Petra's Friday Top Eleven--"Feel Good" [charts]

It's April and I'm feelin the spring energy.
These tracks will pick up your mood, shake off the winter blues, feed you positive energy, direct your feet to the sunny side of the street...

1. JILL SCOTT "it's love"
neo-soul force from philadelphia
from her 2000 album WHO IS JILL SCOTT?
listen on youtube

2. SIZZLA "be strong"
jamaican reggae and dance hall giant
from his 2005 album SOUL DEEP
listen on youtube

3. LYN COLLINS "Mama Feelgood"
old-school soul diva from kentucky
listen on last.fm

4. TIMBALADA "Cancao de Paquerar"
bahia's most popular afro-brazilian bloco
from their 2005 album MOTUMBA BLESS
listen on zshare

5. SUGARHILL GANG "Rapper's Delight"
one of hip hop's founding groups,
this song is sometimes credited as the first rap song, from his 1979
watch video on youtube

6. THE ISLEY BROTHERS "Fight the Power"
the classic
listen on last.fm

7. OLIVER MTUKUDZI "Hear Me Lord"
zimbabwean artist, singing in shona and english
listen on last.fm

8. COLEMAN HAWKINS "Dinah"
saxophone legend from back in the day
from his album BODY AND SOUL
listen on last.fm

9. ZAPP & ROGER "More Bounce to the Ounce"
listen last.fm

10. ZOLA "Shosholoza"
south african hip hop artist
listen on last.fm

11. Talib Kweli "Get By"
watch the video on youtube

petra's friday top eleven [chart]

spring is starting to warm the city and it's got me in a funky-chill mood.
these tracks are perfect for cruisin around town or hangin out on a sunny afternoon.


1. THE TEMPTATIONS "sweet gypsy jane"
from the 1976 album WINGS OF LOVE
listen on youtube

2. AZ "sugar hill"
laid-back rap from east new york, brooklyn
from the 1995 album DOE OR DIE
listen on undergroundhiphop.com

3. BLACK UHURU "party next door"
the classic jamaican reggae band, going strong since 1977
listen on last.fm

4. OUTKAST "ain't no thang"
rappers big boi and andre 3000 from atlanta
from their 1994 album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
listen on last.fm

5. MAC DRE "something you must know"
gangsta rap legend from vallejo, ca
listen on imeem.com

6. SOUND DIMENSION "real rock"
old-school dub from the studio one in-house band of the 1960's
listen at last.fm

7. SANTOGOLD (FT. SPANK ROCK) "shove it"
new, eclectic artist from brooklyn
listen on imeem.com

8. T.I. "ride wit me"
established rapper from atlanta
from his 2006 album KING
listen on youtube

9. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND "freaks of the industry"
throw-back funky hip hop from oakland, ca
listen on last.fm

10. STEVIE WONDER "higher ground"
classic from his 1973 album INNERVISIONS
watch the live performance on youtube

11. DR. DRE "let me ride"
gangsta rap legend from compton
from his classic 1992 album THE CHRONIC, sampling PARLIAMENT'S "mothership connection"
watch the music video on youtube

the subway's a dj sometimes

my number one favorite thing about living in nyc
is that 30 seconds
when the A train stops
the doors open
and djembe drums, or a trumpet,
or the tapping of a tap
dancer's feet
mixes with the
young jeezy or al green
playing in my earbuds.

got some vinyl?

Chea.
but i'm already hungry fer more...