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A Ten-Minute Mixtape of hip hop from Motor City as chosen by rapper and producer Illa J. Plus, music from LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and The Pharcyde.

A Ten-Minute Mixtape of hip hop from Detroit as chosen by rapper and producer Illa J.

Illa J is a former member of Slum Village, the brother of beat-making icon J Dilla and an accomplished solo artist who has just released his new album, No Traffic.

Plus, time for cuts by Kid 'n Play, SANITY, Isaiah Dreads, J Hus and Drake, Nelly and Jurassic 5.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Sep 202400:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Kid ’n Play

    Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody

  • LL Cool J

    Phenomenon

  • SANITY

    Late Night (feat. Blue Lab Beats & MELONYX)

  • Missy Elliott

    Get Ur Freak On

  • Isaiah Dreads

    Mood Swings

  • The Pharcyde

    Runnin'

  • Illa J

    No Traffic

  • Slum Village

    Get Dis Money

  • Royce da 5′9″

    Boom

  • J Dilla

    Pause (feat. Frank-N-Dank)

  • J Dilla

    Feat. Phat Kat

  • J Dilla

    Jungle Love (feat. MED & Guilty Simpson)

  • Nelly

    Ride Wit Me

  • J Hus

    Who Told You (feat. Drake)

  • De La Soul

    Eye Know

  • Jurassic 5

    Thin Line (feat. Nelly Furtado)

    • Power In Numbers.
    • Interscope Records.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Oct 202300:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sat 7 Sep 202400:00
    BBC Radio 2