Clinton Sparks Welcomes 50 Cent Thurs 6/15 8:00 pm ET
The one and only Curtis Jackson, otherwise known as multi-platinum artist and actor 50 Cent joins Clinton Sparks in the studio to talk about whatever he wants – raw and uncensored – only on Shade 45. Get familiar!
DJ Cipha Sounds - The Cipha Sounds Effect w/Angela Yee Monday to Friday 8 am - 12 pm ET
NY radio and club DJ Cipha Sounds and co-host Angela Yee are live every morning to help jumpstart your day the Shade 45 way.
Lil Shawn Monday to Friday 12 pm - 4 pm ET
The Corporate Thug a.k.a. former Phoenix radio personality Lil Shawn always keeps it real and keeps your day moving along.
Rude Jude & Lord Sear - The All Out Show Monday to Friday 4 pm - 8 pm ET
Nothing is safe or sacred when Pontiac, MI native Rude Jude and Harlem’s own Lord Sear hit the airwaves to offer their unique perspectives.
Mashup Mondays with DJ Muggs Mondays 10 pm - 12 am ET
Legendary DJ/Producer of Cypress Hill, House Of Pain and Soul Assassins fame, DJ Muggs plays the best in hip-hop/rock mash-ups from DJs and producers worldwide.
Toca Tuesdays with DJ Tony Touch Tuesdays 8 pm - 12 am ET
From clubs, to radio, to touring around the world, Tony Touch does it all. Catch him every week; reppin’ the Rock Steady Crew, playing the best in new hop-hop and hanging with special guests.
Streetsweeper Radio with DJ Kay Slay Wednesdays 8 pm - 12 am ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 8 pm - 12 am ET
Mixtape heavyweight from the streets, DJ Kay Slay The Drama King takes no shorts as he breaks out the heavy artillery with an arsenal full of exclusives, freestyles and guests.
Smashtime Radio with DJ Clinton Sparks Thursdays 8 pm - 12 am ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 12 am - 4 am ET
Award winning Radio/Mixshow DJ, mixtape kingpin and up and coming producer, Clinton Sparks is on his grind every week bringing the newest exclusives, custom remixes, special guests and more so get familiar.
The Aphilliates - The Streets Iz Watchin’ w/DJ Drama, DJ Don Cannon & DJ Sense Fridays 8 pm - 10 pm ET
Rebroadcast: Sunday 12 am - 2 am ET
Straight outta the ATL, DJ Drama, DJ Don Cannon and DJ Sense bring the hood to the radio playing the newest and best of the dirty south and all hoods coast-to-coast with plenty of freestyles and exclusives to boot.
The Lord Sear Special – The Extended Drunk Mix - New night and time! Fridays 10 pm - 12 am ET
When he's not on the All Out Show with Rude Jude or drunk by the bar, Lord Sear can be found behind the turntables playing rare unreleased joints, freestyles and special treats from his crates that will make you stop and say "Whoa"! (Grey Goose not included).
G Unit Saturdays Featuring DJ Whoo Kid Saturdays 10 am - 8 pm ET
G-Unit Saturdays blows up on Shade 45 with 50 Cent! 50 brings his A-game to SIRIUS every Saturday with a whole day of original programming, featuring exclusive music, interviews, freestyles, special guests and other surprises provided by G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kid!
GGGG’s Up Morning Show Saturdays 10 am - 12 pm ET
Start your Saturday mornings off proper with DJ Whoo Kid, Dan The Man and Coach PR.
On Parole with Tony Yayo Saturdays 12 pm - 2 pm ET
Complete with his ankle bracelet, Tony Yayo is LIVE at Shade 45, taking calls and talking shit while Whoo Kid tries to keep things calm.
G-Unit Radio featuring DJ Whoo Kid Saturdays 2 pm - 5 pm ET
DJ Whoo Kid is behind the turntables playing the latest and greatest exclusives, and freestyles with plenty of special celeb interviews.
The Moisture Hour Saturdays 5 pm - 6 pm ET
A special show for all things sexy and sexual with celebrity hosts and guests.
The Gomez Brothers Saturdays 6 pm - 8 pm ET
Insult kings the Gomez Brothers deliver offensive material for everyone, whether it's a celeb guest or caller.
Rep Yo Set Sundays 3 pm - 5 pm ET
Check out Rep Yo Set – a mixshow that showcases a different DJ from a different region of the country each week representing for their hometown. Hear the illest DJs from across the country spinning special custom mixes that you'll only hear on Shade 45! Make sure to tune in and check it out!
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This is such a good station. I love that Eminem picked the djs I just wish like xms the rhyme Eminem had a radio show on Shade 45. This has some of the best rap around except for backspin. Everyone should check out this station.
This is a good channel. SLightly different play list compared to the other channels. I personally don't like listening to the shows, but thats me. The shows are interesting. Part of why I got Sirius was to get rid of crappy radio shows. I dont listen to much talk, but these guys are entertaining. This was a programmed channel from the beginning.
It has been a while since i have listened to this channel. I would say it was about a year ago when i stopped listening to shade 45. Nothing wrong with the channel but the only show i really liked was the rude jude show. But i guess now it will give me a chance to the other show since i am not able to listen to rude jude anymore.
This is my favorite channel. The Cipha Sounds morning show is extremely funny. The All-Out Show, with Lord Sear and Rude Jude, is every hip-hop lover's dream show. I could not imagine a better show than this. It's hilarious and you learn a ton about hip-hop. Mash-up Mondays is pretty cool, because some of the mashes he plays are really awesome (check out 3 Doors Down vs. jay z by oddz n endz). Toca Tuesdays has excellent music. Kay Slay is a legend. Clinton Sparks has, in my opinion, the most entertaining personality of the night shows. The Aphilliates are huge right now. G-Unit Saturdays is extremely funny, often more so than Howard Stern is. Sundays, Rep Yo Set is cool too. Lil' Shawn is kind of boring, though. Finally, Lord Sear and his extended drunk mix is crazyyyy!!
Even if you're not a hip-hop fan, there is much to check out on this channel. The Shady 5 at 5PM (weekdays) is always very educational, especially on "sample" Wednesdays. At around 7:30, weekdays (except Wednesdays, when Rude Jude takes over), check out Lord Sear's Drunk Mix. Clinton Sparks has big celebrities on Thursday nights. While you may not be a G-Unit/50 Cent fan, the G-Unit Radio hosts are extremely funny, and there are always big guests coming through and calling up (often you can get over 10 guests a day!)
I'm looking forward to hearing what you all have to say about this channel!!
I'm totally unfamiliar with this channel. I'm a classic rock/1980's fan. Other than Backspin 43, I'm not into hip-hop. But, I'll give it a chance this week.
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We have two hip hop channels that don't sound that much different.
I'm a Hip Hop fan, but not of the music these two channels play. Don't hate it, it has it's fans and makes a ton of dough, but for me, I wish at least Hip Hop Nation was really a nation and not just focused on one region of it.
I'm going to listen for an hour, and I hope it's not all dirty south type hip hop I hear.
I can't get into a lot of the newer rap- seems like the last few years it's all become east coast/atlanta type hip-hop that is a lot of repetitious chanting and yelling. I miss the days of smooth, well produced, westcoast hip-hop with the complicated rhymes. Tupac, Dre... that's some good stuff. East Coast rap is more about yelling.
badmotherfarker, I don't know if you really mean East Coast rap. I think you mean Southern rap, which is what's popular now. And even down south, only Crunk music and Hyphy music tend to yell. East coast: think jay-Z, Nas, the Roots, Tribe Called Quest... You probably don't like Southern music, which is understandable (I don't either), but it's what's popping now. Luckily, Shade45 (and HHN) play a good mix; an emphasis on what's popular, while not ignoring (or at least completely ignoring) other music scenes.
Explain to a novice - What's the basic difference between what Shade 45 plays and what Hip Hop Nation plays? Knowing that will help me evaluate this channel.
I urge you all not to evaluate Shade45 on the music it plays "regularly"; rather, listen to the many shows. Start listening at 4 for The All Out Show, and listen at nights (rather than during the day). The regular music it plays during the day is admittedly hard for non-hip-hop fans to digest.
Hip-hop Nation and Shade45 do have a significant overlap in terms of the music that gets played in their regular rotation. However, both channels put different songs into "heavy" rotation (thank god). Shade45 will have the more mainstream songs in heavy rotation (eg. Ridin' Dirty, Snitch), while Hip-Hop Nation will put some deeper, new tracks into heavy rotation (eg. Ding!, You Can't hold The Torch).
Hip-Hop fans LOVE both Shade45 AND HHN. If you turn on urban radio almost anywhere in North America, you will hear something like Hot Jamz 50, which is a mix of r+b and rap. To hear actual, straight rap is quite rare. Right now, Southern rap is dominating. Groups like D4L (Laffy Taffy) and guys like Paul Wall are moving units and are all over the radio (regular radio). Shade45 and HHN have not ignored this and they play a ton of Southern music. While this blows for a guy like me, who's really not a fan of this, tons of people love this. I heard them saying on Shade45 a few months ago that the highest number of listeners on the hip-hop channels are from the south (not sure how they measured this). In any case, you will hear a lot of southern rap. Note that some purists don't even consider this stuff to be rap.
HHN and Shade45, do however, play other music. Jae Millz, a NY artist, is in heavy rotation on Shade45. And again, I must stress, listen to the shows...Clinton Sparks, Tony Touch, Kay Slay...You will get higher quality music (just wait till we walk the dog on HHN).
So, to end this long message: is there a difference between HHN and Shade45? Yes. It has to do, most importantly, with the feel of the channel. You can only get this after listening for a long time to both. For the dog walkers that aren't hip-hop fans: you can't pigeonhole HHN or Shade45. They both try to be everything, to everyone. it's not like the rock streams, where you can have a hard rock channel and and a jam-rock channel that play completely different songs. Both rap channels cover a wide (though not at all, all-encompassing) range of rap music. Before the rock people start complanining about 2 hip-hop channels that play some of the same songs, and how the bandwidth can be put to better use in creating another rock channel (perhaps a stream recognizing rock songs released by people whose first names start with the letters A, E, I, O U), the various shows are what truly define these two channels. Remember, we hip-hop fans USED to be in nirvana with Wax42... Now, they've moved the Wax42 songs to Hip-Hop Nation. Both Shade45 and HHN are necessary and complement each other. If you stop by the hip-hop discussions, youll see that a lot of us are looking for HHN to move into more 90's rap and underground. I suspect this will slowly begin to occur, as Shade45 deepens their playlist (they've improved recently).
Also, if the music you hear in regular rotation isn't for you, I guarantee that you will find something inetersting on HHN and Shade45. If you're discouraged, post your likes/dislikes up here, and I will be happy to direct you to a show that may capture your imagination. Many people (read: my MOM) are very surprised to hear some of the things that get played on Shade45, and what can be qualified as hip-hop.
Alright, i have more to say on why Shade45 is extremely important in the hip-hop world; I'll save it for later on! This message is long enough as it is!
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