Featured Songs

1. The Beatles, Come Together, Abbey Road, Apple, 1969
2. Led Zeppelin, Rock And Roll, Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971
3. James Brown, Funky Drummer, Funky Drummer (single), King, 1970
4. Wild Flag, Romance, Wild Flag, Merge, 2011
5. Little Richard And His Band, Heeby-Jeebies, She’s Got It (single), Specialty, 1956
6. Michael Jackson, Billie Jean, Thriller, Epic, 1982
7. Earth Wind and Fire, Can’t Hide Love, Gratitude, Columbia, 1975
8. Rush, Tom Sawyer, Moving Pictures, Mercury, 1981
9. Elvin Jones, Agappe Love, Poly-Currents, Blue Note, 1970
10. The Rolling Stones, Paint It Black, Paint It Black (single), Decca, 1966
11. Battles, Atlas, Mirrored, Warp, 2007
12. Can, Paperhouse, Tago Mago, United Artists, 1971
13. The Who, Young Man Blues, Live at Leeds, Decca, 1970
14. The Who, I Can See For Miles, I Can See For Miles (single), Track, 1967
15. Dennis Coffey, Scorpio, Evolution, Sussex, 1971
16. Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, Jazz, EMI, 1978
17. Violent Femmes, Blister In the Sun, Blister in the Sun (single), Slash, 1983
18. Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight, Face Value, Virgin, 1981
19. Fela Kuti, Zombie, Zombie, Coconut, 1976
20. Aretha Franklin, Rock Steady, Rock Steady (single), Atlantic, 1971
21. Led Zeppelin, Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin, Atlantic, 1969
22. Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven, Led Zepplin IV, Atlantic, 1971
23. Public Image Ltd., Under the House, The Flowers of Romance, Virgin, 1981
24. Led Zeppelin, When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971
25. Sleater-Kinney, Youth Decay, All Hands on the Bad One, Kill Rock Stars, 2000
26. XTC, Senses Working Overtime, English Settlement, Virgin, 1982
27. James Brown, I Got the Feelin’, I Got the Feelin’, King, 1968
28. Rolling Stones, Honky Tonk Woman, Honky Tonk Woman (Single), Decca, 1969
29. The Stairsteps, O-o-h Child, O-o-h Child (single), Buddah, 1970
30. Doris Troy, Just One Look, Just One Look (single), Atlantic, 1963
31. Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Flying Dutchman, 1974
32. The Exciters, Tell Him, Tell Him (single), United Artists, 1962
33. Melvin Bliss, Synthetic Substitution, Reward (single), Sunburst, 1973
34. Public Enemy, Don’t Believe The Hype, It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Def Jam, 1988
35. Ultra Magnetic M.C.s, Ego Trippin’, Ego Trippin’ (single), Next Plateau, 1986
36. Naughty By Nature, O.P.P. (instrumental version), O.P.P. (single), Tommy Boy, 1991
37. EPMD, I’m Housin’, Strictly Business, Fresh, 1988
38. Wale, Lacefrontin’, The Eleven One Eleven Theory, Maybach Music, 2011
39. Steely Dan, Home At Last, Aja, ABC, 1977
40. Jawbreaker, Bivouac, Bivouac, Tupelo Recording Company, 1992
41. The Replacements, Answering Machine, Let It Be, Twin/Tone, 1984
42. The Replacements, Kids Don’t Follow, Stink, Twin/Tone, 1982
43. The Replacements, Unsatisfied, Let It Be, Twin/Tone, 1984
44. The Replacements, Breakdown, The Shit Hits the Fans, Twin/Tone, 1985

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