#33 - Quarantine Edition #2

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/b9644c48-4f9c-402a-a029-cfd9ebec171b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UNM7lwTlE39IavrhWMaU9

playlist:

1. makeuseofthetime - Knxwledge

2. Super Zodiac - The Comet Is Coming

3. AXXXL - Deantoni Parks

4. Circuits - Chris Potter, James Francies, Eric Harland

5.  Fair Chance - Thundercat, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B

6. do you - Knxwledge

7. RUNNING OUT OF TIME - Tyler, The Creator

8. Planet Earth - Cannonball Adderley

9. Salar - Tete Montliu Trio

10. Mary - Terry's Paradise

11. Hugs On The Beach - L.A. Takedown

12. Blooberg - Mammut

13. Body On The Tracks 

14. Prefontaine - Dave Douglas, Uri Cane, Andrew Cyrille

15. Max Brown - Jeff Parker

16. Ascent - Miles Davis










 

#32 - Quarantine Edition #1

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/de38d755-4267-4ae6-a7cb-8caaaad10f4b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nBaX2sOPl1AUuBYI1m8TJ

playlist:

1. Hoe Down - Oliver Nelson

2. Marie Antoinette - Freddie Hubbard

3. Frelimo - Dizzy Gillespie

4. Evidence - Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane

5. Know Wonder - Mulgrew Miller

6. Boogielastic - Joshua Redman

7.  Cyroette - Amendola vs. Blades

8. Sister Fania - Hugh Masekela

9. U Say - Goldlink, Tyler, The Creator, Jay Prince

10. Soul Decay - Roots Manuva

11. Reflections - Mystik Journeymen

12. Got You - Nappy Nina, Blake Spvde

13. Jah Glory - Alpha Blondy, The Natty Rebels

14. Roll With The Punches - Patrice Rushen

15. The Game Maker - Return To Forever

16. Quimbara - Angelique Kidjo

17. Midnight - Khruangbin, Leon Bridges

18. Black Lipstick - Chicano Batman

19. (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads

20. Na Sane - Noura Mint Seymali

21. sambala - Setona

22. Samra Oya - Salamat

23. Lucille - Waylon Jennings

24. Hometown Hero - All The Real Girls

25. Ready 2 Grow - Whiskey Class

26. Never Will I Marry - Kate Dinsmore

27. Moon Coin - Unwed Sailor

#29

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/6d864805-5dc4-4c33-9936-f585f3ecb8ba

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3joVpGSi2Qh1CUwWVfwLHT

playlist:

1. Delta Lady - Leon Russell

2. Around The World In A Day - Prince

3. NVR - Select Level

4. Trail Mix - Terrace Martin, Buddy, Rose Gold

5. Dusted 'N' Disgusted - E-40, 2pac, Mac Mall, Spice 1

6. Blizzard (Gusty Winds Graceful Mix) - Damu The Fudgemunk, & Roc Marciano

7. Basement Jack - Steve Lacy

8. Hang On To Your Love - Sade

9. Disco Bhangra - Prakash Band

10. Little Japan - Los Lobos

11. Today - Talk Talk

12. The Calvary Cross - Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson

13. She Moved Through The Fair - Van Morrison, The Chieftains

14. Carrickfergus - Van Morrison, The Chieftains

15. The Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright, III






 

#25

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/3a62635d-d4fc-49e0-8048-ea71927cc678

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tn0gsMA7rvM9SRYXhq0QK

playlist:

1. Coming Home - Pusha T, Ms. Lauryn Hill

2. Nautical Mile - Salaam Remi, Terrace Martin

3. Nautilus - Bob James

4. Bwaata - Joe Henderson

5. Money In The Pocket - Joe Zawinul 

6. After Death Part Two - Arisawkadoria

7. Feelin It - Blimes And Gab

8. Princesa Del Desierto - Fidel Nadal

9. Maggie - Ryan Porter

10. You Are The Sky - WEEED

11. Ghizlane - Noura Mint Seymali

12. Dandelion - Parisalexa

13. Soy Provinciano - Los Chipis

14. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

15. Drunken Angel - Lucinda Williams

#23

https://tidal.com/playlist/88b25321-bda8-42a3-9eb9-bbd5cd2d262a

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xyVPj286R0O42YpnuA9CM

playlist:

1. Egocentric Molecules - Jean-Luc Ponty

2. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Warren Zevon

3. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) - Roky Erickson

4. Tennessee Song - Margo Price 

5. Choo Choo - Mac Demarco

6. Thanks To You - Clams Casino, Sam Dew

7. Lawless Society - Wailing Souls 

8. Na Ma Nin Me - Sali Sidibe

9. Comin' Dine - Beanz N Kornbread

10. Butter - Radiation City

11. Baby Flies - Poison Idea

12. Jason And The Argonauts - XTC

13. Fire Is Coming (feat. David Lynch) - Flying Lotus

14. Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers 

15. Tearz - Wu-Tang Clan

#22

https://tidal.com/playlist/a264e06d-d2ed-43bb-9ec2-621d61a4082e

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dM5fkj1ZeLsYhyAb1DvPZ

playlist: 

1. Sexy 4 Eva - Jay Park

2. Space - Traxman

3. Sey Wata Gaya - Tal National

4. Kagbe Sidibe - Kouloumba

5. Nabintou Diakite - Dia Ye Bana

6. Kiss Of Life - Peter Gabriel

7. Soudani - Gnawa Systeme

8. Bu Gün Menim Toyim Bar - Mehmet Sabir Karger

9. Ko'histon - Mashriq

10. Kagbe Sidibe - Simbo

11. Confessions, Pt. 2 - Badbadnotgood, Colin Stetson

12. BASQUIAT - Jamila Woods, Saba

13. Due West - Kelsey Lu

14. Crane - Beanz N Kornbread

15. The Bravest Man In The Universe - Bobby Womack 

#21

https://tidal.com/playlist/d33f57b4-ba1d-4957-bb5e-114e9a0fdec3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4plHmp3kLGwKnRqi7Iigtt

playlist:

1. BULLET - Mark Guiliana

2. Beach Walk - Michael Abels

3. Kapoho - M. Geddes Gengras

4. Celebrity - Trouble Knows Me

5. Sanguine Paradise - Lil Uzi Vert

6. Have A Talk With God - Stevie Wonder

7. King James - Anderson .Paak

8. The Killing Season - A Tribe Called Quest 

9. Give Up The Goods (Just Step) - Mobb Deep

10. Fucc It Up - Roddy Ricch

11. DJamil - Youssou N'Dour

12. It's Yourz - Wu-Tang Clan

13. Utopia - Clever Austin 

14. How To (hair) - Ezperanza Spalding

15. Heaven Only Knows - Ryan Porter, Nia Andrews

#20

https://tidal.com/playlist/b3dd1cf4-e198-4462-946d-b49b698be5dd

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLtptwEjRAwR2Mg3QJ0OV


Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

I enjoy the opportunity to listen to music in its place of origin. The experience can provide new perspective or insight into the music. One particularly potent example for me was listening to Country music in Texas. Other personal examples include listening to Peruvian Cumbia in Lima and Reggae in Jamaica. When I was living in Los Angeles, I would make road trips back to Seattle and I would love to listen to grunge while driving up I-5 coming in to Washington. I could feel that this is where the music was from. 

I just returned from a trip to Uzbekistan, where my wife and I visited our friend, Graham, in Fergana and checked out the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand along the Silk Road route. Before the trip I found some Uzbek traditional music on Tidal to listen to on the train en route to Bukhara. The city of Bukhara is over 1,000 years old. The written musical tradition of the region is based on court music dating back to the 16th century. The central location of these cities on the Silk Road as well as the historical Persian, Russian, and Mongol political and cultural influences come through in the music. I did not do any research ahead of time, but I heard melodies and vocal stylings that reminded me of music I have heard from Egypt, Turkey, China, India, and Ukraine. Abdurahim Hamidov was a famed Uzbek musician who played modern interpretations of Uzbek traditional music. After listening to this music on the train, I recalled it as we walked through the ancient trading center of Bukhara. 

To me this traditional music is nice and calming. I brought it up with an Uzbek friend that we met in Fergana, Donyor. He said that for him this music was a downer because they play it at the end of dramatic or tragic movies about love. It was cool to hear about that particular modern use, an example of how context can effect one's personal relationship to music. 

Further information about Uzbek music: 

Shashmaqam music tradition

Abdurahim Hamidov

Uzbek history

playlist: 

1. Chubby & Tubby - The Black Tones

2. Kinky Reggae - Bob Marley

3. Material Man - Gregory Isaacs

4. Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

5. Diaraby Nene - Oumou Sangaré

6. Salam Nubia - Alsarah, The Nubatones

7. Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

8. Arbacoochee - Sacred Harp Singers

9. Takashi - Flying Lotus

10. It's A Acidfall - Traxman

11. Bonfire - DJ Taye, DJ Paypal

12. FDT - YG, Nipsey Hussle

13. What's Free (feat. Rick Ross & Jay Z) - Meek Mill

14. AND 1 / Hurricane G - Gifted Gab

15. Without A Face - Rage Against The Machine

#18

https://tidal.com/playlist/ce5703d6-fde6-43a5-8612-6ae3debaf75b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h9GrIrJY8f0FaoLPp4QP5

playlist:

1. Jah Easy Dub - Sly and Robbie

2. Dolphin Dance - Ahmad Jamal Trio

3. Chamber Of Reflection - Mac Demarco

4. The Great Bambino - Pearls & Lazer 

5. Why Did You Have To Desert Me - Taj Mahal

6. Gentle on My Mind - Waylon Jennings (TIDAL)

6. Gentle On My Mind - Elvis Presley (Spotify)

7. I Need A Truck - Warren Zevon

8. Pitbull Terrier - Andre Nickatina, Equipto

9. That Way - Gifted Gab

10. Chemin De Fer - Dexter Story

11. Lebé antchin aléna / air gouragué - Mélléssé Bongér, Tchista Band

12. Greetings - Hamza El Din

13. Oulhin - Bombino 

14. Africa - Karriem Riggins

15. ELEMENT. - Kendrick Lamar

#17

https://tidal.com/playlist/a5829de7-aaae-4e91-bb60-a7416e0b91b9

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aMbhKsVuoG6HoL7DHZAcO

playlist:

1. Makondi - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

2. Your Just Movin - Traxman

3. Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Nipsey Hustle

4. CANT GET IN KANADA - YG

5. Brand New Player - Zapp

6. New Spaceship - George Clinton, Charlie Wilson

7. Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone 

8. Summer Delight - Freestyle

9. Refuse To Love - Defunkt

10. Touch In Mine (fingers) - Esperanza Spalding

11. Let Me Know - DJ Harrison

12. Voice Of Chunk - Lounge Lizards

13. Big Spliff - Black Uhuru

14. Multiply - Dayone

15. Preach - Thom Sonny Green

#16

https://tidal.com/playlist/d454d6b6-632d-445a-83e9-22feadb360ae

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4FC8xbabjIdGb4BxyPLGJE

playlist:

1. Aht Uh Mi Hed - Shuggie Otis

2. Feedback Pt. 2 - Jason Moran

3. No Apologies - August Greene

4. Haw - 16 Horsepower

5. 5.45 - Gang Of Four

6. Talk Talk - The Music Machine

7. Kannon1 - Sunn O)))

8. Barracudas - Wayne Shorter

9. Statute of Limitiations - 2 Chainz

10. Rule The World - 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande

11. Sound Of Rain - Solange

12. Uvumilivu - E.J. Strickland Quintet 

13. And Now The Queen - Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart

14. _stuck_ - Jon Bap

15. Roland Alphonso - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

#15

https://tidal.com/playlist/a4e6fb04-348f-4614-80a0-c01573d43c48

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59f3ybPqw7nwp4p9vaMq3R

Playlist:

1. Journey - Jafar Barron

2. Spiraling Prism - Herbie Hancock

3. Jrifted - Jeff Parker

4. a lot - 21 Savage

5. can't leave without it - 21 Savage

6. He's Coming - Roy Ayers

7. The Last Act - Adrian Younge, Souls Of Mischief

8. Discipline09-4 - Ras G

9. Room A Thousand Years Wide - Soundgarden

10. Down - 311

11. After The Flood - Talk Talk

12. In Your Mind - Built To Spill

13. Alma Llanera - Los Tres Reyes

14. Waitin' Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt

15. Goodbye's All We've Got - Steve Earl 

#14

https://tidal.com/playlist/dbb74a10-b990-4f10-b028-e1c7fae1b11d

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LyP3TviTYO2KO4UHQDw2u

playlist:

1. I Love Seattle - TacocaT

2. Dreams - Beck

3. NASTY - B.A.G.

4. Cardi B - Money Bag

5. I Got The Juice (Feat. Pharrell Williams) - Janelle Monae

6. Rotation 112th - Jay Rock

7. - Jewels and Baby Yaz - Orrin Evans

8. Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad - Fats Waller and his Buddies

9. Ain't No Time To Go - Loretta Lynn

10. Iceland - Daniel Lanois

11. Barefoot In The Park - James Blake, Rosalia

12. Something Good - Alt J

13. Last Year (feat. Goldlink) [Terrace Martin Version]

14. OCnotes - Inspiration

15. Lotus - The Wayne Shorter Quartet with Orpheus Chamber Choir

#11

https://tidal.com/playlist/71f0d6b6-b6aa-4f4c-a02c-b88983927f3c

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7q74SR7pwepXXHt02aVcJp

playlist:

1.  particle / spectra - Ambrose Akinmusire

2. If I Ruled The World - Kurtis Blow

3. If I Ever Lose This Heaven - Average White Band 

4. We Live in Brooklyn, Baby - Roy Ayers 

5. Hanoi 6 - Unknown Mortla Orchestra 

6. A Lot To Give - The Moondoggies

7. I' m Movin' On - Jerry Reed

8. Miracle Of The Fishes

9. Chelsea Bridge - Joe Henderson

10. You and the Night and the Music - Paul Motian

11. Casio Vanguard - Kurt Rosenwinkel

12. Hello - Erykah Badu 

13. Shy - Leon Bridges 

14. Two Sleepy People - Jason Moran

15. 101 FM - Little Simz

#10

https://tidal.com/playlist/ad54681b-f103-48fb-9b57-59b8e4a6cadc

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ArZDbv4W1AFTo0LNb2Aws

playlist:

1. Bubblegoose - Wyclef Jean

2. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart - Kashif

3. everything - Nas, The Dream, Kanye West

4. Melquíades - Aaron Parks, Ben Street, Billy Hart

5. May - Ben Wendel

6. Birth Of A City - Ennio Morricone

7. Play It For Me (One More Time) - Aquarian Dream

8. Kasalefkut-hulu (Stereo Master) - Mulatu Astatke

9. If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince

10. These Days - Nate Dogg

11. Lay Lady Lay - Hudson

12. Holophonor - Santa Ynez

13. Jet Fuel - Mac Miller

14. Mark Sampson - Kassa Overall

15. La Casa Azul (feat. Roy Hargrove) - Kassa Overall

#9

https://tidal.com/playlist/6a5c0e31-15b5-4724-8684-39f27acf5d86

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wox3CoKJEDgDKiWtlrV5G

playlist:

1. Juju - Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas

2. Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes) - Bombino

3. One Way - Sly & The Family Stone

4. Sudsy - James Brown

5. My Funny Valentine (Live at the Plugged Nickel) - Miles Davis

6. Eyes Of The World (Live at the P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, 5/17/74) - Grateful Dead

7. Fela - DJ Harrison

8. Daydreaming - DJ Harrison

9. Come Original - 311

10. Like A Sweet - Devin The Dude

11. Neva Go Back - Special Ed

12. The Ritual - LUV NY

13. You Can't Stop The Prophet - Jeru The Damaja

14. Animal Planet - GZA

15. Beneath The Surface - GZA

#7

https://tidal.com/playlist/2a78f8d9-3a11-4b40-9689-9bf656cb7754

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qYlprfYmBQCakHnD0DQ28

playlist:

1. Everywhere We Go - Avatar Darko

2. No Matter How Far You Go - Gabriel Teodros

3. Arithmetic - Porter Ray

4. ATM - J. Cole

5. Discreet Music - Brian Eno

6. Boody - Dewey Redman

7. Compassion - Ornette Coleman

8. Dust - Charles Lloyd and The Marvels, Lucinda Williams

9. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

10. Raven Riley - The Maldives

11. Tidelands - The Moondoggies

12. Take Me With You (When You Go) - The Jayhawks

13. Keep Digging - Invisible Bird

14. Leaving To Zion - Black Uhuru

15. Homebody - Nai Palm

#5

https://tidal.com/playlist/5b8f5695-32f7-4f18-8f10-b17e577b33ca

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ajAo2ocGcSODXzKpXdAOI

playlist:

1. Density In Dan's Fan City - Happy Apple

2. Conception - Black Thought, Salaam Remi

3. Let's Get Down - Tony!, Toni!, Toné!, DJ Quik

4. Time - The Commodores

5. King Of The Hill - Thundercat, Badbadnotgood

6. In My Name - Jamila Woods

7. Cella's Walk - Jimi Tenor, Tony Allen

8. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You - John Prine

9. Play It All Night Long - Warren Zevon

10. Back To Earth - Farnell Newton

11. Hearsay - Krondon, Shafiq Husayn, Iman Omari

12. Hear My Train A Comin' (Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkley, CA) - Jimi Hendrix

13. Amsterdam by Foot - Deantoni Parks

14. Ced-gee (Delta Force One) - Ultramagnetic Mcs

15. The F-Word - Cannibal Ox

#4

In the sentimental spirit of the holidays, I decided to do something different this week. This playlist consists of 100 songs that have been significant to me throughout the years for various reasons. Some tracks were formative, some are connected to specific memories or periods of time, and some have just been satisfying and stuck with me. Technology was making it hard to put them in the order I wanted, so I suggest playing this one on shuffle. Additionally, there were songs I wanted to add that were not available on either Spotify or Tidal. So it goes. 

https://tidal.com/playlist/90da74bf-45e9-4f62-9255-efbfebfe7666

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jvdURjdMHB1ArV4TxgQfd

playlist:

1. Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen Foster

2. Dream In Blue - Los Lobos

3. Nowhere Man - The Beatles

4. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles

5. When You Awake - The Band

6. Station Man - Fleetwood Mac

7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Live at Boston Music Hall, 1975) - Bob Dylan

8. Little Miss Lover - Jimi Hendrix

9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

10. Power To Love - Jimi Hendrix 

11. Tales Of Brave Ulysses - Cream

12. Come As You Are - Nirvana

13. Tourette's - Nirvana

14. Runaways - XTC

15. Beating Of Hearts - XTC

16. Maru-Bihag - Ravi Shankar

17. Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchestra

18. La Danse Du Bonheur - Shakti

19. Black Market - Weather Report

20. Boogie Woogie Waltz - Weather Report

21. Finger Lickin' Good - Beastie Boys

22. Pow - Beastie Boys

23. Jet Pilot - System Of A Down

24. I'm Not Down - The Clash

25. Glass - Gang Of Four

26. We're A Happy Family - Ramones

27. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols 

28. Don't Try - Built To Spill

29. Footprints - Miles Davis 

30. Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club

31. I Can't Wait Much Longer - Robin Trower

32. Dee moo woor - Orchestra Baobab

33. Love Song - Tony Williams

34. Seize The Rainbow - Sonny Sharrock

35. Joy Spring - Clifford Brown & Max Roach

36. All Wrong - Morphine

37. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Art Blakey

38. Three Blind Mice - Art Blakey

39. Prince of Darkness - Miles Davis

40. The Sorcerer - Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove

41. Deluge - Wayne Shorter 

42. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter 

43. The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal

44. Ponta De Areia - Wayne Shorter

45. Theme From A Symphony (variation one) - Ornette Coleman

46. Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman

47. Beyond Games - Tony WIlliams

48. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

49. Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling) - Brian Blade Fellowship

50. Promises Kept - Sonny Sharrock

51. Respiration - Black Star 

52. Timeless - John Abercrombie

53. Memories Live - Reflection Eternal

54. There Was A Time - James Brown

55. The Payback - James Brown 

56. Mother Popcorn - James Brown 

57. Super Bad - James Brown 

58. It Aint What You Think - Dirty Dozen Brass Band 

59. Masqualero - Wayne Shorter 

60. Mondays - Black Uhuru 

61. Natty Dread - Bob Marley 

62. Life Is A Journey - Clinton Fearon 

63. The Invasion (aka "Black Wa-Da-Da") - Burning Spear 

64. Throw Down Your Arms - Burning Spear 

65. Soldiers - Steel Pulse 

66. All Matter - Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Bilal

67. Brahms Intermezzo no. 7 in A minor - Glenn Gould 

68. Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest 

69. Stressed Out - A Tribe Called Quest 

70. Sara Mabo - L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti 

71. War - Wailing Souls 

72. Liberation - Outkast 

73. West Savannah - Outkast 

74. Train With No Love - Andre Nickatina 

75. Saw A Gangsta Cry - Andre Nickatina 

76. Astray - Bilal

77. Pretty Dancer - Mos Def

78. Meditations/Leo - John Coltrane 

79. Malachi - Andrew Hill

80. Dusk - Andrew Hill

81. Positive Vibration - Bob Marley 

82. Happy Just To Be Like I Am - Taj Mahal

83. Carry The Zero - Built To Spill

84. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

85. Peeni Walli - Eek-A-Mouse 

86. Mothership Connection - Parliament

87. Children Of Production - Parliament

88. I Never Cared For You - Willie Nelson

89. Magazine - Krondon

90. Dollaz + Sense - DJ Quik 

91. Do My Thang - 7 Days Of Funk 

92. Till It's Done (Tutu) - D'Angelo and the Vanguard 

93. Rest In Pleasure - Esperanza Spalding 

94. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince 

95. Computer Blue - Prince & The Revolution 

96. One Mo'Gin - D'Angelo

97. Wars Of Armageddon - Funkadelic

98. With You - Terrace Martin

99. Actual Proof - Herbie Hancock

100. Bad Card - Bob Marley 

#3

quick note: #13 has an alternate track for Spotify because they do not have the full Akira soundtrack in their database. I highly recommend this album, which was re-released on 180 gram vinyl last year. The group that composed it is one of a kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geinoh_Yamashirogumi

The Life I Live - Pete Rock

I had a conversation with a friend a while back about our favorite hip hop producers. As I recall, both of our top two were J Dilla and Pete Rock, except his number one was Dilla and mine was Pete. He was surprised by my choice, considering how pioneering Dilla was. I fully acknowledge Dilla's genius as well as the profound influence he has had on modern music, but there is something about Pete's aesthetic that resonates with me more personally. I love repetition in music. When a loop is composed or constructed well, it can be repeated forever and I won't get tired of it. (Another context where this comes up in the music I listen to is with 1970's Malian groups such as Super Biton de Segou and L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti.) Pete Rock's loops are deep and hypnotizing. I enjoy playing drums along to his beats to practice pocket, but also because the act of playing one phrase continuously is meditative. I get to a point where my limbs are on auto pilot, locked in to the music, and I am visualizing the sounds. 

https://tidal.com/playlist/d30360c7-2873-4e08-9015-ec75e09713d8

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oe5eVYpqkebTMsh80PB3w

playlist:

1. Plaid Pants - The Black Tones 

2. Big Time - Omer Avital

3. Friday Morning - Khruangbin

4. Graduation Day - Ethan Iverson

5. RollSkate - DJ Harrison

6. untitled 06 | 06.30.2014 - Kendrick Lamar

7. Brother's Keeper - Anderson .Paak, Pusha T

8. Street Pharmacy - Butcher Brown

9. Do It Together - The Midnight Hour

10. Reggae To The High Tower - Don Cherry

11. We Got To Live Together - Buddy Miles

12. The Life I Live - Pete Rock

13. (Tidal) Exodus From The Underground Fortress - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

13. (Spotify) Kaneda - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

14. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus

15. I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones

16. Honey - Astronote

17. Alienman - Stone Mecca

18. Brown Liquor - Bearaxe