The Beat Suite 2005 Hiphop Year In Review Special: For the last show of the year we drop the dopest cuts, announce the listener’s choice, and The Beat Suite talks about their ‘top album’ picks for 2005!!!
Beat Suite Intro
– DJ B-SIDE IN THE MIX –
Common – The Corner (instrumental)
Common – The Corner (Prod. by Kanye West)
Sean Price – Heartburn (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
Supernatural feat. Choklate – I’m A Fighter (Prod. by BeanOne)
Zap Mama feat. Talib Kweli, Common & ?uestlove – Yelling Away (Prod. by ???)
Kev Brown feat. Kenn Starr & Quartermaine – Say Sumthin (Prod. by Kev Brown)
Kev Brown feat. Kenn Starr & Quartermaine – Say Sumthin (instrumental)
Headnodic feat. The Procussions – The Drive (Prod. by Headnodic)
Priest da nomad feat. Asheru & Kokayi – Holdin’ It Down (Prod. by Oddisee)
Deux Process – Paper Trail (Prod. By Vise Versa)
Lightheaded – Timeless (Prod. by Ohmega Watts)
Asamov feat. Mr. Lif – Supa Dynamite (Prod. by Willie Evans JR.)
Supastition feat. Phonte & Big Pooh (of Little Brother) – Soul Control (Prod. by ILLmind)
MED feat. Noelle – Nightlife (Prod. by Madlib)
Blendcrafters (DJ Nu-Mark & Pomo) feat. MF Doom – Melody (Remix) (Prod. by DJ Nu-Mark)
Sound Providers feat. The Procussions – 5 Minutes Remix (Prod. by The Sound Providers – inst)
Sound Providers feat. The Procussions – 5 Minutes Remix (Prod. by The Sound Providers)
– WICKED IN THE MIX –
Dreddy Kruger (Think Differently Music) – Preservation (Prod. by Preservation) instrumental
Supastition – Hate My Face (Prod. by Jake One)
Big Shug – Tha Way It Iz (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Buckshot & 9th Wonder – Side Talk (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
Sir Menelik – Let’s Build For A Sec (Prod. by DJ Spinna)
Raekwon – Baggage Handlers (Prod. by RZA)
Aasim feat. Roc Raida – Hip Hop 101 (Prod. by Roc Raida)
Quasimoto – Bus Ride (Prod. by Madlib)
Pete Rock – Smoking Room Only (Prod. by Pete Rock) instrumental
Midnight Shipment (Insight, Dagha, Adad) – Visual Audio (Prod. by Insight)
Likwit Junkies feat. Noelle – Ghetto (Prod. by DJ Babu)
Sway & King Tech feat. Royce Da 5’9″, Common & Chino XL – Enough Beef (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Large Pro – After School (Prod. by Large Pro)
Trek Life – All Times (Prod. by DJ Rhettmatic)
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Pop Shots (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Fatlip – Joe’s Turkey (Prod. by J-Swift, Mike Floss & Edy Crahp)
D-Flow – Don’t Know Me (Prod. by Paul Nice)
Rhymefest – These Days (Prod. by Mark Ronson)
Kero One – Keep It Alive! (Prod. by DJ King Most)
Edan – Beauty (Prod. by Edan) instrumental
**Listener’s Choice 2005** Little Brother feat. Joe Scudda – Lovin’ It (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
– DJ B-SIDE IN THE MIX –
Danger Doom – Sofa King (Prod. by DJ Danger Mouse)
MED – Can’t Hold On (Prod. by Madlib)
AZ – The Come Up (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Talib Kweli – Never Been In Love (Prod. by Just Blaze)
One.Be.Lo – Deceptions (Pete Rock Remix) (Prod. by Pete Rock)
Giant Panda – 90’s (Prod. by Newman)
Breakestra feat. Chali 2na, Soup, Double K & Mix Master Wolf – Family Rap (This Is The Sound) (Prod. by Breakestra)
Ohmega Watts feat. Lightheaded, The Procussions & Noelle – That Sound (Quantic Soul Orchestra Version) (Prod. by Ohmega Watts)
DJ Einstein (of Ugly Duckling) & MC Zaakir (of Jurassic 5) – Have And Have Nots (Prod. by DJ Einstein)
The Earl feat. Stro the 89th Key – Life (Prod. by The Earl)
Lord Finesse & Percee-P – Rematch 2003 (Prod. by Paul Nice)
Blackstar – Bright As The Stars (Prod. by Ayatollah)
Little Vic – The Exorcist (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Lyrics Born feat. Evidence & KRS-One – Pack Up (Remix) (Prod. by Evidence)
Smif N Wessun feat. Talib Kweli – Crystal Stair (Prod. by Da Beatminerz)
Project Move – That’s How It Was (Love Music) (Prod. by Endangered Species)
– WICKED IN THE MIX –
Sean Price feat. Tek (of Smif N Wessun) – Onion Head (instrumental)
Sean Price feat. Tek (of Smif N Wessun) – Onion Head (Prod. by Khrysis)
Buckshot & 9th Wonder – No Comparison (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
Common – Chi-City (Prod. by Kanye West)
The Mic And The Music (Breez Evahflowin’ & E.Kraz of Soulive) – Got Rhymes (Prod. by Eric Krasno)
Deux Process – The Process (Prod. by Stro the 89th Key)
Headnodic feat. Zion I & DJ Platurn – Now A Daze (Prod. by Headnodic)
Boulevard Connection feat. EDO. G, Masta Ace & Common – CpH Claimin Respect #2 (Prod. by Context)
Little Brother feat. Big Daddy Kane – Welcome To Durham (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
The Perceptionists – Black Dialogue (Prod. by Willie Evans JR.)
Special Teamz (EDO. G, Jaysaun, Slaine) – Main Event (Prod. by DJ Premier)
Ghostface Killah – Be Easy (Prod. by Pete Rock)
Motion Man – Confidence (Prod. by KutMasta Kurt)
DJ Muggs & GZA/The Genius feat. RZA – All In Together Now (Prod. by DJ Muggs)
Braille feat. Rob Swift – HipHop Music (Prod. by Tony Stone)
Zion I feat. Talib Kweli – Temperature (Prod. by Amp Live)
Thes One & Raashan Ahmad – Doin’ It (Prod. by Thes One) instrumental
Pete Rock – Fairground (Prod. by Pete Rock) instrumental
Pete Rock – Flying (Prod. by Pete Rock) instrumental
Pete Rock – U Are What U Are (Prod. by Pete Rock) instrumental
**Last Song For 2005** Run-DMC – Christmas In Hollis (1987) *Happy Holidays from The Beat Suite!*
The Beat Suite’s picks for top albums of 2005 (in no particular order):
Supastition “Chain Letters”
Common “Be”
DJ Muggs & GZA/The Genius “Grandmasters”
Little Brother “The Minstrel Show”
Sean Price “Monkey Barz”
Buckshot & 9th Wonder “Chemistry”
Dreddy Kruger Presents: Think Differently Music “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture”
Ohmega Watts “The Find”
Supernatural “S.P.I.T”
Danger Doom “The Mouse And The Mask”
Zion I “True and Livin'”
Breakestra “Hit The Floor”
Kanye West “Late Registration”
Kev Brown “I Do What I Do”