The Main Ingredient

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The Main Ingredient episodes

February 09The Main Ingredient - Episode February 8, 2026
Celebrating Black History Month with an all vinyl set.

Playlist:
Roy Ayers - We Live in Brooklyn Baby
Monolith - Plan Eh
Dan-E-O - Revenge
IRS, featuring Planet Asia - No Hesitation
Golding & Skelitor - Oh My MY
Citizen Kane - Monopoly Money
Brassmunk - Dedicated 4 U
Moka Only, featuring Abstract Rude - Rolling Along
P.E.A.C.E. - What They Want
Blackalicious - Deception
Del the Funky Homosapien - If You Must (Automator Remix)
Casual - Rap Game
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Billy Cobham - Heather
Mr. Complex, featuring Biz Markie - Glue
Monsta Island Czars - Mic Line
Madvillain - All Caps
Dangerdoom - El Chupa Nibre
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Gil Scott Heron - Angel Dust
Miles Davis - Sweet Pea
Ike Turner - Getting Nasty
Dragon Fli Empire - Headphones
Ian Kamau - Old Soul
Shades of Culture - Mindstate
Obscure Disorder - The Entree
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February 02 The Main Ingredient - Episode February 1, 2026
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February 02The Main Ingredient - Episode February 1, 2026
The Baz Bombers (and Stacey) do a 2025 deep dive into hip-hop. Expect razor-sharp lyricism, boom-bap revivalism, and thoughtful left-turns into jazz, alternative rap, and experimental textures. Veteran voices and underground torch-bearers collide!

Wu-Tang affiliates, Nas & DJ Premier, and De La Soul sit comfortably beside boundary-pushers and emerging artists, including unreleased Local Music....

Enjoy!
@bazbombers_cjsw

Playlist:
King Lou - You Got Me
Ricca Razor Sharp - Scene of the Accident
Ricca Razor Sharp - I'm Home Now
Iron Lion & The EquAzn - Lay It Down
Norman Sann - Let It Begin
SAFRON BEATS, featuring Halfcut - Stack It Up
Big Daddy Kane & RZA - Open Ya Eyes
DJ Deadeye, featuring Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Termanology - Drug Plots
Choclair & Rochester - March XXVII
Barry Darkley - It's Go Time
Wu-Tang Clan, Mathematics & Method Man, featuring Benny the Butcher - Warriors Two, Cooley High
Nas & DJ Premier - Madman
Lordz of Brooklyn - Brooklyn Pride
Norman Sann - Bar for Bar
Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics, featuring Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Cappadonna - Mandingo
Talib Kweli, J. Rawls & Javotti Media, featuring Maseo, Black Thought, Posdnuos, Mike G, Afrika & Busta Rhymes - Native Sons [Part 2]
Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics, featuring Inspectah Deck, GZA & Cappadonna - Executioners from Shaolin
JZAC - Shake The Tree
Norman Sann - Never Go Broke
Daemon - Megalodon (Top of the World)
Wyzaker, featuring Contradiction, Iron Lion & King Lou - Where did the time go?
Napoleon Da Legend - Mackandal
Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - Circle Of Life
La Vilerie, featuring Masamoon - Chop Suey
DJ Premier & Roc Marciano - Good To Go
Mark 4ord, featuring Blu & Itsxmusic - Cali Kids
The Blue, featuring Yongo - So Look at the Bright Side
De La Soul, featuring Nas - Run It Back!!
Jarren Benton & Johnny Slash - Krang Freestyle
Kurious - Cloud Nine
J. Sands, featuring Busy Bee & Grandmaster Melle Mel - Knock Em' Out
Will Haze - Kennedy Flow
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - 1995
Backxwash - 9th Heaven
Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Ricky
Kimmortal , featuring Super Duty Tough Work & Junia-T - Strange Maze
King Lou, featuring Wyzaker - Vagabond Stories
Ricca Razor Sharp - Physio with Shanu at Carewest
Westside Gunn - HEEL CENA
Nate Smith, Marquis Hill & JSWISS - UNDEFEATED
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January 26The Main Ingredient - Podcast January 25, 2026
Showfill by Miguel (@soleo333) of the Baz Bombers (@bazbombers_cjsw) covering for Cosm and sharing a selection of "Best of 2025" (not all released in 2025 - but about 75% is).

East Coast to the West, plus local and some from Abroad!
Gritty, Grimy Boom Bap! Enjoy!

Playlist:
King Lou, featuring The EquAzn - Facade
Visionaries - Let’s Grow (Radio Edit)
Apollo Brown & Crimeapple - Know No Better
Doza The Drum Dealer, Hobgoblin & Kaeson Skrilla - Doza & Kae
Coyote - Meet The Lambs
DJ Muggs & Heartbreak JC - Jesus Piece (Cassette)
UFO Fev & Big Ghost Ltd - Venganza
Conductor Williams & eLZhi, featuring Elijah Hooks - Hell in a Hellcat
Ras Kass, featuring Mopreme Shakur, Daylyt, Bishop Lamont & Monstroe - Mapogo Lions
Conway the Machine, ILL Tone Beats & Black Soprano Family - Pick a Side
MichaelAngelo, CRIMEAPPLE & Primo Profit - P.R.I.M.O
Remedy, featuring RZA - Supreme Intellect
Cordae - Jean-Michel
Diamond D, featuring B-Real & Everlast - IM NOT CRAZY
NEMS - Go Fish
The 17th Cipher, featuring IAMGAWD, Rufus Sims, Panamera P & Ju Jilla - Welcome to Chicago
Tristate, featuring Opio & Casual - Let 'em Know
DJ Premier & Ransom - Amazing Graces
Willie The Kid & Real Bad Man - Maxwell's Peacoat Collection
Death At the Derby - Danger on the Docks
Mobb Deep - Gunfire
Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man & GZA, featuring Reek Da Villian & Pills - The Trial
Westside Gunn, featuring Stove God Cooks - ADAM PAGE
CRIMEAPPLE - SABADO GIGANTE
A1 Beanz, featuring Ray Riley & JPatz - Privilege
Dough Networkz, Conway the Machine & Sirrealist - Sawed Off
Hugo Kant, featuring Miscellaneous - Us vs Them
La the Darkman - Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn
Sargeant X Comrade, featuring Prevail, Moka Only, Super Duty Tough Work & DJ WeezL - Distant Lands
Black Soprano Family & ILL Tone Beats, featuring Conway the Machine, Rome Streetz & Jae Skeese - Impossible
Daniel Son & Ghost Notes - T.O.
Queen Herawin, featuring Breeze Brewin - Gluttony
Mr. Shadow, Ice Cube & Kokane - Certified G'z
Dan-e-o - Barsmen
De La Soul - YUHDONTSTOP
Halfcut & Cole The God - Thunder Rumble
Mickey Diamond & Oh Jay - Super Bowl Rings
Redman & Method Man - Lalala
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January 19The Main Ingredient - Episode January 18, 2026
Some brand new joints from 2026...

Playlist:
Shad, featuring Jon Kabango - K.I.S.S.
BluRum13, featuring DJ Vadim - Open Shudders
Sean Strickland - Top Boy
Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven - Super Effective
Errol Eats Everything, featuring Rome Streetz - Round N Round (Statik Selektah Remix)
Recognize Ali x D-Styles - Bad Mon
Bernadette Price x Terror Van Poo - Burden of Proof
RJ Payne - PTSD
J-Live - The Feeling (Illa Remix)
Truth & Da Beatminerz - Redrum Seen
Rozewood - True Friend
MIGHTYHEALTHY & Sankofa, featuring DJ Navin Johnson - Money Plasma
The Vinz, featuring CRiPL - Move Back
King V, featuring Sosoon, act-1 & Unikron - Welcome 2 The Kulb
Bukue One & ParanormL - Spitfire
RJD2 & Supastition - Machines Like Us
Aktu El Shabazz - Birdseye
Stylistic Murder, featuring Oddisee & Cam One - Feelings (Remix)
Shabaam Saadiq, featuring General Steele - Top Tier
DJ Exes & Slamming Gavel Music - Material Things
Tona, featuring Adam Bomb - Dangerous
P.A. Dre, featuring Genecist, Illa Ghee, Ruste Juxx & Smooth Haynes - Unfamiliar
Fatnice & Meat Matta - The Time
One Self - Caravan
Cymarshall Law & Slimline Mutha - Raw Self Expression
New World Colour, featuring Raw Poetic - Share the Love
Skyzoo - The Soloist
John Jigg$ - BarFax
Killah Priest - Tea Break
Benny The Butcher, featuring Estee Nack - Supernatural
XP The Marxman & No Games - XP on Flack Lude
Flee Lord & Jansport J, featuring Knowledge the Pirate - Ain't No Love
Spanish Ran, featuring David Jame$ - Amber Interior
Your Old Droog - Victims of the Street
Eff Yoo & Rob Viktum - Flee the Scene
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, featuring Anderson .Paak - Ensalada
Solar-C, featuring Jarmond - Alive
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January 12The Main Ingredient - Episode January 11, 2026
Some favourites from 2025...

Playlist:
Brian Jackson & Masters At Work, featuring Black Thought - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Dangermouse & Black Thought, featuring Rag'n'Bone Man - Up!
Blueprint - Start With Gratitude
Dillon & Paten Locke, featuring Large Professor & J Scienide - No Bluffin'
Polo Sho, featuring Talebson & vrong - Dice Roll
Propo '88 & Self the Bluest Eye - Dreams
Shad, featuring TLO - Islands
Little Simz - Free
J Scienide & Bes Kept - Funny Farm (We're on the Ship)
Raz Fresco & Futurewave, featuring Daniel Son - Steve Austin
Sargeant & Comrade, featuring Prevail, Moka Only, Super Duty Tough Work & DJ WeezL - Distant Lands
The Bad Seed & Murda Megz, featuring LR Blitzkrieg - Watermelon Chunx
HDXMM (Honey Dinero & Mura Megz), featuring Bernadette Price - The Sweet Price
Fuzzy Ed - Memories on VHS
Halfcut & Cole The God, featuring Daniel Son & Str8 Trip - Soul Ice
Von Pea & The Other Guys, featuring Oddisee - Knew It All
Skyzoo - Devotion
Your Old Droog - Ghostwriter
The Blue, featuring Bijaan - What A Crazy Thing
Rapsody & Madlib - Avon Through the Wire
Droogie Otis (Madlib & Your Old Droog), featuring Killer Mike - The Edge
SOVIETS (Jeff Spec & Chaix), featuring Moka Only & Planet Asia - Pumpernickel
Touch182 - Homework
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - A Thousand Mountains
Evidence - Outta Bounds
Che Noir & 7xvethegenius - Topanga
Bijaan - Jungle
TOBi & Real Bad Man - Headcrack
Jamil Honesty & JR Swiftz - Chakras
Errol Eats Everything - Errol Eats Everything
J-Live - Showing the Way
DavePsy, featuring Casual - OneTru
Odario, featuring Yolanda Sargeant & Mad Professor - The Situation
TALEBSON - Let it Slide
Potatohead People & Slippery Elm - Nightbird
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January 05The Main Ingredient - Episode January 4, 2026
Celebrating the OGs who dropped new music in 2025. Strictly artists who've been releasing music for over 30 years.

Playlist:
De La Soul - The Package
Public Enemy - What I Said
Chuck D, featuring Daddy-O - New Gens
Arrested Development - Pack It Out (Speech Soul Remix)
Kurious & K-Rec - Cloud 9
Big L, Shylow, featuring Nas - U Ain't Gotta Chance (Shylow Remix)
DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip - Go Down
Talib Kweli & J. Rawls, featuring Maseo, Black Thought, Posdnuos, Mike G, Afrika, Busta Rhymes - Native Sons Pt. 2
Slick Rick - Landlord
De La Soul, featuring Q-Tip & Yummy Bingham - Day in the Sun (Gettin 'Wit U)
Edo. G - Be Quiet
DJ L-Way, featuring Ras Kass, Defari & Domino - Summer Breeze
Erick Sermon, featuring EPMD - Test Me
Myka 9 & Blu, featuring Planet Asia - Bronze Arm & Hammer
Tash, featuring King T, Tha Alkaholiks, Defari, Xzibit & Q-Tip - Attention is a Drug Remix)
Diamond D, featuring KARDINAL OFFISHALL, PEEDI CRAKK & CHIP FU - Casket Fresh
Diamond D, featuring B-Real & Everlast - I'm Not Crazy
Ghostface Killah, featuring Raekwon, GZA, Method Man, Reek Da Villian & PIllz - The Trial
Nas & DJ Premier - GiT Ready
Godfather Don & Jazz Spastiks - Unstoppable
Ice-T - Hardcore mfkr
Big Daddy Kane & The RZA - Open Ya Eyes
Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - Keep On Rockin
Masta Ace & Tom Caruana - Freedom House
1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Pharcyde - Phabulous
Raekwon - Da Heavies
Redman, featuring Method Man - La La La (DJ Premier Remix)
TNF Inc. (Thrust N Frankenstein) - Sizzle (Frankenstein Remix)
Buck 65 - Drastic Measures
Kwamé - Hello / Anybody?
YZ - Push
Nas & DJ Premier - Pause Tapes
DJ L-Way, featuring Troubleneck Brothers - Back in the Days
Jeru The Damaja - That's Word
Smif-N-Wessun, featuring Pharoahe Monch - Medina
Mobb Deep - Against the World
Bored Stiff, featuring Pep Love - A New Day
Phill Most Chill - Tunin You Out
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December 29, 2025The Main Ingredient - Episode December 28, 2025
Celebrating the final episode of 2025 with special guest, Stefan Lewis.

Playlist:
J-Live - Back to the Essence
Lord Finesse - Electric Impression 2
Phil Tyler, featuring Kid Abtrakt - Ride With It
Anti-Lilly & Phoniks - Nervana Flow
De La Soul, featuring Common & Slick Rick - Yours
Skyzoo - Sky Is Like
Blame One - Bounce With Me
Ill Conscience , featuring Awon & Fresh Daily - Amalgamation
Stylistic Murder, featuring OC & PhilTyler - Come Right
Propo '88 & Self the Bluest Eye - Read All Night
MindsOne - It's All Family
Kista - Correct Technique
Godfather Don & Jazz Spastiks - Revolution
Potatohead People & Slippery Elm - Memory
Fresh Daily & Parental - These Things Take Time
Fresh Daily & Parental - Grain of Sand
Mike Flips - Hard Work
Mike Flips & Seize, featuring MysDiggi - Good Foot
Yesh, featuring Ken Boogaloo - Foolish I'll Seem
Nujabes - Autumn Rain
Freddie Joachim - Close Love
Raff Alpha - Anonymous Girl
Freddie Joachim - Rain Drops
Freddie Joachim - Autumn Rain
Jael - Catching Feels
Freddie Joachim - Doppelganger
Aso - Soul Traveling (Freddie Joachim Remix)
J Robb - Free Mind
Saib. - West Lake
Nujabes - Luv
Nujabes - Kunomi
(Anonymous) - Chihiro's Break
Fat Joe - The Shit Is Real (remix)
Muneshine - Venus & Mars (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Busta Rhymes - Silvershininf (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Tonez & Re-C - Kyoto
Freddie Joachim - Luv (Remix)
Ju - Ar - Day Our
Freddie Joachim - Backyards
Vanilla - Golden
Force of Nature - Just Forget
(Anonymous) - Terms & Nujabes
(Anonymous) - Sweet Tarts
(Anonymous) - South Peach
Nujabes - Feather
Phoniks - Lemon Tea
Joey Bada$$ - Waves (Instrumental)
Precise-Lee - Breeze
(Anonymous) - City Strum
Aquarius Jay - Gorilla
Nujabes - Another Reflection
Kay Celeb. - Amor Fugitivo
Nujabes - Was It a Dream
Uyama Hiroto - One Day
Uyama Hiroto - 81 Autumn
Uyama Hiroto - Ribbon in the Sea
(Anonymous) - Solitude
Uyama Hiroto - Vision Eyes
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December 22, 2025The Main Ingredient - Episode December 21, 2025
Instrumental Album Showcase:DøøF – 404 Jonx Vol. 1 (A Beattape By DøøFus)

Playlist:
Serial Killers (B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick) - Call the Cops
Moka Only - Going
Verb T & Vic Grimes, featuring Farma G & BVA - Illusion of Self
Scienz Of Life & Figub Brazlevic - Galactic B-Boy (Remix)
Cymarshall Law & Ramson Badbonez - Better Win
MotionPlus & A-F-R-O - State of Dreamin'
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic - Legacy
Soulrocca, featuring QNC - 100% Proof
Erick Sermon, featuring Heltah Skeltah - Spectacle
J. Sands - The Struggle
Skyzoo - Tags at the MOMA
Legit & Rex Seshunz, featuring Theo 3 - Cauterize
Mike Titan x Hilltop Productions - Before the End
Von Pea & The Other Guys - More Johnny
A-F-R-O - Cross the Line
PA Dre, featuring Wordsworth, Mickey Factz & Kool Kim - Showtime
Nas & DJ Premier - My Life Is Real
Aesop Rock - Potato Leak Soup
Tab One, featuring Kueen - Boom Baptist
Otayo Dub, featuring Bamboo - Gotta Eat
Your Old Droog - Ghostwriter
Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd - High Stakes
Daniel Son & BodyBagBen - Brown Body Bags
Nas & DJ Premier - Shine Together
Asun Eastwood, Guilty Simpson, Mar, Forever Foy - Whirlpool
Anti-Lilly & Phoniks, featuring Scienze - Too Late
Blu, MED & Bane Capitol, featuring Planet Asia - Throwback Balances
Indigo Phoenix, featuring Apani B - Shadowboxing
J.Arrr & BP Infinite, featuring Ransom - Blood in the WiFi
P.R., featuring Blu, Awon & Landon Wordswell - Questions
Omar Rapp$, MAR, Rufus Sims & Bozack Morris - Choose Your Exit
Brown13, featuring Asun Eastwood & Daniel Son - Le Meilleur De Toronto
XP The Marxman & No Games, featuring DoamPeace & ethemadassassin - Free Dope
Canway the Machine, featuring Roc Marciano - Diamonds
Planet Asia - Gloves Off
Ill Conscience - Mark 836
Awon & Alias Molambo - Sade
Dill The Giant - Weed Man Son (Disco Mix)
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December 15, 2025The Main Ingredient - Episode December 14, 2025
Celebrating the new album from Nas & DJ Premier

Playlist:
Nas & DJ Premier - Git Ready
Bored Stiff, featuring Pep Love - A New Day
Skyzoo - Sky Is Like
UFO Fev, featuring Red Inf - Microphone Killer
Bun B & Statik Selektah, featuring Busta Rhymes - You're Mine
Fokis - Let's Get It
Tona - East City
Thought Provokah - Watching
Ill Conscious , featuring Soul Intellect - Fonky Azz
Edo. G - Be Quiet
Nas & DJ Premier - Madman
Erick Sermon, featuring Public Enemy - How Long
Erick Sermon, featuring EPMD - Test Me
Cold Camp - Snow Kings
Zilla Rocca - Circus
Staxx410, featuring Jay Royale - Charley Rudos
Knowledge the Pirate, featuring E.L.E.M.N.T. - Sun God
Brother Ali - Stalin' On 'Em
Domo Genesis & Graymatter - GOODGRACIOUS
Conway the Machine - Mahogany Walls
Stu Bangas and A-F-R-O, featuring DJ Ace The Cut Lieutenant - Conductor
Nas & DJ Premier - Pause Tapes
Legit & Rex Seshunz - Soul Fly
Che Noir & 7xvethegenius, featuring Reason - Flight
Jihad & Luke Sick - EDU
Sankofa & Uncle Fester - Church Mice Prayers
Ryu - Save Me A Slice
Kesper & LEX - Back At It
Your Old Droog, featuring Count Bass D - Confetti
Fly Anakin, featuring Quelle Chris, $ilkMoney & Fatima - Socks Over the Smoke Detector
Daniel Son & Manzu Beats, featuring New Villain - Bad News
Dango Forlaine & Christopher Jose - Melatonin
Apollo Brown & Ty Farris - Ctrl Alt Delete
TOBi & Real Bad Man - Headcrack
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Join DJ Cosm as he chefs up a weekly blend of delectable flavours. Formerly known as Mental Illness, the Main Ingredient remains Alberta’s longest running hip hop mix show. There’s no better way to cap off your weekend than a healthy serving of underground and classic rap.