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Afrika Bambaataa/Zulubeatz Show
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three main originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and "Godfather" of Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading rap and hip-hop culture throughout the world. He has consistently made records nationally and internationally, every one to two years, spanning the 1980's into the next Millennium 2000.

Bambaataa joins the XM Nation along with Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Manager Mick Benzo and Cutman LG (formerly known as DJ Easy LG of Good Combinations Positive K & LG). Together all three bring us Zulubeatz, a show that will include classic hip hop records that reflect the genre's evolution. Zulu Beatz is true school for the people! If you are tired of hearing the same 10 songs over and over again, then this is the show you don't want to miss!

Listen:
Saturdays at 10PM ET
Wednesdays at 12 Noon ET (Encore presentation)

For more info visit: www.myspace.com/universalzulubeatz

Monie Love
Saturday 6 - 7 pm ET
Rebroadcast: Tuesday 10 - 11 pm ET

Love was born in the Battersea area of London, England. She is the younger sister of techno musician Dave Angel, and was a daughter to a London-based, jazz musician father.

In 1989, Love first gained critical and commercial notice in the United States for her cameos in Queen Latifah's Grammy-winning and pro-woman single "Ladies First," in the Jungle Brothers' well-received single "Doin' Our Own Dang," and in De La Soul's hit single, "Buddy." The acclaim led her to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, making Love one of the few British hip-hop efforts released by a major label. Love also has a place in hip-hop history as a member of the Native Tongues Posse, a positive-minded hip-hop collective that included Queen Latifah, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers, and a number of other acts.

Love's debut album, Down To Earth, spawned two, Grammy-nominated hits, "Monie in the Middle" (a high school-set track dealing with a woman's right to determine what she wants out of a relationship) and "It's a Shame (My Sister)" (which sampled The Spinners' "It's a Shame" written for the band by Stevie Wonder). Love collaborated with Prince and Marley Marl for her 1993 second album, In A Word Or 2. In A Word Or 2 featured the Prince-produced single "Born To B.R.E.E.D." (which reached #1 on the Hot Dance Music chart and #7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart), as well as a re-release of "Full-Term Love." The same year, Prince asked her to write lyrics for a few songs on his side-project, Carmen Electra's eponymous album. Love's last musical release was the EP "Slice of Da Pie" in 2000.

For more info on Monie Love visit: www.myspace.com/monielove

Grandmaster Flash
There are lots of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but little has been detailed about the origins of hip-hop. One of hip-hop’s founding fathers is DJ Grandmaster Flash.

The career of DJ Grandmaster Flash began in the Bronx with neighborhood block parties that essentially were the start of hip-hop. He was the first DJ to physically lay his hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counterclockwise motion, when most DJs simply handed the record by edges, put down the tone arm, and let it play.He laid the groundwork for everything a hip-hop DJ can do with a record today, other than just letting it play. What we call a DJ today is a role invented by Grandmaster Flash. By the end of the seventies, Flash invited MCs to rap over his beats—a trend that has since become a hallmark of hip-hop. Shortly thereafter he started his own group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Their reputation grew up around the way the group traded off and blended all five MC’s lyrics with Flash’s unrivaled skills as a DJ and his acrobatic performances—spinning and cutting vinyl with his fingers, toes, elbows, and any objects at hand.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five went Platinum with their single, “The Message.” Meanwhile the single “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” introduced hip-hop DJing to a larger listening audience than it ever had before; it became the first DJ composition to be recorded by a DJ.

The rock n’ roll establishment also recognized Flash’s work with an honor no one else inhip-hop has received: in 2007, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five became the first hip-hop group ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

For more information, please visit Flash’s website, www.grandmasterflash.com