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Given time, pressure, and the varied perspective that arrives with age, we can be forgiven for re-imagining the opinions we formed in our halcyon days.

But as long as music bears the burden of snapping us back to the moment when we first made its acquaintance, it feels, if only for a brief time, like we haven't aged a day.

Ryan's friend Daniel Rich sits in on this show, and he brought us a gift: The Jungle Brothers' Done By The Forces of Nature. And there, in the way back machine, he is...nineteen, staring down the semi opaque business end of a flimsy promotional pressing LP, slapping it on a substandard turntable, and falling hard for whatever bumped and grooved out of the tinny speaker set.

For all that the Jungle Brothers didn't quite accomplish in comparison with the overt popularity of some of their Native Tongues brethren, this album signaled the serious Afrocentric arrival of an act with real chops, and even in a period of volcanic creativity in the genre, the LP rings as fresh today as it did in 1989.

Listen to the album on Spotify

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Director and screenwriter Kemp Powers sits down with us to discuss De La Soul's  sophomore effort, De La Soul Is Dead. We get into DLS's shift in image and tone, the growth of Prince Paul as a producer, and Kemp's very , ahem, special connection to the song "Let, Let Me In"

And stay tuned to the very end for a short bonus beats on Kemp's love of dancehall music! 

More on Kemp

• Kemp Powers’s long journey to becoming Pixar’s first Black writer-director
• With ‘Soul’ and ‘One Night in Miami,’ Kemp Powers finally hits his artistic stride
• Twitter | Instagram

More on De La Soul Is Dead

• De La Soul Is Dead Turns 30 (The Source)
• De La Soul's Classic Album De La Soul Is Dead Is Turning 30. It Was The First Album I Fell In Love With (Very Smart Brothas)
• An Album Found in a Trashcan: De La Soul Is Dead (PopMatters)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from De La Soul Is Dead unless otherwise indicated):

• Intro
• Shwingalokate
• Jungle Brothers: I'll House You
• My Brother's A Basehead
• De La Soul: Brain Washed Followers
• Pease Porridge
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Oodles of O's
• Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
• Kicked Out the House
• Skit 1
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Millie Pulled A Pistol on Santa
• Let, Let Me In.
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Pease Porridge
• Rap De Rap Show
• Keepin' The Faith
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Oodles of O's
• A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• Bitties in the BK Lounge
• Lou Donaldson: It's Your Thing
• Bittis in the BK Lounge
• Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
• Skit 5
• Black Sheep: Flavor of the Month
• The Pharcyde: Otha Fish
• A Tribe Called Quest: Buggin Out
• Eek-A-Mouse: Border Patrol
• Shinehead: Chain Gang Rap
• Super Cat: Ghetto Red Hot (Remix)
• Sean Paul: Punkie
• Super Cat: Dolly My Baby (Remix)
• Shabba Ranks: Mr. Loverman

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There's a certain lo-fi feel to Jungle Brothers' debut effort, Straight Out The Jungle.  The group made the record at home using early sampling technology, but its influence is undeniable. It brought together house music, jazz, and hip-hop, and marked the beginning of the Native Tongues family. Groups like De La Soul and ATCQ would become the biggest members of the collective, but don't sleep on this heater. 

Record  producer Salaam Remi sits down with us to chat about the JB's place in the Native Tongues family, the countless flipped samples throughout the record, and his personal journey as a super producer.

More on Salaam

• Salaam on NPR Music
• Salaam's interview with The Breakfast Club
• Website | Twitter

More on Jungle Brothers

• Jungle Brothers’ Debut Album ‘Straight Out the Jungle’ Turns 30 (Albumism)
• Music video for Straight Out The Jungle
• The Source's retrospective on Straight Out The Jungle

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Straight Out The Jungle unless otherwise indicated):

• Jimmy's Bonus Beat
• Jimbrowski
• On The Run
• Behind the Bush
• Slick RIck: Children's Story
• MC Lyte: Paper Thin
• EPMD: You Gots To Chill
• Big Daddy Kane: Ain't No Half Steppin'
• Braggin' and Boastin'
• The Magictones: Good Old Music
• Jimbrowski
• Sly & The Family Stone: You Can Make It If You Try
• Because I Got It Like That
• Isaac Hayes: Joy
• Behind the Bush
• The Meters: Groovy Lady
• I'm Gonna Do You
• The Meters: Rigor Mortis
• I'm Gonna Do You
• Mandrill: Mango Meat
• Straight Out The Jungle
• Marshall Jackson: Move Your Body
• I'll House You
• Super Cat: Ghetto Red Hot (Remix)
• Lou Donaldson: It's Your Thing
• De La Soul: Bitties In The BK Lounge
• Poor Righteous Teachers: Shakiyla
• Super Cat: Ghetto Red Hot (Remix)
• Because I Got It Like That
• Behind The Bush
• I'm Gonna Do You
• Because I Got It Like That
• On The Run
• Straight Out The Jungle
• Queen Latifah: Come Into My House
• KMD: Peachfuzz
• Chill Rob G: Court Is Now In Session

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there

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What makes a rap song outstanding?
What makes an album a masterpiece?
What’s more important—lyrics or production?
There are no right answers, but dammit three rap nerds are gonna try to find them in this podcast.

Original music by Red Walrus.

This week, we discuss the 2020 album Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes

The Rap Lizards are: Ben, Dion and Gary.
Co-produced by Nate.

www.theraplizards.com
theraplizards@gmail.com

Boom Bap Book Club is: Ben, Dion and Gary.
Co-produced by Nate.

https://www.boombapbookclub.com/listen-on-all-platforms
theraplizards@gmail.com
@boombapbookclub on Instagram and Twitter

What makes a rap song outstanding?
What makes an album a masterpiece?
What’s more important—lyrics or production?
There are no right answers, but dammit three rap nerds are gonna try to find them in this podcast.

Original music by Red Walrus.

This week, we sneak behind the curtain a bit for one of our first attempts at making a podcast. Only Gary had a real mic at the time, so the sound quality overall isn't great, but toward the beginning, you do get to hear us brainstorm a bit about the direction of the podcast, let's you into our thought process and gives you a peek behind the scenes! Eventually we discuss the 2000 album Anarchy by Busta Rhymes.

The Rap Lizards are: Ben, Dion and Gary.

www.theraplizards.com
theraplizards@gmail.com

Boom Bap Book Club is: Ben, Dion and Gary.
Co-produced by Nate.

https://www.boombapbookclub.com/listen-on-all-platforms
theraplizards@gmail.com
@boombapbookclub on Instagram and Twitter

What makes a rap song outstanding?
What makes an album a masterpiece?
What’s more important—lyrics or production?
There are no right answers, but dammit three rap nerds are gonna try to find them in this podcast.

Original music by Red Walrus.

This week, we discuss the 1997 album When Disaster Strikes… by Busta Rhymes. We also get into cancel culture talk.

The Rap Lizards are: Ben, Dion and Gary.

www.theraplizards.com
theraplizards@gmail.com

Boom Bap Book Club is: Ben, Dion and Gary.
Co-produced by Nate.

https://www.boombapbookclub.com/listen-on-all-platforms
theraplizards@gmail.com
@boombapbookclub on Instagram and Twitter

LINKS:
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Email: spacetimemusicpodcast@gmail.com

The SpaceTimeMusic theme music is a sample of the Ana-Tole x Jonah Christian Remix of Ready or Not by the Fugees.

SONG CREDITS:
In order of appearance
Bonita Applebum
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
1990

Daylight
Come Into Knowledge
RAMP
1977

Memory Band
Rotary Connection
Rotary Connection
1968

Fool Yourself
Dixie Chicken
Little Feat
1973

Jagger the Dagger
Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
Eugene McDaniels
1971

Killing Me Softly With His Song
Killing Me Softly
Roberta Flack
1973

Killing Me Softly
In Effect Mode
Al B. Sure!
1988

Killing Me Softly
The Score
Fugees
1996

When Black Sheep joined the Native Tongues family in 1989, they brought an irreverent and humorous tone to the hip-hop collective. Native Tongues had lighthearted rappers in the group to begin with, but Black Sheep took it one step further. They were witty, they teased, and they flipped some iconic samples. And oh yea, and they released one of the biggest hits of the '90s, The Choice is Yours (Revisited).

Writer Adam Mansbach sits down with Oliver to discuss Black Sheep's debut record, the gangsta rap blacklash happening at the time, and the more problematic parts of the record.

Show Tracklisting (all songs from A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing unless otherwise indicated):

• Try Counting Sheep
• Flavor of the Month
• To Whom It May Concern
• Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: In A Little Spanish Town
• Flavor of the Month
• U Mean I'm Not
• Tim Dog: Fuck Compton
• U Mean I'm Not
• Butt in the Meantime
• McCoy Tyner: Impressions
• The Choice is Yours (Revisted)
• Freddie Hubbard: Povo
• Black with NV (No Vision)
• Gary Bartz: Celestial Blues
• To Whom It May Concern
• Black Sheep: Without A Doubt
• L A S M
• Gimme the Finga
• Have U.N.E. Pull
• Shades of Brown: The Soil I Tilled For You
• A Tribe Called Quest: Excursions
• Have U.N.E. Pull
• The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
• Strobelite Honey
• Are You Mad?
• The Choice Is Yours
• KMD: Humrush
• De La Soul: A Rollerskating Jam Named "Saturdays"
• De La Soul: Skit 2

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there

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Samantha Casuga is a trained ballet dancer and former journalism student that found her way behind a bar in her early 20s. Since then she has been part pf the team at Veneto Lounge in Victoria, she was bar manager at Native Tongues in Calgary and now calls New York City home. She has been Head bartender at The Dead Rabbit for about 3 years. 

You can follow Sam at @labonitafunk