This week’s jukebox is jumping—the theme is ghetto city life and we feature: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five with Melle Mel, Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, Master Ace, Mos Def, Joy Denalane, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tok Tok Tok, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Pat Rhoden, Noel Pointer and DJ Smash, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, O’Donel Levy, Troop/LeVert and Queen Latifah, Roger & Zapp, Ray Charles and a Ray Charles/Stevie Wonder duet. Got that? Get it only on BoL.

Lou Rawls kicks it off like a natural man doing his do (and if you don’t know how he do, here’s your chance to get in the know). Then on the theme of city life we get: Forss, Eliane Elias, Keziah Jones, D*Note featuring Pamela Anderson, Natalie Merchant, Rakim, Olu Dara featuring Nas, Cibelle and Blackalicious. And we close out with some new and old covers from Cassandra Wilson. Yes, yes y’all. This here is a good one.

BoL celebrates three years and growing with a highlight reel of music posted since Fathers Day 2007. We feature music from: Chocolate Milk, The Persuasions, The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Black Uhuru, Cinematic Orchestra featuring Patrick Watson, Gerald Toto/Richard Bona/Lokua Kanza, Marta Gómez, Neville Brothers, Vinia Mojica, Cæcilie Norby, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gloria Rivera & Robin Adnan, José James, Roberta Flack and MeShell Ndegeocello. Savoring the past as we move into the future.

We start off with classic R&B from famed New Orleanian Ernie K-Doe. Then we head to the motherland for the new release from Rokia Traoré of Mali. Finally, we get four versions of a Brazilian song, "Maracatú Atômico" by Zuco 103, Gilberto Gil, Chico Science & Naçao Zumbi, and jazz bassist Glen Fisher. Enjoy.

Digging our roots this week. Start off with classic roots reggae jams from Burning Spear, Don Carlos, Bob Marley, The Mighty Diamonds and The Meditations. Then we go north to New Orleans (whose music was one of the inspirations for reggae). We’re in the streets of New Orleans with the Lil’ Rascals Brass Band, New Birth Brass Band, Olympia Brass Band and drummer Smokey Johnson. Then we head deep south to Brazil for studio, live and remix cuts from young vocalist Céu who mixes a number of root musics into a tasty contemporary gumbo. Enjoy to the max.