“The mix is in support of an upcoming show in Los Angeles on November 17th that features Roy Ayers w/ full band and Pete Rock, with opening performances by Thundercat (Brainfeeder) and J. Rocc (Beat Junkies / Stones Throw). The evening will be gracefully hosted by KCRW’s own Garth Trinidad.
“Homage” is a music series that pays respect to the musical giants that have forever altered the way we listen, sample and love music. On November 17th, “Homage” pays their esteem to Roy Ayers for his amazing impact and contribution to hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Roy Ayers will also be receiving a special award from the City of Los Angeles for his various contributions to music, signed by City Council members and the mayor of Los Angeles.
The good folks at HypeBeast premiered this Roy Ayers mix by DJ Anthony Valadez, which runs through various hits from Roy Ayers while accompanied by the various current day musicians that have sampled from his extensive catalogue.”
Pete Rock and Smif N Wessun step up for a rare and candid interview. As per usual the result of this is nothing short of a family affair. In an interview which sees Pete Rock talking to us on CWR for the third time in just three months, we are reunited with Steele for the first time in over a year to discuss what just might be the most significant release in his his career so far: Monumental. We go back and talk their earlier collaborations, recording Monumental, Hurricane G and Black Rob’s guest features significance, as well as an uncontrollable live acapella session. Essential.
One third of the workhorse that is Random Axe, Guilty Simpson joins us from his hotel to discuss the forthcoming self titled Random Axe album and more! We talk the highs and low’s of Random Axe’s current tour, the philosophy and creation of Random Axe, the making behind Chewbacca and The Hex, Hex Murders role in the albums direction, competitiveness, collaborations, a series of O.J. Simpson albums with Madlib, a forthcoming album entirely produced by Oh-No and his long-term plans of dabbling in production in the near future and much more!
Freddie Gibbs turns up the heat on what was a cold day in May to talk about his forthcoming mixtape A Cold Day In Hell and the status on his highly anticipated CTE Records album Baby-Faced Killer. In addition, we are given an update on his “secret project”, supergroup P.O.C (Pulled Over By the Cops) citing that Chuck Inglish and Bun-B are handling some of the projects production duties and of course his recent signing to Young Jeezy’s CTE Records and his treatment as an artist since. Furthermore, we touch on a gang of topics in true Gangsta Gibbs fashion including: Lil B’s controversial album title “I Am Gay” and more!
We are graced with the presence of a mixed bag of equally dope emcee’s, producers and deejay’s collectively known as The Brown Bag Allstars to discuss a bag of topics including: The creation of their new compilation Brown Bag Season Volume 1, chemistry in the lab, their sound, the future and much more! It’s Brown Bag Season!
AND THAT’S NOT ALL!
Montana and Menace go deeper than ever before, tackling issues and debates deemed too controversial for the original Friday Night Live Show – you were warned!”
