This week I am doing a tribute to the great ROY AYERS! I went to a tribute for him by The Robert Glasper Trio and Pete Rock last weekend in Harlem, and at 69 he blew every youngin’ on the stage out of the water… So, I thought I’d do my own tribute to the man, myth, and one of the most sampled musicians ever.

Play Streaming Mp3 Archive

Playlist:

• We Live In Brooklyn Baby – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – He’s Coming [Verve]
• Borough Check (featuring Guru) – Digable Planets – Blowout Comb [Pendulum]
• Hindsight – DJ Shadow – Preemptive Strike [Mo Wax]
• Brooklyn – Mos Def – Black On Both Sides [Rawkus]
• Amerykahn Promise – Erykah Badu – New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) [Motown]
• The American Promise – Ramp – Come Into Knowledge [Verve]
• Butterfly (Craggz & Parallel Forces Remix) – DJ Marky & XRS – Butterfly / Moments of Lust Single [Innerground]
• Searching – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Vibrations [Verve]
• Searching – Erykah Badu – Live [Motown]
• Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine [Universal Distribution]
• My LIfe – Mary J. Blige – My Life [MCA]
• Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Ramp – Come Into Knowledge [Verve]
• Bonita Applebum – A Tribe Called Quest – The Anthology [Jive]
• Daylight – Ramp – Come Into Knowledge [Verve]
• “Come Close” Remix (Closer) {Main Mix} featuring Erykah Badu, Pharell, & Q-Tip – Common – Common “Come Close” Remix (Closer) [MCA]
• Daylight (Ramp) – Yesterdays New Quintet – Rewind! (Original Classics, Re-Worked, Remixed, Re-Edited And Rewound) [Ubiquity]
• Mystic Voyage (DJ Marky & XRS Mix) – Roy Ayers – Virgin Ubiquity Remixed [Rapster]
• Sweet Tears – Nuyorican Soul – Nuyorican Soul [Giant Step]
• Get On Up, Get On Down – Roy Ayers – You Send Me [Verve]
• 真ッ黒ニナル迄 – Muro From Microphon Pager – Multidirection [Brownswood]
• Gotta Find A Lover – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Lifeline [Polydor]
• Tarzan (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix) – Roy Ayers – Virgin Ubiquity Remixed [Rapster]
• Running Away (12″ Version) – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Lifeline [Polydor]
• You Can’t Turn Me Away – Sylvia Striplin – Give Me Your Love [Charly]
• Get Money – Junior M.A.F.I.A. – Conspiracy [Big Beat Records]
• Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) – Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh [Motown]
• Passing Me By – The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde [Delicious]
• You Send Me – Roy Ayers – You Send Me [Verve]
• It’s Your Love – Ethel Beatty – Classic Rare Groove: Definitive Mastercuts, Vol. 1 [Mastercuts]
• Sweet Tears – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – He’s Coming [Verve]
• Wave – Roy Ayers – Stoned Soul Picinic [Warner Jazz]
• Coffy Baby – Roy Ayers – Coffy [Polygram]
• Evolution Il (Mr. P Remix) – The Cinematic Orchestra – ZEN RMX: A Retrospective Of Ninja Tune Remixes [Ninja Tune]
• He’s A Superstar – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – He’s Coming [Verve]
• Love From The Sun – Roy Ayers – Destination Motherland [Universal International]
• Turned On You – Eighties Ladies – Classic Rare Groove: Definitive Mastercuts, Vol. 1 [Mastercuts]
• The Third Eye – Roy Ayers – Evolution: The Polydor Anthology [Polygram]
• I Just For You – Ramp – Come Into Knowledge [Verve]
• I Am Your Mind (Pepe Bradock’s Asynchronous Adventures) – Roy Ayers – Confiote De Bits: A Remix Collection [BBE]
• The Boogie Back – Roy Ayers – Move To Groove: The Best of 1970s Jazz-Funk [Polygram]
• The Black Five – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage [Universal Distribution]
• For Real – Roy Ayers – Evolution: The Polydor Anthology [Polygram]
• Look Into The Sky – Ramp – Come Into Knowledge [Verve]
• Higher – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Vibrations [Verve]
• Sunshine – Karma Atchykah – Jacks with Soooul [Free Agent]
• Proceed – The Roots Feat. Roy Ayers – Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool [GRP Records
• Take A Look (At Yourself) feat. Roy Ayers – Guru – Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 [Virgin]
• Life Is Just A Moment – Part 1 – Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage [Universal Distribution]