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    Heat Rocks

    Scorching guests and sizzling records: join music writer Oliver Wang and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes each week as they invite their favorite artists, critics and scholars for in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives. Each week our special guests will take you deep into their heat rocks from the world of hip-hop, soul, dance, jazz, funk and more. Get with us!

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    Cam O'bi on Kanye West's "Late Registration" (2005) Mar 19, 2020
    Show notes

    When Kanye West first announced the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, The College Dropout, the biggest question on everyone's mind was "can he do it again?" And Kanye proved without a doubt that he can. He enlisted composer/producer Jon Brion to help create a much more lush and dense record. They dug through the crates and flipped some fantastic records and collaborated with some of the biggest artists at the time, like Jay, Nas, Jamie Foxx, even Adam Levine came into the studio for this one.

    Fellow producer-turned-rapper Cam O'bi sits down with us to discuss Kanye West's sophomore album, Late Registration. We talk about the prolific use of samples on the album, the changing image of Kanye at the time, and the influence it had on Cam's own producing techniques.

    More on Cam

    • Cam's single "Tenderheaded" featured on NPR
    • Beat Break: Cam O'bi Shares the Story Behind His 5 Biggest Songs (DJ Booth)
    • Bandcamp | Twitter

    More on Late Registration

    • Every sample used on Late Registration (Bandstand)
    • How Kanye West Handed In A Stone-Cold Classic (uDiscoverMusic)
    • Heard 'Em Say animated by Bill Plympton

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from Late Registration unless otherwise indicated):

    • Gold Digger (Radio Edit)
    • Cam O'bi: Perfect
    • Jay-Z: This Can't Be Life
    • Celebration
    • Lupe Fiasco: Kick Push
    • Diamonds From Sierra Leone (remix)
    • Skit #1
    • Heard 'Em Say
    • Noname: Yesterday
    • Noname: Shadow Man
    • Cinderella (1950): Sing Sweet Nightingale
    • Noname: Diddy Bop
    • Heard 'Em Say
    • Kanye West: Impossible
    • We Major
    • Orange Krush: Action
    • We Major
    • Addiction
    • Touch the Sky
    • Curtis Mayfield: Move On Up
    • Touch the Sky
    • Drive Slow
    • Cowboy Bebop: Tank!
    • Akifumi Tada: White Ice
    • Late
    • Sean Rose: Tomorrow
    • Gold Digger
    • Gone
    • The Whatnauts: I'll Erase Away the Pain
    • Late
    • The Kay-Gees: Heavenly Dream
    • Celebration
    • Diamonds from Sierra Leone (remix)
    • Kanye West: Love Lockdown
    • Drive Slow
    • Jay-Z: Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
    • Common: Resurrection
    • Pink Floyd: Money

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
    If you’re not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Emily Yoshida on Björk's "Post" (1995) Mar 13, 2020
    Show notes

    Björk's sophomore album Post marked a significant change in the singer/songwriter's career. For one, it was heavy; the growl of her voice, the grittiness of the instrumentation on songs like Army of Me, the music videos directed by Michel Gondry. Post was also much more unpredictable that her first solo album Debut. Björk collaborated with a ton of different producers like Tricky, Graham Massey, Howie B, and Nellee Hooper, who all brought in their unique flavor to this eclectic album.

    Writer and critic Emily Yoshida joins us to discuss Post, the truly wild videos released for this album, and the many characters of Björk's voice.

    More on Emily

    • Emily's work on Vulture
    • The Night Call podcast with Emily, Molly Lambert, and Tess Lynch
    • Twitter | Instagram

    More on Post

    • Pitchfork's retrospective review of Post
    • Bjork's video for Army of Me

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from Post unless otherwise indicated):

    • Possibly Maybe
    • Hyperballad
    • Enjoy
    • Army of Me
    • It's Oh So Quiet
    • Björk: Litli Tonlistarmadurinn
    • Betty Hutton: It's Oh So Quiet
    • It's Oh So Quiet
    • Possibly Maybe
    • DJ Shadow: Mutual Slump
    • Hyperballad
    • Martin White: Army of Me
    • Isobel
    • It's Oh So Quiet
    • I Miss You
    • Hyperballad
    • Rufus Wainwright: Greek Song
    • FKA twigs: mary magdalene

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
    If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Music and Popcorn #5: Drea Clark on the "High Fidelity" soundtrack (2000) Mar 05, 2020
    Show notes

    We have reached the end of the Music and Popcorn series, where we invite folks from the world of TV and film to discuss their favorite soundtracks!

    This week, Drea Clark of Who Shot Ya (here on MaxFun) joins us to talk about the High Fidelity OST. We discuss how the film has aged over the past 20 years, the absolute absurd amount of placements in the film, and our favorite unexpected music moments in other films.

    More on Drea

    • Who Shot Ya? on Maximum Fun
    • The Bentonville Film Festival
    • Twitter | Instagram

    More on High Fidelity

    • Jack Black performing Let's Get It On
    • Roger Ebert's review of High Fidelity
    • High Fidelity Found Romance in a Record Store in 2000 (The Hollywood Reporter)

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from the High Fidelity soundtrack unless otherwise indicated):

    • Always See Your Face
    • Lo Boob Oscillator
    • Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
    • Most of the Time
    • Oh Sweet Nuthin'
    • Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
    • You're Gonna Miss Me
    • Dry the Rain
    • Jack Black: Let's Get it On
    • I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
    • KRS-One: Outta Here
    • Echo and the Bunnymen: People Are Strange
    • Nick Cave: Red Right Hand
    • Pixies: Where Is My Mind
    • Los Lobos: Sabor A Mi

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
    If you’re not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Music and Popcorn #4: April Wolfe on "The Bodyguard" soundtrack (1992) Feb 27, 2020
    Show notes

    We are nearly at the end of our Music and Popcorn miniseries here on Heat Rocks, where we talk about our favorite movie soundtracks with folks from the world of TV and film!

    This week, April Wolfe of the Switchblade Sisters podcast here on MaxFun joins us to discuss Whitney's showstopping performances, the iconic fits, and how a 2020 version of The Bodyguard might look like.

    More on April Wolfe

    • Her film podcast Switchblade Sisters
    • Her interview with Forbes
    • Twitter | Instagram

    More on The Bodyguard

    • Whitney performing "I Have Nothing" in 1996 (USA Today)
    • This Is How The Biggest Movie Soundtrack Of All Time Got Made (Buzzfeed)

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from The Bodyguard soundtrack unless otherwise indicated):

    • Run to You
    • I Have Nothing
    • Jesus Loves Me
    • I Will Always Love You
    • I'm Every Woman
    • It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day
    • Run to You
    • Queen of the Night
    • Someday (I'm Coming Back)
    • I Have Nothing
    • John Doe: I Will Always Love You
    • I Will Always Love You
    • What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love And Understanding
    • Jesus Loves Me
    • Whitney Houston: Step By Step
    • Mista Grimm: Indo Smoke

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Music and Popcorn #3: Sean Fennessey on the "Juice" soundtrack (1992) Feb 20, 2020
    Show notes

    We are on week three of our Music and Popcorn miniseries and we could not be more excited to have The Ringer's own Sean Fennessey with us to talk about the soundtrack to the Ernest Dickerson classic, Juice.

    We discuss the importance of New York rap in the film,the unique place Juice has in the lineage of hip-hop movies in the early 90s, and the...let's say questionable portrayal of the art of DJing

    More on Sean

    • Sean's profile on The Ringer
    • Twitter | Instagram

    More on Juice

    • Yo! MTV Raps' Interview with Tupac on the set of Juice
    • Interview with Ernest Dickerson on the 25th anniversary of Juice (Shadow and Act)
    • Juice fresh 20 years on (The Guardian)

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from the Juice soundtrack unless otherwise indicated):

    • 'Nuff Respect
    • It's Going Down
    • People Get Ready (remix)
    • 2Pac: Hit Em Up
    • The Village Callers: Hector
    • Aaron Hall: Don't Be Afraid (Sex You Down Some Mo' Version)
    • Special Ed: I Got It Made
    • Uptown Anthem
    • Flipside
    • Jamal: Fades Em All
    • Juice (Know The Ledge)
    • Is It Good To You
    • Uptown Anthem
    • Juice (Know The Ledge)
    • Cypress Hill: How I Can Just Kill A Man
    • What Could Be Better Bitch
    • 2Pac: Never Had A Friend Like Me
    • Pete Rock & CL Smooth: One In A Million
    • The Dogg Pound: Big Pimpin'

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Music and Popcorn #2: Renée Bever on the "Us" soundtrack (2019) Feb 13, 2020
    Show notes

    We are in the middle of our Music and Popcorn series, where we talk to our favorite folks from the world of film and TV about the soundtracks they love. This week, Renée Bever of the podcast Attack of the Queerwolf sits down with us to talk about the "Us" soundtrack and score.

    We talk about the masterfully creepy Luniz flip, the infamous Ophelia/police scene, and whether Lupita Nyong'o was snapping on beat.

    More on Renée

    • Renée's podcast Attack of the Queerwolf
    • Instagram | Twitter

    More on Us

    • Jordan Peele's Spotify Takeover
    • Straight From the Underground: The Frighteningly Good Music of ‘Us’ (The Ringer)
    • Interview with Michael Abels, composer for Us (Slate)

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from the Us soundtrack unless otherwise indicated):

    • I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)
    • Q Lazzarus: Goodbye Horses
    • Bette Davis: I've Written A Letter to Daddy
    • Queen: Don't Stop Me Now
    • Low Shoulder: Through The Trees
    • I Like That
    • Bay All-Stars: I Got 5 On It
    • Fuck Tha Police
    • Les Fleurs
    • Henry Mancini: Lujon
    • Femme Fatale
    • I Got 5 On It

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Music and Popcorn #1: The Medley Feb 06, 2020
    Show notes

    This is the first of a five episode miniseries we're calling Music and Popcorn, where we talk to guests from the world of film and TV about great soundtracks.

    This week, it's a special medley episode, featuring our past interviews with Eliza Skinner, Tre'vell Anderson, Luis Xtravaganza, and the folks from Heatbreak Radio discussing their favorite movie OSTs

    And if you like these snippets, go back and check out the full episodes in our archives!

    Show Tracklisting:

    • The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink
    • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: If You Leave
    • Jesse Johnson: Get To Know Ya
    • Modern English: I Melt With You
    • The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink
    • Otis Redding: Try A Little Tenderness
    • New Order: Thieves Like Us (Instrumental)
    • Faye Wong: Dream-Person
    • Dennis Brown: Things in Life
    • Flying Pickets: Only You
    • Los Indios Tabajaras: Always in My Heart
    • Nat King Cole: Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
    • Mamas & the Papas: California Dreamin'
    • Dennis Brown: Things in Life
    • Dinah Washington: What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
    • John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: You're The One That I Want
    • John Travolta & Jeff Conaway: Greased Lightnin'
    • Stockard Channing: There Are Worse Things I Can Do
    • Alison Moyet: There Are Worse Things I Can Do
    • Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You
    • Sha Na Na: Born To Hand Jive
    • John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: Summer Nights
    • Sha Na Na: Born To Hand Jive
    • Frankie Valli: Grease
    • John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: We Go Together
    • Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose: Dreamgirls
    • Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose: Fake Your Way to the Top
    • Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose: Move
    • Eddie Murphy, Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose: Patience
    • Jennifer Hudson: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Josh Kun on Manu Chao's "Clandestino" (1998) Jan 30, 2020
    Show notes

    When Manu Chao announced he would be releasing his first solo album, fans around the world were both elated and hesitant. Manu's previous albums with his band Mano Negra were both critically and commercially successful, but the band's breakup was ugly and Manu was running around Central/South America, playing bar shows for three years before he started work on the album.

    Clandestino was initially released to little mainstream success, but eventually found its audience around the world. It tackled issues like social injustice and immigration and spoke to the displaced. It spoke truth to power.

    Writer and academic Josh Kun sits down with Oliver and guest host Ernest Hardy to talk about the power of politically charged music, the nomadic production of this album, and the term "world music."

    More on Clandestino

    • Clandestino: the story of Manu Chao's classic album (The Guardian)
    • At 20, Manu Chao's 'Clandestino' Remains a Radical and Compassionate Work of Art (Remezcla)

    More on Josh Kun

    • The Autograph Book of LA
    • Josh on KCRW's Press Play
    • Website | Twitter

    Show tracklisting (all songs from Clandestino unless otherwise indicated):

    • Clandestino
    • Desaparecido
    • Dia luna...dia pena
    • Rosalia: Catalina
    • Desaparecido
    • Bongo Bong
    • Roy Eldridge: King of the Bongo Bong
    • Mano Negra: King of the Bongo
    • Black Uhuru: Bull in the Pen
    • Mario Winans: Never Really Was (Remix)
    • Bongo Bong
    • Je ne t'aime plus
    • Bongo Bong
    • El viento
    • Afrosound: Tira al Blanco
    • Malegria
    • Welcome to Tijuana
    • Por el suelo
    • Manu Chao: Welcome to Tijuana (Live)
    • Ana Tijoux: 1977
    • Stromae: tous le memes
    • Ana Tijoux: Somos Sur
    • Coldplay: Arabesque
    • MIA: Hussel
    • Negu Gorriak: Radio Rahim

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there

    If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Tall Black Guy on D'Angelo's "Voodoo" (2000) redux Jan 23, 2020
    Show notes

    The Album: D'Angelo Voodoo (2000)

    Tall Black Guy, AKA Terrel Wallace, has been making beats and remixing artists like 79.5, Stro Elliot, and Moonchild, for a long time. Listen to any one of his songs and you'll understand why he's one of the best producers out there and why we were so excited to talk to him. It's no surprise that his personal heat rock (and ours) was "Voodoo" by D'Angelo.

    Making the album was no small feat. D'Angelo took a long break between albums to learn more about playing the guitar, and linked up with the Soulquarians to lay down some of the funkiest, most eclectic, and just plain hottest tracks of all-time. It took nearly 5 years to make, but the wait was worth it.

    Morgan is flying solo and talked to TBG about the wide range of D'Angelo's influences, the shift from "Brown Sugar" to "Voodoo," and D'Angelo's personal shift from neo soul darling to full-on sex symbol.

    More on Tall Black Guy

    • Tall Black Guy on Bastard Jazz
    • Hyp 203: Tall Black Guy
    • Twitter | Soundcloud

    More on Voodoo

    • Voodoo - Review (Pitchfork)
    • D'Angelo and Questlove Bare the Roots of "Voodoo"" (NPR)

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from Voodoo unless indicated otherwise):

    • Send It On
    • Tall Black Guy: O Fim da Viagem
    • Playa Playa
    • Snoop Dogg: Gin and Juice
    • Chicken Grease
    • Feel Like Makin' Love
    • Spanish Joint
    • The Line
    • One Mo'Gin
    • Spanish Joint
    • Greatdayndamornin'/Booty - Medley
    • Left and Right
    • Red Astaire: Follow Me
    • Untitled (How Does It Feel)
    • Prince: She's Always In My Hair
    • D'Angelo: She's Always In My Hair
    • 14KT: She's Always In My Hair
    • Africa
    • Send It On

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

    Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding on the Nat King Cole Trio's "Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio" (1991) Jan 16, 2020
    Show notes

    It's easy to think of Nat King Cole as "that Christmas song guy" but his musical output is truly astounding, recording hundreds of songs with over a hundred of them becoming hits on the pop charts. The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio is by far the largest album we've ever discussed on Heat Rocks and we couldn't have asked for better guests to come break it down with us.

    Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding of the Switched on Pop podcast sit down with us to talk about this enormous anthology, the timbre of Cole's voice, and the ubiquity of the AABA song structure. Stay tuned to the very end for a special Heat Rocks theme song workshop.

    More on Switched on Pop

    • Get Charlie and Nate's book!
    • Check out the Switched on Pop podcast
    • Nate's Twitter | Charlie's Twitter

    More on Nat King Cole

    • Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice (NPR)
    • Della Reese on Nat King Cole

    Show Tracklisting (all songs from The Complete Capitol Recordings unless otherwise indicated):

    • All for You
    • John Pizzarelli: The Best Man
    • The Best Man
    • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
    • An Old Piano Plays the Blues
    • I'm In The Mood For Love
    • Sweet Lorraine
    • Embraceable You (1943 version)
    • Embraceable You (1961 version)
    • I've Got A Way With Women
    • Jonas Brothers: Sucker
    • Prelude in C Sharp Minor
    • The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
    • Nature Boy
    • Ahmed Sirour: Nature Boy
    • Can You Look Me In The Eyes (And Say We're Through)
    • I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm
    • The Frim Fram Sauce
    • Embraceable You (1961 version)
    • Nat King Cole: Almost Like Being in Love
    • Kendrick Lamar: Thanksgiving
    • An Old Piano Plays the Blues
    • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman: My One and Only Love
    • Brook Benton: Mother Nature, Father Time
    • Speedy West: Speedin' West
    • Slim & Slam: Jump Session

    Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there.

    If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

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