RadioPFG

A no-nonsense return to podcasting for your man. Less blabbery, just some music to soothe your soul and numb you from the lousy March weather.

BJ the Chicago Kid f/ Kendrick Lamar - His Pain II
Frank Ocean - There Will be Tears
ScHoolboy Q f/ Kendrick Lamar - Blessed
Childish Gambino - All the Shine
Portishead - Strangers
BADBADNOTGOOD - The World is Yours/Brooklyn Zoo
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire - Lou Ferrigno's Mad
Hodgy Beats - Samurai
ScHoolboy Q f/ A$AP Rocky - Hands on the Wheel

The night time is the right time on RadioPFG as we bring you a selection of songs suitable for sundown. Not recommended for daytime listening.

Pete Rock -Play Dis Only at Night
Fat Jon - Beyond Love
J. Dilla - Won't Do
A Tribe Called Quest - 4 Moms [Background]
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight
DJ Krush - Meiso [Shadow's RMX]
Black Star - Respiration
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Daft Punk - Voyager
Kanye West - Street Lights

Celebrate the annual thaw with the help ofRadioPFG! Episode 5 focuses on songs to put a spring in your step, to help you shake off the hibernation of the previous winter. Load it up and hit the streets, you've waited long enough.

Erykah Badu - Honey
Dj Jazzy Jeff - Passin By Me
Shad - Get Up
Alliance Ethnik - Honeste et Jalousie
Duck Sauce - aNYway
Janet Jackson - All For You
Opus III - It's a Fine Day
The Gap Band - Outstanding (12" Mix)
The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You
Pete Rock f/ Kanye West , Jay-Z, Curtis Mayfield, Charlie Wilson and Kid Cudi - The Joy
Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh

Get your bowls,'cause we're cooking up stew. The weirdest episode of RadioPFG yet, as we remember the music of that forgotten subgenre of hip-hop, the fat rapper! From The Fat Boys to E-40, we bring you enough weight to blow out your waistband. Big like a truck, satisfying like a caddy!

The Fat Boys - Human Beat Box pt. III
Biz Markie - Vapors
Chubb Rock - Treat 'Em Right
Heavy D - Is It Good to You?
P.M. Dawn - You Got Me Floatin'
Beatnuts - Off the Books
Cee-Lo - I'll Be Around
Fat Joe - Bet Ya Man Can't
Notorious B.I.G. - Unbelievable
Rick Ross - Audio Meth

A two sided show this time out, as RadioPFG pays tribute to Nate Dogg [RIP] as well as giving you some classic Canadian hip-hop in celebration of the coming spring. Be sure to swing by the mothership for links on what you hear on the show. Enjoy!

Shade Sheist f/Kurupt and Nate Dogg - Where I Wanna Be
Dr. Dre f/Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg and SixTwo- Xxplosive
Warren G f/Nate Dogg - Regulate
Nujabes - Tsurugi no Mai [background]
Brassmunk - Big
Kardinal Offishal - On Wit Da Show
Len - Cryptik Souls Crew
Nujbes - Sanctuary Ship [background]
Ghetto Concept - E-Z on Tha Motion
Mathematik - Learn to Earn
Da Grassroots f/Schism - Black Dove
Jamiroquai - Didgin' Out [background]
Tone Mason f/Brassmunk, G-Stokes & Graph Nobel - The Throwback

The second episode of RadioPFG brings you an hourlong celebration of the life and work of late Japanese beatmaker Nujabes. His work inspires not only me, but people worldwide, and it's a pleasure to share some of what makes his music so compelling with people who may be hearing him for the first time.

As always, you can find links for some of the things you hear on the show
over at the mothership, poetryforgravediggers.wordpress.com

Enjoy!

Nujabes - Ain't No Mystery [f/ L-Universe]
Nujabes - Battlecry [f/Shing02]
Nujabes - Don't Even Try It [f/ Funky DL]
Nujabes - Araurian Dance [played in background]
Substantial - If I Was Your Mic
Nujabes - Hikari [f/ Substantial]
Nujabes - Blessing It [f/ Substantial and Pase Rock]
Pase Rock - Grey Matter
Nujabes - Reflection Eternal
Nujabes - Feather [f/ CYNE]
Nujabes - Summer Gypsy
FK - Another Reflection [Seaside Dusk in Kamakura Rework]
Nujabes - Sea of Cloud [played in background]
Five Deez - Latitude [Nujabes Remix]

The debut episode of RadioPFG celebrates the piano as a sample source in beat-driven music. From Japan to NY and back again, we'll take a quick survey of how producers are putting the versatility of the instrument to good use.

Nujabes - Moon Strut Intro
Uyama Hiroto - 81Summer
Nomak - Anger of the Earth
Freddie Gibbs - The Ghetto
CYNE - Running Water
Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn '95
The Roots - Radio Daze
Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
Teriyaki Boyz- You Know What Time Is It?!
Freddie Joachim - Awake