This week, Jim and Greg talk about the history of women in hip-hop, and how amazing MCs have been chronically undervalued since the beginning of the art form. They also review new records from Jason Isbell and Chicano Batman.
Jim and Greg review Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
Jim and Greg review Invisible People by Chicano Batman.
Jim and Greg talk with Kathy Iandoli, author of God Save The Queens, about the history of women in hip-hop.
Greg remembers the late Hamilton Bohannon.
Roxanne’s Revenge,Roxanne’s Revenge (Single), Cold Chillin’, 1984
What’ve I Done To Help,Reunions, Southeastern, 2020
Be Afraid,Reunions, Southeastern, 2020
Dreamsicle,Reunions, Southeastern, 2020
Only Children,Reunions, Southeastern, 2020
Color My Life,Invisible People, ATO, 2020
Polymetronomic Harmony,Invisible People, ATO, 2020
The Way,Invisible People, ATO, 2020
Invisible People,Invisible People, ATO, 2020
Ladies First (with Monie Love),All Hail the Queen, Tommy Boy, 1989
Funk You Up,Funk You Up (Single), Sugarhill, 1979
Roxanne, Roxanne,UTFO, Select, 1985
Doo Wop (That Thing),The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ruffhouse and Columbia, 1998
Conceited (There’s Something About Remy),There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story, SRC, Universal and Terror Squad Entertainment, 2006
None of Your Business,Very Necessary, Next Plateau Entertainment, 1993
Super Bass,Pink Friday - Deluxe Version (Bonus Tracks), Young Money, Cash Money and Universal Motown, 2010
Feel So Good,Harlem World, Bad Boy and Arista, 1997
No Matter What They Say,The Notorious K.I.M., Atlantic, 2000
Get Ur Freak On,Miss E... So Addictive, Elektra, 2001
Lose Control,The Cookbook, Atlantic, 2005
B.I.T.C.H.,Suga EP, 1501 Certified and 300, 2020
I Like It (with Bad Bunny and J Balvin),Invasion of Privacy, Atlantic, 2018
Rules,Hot Pink, RCA, 2019
South African Man,Keep on Dancin’, Dakar, 1974
Roam,Cosmic Thing, Reprise, 1989
Answer the Phone,The Legend And The Legacy, 1st Generation, 1979
On The Smooth Tip,It’s Tee Time, Profile, 1988
Cold Rock A Party,Bad As I Wanna B, EastWest Records America, 1996
Bad Decisions,The New Abnormal, RCA, 2020
Pictured Perfect,Shadow, Funeral Party, 2020
Alien With A Sleep Mask On,Printer’s Devil, Topshelf, 2020
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