1965)
6. Jimi Hendrix - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (BBC Sessions-1998)
7. Muddy Waters - Tom Cat (Electric Mud-1968)
8. I Am The Black Gold of the Sun - The Rotary Connection (Hey Love-1971)
9. Baby This Love I Have - Minnie Ripperton (Adventures in Paradise-1975)
10. Black Star - K.O.S (Determination) (Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star-1998)
11. Mos Def - Brooklyn (Black On Both Sides-1999)
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge (Blood Sugar Sex Magik-1991)
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Mother's Milk-1988)
14. Stevie Wonder - Living for The City (Innervisions-1973)
15. Beck, Bogert, Appice - Superstition (Beck, Bogert, Appice-1973)
16. Upp - Give It To You (Upp-1975)
17. Del The Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina (I Wish My Brother George Was Here-1991)
18. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (Predator-1992)
19. The Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark, Pts 1 & 2 (Go for Your Guns-1977)
20. Thundercat - Them Changes (Drunk-2017)
21. Silk Sonic (feat. Thundercat & Bootsy Collins) - After Last Night (An Evening with Silk Sonic-2021)
22. Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be with You (Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band-1976)
23. Childish Gambino - Redbone ("Awaken, My Love!"-2016)