Sonic Cycle

Playlist:

• BeatKosh, Ice Tha One - Once More
• Artemis - Komorebi
• Roshin, Gritfall - Ring Around the Rosie (Swag out the Dollar Tree)
• Saba, No ID - Acts 1.5
• Childish Gambino - Yoshinoya
• Lou Phelps - WHAT NOW
• Duckwrth - Hoe Phase
• Kaelin Ellis - readiness comes in time
• Jay Prince, Estelle, Oddisee - Solitude
• M.anifest, TOBi, T'neeya - SAFE PLACE
• Barney Artist - LOFI BROTHER IN A LOCKDOWN
• Errol Eats Everything - Errol Eats Everything
• Kaboom Atomic x The Dirty Sample - Are You High?
• Dnte - Lucky You
• Mighty Theodore - On The Cover Of Word Up!
• Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist - Any Day
• JD Era, Fredro Starr - The Hustler's Anthem
• Sargeant X Comrade - Old Familiar Feelin

This week's episode highlights some new music from some of my favourite Canadian artists! If you've been looking for some new, Canadian hip hop and R&B, well look no further and make sure to continue supporting Canadian music however you can!!

Playlist:

• Finn - Side Quest
• DestheProvider, Harrison - 1234567
• Tona, Sayzee - Wave Grease
• Tre Mission - Creole
• Akintoye - Raw
• Tea Fannie - Is Big - Wizmix
• Sydanie - R U Meant 4 Me
• ZoTuckk, THE 6TH LETTER - Fly
• Jacob Wutzke - Hop On Down
• K-Riz - Room Intro
• Jon Kabongo, featuring Ray Vaughn - OMW PT. 2
• Boy Wonder - Cyclical/Pink Panther
• kaiyel - winter arc
• Aqyila - Sunshine
• Lowgo, Jon Rivera, donSMITH - Lacy
• Derin Falana - 401
• ARDN - TMTK
• insyt., featuring Thelonius - Iverson Braids

On this week's cycle, we mix in some Electronic songs that I've been waiting to play on the show to turn it into a full hour of dance and upbeat vibes.

Playlist:

• Pink Siifu, featuring HiTech, Peso Gordon, GDMRW, REGINA, Ss.Sylver - FACECARD'!
• Harrison - Come Alive
• Portraits of Tracy - Drunk - French House Flip
• Flying Lotus - Ingo Swann
• Adia - Come On
• Boogát, Diogo Ramos, Poirier - Sapatinho - Poirier Remix
• anaiis, Grupo Cosmo - B.P.E
• ArmstrongWW - Jungle
• 80purppp - ELEVATOR FREESTYLE
• Naji, stevedoesmusic - euljiro
• Lou Phelps - IS MY MIC ON?
• Eli the Guy - igetscrazy!
• Moonshine, featuring Kris the $pirit & Victor Bongiovanni - Moon Girl
• jsilos, KALLITECHNIS - SOFT LIFE - jsilos remix
• Mitch Geist - here wit me
• Serenade - Waterfall Wet (Sped Up)
• Yoshi T., featuring WHATMORE - Mii MUSIC

This week's cycle features a bunch of new and old Hip hop and soul music, including new songs from Saba & No ID and Shay Lia.

Playlist:

• Keysha Freshh, Kish - The Heartbreak
• Strat Andriotis - Will It Ever Be the Same
• 9th Wonder, featuring Mac Miller & Heather Victoria - That's Love
• Saba, No ID, featuring Bj The Chicago Kid & Eryn Allen Kane - Every Painting Has a Price
• Lord Apex, El Lif Beatz - Where's Your Feet?
• Oddisee - Built by Pictures
• YUNGMORPHEUS, Alexander Spit - A Moment's Reprieve
• Navy Blue - Red Roses
• 3.A.M - Frnkie (Freestyle)
• Badge Époque Ensemble, Lammping - Joy Cloud
• Brian Nasty - Time I Leave
• Kinrose, Joony - undercover
• Shay Lia - Ready
• Aquakultre, featuring Tafari Anthony, Amarafleur, Markus Aurelyus - Milk & Honey
• Lex Leosis - Hold Yah Down
• Matt McGhee, DECATUR, Lorin - POP STAR

Episode 69: This week's episode starts off with some lo-fi hop hop vibes and moves through some old school styles until it gets back to where we started!

Playlist:

• Lucas Home - Trophies
• Rachel Therrien - Back Home
• Oblé Reed - LOOKWHATYOUVEDONE
• LIFEOFTHOM, Stoic - DAMN
• Jansport J, Quentin Miller - Bittersweet
• Chester Watson , Elaquent - remedy
• Brother Ali - Personal
• Dred Scott - Nutin' Ta Lose
• Missy Elliott - Izzy Izzy Ahh
• Doechii - BOILED PEANUTS
• Errol Eats Everything, featuring K-Riz - Be Out!
• Isaiah Rashad, featuring Michael Da Vinci - Brad Jordan
• Stalley - On The Patio
• Ghostboyrj & Celinee - POP!
• DJ Unknown - Reflection
• HUE SOUND, Mad Keys, Paris Price, Phoelix - WANTS
• Aitch - Hollinwood To Hollywood

This week's episode features a mix of chill, vibey hip-hop, and a fun mix of samples, one of which pays tribute to the late Roy Ayers, who sadly passed earlier this week.

Playlist:

• Skyzoo, JRose - Community Service
• Montuno West - The Trap
• 88JETZ, Terrell Morris - Bloom
• Matt Storm, Baby Chilli, DACEY - EXISTENTIAL FANTASY
• Kimmortal , Shad, FRANKY - Sunniest of Days
• Max Free, Joony - Cold Covers (10,000 miles)
• Kaicrewsade, Ginga Soul - Home
• Malz Monday - Switch Up
• Dear Silas - Mikolton (Dat's My Dawg)
• Reuben Vincent - GRAND CHERRY
• AKTHESAVIOR - Without A God
• Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name
• Foggieraw - Psalm 62
• 2 Eleven, Python P - Alicia P'z
• The Main Ingredient - Let Me Prove My Love to You
• Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
• Joey Bada$$ - Shine
• Boldy James, Chuck Strangers - Global Telling

2025 Black History Month Special

On this week's Sonic Cycle, Kaamil dives deep on some of the resources that he's used to learn more about Black History in Canada and the United States. We explore Lupe Fiasco's DROGAS WAVE and the theory of The LongChains, Questlove's "Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)", and a bunch of content that Kaamil looks forward to watching, reading and listening to in the future.

Here are more resources to learn even more about Black History:

Kaamil's Recommended Reads, Watches and Listens:

- “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation”

- “We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel”

- "Mo Metta Blues"

- "Summer of Love (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"

- "13th"

- "Diary of a Naija Immigrant" (Produced here at CJSW!)

- "Historical Figures, Icons & Others" (Specifically "Episode 2: Harriet Tubman" and "Episode 6: John Ware"; fun fact, I went to school at the Junior High named after John Ware!)

- "Questlove Supreme" (the entire series is great but the Black History Month Celebration episodes may be a good place to start)

- CBC Gem's "Black Stories" Section: https://gem.cbc.ca/collection/black-stories

- UCalgary's Section on "Books by and on Black Canadians": https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion/literacy-education/anti-black-racism/books-and-black-canadians

- CBC's "25 books about being Black in Canada":https://www.cbc.ca/books/25-books-about-being-black-in-canada-1.5596949

- Goodreads' book list for "Canadian Black History Month": https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/66605.Canadian_Black_History_Month

- Dive Deeper into Lupe Fiasco's DROGAS WAVE and the lyrical and symbolic messaging on Genius.com:

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https://genius.com/albums/Lupe-fiasco/Drogas-wave

- Watch "Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" on CBC Gem: https://gem.cbc.ca/summer-of-soul



Playlist:

• Capital Steez - Free The Robots
• J Dilla - JLJ Intro
• J Dilla - Yesterday
• Black Star - Astronomy (8th Light)
• Black Star - Intro
• Oscar Peterson - East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon
• Lupe Fiasco - In the Event of Typhoon
• Lupe Fiasco - WAV Files
• Lupe Fiasco - Don't Mess up the Children
• Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
• Roberta Flack - Tryin' Times
• Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
• Sly & the Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star
• Oliver Jones - It Never Entered My Mind
• Nina Simone - Backlash Blues