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| VIDEO: BUSTA RHYMES |
| Busta Rhymes signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records (distributed by Interscope) a few years back. Last year, he left the label… but got to take his unreleased album with him. On his recent episode of Artist Confidential, he tells how it went down.
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DJ schedules are subject to change. Times are in Eastern Standard Time (ET) except where noted.
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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
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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
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Doc
A native Washingtonian with a very worldly ear and eye for music and art, Kyle Murdock aka “DOC” has been in radio for nearly 10 years dating back to college. While attending Howard University, DOC majored in Radio Production and ran his campus Radio station, WHBC 830am, while also interning at various local commercial and public radio stations. One of those internships turned into DOC’s current gig at XM as a production director for XM’s numerous urban and jazz channels. Not satisfied with being just a behind-the-scenes guy, DOC also explored the “on-air” aspect of radio much like his late uncle, Melvin Lindsey, who was the originator of the ubiquitous after-hours' format known as “the Quiet Storm”. Family was not the only person DOC grew up emulating, as his interest in music got him into music production while a freshman in college which is his ultimate goal. So not only can you hear the DOC (a 2nd generation nickname he got from his dad) playing progressive hip-hop as a co-host on Subsoniq, but you can also hear him making it as half of the tandem Panacea and performing it as part of the live band R.P.M under his other alias, “K-Murdock”. Just like the line he and longtime friend/co-host KB so often close out Subsoniq with, DOC is all about, “Beats, Rhymes, and Life!"
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KB
For the past 10 years, KB has been hosting radio shows that reflect the progressive and old school sounds of hip-hop. The "revolutionary/programming from the gut" aspect of satellite radio is what brought KB to XM in 2002. He met up with his good friend "Doc" while becoming employed at XM, and both have since co-hosted the progressive hip-hop show "Subsoniq".The show can be found in various forms across 4 of XM's channels. KB also developed the all request show on 65, "The Rhymeline"! The show takes phone requests from listeners and lets them control the channel by playing everything from "the bangers you know and love" to classic deep album cuts and hard to find remixes! He is a longtime Rhyme resident and has lead the way in helping to mold and develop the channel since his arrival in 2002. For someone who grew up on hip-hop acts like Digital Underground, De La Soul, Doug E Fresh, and The Roots (to name a few) its nothing short of an honor for KB to help give back to the hip-hop culture that gave so much to him.
For more info on Subsoniq you can check, www.proghiphop.com.
To make requests for The Rhymeline you can call 866-267-0451.
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Put on your Adidas and your Kangol hat and join the party—you'll hear nothing but the early days of Hip-Hop.
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