This year was the 10th anniversary of the Afropunk festival, http://afropunkfest.com/, and it was one of the best festivals ever (and I have been to a lot over my lifetime). So, we’re doing a special mix for the artists who performed this year. Some being my favorites of all time, most notably, Fishbone, Alice Smith, and Bad Brains.
Tracklisting:
Soul Craft – Bad Brains – [Caroline Records]
Grocery List – Sidewalk Chalk – [Sidewalk Chalk]
She (Live) – Alice Smith – [Rainwater / Thirty Tigers]
Party At Ground Zero – Fishbone – [Columbia]
Get A Job – Body Count – [Sumerian Records]
Ma And Pa – Fishbone – [Columbia]
Love You Down – Me’Shell Ndegéocello – [Mercer Street Records]
Babylon (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – SZA – [Top Dawg Entertainment]
Bone Collector – HO99O9 – [Family]
Lush – The Tontons – [soundcloud]
Friends – Me’Shell Ndegéocello – [Naïve]
Freddie’s Dead – Fishbone – [Columbia]
Forget – Lianne La Havas – [Nonesuch]
Vibration – Sidewalk Chalk – [Sidwalk Chalk]
There Goes The Neighborhood – Body Count – [Rhino]
No Head No Backstage Pass – D’Angelo – [D’Angelo]
You’ll Be Lonely – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – [Daptone Records]
Kung Fu Grip – Fishbone – [Zojak World Wide]
She’s Always In My Hair – D’Angelo – [Rex Records]
People Don’t Get What They Deserve – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – [Daptone Records]
Greatdayindamornin’ – D’Angelo – [Virgin Records]
No Room For Doubt (Live) – Lianne La Havas – [Warner Music UK]
Re-Ignition – Bad Brains – [SST Records]
Tear Down The Sky – Straight Line Stitch – [eOne Music]
Show U How (feat Spinn) – DJ Rashad – [Hyperdub]
Attitude – Bad Brains – [ROIR]
Shabazz Palaces – Afro Punk 2014 – Shabazz Palaces – [Sub Pop Records]
Let U No (feat Spinn) – DJ Rashad – [Hyperdub]
Sailin’ On – Bad Brains – [ROIR]
Get Up (Live) – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – [Daptone Records]
They Come in Gold – Shabazz Palaces – [Sub Pop Records]
Fool For You & The One (Live) – Alice Smith – [Rainwater / Thirty Tigers]
Fellowship – Me’shell Ndegeocello – [Maverick Records]
I Against I – Bad Brains – [SST Records]
Black Flowers – Fishbone – [Columbia]
Don’t Get Me Wrong (Live) – Alice Smith – [Alice Smith]
Workin’ Woman Blues – Valerie June – [Concord Records]
You Can’t Be Told – Valerie June – [Concord Records]
Long Time, Wrong Time – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – [Daptone Records]
Au Cin̩ma (Live) РLianne La Havas Р[Warner Music UK]