Keep on till the early morn, even if your left nostril and sinus are plugged and you consist almost entirely of homeopathic zinc tablets. Yeah, I’ve caught whatever weird cold has been circulating but I simply couldn’t bear to give up the centrepiece of my teaching week. This one is a bit schizoid, inspired in part by some requests, some love songs, and also by a big brainstorming session that I had with M’s family where we talked about songs that crossed the supposedly impenetrable Rap v. Rock barrier. Enjoy!
INTRO to “Brothers Gonna Work It Out”, Chemical Brothers
If there's anything made of more pure win than this video, I haven't seen it
“The Lesson”, The Roots
“Release Yo’ Delf [Prodigy Mix]“, Method Man
“Walk This Way“, Run DMC & Aerosmith
“Sabotage”, Beastie Boys
“B-Boy Stance”, k-os
“Jurass Finish First”, Jurassic 5
“Everything Is Everything”, Lauryn Hill
“All Falls Down”, Kanye West
“Freedom”, Jurassic 5
“All That You Are”, The Foreign Exchange
“Geto Heaven Part Two”, Common
“Respiration”, Black Star
“Sunshine”, Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. just about every indieish Manhattan musician in the early aughts
“The Healer”, Erykah Badu
“Stay With You”, John Legend
“All I Wanna Do”, Jamie Lidell