POW Radio
06.14.23
Founded in 2005 by writer Jeff Weiss (The Ringer, Washington Post, GQ), POW is the last rap blog — one of the the first nationally to write about Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, Drakeo, 03 Greedo, and many others. In 2016, it birthed the label, POW Recordings, releasing albums from Chester Watson, Kent Loon, Fatboi Sharif, Rhys Langston, Gabe ‘Nandez, Ness Nite, Pioneer 11, The Outfit TX, Vince Ash, and Zilla Rocca.
The radio show is an extension of this far-flung sound, boasting guest mixes from the rotating cast of POW contributors that span Latin boogaloo to Soviet Jazz to West Coast street rap.
For their debut project, “To Operate This System,” the polymath ‘poet laureate of your living room’ Rhys Langston has joined forces with the psychedelic cosmonauts Pioneer 11 to chart new terrain grounded in extraterrestrial R&B, hip-hop, acid house, deep space dance music, and cosmic soul. The innovative new work from the L.A. artists conjures images of Massive Attack dub remixes of Freestyle Fellowship and dystopian hallucinations of crumbling RAM chips and old video game consoles played in a ghost note afterlife. It drops July 26 on POW Recordings.
Tracklist:
Rhys Langston ft. Chester Watson – Eyes Dyed in Saturated Retinas Drakeo the Ruler – Neiman & Marcus Don’t Know You King Geedorah – Fast Lane Desto Dubb – Born to Sale Juice Love – Maybe the People Would Be The Times or Between Clark and Hilldale Clipse ft. Pharrell – Got Caught Dealin Part II DJ Quik ft. Suga Free – Do I Love Her? The Whorides – Shotcallin and Big Ballin Drakeo x BlueBucksClan – I Know Fendi 9 – Thang On Me Dave Harrington Group – Belgrade Fever Remix (Pioneer 11 Remix) Janet Jackson – Miss You Miss (Oh I Like That Mix) One Way ft. Al Hudson – You Can Do It DJ Koze – Titel 06 Can – Viitamin C Chester Watson – Spirits Kent Loon ft. Chester Watson and Valee – The Mist Rhys Langston x Pioneer 11 – Three Song Live Performance Gabe ‘Nandez – Pangea Fatboi Sharif ft. Bruiser Wolf – Po Pimpin’ Do Or Die Wifigawd – Janet Jackson Interview Segment Rhys Langston – Nebbish Frederick Douglass Pioneer 11 – Grumpy Goomba Rhys Langston – In the Suburbs of Babylon Pioneer 11 – Brain Dead Interview Segment Rhys Langston ft. Fatboi Sharif – Conservative House, Progressive Ligature Pioneer 11 – Amber Deception
