A little jazz as our present to you this Christmas. All selections provided by DJ Nice Rec.
Playlist:
Milt Jackson – Heartstrings
Yusef Lateef – Love Theme from Spartacus
Bill Evans – The Two Lonely people
The Three Sounds – Angel Eyes
Chick Corea – Tones for Joan’s Bones
George Duke – The Woman who Sends Me Home
Grant Green – Love on a Two Way Street
Barry Miles – Take Your Clothes
It’s our last regular episode of the year, we play some jams, talk a little, you know the drill. For those who don’t know what boilo is, it’s an alcoholic drink made with whiskey that’s actually pretty good.
Playlist:
Thirstin Howl – Polo Rican
Blame-One – Disturbed f/ Sean Price
Black Milk – Try
Billy Danze – Undescribable f/ Busta Rhymes
Ludacris – Undisputed
Common – Make My Day f/ Cee-Lo
Illogic – Soundtrack Theme
Ugly Duckling – It Never Mattered
Boyz II Men – Let it Snow
DJ Selecta takes us to school and plays some pre-Rawkus era jams that we haven’t heard. This is going to be a recurring segment every couple of months.
Playlist:
Top Quality – Magnum Opus
Royal Flush – Moving on Your Weak Production
Lord Finesse – Check the Method
Black Attack – My Crown
Kurious – Mansion and a Yacht
Jungle Bros. – On the Road Again
Justin Warfield – Season of the V.I.C.
Future Sound – What’s a Bro to Do?
The UBC – Burning Bridges
GZA – Words from the Genius
Supafriendz – Vowel Movements
Saukrates – Play Dis
Promoe – Denmark Style
Ras Kass – Understandable Smooth
Two Kings in a Cypher – Movin’ On ‘Em
DJ Krush – Meso f/ Black Thought
Notorious B.I.G. – Mister Cee Freestyle
Choclair – Flagrant
Bobby Jimmy and the Critters – NY-LA Rappers
You’ve heard the song, now see the video, which is ridiculous in its own right. Evan Roth of Graffite Search Labs crafted this amazing video featuring portraits made using only letters, “typographic illustration,” he calls it.
“Last week I was contacted to make a video for a new Kanye West produced Jay-Z song for RED & the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa. It launched today (WorldAIDS Day) at red.msn.com. And while I’m happy to be able to help the cause I’m also more than a little bit excited about getting a chance to make something for the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye. I’ve been turning down client requests to use Typographic Illustration for 5 years in hopes that one day the phone would ring and it would be Hova.”- Evan Roth
This one is definitely sneaking onto the End of the Year awards. I can’t believe this is only going to be on the Notorious soundtrack and not The Blueprint 3, this song blows “Jocking Jay-Z” out of the water! Damn, this is a Kanye banger, too!
The hip hop community lost two lesser known but very talented gentlemen this past month, Jax and MC Breed. We kick things off with regular jams, then follow with memorial sets dedicated to these two.
Playlist:
Molemen – Put Your Quarters Up (f/ Slug, MF Doom and Aesop Rock)
Jay-Z – Brooklyn Go Hard (f/ Santogold)
Ludacris – MVP
Kanye West – Amazing f/ Young Jeezy
MC Breed Memorial set:
Ain’t No Future for Your Frontin’
Gotta Get Mine (f/ Tupac Shakur)
Well Alright
This is How We Do It
Jax Memorial Set (f/ Binkis Recs):
Binkis Island
Beat You in the Head
Eyeam
Bullit
Download (right click and save target as):
Note: This post will replace the short biography I wrote in the About section. I wanted to have a brief primer for anyone who hadn’t listened to the show, yet.
The J. Pitts Show is a podcast hosted by J. Pitts (pictured left, above) and DJ Nice Rec (pictured right, above). The format of the show usually involves us drinking beers and talking about whatever, amidst a backdrop of hip hop music. Many episodes venture outside of the realm of hip hop music.
Episodes are released weekly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
The episodes are released in an .mp3 format at 128 kbps.
It is possible to download the episodes manually by right clicking on the on the website and clicking save target as:
It is also possible to subscribe to the show using Itunes. Do a podcast search for the “J. Pitts Show” and hit subscribe. Alternatively, you can subscribe manually by copying the RSS feed and then go to the ‘subscribe to podcast’ listing under the ‘advanced’ tab. Paste the RSS feed link into the box that appears and you should be good to go.
It is also possible to subscribe to the show using whatever podcast aggregator or RSS news reader you happen to use. Simply copy and paste the RSS feed into whatever program use. The RSS feed link can also be found on the main page, wherever this 
is found.
Segments:
So we have our regular episodes, but every so often we like to switch things up:
Man of the Hour (aka Label of the Hour, Group of the Hour) – Every five episodes we put the spotlight on a rapper and play an hours of songs from his or her career.
Here is a sampling:
Episode 5 – Man of the Hour: Ghostface Killah
Episode 15 – Man of the Hour: Cam’Ron
Episode 25 – Man of the Hour: DJ Premier
Episode 60 – Man of the Hour: R. Kelly
Episode 65 – Man of the Hour: Madlib (part 1 and part 2)
Here is a listing of all Man of the Hour episodes.
We often venture out into different music genres. Sometimes we invite guest DJ’s to spin for these episodes:
Episode 23 – Reggae, Talk Reggae (w/ DJ Dan Dabber) – Dancehall/Reggae
Episode 33 – Anything But Rap #1 (w/ Rob Hart) – Electronica-ish
Episode 42 – R&B Spotlight: Mid 90’s Mid nineties title says it all, a personal favorite of mine.
Episode 62 – Bmore Club Whassup (w/ DJ Phinesse) - Baltimore Club Music
Episode 69 – Anything But Rap #2 (w/ Ross Reilly) - 1970’s pop music (A.M. Gold)
Early episodes featured DJ Nice Rec venturing into his time travel machine. Click to see all such related shows.
Yearly Events:
Thanksgiving Tur-funk-en: episodes featuring nothing but funk and soul.
In memoriam of 9/11: we release an episode of instrumental hip hop.
End of the Year: We have an awards episode and countdown the previous years best songs Casey Kasem style.
Other episodes of note:
Episode 16 – All Beef #1. Dis tracks.
Episode 17 – Live from 720 Records. This episode was recorded live at 720 Records.
Episode 27 – Pittsburgh Music Showcase. Local Pittsburgh artists.
Episode 48 – Men of the Half Hour: The Grouch and Ugly Duckling.
Episode 64 – Christian Rap – Venturing into the religious side of hip hop.
The episode you always wanted to hear, you just don’t know it yet. A full of hour from the likes of the Miller Brothers (Master P, C-Murder, and Silkk the Shocker) as well as labelmates Mystikal (of course), Mac, Soulja Slim, Mia X, and yes, the Lil’ Soldiers. Listen with an open mind, and respect the tank!
Click to discuss on the forum!
Download (right click and save as):
The episode is recorded and will be out tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can feast your eyes on the wonderfulness that is No Limit Records album covers. My personal favorites are the ones with Young Bleed (what exactly is he carrying under his arm?), or Master P‘s Game Face (come on, that’s just terrible!), oh no wait, Skull Dugrey (the dog has bling in its eye), and of course, the ABSOLUTE CLASSIC (*ta da*) is Big Bear’s Doing Thangs (just look at his logo drip that honey!).
As for tomorrow’s to be released episode, brace yourself folks, this one will be a little different from what you’re used to.
Powered by WordPress
