Radio review: The Beatles and Black Music

The Beatles and the elder statesmen of hip-hop in one show? BrilliantThe Beatles and Black Music (Radio 1xtra) was a blueprint for good radio before they even made it. Right there, you have an excuse to play any Beatles song, any hip-hop song with a Beatles sample, any of those fantastic reggae covers (John Holt doing Hey Jude is a cracker), old audio of Beatles fans crying (surprisingly moving). It's a great credit to the programme that they didn't just throw out the idea in the clothes it stoo...

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