Word to the Mutha

Featured Song of the Week: Sporty Theivz / No Pigeons Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outkast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporty_Thievz https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/OutKast.html https://www.songfacts.com/facts/outkast/ms-jackson https://www.whosampled.com/sample/441/OutKast-So-Fresh,-So-Clean-Joe-Simon-Before-the-Night-Is-Over/  

Featured Song: Age Aint Nothing But a Number / Chi Ali   Show Notes/Oops: The song "The Many Ways" was incorrectly read as debuting at #67. Shoulda been #167. Oops! At around 39:53, I incorrectly said the single was called "Here I Come". Should been "Here I Stand". Oops! Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(musician) https://www.biography.com/musician/usher https://www.allmusic.com/artist/usher-mn0000303506/biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Ali http://www.mtv.com/news/1441669/ex-rapper-chi-ali-arrested-a-year-after-fleeing-murder-charge/ https://www.mtv.com/news/1695303/chi-ali-daughter-post-incarceration-rapfix-live/

  Featured song Swing My Way by K.P. and Envyi   Show Notes/Corrections I incorrectly called Foxy Brown's 3rd album Broken Silences, the correct title is Broken Silence. The song Hot Spots peaked at #91 on the charts, not #1.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper) https://www.hiphopscriptures.com/foxy-brown https://www.allmusic.com/artist/foxy-brown-mn0000800212/biography https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1996.htm https://www.ranker.com/list/foxy-brown-vs-lil-kim/anncasano https://www.mtv.com/news/1535227/foxy-brown-returns-deafness-cured-shes-back-to-work/#:~:text=She%20announced%20she%20was%20suffering,%22    

Featured Songs: Ice Ice Baby / Vanilla Ice They Call Me D-Nice / D-Nice Whoot There It Is / 95 South Whoomp, There It Is / Tag Team My Boo / Ghost Town DJ's Dazzey Duks / Duice   Show Notes: For the D-Nice song, I mentioned that the Buzzsaw sample was a tiny one but that is clearly a research error as the sample is a large one and clearly a big part of the song.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/10/6/21494291/vanilla-ice-to-the-extreme-ice-ice-baby-history-30th-anniversary https://www.5280.com/2013/05/whoomp-there-it-was/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Nice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoot,_There_It_Is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_South https://www.songfacts.com/facts/95-south/whoot-there-it-is#:~:text=Carlos%20Spencer%20of%2095%20South,play%20it%20in%20the%20club. https://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Duke

Featured Song of the Week: Daddy's Little Girl by Nikki D.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa https://www.biography.com/news/salt-n-pepa-story-origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy%27s_Little_Girl_(album)  

Featured Song: Ownlee Eue / Kwame     Show Notes: Ownlee Eue Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsJwanW7W7o     Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z https://www.albumoftheyear.org/1996/releases/june-06.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwam%C3%A9 https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19836/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Syl-Johnson-Different-Strokes/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/99779/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bobby-Byrd-I-Know-You-Got-Soul/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19837/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bob-James-Take-Me-to-the-Mardi-Gras/ ] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-jayz/jay-z-defeats-copyright-claims-over-big-pimpin-idUSKCN1IW2QZ https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/izzo-hova

Featured Song of the Week: Blu Cantrell  / "Hit Em Up Style - Oops!"   Show Notes: The sample used on the Window Seat single was actually called "Turn Me Away".   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Cantrell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music#February https://www.biography.com/musician/erykah-badu https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/erykah-badu-the-godmother-of-soul

  Featured Song of the Week: Positive K  / I Got A Man       Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur https://www.biography.com/musician/tupac-shakur https://2pac.com/us/biography https://www.whosampled.com/Positive-K/I-Got-a-Man/ https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25-years-later-tupac-shakurs-las-vegas-murder-is-still-unsolved/article_c5710dda-1033-11ec-a3bc-5b39fe0cd403.html    

Featured Song Gangsta Bitch / Apache     Sources https://theboombox.com/apache-dead/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/108392/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Chicago-Gangsters-Gangster-Boogie/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19924/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Little-Feat-Fool-Yourself/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/4996/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Monty-Alexander-Love-and-Happiness/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott

  Featured Song: Special Ed / I'm the Magnificent               Sources: https://www.liveabout.com/dru-hill-profile-2851228 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Ed_(rapper) https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-fudgery-close-advance-20180908-story.html

Featured Song: '93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill https://uproxx.com/music/fugees-breakup-unforgettable-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souls_of_Mischief https://mag.citizensofhumanity.com/blog/2015/12/10/souls-of-mischief/ https://variety.com/2021/music/news/fugees-reunion-concert-new-york-lauryn-hill-1235072311/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX_tAkqRzQ

"How does it feel..." Featured song: Knockin' Boots by Candyman   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Angelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockin%27_Boots_(Candyman_song) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dangelo-mn0000134600/biography https://www.songfacts.com/facts/dangelo/untitled-how-does-it-feel

  Featured song: Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry         Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Braxton https://movieweb.com/movies/1993/july/ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-07-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music#July%E2%80%93August https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Stance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neneh_Cherry

This week's feature is on one of the hottest 90's movie soundtracks; the 1992 Eddie Murphy comedy, Boomerang. Featured song is Skee Lo "I Wish".         Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(soundtrack) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103859/soundtrack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marcus-miller-mn0000673114/discography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Die_Without_You https://www.whosampled.com/Skee-Lo/I-Wish/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Vaughan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_Brass_Band#The_HBO_TV_Series_Treme  

"And if ya don't know, now ya know!" Special featured song on the Pharcyde's Passin' Me By.   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.#Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.#Filmography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pharcyde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passin%27_Me_By

"Never gonna get it, never gonna get it..."    

  Sources:  https://urbanbridgez.com/2019/06/06/black-music-month-spotlight-tracie-spencer/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracie_Spencer_(album) https://www.facebook.com/RnBSoulEffect/posts/the-rb-story-of-tracie-spencer-top-10-rb-hits-1988-1999symptoms-of-true-love-10-/2919377241419503/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr3cYskY2Zg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUwc9ipwDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7B5F3M1YfI

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_(singer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUeL-zq49Q&t=1378s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FBrBQ2TpV0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Thang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Is_Mine_(album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me_(Monica_album) https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jun/29/monica_surmounts_personal/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Makings_of_Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Life_(Monica_album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(Monica_album)  

  Sources: https://www.whosampled.com/2-Live-Crew/Me-So-Horny/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Live_Crew https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-2-live-crew-mn0000027116/biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_in_music https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-02-03 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_So_Horny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZOO9TLnQ0

  Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim https://www.essence.com/celebrity/lil-kim-responds-skin-bleaching-accusations/ https://www.biography.com/musician/lil-kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpuHVPtUfH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfZi_pBQQDI https://www.essence.com/celebrity/lil-kim-responds-skin-bleaching-accusations/ https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/lil-kim-instagram-photos-fuel-debate-societys-ideal/story?id=38921503

"Then we started a group and here we are, kickin' it just for you..."    

"It's all about me..."   Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_9_(record_label) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyhwKLTezA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGH0A7E8Lwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3MSDs_xU8 https://madamenoire.com/1009996/mya-veganism/

"Can't explain why your lovin' makes me weak..."   This episode we go back to one of the top girl groups of the '90s to reminiscise on our favorite songs, memories and more! Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes

"We don't love dem hoes"   This week we recollect on the fun and infectious sound of 'G' funk and Snoop's big debut, how he put west coast hip hop on the map and the legacy of his long-running career.   Guests: Rashanii, host of Single Simulcast and Storytellers and The Internet's TAYREL713, host of Stays Krunchy In Milk.

"Kick off your shoes and relax your feet, party on down to the Xscape beat..."   With my guest, we reflect on the gorgeous voices, the videos, Kandi's breakout success and their legacy. Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes.

  "I wanna be down" We explore her TV beginnings, rise to fame, faux marriage, motherhood and her comeback. Guest: Autumn Woodland, host of We Got The Jazz and a visual artist with work featured at https://society6.com/AutumnWoodland  

"Can I kick it?" "Yes! You can!"   We reflect on our favorite songs, the dope samples, the memorable lyrics, the genius producing skills, the setbacks, but eventual reunion that encompass our favorite Tribe.   Guest: The Internet's TAYREL713, host of the podcast Stays Krunchy In Milk. On Twitter: @TAYREL713 and @SKIMPod

  "All I really want...is to be happy. To find a love that's mine. It will be so sweet" We get into her humble beginnings, her hits, videos, hip hop fashion influence and how she became the musical voice for the struggles and experiences of black women.   Guest: Stephanie, host of Mocha Minutes

  STOP!!! Hammertime!   From Hammer pants to bankruptcy, we reflect on his breakthrough career; the highs and the lows.   Guest: Derik Rashanii Jones, co-host of Single Simulcast and creator and writer of Sin and Solace: A Dramatic Serial

"Sometimes I'm goody goody,  right now I'm naughty naughty"   We discuss her music, style, videos, influence, her relationship with R. Kelly and her untimely death.    Guests: Patrice Abel - The Warrior Healer (Instagram) Charles G Clark - The Wacko Monologues, Baltimore in Conversation

"If I need it in the morning or the middle of the night, I aint too proud to beg, naw!"   We will explore TLC's fun and playful, safe sex messages, Lefteye's group challenge, fire, death and more.   Guests: Autumn Woodland - We Got The Jazz Podcast Cori Fordham    

"If I need it in the morning or the middle of the night, I aint too proud to beg, naw!"   We will explore TLC's fun and playful, safe sex messages, Lefteye's group challenge, fire, death and more.   Guests: Autumn Woodland - We Got The Jazz Podcast Cori Fordham   Head to Part 2 here>>>>>  

  "Never trust a big butt and a smile!"   Guest: Linnea Johnson