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List your top ten "desert island" albums (music you couldn't survive without if you were inexplicably stranded alone in the tropics), why you chose them and a link to info or a video from the artist(s). Your iPod, boombox or record player has an unlimited power supply, but you may only carry these 10 albums (no singles).


Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
I cannot live without this album. That's it.
Sir Duke

The Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
A lovely acid jazz record that soothes me when I'm down.
Never Stop

James Mason - Rhythm of Life
A great album that epitomizes the soul jazz sound of the 70s. Good record to chill out to and pass time.
Sweet Power Of Your Embrace

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
Tribe is the only rap group whose music I dig and enjoy. Their lyrics are coherent and intelligent. Tribe's love of jazz is evident on each track which beat sampled one or more classic jazz tunes.
Bonita Applebum

RAMP - Come Into Knowledge
This is a rare gem for any jazz head. It keeps me cool and at ease.
Daylight

2000 Black - A Next Set Of Rockers This is a great indie gem out South London. A mix of broken beats, jazz and R&B. This album chills me the fuck out while driving or just unwinding.
So Right

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Usually, an artist's sophomoric release blows, but defintely not in the case for E. Badu. This album is perfect. It is one of the few albums I can listen to in its entirety. The instrumentation is organic and alive. The lyrical content diverse, smart and thought provoking. One of the best contemporary R&B albums ever made.
Didn't Cha Know

Paul Simon - One Trick Pony
This is the record I turn to when I feel like shit. It's my therapy. Has a nice blend of rock, blues and R&B. A perfect fusion.
A Long Long Day

Steely Dan - Aja
This is the album that got me hooked on Steely Dan at the tender age of 11. The naritives and creativity both musically and lyrically by Becker and Fagen is something that cannot be replicated. These men are true masters of their craft.
Black Cow
Peg

Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad

A nice soulful and jazzy record by a living legned. Fagen's lyrics are so rich and imaginitive. Its a true musical trip without ingesting, snorting or shooting up something.
Snowbound