#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

#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 

#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

#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