| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | On Coming From A Broken Home (pt. 1) | I'm New Here | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Comment # 1 | Small Talk at 125th and Lenox | |
| Kanye West and Common | My Way Home | Late Registration | |
| Gil Scott Heron | Enough | Small Talk At 125th & Lenox | |
| MF DOOM | Camphor | Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs, THe Box Set Vol. 0-9 | |
| Black Star | Brown Skin Lady | Black Star | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | We Almost Lost Detroit | Home Is Where The Hatred Is | |
| Common | The People | Finding Forever | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | The Best Of | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | I Think I'll Call It Morning | Pieces of a Man | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | I'm New Here | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | On Coming From A Broken Home (Pt. 2) | I'm New Here | |
| Odetta | Another Man Done Gone | Odetta Sings Ballads And Blues | |
| Nina Simone | Come Ye | High Priestess of Soul | |
| Mavis Staples | Too Close/On My Way To Heaven | You Are Not Alone | |
| The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Just A Closer Walk With Thee | Funeral For a Friend | |
| The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | I'll Fly Away | Funeral For a Friend | |
| Solomon Burke | Flesh and Blood | Don't Give Up On Me | |
| Charlie Parker | How Deep Is The Ocean | | |
| Miles Davis | Blue In Green | Kind Of Blue | |
| Charles Mingus | Moanin' | | |
| Aesop Rock | How To Be A Carpenter | Float | |
| Charles Mingus | Group Dancers | The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady | |
| John Legend & The Roots | Hard Times | Wake Up! | |
| John Coltrane | After The Rain | | |
| Nappy Roots | Sick & Tired | Wooden Leather | |
| Cannonball Adderley | Hummin' | Country Preacher | |
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