Episode 6 Limited By Memory

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I recently responded to a Facebook chain focused on sharing 10 essential albums from the past. I decided to create a mix limited just to those 10 albums. They are:

Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life
Nina Simone Little Girl Blue
Charles Mingus Ah Um
Roberta Flack First Take
This Mortal Coil
The Clash Combat Rock
Duke Ellington Money Jungle
Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (This was one of the first albums my mother ever bought me. I loved dancing to it in our living room. Now I'm working to overcome that feeling in the pit of my stomach. This song doesn't help.

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The Supper Table Episode 6


 First Course

 Badfoot Brown I Love you Camille
Black Star KOS/Respiration
The Clash Straight to Hell
De La Soul Egotrippin
Stevie Wonder Village Ghettoland
Charles Mingus Boogie Stop Shuffle
Nina Simone Plain Gold Ring
This Mortal Coil FYT
Roberta Flack Our Ages or Our Hearts
Duke Ellington Caravan
Stevie Wonder Joy Inside My Tears

 Second Course

 De La Soul I am I Be
Black Star Respiration
This Mortal Coil Song to the Siren
The Clash Red Angel Dragnet
Roberta Flack Compared to What
Stevie Wonder Another Star
Charles Mingus Fables of Faubus
Nina Simone Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington Fleurette Africaine

 Brave New Voices Somewhere in America

 Third Course

 Badfoot Brown Mouth of the Fish
Stevie Wonder Knocks Me Off My Feet
Black Star Definition
The Clash Inoculated City
Duke Ellington Money Jungle
Roberta Flack I Told Jesus
Charles Mingus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
De La Soul Breakadawn
This Mortal Coil Kangaroo
Nina Simone Love Me or Leave Me

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