Nasa plays a host of bangers including new music from KA, Billy Woods and Death Grips.  He also talks about the upcoming release of Quadrofiendia from Agartha Audio & Taiyamo Denku and plays and exclusive from it.  An announcement on who Nasa is Producing an LP for is also contained and hatred for Google is expressed.

Tracklist:

1 - Unhandled Crossings - Agartha Audio & Taiyamo Denku (UNCOMMON EXCLUSIVE)

2 - 12 Jewels - Gensu Dean (feat. Nomadic & Roc Marciano)

3 - Strapped with a Whut! - Ruste Juxx & Kyo Itachi

4 - Duck Hunt - Billy Woods

5 - Vessel - KA

6 - You Can't Go Home Again (Talpas Remix) - PremRock & Willie Green

7 - 365 - Junclassic

8 - Punchlines - BeOnd (feat. Express)

9 - Identity Crisis - Nato Caliph (feat. Prince EA & Sadat X)

10 - Live As It Gets - Tom Chase

11 - Pretty Picture - Wiki

12 - The Cage - Death Grips

Beats played on the episode were by:

Mike Decline, Ali the Son of Abdul and Black-Tokyo (Segements 3 & 4)

Nasa just got back from SXSW for the first time and has a backpack full of CDs!  This episode is made up exclusively with the CDs that Nasa brought back from SXSW and the stories he brought back as well.  Could be helpful for anyone thinking of going out there for the first time next year.  Pro-Tip- AVOID THE GREMLINS!  The tracks played were:

1 - Everything Fits! - ADAM

2 - How'd You Get So Fresh (Dirt E. Dutch Remix) - PremRock & Willie Green

3 - Walking Wounded (feat. Teddy Faley) - Cult Favorite (A.M. Breakups & Elucid)

4 - Where the Ground Stops - Megabusive

5 - I Heart Gravity - Ecid

6 - Stage Dive - Wide Eyes

7 - Friendly Fire - Brzowski

8 - Tap Dance (feat. Ecid) - David Mars

9 - Movers and Shakers (feat. Pilks, Tae Kwon Flow & J. Mousepad) - Grey Sky Appeal

10 - On Blast Off - TEWZ

11 - Hand Holdin' - Bleubird

Beats played on the episode were by:

Eversive, Void Pedal, TEWZ

Nasa is taking it back to late night underground hip-hop radio format this time out by going long and not giving a fuhhhhh.  Check out this extended play episode packed with treats.  Nasa tells the extra Crev story about his first meeting with Mr. Giovanni Marks aka Subtitle in person as well.  Peep the tracklist:

1 - Drink It Up - Gangrene feat. Roc Marciano

2 - Moon Rocks - Aeon Grey & Bashir

3 - Rumbling - Young Fathers

4 - Wizardry - Graves33 & Sarx

5 - In Fear of Fallout - Sloth feat. Gene Crawford

6 - Toxicology (Impossible Nothing Remix) - Short Fuze & Nasa (Uncommon Radio Exclusive)

7 - Live At the Top (Indigo Air) - He Who Truly Shines

8 - (I Can't) I Can't Be Disturbed - Subtitle

9 - Slum Dog Millionaire - Black Panther (feat. Nine & Vanessa Liftig)

10 - Energy Guard - Cappadonna

11 - Wrecking Crew Meets Lessondary Crew - Small Professor (feat. Curly Castro, Che Grand, Elucid & Zilla Rocca)

12 - Ghetto Zone - E.D.G.E. (feat. Jeff Spec)

13 - Help Me - Willie Green (feat. Pastense & HiCoup)

14 - I Just Rock - Tame One

15 - Quit Your Day Job, Be a Rock Star - Dada Powell

16 - FYU - Roc Doogie

17 - Grate Unknown - Heltah Skeltah (Uncommon Radio Throwback)

18 - Competitor's Spray - Black-Tokyo (as Skott Phree)

19 - Fight (Redux) - Blacktrix (feat. P.L.O. & Mudmowth) 

Beats played during the show were (in order) from:

IV the Polymath, Eversive, Zachary Herrera

Nasa hosts the first episode of Uncommon Radio of 2012, he rings in the New Year by breaking down the difference between some of the "political" rap that Uncommon Records puts out compared to some others, the hyperbole around the year 2012 and discovering new artists even when they have deep back catalogs.  Nasa brought along a deep playlist that ties up some leftover knots from 2011 with a wide variety of artists.  Check it out:

1 - Bombs Not Rations (Nasa Remix) - DCK VNNGT (feat. ADAM)

2 - Open Arms - Auxilliary Arms (L.I.F.E. Long & Masai Bey) - UNRELEASED

3 - Jungle City - Masai Bey & Pruven

4 - Half Amazed A/B - Knives from Heaven (Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Priest & Beans)

5 - The Day the Sun Never Rose - Dead Hand (Carl Kavorkian & Rummage)

6 - Battle For Self (Rhyme-Bass Continuum Remix) - MC Eleven

7 - Crevvy Surveillance - Subtitle (feat. Elucid & Gajah)

8 - #RapGod - Casual (feat. Tajai & Pep Love)

9 - Island of Breaks - Gajah & Graves33

10 - Firelogs - Moka Only

11 - Babylon - Greenhouse

12 - Ghostshark - Impossible Nothing

13 - You'll Never Beat Us - Express Fresh (feat. BeOnd)

Beats played during the episode were by Impossible Nothing, IV the Polymath and DJ A.I.

It's that time of year again as Nasa makes his list and checks it twice to find out the Top 10 LPs of 2011 according to Uncommon Radio.  We won't have any spoilers here, no tracklist this time out, you're going to have to listen to the show to find out numbers 10 through 1.  This years list is one of the strongest in recent memory and Nasa gets into the close call he had to make at Number 1.  All the beats played during the episode are by Nasa.  Happy New Year!

For this special milestone episode, Nasa is joined by Short Fuze in person in NYC as they took a break from doing a show and starting work on their new album together.  The two discussed their current work along with their previous releases and inspirations.  They also talked about "Save the Horn", Uncommon's new pop up album, which is dedicating all proceeds to Eastern African Famine Relief.  You can find out more about that project here http://uncommonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/save-the-horn.  It only takes a $5 donation to score 16 dope songs, 3 of which are played on this episode.  Lots of other great music was played as well, check it out below:

1 - Pollination - Short Fuze (from Save the Horn)

2 - Murderer's Row - Gajah & Graves (feat. Rusty Crates and Phreewil

3 - Times - Jun Classic

4 - Who Figured? - Dirt E. Dutch (feat. Roc Doogie)

5 - Batteries Not Included - Adam Warlock (from Save the Horn)

6 - Your Excellence - Mike Ladd

7 - Embrace the Day - Creature (of Rebelmatic)

8 - Lace Joints - Audible Space Helmets 

9 - Dove Avenue - The Hinderance

10 - Building Goliath - Zesto & Masai Bey (from Save the Horn)

11 - Gunz Out (Krohme Remix) - Desert Eez (feat. The Game & Atari Blitzkrieg)

12 - Break Bread - Cavalier

13 - The Rock - Cavalier

14 - Indie Rappers Do It For Gas Money - Sketch the Cataclysm (feat. Megabusive, Brzowski, Big Jess, Aeon Grey, Roc Doogie, Teddy Faley, PremRock, Rabbi Darkside, Piff PCH & Taiyamo Denku)

Beats played during the show in order were by:

Waatu, Goodman (formerly known as Station), Senz, Everse

Nasa is back with a brand new episode, he showcases some Progressive Hip-Hop tracks that feature vocalists working with emcees, talks some U-God and discovered just who Emilio Pucci actually is.  Enjoy!

Here's the tracklist:

1 - Blue Dream - Billy Woods feat. L'Wren

2 - Sponge - Gajah feat. Open Mike Eagle & Elull

3 - Far and Wide - Anti-Pop Consortium

4 - Never Feel this Pain - Wu Tang feat. Inspectah Dek, U-God & Tre Williams

5 - Grey Matter - Pruven feat. Billy Woods

6 - Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix) - DoomStarks

7 - They Know - BoxGuts & LoDeck

8 - G13 - Ancient Tounge

9 - Bring Me the Head of Emilio Pucci - Lyle Horowitz feat. Adam Warlock

10 - Running Free - Aeon Grey & Sabicas

11 - Work Harder - E.D.G.E. & Shinobi Stalin

12 - Too Much to Say - Rising Sun Quest

13 - The Sound - PremRock & Willie Green

The Beats that were played during the episode were by:

Megabusive, Drum Fu, Black Tokyo & Waatu

Nasa is back with a show packed full of new Progressive Hip-Hop.  In addition to the extra stuffed playlist he also talks about younger rappers and producers expectations in trying to make it in today's hip-hop world and how that plays off against the vets (among other things).  Here's what got played:

1 - Slugging Percentage - Adam Warlock

2 - Waterworld - Anti-Pop Consortium

3 - Royal Mega - Black Milk

4 - Astro Easy Love - Max Tannone (feat. Ghostface)

5 - Bronny On A Breakaway - Shabazz Palaces

6 - Miles - Thawfor

7 - Genesis - The Jealous Guys

8 - Spittin Out Blood - L.A.

9 - Feast or Famine - I.Deals

10 - Chasing the Shine - Jellyfish Brigade

11 - Momma Told Me - Greneberg

12 - Road Trippin - A Plus

13 - Tetsuo Shima - E.D.G.E.

14 - Duro - Roc Doogie

Beats played during the episode in order were by:

Moe Davey, Turquoise Summers, Drum Fu & Black Tokyo.

On this special episode of Uncommon Radio, Nasa sits down with PremRock who just got finished with his first tour of Europe.  The NYC via PA emcee planned this entire tour on his own, travelled alone and booked on the fly once landing in France which makes his journey both unique and fascinating.  If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to tour in Europe then this is the episode for you.  PremRock breaks down everything from language barriers, cultural customs, passport and customs politics, trans-continental transit, the euro and more.  PremRock travelled from as far West (Great Britain) as you could go in Europe to as far East as you could go (Turkey, and then some).  Follow along with his adventures starting out in Allentown, PA a few years ago to an Azerbaijan customs counter in the current day.  In between some epic tales we played the following songs from PremRock's catalog (all of which can be tracked down by visiting www.planetpremrock.com).

1 - Fambase - Eleven feat. PremRock

2 - Now & Later - PremRock feat. L.I.F.E. Long

3 - Trust Me, I'm Aware (Coole High Remix) - PremRock

4 - Do - PremRock & Agartha Audio (Uncommon Radio Exclusive)

5 - The Build - PremRock

6 - Kingship - PremRock feat. Silent Knight & Final Outlaw

7 - Fade - PremRock feat. Dyalect

Beats played during the episode were from PremRock projects as well and were produced by (in order):

Kon, Spillz and Willie Green

Nasa talks a little bit about turntable.fm and about when you "forgive" a rapper for their on the mic transgressions in between playing these dope joints:

1 - Right Next To You (For the Neighbors) - Open Mike Eagle

2 - Hi Voltage - M. Sayyid & Mochipet

3 - The Language of Letting Go - Al Gringo & Bey Battery aka Masai Bey

4 - Payload - Kitchen Khemistry

5 - The Verdict - Vast Aire feat. Guilty Simpson

6 - Case Basket - Jean Grae

7 - Chewbacca - Random Axe feat. Roc Marciano

8 - Nasty - Nas

9 - 1987 - Adam Warlock & Agartha Audio

10 - Samurai Code of Honor (Remix) - L.I.F.E. Long & Big Ape feat. Prince Po and U.G.

11 - Never Ever - Elsphinx

12 - The Highball - Associated Minds & Eat Good Records

13 - By the Block - Lyle Horowitz feat. Elucid

14 - Government Issue - Bloodmoney

15 - Roses - Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun feat. Freeway

The beats played on this episode in order were by:

Agartha Audio, Ancient Astronauts & Elsphinx