03/11/2024 - The Best - Episode 006

Back from our Winter hiatus and excited to be back in the studio! Today's opening song from Tina Turner was inspired by an incident at a metal bar in Mexico, and took us to the densely-layered, sample heavy production of Massive Attack, the story of how Roberta Flack discovered "Killing me Softly" while on an airplane, a mini deep-dive into the eclectic, wide world of Q-Tip, and back into the present day with some artists in heavy rotation for me recently- Khruangbin, BADBADNOTGOOD, SAULT, & Michael Kiwanuka. Hope you enjoyed the show!

Episode Links

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Bonus Track

Michael Kiwaniuka - Love & Hate - The first track I heard from MK- just loved his sound immediately.

This Week's notes and mentions

• The original version of The Tide is High by the Paragons
• John Legend & The Roots take on Compared To What
• Q Tip's Kamaal The Abstract- recorded in 2001, shelved by the label and not released until 2009

Full Playlist:

1. Tina Turner - The Best (Foreign Affair-1989)
2. Blondie - The Tide Is High (Autoamerican-1980)
   Connection: Mike Chapman produced this song for Blondie and originally wrote The Best for Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler
3. The Paragons - When The Lights Are Low (On the Beach with the Paragons-1968)
   Connection: Paragons featured John Holt, who originally wrote The Tide Is High
4. Massive Attack - Man Next Door (Mezzanine-1998)
   Connection: Cover of a John Holt song
5. Massive Attack - Protection (Protection-1995)
   Connection: Another Massive Attack Song
6. Les McCann - North Carolina (Talk to the People-1972)
   Connection: Sampled in Protection
7. Roberta Flack - Compared to What (First Take-1969)
   Connection: Compared to What originally written by Les McCann
8. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song (The Score-1996)
   Connection: Cover of a Roberta Flack song (which itself is a cover of Lori Lieberman!)
9. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm-1990)
   Connection: Sampled in The Fugees Killin Me Softly
10. Q-Tip - Barely In Love (Kamaal The Abstract-2002)
    Connection: Q Tip was a member of ATCQ
11. Nas - The World is Yours (Tip Mix) (Illmatic XX / Single-1994)
    Connection: Q Tip produced this remix
12. Kool & The Gang - N.T. (Live at PJ's-1971)
    Connection: Sampled in The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)
13. Khruangbin - Summer Madness (Late Night Tales: Khruangbin-2020)
    Connection: Cover of a Kool & The Gang Song
14. Khruangbin - A Calf Born in Winter (Late Night Tales: Bonobo-2015)
    Connection: Another Khruangbin song
15. BADBADNOTGOOD - Hedron (Late Night Tales: Bonobo-2015)
    Connection: Also featured on Late Night Tales: Bonobo
16. Michael Kiwanuka - Final Days (Bonobo Remix) (-2020)
    Connection: Remixed by Bonobo
17. SAULT & Michael Kiwanuka - Bow (Untitled (Black Is)-2020)
    Connection: Featuring Michael Kiwanuka
18. SAULT - Wildfires (Untitled (Black Is)-2020)
    Connection: Another Sault Song
19. Gorillaz & Little Dragon - Empire Ants (Plastic Beach-2010)
    Connection: LIttle Dragon originally performed Wildfires
20. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Demon Days-2005)
    Connection: Another Gorillaz song to close us out