Author: Realism*

The Need To Calm – Episode #16 – November 3, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Madlib ‘Where Do I Go’
Alice Smith ‘Love Endeavor’
Rahsaan Patterson ‘April’s Kiss’
Oliver Sain ‘On The Hill’
The Pharcyde ‘Something That Means Something (instrum)’
Nightmares On wax ’70s 80s’
Crossection ‘Easy Does It’*
Sound Directions ‘One For J.J. (Johnson)’
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbouge ‘Jane B’*
John Mayer ‘I Don’t Trust Myself (with loving you)’
Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Pharrell ‘Class System’
Grant Green ‘We’ve only Just Begun’
Lacks ‘Idiology (instrum)’
Willie West ‘Fairchild’
The Pharcyde ‘Otha Fish (L.A. Jay Remix)’
Sade ‘Cherish The Day (Ronin Remix)’
Cee-Lo ‘Bass Head Jazz’
One Self ‘Unfamiliar Places (instrum)’
Lois lee ‘One Night Stand’
Deborah bond ‘Don’t Waste Your Time (DJ Smash Remix)’
Cee-Lo feat. Pharrell ‘Art Of Noise’
Nightmares On Wax ‘African Pirates (Trouble Man Remix)’
Ms. Jones ‘2 Way Street (instrum)’
Placebo ‘Humpty Dumpty’
Addys Mercedes ‘Me Recordaras’
Young Holt Unlimited ‘Wah Wah Man’
Reuben Wilson ‘Inner City Blues’
Quantic ‘Sound of Everything’
Count Bass D ‘Leaning On the Everlasting Arms’
Addys Mercedes ‘Afro D Mercedes’
Gian Franco-Pienzio ‘Grigio Perla’
One Self ‘Temptation’
Kelis ‘In The Morning’
Nina Simone ‘I Can’t See Nobody (Daniel Y. Remix)’
Missy Elliot ‘Back In The Day (instrum)’
Macondo ‘Almendra’
Tortured Soul ‘Hows Your Life’
Creative Concepts Childrens Chorus ‘Rock Is The Music’
4Hero, Ed Motta & Nature’s Plan ‘Without Words’
Brazillian Girls ‘All About Us’
The Jeff Beck Group ‘Jody’
One Self ‘Be Your own (instrum)’

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The Need To Calm – Episode #15 – October 20, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Eulorhythmics ‘L.I.V.E.’
Detroit Emeralds ‘Take My Love’*
Gabor Szabo ‘Stomy’
John Legend ‘Heaven’
El Michels Affair ‘Phil My Don’
Donna Lewis ‘I Love You Always Forever (sylk 130 remix)’*
Supernatural feat. Choklate ‘I’m A Fighter’*
John Legend ‘Another Again’
Rufus ‘Smokin Room’
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Special Guest Mix Set By: The Gimp (Breaktime Radio NY)
(+) = Breaktime Radio Exclusives!
Flying Lotus – Maybe He Ain’t Lying (+) (demo-unreleased)
Grooveman Spot – Levitation
Steve & I – Come and Get Me (+)
Break Reform – And I (Yam Who Rework)
Summer Children – Free (feat Heidi Levo) (+)
Afro Novalima – Alcajazz (Sao Benitez Main Mix)
The 3 Foot People – Clappers Power (+)
Ty – What You Want (Taylormade) feat. Taylor McFerrin, Joy Jones & Jason Yarde
Samiyam – Catch Me Riding Dirty
FLYamSAM – Green Tea Power (+)
Monica Blaire – Set Me Free
Stacy Epps – Skin Play (prod. by J.Dilla) (+)
Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Tiombe Lockhart – Stay With Me (Dj Mitsu The Beats Remix)
J*Davey feat. Marco Polo – You Are (+)
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Zion I & Grouch ‘Life Me Up’
Flying Island ‘Funky Duck’
Cold Blood ‘Kissing My Love’
Panacea ‘Pulse’
Ta’Raach ‘Tuned In’
Soulstice ‘The Quickening (instrum)’
John Legend ‘Slow Dance’
Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Tiombe Lockhart ‘Now Or Never’
John Legend ‘Each Day Gets Better’
John Legend ‘Stereo’
Dynamic ‘Sofler Blooper’
Boz Scaggs ‘Hercules’
Ty ‘Break The Lock’
Coldplay ‘For You’
Jem ‘Stay Now’
Portishead ‘It Could be Sweet’
Eulorhythmics ‘Listen’

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Need To Calm/Check The Airflow Edition (10.13.06) from 9am – 12noon (PST)
Hosted By Nake & DeSpence
Guest DJ: Nerstylist
Guest Appearances: Realism* & Vick Damone Jr

Hour 1
Troop – Spread My Wings
Sleepy Brown – Dance With Me
Darien Brockington – Think It Over
Omarion – Icebox
Justin Timberlake – My Love (Nake’s No Rap Edit)
Lupe Fiasco – Don’t Get It Twisted & Shout Outs
Charlies Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Spreadin Honey
Outkast – Spread

The Get It Nooner Edition
The Dan Band – Feel Like Makin Love
Ciara – Promise (Instrumental)
Busta Rhymes – I’ll Do it All ft Latoya Jackson
Sleepy Brown – Underwater Love
R Kelly – Sex In The Kitchen
Cee Lo – Bass Head Jazz
Aloe Blacc – About Love (Remix)
Platinum Pied Pipers – Fever (DJ Spinna BK Banger Remix)
Kelis – Till The Wheels Fall Off

Exclusives
Hi Tek – Music For Life ft J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes and
Marsha of Floetry
Fresh Air – Forget That

Sound Providers – It’s Gonna Bee Part II ft Wee Bee Foolish

Nerstylist Guest Mix
marvin gaye – musiq (jazz katz remix)
dwele – dance with me
jazz liberatorz – that’s reality
adriana evans – reality
bobbi humphrey – blacks and blues
d’nell – i’ve read about
laurnea – keep your head up
jaguar wright – stay
kenny dope – mr. dope
john beltran – hebe remix two (jeremy “ayro” ellis remix)
musiq soulchild – soulstar
dwight druik – georgy peorgy
black eyed peas – the way u make me feel
bun feat. phife dawg – what da deal
blu – party of two
n8e feat. jon b. – tread lightly
fresh air – no ?
del rey system – n.z. to the b.k. (the u.k. to b.k. refix)
speechwerks – we know (presto remix)
j-live – like this anna (the earl remix)
busta rhymes – new york s*** (instrumental)

Hour 3
Albert Hammond Jr – Holiday
Jay Z – Show Me What You Got (Instrumental)
Julie Dexter and Khari Simmons – The Dove (Jiva Remix)
Bugz In The Attic – Once Twice
Keyshia Cole – Love (Old Nick Remix)
UMC’s – Blue Cheese
Ohmega Watts – That Sound ft Lightheaded & The Procussions (Quantic
Soul Orchestra Remix)
Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions
Procussions – Water’s Edge
Pete Rock – Mind Blowin’ ft Vinia Mojica
Mojoe – Yesterday
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Who Is This ft Passi
Ohmega Watts – The Find ft Stro The 89th Key (PPP Bang Bang Remix)
Strange Fruit Project – In The Sun
Soul Village – Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Bonus Track
Busta Rhymes – Ping

The Need To Calm – Episode #12 – September 29, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Strange Fruit Project ‘Maintain (liquid mix)’
The Tony Williams Lifetime ‘You Make It Easy’
Tower of Power ‘By Your Side’*
Oddisee Interlude
Groove Collective ‘Hog’
The Rebirth ‘Sum Same’*
Brazillian Girls ‘Sweatshop’
Bicasso (of Living Legends) ‘The Next (instrum)’*
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Special Guest DJ Set…
The Need To Calm features, ‘DJ That Girl’
Death Cab For Cutie ‘Brothers On A Hotel Bed’
Kings of Convenience ‘Misread’
Monsieur Leroc ‘?’
El Michels Affair ‘Slideshow’
Alice Russell ‘Hurry On Now (Boub Remix)’
Boozoo Bajou ‘Take It Slow’
J*Davey ‘Camera’
The Roots ‘Break U Off (YamWho Remix)’
? ‘?’
Nas ‘War (DJ Language Re-Edit)’
Wreckanoize- Hey Girl Beat’
Teedra Moses- Still Got Love’
Sabbatical- De Phazz’
Emanon ‘Blind Love’
Used to Love Her ‘John Legend (YamWho Remix)’
Aloe Blacc ‘Gente Ordinaria’*
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Common feat. Macy Gray ‘Ghetto Heaven (T.S.O.I. remix)’
Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo ‘The Organism Interlude’*
Melissa Bathory ‘Runnin’
Visioneers ‘Hip Know Cycle’
Darien Brockington ‘I Need You’
Yusef Lateef ‘Nocturne’*
Cannonball Adderly ‘Lovers’*
One Self ‘Bluebird’
Dave Hollister ‘Doo Rag (instrum)’
Slick & Rose ‘Objects’
McDonald & Giles ‘Tomorrow’s People – The Children of Today’
Me’Shell Ndegeochello ‘Hot Night’
Sound Directions ‘Horse’*
Jackson 5 ‘Whatever You Want I Got’
Issac Hayes ‘Use Me’*
Beat Down Sound ‘Piglets Lament’
Lauryn Hill & Cee-Lo ‘Do You Like The Way’
Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Steve Spacek ‘No Worries’
Rahzel & Erykah Badu ‘Southern Girl’
Res ‘Ice King (instrum)’
Ty ‘Wait A Minute (dwele remix instrum)’
Stevie Wonder ‘Sugar’
Madlib ‘Invasion Part Six’*
Sound Providers ‘The Field (instrum)’*
Bonus Track…Realism feat. Elaine Garduque ‘Rebirth Interlude’ (2005)

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The Need To Calm: Check The Airflow Edition – Episode #10 – September 8, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
Hosted By: Nake
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Hour 1 – Just Playing Around A Bit
Small Circle of Friends – Haru-Saki Walk About
David McCallum – The Edge
Last Poets – It’s A Trip
Morris Day & The Time – 777-9311
The Ultimates – Saturday Love
Ms Dynamite – Dy Na Mi Tee ft Nas (Swizz Beats Remix)
DJ Spinna – Where’s Your love ft N’Dea Davenport
Joe Bataan – Ordinary Guy
John Legend – Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing
Mic Little – Put It In A Letter ft Ne-Yo
Troop – All I Do Is Think Of You
Maria – Intoxicated
Ramp – Daylight

Hour 2 – The “Get It” Session for the Grown and Sexy
Justin Timberlake – Set The Mood Prelude
Nathaniel – La La La (deNake’s Extra La Remix)
Slum Village – Closer ft Dwele
Kelis – Living Proof
Natasha Bedingfield – These Words (Dwele Remix)
Rhian Benson – Say How I Feel ft Slum Village and Dwele (Remix)
Nathaniel – Ooh Wahh
Slum Village – Count The Ways ft Dwele
Kelis – Glow ft Raphael Saadiq
Steve Spacek – I’m Glad You’re Here
Gwen McCrae – 90% Of Me Is You
Gary Bartz – Gentle Smiles (Saxy)
Roy Ayers – For Real
D’angelo – Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine
Clara Hill – Just Paradise
Robin Thicke – Lost Without You
Justin Timberlake – (LoveStoned) I Think She Knows

Hour 3 – The New Shit With Old Sounds Portion
Talib Kweli – Listen
Lupe Fiasco – Daydream ft Jill Scott
Common – I Am Music ft Jill Scott
Strange Fruit Project – Makin’ My Way
George McCrae – I Get Lifted
Lil Wayne – Shooter ft Robin Thicke
J Rawls – A Tribute To Dilla
Strange Fruit Project – Hasta Luego
Fresh Air – Worldwide*
Procussions – Simple Song ft DJ Vajira
El Debarge – I Call Your Name
Ne-Yo – It Just Ain’t Right
Jaguar Wright – The What If’s
Jay Z – Dear Summer
Ray Terrace – You’ve Been Talking ‘Bout Me Baby
Kelis – F*ck Them Bitches

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The Need To Calm – Episode #8 – September 9, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Chaser ‘Blue Planet’
Tammi Terell ‘All I Do’
Babyface ‘There She Goes’
Bill Coday ‘I’m Back To Collect’*
Donald Byrd ‘Design A Nation’
John Beltran ‘Hebe (jeremy ellis remix)’*
Nathaniel – La La La*
Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones – How Insensitive
Slum Village ‘Fall In Love Pt. II (remix)
A Tribe Called Quest ‘Common Ground’
J-Boogie feat. Tony Moses ‘Universal Dub’
Dwele ? (off the lost track of time EP)*
Amel Larrieux ‘For Real (ism edit)’
J-Boogie ‘Le Sengre’
Dave Brubeck ‘Happy Times’
De Corzon – Botkin Jr. “Transistor Q’
Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa ‘Menina Flor’
Res ‘For Who You Are’
Dj Serious ‘Snakes (instrum)’
Luis Gasca ‘Little Mama’*
Nelly Furtado ‘Showtime’
Lenny Kravitz ‘Thinking Of You (remix)’
Ugly Duckling ‘I Did It Like This (instrum)’
Strange Fruit project ‘Eternally Yours’
Tweet ‘Turn The Lights Off’
Choklate ‘Bigger Than You’*
Quite Nyce ‘A Soul Once Cried’*
Lauren Santiago – It’s So Easy
The Sea and Cake ‘Hotel Tell (c’s mix)’

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The Need To Calm – Episode #8 – August 18, 2006 from 9am to 12 Noon (PST)
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Playlist:

Artist & Title

Herbie Mann – What I’d Say
Kelis – Sugar Honey Iced Tea
Ray Bryant – Return Of The Prodigal Son*
Bobbi Humphrey – Just A Love Child*
Youngbloods – Josaine*
SWV – You’re The One For Me (guitar mix)
Strange Fruit Project – Waitin’
Ammon Contact – For Super Sound (instrum)
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Featured Mix By: DJ B-Side
Paul Hunter (Red Hook Project 1) – Paul’s Pal (peace)
Soulstice – Wind (J Boogie Mix)
Macy Gray – Do Something (DJ CAM Remix)
Eliot Lipp – Cushman
The Cannonball Adderly Quintet – Hummin’ (Large Professor Remix)
DJ CAM feat. Cameo – Love Junkee (Dilla Remix)
J-88 – The Look Of Love (Moo Remix)
Vinia Mojica – Sands of Time (Geo’s Quintessential Mix)
Jamie Cullum – Frontin’
Choonz Inc. – Marvin Gaye Project feat. Bobby Depasois (Music Feel The Soul) with “A Little of Leela” vocal stab mixed by B-SIDE
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Average White Bane – Reach OUt
Tony Toni Tone – I Couldn’t Keep It To Myself
Kev Brown – Outside Lookin In (instrum)
Ralph McDonald – Park Plaza*
Gothan Project – Criminal
Nerio DeGracia – An Evening In Luzon*
Sade – Kiss Of Life
Arrested Development – Ease My mind
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Volga Boatman
Luis Gasca – Spanish Gypsy
Musiq – Forthenight (the earl remix)*
Tony Thompson – I Wanna Love Like That
Sweet Charles – Hang Out and Hustle (re-edit)
Steven Lenky Marsden feat. Tanya Stephens – Between The Sheets
702 – You Don’t Know
Virgo – Apple Pie
Cece Peniston – I’m In The Mood
The Sushi Club – Tsuki (soul g and tony match remix)
Sylk 130 – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life*
The Younghearts – Do You Know The Time
David Newman – Symphonette*
Something Corporate – She Paints Me Blue

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The Need To Calm Pilot – Episode #3 – June 9, 2006

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Playlist:

Artist & Title

John Williams ‘Maggie Shoots Pool” *
Hil St. Soul “Sweet On You’
Hiroshima ‘Room Full of Mirrors’ *
Steeley Dan ‘Black Cow’
Macy Gray ‘Caligula’
The Honey Cones ‘Want Ads’
Marc Mac ‘Ike’s Mood I’
Amerie ‘One Thing (siik remix)’
Inkfat ‘In This Letter’
The Earl ‘Live In Technicolor’
Elaine Garduque ‘Never Ending Circles’
Strange Fruit Project ‘Tropical Rum’
Nanette Workman ‘Too Late’
Jack Johnson ‘Wasting Time’
Andre 3000 feat. Norah Jones ‘Take Off Your Cool’
Incubus ‘Echo’
Changes ‘Her You and I’

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