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Hip-hop and rap, that's where my heart's at. But I'll play anything so long as it ain't crap!

Location:

East Orange, NJ

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WFMU

Description:

Hip-hop and rap, that's where my heart's at. But I'll play anything so long as it ain't crap!

Twitter:

@billyjam

Language:

English

Contact:

WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


Episodes
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Put The Needle On The Final Show of the 2024/2025 Season: Episode 40 from Jun 6, 2025

6/6/2025
Music behind DJ: Billy + GiGio - "over Souls of Mischief 93 til Infinity instrumental" - image from MARIN county Aesop Rock - "Costco" - Black Hole Superette [0:04:47] Book$ & Tillz - "Immigrant Babies" - BIM TAPE [0:07:26] Aesop Rock - "Bird School" - Black Hole Superette [0:11:18] Cam Be - "EyeWonder (feat. Neak & Skyzoo)" [new from Brooklyn artist] [0:14:34] Kurious - "Open (feat Homeboy Sandman) (exec prod DOOM & prod Mono En Stereo)" - Majician [0:18:52] Music behind DJ: - "over Boss Tootie/Macktivity inst. 2022" [0:21:25] Boss Tootie - "Gater Gator" [0:28:36] Boss Tootie - "Put The Needle On The 80's/90's Femcees intro" - Put The Needle On The 80's/90's Femcees - Marathon 2025 Premium CD [0:31:09] Music behind DJ: over Boss Tootie gator gator inst - "gator gator inst" - HAPPENINGS [0:32:08] Señor Gigio x Kristen Cardiasmenos - "Man of the hOUR" - (2025 produced by 1 A.M.) [0:39:31] Prime Minister Pete Nice - "on his & DJ Klark Kent's mid 80s WKCR radio sho" [0:42:36] Jeffrey Cobb - "Biz Markie acoustic answering machine message" ["The BIZ" acoustic answerin machine message from fellow KALX/WFMU DJ and fellow Biz Markie fan - JEFFREY M COBB - who was a fellow DJ on KALX Berkeley - and later WFMU DJ -from early 2000's - in fact the last show Jeffrey Cobb did on WFMU was a fill in for me back in September 2008 -] [0:44:46] Chuck D - "New Gens feat. Daddy-O" - Radio Armageddon [0:46:17] Headnodic + Jazz Mafia - "Rise (feat. Genra & Ozay Moore)" [0:49:21] Stan Ipcus - "Funky Rhyme" [0:52:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152802

Duration:01:08:23

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Put The Needle On Looking Forward, Not Back from May 30, 2025

5/30/2025
Music behind DJ: DJ Billy Jam - "Engineer James" - Board-op David [the time is now - now is the time to look forward, not back] [0:00:00] billy woods - "Counterclockwise" - GOLLIWOG [0:02:12] Aesop Rock - "Snail Zero" - Black Hole Superette [0:04:26] Murs - "Silverlake Rec League" - Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation) [0:07:22] KLIM Beats - "Through The Jazz" [0:10:07] Music behind DJ: ----- - "HAPPENINGS around and about" - 000000 [0:14:04] Tone Chop & Frost Gamble - "Beats So Loud" [0:18:21] 7X3=21 + DJ Freddy Fresh - "True Simulation (Freddy's 90's Flava)" [0:20:34] * BoFaatBeatz - "You Betta Know (feat. Smif-N-Wessun)" - Here For The Rap Killin' [0:23:19] Tudakay - "Proud New Yorker feat. Wordsworth & Jay Barney" [0:26:23] Pat Van Dyke - "Gratitude" [0:28:27] John Doe of 1200 Hobos - "gimme some elbow room Pt 2" - gimme some elbow room [0:33:00] [0:48:56] Homeboy Sandman & yeyts - "My Fans" - Manners (cassette version) [note this track only appears on the cassette tape version of Homeboy Sandman and producer yeyts new EP "Manners"] [0:50:15] MC G.L.O.B.E. - "The Beat Don't Stop (Jim's radio mix)" - The Beat Don't Stop EP [0:51:53] [0:55:00] Chuck D presents Enemy Radio - "What Rock Is" - Radio Armageddon [0:56:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152457

Duration:01:08:28

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PTNOT MAY 23 2025 from May 23, 2025

5/23/2025
Wun Two & Fed Nance - "crocotta" [0:00:00] Fly Anakin - "NOTTOOSHABBY (feat. Quelle Chris, Nickelus F & $ilkmoney) (prod. Child Actor)" [0:01:04] Aesop Rock - "Checkers" [0:06:42] Dumi Right - "Be Careful Be ( feat. Speech (Arrested Development), YZ, El Da Sensei & Nathaniel Star)" [0:10:34] LS Camp - "Still Got Somethin To Say (feat Ed OG)" [0:21:49] DJ Access X DJ Crypt - "Ill Duo" [0:26:03] Urbs & Cutex - "Wherever You Are (feat. T.R.A.C.)" - On Our Way [0:28:37] Teflon - "4 Tha Love" [0:31:25] Shaheed & DJ Supreme - "Hope, Growth And Opportunity (feat. Slug)" [0:33:34] Music behind DJ: ---- - "----" - Led Zepellin 1969 self-titled album = image (for a reason) [0:37:19] Chuck D presents Enemy Radio - "Slight Story Style Sound (feat Donald D & Jazzy Jay)" - Radio Armageddon [0:39:47] Tall Black Guy - "Sylver Love Messin Me Up" [0:42:18] DJ Epik - "Cruisin' In (Let's Ride)" [0:46:07] DJ Flipcyide - "Play Harder (feat. Masta Ace)" [0:49:50] Homeboy Sandman & yeyts. - "Smiling" [0:51:25] Satin - "They'll Learn feat. EDO. G & Pawz One (DJ Kuts by DJ Centrifik)" - no album [0:53:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152348
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Put The Needle On The NJ Underground (feat Wheeler Antabanez & V the Engineer) from May 16, 2025

5/16/2025
Music behind DJ: intro over Black Sheep inst. - "intro over Black Sheep "Flavor of the Month inst." [0:00:00] CRIMEAPPLE x DJ Skizz - "97 Tape Master" - Rose Gold [0:03:48] Doodlebug & 80 Empire - "A Galactic Intro" - A Galactic Love Big Shug - "L.I.T. (Long Island Ice Tea)" [0:04:54] Homeboy Sandman & Brand the Builder - "Yo" - Manners EP [0:07:06] Jimmy Penguin - "I love hip hop me like aye" - Dolly's World [brand new release from friend of show - Ireland's Jimmy Penguin] [0:12:40] Music behind DJ: Billy Jam w Wheeler Antabanez - "Polaroids from the North Jersey Underground i" - WFMU interview in advance of his new book release [0:19:06] Akil The MC X Agent 006 - "Skills In California" - no album [0:25:45] **RA K7NG X DJ Kawon - "'91" - The Golden Age [0:29:24] Stan Ipcus & Jason Griff - "Pick & Roll (feat. Zilla Rocca)" - no album [0:31:43] Grand Puba ft. Stunna Gang - "It Aint No Big Thing" - no album [0:33:56] Billy Jam w Wheeler Antabanez - "Wheeler new book interview Pt 2" - Polaroids from the North Jersey Underground i [0:49:13] C.Shreve The Professor - "Where'd I Go (feat. Tab-One & Scottie Royal )" - no album [0:52:05] Live Human feat Luke Sick - "DIVE UP IN IT" - With Da Blast [0:54:44] Music behind DJ: Billy Jam w Wheeler Antabanez - "Wheeler new book interview Pt 3" - Polaroids from the North Jersey Underground i [0:56:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152108
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N9NE - BAS-One cold reviews new 2025 hio-hop from May 9, 2025

5/9/2025
Music behind DJ: Billy Jam + BAS-One in Oakland CA - "intro over Boogiemonsters inst" - James engineering in Jersey City NJ [0:00:00] Boogiemonsters - "Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress" - Single No Album [0:00:51] [0:06:27] Poe Mack X Van Gunz - "The First Horsemen" - no album [0:08:36] EDO. G & Fokis - "Put My Soul In It feat. Rell" - no album [0:10:41] status the marlboro man - "TOO MANY STYLES (feat Krookid Hooks and El Da Sensei)" - no album [0:15:06] Johaz - "The City (feat. Elzhi, Mischif & SCVTTERBRVIN )" - no album [0:17:36] M-Dot & Confidence ft. Big Shug & Royal Flush - "Primavera prod. by Confidence" - Library of Sound [0:22:06] Tomcat X Impromptu MC X Pyrus - "Thirty II Ten" - Stanky & Clutch [Tomcat from Melbourne Australia] [0:24:27] Freddie Joachim - "Reset" - no album [California producer/DJ Freddie Joachim] [0:26:50] Motionplus - "Lyrical Whatever feat. A-F-R-O (DJ Kuts by A-F-R-O)" - FOCUS [0:42:13] Blu & August Fanon - "Happy (feat. Kota The Friend & R.A.P. Ferreira)" - Forty [0:44:52] Jamar Equality & Jaz Infinite - "Reaction (feat. Shamon Cassette, Supreme & DJ Tech-Neek)" - Application Management [0:47:43] Homeboy Sandman & Brand the Builder - "Infinite Pockets" - Manners [off new EP that drops in a week] [0:50:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151881