FuseBox Radio #457: 24/7 Cosplay In Color Doesn't Make You Black, Rachel Dolezel [FLASHBACK EPISODE: Week of Dec. 31, 2015]

Summary: This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of Dec. 31, 2015 [flashback episode due to the holiday season; originally broadcast on the week of June 17, 2015] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): 0:00 - 1:31:11 Introduction & Extended Commentary 1:31:12 - 2:58:19 DJ Fusion Mix ** NOTE: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE A TOTALLY EXPLICIT COMMENTARY FOR THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW IN REGARDS TO LANGUAGE DUE TO THE INSANITY OF THE RECENT NEWS CYCLE. ** The commentary during that week touched base on the role of independent Black American media and our views as a whole during what really felt like a past few days of utterly “Black Bodies and Minds Aren’t REALLY Treasured by damned near anyone” news, including the upcoming savage displacement of Blacks of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic, the utterly boneheaded responses from folks of all backgrounds to the blackface act of Rachel Dolezel (and pretty much being told that “blackness” can be put on like a hat when convenient as long as you’re white and should be an honor as long as people are “down for the cause”), more situations of blatant discrimination against young Black children in the U.S. and the horrendous act of domestic terrorism in Charleston, SC at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. We also talked about a few popular culture things to round off the show's talk segment, including the upcoming Janet Jackson tour and her career as a whole through the years. There was no Black Agenda Report news mini-segment on this week's episode due to our long commentary. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of Dec. 31, 2015 [originally broadcast on the week of June 17, 2015] Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order] 1. EMPD vs. Eric Clapton - I Shot The Business (JoeyKrash Mash Mix)/White Label 2. Bilal/Satellites/BBE 3. Koyto feat. Phil Da Agony/Once Again/Grovefellas.net 4. Kendrick Lamar/Alright/Aftermath & Interscope 5. Jaga Jazzist/Starfire/Ninja Tune 6. Quantic presents The Western Transient/Creation (East L.A.)/Tru Thoughts 7. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment/Wanna Be Cool/DonnieTrumpet.com 8. Wiley/From The Outside (Special Request VIP)/Big Dada 9. Giorgio Moroder feat. Charli XCX/Diamonds/RCA 10. Juxtapose/Technometry (Opolopo RMX)/Heard and Felt 11. The Alchemist & Oh No feat. Phantogram/K.Y.S.A./Mass Appeal 12. Seven Davis Jr./Wild Hearts/Ninja Tune 13. Camp Lo/Bright Lights/Nature Sounds 14. Melanie Fiona/Bite The Bullet/Title 9, Primary Wave & BMG 15. CZARFACE (Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric) feat. DOOM/Ka-Bang/Brick 16. Hudson Mohawke/Ryderz/Warp Records 17. Gods'Illa feat. Stic Man & Joe.D/Plugged/HipNOTT Records 18. Jared Evan feat. Reks & Skyzoo/Etch-A-Sketch/Zone 4 & Interscope 19. Bishop Nehru/Somebody Waits/Mass Appeal 20. The Mood Doctors/Time Refill/Pandemonium Wreckordz 21. A Tribe Called Red feat. Hellnback/The People's Champ/Radicalized Records & Pirates Blend In Canada 22. Database/Cool Kids/Life On Planes Records Top Request (Music Requested By The Listeners + Music Still Lasting in Rotation) 1. CZARFACE (Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric) feat. Method Man/Nightcrawler/Brick 2. Pete Rock/Heaven and Earth/Mello Music Group 3. Alchemist/The Type/ALC Records 4. Earl Sweatshirt/Up Top/Tan Cressida & Columbia Records 5. J-Live/Mic Singletary/Moriter Music 6. Illa J/Strippers/Bastard Jazz 7. Roisin Murphy/Exploitation/Play It Again Sam 8. Banks/Change (Jensen Sportag RMX)/Harvest & Good Years 9. Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Rick Ross/Revory (Wraith)/Ice H2O & Caroline 10. Mega Ran & Storyville (Soul Veggies) feat. Esoteric, Reks & Reef the Lost Cause/Artillery/Brick Records 1(continued)