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Episode 002 — Cassette
Hand-numbered, 90-minute. Open format 45s by DJ Raw Q.
45 copies total. ever.
Episode 002
Liner Notes
RAW Q is one of New York's foundational open-format selectors. He doesn't need a theme night… his records are his theme. On this April 10th set for ArthouseAM, he opens with Parliament's Mothership Connection from 1975 and spends the next two hours making the case that hip-hop and funk were always the same conversation.
Three De La Soul cuts, Gang Starr, Nas, Poor Righteous Teachers, Q-Tip, Pete Rock & CL Smooth — the canon, played by someone who helped shape it. Two interludes mark the turns: from hip-hop's golden era into the soul and disco underneath it all, then back again to close with Pete Rock and a Manzel space funk to take you home.
The broadcast aired once, on April 10, 2026. If you had a radio on in New York from 9–11pm, you heard it. If not, the next closest thing is one of 45 hand-numbered cassette copies of the mix — uncut, no interruptions, just 90 minutes of open-format New York heat.
Tracklist
37 tracks across three sections with two Raw Q interludes.
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Parliament
Ghetto Jam
Domino
Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
Heltah Skeltah & OGC
Day One feat. Pyrmds
Benny Reid
Sour Times
Portishead
Manifest
Gang Starr
If I Ruled the World
Nas feat. Lauryn Hill
Shakiyla (JRH)
Poor Righteous Teachers
The Bizness feat. Common
De La Soul
Harlem Hendoo
Al Hirt
I Am I Be feat. Fred Wesley & Maceo Parker
De La Soul
Pass the Plugs
De La Soul
Let's Ride
Q-Tip
Spread Love (DJ Muro Edit)
45 King
Whutcha Want?
Nine
Breakadawn
De La Soul
Hey DJ (7" Version)
The World Famous Supreme Team
La-Di-Da-Di
Doug E. Fresh
Wildstyle Megamix
Jorun Bombay
Five Minutes of Funk
Whodini
Inspector Gadget
Bad Boys feat. K Love
Paper Thin
MC Lyte
Cool Like That (Re-Edit)
Jim Sharp
Cross the Tracks
Maceo and the Macks
Ashley's Roachclip
The Soul Searchers
Midnight Theme
Manzel
Space Talk
Asha Puthli
DJs Delight
Ingram
You're a Melody
Aged in Harmony
Mt. Airy Groove
Pieces of a Dream
Voices Inside My Head
The Police
I Can't Go for That
Hall & Oates
The Creator
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Treat 'Em Right
Chubb Rock
Brooklyn Queens
3rd Bass
Me and Baby Brother
War
Space Funk
Manzel
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Hand-numbered, 90-minute. Open format 45s by DJ Raw Q.
45 copies total. ever.