In The Groove: Common and Pete Rock go old school on new album, remembering Minnie Riperton + new music discovery

Listen to “In the Groove” with Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

"In the Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper in WDET's studios in Detroit.

"In the Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper in WDET's studios in Detroit.

A new music Monday with artists like Ruby Rushton, Divorce, Laura Marling, Andrew Bird, Melenas and a few others making their In The Groove debut.

Plus, a special focus on Common and Pete Rock’s excellent new album The Auditorium, Vol. 1, an extremely well-produced tribute to hip hop of yore (featuring a killer Aretha Franklin sample on the lead single), and a celebration of Minnie Riperton as the anniversary of her death at the age of just 31 takes place this month.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 15, 2015

  • “Love Heart Cheat Code” – Hiatus Kaiyote
  • “Gideon’s Way” – Ruby Rushton
  • “Three” – Hello Mary
  • “My Room” – Divorce
  • “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
  • “Patterns” – Laura Marling
  • “Action Line” – Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective
  • “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor
  • “Where’s There’s Smoke There’s Fire” – Willie Griffin
  • “Nine Hundred Miles” – Barbara Dane
  • “Train Song” – Benjamin Gibbard & Feist
  • “Djalti” – Ahmed Malek
  • “Ait Meslayene” – El Fen
  • “Bang (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” – Melenas
  • “Cry of the Lone Wolf” – Electric Connection
  • “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – War On Drugs
  • “Your House” – Coined & Astrid Sonne
  • “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
  • “All Seeds” – Don Glori
  • “Sanctified” – System Olympia & Working Men’s Club
  • “Image” – Magdalena Bay
  • “Cherries & Cream” – Remi Wolf
  • “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
  • “Marvin’s Speak Easy” – Tall Black Guy
  • “Dreamin’” – Pete Rock & Common
  • “Fortunate” – Pete Rock & Common
  • “Back On 74 (Full Crate Remix)” – Jungle
  • “Daydreaming” – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)
  • “Crown Love” – Tall Black Guy & Kendrick Lamar
  • “Reasons” – Minnie Riperton
  • “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. Jocelyn Brown)” [4Hero Remix] – Nuyorican Soul
  • “Pia Dance” – Yin Yin
  • “Banho de Folhas – Tahira Maculelê Edit” – DJ Tahira & Luedji Luna
  • “Cinnamon Temple” – Hiatus Kaiyote
  • “Grounds” – IDLES

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  • Ryan Patrick Hooper
    Ryan Patrick Hooper is the award-winning host of "In the Groove" on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. Hooper has covered stories for the New York Times, NPR, Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, SPIN and Paste magazine.