Lynnée Denise's guest appearances

Lynnée Denise

Heat Rocks

Artists Without DayJobs

Object Of Sound

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Vijay Iyer

Hanif Abdurraqib

Josh Kun

Jason Concepcion

Shea Serrano

Wesley Morris

Lindsay Zoladz

Dorie Clark

Raphael Saadiq

Janelle Monae

Moses Sumney

Julien Baker

Emily Yoshida

Sharon Van Etten

Rhiannon Giddens

OwlTail

Dart Adams

“His fingerprints are all over the culture.” On this week’s episode, we pay tribute to the great Biz Markie, the legendary rapper, deejay, sampler, and emcee who passed away earlier this month. Hanif invites hip hop experts, Dart Adams and DJ Lynnée Denise onto the show, to celebrate the fullness of Markie’s legacy-- someone who masterfully used humor to create a persona that could always get a crowd roaring. We explore how Biz Markie was so much more than the clown prince or his hit song “Just A Friend,” but rather, a musician whose legacy continues to touch all of hip hop. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, head over to https://bit.ly/oos-biz-markie./ Music In This Week's Episode /Biz Markie, Make The Music With Your Mouth BizBiz Markie, Pickin' BoogersBiz Markie, Biz In HarmonyBiz Markie, Spring AgainBiz Markie, GroovinBiz Markie, Bad By MyselfBiz Markie, Nobody Beats The Biz/ Show Notes /Dart Adams is the voice behind the blog Poisonous Paragraphs. Lynnée Denise runs the School of Thought blog. You can read Dart Adams’ work in his 2019 essay collection, “Best Damn Hip Hop Writing: The Book of Dart.”The cultural and commercial history of sampling is explored in greater detail in the 2009 documentary film, Copyright Criminals, referenced here by DJ Lynnée Denise.Hanif mentions the photo of Chuck D holding up the names of rappers who have passed in recent months./Credits/ This show is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Babette Thomas, Mayari Sherina Ong and by Hanif Abdurraqib. The show is mixed by Sam Bair. 

“His fingerprints are all over the culture.” On this week’s episode, we pay tribute to the great Biz Markie, the legendary rapper, deejay, sampler, and emcee who passed away earlier this month. Hanif invites hip hop experts, Dart Adams and DJ Lynnée Denise onto the show, to celebrate the fullness of Markie’s legacy-- someone who masterfully used humor to create a persona that could always get a crowd roaring. We explore how Biz Markie was so much more than the clown prince or his hit song “Just A Friend,” but rather, a musician whose legacy continues to touch all of hip hop. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, head over to <a href="https://bit.ly/oos-biz-markie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/oos-biz-markie</a>./ Music In This Week's Episode /Biz Markie, Make The Music With Your Mouth BizBiz Markie, Pickin' BoogersBiz Markie, Biz In HarmonyBiz Markie, Spring AgainBiz Markie, GroovinBiz Markie, Bad By MyselfBiz Markie, Nobody Beats The Biz/ Show Notes /Dart Adams is the voice behind the blog <a href="http://poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poisonous Paragraphs</a>. Lynnée Denise runs the <a href="http://www.djlynneedenise.com/thought-blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">School of Thought</a> blog. You can read Dart Adams’ work in his 2019 essay collection, “Best Damn Hip Hop Writing: The Book of Dart.”The cultural and commercial history of sampling is explored in greater detail in the 2009 documentary film, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503770/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Copyright Criminals</a>, referenced here by DJ Lynnée Denise.Hanif mentions the <a href="https://twitter.com/mrchuckd/status/1416213596401451010" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photo of Chuck D </a>holding up the names of rappers who have passed in recent months./Credits/ This show is produced by <a href="http://workxwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">work by work</a>: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Babette Thomas, Mayari Sherina Ong and by Hanif Abdurraqib. The show is mixed by Sam Bair.

Biz Markie Was More Than “Just A Friend” (feat. Lynnée Denise and Dart Adams)

The Albums:  Aretha Franklin: Young, Gifted, and Black (1974) Aretha Franklin: Jazz to Soul (1994) Aretha Franklin: Rare &amp; Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (2007)  Heat Rocks had always planned to sit down with DJ Lynnée Denise, an LA-based DJ and music scholar, but when Aretha Franklin passed on August 16th, we invited her to come talk with us about the Queen's life and legacy as part two of our series Women Behaving Boldly. What a fantastic decision! Admittedly, Queen Aretha's discography is too vast and too fire to be discussed on just one show so we cherry picked our favorite heat rocks: Oliver (The Queen in Waiting - The Columbia Years), Morgan (Rare &amp; Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul) and DJ Lynnée Denise (Young, Gifted and Black). The three of us, brought together by a shared love and reverence for the Queen talked about her incredible voice and gift of interpretation and DJ Lynnée unpacked the Aretha's relationship with the church, with Detroit, with her instrument(s), with black folks and of course, her place in the canon of music. Heat Rocks is thankful for an opportunity to spend an hour talking about the undisputed Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, with DJ Lynnée Denise who dropped some nuggets of wisdom on us. More on Lynnée Denise   The Afro-Digital Migration: A DJ's Journey from Hip-Hop to House Music Website  Our favorite Aretha performances  Soul Train (1973) Blues Brothers (1980) The 1998 Grammys  More on Aretha  Aretha's Wikipedia Entry  "At Aretha Franklin's Funeral, Gospel was the Heart - and Backbone" (NPR)  "Soul Survivor: The Revival and Hidden Treasure of Aretha Franklin"  Additional Aretha Links  Aretha Franklin in Pictures (CBS News) With George Michael "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me" Freeway of Love  Show Tracklisting (all songs by Aretha Franklin unless indicated otherwise):  I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Rock Steady EPMD: I'm Housin' Rock Steady Young, Gifted and Black Soulville Border Song (Holy Moses) The Long and Winding Road At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted and Black Young, Gifted and Black Elton John: Young, Gifted and Black The Heptones: Young, Gifted and Black Bob and Marcia: To Be Young Gifted and Black I've Been Loving You Too Long Day Dreaming Just for a Thrill Drinking Again This Bitter Earth Jump To It One Step Ahead Mos Def: Ms. Fat Booty Ain't But the One I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) [Demo] At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) So Soon Rock Steady (Alternate Mix) Are You Leaving Me [Demo]  Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there. If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

The Albums: <ul> <li>Aretha Franklin: Young, Gifted, and Black (1974)</li> <li>Aretha Franklin: Jazz to Soul (1994)</li> <li>Aretha Franklin: Rare &amp; Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (2007)</li> </ul> Heat Rocks had always planned to sit down with DJ Lynnée Denise, an LA-based DJ and music scholar, but when Aretha Franklin passed on August 16th, we invited her to come talk with us about the Queen's life and legacy as part two of our series Women Behaving Boldly. What a fantastic decision! Admittedly, Queen Aretha's discography is too vast and too fire to be discussed on just one show so we cherry picked our favorite heat rocks: Oliver (The Queen in Waiting - The Columbia Years), Morgan (Rare &amp; Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul) and DJ Lynnée Denise (Young, Gifted and Black). The three of us, brought together by a shared love and reverence for the Queen talked about her incredible voice and gift of interpretation and DJ Lynnée unpacked the Aretha's relationship with the church, with Detroit, with her instrument(s), with black folks and of course, her place in the canon of music. Heat Rocks is thankful for an opportunity to spend an hour talking about the undisputed Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, with DJ Lynnée Denise who dropped some nuggets of wisdom on us. More on Lynnée Denise <ul> <li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5475f4d7e4b0183e4a8e0b79/t/550023d4e4b023233328dc3b/1426072532256/GLU-6_Lynnee.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Afro-Digital Migration: A DJ's Journey from Hip-Hop to House Music</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.djlynneedenise.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> Our favorite Aretha performances <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmKETyCPl6k&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soul Train</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blues Brothers</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtNrtHblZ8&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 1998 Grammys</a></li> </ul> More on Aretha <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aretha's Wikipedia Entry</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/09/01/643828580/at-aretha-franklins-funeral-gospel-was-the-heart-and-backbone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "At Aretha Franklin's Funeral, Gospel was the Heart - and Backbone"</a> (NPR)</li> <li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "Soul Survivor: The Revival and Hidden Treasure of Aretha Franklin"</a></li> </ul> Additional Aretha Links <ul> <li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/aretha-franklin-1942-2018/7/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aretha Franklin in Pictures</a> (CBS News)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDxzQJaA228&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">With George Michael "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me"</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_pjb5_fgA&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freeway of Love</a></li> </ul> Show Tracklisting (all songs by Aretha Franklin unless indicated otherwise): <ul> <li>I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)</li> <li>Rock Steady</li> <li>EPMD: I'm Housin'</li> <li>Rock Steady</li> <li>Young, Gifted and Black</li> <li>Soulville</li> <li>Border Song (Holy Moses)</li> <li>The Long and Winding Road</li> <li>At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake)</li> <li>Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted and Black</li> <li>Young, Gifted and Black</li> <li>Elton John: Young, Gifted and Black</li> <li>The Heptones: Young, Gifted and Black</li> <li>Bob and Marcia: To Be Young Gifted and Black</li> <li>I've Been Loving You Too Long</li> <li>Day Dreaming</li> <li>Just for a Thrill</li> <li>Drinking Again</li> <li>This Bitter Earth</li> <li>Jump To It</li> <li>One Step Ahead</li> <li>Mos Def: Ms. Fat Booty</li> <li>Ain't But the One</li> <li>I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) [Demo]</li> <li>At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake)</li> <li>So Soon</li> <li>Rock Steady (Alternate Mix)</li> <li>Are You Leaving Me [Demo]</li> </ul> Here is the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/cduenas93/playlist/77JXR57CJcijJTnp8XVx3n?si=P1ZEjHZQQXat9-q1-Lmu1A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify playlist</a> of as many songs as we can find on there. If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heat-rocks/id1290971833?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do it here!</a>

Women Behaving Boldly #2: Aretha Franklin Retrospective feat. Lynnée Denise

 For the past decade, Lynnée has worked as an artist who incorporates self-directed project based research into interactive workshops, music events and public lectures that offer participants the opportunity to develop an intimate relationship with under-explored topics related to the cultural history of marginalized communities.  She creates multi-dimensional and multi-sensory experiences that require audiences to apply critical thinking to how the arts can hold viable solutions to social inequality. Today Jo-Ná Williams interviews Lynnée and you won't want to miss a minute of this interview!

For the past decade, Lynnée has worked as an artist who incorporates self-directed project based research into interactive workshops, music events and public lectures that offer participants the opportunity to develop an intimate relationship with under-explored topics related to the cultural history of marginalized communities.  She creates multi-dimensional and multi-sensory experiences that require audiences to apply critical thinking to how the arts can hold viable solutions to social inequality. Today Jo-Ná Williams interviews Lynnée and you won't want to miss a minute of this interview!

EP 14: Funding your Art through Grants and ‘Entertainment with a Thesis’ with Lynnée Denise 