Join Manideep Ravi for a two hour journey through hip hop, rap and occasionally even jazz, both old and new. From learning about the history of hip hop to today's most exciting lyrical developments, you're guaranteed to find someone or something you like on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Radio Hour. Backpacks optional.
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Flashing Lights | BADBADNOTGOOD | BBNG2 |
| I'm God (Lil' B) | Clams Casino | Instrumentals 2 |
| Building Steam with a Grain of Salt | DJ Shadow | Endtroducing... |
| 5 Minute Hip Hop History | ||
| Motivation [Lil' B] | Clams Casino | Instrumentals |
| Jazzhole | Free The Robots | Free the Robots |
| Luv(sic) Pt. 1-6 | Nujabes | |
| Hiphopology - "Beef" | ||
| Mighty Morphin Foreskin | Captain Murphy | Duality |
| Comment #1 | Gil Scott-Heron | Small Talk at 125th and Lenox |
| Astronomy | Mos Def & Talib Kweli | Black Star |
| As the Rhyme Goes On | Eric B. & Rakim | Paid in Full |
| Ready to Rock | Oddisee | People Hear What They See |
| Let it Go Feat. Oliver Daysoul | Oddisee | People Hear What They See |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Black Unity | Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity |
| Sex | The Necks | Sex |
| Storm | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | The Necks | Sex |
| Storm | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Lift You Skinny Fingers like Antennas to Heaven |
| Flood III | Boris | Flood |
| Moya | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Flashing Lights | BADBADNOTGOOD | BBNG2 |
| Born to Die (Remix) | Clams Casino | Instrumental Mixtape 2 |
| As the Rhyme Goes On | Eric B. & Rakim | Paid in Full |
| All Caps | Madvillain | Madvillainy |
| Air Works | J Dilla | Donuts |
| Gobstopper | J Dilla | Donuts |
| Everyday | The Palmer Squares | Spooky Language EP |
| Spooky Language | The Palmer Squares | Spooky Language EP |
| Constant Surprises | Little Dragon | Little Dragon |
| Movin' On | Reggie Watts | Simplified |
| 1983 | Flying Lotus | 1983 |
| Alone | xxyyxx | XXYYXX |
| Ready to Rock | Oddisee | People Hear What They See |
| Astronomy | Mos Def & Talib Kweli | Black Star |
| Vagrancy | Nujabes | |
| Mist | Nujabes | |
| Man I used to Be | Oddisee | Odd Renditions |
| Let it Go | Oddisee | People Hear What They See |
| 100 Yard Dash | raphael saadiq | The Way I See It |
| Wanna Get | Reggie Watts | Simplified |
| Day 18 | Ta-Ku | 50 Days for Dilla |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Fields | xxyyxx | XXYYXX |
| You've Changed | Teebs | Ardour |
| The Arctic Fox | mouse on the Keys | Sezession |
| Motivation | Clams Casino | Instrumentals 1 |
| Give You Everything | vanilla | Soft Focus |
| I'm God | Clams Casino | Instrumentals 2 |
| Kamakura | Emancipator | Safe in the Cliffs |
| Kamakura | Nujabes | Modal Soul Classics II |
| Jazzhole | Free The Robots | Free the Robots |
| Embody | SebAstian | Embody |
| Love Cry | Four Tet | There is Love in You |
| Last Donut of the Night | J Dilla | Donuts |
| Day 3 | Ta-Ku | 50 Days for Dilla Vol. 1 |
| Beat 2 | K.M.D. | Special Herbs 3 |
| Accordion (Instrumental) | MF Doom | Four Tet Remixes |
| Mandrake | Metal Fingers | Special Herbs 2 |
| Maledict Car | Jemapur | Evacuation |
| Since I Left You | The Avalanches | Since I Left You |
| Tiny Tortures | Flying Lotus | Until the Quiet Comes |
| Ballet | Radicalfashion | Odori |
| While You Doooo | Teebs | Ardour |
| Blessa | Toro y Moi | Causers of This |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Baby I'm Yours (Ft. Irfane) | Breakbot | By Your Side |
| Wind at my Back | Brothertiger | Golden Years |
| My Piggish Girl Died Miserably | My Dead Girlfriend | Ixtab |
| So Many Details | Toro y Moi | So Many Details - Single |
| Cold War | Clams Casino | Instrumentals |
| DAY 1 | Ta-Ku | 50 Days for Dilla Vol. 1 |
| Five Across | Glass Gifts | Glass Gifts |
| The Front Range | Mesita | The Coyote |
| I, William Your Ex-Lover | Boy eats drum machine | The Battle |
| Glass Swords | Rustie | Glass Swords |
| Lindesfarne II | James Blake | James Blake |
| Alone Together | Paul Desmond | Take Ten |
| Basin Street Blues | Kid Koala | Some of My Best Friends are DJ's |
J Dilla - Donuts - Time: The Donut Of The Heart - Hip Hop
K.M.D. - Special Herbs - Beat 2 - Hip Hop
Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald - Take Love Easy - Take Love Easy - Jazz
Spaces - Nothing Exists but the Void - The Crown of the Sun
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
Birds of Chicago - Birds of Chicago - Old Calcutta
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence - Freedom and Its Owner
Sybille Baier - Colour Green - Colour Green
Slowdive - Pygmalion - Smell Memory
Kishi Bashi - Room for Dream - Manchester
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Talk About It | Harumi | Harumi |
| Solitude is Bliss | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker |
| Stay Lit | Holy Fuck | Latin |
| Doralice | Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz | Getz/Gilberto |
| Clouds | Deep Time | Deep Time |
| The Front Range | Mesita | The Coyote |
| Roots | Indigo Jam Unit | Roots |
| The Keeper (Banks Remix) | Bonobo | |
| It's a War | Blackbird Blackbird | Boracay Planet EP |
| & It was U | How to Dress Well | Total Loss |
| The Donut Of The Heart | J Dilla | Donuts |
| Beat 2 | K.M.D. | Special Herbs |
| Take Love Easy | Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald | Take Love Easy |
| Santa Rosa | The Eastern Sea | Plague |
| The Night Off | Rockets | NothingTo Say... |
| Sucker for Your Marketing | Sarah Jaffe | The Body Wins |
| The Crown of the Sun | Spaces | Nothing Exists but Atoms and the Void |
| Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled | Porcupine Tree | Lightbulb Sun |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| I Never Learnt to Share | James Blake | James Blake |
| While You Dooooo (Extended) | Teebs | Collections 01 |
| Good Enough | XXYYYXX | XXYYXX |
| Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space |
| The Machine Rolls On | Behold the Profit | Behold the Profit |
| Bright Whites | Kishi Bashi | Room for Dream |
| Desire Be Desire Go | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker |
| Sugar in Your Tea | Harumi | Harumi |
| Sucker for Your Marketing | Sarah Jaffe | The Body Wins |
| Trampoline | Birds of Chicago | Birds of Chicago |
| You are the Ocean | Phantogram | Eyelid Movies |
| We Happy Few | The Calm Blue Sea | The Calm Blue Sea |
| Lullaby from the Moon | The Cancel | Reply from Space |
| Medley 1 | Build An Ark | The Stars Are Singing Too |
| Cold Nites | How to Dress Well | Total Loss |
| Releasing | Willits + Sakamoto | Ancient Future |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder | JV & Veejay | Seasons |
| Watermelon Man | Herbie Hancock | The Finest in Jazz |
| The Space Between Two Worlds | Nujabes | Departure |
| Dancing in the Dark | Dorothy Ashby | Hip Harp |
| Ken Caryl | Mesita | The Coyote |
| Know Love | L'Orange | Old Soul |
| Where Am I Gonna Go | Bing Ji Ling | Shadow To Shine |
| Sospesi Nell'incredibile | Le Orme | Felona e Serona |
| Normal | Porcupine Tree | Nil Recurring |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Mladic | Godspeed You Black Emperor! | Alleluja! Don't Bend! Ascend! |
| The Dawn and the Embrace | When the Clouds | The Longed-For Season |
| The Night Starts Here | Stars | In Our Bedroom After the War |
| There is a Time for Shame | Behold the Profit | Behold the Profit |
| The Wilhelm Scream | James Blake | James Blake |
| Yr. Escape | Milezo | 3 EP's |
| Helen Buddha; Miss Condom X | Son Of A Bitches Brew | Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. |
| Show Me the Way | Slaraffenland | Private Cinema |
| Valiant | Dark Times Sunshine | ANX |
| Getting Cold | farm | sat., cloudy, calm 36F, 10:44 p.m. |
| Margaret Atwood | Parkas | Put Your Head in the Lion's Mouth |
| Sparrow Song | JV & Veejay | |
| Movin' On | Reggie Watts | Simplified |
| Universe Man ft. Serengeti | Open Mike Eagle | 4NML HSPTL |
| Plateau | mouse on the Keys | Machinic Phylum |
| Monstre Sacre | Stereolab | Emperor Tomato Ketchup |
| Mine Tonight | Dum Dum Girls | End of Daze - EP |
| Elephant King | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land |
| Five Years | Salesman | Wasp EP |
| Memories from the End Pt. 1 & 2 | Right Away, Great Captain! | The Church of the Good Thief |
| I Lost Something in the Hills | Sybille Baier | Colour Green |
| I Become a Lonely Wind with You | Morita Doji | A Boy |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Ballet | Radicalfashion | Odori |
| war (Decktonic Remix) | Japanese Wallpaper | war peace rocket ships |
| Double Fifths | Teebs | Ardour |
| Joy | Rei Harakami | [lust] |
| Teardrop | Massive Attack | Mezzanine |
| Beep Street | Squarepusher | Hard Normal Daddy |
| The Minions | Behold the Profit | Behold the Profit |
| Parsec | Stereolab | Dots and Loops |
| Little Man | Little Dragon | Ritual Union |
| Leelanau | Dana Falconberry | KVRX Local Live 16 |
| Love, Come Save Me | Right Away, Great Captain! | The Bitter End |
| Nil Recurring | Porcupine Tree | Nil Recurring |
| Toccatina | mouse on the Keys | Sezession |
| Accordion | Madvillain | Madvillainy |
| Winter Blues | JJ Doom | Keys to the Kuff |
| As the Rhyme Goes On | Eric B. & Rakim | Paid in Full |
| Spooky Language | The Palmer Squares | Spooky Language |
| Children's Story | Mos Def & Talib Kweli | Paid in Full |
| Darkest | Les Rav | kvrx |
| Lesson | Bloody Knives | Knives |
| Mouthful of Diamonds | Phantogram | Eyelid Movies |
| Tokyo Traffic | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Jazz Impressions of Japan |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Ready to Rock | Oddisee | People Hear what they See |
| Everyday | The Palmer Squares | Spooky Language |
| I'm God | Clams Casino | Instrumentals 2 |
| Fujiyama | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Jazz Impressions of Japan |
| Love Theme from 'Spartacus' | Yusuf Lateef | Eastern Sounds |
| Birdland | Weather Report | Heavy Weather |
| Object or a Face | Atlas Maior | Atlas Maior |
| As long as it Takes | Isbells | Isbells |
| Where Am I Gonna Go | Bing Ji Ling | Shadow to Shine |
| Plantation Workers | Prussia | Dear Emily, Best Wishes, Molly |
| Trains | Porcupine Tree | In Absentia |
| Blood | The Middle East | The Recordings of the Middle East |
| Taos Hum | Salesman | The Wasp |
| A Pack of Scarecrows | Behold the Profit | Behold the Profit |
| The Arctic Fox | mouse on the Keys | Sezession |
| Make-make | Paper Tiger | False Hopes |
| Lime | Koi. | Maelstrom |
| Since I Left You | The Avalanches | Since I Left You |
| Let it go | Oddisee | People Hear What They See |
| Fryerstarter | Aesop Rock | Skelethon |
| The End | vanilla | Soft Focus |
| Track Name | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| About You | xxyyxx | XXYYXX |
| Farewell | Boris | Pink |
| Intravenous | Borealis | Voidness |
| Slow Knots | Brasstronaut | Mt. Chimaera |
| Something About Us (Daft Punk Cover) | Balance and the Traveling Sounds | Departure EP |
| Motivation | Clams Casino | Instrumentals |
| Flashing Lights (Kanye West Cover) | BADBADNOTGOOD | BBNG2 |
| Cold War | Clams Casino | Instrumentals |
| Dancing in the Dark | Dorothy Ashby | Hip Harp |
| Golden Years | Brothertiger | Golden Years |
| Aminals | Baths | Cerulean |
| New Years | Asobi Seksu | Citrus |
| Beautiful | Animate Objects | Ridin in Fast Cars with Your Momma |
| La Rue | Cortex | Troupeau Bleu |
| Nobody Knows. | Casker | Vol. 4 - Polyester Heart |
| Sledi Va Zsem | Dzierzynski Bitz | I II III |
| You Oughta Know | Das Racist | Shut Up, Dude |
| Indi Groove | Chinese Man | The Groove Sessions |
| Uh | Fujiya & Miyagi | Lightbulbs |
| Jazzhole | Free The Robots | Free the Robots |
| Glorified High | Sarah Jaffe | The Body Wins |
| Deadbeat Summer (Toro Y Moi Remix) | Neon Indian | Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Remixed |
| Girls We Know | Ringo Deathstarr | Mauve |
| Santa Rosa | The Eastern Sea | Plague |
| Putty Boy Strut | Flying Lotus | Until the Quiet Comes |
| Sledi Va Zsem | Dzierzynski Bitz | I II III |