Endurance

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1) Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand - Africa from African Songbird (Matsuli Music)
2) Kimio Eto - Midare from Koto Music (World Pacific)
3) Mal Waldron - Quiet Temple from V/A - The Soul of Jazz Percussion (Warwick)
4) The Awakening - Awakening-Prologue-Spring Thing from Hear, Sense and Feel (Black Jazz Records)
5) NGLY - Speechless Tape from LIES 19.5 (LIES)
6) Afrikan Sciences - DBC from Circuitous (PAN)
7) Theo Parrish - Drive from American Intelligence (Sound Signature)
8) Phobian - Batting Clean Up  from Phobian 12" (Haunted Air)
9) Electric Street Orchestra - Serpents from The Natives 12" (Dirt Tech Reck)
10) Gulaab - Die Bestattung from Ritt Durch Den Hades (Merlin's Nose Records)
11) William S. Fischer - Capsule from Circles (Embryo)
12) Soundworks - Variation I from Soundworks (Physical Records)
13) The Meters - Ain't No Use from Rejuvenation (Reprise Records)
14) The Undisputed Truth - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) from The Undisputed Truth (Gordy)
15) Erykah Badu - Real Thang from The Healer 2x12" (Motown)
16) Truth Hurts - Addictive (Remix) (Instrumental) from Addictive (Remix) 12" (Aftermath)
17) Andy Stott - Violence from Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)
18) Tuff Sherm - Easy Company (Delroy Edwards Remix) from Smugglers Bureau 12" (Berceuse Heroique)
19) Newworldaquarium - Thousand Oaks from V/A - Panorama Bar 06 Part I (Ostgut Ton)
20) Shabazz Palaces - Dawn in Luxor from Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)
21) Burial - Lambeth from V/A - Hyperdub 10.4 (Hyperdub)
22) Raphael Saadiq - Skyy, Can You Feel Me from Instant Vintage (Universal)
23) Fatima - Biggest Joke of All from Yellow Memories (Eglo)
24) Monk Higgins - The Look of Slim from Extra Soul Perception (Solid State)
25) Yesterday's New Quintet - Heaven Must Be Like This from V/A - Rewind 12" (Ubiquity Records)
26) Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka from Chief Rocka 12" (Pendulum)
27) Helena Hauff - Accidie from Shatter Cone 12" (LUX REC)
28) K15 - Yellow from Insecurities EP (Wild Oats)
29) Floating Points - Montparnasse from King Bromeliad 12" (Eglo)
30) Bohannon - Me and the Gang from Me and the Gang 12" (Mercury)

Heal

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1) The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited - "Dream Queen" from Dream Queen (Superfly Records)
2) Tarika Blue - "Blue Neptune" from The Blue Path (Chiaroscuro)
3) Gary Bartz NTU Troop - "Celestial Blues" from Harlem Bush Music Uhuru (Milestone)
4) Nikki-O - "Intro/Sing 2 Me" from Nikki-O (Mahogani Music)
5) Octo Octa - "Let Me See You" from Let Me See You 12" (100% Silk)
6) Kassem Mosse - "Demo Drums Ripping Demos" from Kindasoul005 (Kindasoul)
7) Helium Robots - "Jarza (Theo Parrish Translation 2)" from Jarza EP (Running Back)
8) Chasing Voices - "Valley of the Dry Bones" from Valley of the Dry Bones 12" (Preserved Instincts)
9) Freddie Hubbard - "Spacetrack" from The Black Angel (Atlantic)
10) Idris Muhammad - "Sudan" from House of the Rising Sun (Kudu)
11) Omar-S - "Solely Supported" from These Complimentary Track'x 12" (FXHE)
12) Flying Lotus - "Bad Actors" from 1983 (Plug Research)
13) Daphni - "Yes, I Know" from JIAOLONG001 12" (Jiaolongo)
14) Stereolab - "Crest" from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (Elektra)

Belief

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1) Eddie Harris - "Silver Cycles" from Silver Cycles (Atlantic)
2) Les McCann - "Sometimes I Cry" from Layers (Atlantic)
3) Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes - "Cosmic Funk" from Cosmic Funk (Flying Dutchman)
4) Bob Ostertag - "Motormouth" from Motormouth (self-released)
5) Floating Points - "Arp3" from Shadows EP (Eglo) 
6) Kareem Moser - "OS2009" from OMNR 333 (Omnira)
7) Blawan - "What You Do With What You Have" from What You Do With What You Have 12" (R&S) 
8) Lyman Woodard Organization - "Cheeba" from Saturday Night Special (Wax Poetics Records) 
9) L.I.E.S. - "Comeback Dust (Max D's Big Top Dustheads Remix)" from Vibe 2 (Future Times)
10) Legowelt - "U Can Fly Away From the Hood" from The TEAC Life (self-released) 
11) Owiny Sigoma Band - "Wires (Theo Parrish Remix)" from Wires 12" (Brownswood Recordings) 
12) Floating Points - "Sais" from Shadows EP (Eglo) 
13) Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra - "Keep Believing (Can You Feel It) (SS Translation by Theo Parrish)" from Keep Believing (Can You Feel It) 12" (Far Out Recordings)

Building

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1) Archie Shepp - "Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm" from Fire Music (Impulse!)
2) John Coltrane - "Alabama" from Live at Birdland (Impulse!)
3) Madteo - B1 from Workshop 11 (Workshop)
4) Black Jazz Consortium - "Applied Vibes" from Laid Compilation (Laid)
5) Alice Coltrane - "The Ankh of Amen-Ra" from Universal Consciousness (Impulse!)
6) Flying Lotus - "Drips//Auntie's Harp" from Cosmogramma (Warp)
7) Bei Bei and Shawn Lee feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Remix)" from Make me Stronger 10" (Ubiquity)
8) Ali Muhammed - "Da Tses Yangs" from Ladakh: Songs and Dances from the Highland of Western Tibet (Nonesuch Explorer)
9) Spekter - "Pipe Bomb" from Pipe Bomb 12" (Sound Signature)
10) A Tribe Called Quest - "Buggin' Out" from The Low End Theory (Jive)
11) Doug Carn - "Jihad" from Revelation (Black Jazz)
12) Sun Ra - "Antique Blacks (Mike Huckaby Edit)" from The Mike Huckaby Reel-to-Reel Edits Vol. 1 (Kindred Spirits)
13) About Group - "You're No Good (Theo Parrish Translation)" from You're No Good Remixes 12" (Domino)
14) Kassem Mosse - A1 from Workshop 12 (Workshop)
15) The Cure - "Just One Kiss" from Let's Go To Bed 12" (Sire)
16) Harald Grosskopf - "Synthesist" from Synthesist (RVNG INTL.)
17) Bennie Maupin - "Quasar" from Slow Traffic to the Right (Mercury)
18) Chasing Voices - "Acidbathory" from Acidbathory 12" (Preserved Instincts)
19) Symbolics - "A Taste of Your Love" from A Taste of Your Love 7" (PLUT)
20) James Brown - "Mind Power" from The Payback (Polydor)

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)

Find A Way

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1) Fennesz - "The Point of It All" from Venice (Touch)
2) Funkadelic - "Tales of Kidd Funkadelic" from Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Westbound)
3) Black Meteoric Star - "Anthem" from Dominatron/Anthem 12" (DFA)
4) Omar-S - "Micronesia" from 006 12" (FXHE)
5) Newworldaquarium - "The Force (Ame Remix)" from The Force (Ame Remixes) 10" (NWAQ/Delsin)
6) The Congos - Congo Man (Carl Craig Edit 1) from Congo Man (Carl Craig Edits) 12" (Honest Jon'S)
7) Osunlade - "Africa" from Beats de Los Muertos Vol. 1 (Yoruba)
8) Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou - "Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me" from Echos Hypnotiques (Analog Africa)
9) Herbie Hancock - "Sly" from Headhunters (Columbia)
10) Azar Lawrence - "Bridge Into the New Age" from Bridge Into the New Age (Prestige)
11) Theo Parrish - "Overyohead" from Overyohead 12" (Sound Signature)

How the End Always Is

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1) Kohachiro Miyata - "Sanya" from Shakuhachi The Japanese Flute (Nonesuch)
2) Max Richter - "On the Nature of Daylight" from The Blue Notebooks (130701)
3) Brock Van Wey - "Too Little Too Late" from White Clouds Drift On and On (Echospace [Detroit])
4) Miles Davis - "Lonely Fire" from Big Fun (Columbia)
5) Rhythm & Sound - "King Version" from King in My Empire 10" (Burial Mix)
6) Moritz Von Oswald Trio - "Pattern 1" from Vertical Ascent (Honest Jon's Records)
7) Larry Heard - "Missing You (Theo's Missing Dub)" from Missing You (The Remixes) 2x12" (Track Mode Recordings)
8) Jill Scott - "Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Edit)" from Ugly Edits 01 12" (Ugly Edits)
9) Pharoah Sanders - "Mansion Worlds" from Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse)
10) The Cure - "Disintegration (Live)" from Entreat (Fiction)

Keep On

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1) Newworldaquarium - "Spirit" from Spirit EP (Delsin)
2) Namlook - "Subharmonic Atoms (Pepe Bradock Bug Remix)" from Subharmonic Atoms 12" (Macro)
3) Osborne - "The Count" from Hovercrafting EP (Spectral Sound)
4) Esther Phillips - "Boy I Really Tied One On" from Magic's In the Air/Boy I Really Tied One On 12" (Kudu)
5) Roy Ayers Ubiquity - "Running Away" from Lifeline (Polydor)
6) Teena Marie - "Jammin (Dance Mix - Long Version)" Jammin 12" (Epic)
7) Prince - "Sexy Dancer" from Prince (Warner Bros)
8) Underground Resistance - "Inspiration" from Inspiration 12" (Underground Resistance)
9) Mos Def - "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" from The Ecstatic (Downtown Music)
10) Andres - "Sing About It/Wish You Were Here" from Andres II (Mahogani Music)
11) Kinoeye - "Mean Old World" from MKB/Mean Old World 12" (W.T. Records)
12) Pepe Bradock - "CU @ Minna & Lafayette" from Swimsuit Issue 1789 12" (Atavisme)
13) Tevo Howard - "House Mood Swings" from Everyday House Music 12" (Beautiful Granville Records)
14) Fingers Inc - "Mystery of Love (Mystery of Dub)" from Mystery of Love 12" (DJ International)
15) Theo Parrish - "Ebonics" from Pieces of a Paradox 12" (Sound Signature)
16) D-Train - "Keep On (Kai Alce Edit)" from Stilove4music03 12" (Stilove4music)
17) Siedah Garrett - "Do You Want It Right Now (Jellybean Remix)" from Fast Forward 12" (Qwest)
18) The S.O.S. Band - "Just Be Good to Me" from On the Rise (Tabu)

Maybe

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1) Marcus Belgrave - "Space Odyssey" from Gemini (Universal Sound)
2) Theo Parrish - "Music Pt. II" from Expressive Angles 12" (Trackmode)
3) Synchrojack - "End of the Road (KDJ's Mix '96)" from Deep Transportation 02 Limited 12" (Deep Transportation)
4) Thomas Brinkmann - "Isch" from Isch 12" (Petite)
5) Levon Vincent - "1000 Miles From Home" from Six Figures 12" (Novel Sound)
6) Disco Nihilist - B2 from Disco Nihilist 12" (Love What You Feel)
7) Legowelt - "Black Bass (Dirty Version)" from Vatos Locos (Crème Organization)
8) James T. Cotton - "The Boxx" from Like No One (Spectral Sound)
9) Karizma - "Drumz Nightmare" from Neccessarry Maddness 12" (R2 Records)

Emerge

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1) Theo Parrish - "Space Station" from Space Station 12" (Sound Signature)
2) The Mole - "Ain't The Way It's Supposed To Be" from As High As the Sky (Wagon Repair)
3) Bsmnt City Anymle Kontrol - "The Perfekt Sin" from The Perfekt Sin 12" (Wild Oats)
4) Ike - "Pressin On" from Pressin On 12" (Philpot)
5) Modern Jazz Quartet - "Visitor from Venus" from Space (Apple Records)
6) STL - "QRZ" from Homework 12" (Something)
7) Datahata - "The Lower Court" from Itinerant Craft 12" (frequeNC)
8) Urban Tribe - "RNA World" from Biohazard 17284 12" (Rephlex)
9) Dam-Funk - "Chocolate" from Rhythm Trax Vol. IV (Stone's Throw)
10) Boogie Boys - "A Fly Girl" from City Life (Capitol)
11) Young and Company - "I Like (What You're Doing to Me)" from I Like (What You're Doing to Me) 12" (Brunswick)
12) Jackie Moore - "This Time Baby" from This Time Baby 12" (Columbia)

Damage

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1) Jean Michel Jarre - "Equinoxe Parts 2-4" from Equinoxe (Disques Dreyfus)
2) Paperclip People - "4 My Peepz - Stabbed" from 4 My Peepz 12" (Planet E)
3) XDB - "Espac" from Espac 12" (Sistrum)
4) Rick Wilhite - "Can You Feel Me?" from Lost Tracks from Detroit 12" (Stilove4music)
5) Nicuri - "Ridindatneedle" from Exchange Place 12" (Strength Music)
6) Theo Parrish - "I Can Take It" from I Can Take It 12" (Sound Signature)
7) The Final Solution - "Brotherman (Extended)" from Brotherman 12" (Numero Group)
8) Brick - "Living From the Mind" from Brick (Bang)
9) The Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea" from Awakenings (Warner Bros.)
10) Instant Funk - "Dark Vader" from Instant Funk (Salsoul)
11) Newworldaquarium - "Trespassers (Redshape Trespassed Mix)" from Delsin 2.0 Remix EP 1 (Delsin)

Permute

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1) Miles Davis - "Sanctuary" from Bitches Brew (Columbia)
2) Har-You Percussion Group - "Oua-Train" from Sounds of the Ghetto Youth (ESP-Disk')
3) Ike - "Cluster Funk" from Pressin' On 12" (Philpot)
4) Kuniyuki - "Birds (Tony Lionni Remix)" from Remixed Vol. 3 12" (Mule Musiq)
5) Starpoint - "It's All Yours" from It's All Yours 12" (Elektra)
6) Evelyn "Champagne" King - "Let's Get Funky Tonight" from Let's Get Funky Tonight 12" (RCA)
7) The BB & Q Band - "On the Beat" from The BB & Q Band (Capitol)
8) Kurtis Blow - "The Breaks (Instrumental)" from The Breaks 12" (Mercury)
9) The Crusaders - "A Message from the Inner City" from The 2nd Crusade (Blue Thumb)

Peculiar

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1) Eddie Kendricks - "My People...Hold On" from People...Hold On (Tamla)
2) Creative Source - "Who Is He and What Is He to You?" from Creative Source (Sussex)
3) Moodymann - "I'm Doing Fine" from Black Mahogani (Peacefrog)
4) STL - "Moonlight Reflections" from Nocturnal Mixdowns (Something)
5) Rick Wilhite - "Get On Up (Theo's Late Dub)" from What Do You See? 12" (Filth)
6) Donato Dozzy and Nuel - B1 from Aquaplano 000 12" (Aquaplano)
7) Pepe Braddock - "Intriguing Feathered Creature (Dub)" from Pistes Insolites Vol. 2 : Intriguing Feathered Creature 12" (Atavisme)
8) Headhunters - "God Made Me Funky" from Survival of the Fittest (Arista)
9) Rose Royce - "Do Your Dance" from II: In Full Bloom (Whitfield Records)