Music That Matters, Vol. 681 - Black August Mixtape
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Celebrating Black liberation and global solidarity movements, DJ Gabriel Teodros curates this powerful mix featuring stand-out tracks from Salaam Remi & Black Thought, Shafiq Husayn, DAM, Tobe Nwigwe, Klassy & Ruby Ibarra, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Sampa the Great, Jamila Woods and more.
1. S.O.U.L. Purpose - In Flight Movie: Dr. Goodlungs (feat. Zubz, Skyzoo & Pharoahe Monch)
2. OCnotes - Radio Nat Turner
3. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna
4. Salaam Remi - Bad To The Bone (feat. Black Thought & Reek Ruffin)
5. Klassy - Power Trip (feat. Ruby Ibarra)
6. Tobe Nwigwe - Against The Grain / Shine (feat. Madeline Edwards)
7. Jamila Woods - BALDWIN (feat. Nico Segal)
8. Shafiq Husayn - My-Story of Love / Starring You
9. G&D - Where I'm From
10. Suff Daddy - Magic (feat. Ill Camille & J.Lamotta)
11. K!MMORTAL - Ice Palaces
12. Sampa the Great - Final Form
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to KexP's Music That Matters, a weekly podcast bringing you some of the freshest new independent music from around the world. |
| 0:09.0 | My name is Gabriel Tiodros, and this week got a very special mix done in honor of Black August, |
| 0:17.0 | celebrating Black liberation movements worldwide. And on that theme of global solidarity, |
| 0:25.0 | we're going to start things off right with something from Soul Purpose's new album, The Checkin. |
| 0:30.8 | Mazzi of Soul Purpose recorded this whole album between South Africa and the United States, |
| 0:36.3 | unifying hip-hop artists from both countries on every single track, |
| 0:40.7 | with all the proceeds from the album going to fund the Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg. |
| 0:46.5 | The track you're about to hear is called In-Flight Movie, Dr. Good Lungs, and it features Zubbs The Last Letter from SA, |
| 0:54.3 | along with Faro Munch and Skysu from New York City. |
| 0:57.9 | It's music that matters, K-E-X-P, Black August mixtape. |
| 1:02.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.1 | This is a good time to introduce you to the heartbeat of our organization. The pulse of everything that we do is centered around the drums. You know that your entire life is centered around your heart beat, and that's rhythm, isn't it not? Thank you. Thank you. Clean up your rap. |
| 1:28.3 | Your story's getting dusty. |
| 1:42.3 | Wash out your mouth, your lives are getting rusty. |
| 1:46.0 | Oh! |
| 1:47.0 | Clean up your rap. Your stories getting dusty. Wash out your mouth, your story's getting dusty, wash out your mouth, your lives |
| 2:04.6 | getting rusty. |
| 2:05.6 | Always rapping about the same old thing, always rapping about the same old thing, |
| 2:12.6 | Always rapping about the same old thing, always rapping about the same old thing, Always rapping about the same old thing. |
| 2:19.3 | Dr. Good Lums. |
| 2:21.3 | I call you Dr. Good Luns. |
| 2:22.3 | Because you talk a good one. |
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