Rich Hughes AKA Curb Cuttings has chosen such a vast and dope amount of tracks to get on rotation, we’ve decided to publish them with no captions, except for his comments on where he heard them and his thoughts on a few of them scattered throughout the piece to reflect the raw, unfiltered and spontaneous nature of the artists and music he’s selected.
Check his playlist interview below, to read listen and discover songs he likes to skate to, rare and recent tracks he would recommend, Sick Bay Area Tracks, Slamming Hardcore Songs, Rad Metal Tunes, Banging Techno Beats, Dope Jazz Numbers and to check the skate videos and music videos they are set to.
But first listen to his thoughts on his playlist which includes everyone from Miles Davis and Cellski to Metallica and Bad Brains to Theo Parrish, Omar-S and more.
Skateboarding has introduced me to so many genres of music over the years.
This is a wide selection of my go-to tracks. Some you’ll have heard of…some you might not. Give them a go.
(0. Which skate video tracks get you most hyped to skate?)
“The whole Zoo York Mixtape video”
“Palace did an edit called V NICE that was killer”
Stereo: A Visual Sound
Forties: Amigos
Jonny Wilson – John’s Vid
(1. What’s a track you really like to skate to?)
Slayer – “Show No Mercy”
(2. Which songs have you had on rotation the most recently?)
Eric Dolphy – “Out to Lunch”
Mobb Deep – “Hell on Earth”
Capone and Noreaga – “The War Report”
(3. Which rarely heard songs and artists would you recommend we should listen to?)
Main Source – “Breaking Atoms”
Anything by the DITC Crew – “Champagne Thoughts”
Diamond D – “Hatred, Passion & Infidelity”
Mulatu Astatke – “Ethiopiques:
(4. What are your Five Top Sick Bay Area Rap Tracks?)
Young Cellski – “Its On”
Too Short – “Blow The Whistle”
RBL Posse – “Bounce To This”
Mac Dre – “Black Buck Rogers”
E40 – “Back In Business”
(5. What are the last Five Slamming Hardcore Songs you listened to?)
Bl’ast! – “It’s in My Blood”
Black Flag – “Damaged II”
Black Flag – “Nervous Breakdown”
DOA – “Fucked Up Ronnie”
Bad Brains – “Banned in D.C.”
(6. What are your favourite Five Banging Techno Beats?)
Carl Craig – “Dominas”
Theo Parrish – “Smile”
Joy Orbison – “Hyph Mngo”
Omar-S – “Just Ask the Lonely”
DJ Boring – “Winona”
(7. Which are your favourite Five Rad Metal Tunes?)
Slayer – “Die by the Sword”
Mercyful Fate – “Curse of the Pharaohs”
Metallica – “Ride The Lightning”
Ozzy Osbourne – “I Don’t Know”
Black Sabbath – “Symptom of the Universe”
(8. Last one. You got Five Dope Jazz Numbers we should check out?)
Pete La Roca – “Turkish Woman At The Bath”
John Coltrane – “Equinox”
Ululation – “Utensil”
Miles Davis – “Mystery”
Larry Young – “The Moontrane”
