We'll hear Indigenous hip-hop from Nataanii Means, AK Rebel, and Prolific the Rapper, hear empowering tunes from The O'Jays and The Chi-Lites, and hear a gospel classic from Aretha Franklin.
UpFront Soul #2017.14 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Prolific the Rapper feat. A Tribe Called Red "Black Snakes" from "Black Snakes" Travis Harden "Mni Wiconi Song" from "Mni Wiconi Song" AK Rebel "ANWR (And Now We Rise)" from "ANWR (And Now We Rise)" Nataanii Means "The Radical" from "2 Worlds" A Tribe Called Red "Electric Pow Wow Drum" from "A Tribe Called Red" on Masalacism Records / Fontana North Travis Harden "No DAPL Girl" from "No DAPL Girl" The Commodores "Rise Up" from "Blame It on the Dogg: A Southern Blues & Soul Compilation Vol. 2" Billy Preston "I Am Coming Through" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" The O'Jays "Give the People What They Want" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" Chuck Bridges "Keep Your Faith" from "SuperFunk" Eddie Harris "It's All Right Now" from "Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology" The Chi-Lites "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" Rasheed Ali "Groovy" from "1968 Love Power" Bernard Purdie "Modern Jive" from "Soul Drums" First Class "Give Me Lend Me Can You Spare" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Hour 2 The Glories "Oh Babe, That's Love" from "Soul Legend" Charles Bradley "Strictly Reserved For You" from "Victim Of Love" on Daptone Aretha Franklin "How I Got Over" from "Amazing Grace" on Atlantic Recoding Company Erma Franklin "Piece of My Heart" from "Erma Franklin: Piece of her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years" The Top Notes "Twist and Shout" from "Twist and Shout" on Atlantic Bessie Banks "Go Now" from "Go Now" on Tiger Gil Scott-Heron "Plastic Pattern People" from "The Revolution Begins The Flying Dutchman Masters" on ACE Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Sticks" from "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Nobody's Baby" from "100 Days, 100 Nights" on Daptone Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" from "Songs Before Other Acts Made Them Famous" Trouble Funk "Good Times" from "In Times of Trouble" on Essential Media Group Anthony Hamilton "Writing on the Wall" from "Back To Love" Pastor TL Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir "These Are the Words" from "Like a Ship" Nancy Dupree "What Do I Have" from "Ghetto Reality" on Folkways Pookey Blow "Get up (And Go to School)" from "Get up (And Go to School)" Mahalia Jackson "Down By the Riverside" from "The Essential Mahalia Jackson" on COLUMBIA/LEGACY Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA