Detach

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1) Brian McBride - "Girl Nap" from The Effective Disconnect (Kranky)
2) John Roberts - "Ever or Not" from Glass Eights (Dial)
3) LCD Soundsystem - "45:33 (Theo Parrish's Space Cadet Remix)" from 45:33 Remixes 12" (DFA)
4) Juju and Jordash - "Dirty Spikes" from Juju and Jordash (Dekmantel)
5) Dam-Funk - "Rollin'" from Toeachizown (Stones Throw)
6) Lonnie Liston Smith - "Visions of a New World (Phase II)" from Visions of a New World (Flying Dutchman)
7) Melvin Van Peebles - "Salamaggi's Brithday" from Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (A&M)
8) Akido - "Blow" from Akido (Mercury)
9) Leron Carson - "Mechanism" from Red Lightbulb Theory '87-'88 (Sound Signature)
10) John Coltrane - "Ole" from Ole Coltrane (Atlantic)

Ascent

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1) Theo Parrish - "Somethin" from Somethin/Invocation 12" (Sound Signature)
2) Black Renaissance - "Black Renaissance" from Body, Mind and Spirit (Luv N' Haight)
3) Jahari Massamba Unit - "Nightime" from Madlib Medicine Show No. 7: High Jazz (Madlib Invazion)
4) Spirits Rejoice - "Joy" from Next Stop...Soweto Vol. 3: Giants, Ministers and Makers: Jazz in South Africa 1963-1978 (Strut)
5) Crue-L Orchestra - "(You are) More Than Paradise (Theo Parrish Translation Long Version 1)" from (You are) More Than Paradise 12" (Crue-L Classics)
6) Actress - "Always Human" from Splazsh (Honest Jon's)
7) Keith Worthy - "Rockit Science (The Deeptroit Deepstrumental)" from Moments in Rhythm Vol. 2 12" (Aesthetic Audio)
8) Black Bottom Collective - "Invocation (Theo Parrish Remix)" from Somethin/Invocation 12" (Sound Signature)

Better

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1) The-Dream - "Purple Kisses" from Love/Hate (Def Jam)
2) New Edition - "Can You Stand the Rain" from Can You Stand the Rain 12" (MCA)
3) Chico Hamilton - "Abdullah and Abraham" from Peregrinations (Blue Note)
4) Marvin Gaye - "I Want You (Intro Jam)/All the Way Around" from I Want You (Tamla)
5) Flying Lotus - "Drips/Autie's Harp" from Cosmogramma (Warp)
6) Phil Ranelin and Tribe - "Vibes from the Tribe" from Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records: 1972-1976 (Soul Jazz)
7) Bobby Hutcherson - "Mtume" from Head On (Blue Note)
8) Actress - "Let's Fly" from Splazsh (Honest Jon's)
9) Eddie Henderson - "The Kumquat Kids" from Sunburst (Blue Note)
10) Moody - "Ol' Dirty Vinyl (U Used to Know)" from Ol' Dirty Vinyl 12" (KDJ)
11) Fatback - "Backstrokin'" from Hot Box (Spring Records)
12) Prince - "Do Me, Baby" from Controversy (Warner Bros.)

Never Again

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1) Philip Glass - "Opening" from Glassworks (CBS)
2) Alice Coltrane - "Blue Nile" from Ptah the El Daoud (Impulse!)
3) Four Tet - "Sing (Floating Points Remix)" from Sing 12" (Domino)
4) The Crystal Ark - "The City Never Sleeps" from The City Never Sleeps 12" (DFA)
5) The 24-Carat Black - "24-Carat Black (Theme)" from Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (Stax)
6) Peven Everett - "I Can't Believe I Loved Her (Main Mix)" from I Can't Believe I Loved Her 12" (Nite Grooves)
7) Billy Love - "Can't Keep Running Away" from Melloghettomental 2x12" (Sound Signature)
8) Philip Glass - "Closing" from Glassworks (CBS)

Possible

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1) Archie Shepp - "Un Croque Monsier" from For Losers (Impulse!) 
2) Miles Davis - "Zimbabwe Part II" from Pangaea (CBS/Sony Japan)
3) Miles Davis - "Interlude" from Agharta (CBS/Sony Japan)
4) Leron Carson - "China II" from Red Lightbulb Theory 2x12" (Sound Signature)
5) Disco Nihilist - A2 from Disco Nihilist 12" (Love What You Feel)
6) Herbie Hancock - "Rain Dance" from Sextant (Columbia)
7) Eddie Henderson - "Cyclops" from Mahal (Capitol)
8) Theo Parrish - "Going Through Changes" from Space Station 12" (Sound Signature)
9) Rick Poppa Howard - "About Fourteen (Extended Original)" from About Fourteen 12" (Beautiful Granville Records)
10) James Brown - "Ain't It Funky Parts 1 and 2" from Ain't It Funky (Polydor)
11) Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - "It's No Possible" from He Miss Road (FAK/MCA)
12) Arthur Russell - "In the Light of the Miracle" from The World of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz)

Searching

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1) The Cure - "A Forest" from A Forest 12" ( Fiction)
2) Donald Byrd - "Dominoes" from Places and Spaces (Blue Note)
3) Sun Ra - "That's How I Feel" from Lanquidity (Philly Jazz)
4) Madlib - "Movie Finale" from Vol. 3: Beat Konducta In India (Stone's Throw)
5) Outkast - "Skew It On the Bar-B" from Skew It On the Bar-B 12" (LaFace)
6) Sly and the Family Stone - "Strain My Brain" from Small Talk (Epic)
7) Theo Parrish - "Brain" from Parallel Dimensions (Ubiquity/Sound Signature)
8) Four Tet - "Plastic People" from There Is Love In You (Domino)
9) Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence (The Quad Final Mix)" from Enjoy the Silence 12" (Sire)

Soon Enough

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1) Bill Evans - "Peace Piece" from The Soul of Jazz Piano (Riverside)
2) Nina Simone - "Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind (Philips)
3) John Coltrane Quartet - "The Drum Thing" from Crescent (Impulse!)
4) Dexter Wansel - "Rings of Saturn" from Life On Mars (PIR)
5) Charles Earland - "Leaving This Planet" from Leaving This Planet (Prestige)
6) Newcleus - "Computer Age (Push the Button)/Auto-Man" from Jam On Revenge (Sunnyview)
7) Juju and Jordash - "Pulse A Denura" from Juju and Jordash (Dekmantel)
8) Lerosa - "Plesso" from Panorama Bar 02 Part I (Ostgut Ton)
9) Kraftwerk - "The Telephone Call (Remix)" from The Telephone Call 12" (Warner Bros.)
10) Alicia Myers - "I Want to Thank You" from You Get the Best From Me 12" (MCA Records)
11) Sharon Brown - "You Got Me Where I Want to Be" from You Got Me Where I Want to Be 12" (Profile)

Getting Over

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1) DJ Shadow - "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)" from Preemptive Strike (Mo Wax)
2) Miles Davis - "Black Beauty Part III" from Black Beauty (CBS/Sony Japan)
3) James Brown - "I Got the Feelin'/Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" from Sex Machine (King)
4) Parliament - "All Your Goodies Are Gone" from Up for the Down Stroke (Casablanca)
5) Moodymann - "Forevernevermore" from Forevernevermore 12" (KDJ)
6) The Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Theme De Yoyo" from Les Stances A Sophie (Soul Jazz)
7) Hamilton Bohannon - "Gittin' Off" from Gittin' Off (Dakar)
8) Vis a Vis - "Obi Agye Me Dofo" from Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 (Soundway)
9) Rick Wilhite - "Dreams of Yesterday (Rick's Never Will Forget Mix)" from The Godson EP (Rush Hour)
10) Dam-Funk - "Brookside Park" from Toeachizown (Stone's Throw)
11) Harvey Mason - "Groovin' You" from Groovin' You (Arista)