A Bob Power Mega-Playlist for TIDAL

Like I mentioned in Friday's What's Good, we lost an absolute giant in music last week when word came that Bob Power passed away at the age of 73. Particularly if you're a fan of rap in the 90s, his ears and technique not only helped craft some of your favorite albums, their influence reverberated out in ways we're still hearing today.

Right when the news broke and the tributes started to pour in, there was a post on Bluesky linking to a 631-track Spotify playlist from a user named Mike Heebz of songs Bob had a hand in. Engineering, mixing and/or mastering, producing. All over the place, showcasing the length and breadth of his career. Trouble being, of course, if you don't use Spotify (for whatever reason), you're on your own. Well, you were, until a few minutes ago.

TIDAL Playlist: "A-yo my mic is sounding bug, Bob Power you there?"

It's mostly the same as Mike's playlist, but I did some cross-checking against Bob's massive discography on Discogs (linked directly from his own website, which I highly recommend that you click around on--quick warning for some auto-playing sounds, it's very much old internet in the best way) to add or remove things here and there. There's also a few things that either aren't on TIDAL or streaming at all, like Jungle Brothers J. Beez Wit The Remedy, or Meshell Ndegeocello's Devil's Halo.

It seems pat to say that a 600+ track playlist is full of gems, but aside from the obvious stuff like the Native Tongues, I was struck where he'd pop up. Like he mastered They Hate Change's first two singles on Jagjaguwar.

Anyhow, dive in and appreciate a legend. I might do this for YouTube/YouTube Music, and I'll update this post if I do. This took a bit though, so don't hold your breath.