2 Busy Saying Yeah/Matthew Africa Matthew Africa

Almost a year ago I began doing a talky rap podcast with two of my friends, SergDun of beerandrap.com and Soft Money of spaceagehustle.com.

The format is that we each choose some new rap songs we like and talk about them, but the discussion usually hits some pretty funny tangents as well. I don't generally post those podcasts here but the server we use is acting a little funky, so just this once....

This week on STAY HATIN' we had so much hate that the show ran almost 2 hours. Serg and Soft Money talk about the shittiness of Phoenix, Arizona and rap blogs (oh the irony), Serg reveals the secret to making rap jams about sex and, after Serg and Soft Money call it “really bad” and “hee haw party music”, Matthew attempts to convince the boys that reggae doesn’t suck. (He fails.)

Oh also, Soft Money expresses his love for Adam Sandler and sings a little Boyz II Men. Oh also also, we play some new raps.

These are the songs we played:

1. Killa Kyleon & Mouse On Tha Track – Dick Look
2. Lil Durk – #RockOut
3. Playboy Tre – Shot of Rum feat. P. Dukes, Bobby Creekwater, Jarren Benton, Homebwoi & Bohagon
4. Future – I’m Trippin’ feat. Juicy J
5. Drumma Boy – Smokin On That Loud feat. 8Ball & MJG
6. Mac Mall – My Room
7. Death Grips – I’ve Seen Footage
8. Chief Keef – Cuz My Gear feat. RiFF RaFF
9. Drama Tha King – Do Yourself a Favor
10. Big Youth – Screaming Target
11. Ding Dong – Badman Forward Badman Pull Up
12. Flip Flip – Ridin With Them Blamies feat. Lil Mo
13. Fiend – Champagne feat. Curren$y
14. Shady Nate – Actavis Nights
15. DJ Paul – G’d Up
16. Kool A.D. – Damien Hirst feat. MondreM.A.N. & Dope G
17. City of Thieves – Intro
18. Husalah – Still 88 Fresh feat. Young Lox & Mitchy Slick
19. Roach Gigz – Let a Player Live
20. DecadeZ – The Word feat. Work Dirty, Tray Geez & Young Curt
21. Big Chief – Precious

You can download a .zip of the songs we played and get links to various things we talked about at the STAY HATIN' website, stayhatin.com.

E-40 is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

This mix is a tribute to him in the tradition of my previous mixes devoted to DJ Quik, R. Kelly, Gang Starr and Too $hort (the latter with DJ Eleven). If you've heard any of them, you know I go all out-- meticulously selecting, sequencing and mixing songs to put together the best possible representation of those artists' music. This mix is no exception.

Yay Game draws 40 songs from all eras of E-40's career, from 1990's "Let's Side" to his current single, "Function". His catalog is so vast and deep that choosing just 40 songs to represent him was incredibly tough, but I've tried to fit in everything from mob slumpers and album sleepers to radio and club hits.

If you enjoy this, go grab E-40's three (!) new albums, Block Brochure Volumes 1-3!

These are the songs in the mix:

1. Da Bumble
2. Sideways feat. B-Legit
3. Bitch feat. Too $hort
4. L.I.Q
5. Let’s Get Drunk (The Click)
6. Let’s Side (The Click)
7. Mr. Flamboyant
8. Rappers’ Ball feat. Too $hort & K-Ci
9. Captain Save a Hoe feat. the Click
10. Flashin’
11. Carlos Rossi feat. B-Legit
12. To Da Beat
13. Practice Lookin’ Hard
14. Rear View Mirror
15. Big Ballin’ With My Homies
16. Behind Gates feat. Ice Cube
17. Sprinkle Me feat. Suga T
18. Hurricane The Click)
19. I Got 5 On It (Remix) (The Luniz)
20. Scandalous (The Click)
21. Dusted ‘n’ Disgusted feat. Mac Mall & Spice 1
22. Beastin’
23. Hyphy (The Federation)
24. Yay Area
25. Timin’
26. White Gurl feat. Pimp C
27. Automatic
28. T-Shirt, Blue Jeans & Nikes (Keak Da Sneak)
29. This My One (Too $hort)
30. Tell Me When to Go feat. Keak Da Sneak
31. My Shit Bang
32. Function
33. No Hoe (Remix) (D-Lo)
34. Gasoline
35. Nah, Nah... feat. Nate Dogg
36. Hope I Don’t Go Back
37. Learn About It (The Click)
38. 1-Luv feat. Levitti
39. The Story
40. Fallin’ Rain

In this episode, I play and talk about some of my favorite songs that got reissued in 2011:


1. Bob & Gene – It’s Not What You Know... It's Who You Know (Ever-Soul 7")
2. Dave Hamilton – Soul Suite (V/A – Dave Hamilton's Detroit Soul)
3. Darondo – Gimme Some (Listen to My Song: The Music City Sessions)
4. Chucky Thurmon – Just a Man (V/A – Street Sounds From the Bay Area: Music City Funk & Soul Grooves 1971-75)
5. Aged In Harmony – You’re a Melody (Extended Disco) (V/A – Under the Influence Vol.1 Compiled By DJ Red Greg
6. Le'Chance – Get Down (V/A – True Soul: Deep Sounds From the Left of Stax Vol. 2)
7. Hot Pepper – Cancion Ritual (V/A – Real Sound of Chicago and Beyond)
8. Soki Ohale's Uzzi – Bisi’s Beat (V/A – Nigeria 70: Sweet Times - Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos)
9. Sroeng Santi – Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng (V/A – Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground)
10. Little Ed & the Soundmasters – It’s a Dream (Numero Group 7” box)
11. Neighb'rhood Childr'n – Long Years In Space (Long Years In Space)
12. Golden Grapes – Please Don't Bother Me Anymore (V/A – Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974)
13. Oscar Hamod & the Majestics – No Chance Baby (No Chance Baby)
14. Index – Shock Wave (Black Album + Red Album + Yesterday & Today)
15. The Halleleuiah Chorus – I’ve Got to Find a Way (V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels)
16. Thomas East – Slipping Around (V/A - True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax Volume 1)
17. The Four Mints – Endlessly (Numero Group 7”)
18. The Defaulters feat. Charles Hancock – Gentle Man (V/A – Pressed at Boddie)
19. Father's Children – Linda Movement (Who's Gonna Save the World)
20. Stone Coal White – You Know (S/T)
21. The Two Things In One – Walk On By (Together Forever: The Music City Sessions)
22. Kool and Together – Reaching Out (Original Recordings 1970-77)
23. Rob – Forgive Us All (Funky Rob Way)
24. The King James Version featuring King Solomon & Moses – He’s Forever (Amen) (V/A – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio)
25. The Soul Sensations - A Man That Is Not Free (V/A – The Music City Story)
26. Mike & the Censations – You’re Living a Lie (Don't Sell Your Soul)
27. El Rego – Ke Amon-Gbetchea (S/T)
28. O. C. Tolbert – All I Want Is You (Black Diamond)
29. Lloyd McNeill – Home Rule (Washington Suite)
30. Tino Contreras – Orfeon En Los Tambores (El Jazz Mexicano De Tino Contreras)
31. Jef Gilson Nonet feat. Jean-Louis Chautemps – Suite Pour San Remo: Ouverture (S/T)
32. Jef Gilson – Un Pas, Deux Pas, Cent Pas (S/T)