First a matter of business. When Aaron McGruder introduced “The Boondocks” in 1999 it had one of the most syndicated launches in comic history. A few years later and your best bet at getting to check in on Huey and Riley was at Okayplayer.com. Fast forward 2005 and McGruder kills again when “The Boondocks” cartoon scores the largest premier in Adult Swim history. Since then we haven’t heard much, and rumors of a similar disappearance loomed over the cartoon. Ha, no worries, 15 more episodes this June. Word. Moving on. I can’t tell you how many times I have been watching “The Boondocks” with buddies and someone asks “who is this?” when the theme music roles - and I’m like “motherfucker, don’t you have Google?” But don’t sweat it: It’s Asheru, who’s the host of Dub Floyd’s Hip Hop Docktrine: The Official Boondocks Mixtape – a collection of previously released tracks from well known artists and some Boondocks original content. Blended thoughtfully, Dub Floyd uses relevant samples from the show to blend with thematic elements of songs. A clip of Grandpa giving Riley an asswhooping leads into Ghostface’s “Whip You With A Strap” and a clip of Huey listing the “radical leftist organizations” he founded segues into an ill remix of “Black Panthers” with Dead Prez, Common, and the Last Poets. Dub Floyd stays on point, linking the content of the show to his tracklisting. The songs mix humor, hip hop, reverence, cartoon culture, and social commentary just like McGruder does to the strip and show. Songs like Akir’s “Politricks,” Edo G’s “Wishing,” and the Roots “It Don’t Feel Right” bang unabashed social criticism. Other songs are lighter but stick to the message like Dangerdoom’s “Old School” where Talib raps “I might be buggin but it seem to me that cartoons seem realer than reality TV.” But don’t overlook the fresh talent on the tape. The host Asheru, best known for the theme, does some heavy lifting on tracks with Talib and Black Lincolns. “We break bread as if we have pockets with no bottoms/cant be further from the truth/like words spit in the booth/mixed down packaged and shipped/then marketed to the youth” he spits on “Revolution.” The dude Tough Junkie also gets real creative on “Boondocks Freestyle” – a track parodying black kids moving into the white suburb over a beat crafted from the Boondocks interlude with Uncle Ruckus getting buck on the hook. While most of these tracks are well known bangers, this is truly the soundtrack to McGruder’s important contribution. The clips from the show had me laughing my ass off – like when Riley tells Mr. Dubois to “get off [MLK’s] dick. But the album is heady too. My pencil looked nubbish after trying to keep track of how many times the word “revolution” is dropped on the tape. But that’s “The Boondocks,” a wicked blend of humor and smarts that scares a lot of motherfuckers out there.
DUB FLOYD & WALLY SPARKS
01. League Crew - Intro
02. Little Brother - Intro
03. Chaundon - The Boondocks Theme 2.0
04. Chaundon & Asheru - Hip Hop Docktrine (Prod. By The Kickdrums)
05. Cool Cee Brown, Phonte, & Asheru - No Fear
06. Tanya Morgan - Walk This Way (Dream On) (Prod. By Aeon)
07. Erykah Badu feat. Little Brother - Honey (Wally Sparks Mix) (Prod. By 9th Wonder)
08. Skyzoo - Never Sleep (Prod. By Illmind)
09. Skyzoo & Joell Ortiz - A Brooklyn Summer (Wally Sparks Mix) (Prod. By Nicotine Beats)
10. Ja$ - T.R.O.Y. (Freestyle)
11. Phonte Speaks (Prod. By DJay Cas)
12. Cormega feat. Little Brother - The Rap Game (Prod. By Khrysis)
13. Jozeemo feat. Little Brother - Lose It
14. J*Davey feat. Pacific Division, Diz Gibran, & Bleu Collar - sLAyers
15. Little Brother - Rise To Fall (Mick Boogie Mix) (Prod. By J. Dilla)
16. Pugs Atomz feat. Hall Of Fame - Black Boy (Prod. By Hi-Tek)
17. Skyzoo feat. Maino & Stimuli - Cop & Go (Prod. By 9th Wonder)
18. Sha Stimuli - The N Word Song
19. L.E.G.A.C.Y. - The Trial
20. Illa J feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Bishop Lamont - Respect It (Prod. By J. Dilla)
21. DJ Spinna feat. Phonte - Dillagence (J. Dilla Tribute)
22. Cunninglynguists feat. Phonte & Witchdoctor - Yellow Lines
23. Rashid Hadee feat. Common - Let Go (Wally Sparks Mix)
24. Amanda Diva - Supawoman
25. Phonte’s Favorite Characters (Prod. By Von Pea)
26. Tanya Morgan - Bout To Be Some (Prod. By Khrysis) (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
27. Blu Checks In
28. Blu - The Only Way (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exlcusive)
29. Skyzoo Speaks (Produced By Sonny Crack)
30. P.H.E.A.R. I Love Her Again
31. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (Flashback)
32. Little Brother - Outro
01. Metaphor The Great - Intro
02. Metaphor The Great - Hip Hop Dock-Trine 2 Intro (Prod. By JJ The Genius)
03. HUYUSHERU (Mr. Hu, Y.U., & Asheru) - Balance
04. Muneshine feat. Emilio Rojas & D-Sisive - These Days (Prod. By Pete Rock)
05. Main Flow feat. Cormega - Forever
06. MTV News (Sway) - Thugnificent: Rags To Bitches
07. Blackstar feat. India Arie - Hopeless (Wally Sparks Mix) (Prod. By Justice League)
08. Barak Yalad feat. Trouble T - Bewitched (Produced By Young Cee)
09. Jean Grae - It’s A Wrap
10. The Lethal Interjection Crew & Rags To Bitches The Album (Interlude)
11. Asheru Checks In
12. Asheru feat. Heron Gibran - Keep On Rockin’ (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
13. Rashid Hadee - Whatever It Takes (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
14. Metaphor The Great Speaks (Prod. By Von Pea)
15. Metaphor The Great - Freestyle (Riley’s Theme) (Boondocks Exclusive)
(Prod. By JJ The Genius)
16. Ghostface Killah - Nigga Moment (Interlude)
17. Ghostface Killah - Save Me Baby (Dub Floyd & DJ Unexpected Remix) (Prod. By J. Dilla)
18. NY Oil - Maybe (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
19. Dres (Blacksheep) - Grew Up (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
20. Huey & Riley Party with The Lethal Interjection (Interlude)
21. Talib Kweli feat. Raekwon - Start To Finish (Dub Floyd Screamixx) (Prod. By The Kickdrums)
22. AZ & Styles P Checks In
23. AZ feat. Styles P. - The Hardest Out (Prod. By Large Professor)
24. Pacific Division Checks In
25. Pacific Division - For Real
26. Quasimoto feat. Ghostface Killah - Hydrant Game (Dub Floyd Screamixx) (Prod. By Jaylib)
27. Metaphor The Great - Shout Outs (Produced By Tough Junkie)
28. Metaphor The Great - Do That (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive) (Prod. By JJ The Genius)
29. 106 & Park, TRL & Fat Man Scoop - Rap Beef Nigga (Interlude)
30. The Lethal Interjection Crew - Eff Granddad (Boondocks Dirty Exclusive)
31. U-N-I - Castlevania
32. Tough Junkie - Not For Me (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive)
33. Phene - The Spokesman (Prod. By DJay Cas)
34. Granddad & Xzibit - Retaliation (YouTuberlude)
35. Metaphor The Great - I’m Metaphor (Hip Hop Dock-Trine Exclusive) (Prod. By JJ The Genius)
36. Hi-Tek feat. Homeskillet, Crunch Ex & Mood (Donte & Main Flow) - Breakin’ Bread (Flashback)
37. The Life & Times Of Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (Interlude)
38. David Banner feat. Colonel H. Stinkmeaner - B.A.N. (The Love Song aka Free T.I.)
39. St. Laz feat. Geolani - Dollar Circulate (Dub Floyd Screamixx) (Produced By 9th Wonder)
40. Metaphor The Great - Outro
1. Asheru (Intro)
2. Asheru - The Boondocks Theme
3. Black Lincolns (Asheru, Heron Gibron, Blackberry Jones) - The Hustle (Produced by Blackberry Jones)
4. Talib Kweli - More Or Less (Produced by Hi-Tek)
5. Little Brother feat. Mos Def - Let It Go (Produced by 9th Wonder)
6. Skyzoo - The Bodega (Produced by 9th Wonder)
7. Gangstalicious Ressurection (Interlude)
8. Asheru Speaks (Produced by Tough Junkie)
9. Dead Prez feat. Common & Last Poets - Panthers (Dub Floyd Screamixx Produced by J. Dilla R.I.P.)
10. Akir - Politricks
11. Asheru - Revolution
12. Common - Nag Champa (Produced by J. Dilla R.I.P.) (Flashback)
13. Method Man feat. Lauren Hill & CL Smooth - They Say (Dub Floyd Screamixx)
14. The Roots feat. Maimouna Yousef - It Don't Feel Right
15. Doujah Raze feat. AG & Sean Price - Fahrenheit
16. Sway - Breaking News (Interlude)
17. AZ feat. Rakim - The Format (Dub Floyd Screamixx Produced by DJ Premier)
18. Pharoahe Monch - Let's Go (Produced by Black Milk)
19. Asheru feat. Talib Kweli - Mood Swing
20. Tough Junkie - The Boondocks (Freestyle) (Produced by Tough Junkie)
21. Danger Doom feat. Talib Kweli - Old School
22. Ghostface Killah - Whip You With A Strap (Produced by J. Dilla R.I.P.)
23. MF Doom feat. Ghostface Killah - Angels (Produced by MF Doom)
24. Blackstar - Hip Hop ( Dub Floyd Screamixx Produced by DJ Premier)
25. Edo G feat. Masta Ace - Wishing (Produced by Pete Rock)
26. Gangstaliscious Ressurection Pt. 2 (Interlude)
27. Hi-Tek - New York sh*t (Freestyle)
28. Jean Grey & Talib Kweli - New York sh*t (Freestyle)
29. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (Flashback)
30. Asheru Speaks 2 (Produced by Tough Junkie)
31. Asheru - Niggas (The Boondocks Exclusive)
32. The Procussions - Little People
33. Gnarls Barkley - Smiling Faces
34. Asheru (Outro)
