Last week's Biggie-themed mix inspired me to feature a lesser-known, but also great, rapper: Large Professor. This week features his group Main Source's classic "Fakin The Funk" along with his cameo on A Tribe Called Quest's "Keep It Movin'" and his solo track "For My People".
The recently-released Mavis Staples album features a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Wrote A Song For Everyone". The original is on here as well.
The rest: the Motown standard "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" by Jimmy Ruffin, Dillinger's outlaw "Flat Foot Hustling", the melodic "Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood" by Coon Creek Girls, Gwen McRae's disco-tinged "Rockin' Chair", the groovy "I Am Your Mind (Part 2)" by Roy Ayers, New Birth's funky "Honey Bee", the chipper standard "The People Tree" by Sammy Davis Jr., Charles Mingus' piano composition "Myself When I Am Real", Laura Nyro's take of the Burt Bacharach standard "Walk On By", the languid "Lisa Says" by The Velvet Underground, Pavement's witty "Elevate Me Later", a radio version of Talulah Gosh's eponymous single, Iron & Wine's tender "Weary Memory", the prison anthem "Tangle Eye Blues" by Tangle Eye and the anguished "Layla" by Derek & The Dominoes.
