On A Fistful of Soundtracks, "Beat Box" airs Mondays at 6-9am and noon-3pm, Tuesdays through Thursdays at 6-9am and 1-4pm and Fridays at 7-9am and 1-3pm. The three-hour block, which is two hours long on Fridays, contains selections from '70s film scores that have been sampled by beatmakers in hip-hop and electronica (like the late Willie Hutch's
music from Foxy Brown). If you find most film music to be too staid for your tastes, then "Beat Box" is most likely for you.
Also part of the block are selections from scores that hearken back to the blaxploitation era. One such score is the 2009
Black Dynamite score by Adrian Younge, who also wrote the original music for Titmouse's animated version of
Black Dynamite (which
concluded its first season on Adult Swim last night with special guest star
Clifton Powell voicing the sleazy preacher dad who abandoned Dynamite when he was
"a children").
Although some listeners feel like they're
'70s macks when they tune in to "Beat Box," the playlist isn't all-'70s all the time. There are also original themes that were performed by hip-hop artists (Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" from
Do the Right Thing and The Roots' "What You Want" from
The Best Man) and cuts from recent scores that appeal to beatheads, like Steven Price and Basement Jaxx's excellent 2011
Attack the Block score, which Talib Kweli and Z-Trip sampled in their new
Attack the Block mixtape.
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| Attack the Block |
On Spotify, I was surprised to find that the service carries the entire
Attack the Block soundtrack album, as well as 41 other tracks that are part of the "Beat Box" playlist. Here's a sampler of "Beat Box."
Complete tracklist after the jump...
