Mr. Lif

This Saturday I am giving tickets to Mr. Lif playing at Dicks on Dicks, so listen at 11pm on CITR 101.9fm for your chance to win.

Getting Schooled by Questlove

These are the ?uestlove Nike Air Farce, he recently played a six hour set at the WMC and he with the rest of The Roots will be at UBC on Wednesday.

?uestlove Sample Lesson Mix

1. Arc Choir - “Jesus Walks” (Mapleshade) (Kanye West - “Jesus Walks” (Roc-A-Fella))

2. Nu Birth - “You’re What I’m All About” (?) (Biggie Smalls - “Player Anthem (X-Ray))

3. The Whatnaughts - “I’ll Erase Away Your Pain” (Priority) (Kanye West - “Late” (Roc-A-Fella))

4. Main Ingredient - “Let Me Prove My Love To You” (RCA) (Alicia Keys - “You Don’t Know My Name” (J Records))

5. Silvia Striplin - “You Can’t Turn Me Away” (Charly) (Junior M.A.F.I.A. - “Get Money” (X-Ray))

6. The Temptations - “I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky” (Motown) (Common - “The Corner” (Geffen))

7. Honey Cone - “Innocent Till Proven Guilty” (Fantasy) (Common - “Testify” (Geffen))

8. DJ Rogers - “Faithful To The End” (RCA) (Common - “Faithful” (Geffen))

9. Luchi DeJesus - “Round About Midnight” (?) (KRS ONE - “A Friend” (Jive))

10. Dynasty - “Adventures In The World Of Music” (Solar/Sequal) (Camp-Lo - “Luchini” (Profile))

11. Willie Mitchell - “Grovin’” (Hi) (GZA - “Liquid Swords” (Geffen))

12. Wendy Renay – “After The Laughter Come Tears” (Stax/Altanta) (Wu Tang Clan - “Tearz” (Loud))

13. The Charmels - “I’ll Never Grow Old” (Stax/Altanta) (Wu Tang Clan - “Cream” (RCA))

14. Dione Warwick - “You’re Gonna Need Me” (Invictions) (Usher - “Throwback” (Arista))

15. Billy Cobham - “Heather” (Wounded Bird) (Souls of Mischief - “93 Till Infinity” (Jive))

16. Beherd Wright - “Halboglabotribin’” (BMG) (Snoop Dogg - “Gz & Hustlaz” (Death Row))

17. Jack Bruce - “Born 2 Be Blue” (Atco) (Smith N Wesssun - “Buck Town” (?))

18. Aretha Franklin - “Call Me” (Rhino/Atlanta) (Slum Village - “Selfish” (Capitol))

19. Quincy Jones - “Summer In The City” (A&M) (Pharcyde - “Passin Me By” (Delicious Vinyl))

20. Joe Simons - “Before The Nite’s Over” (?) (Outkast - “So Fresh & So Clean” (Arista))

21. Peabo Bryson - “Born 2 Love” (Unknown) (Nas - “2nd Childhood” (Sony))

22. The Chi-Lites - “That’s How Long I Love You” (Unknown) (Jay Z - “Dec 4″ (Roc-A-Fella))

23. Abdel Halim-Hefes - “Khasiaraya-Gar” (EMI Arabia) (Jay Z - “Big Pimpin’” (Roc-A-Fella))

24. Labi Siffre - “I Got The” (Mr Bongo) (Eminem - “My Name Is” (Aftermath)/Jay Z - “The Streets Is Watching” (Roc-A-Fella))

25. Samuel Johnson - “My Music” (Columbia) (Jadakiss - “We’re Gonna Make It” (Ruff Ryders/Interscope))

26. Milt Jackson - “Olinga” (CTI) (Tribe Called Quest - “Award Tour” (Jive))

27. War - “Magic Mountain” (Rhino) (De La Soul - “Potholes In My Lawn” (Tommy Boy))

28. Ahmad Jamal - “Swahililand” (20th Century) (De La Soul - “Stakes Is High” (Tommy Boy))

39. Gap Mangione - “Diana In The Autumn Wind” (GRC) (Slum Village - “Fall In Love” (Capitol)/Jaylib - “Official” (Stones Throw))

40. David McCallum - “The Edge” (Capitol) (Dr Dre - “Next Episode” (Aftermath))

41. Creative Source - “I Can’t See Myself Without You” (Sussex/Polydor) (Freeway - “What We Do” (Unknown))

42. Average White Band - “Love Your Life” (Rhino) (Tribe Called Quest - “Check The Rhyme” (Jive))

43. Funkadelic - “Let’s Take It To The People” (Westbound) (Tribe Called Quest - “Everything Is Fair” (Jive))

44. Ronnie Foster - “Mystic Brew” (Blue Note) (Tribe Called Quest - “Electric Relaxation” (Jive))

45. The Chi-Lites - “Are You My Woman?” (Brunswick/Eugene) (Beyonce - “Crazy In Love” (Columbia))

46. The Meters - “Oh Calcutta!” (Josie) (Amerie - “One Thing” (Sony))

47. McCoy Tyner - “Impressions” (Milestone/OJC) (Black Sheep - “The Choice Is Yours” (Mercury))

49. Nirvana - “Indiana” (White) (The Roots - “Dynamite” (Geffen))

Pacific Division

Pacific Division is coming to Vancouver BC this April 8th for the UBC Block Partae. This mixtape or should I say blendtape is amazing, bringing back the golden age of hip hop with the freshness.
I also included some newness of the Pacific Division that sounds like the Cool Kids but better.

Pacific Division - Blendtape Sealed For Freshness

Pacific Division - Shut Up feat. Cool Kids

Awesome

TNR vs. TNA

This is off Times Neue Roman's latest EP To Die and it's my favorite track off it, if you like it go and cop it on itunes ninja....

Times Neue Roman - Record Store (Divshare Dl)

Times Neue Roman

Possibly the highlight band for me from this last week's Juno fest parties, Times Neue Roman is not just a cool font but are an amazing collage of musical goodness. Just imagine that you could go back in time and hear some really really good Canadian music. Oh snap you don't have, just tune into CiTR tonight and listen to Times Neue Roman live on Thunderbird Radio Hell and yes I Mr. Joi will be there.

Times Neue Roman - To Die (Barletta Crunk Edit)

Del Funky Free

Short for cash these days? Hieroglyphics member Del the Funky Homosapien would appear to understand both the state of today's economy and the state of today's music business, as he's announced that his next album, Funk Man, will be released for free.

The Bay Area native—often considered one of the pioneers of underground hip-hop—gave little reason, other than a need to save his genre, for releasing the album sans price tag. As the release's title and this message suggest, he'll focus on the funkier side of hip-hop for this, his seventh full-length to date. And with track titles like 'I'm Smellin' Myself" and "Hardcore Punks Can't Take It," Del hasn't, it seems, lost any of his quirk or humor over the years. Download the album come April 7.

Funk Man:
01 Get it Right Now!
02 And They Thought That was Hell
03 Fit Like a Glove
04 Go Against the Grain
05 Hardcore Punks Can't Take It
06 I'm Smellin' Myself
07 King of Fighters
08 News Alert
09 Simple Satisfaction
10 Sometimes I Gotta Get Stupid
11 Straight From the Big Bad West Coast
12 Land of Funk
13 Young Adrenaline