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Cookie Crew enter The Music Is Black exhibition and Spoony hits the decks for The Good Groove Mix!

Feelgood tunes to groove and soothe your soul. British rappers Cookie Crew are your virtual tour guides for The Music Is Black, and Spoony serves up The Good Groove Mix!

Feelgood favourites, hidden gems and fresh new tunes to groove and soothe you. DJ Spoony serves up a brilliant selection of classic soul, disco, soulful house, R&B, funk, UK garage, reggae, hip-hop, doo-wop, yacht rock and more. Our genial host also gives his New 2 Spoon record of the week another spin.

As part of the 麻豆社's 'The Music is Black' Season, in collaboration with V&A East Museum, Spoony has been exploring their first landmark exhibition, celebrating Black British music and the people who made it. Cookie Crew, the pioneering British hip鈥慼op duo from south London, formed in 1983 by MC Remedee (Debbie Pryce) and Susie Q (Susan Banfield). Emerging from a larger collective, they came to prominence after winning a national rap championship in the mid鈥�1980s and recording sessions for John Peel on 麻豆社 Radio 1, which led to their first record deal. Their breakthrough arrived in 1987 with 鈥淩ok da House鈥�, a collaboration with the Beatmasters. The track became a UK Top 5 hit in 1988 and is widely regarded as one of the earliest examples of hip鈥慼ouse, fusing rap vocals with house music. This success helped them cross into the mainstream at a time when UK rap rarely charted. Following this, the duo moved to FFRR Records and enjoyed a run of hits in 1989, including 鈥淏orn This Way (Let鈥檚 Dance)鈥�, 鈥淕ot to Keep On鈥� (featuring Edwin Starr), and 鈥淐ome and Get Some鈥�. Although their chart success was relatively brief, Cookie Crew are regarded as foundational figures in British hip鈥慼op, whose work helped legitimise the genre in the UK and paved the way for future generations of female MCs and crossover rap acts. Debbie and Susan talk about the outfits they've donated to the exhibition. To listen to the full collection of items chosen search 'The Music Is Black: DJ Spoony's Selection' on 麻豆社 Sounds.

Thursday is the new Friday as Spoony presents a 20-minute Good Groove Mix. And our genial host wraps things up with a life-affirming Midnight Feast track. Think big production, lush orchestration, and the best voices in the business!

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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Club MTV (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music On Demand.

  • Thelma Houston

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • Best Of Thelma Houston.
    • Motown.
    • 5.

  • Aaliyah

    Try Again

    • The Best of R&B: Hit Selection (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Midnight Star

    Wet My Whistle

    • The Soul of Solar.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 8.

  • DJ Spen & Tasha LaRae

    When I Needed You Most

  • Marvin Gaye

    How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • Cookie Crew

    Born This Way

    • Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story.
    • London Records (Because Ltd).
    • 12.

  • The B. B. & Q. Band

    Dreamer

    • High Fashion Music B.V..

  • Yazmin Lacey

    Sweetest Season

  • Dennis Brown

    Halfway Up, Halfway Down

    • Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters.
    • Trojan Records.
    • 24.

  • Sam & Dave

    Soul Man

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • 碍鈥怟濒补蝉蝉

    Let Me Show You

    • (CD Single).
    • Deconstruction.

  • Viola Wills

    Dare to Dream

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Harlequin Recording Group.
    • 9.

  • Zo茅 Kypri

    Monaco

  • Funky Four

    That's The Joint

    • Sugarhill Records.

  • Jamiroquai

    Emergency on Planet Earth (London Rican Mix)

  • Amy Winehouse

    My Bed (Bugz in the Attic Dub mix)

  • Crazy Cousinz

    Bongo Jam

  • Nicholas Ryan Gant

    Gypsy Woman (Kaytronik remix)

  • YG Marley

    Praise Jah In The Moonlight (Jammin edit)

  • Caron Wheeler

    Livin' In The Light

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Ronn Matlock

    I Can't Forget About You

    • Love City (Expanded & Remastered).
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 22:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2