World Cafe Playlist for 08/11/2023

DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, Kurtis Blow, and Jim Fricke join host David Dye

It’s been 50 years since DJ Kool Herc mixed two copies of the same album together at a party in his Bronx apartment complex – a moment that many think of as the birth of hip hop. To celebrate, World Cafe immerses you in those early days with the help of rapper Kurtis Blow, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and author Jim Fricke as they talk about the creativity and controversies of those first moments.

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Today’s Playlist

Eric B & Rakim “I Know You Got Soul” Paid In Full

The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” Greatest Hits

Kurtis Blow “The Breaks” The Best of Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow “The Breaks” The Best of Kurtis Blow

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime” Homebase

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime” Homebase

Run-DMC “Walk This Way” Raising Hell

Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.” Black Reign

Danger Mouse “Lucifer 9” The Grey Album

Michael McDonald “I Keep Forgetting” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Warren G “Regulate” Regulate… G Funk Era

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Bruce Hornsby & The Range “The Way It Is” The Way It Is

Otis Redding “Try A Little Tenderness” Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

Jay-Z and Kanye West “Otis” Watch The Throne

Curtis Mayfield “Move On Up” Curtis

Kanye West “Touch The Sky” Late Registration

RJD2 “The Colossus” The Colossus

Led Zeppelin “When the Levee Breaks” Led Zeppelin IV

Beastie Boys “Rhymin And Stealin” Licensed To Ill

Quincy Jones “Soul Bossa Nova” Big Band Bossa Nova

Dream Warriors “My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style” And Now The Legacy BeginsJohnny Marr “How Soon Is Now” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi” Ladies Of The Canyon

Janet Jackson “Got Til It’s Gone” The Velvet Rope

Steely Dan “Peg” Aja

De La Soul “Eye Know” 3 Feet High & Rising