FuseBox Radio Broadcast

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of August 3 & 10, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 15, 2012) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.



Our extended commentary during that week touched base on the sudden passing of Pop & Soul Music legend Whitney Houston (R.I.P.) & the impact of her career, our viewpoint of the 2012 Grammy Awards telecast & performers, the mainstream media rise of basketball player Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks + #Linsanity, the firing of MSNBC political correspondent Pat Buchanan and some other diverse topics here and there.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of August 3 & 10, 2017 [originally broadcast on the week of February 15, 2012]

Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners)

1. Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Mos Def/Black Radio/Blue Note (Played Live)
2. Julie Dexter/Come On Home (Miggedy's Pick My Feet Up House RMX)/JulieDexter.com (Played Live)
3. Jean Grae/U & Me & Everyone We Know/JeanGrae.com (Played Live)
4. Emcee Jermaine/Rap Casserole/Rock The Dub Records (Played Live)
5. D.P.E./Memoir/DPEMusic.bandcamp.com (Played Live)
6. Jazznova feat. Paul Randolph/I Human (Dub Version)/Sonar Collectiv (Played Live)
7. DJ Irs & Orikl a.k.a. Urbanites In Flight/Love Freedom/Iconoclast Media (Top Song Requested)
8. Raheem DeVaughn feat. Snoop Dogg/Be The One/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested)
9. Willie The Kid/It's Your World/White Label (Top Song Requested)
10. Tensi/For The Love/Plug Research (Top Song Requested)
11. Bill Ortiz/Winter In America/Left Angle Records (Top Song Requested)
12. Sonnymoon/Near Me/Plug Research (Top Song Requested)
13. Esperanza Spalding/Radio Song/Heads Up (Top Song Requested)
14. Break Science feat. Talib Kweli/The Alliance/Pretty Lights Music (Top Song Requested)
15. Salem Psalms feat. Boog Brown & Stanza/Together/White Label (Top Song Requested)
16. The Wonderful Sound of Induce/Livin' In The Future (Gigamesh RMX)/The Wonderful Sound (Top Song Requested)
17. 2 Chainz feat. T.I./Spend It (DJ Tiga Jersey Club RMX)/White Label (Top Song Requested)
18. Roq'y TyRaiD/Preach!/RoqyTyRaiD.com (Top Song Requested)
19. Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Erykah Badu/Afro Blue/Blue Note (Top Song Requested)
20. Wiley/Scar/Big Dada (Top Song Requested)
21. Erick Sermon feat. Jimi Hendrix/A Way Out/White Label (Top Song Requested)
22. Rampage feat. R.A. The Rugged Man/Zig Zag Zig/Def Jam Digital (Top Song Requested)
23. Georgia Anne Muldrow/Seeds/SomeothaShip Connect (Top Song Requested)
24. Nujabes/Dawn On The Side/Hydeout-Tribe.net (Top Song Requested)
25. DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles/We Are At War/White Label (Top Song Requested)

Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast)

1. Jamie Woon/Street/Verve Music Group
2. Bosco/Yeah-yay/HelloBosco.com
3. SWV/Co-Sign/E1
4. Grant Parks feat. El Da Sensai, Internal Quest & Phil G/Mic Pros/Coalmine Music
5. Sean-Toure feat. yU from Diamond District/In The Heat of the Night/Rosachi Music Group
6. Jasiri X/Etta/JasiriX.com
7. Dubtronic Kru/Murderer (Preserve Life)/DubtronicKru.com
8. Bonobo/Eyesdown (Floating Points RMX)/Ninja Tune

DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:

Whitney Houston/My Love Is Your Love/Arista
Whitney Houston/Million Dollar Bill/J Records

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of July 27, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.


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This week's show is a special solid music mix sampler episode of tunes based off of this year's Newport Jazz Festival performance lineup (occurring in Newport, Rhode Island from August 4 - 6, 2017) .

For more information about the Newport Jazz Festival, its history, performance lineup this year, how to get tickets, transportation and more, go to:

http://www.NewportJazz.org
https://www.facebook.com/NewportJazzFest
http://twitter.com/NewportJazzFest
https://www.instagram.com/NewportJazzFest

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks Week of July 27, 2017

Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

1. The Roots/Melting Pot (The BBC Sessions)/BBC
2. Maceo Parker/To Be Or Not To Be/Heads Up Recordings
3. Vernon Reid and Masque/National Anthem/Favored Nations
4. Rhiannon Giddens/Black Is The Color/Nonesuch
5. Snarky Puppy/Amour T'es La/Ropeadope
6. Vijay Iyer Trio/Break Stuff/ECM Records
7. Trombone Shorty/It Ain't No Use/ue Note
8. Theo Croker/In Orbit/Sony Masterworks
9. Leslie Odom, Jr./Love Look Away/S-Curve Records
10. Maria Schneider Orchestra/Arbiters of Evolution/ArtistShare
11. Hudson/Lay Lady Lay/Motema Music
12. Dr. Lonnie Smith and Joey DeFrancesco/Take The Coltrane/White Label
13. Naturally 7/Can't Take the Credit/Hidden Beach
14. Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Antonio Sanchez/Blues for Dali/White Label
15. Cecile McLorin Salvant/Stepsisters' Lament/Mack Avenue
16. Branford Marsalis Quartet/Doxy/Marsalis Music,
17. Bokante/Nou Tout Se Yonn/GroundUP Music
18. Andra Day/Forver Mine/WB & Buskin Records

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of July 13, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.



This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours):

Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:41:15
DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:41:15 - 2:34:20
Ausar Ra Black Hawk Mix 2:34:20 - 3:42:15

Our extended commentary on the FuseBox Radio this week touched base on:

* What we've been up to since we've been able to do the last new, live recorded episode (it's been a LOT, including upgrading the recording lab, events, etc.)
* Death of Prodigy of Mobb Deep & his impact in Hip-Hop and our personal soundtracks of life
* an mini-movie review of the Tupac biopic "All Eyez On Me" via Black Hawk
* Educated Rapper of UTFO Passing
* Jay-Z "4:44" album mini-review via DJ Fusion
* Random straying into conversation about famous folks getting in relationships with a bunch of other famous folks' exes
* The Black Chyna/Rob Kardashian foolery & revenge porn
* How some heads are mad when you call out someone of your race, sex, class, etc. who are on some f**kery and more!

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of July 13, 2017 Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

1. Mobb Deep/Flavor For The Non Belives/4th & B'way, Island & PolyGram
2. Mobb Deep feat. Kool G Rap & M.O.P./Know Da Game/White Label
3. Mobb Deep/G.O.D. Pt. III/Loud & RCA
4. Mobb Deep/Shook Ones Pt. II/Loud & RCA
5. Prodigy/No Religion/Infamous
6. Camp Lo feat. Jungle Brown/Get It Inta You/MVD Audio
7. Wiley feat. JME, Frisco & J2K/Name Brand/CTA
8. Alex Wiley feat. Mick Jenkins/Automatic/Alex Wiley
9. Big Boi feat. Eric Bellinger/Overthunk/Epic
10. Denzel Curry/Hate Government/Loma Vista
11. Madvillian/Rhinestone Cowboy (Four Tet Remix)/Stones Throw
12. Oh No and Tri-State/Networth/Hieroglyphics Imperium
13. H.E.R./Still Down/Her-Official.com
14. SassyBlack/Satisfied/Sassyblack.bandcamp.com

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of July 6, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of March 14, 2013) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.



Our commentary during that week touched base on crazy textbooks in the Louisiana public school system, the FBI’s ‘National Security Letters’ demands being ruled unconstitutional by a Federal Judge, historical information coming about about Albert Einstein's views on Race & Black America in the U.S., Prince & A Tribe Called Quest performing at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW), the foolery of an Irvington, NJ cop (& head of the police union) getting caught doing (terrible) gangsta rap and some other things here and there.

There was a Black Agenda Report news mini-segment on this week's episode.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of July 6, 2017 [originally broadcast on March 14, 2013]

Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners)

1. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge/The Sure Shot (Parts 1 & 2)/Soul Temple (Played Live)
2. Jimi Hendrix/Hear My Train A Comin'/Legacy (Played Live)
3. Camp Lo & Soopasoul/Hustlin' Black Nostaljack (Steely Chan's Blender Mash)/White Label (Played Live)
4. R.A. The Rugged Man/The People's Champ/Nature Sounds (Played Live)
5. RZA/Black Soul/VLEK (Played Live)
6. Tricky feat. Francesca Belmonte/Nothing's Changed/False Idols (Played Live)
7. Joey Badass/Waves/Sony Red (Played Live)
8. Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics/Love's Melody/Wax Poetics (Played Live)
9. Jasiri X feat. Brother Ali/The Pillars/Wandering Worx Music (Played Live)
10. Bonobo/Cirrus/Ninja Tune (Played Live)
11. Able 8/Data Crunch/NerdsVsBullies.com (Played Live)
12. Emeri & Lusche/Now, That's Hot!/#PointofLu (Played Live)
13. Simian Mobile Disco/Cerulean/Delicacies (Played Live)
14. Chamillionaire/Elevate/Chamillitary Ent. (Top Song Requested)
15. Disclosure feat. Alunageorge/White Noise/Co-Op & PMR (Top Song Requested)
16. David Bowie/(You Will) Set The World On Fire/Iso & Columbia (Top Song Requested)
17. Gary Clark Jr./Black And Blue/GaryClarkJr.com (Top Song Requested)
18. Rapper Big Pooh feat. Chaundon/Congnac/TheFreshestFatBoy.com (Top Song Requested)
19. Adam Warlock feat. Prince Po/Frequent Flyers (Nasa RMX)/Uncommon Records (Top Song Requested)
20. Spectac & Shakim/F.A.C.E. (Football, Arts, Comics, Etc.)/HipNoTT Records (Top Song Requested)
21. Mute Speaker/Ten Fold/Liquid Noise Records (Top Song Requested)
22. Truth Universal/Invent The Future/Truth Universal Music (Top Song Requested)
23. BNEW/Star In The City/White Label (http://arollingstone.bandcamp.com) (Top Song Requested)
24. Johnny Polygon/How It Feels (Change Your Mind)/JohnnyPolygon.com (Top Song Requested)
25. RDGLDGRN/Million Fans/RDGLDRGN.com (Top Song Requested)

Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast)

1. Marco Polo feat. Big Daddy Kane/Nite & Day/Soulspaszm & Rawkus
2. Justin Timberlake/Let The Groove In/RCA
3. Awaxx/Till The End/Never So Deep Records
4. Mariella/Flyaway (DJ Vadim RMX)/Wonderwheel

DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:

Grandmaster D.St/The Home of Hip-Hop/Celluloid
Roy Ayers feat. Kerri Chandler/Good Vibrations (Kerri's Mad Mix)/White Label

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of June 8 & 15, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 2, 2011) with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.



Our commentary during that week focused on updates with the internet- & street-based political protests/revolutions occurring in Egypt, the possible return on of ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristede to Haiti, DJ Kool Herc's recent illness & the need for Health Care in more ways than one with musicians, the National Black Theater in Harlem & it's current debt issues and some more diverse topics here and there.

We had a great interview with Hip-Hop Legend Kool G Rap (http://www.KoolGRap.com).

Some of the topics we covered in this in depth interview with the long established & classic Hip-Hop MC include his various creative influences, the drastic need for balance in Hip-Hop music and the media outlets in general, some of Kool G Rap's peraonal favorite MCs, DJs & producers, memories of Mr. Magic (R.I.P.) & the Juice Crew, how he feels about fans criticizing Hip-Hop artists for not being "street" enough for cred, Kool G Rap's upcoming "Offer You Can't Refuse" EP & the "Riches, Royalty & Respect" album projects dropping this eyar along with lots more!

FuseBox Radio Playlist for the Weeks of June 22 & 29, 2017 [originally broadcast on the week of February 2, 2011]

RZA feat. Kool G Rap, Inspectah Deck & Suga Bang/You Already Know/Koch
UGK feat. Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap/Next Up/UGK Records & Jive
Kool G Rap feat. Haylie Duff/On The Rise/Chinga Chang, Latchey & Koch
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo/On The Run/Cold Chillin'
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo/Butcher Shop/Cold Chillin'
Big L feat. Kool G Rap/Fall Back/Rawkus, Priority & EMI
Pete Rock feat. Kool G Rap & Large Professor/Truly Yours '98/Loud
Kool G Rap feat. Nas/Past Life (Norfside RMX)/Cold Chillin' & Epic Street
Brand New Heavies feat. Kool G Rap/Death Threat/Delicious Vinyl
RZA & Kool G Rap/Cakes/Razor Sharp & Epic
Kool G Rap/Sad/KoolGRapNow.com

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of June 8 & 15, 2017 [originally broadcast on the Week of Sept. 11, 2013] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.



Our extended commentary during that week's show focused on the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Church Bombing, latest updates on the Colorado Floods & the Navy Yard Shooting, Clear Channel & Warner Music uniting on a weird business deal, songwriter/singer Victor Willis' victory over the record labels for the copyright of "YMCA", our viewpoint of the saga of Hot 97 Radio Personality/DJ/Hip-Hop legend Mister Cee getting caught yet again with a transsexual prostitute & what - if anything - it means for Hip-Hop community (especially regarding frank, mature talk about sexuality, employment & more) and some other bits of news here and there.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - all of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist for the Weeks of June 8 & 15, 2017 [originally broadcast on the Week of Sept. 11, 2013]

Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) [listed by artist/song title/label(s)]

1. Janelle Monae feat. Esperanza Spaulding/Dorothy Dandridge Eyes/Altantic
2. Labtekwon/Soul Dance/Ankhba.com
3. Phil Ade feat. Raheem DeVaughn & Dee Boy/Simply Beautiful/368 Music Group
4. Amerigo Gazaway/Chomeo x Joe Bataan x Boz Scaggs - Hot Mess (Lowdown Party Mix)/AmerigoMusic.com
5. Mayer Hawthorne/Wine Glass Woman/
6. Gil Scott-Heron/A Place For You (Doctor L RMX)EnmemeTemps.com
7. The Stepkids/Moving Pictures/Stones Throw
8. Dan-e-o/Immortal/URBNET
9. Little Boots/Satellite (Urulu RMX)/On Repeat Records

Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) [listed by artist/song title/label(s)]

1. Stalley/Feel The Bass/MMG (Played Live)
2. The Underachievers/Melody of the Free/ElevatedNations.com (Top Song Requested)
3. Theo Parrish/Jupiter/Snow Dog Records (Top Song Requested)
4. Buju Banton/Monday Morning/Penthouse Records (Top Song Requested)
5. Boog Brown feat. Illastrate, Lex Boogie & Joe D./In Tune/BoogBrown.Bandcamp.com (Top Song Requested)
6. Constant Deviants/Eventually/HipNott Records (Top Song Requested)
7. Terrace Martin/Get Away/TerraceMartinMusic.com (Top Song Requested)
8. Dizzy Wright/Hope You Have A Good Day/Funk Volume (Top Song Requested)
9. The Underachievers/The Proclamation/ElevatedNations.com (Top Song Requested)
10. Schoolboy Q feat. Kenrick Lamar/Collard Greens/Interscope (Top Song Requested)
11. Zouassi/Heavy Bones/Zouassi.Tumblr.com (Top Song Requested)
12. Valerie June/Workin' Woman Blues/Concord Music Group (Top Song Requested)
13. SonReal & Rich Kidd feat. Sophia Danai/Slumber/RichKiddBeats.com (Top Song Requested)
14. Etana feat. Busy Signal/Love Love Love/VP (Top Song Requested)
15. Dr. OctaTron feat. Motion Man/Good Stuff/Thresh Records (Top Song Requested)
16. KES The Band/Tuesday On The Rocks/VP (Top Song Requested)
17. Pete Rock & Camp Lo/Glitter Gold/White Label (Top Song Requested)
18. Earl Sweatshirt feat RZA/Molasses/Tan Cressida & Columbia (Top Song Requested)
19. Homeboy Sandman/Musician/Stones Throw (Top Song Requested)
20. Gramtik/Star Chop/Pretty Lights Music (Top Song Requested)
21. Live Percenters/Science of the City/Hipnott (Top Song Requested)
22. Deltron 3030/Pay The Price/Bulk Recordings (Top Song Requested)
23. Vex Ruffin/Ano Bang Gusto Mo/Stones Throw (Top Song Requested)
24. Sammy Banannas/Run 2 Me (Thicke Mix)/SammyBanannas.com (Top Song Requested)
25. Youngblood Brass Band/E la e/Tru Thoughts (Top Song Requested)

DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:

EPMD/Let the Funk Flow/
Cece Penniston/He Loves Me 2 (Silk 12" Mix)/Silk Ent.

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

** Introduction Song: J. Dilla - Motor City 6 **


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This show has some flashback audio from late 2016 in where DJ Fusion was interviewed by Super Joe Pardo, the founder of the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference. We talked a lot about indie media, the importance of podcasting as a medium a lot of regular folks can get into, music, the future of podcasting, the importance of podcast conference events and a lot more.

For more information about the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference, go to:

http://www.PodcastMidAtlantic.com

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

** Introduction Song: Moor Mother - Deadbeat Protest **

This week, we have a special episode of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk which features audio from an mini-interview we had during Moogfest 2017 with musician, MC, activist and more, Moor Mother about her background, music, Black Woman Rage, Afrofuturism, creativity and more.

Moor Mother's mini-biography via the official Moogfest Website:

"Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother) is a national and international touring musician and has performed at numerous festivals, colleges and universities sharing the stage with King Britt, Islam Chipsy, Claudia Rankine, and Bell Hooks and opening on tour for Screaming Females. A soundscape artist with work featured at Samek Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Chicago, ICA Philadelphia and Everson Museum of Art, Camae is also a vocalist in punk band The Mighty Paradocs and free jazz group Irreversible Entanglements.

Camae is co-founder and organizer of Rockers! Philly, a 10-year long running event series and festival focused on marginalized musicians and artists spanning multiple genres of music. As Moor Mother she released her debut album "Fetish Bones" on Don Giovanni records that was named 3rd best album of the year by The Wire Magazine, number 1 by Jazz Right Now and appeared on numerous end of the year list from Pitchfork, Noisy, Rolling Stone, and Spin Magazine. Moor Mother was named by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 artists to watch in 2016 and named Bandcamp’s 2016 artist of the year.

Camae also released her first book of poetry called Fetish Bones in Winter 2016 on The AfroFuturist Affair small press.

As a member of Black Quantum Futurism Collective (BQF), she has been a part of two literary works and several zines, and has been featured in exhibitions at the Schomburg Center, Rebuild Foundation Temple Contemporary at Tyler School of Art, and more.

Camae Ayewa is a 2016 Leeway Transformation Award and Blade of Grass 2016 Fellow, has been an in artist in residency at West Philadelphia Neighborhood Time Exchange and WORM! Rotterdam residency, and will be featured with Black Quantum Futurism at Transmediale Festival in Berlin 2017. Moor Mother has appeared in the Quietus, the Fader, Vice and others.

Moor Mother’s upcoming schedule includes Berhaign, Safe as Milk Festival, CTM Festival, MoogFest, and Donau Festival."

** Closing Song: Moor Mother - DIY Time Machine **

For more information about Moogfest, go to:

http://www.Moogfest.com
http://www.facebook.com/Moogfest
http://www.twitter.com/Moogfest
http://www.instagram.com/Moogfest

For more information about Moor Mother, go to:

http://www.MoorMother.com

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

** Due to finishing up some technical revisions of the FuseBox Radio Studios & outside travel, folks weren't able to record a brand new episode up as quickly as we would like with new music and talk. However, we wanted to give our listeners something to listen to with a flashback episode or 2 via our podcast feed in the meantime...enjoy the musical goodness! - DJ Fusion **

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of April 19 & 26, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 1, 2012) with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.



Our extended commentary during that week touched base on the passing of Don Cornelius (the creator of the pioneering "Soul Train" TV show & more), the recent Susuan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood scenario & the importance of social media + more with that news story, the tin-ear/poverty deaf recent comments from the Republican Party Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the religious foolery of Bishop Eddie Long and some other diverse topics here and there.

There were Free Press "Media Minutes" & Black Agenda Report mini-segments on this week's episode.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of April 19 & 26, 2017 [originally broadcast on the Week of February 1, 2012]

Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) by DJ Fusion

1. Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Erykah Badu/Afro Blue/Blue Note (Played Live)
2. Emcee Jermaine/Rap Casserole/Rock The Dub Records (Played Live)
3. D.P.E./Memoir/DPEMusic.bandcamp.com (Played Live)
4. Roq'y TyRaiD/Preach!/RoqyTyRaiD.com (Played Live)
5. Sonnymoon/Magician/Plug Research
6. Wiley/Scar/Big Dada
7. Erick Sermon feat. Jimi Hendrix/A Way Out/White Label
8. The Wonderful Sound of Induce/Livin' In The Future (Gigamesh RMX)/The Wonderful Sound
9. Rampage feat. R.A. The Rugged Man/Zig Zag Zig/Def Jam Digital
10. Georgia Anne Muldrow/Seeds/SomeothaShip Connect (Top Song Requested)
11. Nujabes/Dawn On The Side/Hydeout-Tribe.net (Top Song Requested)
12. DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles/We Are At War/White Label (Top Song Requested)
13, Saigon/Hungry/White Label (Top Song Requested)
14. yU/Time Machine/Mello Music Group (Top Song Requested)
15. MPA (Marvin Ambrosius)/Soulja System/Keda Mgmt. (Top Song Requested)
16. SmCity feat. Trey Dupree/Watch Me/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested)
17. B.o.B. feat. Andre 3000/Play The Guitar/Grand Hustle (Top Song Requested)
18. The Roots feat. Phonte & Dice Raw/One Time/Def Jam (Top Song Requested)
19. Second Sky/The Others (Kaushik RMX)/Rhythm & Culture (Top Song Requested)
20. Buddy Holly/Slippin and Slidin (Jacques Renault RMX)/Verve Forecast (Top Song Requested)
21. Doomtree/Fresh New Trash/Doomtree (Top Song Requested)
22. Beyonce/Love On Top/Columbia (Top Song Requested)
23. Common/Gold/GOOD (Top Song Requested)
24. Live Tropical Fish feat. Omar/Rubber Soul/LTF Records (Top Song Requested)
25. Gods'illa feat. Maimouna Youssef, Bahamadia, Monie Love & MC Lyte/You Don't Have To Be A Star RMX/UAU Music (Top Song Requested)

Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast)

1. Break Science feat. Talib Kweli/The Alliance/Pretty Lights Music
2. Esperanza Spalding/Radio Song/Heads Up
3. Tensi/For The Love/Plug Research
4. Bill Ortiz/Winter In America/Left Angle Records
5. Salem Psalms feat. Boog Brown & Stanza/Together/White Label
6. 2 Chainz feat. T.I./Spend It (DJ Tiga Jersey Club RMX)/White Label

DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:

MFSB/Love Is The Message (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)/White Label
Ultimate Force feat. Fat Joe/Oh S***/Strong City Records
J. Dilla/Think Twice/BBE
The Incredible Jimmy Smith/When Lights Are Low/Blue Note

PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

** Due to technical difficulties, folks weren't able to record a brand new episode up as quickly as we would like with new music and talk. However, we wanted to give our listeners something to listen to with a flashback episode or 2 via our podcast feed in the meantime...enjoy the musical goodness! - DJ Fusion **

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of April 12, 2017 (originally broadcast for the weeks of May 6 & 13, 2015) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.

This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours):

0:00 - 1:19:39 Introduction & Extended Commentary
1:19:40 - 2:55:27 DJ Fusion Mix



The commentary during that week (over the phone due to the Black Hawk being out of town) during the show touched base on updates regarding the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, MD and it's after effects in the area (the #BaltimoreUprising, riots and why they occur, political and mainstream media responses & actions, etc.), Chicago & the exposed history of police brutality in Holman Square, the Mayweather vs. Paciquao boxing match and how folks reacted to it that were and were not fans of the sport (or the individuals in play), “Deflategate” and the NFL, the passing of singer/songwriters Ben E. King & Errol Brown (of Hot Chocolate), jazz musician Bob James suing Madlib for sample clearance issues and some other things here and there.

There is no brand new Black Agenda Report news mini-segment on this week's episode due to this week's extended commentary.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - all of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of April 12, 2017 (originally broadcast for the weeks of May 6 & 13, 2015)

Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [solo music mix this week; tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

1. Positive K/It's All Gravy RMX/Creative Records [DJ Fusion Flashback Track]
2. Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Rick Ross/Revory (Wraith)/Ice H2O & Caroline
3. Mega Ran & Storyville (Soul Veggies) feat. Esoteric, Reks & Reef the Lost Cause/Artillery/Brick Records
4. J. Sands feat. Main Flo & Dank/I Got Some Weed/B.U.K.A. Ent.
5. Royal/Across 110th St/AllTheWayRoyal.com
6. Jaga Jazzist/Oban/Ninja Tune
7. Alabama Shakes/Dunes/Rough Trade Records, ATO Records & MapleMusic Recordings
8. Annabel (lee)/Breathe Us/Ninja Tune
9. Seven Davis Jr./Wild Hearts/Ninja Tune
10. Tuxedo/Do It (Flaunt Edwards Edit)/Stones Throw
11. Empire Cast feat Jussie Smollett & Yazz/You're So Beautiful (Danger Ultra RMX)/White Label
12. Wiley/From The Outside (Special Request VIP)/Big Dada
13. Vic Mensa feat. Kanye West/U Mad/Def Jam
14. The Alchemist & Oh No feat. Phantogram/K.Y.S.A./Mass Appeal
15. Camp Lo/Bright Lights/Nature Sounds
16. Bizz The Prince feat. Inspectah Deck/Break The Walls/White Label
17. 80s Babies/3Fifths/Tall Black Guy Productions
18. The Mood Doctors/Time Refill/Pandemonium Wreckordz
19. Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate feat. Ce'Cile/Let Me Love You/VP
20. Art of Ballistics/Take It On Faith/Lowatt
21. Hiatus Kaiyote/Shaolin Monk Motherfunk/Flying Buddha & Sony

Top Request (Music Requested By The Listeners + Music Still Lasting in Rotation)

1. Earl Sweatshirt/Up Top/Tan Cressida & Columbia Records
2. J-Live/Mic Singletary/Moriter Music
3. Illa J/Strippers/Bastard Jazz
4. Roisin Murphy/Exploitation/Play It Again Sam
5. Banks/Change (Jensen Sportag RMX)/Harvest & Good Years