As The Sol Power All-Stars, Meistro and I were recently requested to throw down a guest mix for Cookie Dough Music. The only theme given was “influences”, so what followed was 90 minutes and 40 tracks of our favorite records that have influenced us. Press play and follow a thread that weaves its way through multiple genres and eras.

Check our interview on the Cookie Dough blog for further insight into the records we chose.

MEISTRO

01…Johnny Osbourne…Give a Little Love
02…Frankie Paul…Worries in the Dance
03…Toyan…Spar with Me
04…DJ Nut Nut…Special Dedication
05…Remarc…In Da Hood
06…No I.D. (featuring Dug Infinite)…The Real Weight
07…Bahamadia (featuring K-Swift and Mecca Star)…Three the Hard Way
08…De La Soul…Intro
09…DJ Krush featuring Black Thought and Malik B…Meiso
10…Kenny Dope…Get on Down
11…Mary Clark…Take Me I’m Yours
12…Younger Generation…We Rap More Mellow (Joey Negro remix)
13…Shina Williams and His African Percussionists…Agboju Logun
14…Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000…N.E.P.A. (Dance Dub)
15…Quantic & His Combo Barbaro…Un Canto a Mi Tierra
16…Fruko y Sus Tesos…Descarga Espectacular
17…Four Tet…Love Cry
18…Ben Westbeech…Hang Around (Karizma’s Deepah 1ne Remix)
19…Michel Cleis…Mir a Nero
20…Kenlou…The Bounce

STYLUS

01…Poor Righteous Teachers…Easy Star
02…Steely Dan…The Fez
03…Michael Jackson…Dancing Machine (Daniel Crawford remix)
04…Os Tincoãs…Deiza A Gira Girá
05…A Bossa Elétrica…Sob A Luz Do Sol
06…Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura Band…Think Twice (4hero Remix)
07…Donald Byrd…Think Twice
08…De La Soul…Simply / Simply Havin’
09…A Tribe Called Quest…Footprints
10…De La Soul…Breakadawn (Altered Tapes Rework)
11…Erykah Badu…The Cell
12…Trouble Funk…So Early in the Morning
13…Rare Essence…Body Moves
14…Jungle Brothers…Feelin’ Alright
15…Wilson Das Neves…Tema Para Elizeth
16…The Jackson 5…The Mirrors of My Mind
17…Herbie Hancock…Chameleon
18…Ruben Blades…Plastico 2007 (Nauts Borica Vox)
19…Bugz In The Attic…Intro
20…Dego and Kaidi Tatham…Dealt A Bad Hand