The Audacity of Dope

The latest edition of GGR with Phonte and Brainchild dropped last week, but hey…life is busy.  Even if it’s a few days late on TAOD, the music is still as fresh as ever.  Plus, any mix that starts with an artist named Dorian gets posted.  Fact.

In celebration of his brother Big Pooh’s recent wedding, Phonte discusses his third time as a groomsman, how not wearing a wedding ring can build a healthy marriage, and how to use the word ‘bitch’ in a positive way.

1. Dorian “Be Loved”
2. Ebrahim “Tears Of Ayanna”
3. Q-Tip “Let’s Ride”
4. Ryan Leslie “Just Right”
5. The-Dream “Walkin’ On The Moon” (feat. Kanye West)
6. Theophilus London “TNT”
7. Trackademicks “Enjoy What You Do”
8. J*DaVeY “Night & Day”
9. Miguel “Dig”
10. J Dilla “Let’s Take It Back”
11. Dr Who Dat? “Kelly Drive”
12. Freddie Joachim “Meditation”
13. Mos Def “Victory”
14. Waajeed “Anything”
15. Fam-Lay “Fresh N Driving”
16. DJ Mitsu The Beats “Right Here” (Seoul City Remix)
17. Mayer Hawthorne “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” (Astronote Remix)
18. Little Dragon “After The Rain” (GB Interpretation)
19. Esthero “Superheroes” (Afta-1 Remix)
20. Aaliyah “Rock The Boat” (Stimulated Remix)
21. Santana “Aqua Marine”
22. Mr. V “I Can Sing”
23. Herbie Hancock “Watermelon Man” (Kenny Dope Club Mix)
24. Atjazz “Wind & Sea”
25. Rapper Big Pooh “Rear View Mirror”

Download here.

Congrats to Pooh as well!

Honestly, I’m amazed Phonte and Brainchild have time for these excellent podcasts.  I always feel like I’m incredibly busy and constantly have projects to finish, but I know these guys do as well.  The fact that they do all their work and put out these episodes of GGR so often shows you how much they love the music.

The interview I recorded with Tay at Rock The Bells will be coming soon…as soon as I get a minute to put it online!  In the meantime, enjoy GGR #9, where he even speaks on the concert in the intro:

The Birth Control Edition

In this week’s edition, Phonte discusses the trials and tribulations of parenthood and explains why you really don’t wanna know how many sexual partners your s/o has had.

1. Pete Rock “Don’t Be Mad”
2. Sleepy’s Theme “Choked Out Saturday Night”
3. Outkast “Elevators (Me & You)”
4. digital underground “Oregano Flow” (Gumbo Soup Mix)
5. Be Rezell “Blowed Away”
6. Timbaland & Magoo “Written Rhymes”
7. Jodeci “Can We Flo?”
8. Brentford All-Stars “Greedy G”
9. Alan Hawkshaw “Mile High Swinger”
10. Sly & The Family Stone “Positive”
11. The Rimshots “Harvey Wallbanger”
12. The JB’s “Hot Pants Roads”
13. Maceo & The Macks “Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)”
14. Kool & The Gang “Funky Stuff”
15. Illa J “We Here”
16. Coultrain “Green”
17. Hueston Independent Spit District “No More”
18. Owusu & Hannibal “Delirium” (Up Hygh Remix)
19. DJ Quik “Down Down Down”
20. Shonie “Come & Get It”
21. Platonic “877″
22. Theo Parrish “The Rink”
23. Samon Kawamura “You Are The Only One”
24. The Randy Watson Experience “Knocking At Your Door”
25. The Foreign Exchange “Daykeeper”

Download here.

And yes, The Audacity of Dope is my blog Tay!  hahahah.  A pensive Phonte at RTB, Washington:

Episode 6 of the internationally acclaimed Gordon Gartrell Radio podcast from Dr. Tigglesworth and Brainchild.  Just like our Sound Session archives, these are great to bump when you’re bored as hell at the job, passing time on the commute, or putting in work in the gym.  Here’s the description and tracklist:

The Cafe Au Lait Edition

This week Phonte celebrates the release of Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80’s, discusses why Rick Ross would’ve been better off marketing himself as a rapping corrections officer, and counts down the Top 10 Golden Brown Mocha Colored Women of All Time.

1. Dam Funk “Galactic Funk
2. Prince & The Revolution “Raspberry Beret”
3. Rick James “Cold Blooded” (Re-Edit & Weep)
4. Marvin Gaye “Rockin’ After Midnight”
5. Ready For The World “Oh Sheila” (Trackademicks Remix)
6. PPP “On A Cloud” (Trackademicks Remix)
7. Hollyweerd “Members Only”
8. India Arie “Brown Skin
9. Spymusic “Dancery”
10. Marc Mac presents Visioneers “Funkbox” (Jazzy Jeff Remix)
11. J*Davey “J” (Instrumental)
12. A Tribe Called Quest “Like It Like That” (Instrumental)
13. J Dilla “Interlude” (Instrumental)
14. Ne-Yo “Nobody”
15. N*E*R*D “You Know What”
16. Joss Stone “Girl, They Won’t Believe It”
17. Marvin Gaye “Come Get To This”
18. Jack Sample Pros “Perskryptsyn”
19. Waajeed “Fire”
20. J Dilla “Take Notice” (Instrumental)
21. Brook D’leau “Untitled”
22. The Detroit Experiment “Higher”
23. Zo! and Tigallo “Steppin Out” (Trackademicks Extra Wet Like Stoney Jackson’s Curl Remix)

Download here.  Cop that Zo! and Tigallo too!