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Hip-hop and rap, that's where my heart's at. But I'll play anything so long as it ain't crap!

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Favoriting February 17, 2012: Dream, But Don't Sleep

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Lushlife  Big Sur   Favoriting Plateu Vision LP  Western Vinyl  2012    Philly native, WFMU fan, and supertalented mo-fo is this Lushlife fella - so dont sleep on him - this album drops in April when he will be guest on this show     
The Stepkids  Santos and Ken   Favoriting The Stepkids  Stones Throw  2011        0:02:56 (Pop-up)
Lord Finesse  Fat For The 90's (feat AG)   Favoriting Return Of The Funky Man  Giant  1991    more of that DITC shit I can never get enuf of    0:06:26 (Pop-up)
Eligh + Amp Live  Devil's Medicine   Favoriting Therapy at 3    2011    they say ciggies are the hardest to quit    0:10:37 (Pop-up)
Mo Kolours  Biddies   Favoriting Drum Talking EP  One Handed Music  2011    Mo Kolours is a half-Mauritian percussionist and singer.    0:13:20 (Pop-up)
Wiley  Scar   Favoriting Evolve Or Be Extinct    2012      *   0:16:10 (Pop-up)
Eligh + Amp Live  Outro   Favoriting Therapy at 3    2011        0:19:18 (Pop-up)
Mike DREAM Francisco (RIP) interrview  KUSF August 1992 with N2Deep instruemntal "Back to hotel"   Favoriting             0:20:05 (Pop-up)
Plan Bee  Quest For Survival (feat pooh=saafir)   Favoriting     1994    finally two years after his 1992 murder Plan Bee's record would be released    0:33:42 (Pop-up)
Grand Invincible  Winter 365   Favoriting   625 Thrash  2012  7"      0:36:34 (Pop-up)
MC Squared  Rap Star   Favoriting     2009    track sent in by regular show listener - The Rapper With No Name AKA Savage Ohm AKA MCsquared AKA Zilla AKA Stacky Papes    0:39:48 (Pop-up)
Doomtree  Bolt Cutter   Favoriting No Kings    2012      *   0:41:18 (Pop-up)
Chili Bo  Old School Chev's   Favoriting V/A Game 1 (A Compilation From Da Ghetto)  G Money Records  1996    Classic mid 90s West Oakland mobbin, smobbin, smebbin' shit    0:45:45 (Pop-up)
Soul Rebels Brass Band  Let Your Mind Be Free   Favoriting Unlock Your Mind    2012      *   0:50:12 (Pop-up)
4AM  2012BEATSV   Favoriting     2012    excerpt from new batch of beats produced by San Francisco based DJ/producer + show regular 4AM  *   0:56:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

Avatar 5:35pm
Billy Jam:

In a sort of thematic continuation of last week's "R.I.P. RAP" show this week's show - while featuring mostly living artists - is dedicated to two slain greats: Mike DREAM Francisco and Plan Bee. Plan Bee was killed 20 years ago while his partner in art and music DREAM was killed exactly 12 years ago to this day on San Pablo Ave in Oakland in an armed robbery. The City of Oakland named this day Dream Day. Last night was the big Dream Day 12 celebration at the Oakland Metro Operahouse. From the early '80s, DREAM was a pioneering Bay Area graff writer and ever since his murder on February 17, 2000 at age 30 his legacy has grown by leaps and bounds. On today's show I will honor DREAM's legacy (as well as that of Plan Bee) by playing excerpts from a KUSF interview I did with him 20 years ago in 1992 in which he talks about many things including the murder (about a month earlier) of his very good friend/artistic collaborator Plan Bee - the emcee/graffiti artist & fellow Hobo Junction member whose real name was Jesse Hall and who would be honored in most of DREAM's art work from then on. In a dark chilling coincidence of this on last week's radio show I played back an old Mac Dre interview from that same early 90s period. In that interview Mac Dre was still mourning the murder of his good friend/artistic mentor The Mac. The scenarios are eerily similar since, like Mac Dre who honored The Mac and then became victim of gun violence himself, DREAM too would later be shot and killed in an act of senseless violence.
  6:46pm
Eons One:

Peace Billy! I remember the Dream & Spie rooftop that would greet you as you entered SF from 101 North. So ill. Ran for years. Was very lucky to be coming up in the Bay Area graff scene when Dream was rocking hard.
Avatar 7:02pm
Billy Jam:

hey EONS
  7:03pm
The Rapper With No Name:

Hell yeah, Billy! School these cats!!!

MAC DRE RIP
  7:03pm
other david:

hey billy, epic way to start to the show :)
Avatar 7:04pm
Billy Jam:

hey David - woit up NoName -this is gonna be a good show
  7:05pm
Ric:

Great opener!
  7:09pm
ben:

some of the worst rhymes ever
  7:09pm
Tall Paul:

Yo Bill, how are thngs? What a dope track still 21 years on, I love this album
  7:10pm
Unclear on the concept:

These guys aren't being very nice to each other.
  7:13pm
Dope:

yo , illin' dope ,stupid ,fly . ish , 24-7 , son, homey , playa
  7:16pm
Eons One:

Been in an AG zone all this past week. Really getting into the Everything's Berri album. Really different style.
  7:17pm
djspidermank:

melon pleasantly twisted , cheers.
  7:17pm
And:

whitey's on the moon
  7:22pm
And:

it's all bout repec yo.
  7:27pm
seang:

I do love Beat Street though
  7:29pm
eastbaydj:

mad respect to Mike Dream!
  7:31pm
d+c:

Awesome.
Greetings from Clapton, London, UK.
Yeah.
  7:31pm
d+c:

Awesome.
Greetings from Clapton, London, UK.
Yeah.
  7:43pm
The Rapper With No Name:

NO NEED TO PRETEND YOU'RE A RAP STAR!!!

soundcloud.com/ras-gnostic
Avatar 7:45pm
Billy Jam:

is that the exact song title? and is the year 2009?
  7:53pm
Tall Paul:

Really feeling this Soul Rebels Brass Band where are they from?
  7:54pm
djspidermank:

feel like i've been on a journey ,cheers Billy , appreciated muchly.

boing
Avatar 7:57pm
Billy Jam:

hey SPIDERMANK - Paul they are from New Orleans -
  7:58pm
other david:

Thanks Billy, really enjoyed this one
  7:58pm
The Rapper With No Name:

Billy, the song title is just Rap Star and its from 2009-10
  7:58pm
The Rapper With No Name:

Thanks for playing it! That was awesome!
Avatar 7:58pm
Billy Jam:

thanks David in Naas
Avatar 8:00pm
Billy Jam:

Thanks for listening and for the nice words in comments
  8:04pm
karen:

Great segue to the Rebirth! Happy Mardi Gras to you Billy & all your needlehead listeners.
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