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The Heat Rocks Appreciation Episode

Cat Zhang on Flo Milli's "Ho, why is you here?" (2020)

Music & Popcorn #7: Daphne A. Brooks on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack (1995)

Music & Popcorn #6: '90s OSTs with Jocelyn Brown

Yola on Jill Scott's "Who Is Jill Scott? - Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2000)

Kris Bowers on Kendrick Lamar's "Section.80" (2011) [redux]

Benny Sings on Phil Collins' "Face Value" (1981)

Marzz on Kierra Sheard's "This Is Me" (2006)

Celebrating Lil' Kim's "Hard Core" (1996)

Vijay Iyer on Prince's "Sign O' The Times" (1987)

Patrick Paige II on The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die" (1994)

Steve Arrington on Heatwave's "Too Hot To Handle" (1976)

Pell on N.E.R.D's "In Search Of..." (2002)

Kemp Powers on De La Soul's "De La Soul Is Dead" (1991)

Karriem Riggins on A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight Marauders" (1993)

Nite Jewel on Kraftwerk's "Computer World" (1981) [redux]

Joshua Abrams on Arthur Verocai's "Arthur Verocai" (1972)

Jason King on Sylvester's "Living Proof" (1979)

The Twilite Tone on Stevie Wonder's "Hotter Than July" (1980)

Xenia Rubinos on Abbey Lincoln's "Abbey is Blue" (1959)

MF DOOM Special with Dante Ross

Megan Pattison on Teena Marie's "It Must Be Magic" (1981)

Sheila Burgel on The Ronettes' "Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica" (1964)

Jeff Parker on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" (1965)

Samm Henshaw on Kirk Franklin's "The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin" (2002)

Take Two #8: Mary J Blige's "What's the 411?" with Naima Cochrane

Take Two #7: Mary J Blige's "Mary" with Naima Cochrane

J Dilla Special

Valerie June on Etta James' "At Last!" (1960)

Salaam Remi on Jungle Brothers' "Straight Out The Jungle" (1988)

DJ Soul Sister on The Meters' "Rejuvenation" (1974)

Brittany Spanos on Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" (2005)

Our Heat Rocks of 2020

Phonte on Intro's "Intro" (1993)

Heat Rocks Holiday Music Special 2020

Take Two #6: Drake's "Scorpion" (2018)

Take Two #5: Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" (2013)

Bonus Beats: Formative Songs with G Yamazawa

Soulquarian Medley

Bonus Beats: Discovering Music Through Samples with Joseph Schloss

VanJess on Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" (2006)

Bonus Beats: Favorite Breaks with Loren Kajikawa

Anjimile on Oliver Mtukudzi's "Vhunze Moto" (2002)

Bonus Beats: Nas & Unused Samples

Kevin Smokler & Christopher Boone on B.T. Express' "Non-Stop" (1975)

Take Two #4: Jay-Z's "The Black Album" (2003)

Take Two #3: Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt" (1996)

Hanif Abdurraqib on The Beach Boys' "Surf's Up" (1971)

The Art of Sampling #3B with Dan Charnas on Slum Village's "Fantastic, Vol. 2" (2000)

Three Year Anniversary Special

The Art of Sampling #3A with Nate Patrin on J Dilla's "Donuts" (2006)

Syreeta Gates on Cardi B's "Invasion of Privacy" (2018)

Take Two #2: Janet Jackson's "The Velvet Rope" (1997)

Take Two #1: Janet Jackson's "Control" (1986)

Tiffany Johnson on Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor" (2006)

Wu-Tang Clan Special

Braxton Cook on Emily King's "Seven" (2011)

Duckwrth on Blue Magic's "Thirteen Blue Magic Lane" (1975)

Camille Yarbrough on India.Arie's "Worthy" (2019)

Bonus Beats: Alphabet Soup - D

Regina Bradley on OutKast's "Aquemini" (1998)

Bonus Beats: Ali Shaheed and Morgan chat EWF's "All 'n All"

Ali Shaheed Muhammad on Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back" (1988)

Adeline on Chaka Khan's "Naughty" (1980)

BONUS BEATS: Alphabet Soup - C

Phillip Merritt on Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" (1979)

Bruno Major on Chet Baker's "Embraceable You" (1995)

Father's Day Special

Jason Randall Smith on The Art of Noise's "In Visible Silence" (1986)

Bonus Beats: Alphabet Soup - B

Adam Mansbach on Black Sheep's "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" (1991)

Felicia Angeja Viator on Cypress Hill's "Cypress Hill" (1991)

Bonus Beats: Alphabet Soup - A

Bonus Beats: Sly's "Small Talk" with Michael Barnes

Havoc on Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" (1995)

Jarrett Hill on India.Arie's "Testimony Vol. 1, Life & Relationship" (2006)

Bonus Beats: Originals vs Covers and Crate Digging Stories

Comfort Music #3: Audience Picks

Bonus Beats: Quincy Jones' "Summer in The City" with Thes One

Nelson George on Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" (1973)

Bonus Beats: Old Music Reviews and James Gadson

Comfort Music #2: Oliver's Picks

Bonus Beats: Reggae Covers with Adam Mansbach

Comfort Music #1: Morgan's Picks

Bonus Beats: Heat Rocks Mailbag II

Remembering Bill Withers with Joey Dosik

Bonus Beats: Heat Rocks Mailbag

Trackademicks on Sade's "Lover's Rock" (2000)

Patrice Rushen on Minnie Riperton's "Come to My Garden" (1970)

Cam O'bi on Kanye West's "Late Registration" (2005)

Emily Yoshida on Björk's "Post" (1995)

Music and Popcorn #5: Drea Clark on the "High Fidelity" soundtrack (2000)

Music and Popcorn #4: April Wolfe on "The Bodyguard" soundtrack (1992)

Music and Popcorn #3: Sean Fennessey on the "Juice" soundtrack (1992)

Music and Popcorn #2: Renée Bever on the "Us" soundtrack (2019)

Music and Popcorn #1: The Medley

Josh Kun on Manu Chao's "Clandestino" (1998)

Tall Black Guy on D'Angelo's "Voodoo" (2000) redux

Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding on the Nat King Cole Trio's "Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio" (1991)

Wendy & Lisa on Prince's "Around the World in a Day" (1985)

Our Heat Rocks of the 2010s

Holiday Music Special with Alonso Duralde redux

Cristela Alonzo on A Tribe Called Quest's "We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service" (2016)

Father Amde of The Watts Prophets on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" (1971)

Van Hunt on The Sensational Nightingales' "It's Gonna Rain Again" (1972)

Phil Yu on Boyz II Men's "II" (1994) redux

Shana Redmond on Jodeci's "Forever My Lady" (1991)

Saul Williams on Portishead's "Dummy" (1994)

Tisa Bryant on The Emotions' "Rejoice" (1977)

Jason Concepcion on Herbie Hancock's "Thrust" (1974)

Gabrielle Civil on Prince's "Parade" (1986)

Luis Xtravaganza on the "Grease" soundtrack (1978)

Gerrick Kennedy on Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" (1998)

Luz Mendoza on Nina Simone's "To Love Somebody" (1969)

Jason Woodbury on Karen Dalton's "In My Own Time" (1971)

Jeff Chang on the "Wild Style" soundtrack (1983)

Lee Fields on Sam Cooke's "Portrait Of A Legend" (2003)

Lorraine Ali on M.I.A's "Kala" (2007)

Allen Thayer on João Gilberto's "João Gilberto" (1973)

100th Episode Spectacular: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' "100 Days 100 Nights" (2007)

Raphael Saadiq on Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's The Way Of The World" (1975) + Remembering Nipsey Hussle

Mark "Frosty" McNeill on Nina Simone's "It Is Finished" (1974)

Summer Spectacular feat. Quetzal (redux)

Jimetta Rose on Rufus & Chaka Khan's "From Rags to Rufus" (1974)

David Ma on GZA's "Liquid Swords" (1995)

Gavin Turek on Carole King's "Tapestry" (1971)

Art of Sampling #2 with Thes One on Nas's "Illmatic" (1994)

Kier Lehman on Steely Dan's "Aja" (1977)

Comeback Albums and Mailbag Special

Prince Special

Hua Hsu on Depeche Mode's "Violator" (1990)

Guy Branum on Ani DiFranco's "Plastic Little Castle" (1998) Recorded LIVE

Vikki Tobak and Joseph Patel on Gang Starr's "Hard to Earn" (1994)

DJ Rashida on OutKast's "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (1994)

Moby on Joy Division's "Closer" (1980)

RJ Smith on James Blood Ulmer's "Odyssey" (1984)

Karen Tongson on The Carpenters' "A Song For You" (1972)

Sy Smith on Meshell Ndgeocellos "Plantation Lullabies" (1993)

Bhi Bhiman on Sly and the Family Stone's "Stand!" (1969)

The Art of Sampling #1, James Brown's "In the Jungle Groove" (1984)

Joey Dosik on Bill Withers's "+Justments" (1974)

Heartbreak Radio on the "Chungking Express" soundtrack (1994)

Illa J on Prince's "Dirty Mind" (1980)

Nick Waterhouse on Jackie Shane's Any Other Way (2017)

Tall Black Guy on D'Angelo's "Voodoo" (2000)

Garth Trinidad on the Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band's "The Serpent's Mouth" (2018)

Tre'vell Anderson on the Dreamgirls soundtrack (2006)

Lyrics Born on Curtis Mayfield's "Back to the World" (1973)

Lindsay Zoladz on Bryan Ferry's "These Foolish Things" (1973)

Jamie Stewart on Otis Redding's "The Very Best of Otis Redding" (1992)

Open Mike Eagle on Ol Dirty Bastard's "Return to the 36 Chambers" (1995)

Chani Nicholas on Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" (1983)

Mayer Hawthorne on Parliament's "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein" (1976)

Lynell George on David Bowie's "Young Americans" (1975)

Holiday Music Special with Alonso Duralde

Macy Gray on Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010)

G Yamazawa on Kanye West's "The College Dropout" (2004)

EP62: Iman Omari on J*DaVeY's The Beauty in Distortion (2008)

Jeff Weiss on Drakeo the Ruler's "Cold Devil" (2017)

Chris Molanphy on George Michael's "Faith" (1987)

Women Behaving Boldly #6: Evelyn McDonnell on Janelle Monae's "Dirty Computer" (2018)

Women Behaving Boldly #5: Joan Morgan on Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (1998)

Women Behaving Boldly #4: Ann Powers on Madonna's "Like a Prayer" (1989)

Women Behaving Boldly #3: Joi on Betty Davis' "They Say I'm Different" (1974)

Women Behaving Boldly #2: Aretha Franklin Retrospective feat. Lynnée Denise

Women Behaving Boldly #1: Oliver & Morgan on Millie Jackson's "Caught Up" (1974)

Chris Ryan on the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" (1972)

Aurora Guerrero on the "Mosquita Y Mari" soundtrack (2012)

James Spooner on Minor Threat's "Minor Threat" (1983)

Sidibe on Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark" (1974)

serpentwithfeet on Björk's "Homogenic" (1997)

Tiffany Gouché on Destiny's Child's "The Writing's on the Wall" (1999)

Summer Spectacular feat. Quetzal

Thomas Golubic on De La Soul's "Three Feet High and Rising" (1989)

Amber Navran on King's "We are King" (2016)

Phil Yu on Boyz II Men's "II" (1994)

Jesse Thorn on The Coup's "Steal This Album" (1998)

Meshell Ndgeocello on Prince's "Purple Rain" (1984)

Star Spangled Banner Special

Benjamin Booker on William Onyeabor's "Who is William Onyeabor?"

Eliza Skinner on the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack (1986)

Marcus Moore on Mos Def's "Black on Both Sides" (1999)

Adrian Younge on Jeru's "The Sun Rises In the East" (1994)

Taura Stinson on Minnie Riperton's "Adventures in Paradise"

Cut Chemist on Cymande's "Cymande" (1972)

Cole Cuchna on Kanye West's "Yeezus"

Fredara Hadley on Anita Baker's "Compositions"

Justin Simien on Michael Jackson's "HIStory"

Martín Perna on Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall"

Egyptian Lover on Cameo's "Cameosis"

Nite Jewel on Kraftwerk's "Computer World"

Brother Ali on Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life"

P.J. Morton on Brandy's "Full Moon"

Jack Davey on Digable Planets' "Reachin'"

Denaun "Mr." Porter on A Tribe Called Quest's "Low End Theory"

Brian "B+" Cross on Freestyle Fellowship's "To Whom It May Concern"

DJ Monalisa on D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar"

Ishmael Butler on Lightnin' Rod's "Hustlers Convention"

Pharoahe Monch on Main Source's "Breaking Atoms"

King on Outkast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"

Bardo Martinez on Eugene McDaniels' "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse"

Frannie Kelley on TLC's "CrazySexyCool"

Vernon Reid on Jimi Hendrix's "Band of Gypsys"

Bahamadia on The Kay-Gee's "Keep On Bumpin' & Masterplan"

Kris Bowers on Kendrick Lamar's "Section.80"

Bosco on Erykah Badu's "Mama's Gun"

Jay Smooth on Run DMC's "Raising Hell"

"The Prequel Episode" Loren Kajikawa on Dr. Dre's "The Chronic"

Suzi Analogue on Missy Elliott's "Da Real World"

B.Slade on Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814" (Recorded Live!)

The Shacks on The Sapphires' "Best Of"

Ernest Hardy on Sade's "Love Deluxe"

Anil Dash on Prince's "1999"

Ill Camille on Common's "Like Water for Chocolate"

Dam-Funk on Change's "Miracles"

Shea Serrano on DMX's "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot"

Ann Powers on Madonna's "Like A Prayer"

Phonte on Intro's 1993 Self-Titled Album

Joi on Betty Davis's "They Say I'm Different"

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