KUSF's BeatSauce Closing Shop After 14 Years

RawB

[color:green] !--color--1/font1 b, 21b, 21[u]KUSF's Award Winning BeatSauce Radio Show Closing Shop After 14+ Years On The Air/u1 b, 21b, 21It is with deep regret that I inform you that Beatsauce will be retiring from our on-air programming Sunday nights on KUSF. For 14 years Raw B, Wisdom, J-Boogie and special guests have provided an alternative for Hip-Hop fans every Sunday night from 6-8 PM on KUSF 90.3FM. b, 21 b, 21Creating a place for local talent and budding superstars to drop their beats and rhymes, Beatsauce was awarded the SF Bay Guardian???s ???Goldie Award??? and voted ???Best Hip-Hop Radio Show??? by the SF Weekly. b, 21 b, 21The Beatsauce crew has always supported independent Hip-Hop artists that sometimes get overlooked by major radio stations. We???ve hosted both locals and future superstars on the air. Artists like Gangstarr, KRS-One, EPMD, The Jungle Brothers, Mobb Deep, Outkast, Blackalicious, Jay-Z, Slick Rick, J-Live, Lyrics Born, Bored Stiff, Jurassic 5, Peanut Butter Wolf, Common, Big L, Afrikka Bambatta, The X-Men, The Whoridas, Group Home, Dre Dog, The Alkaholiks, The Artifacts, Prince Paul, Eminem and many more have graced our airwaves. b, 21 b, 21The show was created in 1994, when Billy Jam stopped producing ???Hip Hop Slam??? (KUSF???s original Hip-Hop programming). Young interns and USF students Rob Blach (Raw B) and Justin Boland (J-Boogie) took their media classes the next step and created ???Beatsauce??? with local DJ Wisdom (then known as Winnie B).b, 21 b, 21Over time, the Beatsauce crew threw parties, broke new artists, hosted local events, gave away tons of tickets and helped push the independent nature of Bay Area Hip-Hop music. Tales of old Beatsauce tapes and religious listeners still turn up as new and old fans discovered the Sunday night treat. Beatsauce also worked with other KUSF shows The Friday Night Session and Future Breaks to raise money for an in house DJ set up, donating turntables and a mixer to KUSF. b, 21. b, 21We would sincerely like to thank True Clothing, SFO, Vapor Room, Sunshine Coast, Papalote, Milk, Poleng Lounge, Golden Triangle, City Hall Records, Open Mind Records and all the businesses that helped keep us on the air at KUSF with their support. We'd also like to thank all the venues and club promoters who donated free tickets to our devote listeners. Without business like these, it would be near impossible to keep Independent media outlets up and running. We owe you all deep gratitude and appreciation. b, 21 b, 21Beatsauce will now be moving to an all digital format as a bi-monthly podcast hosted by a href="http://www.Brooklynradio.net" target="_blank"1www.Brooklynradio.net/a1 and available on the iTunes podcast page. We will also be uploading old shows and classic interviews from the vaults to the player featured on a href="http://www.trueskoolnetwork.com" target="_blank"1www.trueskoolnetwork.com/a1 and a href="http://www.myspace.com/beatsauceradio." target="_blank"1www.myspace.com/beatsauceradio./a1 For now, time and life have taken over as DJ Wisdom has moved to New York to raise his family, DJ Raw B has taken on a professional career in the world of broadcasting, and J-Boogie pursues the elusive world of music production. DJ Diversify who joined the team in 2006 is active in the local club scene and produces weekly mixes available on his website a href="http://www.djdiversify.com/1530" target="_blank"1www.djdiversify.com/1530/a1 b, 21 b, 21The final shows will be broadcast in 2008 as we carry the tradition of the ???Christmas Breaks??? and ???Old Skool New Year??? episodes Dec 21st and 28th. Tune in Sunday nights from 6-8pm to KUSF 90.3fm for the last shows and look forward to more programs as Beatsauce becomes your favorite podcast. More info can be found at a href="http://www.myspace.com/beatsauceradio" target="_blank"1www.myspace.com/beatsauceradio/a1 http://www.myspace.com/beatsauceradio1 b, 21 b, 21Sincerely, b, 21 b, 21J-Boogie, Raw B, Wisdom, DJ Diversifyb, 21b, 21b, 21

djanna

RESPECT to Rob and crew! Thanks for having me! You will be missed.

discos_alma

SF won't be the same without y'all! Thanks for all you hard work.

DJ_Enki

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b, 21SF won't be the same without y'all! Thanks for all you hard work.

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plkbryn

sundays won't be the same. i wish you all the best.

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b, 21RESPECT to Rob and crew! Thanks for having me! You will be missed.

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peacefulrotation

Thanks for everything y'all, you held it down for a great stretch and really helped support a lot of artists over the years. This show will def. be missed on the airwaves. Much respect to the BeatSauce crew!

johmbolaya

Damn. I hope the final show is archived for all to hear too.

RawB

Thanks for the good words. It's gonna be hard getting out of the habit of showing up at KUSF every Sunday night. Hit me up if you want to come through the final shows.

hogginthefogg

Getting asked to play BeatSauce the first time was kind of a milestone for me, as I'm sure it was for a number of Bay Area DJs. I really appreciate all the dedication over the years.b, 21b, 21- Ross

jinx74

wow... another great show lost. thanks for always playing some great tunes and helping out local folk get some play and interview time. ill give you a ring and see if i could stop by tomorrow or next sunday.b, 21b, 21-justin

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b, 21Getting asked to play BeatSauce the first time was kind of a milestone for me, as I'm sure it was for a number of Bay Area DJs. I really appreciate all the dedication over the years.

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font class="post"1b, 21b, 21i'm positive that when i played it was with yr wifey, stef and anna. that seems so long ago. must have been 7 or 8 years back. i remember raw b asking anna on the air b, 21b, 21"what's the worst pickup line a guy could say?"b, 21b, 21and anna saidb, 21b, 21"WHY AREN'T YOU SMILING?"b, 21b, 21Hahahaha. Goddamn, my memory is unfadeable

hogginthefogg

You are totally right! Speaking of unfadeable memories, that was St. Patrick's Day 2002.

auto

used to listen to you guys when i was getting into underground hip hop before the internet. really had no other way of finding that kind of music back then. thanks for doing your thang.

silvertone

THE show.b, 21Thanks so much for the indirect support on a LOT of stuff over the years.

HarveyCanal

Beat Sauce is/was awesome!

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RawB

Wow, i can't believe it's been that long. Respect indeed

i'm positive that when i played it was with yr wifey, stef and anna. that seems so long ago. must have been 7 or 8 years back. i remember raw b asking anna on the air

"what's the worst pickup line a guy could say?"

and anna said

"WHY AREN'T YOU SMILING?"

Hahahaha. Goddamn, my memory is unfadeable

MP3 of interview with DJ Anna from said show...

21 DJ Anna_ Ah Dam_ DJ Neta on KUSF_.mp3 - 5.16MB

I've been scowering over old cassettes from the show and compiled a list of guests we've had on. The list is not complete. Please feel free to remind me of other BeatSauce guests/moments. I need all the help trying to remember stuff for our final broadcast on KUSF.

Also...Ross...while digging through tapes I found a your homemade cassette single "Doin It". Do you have an MP3 of that?

here's the list of guests we've had on....brings back memories...sort of...apologies if this gives you a head ache...

A.G.
Abstract Rude
Aceyalone
Afrikka Bambatta
Ah Dam
Al Tariq
All Purpose DJs
Amir
A-Plus (Hiero)
Authentic
A-Wolf
Azeem
Baby J.
Bas-1
Ben Flowz
Big L
Big Rich
Billy Jam
Black Eyed Peas
Black Lung Brothers
Blackalicious
Blue Scholars
Boac
Bobiwan
Boots
Bored Stiff
Breakestra
Brown Fellinis
Bucc Rogers
Buff 1
Cali Wild
Celsius 7
Charles Cooper
Choclair
City Side Crew
Co-Deez
Common
Company Flow
Conceit
Crown City Rockers
Cut Chemist
Deadly
Dee-Dot
Defari
Deuce Eclipse
Diamond J.
Dirt Bag Dan
DJ A-1
DJ Ales 1
DJ Anna
DJ Apollo
DJ Aspect
DJ Babu
DJ B-Cause
DJ Blaq Quest
DJ Cense
DJ Centipede
DJ Chicken George
DJ Coop D???Ville
DJ Cue
DJ Derrick D.
DJ Design
DJ Disk
DJ Enki
DJ Eurok
DJ Gamma Ray
DJ Gnat
DJ H.O.P.
DJ Halo
DJ Honda
DJ Imperial
DJ Kento
DJ Maestra
DJ Mars
DJ Mason
DJ Mike Nice
DJ Morse Code
DJ Neta
DJ Numark
DJ Om
DJ Pause
DJ Platurn
DJ Quest
DJ Radar
DJ Rhetmattic
DJ Ross Hogg
DJ Serge
DJ Shortkut
DJ Signify
DJ Solomon
DJ Spair
DJ Spair
DJ Spinna
DJ Stef
DJ Steve 1nder
DJ Sure Shot
DJ Ta-Shi
DJ Teeko
DJ Tonk
DJ Vin Roc
DJ Worldwise
DJ Yoshito
DJ Zatch
DJ Zeph
DJ Z-Trip
DNAE Beats
Doc Fu
Double Life
Dre Dog
Dublin
Dynamic
E.M.C.H.
Eminem
Encyclopedia Brown
F.S.C.
Fast 1
Fat Head
Feenom Circle
Felonious
Fiyawata
Foreign Legion
Gang Starr
Grand Agent
Grand Phee
Great Scott
Guru
Head Roc
Heltah Skeltah
Illa Dapted
Jay-Z
Jennifer Johns
Jeru The Damaja
J-Live
J-One
Jurassic 5
Justin Torres
Kamiko
Kanser
Kardinall Offishall
Kene J.
Kero One
Killah Priest
King One
King Shameek
King Solomon
Kirb N??? Chris
Kirby Dominant
Kits N??? Pits
Kostik
KRS-ONE
L.C.J.
La Paz
Last 2 Serve
Last Poets
Lateef The Truth Speaker
Little Brother
Live Human
Lizz Fields
Lords of the Underground
L-Roneous
Lunar Heights
Lyrics Born
Mac Mill
Mad Hermit Project
Marc Stretch
Mavrik
Mikah 9
Mike Boo
Mission
Mista Sinista
Mobb Deep
MOOD
Mr. E
Mr. Lif
Mudkids
Mystikal
Native Guns
New Moon
Nimaj
Noble Society
Non-Phixion
Now On
Outkast
Paris
Party Arty
Paulie Rhyme
Peanut Butter Wolf
Phife Dawg
Planet Asia
PMD
Poke The Martian
Positively Red
Prince Paul
Pyschokinetics
Radioactive
Raks One
Range
Ras Ceylon
Rasco
Rasta Q-Tip
Raw Soul
RBX
Remo Concious
Ren The Vinyl Archaelogist
Rhyson Hall
Rich Ness
Rob Swift
Roc Raida
Roc Roo
Ruff Diamond
Saafir
Sacred Hoop
Safarhi
Saurus
Secret Service
Shape Shifters
Shingo 2
Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Sisters Of The Underground
Slick Rick
Slump Lords
Smooth Da Hustler
Sol Rebelz
Solaar
Sole Vibe
Soul Folk
Spaztik MC
Sporty Thieves
Sub Atomic Soundsystem
TD Camp
The Alkaholiks
The Artifacts
The Automator
The Bash Brothers
The Boogie Shack
The Coup
The DJ Project
The Frontline
The Gravediggaz
The Greens Crew
The Jungle Brothers
The Loot Pack
The Pacifics
The Runaways
The Whomanakas
The Whoridas
Third Sight
Toney Parka
Toph One
Tracy Lee
Tre from Pharcyde
Treasure Don
Trendz of Culture
Trigga Da Gambler
Triple Threat
Twisted Mind Kids
Ugly Duckling
Unified School District
Unspoken Heard
Vowel Movement
Wise Intelligent
Young Mars
Zion-I

Young_Phonics

Damn man, Michael told me about this months ago and I was like "damn...end of an era".

I still remember the first time I came on the show to spin. Being on that show was a rite of passage and such a huge deal to me. I also remember the hours I would spend of practicing a set when I would come and play.

RawB

Big ups to all of you. Merry New Year. Thanks to King One (or whatever his alias is) for coming through the studios for the final broadcast...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/53463867f54f11e5/

age

Many of years listening in on that show.Bummer, but at the same time, congrats on the new format too!!

jimiscott

for real...Beatsauce was THE SHOW on sunday evenings for me during my few years in SF. hats off to yourself, rob, as well as justin and winston for holding it down for so many years.

-james

Young_Phonics

Big ups to all of you. Merry New Year. Thanks to King One (or whatever his alias is) for coming through the studios for the final broadcast...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/53463867f54f11e5/

ha. Winnie killed it.

jinx74

great last show. i was cooking and couldnt make it but listened to the radio while it was on. it was nice hearing all three of you on the show.

i was a little bummed out that they didnt let you go an extra hour or two and f*cking love letters came on!!... and not the good love letters show either.

RawB

i was a little bummed out that they didnt let you go an extra hour or two and f*cking love letters came on!!... and not the good love letters show either.

I didn't know there was such a thing as a good love letters show.

jinx74

i was a little bummed out that they didnt let you go an extra hour or two and f*cking love letters came on!!... and not the good love letters show either.

I didn't know there was such a thing as a good love letters show.

love letters on kmel with theo misuhara(sp?) that was the only dedication show to listen to in the 80s.

RawB

Thanks for the good words, help, and support throughout the years. Here's my mix from the final show...

Download link...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/52jrba

DJ Raw B "Flashback to the 90's" Tracklisting[/b]

2Pac "Ambitionz As A Ridah"-1996
Goodie Mob "Cell Therapy"-1995
Blahzay Blahzay "Danger"-1996
Downtown Science "Room To Breathe"-1991
Common Sense "Ressurection" (Xtra-P Remix)-1995
Jay-Z "Dead Presidents"-1996
Raekwon "Ice Cream"-1995
Saukrates "Father Time"-1995
Outkast "Elevators (me & you)"-1996
The Click "Hurricane"-1995
A.Z. "Sugar Hill"-1995
KRS-ONE "MCs Act Like They Don't Know"-1995
The Artifacts "Flexi Wit Da Tech (nique)"-1994
Mobb Deep "Temperature's Rising"-1995
Nas "The World Is Yours" (Q-Tip Remix)-1994
Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Main Ingredient"-1994
Ahmad/Ras Kass/Saafir "Come Wit It"-1995
MOOD "Karma"-1997
Method Man/Redman "How High"-1995
The Beatnuts "Superbad"-1994
Mr. Voodoo "Lyrical Tactics"-1996
Ultramagnetic MCs "One Two, One Two"-1993
O.C. "Time's Up"-1994[/b]

All songs are CLEAN. Mix aired December 28th, 2008 on KUSF's BeatSauce final broadcast...the 14th Annual "Ol Skool New Year Show 12-28-08"

Happy New Year!!!