SAMPLE NATION 053 // WEATHER OR NOT // WEATHER THEMED HIP-HOP

Weather Themed Hip-Hop

Something different for a change, this week’s selection and theme is Hip-Hop songs about the weather. Rain, Sun, but mostly rain.

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 16/08/20

Something DifferentJames Trice10 November 2020Weather Based Hip-Hop, US Hip-Hop, UK Hip-Hop, WeatherComment

SAMPLE NATION 051 // ORIGINAL SAMPLES

A selection of some of my favourite UK and US Hip-Hop Original Samples (Plus some New UK Hip-Hop)

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 02/08/20

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SAMPLE NATION 050 // MARLEY MARL // PRODUCER SPECIAL

Celebrating the production of one of the early originators, Marley Marl.

Originally broadcast on ITCH.FM 19/07/20

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SAMPLE NATION 049 // WE USED TO DANCE

Hip-Hop 100BPM or faster. Some UK and US Hip-Hop to get your dancing. Classics and some more recent

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 05/07/29

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SAMPLE NATION 48 // UK HIP-HOP CLASSICS 4

Old and new Hip-Hop from the British Isles...

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 28/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 047 // ILLINFORMED // PRODUCER SPECIAL

Celebration of ILLINFORMED’s incredible production

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 21/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 046 // BLM

A Celebration of Black British Hip-Hop

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 14/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 045 // DILLA AND VICE BEATS INTERVIEW

Vice Beats recently released a album dedicated to Dilla's music, officially endorsed by the James Dewitt Yancey Foundation.

I spoke to him just before it's release in February about how it all came together, his life in Hip-Hop and his love for Dilla

Broadcast on Itch.FM 07/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 044 // LOCKDOWN SESSIONS 2

Broadcast 31/05/20 on Itch FM at the height of UK Lockdown and selection of political Hip-Hop, classic Britcore and some lovely Original Samples

Enjoy

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SAMPLE NATION 043 // R.A. THE RUGGED MAN INTERVIEW

Broadcast on Itch.FM 24/05/20 I sat down with R.A. The Rugged Man to discuss his brand new album "All My Heros Are Dead"

The two hour show along with the interview features a retrospective of some of his classic songs new and old

Enjoy

Maj Duckworth

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SAMPLE NATION 042 // BUCKWILD

Broadcast 17/05/2020 on Itch.FM, two hours of classic 90s golden age Hip-Hop by the legendary Buckwild

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SAMPLE NATION 041 // UK HIP-HOP CLASSIC 3 // TY TRIBUTE

two hours of UK Hip-Hop classics, this was originally broadcast the week that TY sadly passed away from COVID, I thought it was only right to play some of his work. A short set features celebrating some of my favorite Ty tracks

RIP TY

Broadcast on Itch.FM 10/05/20

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SAMPLE NATION 040 // EASY MO BEE

Ultimate 90s SP1200 production don. Easy Mo Bee special. One of the truly great Hip-Hop producers, he really shaped the 90s sound and revolutionised the chopping of samples.

Broadcast live on Itch.FM 03/05/20

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SAMPLE NATION 039 // LOCKDOWN SESSIONS

Some stuff to get you smiling. A load of new UK and US Hip-Hop, a quick couple tracks of Golden Age to get your going and some memorials for the ones we lost that week

RIP Bohannon

RIP Metropolis

RIP Sweet Sable

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 26/04/20

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SAMPLE NATION 038 // INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY

Originally broadcast on International Womens Day I wanted to celebrate some of the sickest women in Hip-Hop. Some classic UK and US Hip-Hop and some new bits and pieces in there

Side note, Wildflower needs to make more music and so does Apani B

Broadcast on Itch.FM 08/03/2020

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SAMPLE NATION 037 // THE BOMB SQUAD

Celebrating the revolutionary production crew The Bomb Squad. Working through their vast back catalogue from Ice-cube, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane to Public Enemy.. Truly one of a kind producers, with a style of production that sadly no longer exists

Broadcast 01/03/20

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SAMPLE NATION 036 // UK HIP-HOP CLASSICS 2

Two hours of Classic UK Hip-Hop new and old.

Broadcast one Itch.FM 23/02/20

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SAMPLE NATION 035 // WORLD OF HIP-HOP 2

Two hours of Hip-Hop from around the world. Music from France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Ireland and Sweeden. Some of it in English, some of it not, but its all proper dirt bag stuff

Broadcast on Itch.FM 16/02/20

SAMPLE NATION 034 // MICALL PARKNSUN

Two hours of UK Hip-Hop, new and old. Celebrating the incredible producer and MC; Micall Parknsun. I was first introduced to his work randomly buying a Skriblah 12” in MSM, on which he was just called Parky. But I think for me I really took notice with his debut album Working Class Dad, which is just an beautiful album from start to finish with tracks produced by LG, Beatbutcher, Apa-Tight (sick producer) and himself. If you follow him on IG, you’ll see he is constantly banging out proper lovely beats on the regular, so I just wanted to big up his production which is consistently sick but also an selection of proper decent MC features. Hope you enjoy it

Broadcast on Itch.FM 09/02/20

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SAMPLE NATION 033 // SUPA T // SUNDRAGON

SAMPLE NATION 033 // SUPA T // SUNDRAGON //

I’m a huge fan of Supa T, from his work with Champions of Nature to his solo stuff and his many features, his body of work is relatively small but it’s hugely influential and massively consistent. This is show is a celebration of his work, from the group stuff to mix tape freestyles. Sadly he retired and we never got a full album, I heard he now works doing graphic design, but couldn’t find him online.. What’s weird about Supa T is how little information there is online, no interview and barely any pictures, hence the strange looking image I made. To kick the show off a couple new tracks from the likes of Vice Beats with his tribute to Dilla, something from Badbonez new album which is so, so lovely. There’s a new track from Tenchoo off his new album, which features a load of MCs and a few other new bits for you to check out..

Hope you enjoy because Supa T is the don

Broadcast 02/02/20

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