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Some real exciting new releases graced the turntables this week. Firstly, a tantalizingly soulful collaboration between rising star Thundercat and Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins that definitely has me excited for the forthcoming album - as does the brand new release from R&B songstress Faith Evans who gives us a taste of her upcoming new album featuring Notorious BIG and Snoop Dog.

Back again for the first podcast of the new year, and do I have some serious joints for you! Kicking things off with a a tasty new release from my favourite 45s label Dusty Donuts, where Naughty NMX slices up some EPMD and Bob Marley. A quick trip through some classic late eighties Hip Hop joints, and a detour into some seriously funky seventies grooves before I turn up the notch and drop soome bangin' recent club releases - Including new joints from Run The Jewels, Husky from Random Soul, and devastating new one from Metroplane.

In a year that was all about headlines (and most of them kind of crappy) at least the music was pretty good.

This is not just an R&B mix.. Teddy Riley has a long history with underground Hip Hop. This mix covers his earliest career right up to the early 2000s.

Bobby Rush - I'm Tired [Tangle Eye Mix] Mato - aTa Stands For Trouble [Dub] The Nextmen feat Nu Logic & Kiko Bun - The Corner Mura Masa feat A$ap Rocky - Lovesick Charlie Bucket feat Boog Brown & Natalie Mae - So Far Brief Encounter - Human Soulive feat Chaka Khan - Back Again Chance The Rapper feat. T-Pain, Kirk Franklin, Eryn Allen Kane, Noname - Finish Line Drown Tall Black Guy feat 80's Babies - Don't Box Me In Bag Raiders feat Mayer Hawthorne - Beat Me To The Punch Alicia Keys - Pawn It All A Tribe…

Brasstracks - Good Love Frankie The Pacemaker - Live & Die Rekt Part 2 [Ruffuckinmix] Brand Nubian - To The Right James Brown - Funky President Cypress Hill - Real Estate Nick Bike - Sexy Coffee Pot Funk Eric B. & Rakim - Run For Cover Breeze - L.A. Posse Spoonie Gee - The Godfather Joe Budden - Pump It Up [Jim Sharp Edit] Flipout - Flippin' Bob Parts 1 Naughty NMX - Hyped Up Ants Mayer Hawthorne - Out of Pocket Jamie Lidell - Julian GoldLink - Dark Skin Women [Cosmo's Midnight & Swindail Remix] Discotron - Ghetto Funk…

The Crusaders - Spiral Leroy Burgess - Stranger Lace - Can't Play Around Vincent Montana Orchestra - One More Time V.M.J Skyy - First Time Around Harari - Party [Evil K'Neil edit] Luvless - My Lovin' The Gene Dunlap Band - There's Talk Terri Wells - You Make It Heaven [Instrumental] The Wombats - Greek Tragedy [Oliver Nelson Remix] GoldLink - Dark Skin Women [Chris McClenny Remix] Jean Tonique - Lit Up Amp Fiddler feat Dames Brown - Steppin' HNNY - Solsidan Dnote - The Garden Of Earthly Delights [Ballistic Bario Boom] Ralph Carmichael - Switchblade Theme Cal Tjader -…

Rod Temperton might be the greatest song writer of the modern age who was largely unknown to the general public. Not only was he responsible for penning Michael Jackson's biggest hits (including Thriller), he worked intimately with Quincy Jones to establish the iconic sound of the Quest label, and worked with some of the biggest names in the industry creating a huge catalog of amazing records and number one hits.

A soulful episode featuring the welcome return of Bell Biv Devoe, who just released a brand new tune after a long fifteen year hiatus.

A bumper episode for this latest podcast, with a mix that runs almost two and half hours. I was contemplating splitting this up into two separate mixes, but it was such fire that I just couldn't decide where to do the split. So put a good pot of coffee on the burner, and soak in the heavy vibes. This one is a killer!