Episode index Def Poetry Jam

1 episode index

1.1 season 1 (2002)

1.1.1 episode 1
1.1.2 episode 2
1.1.3 episode 3
1.1.4 episode 4


1.2 season 2 (2003)

1.2.1 episode 1
1.2.2 episode 2
1.2.3 episode 3
1.2.4 episode 4
1.2.5 episode 5
1.2.6 episode 6
1.2.7 episode 7


1.3 season 3 (2004)

1.3.1 episode 1
1.3.2 episode 2
1.3.3 episode 3
1.3.4 episode 4
1.3.5 episode 5
1.3.6 episode 6
1.3.7 episode 7


1.4 season 4 (2005)

1.4.1 episode 1
1.4.2 episode 2
1.4.3 episode 3
1.4.4 episode 4
1.4.5 episode 5
1.4.6 episode 6
1.4.7 episode 7
1.4.8 episode 8
1.4.9 episode 9
1.4.10 episode 10


1.5 season 5 (2006)

1.5.1 episode 1
1.5.2 episode 2
1.5.3 episode 3
1.5.4 episode 4
1.5.5 episode 5
1.5.6 episode 6
1.5.7 episode 7
1.5.8 episode 8
1.5.9 episode 9
1.5.10 episode 10


1.6 season 6 (2007)

1.6.1 episode 1
1.6.2 episode 2
1.6.3 episode 3
1.6.4 episode 4
1.6.5 episode 5
1.6.6 episode 6


1.7 reboot

episode index
season 1 (2002)
episode 1

steve colman – wanna hear poem
georgia me – full figure potential
benjamin bratt – lower east side
lemon – shine
nikki giovanni – talk me poem, think ve got blues
black ice – bigger mine?
suheir hammad – first writing since

episode 2

taylor mali – teachers make
yellow rage – listen asshole
jewel – poem song
flow mentalz – call me drama
sonia sanchez – poem women
shihan – type love
dawn saylor – when 14
kayo – i?

episode 3

cedric entertainer – untitled
sarah jones – revolution
beau sia – give me chance
willie perdomo – how beautiful are
abyss – god gave me grey skies
the last poets – take time
inq – when hip-hop fun
j. ivy – need write

episode 4

mayda del valle – descendancy
poetri – money
jessica care moore – warriors walk alone
dave chappelle – corner store
amiri baraka – why americans?
liza jessie peterson – ice cream fiend
kevin coval – family feud

season 2 (2003)
episode 1

beau sia – asian invasion
jason carney – southern heritage
thea monyee – woman woman
sekou sundiata – come on , bring on reparations
marty mcconnell – give me 1 reason die
twin poets – dreams illegal in ghetto
jamie foxx – off hizzle shizzle

episode 2

danny hoch – corner talk, september
patricia smith – skinhead
dante basco – nikki
maggie estep – emotional idiot
black ice – truth is
kent foreman – epiphany
roger bonair-agard – how ghetto loves back
erykah badu – friends, fans, , artists must meet

episode 3

lemon – m , toast
bassey ikpi – silence loudest kind of noise
taylor mali – totally whatever, know?
regie cabico – kind of guys attracted me
haki r. madhubuti – b network
rat sack – m losing you

episode 4

ishle yi park – have ever done write love poems
shihan – what?
suheir hammad – not erotic, not exotic
big poppa e – wussy boy
la bruja – wtc
anthony morales – story avenue stuck
amalia ortiz – days
oscar brown jr. – apologize

episode 5

felipe luciano – jibaro, pretty nigger
mums – ploylessness
amanda diva – hot shit
malik yusef – spit
asha bandele – morning mentor
malcolm jamal warner – love woman

episode 6

sekou misfit – m rapper
steve connell – why not wine coolers
georgia me – niggods
louis reyes rivera – bullet cry
jessica care moore – m hip hop cheerleader
keith murray – man child.

episode 7

denizen kane – lost , found
staceyann chin – if out of vanity
big rube – alphabet acrobat
wood harris – night song
goldie – no title
regie gibson – james marshall hendrix
joy harjo – poem rid of fear
linton kwesi johnson – if top-notch poet

season 3 (2004)
episode 1

black ice – lone soldier
rives – sign language
helena d. lewis – stank breath
poem-cees – power
mutabaruka – dis poem
daniel beaty – duality duel
rupert estanislao – empress
jill scott – nothing nothing
suheir hammad – spent 4th of july in bed

episode 2

mayda del valle , lemon – tito puente
flaco navaja – kids don t play
gemineye – poetic bloodline
ursula rucker – ready
michael ellison – light skin-did
ishle park – pussy
ras baraka – american poem
dana gilmore – wife, woman, friend
common – god freedom

episode 3

poetri – krispy kreme
emanuel xavier – tradiciones
marc bamuthi joseph – pop
richard montoya – miami
vanessa hidary – hebrew mamita
danny hoch – psa
bassey ikpi – homeward
lemon – gangsta mcs
steve colman – terrorist threat

episode 4

black ice & staceyann chin – jammin
rock baby – titty man
alix olson – women before
mike 360 – twilight zone
cheryl salt james – follow lead
shappy – nerd
jonzi d – 3000 casualties of war
amalia ortiz – cat calls
jimmy santiago baca – healing earthquakes ( twelve )

episode 5

roger bonair agard – trent lott
frenchie – fucking ain t conscious
geoff trenchard – of copper chipped teeth
chinaka hodge – barely audible
quincy troupe – forty 1 seconds in june, in salt lake city, utah (for michael jordan)
dufflyn – single life
mums – brooklyn queen
kevin coval – jam master j
beau sia – love

episode 6

shihan – sick , tired
jason carney – out here
gina loring – somewhere there poem
kanye west – self conscious
jamie kennedy – grim fairy tale
bao phi – bring out vietnamese in me
roscoe p. coldchain – trouble
mayda del valle – mami s makin mambo
buju banton – how long

episode 7

maggie estep – happy
malak salaam – warrior s love
joel chmara – sweet tooth tollbooth school year
flowmentalz – payphone
saul williams – coded language
georgia me – hit man
deb young – children of lesser god
smokey robinson – black american

season 4 (2005)
episode 1

daniel beaty – knock, knock
rives – kite
nafessa monroe – white
mark gonzales – men
zena edwards – laugh
oscar brown jr. – children of children
amalia ortiz – women of juarez
black ice – or die
mc lyte – born

episode 2

gemineye – fighting for?
bonnie – man
javon johnson – elementary
suheir hammad – will
rachel , george mckibbons – multi-tasking
vanessa hidary – fling gone awry
flowmentalz – constipation
nikki patin – sweat
nikky finney – girlfriends train
kanye west – 18 years

episode 3

bassey ikpi – diallo
john s. hall – america kicks ass
tish benson – fifth word email
kelly tsai – mao
tracy morgan – feeling fucked up
will bell – run
morris stegosaurus – big man ii
dawn saylor – take brooklyn
michael eric dyson – intellectual mcs
krs-one , doug e. fresh – 2nd quarter

episode 4

poetri – dating myself
julian curry – nigger, niggas, niggaz
ishle park – open letter soldier
taylor mali – lily wilson
adelle givens – shit ain t funny
kevin coval – g-dself loose
yolanda kae wilkinson – circa valentine s day
amir sulaiman – danger
floetry – heard

episode 5

lemon – love poem
regie cabico – bring out writer in me
rafael casal – abortion
kim fields – how come
reg e. gaines – don t feel writing
jon goode – barbara
dana gilmore – wife, woman, friend, pt. 2
rita dove – black on saturday night
talib kweli – lonely people

episode 6

flaco navaja – revolution
liza jesse peterson – waitress
robert karimi – down catholic muslim self
triple black – love poems
bonafide rojas – in front of class
laura piece kelly – central district
besskepp – rotten pomegranates
michael franti – rock nation
ruby dee – tupac

episode 7

georgia me – bitch ass nigga
jus cus – homeland security
j. ivy – dear father
marlon esquerra – morning papers
marvin tate – life present
martin espada – imagine angels of bread
alix olson – america on sale
mos def – pornographic content
ani difranco – coming up
mike epps – love hood

episode 8

mayda del valle – hood days
andy buck – *69
faraji salim – star spangled banner
bob holman – rock & roll mythology
patrick washington – letter editor
tara betts – switch
paul flores – brown dreams
mums – truth parts & ii
buttaflysoul – queer eye
dead prez – 4 hood

episode 9

beau sia – m deep
aysiha knight – until
buddy wakefield – convenience store
shihan – auction network
miguel algarin – met walking
kendra urdang – every man never called himself feminist
speech – night time demons
red storm – debut
universes (poetic theatre ensemble) (steven,mildred & gamal) – don t front
common – letter law

episode 10

tommy bottoms – basic economics
staceyann chin – 3 frenzied days
joe hernandez-kolski – cool
marc batmuthi joseph – move
denizen kane – love song
aya de leon – cellulite
musiq – pieces of life
mos def – life real
yusef komunyakaa – sure beat
beau sia, georgia me, suheir hammad – first taste

season 5 (2006)
episode 1

j. ivy – never let me down
dahlak brathwaite – routine check
claudia alick – employed poor
black ice – imagine
gideon grody-patinkin – touching
avery brooks – purlie victorious (by ossie davis)
lauryn hill – motives , thoughts
rachel mckibbens – after school special
dave chappelle – fuck ashton kutcher , how got lead on jeopardy

episode 2

al letson – ball rim , him
dan sully , tim stafford – death below
georgia me – protection
john legend – again
caroline harvey – spoons
bounty killer – eyes;
bassey ikpi – want kiss you
will da real 1 bell – diary of reformed
alicia keys – p.o.w.

episode 3

reg e. gaines , savion glover – pawn shop
tommy chunn – computer wordplay
scorpio blues – second guessing
gemineye – penny thoughts
emanuel xavier – nueva york
mayda del valle – boys ve loved before
rev. run – peter piper
aulelei love – same cell, poem women in prison
mike booker – hoodology
smokey robinson – gang bangin

episode 4

the poem-cees – cheatin
geoff trenchard – ode bathroom
marty mcconnell – instructions body
nikki giovanni – nikki-rosa
roger bonair-agard – calypso
joaquin zihuatanejo – suit
ishle park – sa-i-gu
willie perdomo – nigger-reecan blues
floetry x2 – fantasize

episode 5

poetri – driving
sharrif simmons— fuck heard
michael d. ellison – mezeker means remember
phylicia rashad – on status (by vivian ayers)
ratsack – free toes
abyss – she
kevin coval – nothing fight
mollie angelheart – psychotic bitch
flomentalz – talkin god
thea monyee , gaknew – different world

episode 6

wyclef jean – immigrant
nayeli adorador-knudsen – priceless
michael cirelli – love song kelis
m reld – ready love
red storm – snake in grass
kelly tsai – aftershocks
paul mabon – toothbrush
kevin derrig – andrew
mighty mike mcgee – like
narubi selah – uncle benz
ise lyfe – popular dirt

episode 7

kanye west – bittersweet
ursula rucker – woman must do
rafael casal – barbie , ken 101
terry creech – lost bird
thadra sheridan – bad boyfriend
beau sia – hip hop
shihan – in response
sonia sanchez – our vision our voice
amir sulaiman – said, prefer broken neck...
lemon , flaco – boriquas

episode 8

preach – cotton
steve connell , sekou misfit – america calls
big poppa e – poem friend
amanda diva – 40 emcees
al b. – super negro
sista queen – try being lady
jerry quickley – 3-part bitter x-girlfriend #167249-b
oscar brown, jr. – beach
staceyann chin – city in tragedy
brother j – atlan
common – known

episode 9

suheir hammad – mike check
lemon – poor people
tamara blue – thick chicks
rives – op-talk
otep shamaya– dedicated enemy
heru ptah – why
sharon olds – self portrait, rear view
perre shelton – dandelion
consequence – friend zone
jason carney – our soldiers
black thought – untitled

episode 10

gina loring – move me
rock baby – sweet funk
chinaka hodge – cousin
denizen kane – patriot act
sekou sundiata – amman
kristiana colon – clay
jimmy tran – mediocre penis
flaco navaja – dimple
eve ensler – father s house
black ice, poetri , shihan – men

season 6 (2007)
episode 1

dmx – industry
big mike – sexy
asia – waiting hour
dan vaughn & dasha kelly – 6 million
kelly tsai – grey matter
red storm – black barbie doll
shanelle gabriel – why love you
idris goodwin – feedin our kids
jill scott – ain t ceiling

episode 2

dahlak braithwaite – peculiar evolution
skim – eyes
eamon mahone & paul graham – black irish
tahani salah – hate
george watsky – v virgin
shannon leigh – sudanese children
pat s justice – innocent criminal
lyfe jennings – rough stuff
matisyahu – late night in field
talib kweli – hell

episode 3

sarah kay – hands
riva & sciryl – best friend (hip hop)
rafael casal – first week of break-up
meilani clay – lost
shihan – father s day
shannon matesky – space
carlos andres gomez – s genocide
carole king – touchstone
natalie stewart – story
jamal joseph – ricky & 4th of july

episode 4

oveous maximus – salcedo s breakdown
sonya renee taylor – connections
anis mojgani – can still ride airplane first time
rives – dirty talk
mush – next wednesday
joe hernandez-kolski – no disclaimers
african-american shakespear – there
david banner – us
sunni patterson – made it

episode 5

big poppa e – propers
bassey ikpi – apology unborn
alvin lau – tiger said
saddi kali – goin platinum in 2 days
liza garza – everything
lamont carey – can t read
brian dykstra – pushing bush
vanessa hidary – phd in him
basikknowledge – numbers
george clinton – dope dog

episode 6

black ice – ugly show
mayda del valle – gift
steve colman – want eat pu**y
georgia me – promiseland
beau sia – now
staceyann chin – nails
poetri – monsters in stomach
suheir hammad – daddy s song
lemon – experience
nelly furtado – nevis

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