We kick things off with one of the funkiest tracks of all time--Shining Star from Earth Wind and Fire. I know I use superlatives a lot, but turn your stereo up, bump this track, and try and tell me it's not kickin some serious funk. Things get interesting this week, bouncing back and forth between classic American funk and cuts from all over the globe like Afroreggae, Stevie Wonder, and JB.

1. Shining Star-Earth Wind & Fire
2. How Fine is That-Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
3. Maxutu-Cibelle vs Koçani Orkestar
4. Sexy Ida (Part 1)-Ike & Tina Turner
5. Vendendo Saude e Fei (DJ Obah Remix)-Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
6. Any Colour You Like-Easy Star All-Stars
7. It's A New Day-James Brown
8. Benedito-Afroreggae
9. Boogie On Reggae Woman-Stevie Wonder

We kick things off this week with a cut from one of the men responsible for the creation of afrobeat--Tony Allen. As Fela put it, "Without Tony Allen, there would be no afrobeat." We also throw my all-time favorite inspirational song, Aint No Stoppin Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead, into the mix. If that song doesn't make you feel like taking on the world, I don't know what will. Some Sly, Dap-Kings, Bobby Byrd and a dope afro-cut from Ikwunga are also featured.

1. Black Voices-Tony Allen
2. Apache-Incredible Bongo Band
3. Hot Pants-Bobby Byrd
4. Di Bombs-Ikwunga
5. Aint No Stoppin Us Now-McFadden & Whitehead
6. El Diablo y El Nau Nau-Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
7. Ride The Rhythm-Sly & The Family Stone
8. Nervous Like Me-The Dap-Kings
9. Head-Prince

This week's podcast is jam-packed with funk, kicking things off with a track from Matata, the Kenyan afro-funk collective. We also feature Average White Band, Nation Beat, Sly, The JB's, and we sneak in some Antibalas at the end. My apologies for being late this week, but my policy is, if I don't have the time and energy to devote to creating a quality episode, I wait until the opportunity arises. Everybody wins in the end that way, right?

1. Talkin' Talkin'-Matata
2. Sobe A Poeira-Nation Beat
3. Bumbo-NOMO
4. Love City-Sly & The Family Stone
5. Watermelon Man-Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
6. Cut The Cake-Average White Band
7. Rio Longe-Moreno +2
8. Fuzzy Freaky-David Byrne
9. Above The Clouds-Gang Starr ft. Inspecta Deck
10. Che Che Cole (Makossa)-Antibalas ft. Mayra Vega

We kick things off this week with one of the funkiest tracks from one of the funkiest records of all-time: Mothership Connection. P-Funk has been featured too infrequently as of late on the podcast, so I've decided to bring back the P-Funk this week with the Mothership Connection. We also feature a freestyle from Mos Def and Talib Kweli and a couple tracks from two dope afrobeat bands The Superpowers and Aphrodesia. We also sneak in some Al Green at the end.

1. Unfunky UFO-Parliament
2. My Life-Kool G Rap ft. C-N-N
3. AR #2-The Superpowers
4. Mi Sonsito-Ticklah
5. Ochun Mi-Aphrodesia
6. Freestyle-Talib Kweli and Mos Def
7. Blue Nile-Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics
8. Fire And Rain-The Gaylads
9. Let's Stay Together-Al Green

My sincere apologies for being late with the podcast this week. I got tied up writing my article for The Huffington Post about FELA! the Broadway show about the Black President. To make up for the wait, I put together one of the best mixes I've ever made (if I do say so myself). I kick it off with a ferocious early Fela-Africa 70 track, and kick some serious funk from that point on. I manage to work some Bob Marley into the mix along with the usual cast of characters: The Meters, JB, Antibalas, etc. (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Fight to Finish-Fela Anikulapo Kuti
2. Saltei de Banda-Elza Soares
3. Hypocrite-Antibalas
4. The Stroll Pt. 2-Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics
5. Definition-Black Star
6. Handclapping Song-The Meters
7. I Got Ants In My Pants-James Brown
8. Zimbabwe-Bob Marley
9. Ekombi-Jerry Hansen and The Ramblers Dance Band
10. For You-Lack of Afro

We kick things off with a track from the new album from The Very Best, Warm Heart of Africa (with a shout to the original highlife track out of Nigeria). This album is tight as hell so if you like what you hear, make sure to check out the rest of the album on Itunes. We also feature some K'Naan, KRS-One, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and Sly and the Family Stone (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Guitar Boy-Sir Victor Uwaifo
2. Warm Heart of Africa-The Very Best ft. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend
3. Let Me Have it All-Sly & The Family Stone
4. T.I.A.-K'Naan
5. Money I$ King-Lee Fields and The Expressions
6. Little Child Runnin Wild-Curtis Mayfield
7. Slap Them Up-KRS-One
8. Ako-Fela Anikulapo Kuti
9. How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? (Tiklah Remix)-Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings
10. Round and Round We Go-Hi-Tek feat. Jonnell

We kick things off this week with possibly my favorite track of all time--Funky Hi-Life by C.K. Mann (I'll let you discover why). Things get interesting from there on out mixing up some Curumin, De La Soul, The Roots, and finishing things off some Stevie Wonder (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Funky Hi-Life-C.K. Mann
2. Snake Eyes-Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
3. Compacto-Curumin
4. Buddy-De La Soul feat. Jungle Bros. and Q-tip
5. Exciters Theme-The Exciters
6. Kiss-Prince
7. Distortion to Static-The Roots
8. Cross The Tracks-Maceo and The Macks
9. Maybe Your Baby-Stevie Wonder

I'm a couple days late with the podcast this week because I needed to spend a little extra time to make it extra funky. This week features some classic funk, kicking off with some JB, Funkadelic, and a band I recently discovered called Lack of Afro. We throw in some Latin flavor with Chico Mann and Monareta as well (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Damn Right I am Somebody-Fred Wesley & The JB's
2. Soul Mate-Funkadelic
3. Rusty-Lack of Afro
4. Universal Magnetic-Mos Def
5. Keep it Rockin-Wunmi
6. Ya Yo Se-Chico Mann
7. Raimundo Llevate al Mundo-Monareta
8. Love City-Sly and the Family Stone (Moby Remix)

This week we pay homage to one of dopest bands to ever play a note in West Africa, The Super Rail Band. Coming from Mali, they represent what's beautiful about West African music, having provided a launching pad for icons like Salif Keita and Mory Kante. If you've never heard them before, let this week's podcast be only an introduction, not an afterword. We also feature some JB's, Tribe Called Quest, and Los Van Vans (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions)

1. Dounia-Super Rail Band
2. Hilo-Antibalas
3. Rock Rock Y'all-A Tribe Called Quest
4. No Letting Go-Wayne Wonder
5. Y No Le Conviene-Los Van Vans
6. Sol Walk-Whitefield Brothers
7. Hot Pants Road-Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
8. Pick Up The Pieces-Burning Spear
9. Got to Get You into My Life-The Beatles

We kick things off this week with one of the dopest dub cuts ever conceived. This cut has helped me enjoy a trippy afternoon on more than one occasion. There's some extra reggae this week with some Burning Spear worked into the mix. We also slide in some early Antibalas and Femi Kuti (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Champion Of The Arena-Jackie Mittoo
2. Fire On The Mountain-Asa
3. Ladies Of The World-Flight Of The Conchords
4. N.E.S.T.A.-Antibalas
5. Dancing Time-The Funkees
6. Old Marcus Garvey-Burning Spear
7. Do Your Best-Femi Kuti feat. Mos Def
8. The Light-Common

Of all the funky ass cuts from the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Open Sesame by Kool and the Gang could be the funkiest. You be the judge. We also feature a track from an up-and-coming afrobeat band Ikebe Shakedown. Gang Starr, Monareta, Prince, and Talib Kweli all make appearances as well.

1. Open Sesame-Kool & The Gang
2. Hard Steppin'-Ikebe Shakedown
3. Mentiras-Los Amigos Invisibles
4. Nice Girl, Wrong Place-Gang Starr
5. Mantanza Funk-Monareta
6. Kiss-Prince
7. Amalinja-The Don Issac Ezekiel Combination
8. Get By-Talib Kweli
9. September-Earth, Wind & Fire

We kick things off this week with a cut from Crammed Discs compilation from The Congo. We also feature Stevie Wonder, Shuggie Otis, Talib Kweli, and a host of other funktastic treats to make that ass shake. Yeah I said it...

1. Masanka Sankayi-Wa Muluendu Feat. Mutumilayi
2. You Haven't Done Nothin'-Stevie Wonder
3. The Blast-Talib Kweli
4. Island Letter-Shuggie Otis
5. Rio Da Bossa Nova-Beto Villares
6. Curls-Madvillian
7. Ariya-Tony Allen
8. Zombie Pt. 1-Bugz In The Attic Feat. Wunmi
9. We Gotta Live Together-Jimi Hendrix

This week we waste no time bringing the funk with some old school Sly. For the first time we throw some Public Enemy into the mix along with some Zuco 103, Aretha Franklin, and some Tobacco (special shout to my girl Linh). Throw me some feedback and tell me how you like the mix...

1. Are You Ready-Sly & The Family Stone
2. You're Gonna Get Yours-Public Enemy
3. A Cirada Continua II-A Filial
4. Nine-Tobacco
5. She-Zuco 103
6. Talk To Me, Talk To Me-Aretha Franklin
7. Cold Sweat-James Brown
8. Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug Part 1-The Meters
9. Could You Be Loved-Bob Marley & The Wailers
10. Chicago Falcon-The Budos Band

I'd like to apologize for being a day late with the podcast this week. It's been hectic for me as of late, I won't get into why...This week we kick things off with a cut from the teacher, Blast-master KRS-One. We feature some rarities this week including Lagbaja, Parliament, The Meters, and a cut from Mos Def's new album The Ecstatic (which is dope).

1. Black Cop-KRS-One
2. Casa Bey-Mos Def
3. Nothing For You-Lágbájá
4. Untitled-Michael Veal
5. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples-Parliament
6. I Know What I Know-Paul Simon
7. Get a Hold-A Tribe Called Quest
8. People Get Ready-The Meters

I'd like to give a special shout out to all the funky people in Europe who've been downloading the podcast as of late, especially in Scandinavia. This week, we kick things off with my favorite Fela track of all time (which is saying a lot since I have one of the biggest collections of Fela vinyl in the US). Then we kick it over to Brazil for some Samba Soul. Prince makes an appearance along with Peaches, and Papa Wemba this week as well (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. J'Ehin J'Ehin (Chop Teeth, Chop Teeth)-Fela Anikulapo Kuti
2. A Vida Em Seus Metodos Diz Calma-Di Melo
3. Dixieme Commandement-Papa Wemba
4. Petit Pompier-Magic System
5. Tent in Your Pants-Peaches
6. Life 'O' The Party-Prince
7. So Quero Acha-La-A Filial
8. Mane Joao-Wanderléa

We kick things off this week with two cuts from Precious Commodity, the new album by Aphrodesia, one of my favorite bands who bring the funk from the bay area. We throw in some Aretha Franklin, Balkan Beat Box, and a variety of musical love from all over the globe (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Nov 5 (Part II)-Aphrodesia
2. Say What-Aphrodesia
3. Long and Winding Road-Aretha Franklin
4. Cassanova 70-Air
5. Adir Adirim (Nickodemus Remix)-Balkan Beat Box
6. Laba Laba-Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew
7. Here I Come-Barrington Levy
8. Hey Fuck You-Beastie Boys
9. Licking Stick-Licking Stick [Live]-James Brown
10. Year of The Pig-The Black Seeds

We kick things off with a track from Psycho On Da Bus, a collaboration involving Tony Allen, this week. We also feature Oumou Sangaré, Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l, and Prince along with some other regulars. Due to popular demand, a track list will be included with every episode from here on out (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

1. Afropusherman-Psycho on the Bus
2. Thankful and Thoughtful-Sly and The Family Stone
3. Sounsoumba-Oumou Sangaré
4. Fire Dance-Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
5. Bizarre Love Triangle-Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l
6. Starfish and Coffee-Prince
7. 79' Rock-Sly & Robbie
8. Buy Africa-Fela Anikulapo Kuti

We kick things off this week with some Afro-Cuban funk. We did things a little different this week--no JB or Fela. I know, it's weird but we do feature Chopteeth Afro-Funk Big Band, The Brazilian Girls, and a host of other groove-makers to get you out on that dance floor (Brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).

This week we pay hommage to Latin America and its funky contributions to the world by kicking things off with some Jorge Ben and some electro goodness from Afrobeta and Monareta. It's business as usual from there on out with some Sly, JB, and a whole lot more...

This week we kick things off with a track from Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Ginger Baker on drums along with Tony Allen. Then we kick it over to the Cameroon with Manu Dibango and let the funk flow from there on out...(The Afro-Marc Podcast is brought to you by The Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions)

In honor of Barack Obama's first visit to the motherland as president, I started off this week's mix with a tribute to the funky president.

Welcome to the Afro-Marc Podcast where funk is the universal language (brought to you by the Afrobeat Blog and Afro-Marc Productions).