This is it people.  Another year has passed and we present what we at Uncommon Radio think are it's Top Ten LPs of the Year.  Nasa and Cirrus guide through the countdown from 10 to 1 and along the way talk about what makes some of these albums great listens.  1 track from each of the albums on the list is played during the show.  Normally below we would present the Tracklist for the episode but since we want to keep it all a surprise you're going to have to listen to find out.  We can tell you that the instrumentals played during the show were by Gangrene (Oh No & The Alchemist), Agartha Audio, Agartha Audio (again) and Subtitle.  See ya in 2011 with more of the best Progressive Hip Hop in the world!

It's Yule Prog season around Uncommon HQ.  Nasa promotes the heck out of Uncommon Records' 4th Annual Show at Southpaw on December 14th and plays lots of bangers including new music from Kitchen Khemistry, The Presence, Alpha MC, E.D.G.E., Aeon Grey, Dagha & Psych Major, IMAKEMADBEATS and much more!

Tracklist:

1 - Transit Authority - Kitchen Khemistry

2 - Still Bangin' - Alpha MC

3 - Wild Fellow - Dagha & Psych Major

4 - Chainsaw Calligraphy (Survey Central Mix) - E.D.G.E.

5 - Dinner Time - Royce the 5' 9" feat. Busta Rhymes

6 - Mr. August 26th - Ohini Jonez prod. by Tokyo Cigar

7 - Awake - Aeon Grey

8 - Paint or Pistols - Izreal

9 - Let You Go - Doxide Music Group feat. MiDaz, Frukwan, J-Freedome & Kinetic 9 prod. by IMAKEMADBEATS

10 - Cup Full of Sky - ElSphinx

11 - Why? - The Presence

12 - Blackbox - Rubberroom

All beats played during the show were by Station from the "September" release.

Nasa & Cirrus Minor host this special episode.  Nasa spins EXCLUSIVELY off vinyl.  He plays the last batch of records he bought from the epic Fat Beats spot before it closed.  After Nasa got done mixing some tracks, he and Cirrus Minor shared stories that involved vinyl records.  These include a shared vinyl selling business that advertised in the newspaper, filling out an application at a snooty vinyl spot, trek missions, failed attempts at DJing and much, much more.  If you love vinyl records and the stories that they naturally bring about, this is the joint for you.

Tracklist:

1 - Coroner's Music - Guilty Simpson

2 - Rock Music - Bullymouth

3 - Cold Steel - Phat Kat

4 - Last of the Greats (Remix) - Percee P feat. Prince Po

5 - The Mission - Special Ed (UNCOMMON RAIDIO THROWBACK)

Beats played were:

OJ Simpson Instrumental by Madlib and Cold Steel Instrumental by J. Dilla.

Nasa hosts a brand new episode with brand new joints from underground and progressive hip-hop, the theme this time is a lot of the joints are readily available for free from the artists, so make sure you get out there and support.  Here's the playlist:

1- Uncommon PSA - Adam Warlock

2- Save Me (The Opus' Mean Joe Mix) - The Opus feat. Lord 360 & Renea Taylor

3- Pound For Pound - Night Creatures feat. Mandeep Sethi

4- The Burn Notice - Skyzoo & Illmind feat. Sean Price & Rock (Heltah Skeltah)

5- Saturday Morning Special - Megabusive

6- I Also Whoopped Batman's Ass - Megabusive

7- 32 Bars - I.Deals

8- Hazard Hugs - El Sphinx

9- NJ HipHop - DJ Priority feat. Rhymageddon, Sol Zalez & Remarkable Mayor

10- Mr. Sandman - Method Man feat. RZA, Inspektah Dek, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk & Blue Raspberry (UNCOMMON THROWBACK)

Beats played in order were by:

Nasa, Subtitle (from his "Vectors" series) and Agartha Audio

Nasa flies solo on the day he found out Fat Beats was shutting down.  He shares some memories and plays some new music.  That music was:

1- Doomsday Device - Short Fuze & Nasa

2- Blue Song - Gajah

3- Bonus Track - Intergalactic Fighters

4- Burn!!!! - The MC Faceman

5- The Proof - e.d.g.e.

6- The Ballad - Jealous Guys

7- A Lil Shumtin - Mallz

8- Let's Take A Sec - Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx (feat. Black Moon)

Beats played in order of appearance by:

Agartha Audio, Unknown and Nasa.

On Episode #19 Nasa plays brand new music from Uncommon and beyond.  He also breaks down the amazing price structure of Del's new, name your price LP, "It Ain't Illegal Yet".  Here's what was played:

1- Troubleshooting (Teddy Faley Remix) - 11:00A.M. (Available on Uncommon, September 7th)

2- Don't Stop Rappin' - Del the Funky Homosapien

3- Y'all Scared - Guilty Simpson (from Oh No's "Ghettodes" Remixes)

4- Seatbacks - Masai Bey

5- Mind IC Mine - Scaramanga (Snake Eyes LP Version) - THROWBACK

6- Spiritual Law - Word Chemist & Shinobi Stalin

7- High - SigNif

8- Bruised & Battered - Beat Drunx

9- Midnight Madness (M-Phazes Remix) - Heltah Skeltah

Beats played during the show in order of appearance by:

Megabusive, Twang One, Agartha Audio

Nasa flies solo with a lot of brand new joints from a cast of mostly homies to Uncommon.  There is also some talk about what makes a good video and bears riding horseback.  Word.  Here's what got played:

1- B-More - Super Chron Flight Brothers feat. Zesto

2- Wheel of Fortune - Super Chron Flight Brothers feat. Masai Bey

3- Bomb A Deer - Subtitle

4- Spyware + Scratch - Passive65ive

5- Latchkey Kid Chronicles - Prince Po

6- Cribs - Carl Kavorkian

7- Bellevue Dick - Night Creatures feat. Elucid

8- Brain Surgery Salad, Part 2 - Adam Warlock

Beats provided by (in order):

Agartha Audio, Nasa, Skribe1

Hosted by Nasa & Cirrus Minor as they get back to playing some brand new music and talking about the YOUTH!  Here's the tracklist:

1- Bully Rappers- Short Fuze & Nasa (feat. Eleven, Passive65ive & Karniege)

2- Chess- Pruven

3- Wallys & Pringles- Raekwon

4- Panic- Roc Marciano

5- God Versus Warm Piss- Atari Blitzkrieg

6- Today Only- Computer Chip

7- Unapologetic- Open Mic Eagle (feat. Nocando)

8- David Lopan- Willie Green

9- Blue Lotus Methodology- Thawfor

10- Sleephood- Gajah

Beats heard in order of appearance:

"On My Scene" by Willie Green, "Thug's Prayer" by Roc Marciano, "Raw Deal" bv Roc Marciano.

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Episode #16 is a very special one for Uncommon Radio.  Nasa & Cirrus did a retrospective on the mid 90's indie hip-hop scene in NYC.  They featured tracks from only the earliest period of 1995-1997.  Not only did the guys play tracks, but also tried to give some history and context to that era in hip-hop for those that weren't there or that are too young to have experienced it as it was taking place.  The attempt was to create a historical record of the vital records and people of that movement, and to share some personal stories from two guys that were fans throughout that time taking part in the scene, later becoming members of it.

As is explained on the show, we didn't want to jock or slight anyone in the compiling this episode.  Even though this episode ran over 100 minutes, there were many other tracks that we wanted to have as part of this and we could have told many other stories from that time.  We felt that in 2010, the context of that scene in NYC was becoming lost in the shuffle as more and more things change about underground hip-hop over the years and wanted to put our narrative out there.

Please check out the "Uncommon Radio #16 Addendum" at www.uncommonmusic.net/theprogblog.  You can find some Youtube streams of tracks that we couldn't fit in, some bonus tracks and original show flyers from that era from Nasa's collection.  Here's the tracklist:

1- Braggin' Writes by J-Live on Rawshack Records

2- Legacy by Non-Phixion on Serchlite Music

3- How the Fuck You Get a Deal? by The Cenobites on Fondle Em Records

4- 8 Steps to Perfection by Company Flow on Official Recordings

5- The Session by The Arsonists on Fondle Em Records

6- Negro League Baseball by Natural Resource on ???

7- Hey! by MF Doom on Fondle Em Records

8- Radiohead by Cage on Fondle Em Records

9- So Intellegent by Sir Menelik feat. Kool Keith on Rawkus Records

10- Da Vizuals by Siah & Yeshua DaPoed on Fondle Em Records

11- Dynamic by Pumpkinhead on Makin Records

12- Fires In Which You Burn Slow by Indelibles on Official/Rawkus Records

The Instrumentals we played in order of appearance were:

"Tried by 12" by East Flatbush Project feat. DeS

"Repetition" by Siah

"Alcoholic Vibes" by Lord Sear

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Nasa & Cirrus Minor break down the wack Vibe Magazine Producer Bracket and premier Uncommon exclusives like "2010" from The Presence and "Welcome to The Hollow Earth" which is the snippet tape for Agartha Audio's recent release among other unreleased treats.  Here is the full track list below:

1- Doom - Darktime Sunshine - Believeyoume (pictured)

2- Evens - Shinobi Stalin feat. Illustrate - Unreleased

3- Vision Twunny Twunny - Maxilla Blue - Unreleased

4- I See - Wombaticus Rex - wombaticusrex.bandcamp.com

5- 2010 - The Presence - Unreleased *DEBUT*

6- Proper Gander - Passive65ive - Unreleased

7- The Snakes Will Eat their Young - Atari Blitzkrieg - AlphaBetaCaution

8- Runaway - Elucid - Unreleased

9- Welcome to the Hollow Earth - Agartha Audio (Snippet Tape) - The Hollow Earth

Beats played during the show were from the following in order of appearance:

Nasa, Skribe1, Dig Dug (Agartha Audio).

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