Virtuous Optimist Podcast Virtuous Optimist Podcast
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Virtuous Optimist strives to be a positive platform where all can be inspired towards true purpose, while sharing timeless tunes dated as far back as the 1950’s. These soothing sounds have greatly influenced the type of music we enjoy today. We believe in supporting very talented underground artists and their passion to impact the world in a positive way through their musical gift. We pride ourselves in our distinctive ability to spot greatness in art of music; and our desire to share this greatness with others.
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Ishmael Butler (EXCLUSIVE)
Season SIX opening interview with rapper and producer Ishmael Butler (@shabazzpalaces).
We talked a whole lotta Jazz, it’s pioneers, and his influences including the many things his father Reginald Butler imparted to him.
Of course we talked about Digable Planets, Cherrywine, Knife Knights, and Shabazz Palaces productions.
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Find tune sample playlist (and more) on Apple Music & Spotify @VirtuousOptimist or @Channtanza
Tune Samples:
Golden Days - MastermindMose
Joy & Pain- Frankie Beverly & Maze
Jettin' - Digable Planets
What Im Talking - Cherrywine
100 Sph – Shabazz Palaces
Can't Draw The Line - Knife Knights
Easin' In – Edwin Starr
Digable Planets - Cool like dat (instrumental) - Digable Planets
Time & Space (A New Refutation Of) - Digable Planets
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Something Came To Me
Ain't Nothin' Wrong – KC & The Sunshine Band
Where I'm From - Digable Planets
Incense – Erykah Badu
Stardust - Clark Terry 1967
I'll Get By Without You – Wah Wah Watson
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Willing
Bridge Through Time – Lonnie Liston Smith
The Blackbyrds - Dreaming About You
High Energy (12 Version) - Donald Byrd
Hush - Donald Byrd Pepper Adams Quintet
Miles Davis - Walkin'
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Maxayn - Jam For Jack (1972)
Digable Planets - The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug
Keyon Harrold - Her Beauty Through My Eyes (feat. Pharoahe Monch)
For Corners - Digable Planets
Billie Holiday - Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (1949)
24 Carat Black ft. Vicki Gray - You're Slipping Away
Culture - Two Sevens Clash, 1977
Hvnli - KeiyaA
Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)
Jettin LIVE - Digable Planets
Cherrywine - What Im Talking
Shabazz Palaces - The Neurochem Mixalogue
Shabazz Palaces - Endeavors for Never (The last time we spoke you said you were not here. I saw you though.)
Shabazz Palaces - Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)
Shabazz Palaces - Sparkles
Shabazz Palaces - Recollections of the Wraith
Shabazz Palaces - 30 Clip Extension
Shabazz Palaces - Self-Made Follownaire
Shabazz Palaces - 20 Gear Science
Shabazz Palaces - Money Yoga
Cant Draw the Line - Knife Knights
Give You Game – Knife Knights
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Just Wait
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The Vent Sesh with Maya Rai’Jean
”What His Hair Do?” Icebreaker segment, reflecting, giving thanks, laughing, crying, venting, “Show Yo Naked Skillz” Freestyle - Gib$on and everything MEN in Los Angeles, CA . Recorded at the Lighthouse Studio12/18/2020
Tune Samples:
Ohio Players – Ecstasy
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Really Love (Audio)
Erykah Badu – WOO
Groundation - Jah Jah Know
Masego - I Do Everything (More For Cruisin')
RAHEEM DEVAUGHN - BELIEVE (SLOWED)
Jaheim - Finding my way back [2010]
Nelly-Body on me Lyrics
It's Love – Jill Scott
Sweet Justice - Jill Scott
2 Smooth – Webbie
I Love You – Herman Jones
Made N***a – Webbie
Masego - I Had A Vision (audio)
Love Be Like (Medasin Remix)
Ooh Nah Nah (feat. Masego)
Steve Lacy - N Side (Official Audio)
Hoochie Hotline (Interlude) , Pt.1
Niggas – Kamaiyah
Lil Wayne - Shoot Me Down
Sarah, the Illstrumentalist - Green Aventurine
Cortex - Huit octobre 1971
Head – prince
Moonbeam Levels – prince
Tyrone Davis - Ain't Nothing I Can Do
Breezin' – George Benson
Shingo Sekiguchi - North Wing
Nomatter – Moose Dawa
A child with the blues – Erykah Badu
XXYYXX - About You
OutKast - Stankonia (Stanklove) (Official Audio) ft. Big Rube, Sleepy Brown
Heart Ache - GurtyBeats
Mountain Sunlight (feat. Mos Def)
Project Pat - Life We Live
for you - jhfly
Mereba – Kinfolk (Audio)
Booted Up – DJ Rev & Playboyxo
Joe Moses & RJmrLA - Stop It [Official Audio]
Kamaiyah - Bape Hoodie (Audio)
Hoes Come Easy - RJ
Get It – Joey Gilmore
Joey Gilmore - Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone
Beauty in the Dark (Groove with You) - Mos Def
“Show Yo Naked Skillz” Freestyle - Gib$on
"Show Yo Naked Skillz” Instrumentals:
Don't You Go Home - David Ruffin
Voyage To Atlantis - Isley Brothers
Neighbors - J Cole
Knee Deep (Not Just) - Funkadelic
June 27th Freestyle - DJ Screw
Cool Down - Jazz Liberatorz
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
MF DOOM – Cedar (RIP 10/31/20)
MF DOOM – Doomsday (RIP 10/31/20)
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"What His Hair Do?" - Channtanza & Maya Rai'Jean
The very first "What His Hair Do?" Icebreaker segment on Vo Podcast featuring Actress Maya Rai'Jean. We throw out men's hairstyles such as locs, afros, plaits, cornrows, fade, baldy, perms, etc. Press play to hear our thoughts/opinions of the brothas rockin em. So much fun!
Tune Samples:
Ohio Players – Ecstasy
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Really Love
Erykah Badu – WOO
Groundation - Jah Jah Know
Masego - I Do Everything (More For Cruisin')
RAHEEM DEVAUGHN - BELIEVE (SLOWED)
Jaheim - Finding my way back [2010]
Nelly-Body on me Lyrics
It's Love – Jill Scott
Sweet Justice - Jill Scott
2 Smooth – Webbie
I Love You – Herman Jones
Made Nigga – Webbie
Masego - I Had A Vision (audio)
Love Be Like (Medasin Remix)
Ooh Nah Nah (feat. Masego)
Steve Lacy - N Side (Official Audio)
Hoochie Hotline (Interlude) , Pt.1
N****s – Kamaiyah
Lil Wayne - Shoot Me Down
Sarah, the Illstrumentalist - Green Aventurine
Cortex - Huit octobre 1971
Head – prince
Moonbeam Levels – prince
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Doc Holliday (PART TWO)
A bunch more road stories, groupies , vocal theory and analysis, coaching Britney Spears during performance, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, George Clinton & The Cinderella Theory AND my most fav, JAZZ TALK. Press play for great stories and groovy soul music!
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Tune Sample Playlist:
Leon Bridges - Sweeter (Official Audio) ft. Terrace Martin
Magicsmooth
A.P.I.D.T.A - Jay Electronica instrumental
Get into the Party Life
LION BABE - Get Into The Party Life (Official Audio)
Darondo (feat. Dave Allison) Didn't I (Dave Allison Rework)
People Make The World Go Round · Bobby Hutcherson
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade
SirBlue!!! – 9th wonder
The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer) : III. Presto
Shalamar - This is for the Lover in You
hard work children of zeus
Can't Stop The Love (Remastered)
Maze - I Wanna Thank You
Song For My Mother (Remastered)
Joy And Pain (Live Remastered)
Smoothies in 1991 – larry June
Airbound – george Clinton
There I Go Again - george Clinton
The Cinderella Theory - george Clinton
I'll Be with You Bernie Worrell
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Preview Side Too
Hush - Donald Byrd Pepper Adams Quintet
Edwin Starr - Easin' In (1973)
For My Ladies Yussef Dayes
Kari Faux - LEAVE ME ALONE (Official Audio)
Find tune sample playlist (and more) on Apple Music & Spotify @VirtuousOptimist or @Channtanza
Mixed and mastered by Larry Fergusson
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Doc Holliday (PART ONE)
Tales of the road with vocal coach Doc Holliday. Doc is most known for starting the singing careers of Tyrese Gibson & Backstreet Boys and on to coaching Britney Spears, TLC, En Vogue, Nsync, Eric Benet, Brandy, George Clinton, Mali Music and many many more. He's a music industry hidden gem.
Stay tuned for part two of the full audio interview with Doc Holliday on next Sunday October 4, 2020.
You can find us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Stitcher & wherever else you listen to your fav podcasts....
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Mixed and mastered by Larry Fergusson
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Son Little (EXCLUSIVE)
Go behind the music with soul musician Son Little aka Aaron Livingston. Son tells us every instrument he can play, about music education, Twitter rants, songs of protest, Curtis Mayfield, Pop Staples, singing with Mavis, new record Aloha and on and on..
Tune Samples in rare form:
Cross My Heart Live (Acoustic) on @sonlittlemusic IG 7/16/2020
Hot dreams – Timber Timbre
Who's She Coo - Ohio Players
Loser Blues - Son Little
Toes – Son Little
Loser Blues - Son Little
Cookout - MastermindMose
Gypsy Woman - Crystal Waters
Nights Over Egypt - Zo!
Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees
Pacifics - Digable Planets
Swing My Way - K. P. & Envyi
Ensueno - Godtet
Hey rose – Son Little
Letter bound – son little
[Somebody] Ease My Troublin' Mind – Sam Cooke
People Get Ready The Impressions
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
all mine Kanye
Spaceship - kanye
Son Little - Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches
Space strut Mocky
Slide - slave
Son Little - belladonna (Full Album Stream)
Bbbaby - on little
Popstar - dababy
let it slide - sweeps
when im in your arms – cleo
lets do it again – the staples singers
big yello taxi – joni Mitchell
fight – Mavis Staples
Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad
Guns Are Drawn – the roots
Song For My Mother (Remastered)
Son Little - Mad About You (Full Album Stream)
Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln - Lonesome Lover
Let it slide - sweeps
Music Copyright to respective artists.
Customer Reviews
Ear Candy for your @$&
One of the BEST Podcast that I’ve listened to. It’s all just a conversation and the music choices in between are THE BEST. Shout out to our Soul Sista Chazz. She is doing her thing. Awesome interviews. Keep em comin!!!!!!!!
Truly food for the soul
Real and honest conversation, but the music is everything. I enjoy how the playlist are put together with a mix of oldies, neo, and underground artists. This podcast keeps getting better with every season, glad to witness the growth.
THE Vibes!!
It’s very rare that someone does what you do with so much love, passion, and authenticity!!
The way in which you explore the craft & history of music is a vibe in itself.
It puts us on game about, both, new and veteran artist! Keep it up, & keep it funky!! ✨