Jim Bear brings you a special edition of Neu-Matic pitting the best of De La Soul against Steely Dan's finest. Mase, Pos & Dave square off versus Becker & Fagan this Sunday for two hours. From the Native Tongues, D.A.I.S.Y. Age and beyond to sinister jazz-rock for strung out music nerds these two bands made music like no one else before. Hearing them here together sounds pretty great, too. Listen for yourself from 3-5 PM on G-town Radio (8/21/2011). Click through for some random facts about both bands and the playlist from the show.

Random De La - Dan facts:

-3 Feet High and Rising released in March 1989
-Added to National Recording Registry by Library of Congress in 2010 for culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant records
-Steely Dan's Aja was added the same year. Record has Peg (Sampled in song Eye Know).

-De La introduced the Rap Skit
-Turtles sued De La for sample of "You Showed Me" on track 'Transmitting Live from Mars'.
-De La Soul is Dead first record to Source's 5 mic rating
-Long Island Wildin' feat Japanese rappers Scha Dara Parr

-David Palmer sang several early SD songs. Michael MacDonald sang on several later songs.
-Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter was the early guitarist before joining the doobie brothers
-Jeff Porcaro played drums on several sessions before joining Toto.
-Steely Dan III from Yokohama was a strap on dildo from Naked Lunch

Today's Playlist:

De La Soul - Intro (Buhloone Mindstate)

Steely Dan - Do It Again

De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (jazz remix)

Steely Dan - Dirty Work

De La Soul - Potholes in My Lawn

Steely Dan - With A Gun

De La Soul - Transmitting Live from Mars

Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays

Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years

De La Soul - Eye Know

Steely Dan - Peg

De La Soul - Pass The Plugs

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

De La Soul - I Be Blowin'

Steely Dan - Any Major Dude Will Tell You

De La Soul - This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

De La Soul - Long Island Wildin'

Steely Dan - Only A Fool Would Say That

De La Soul - Buddy

Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids

De La Soul - Keepin' the Faith

Steely Dan - My Old School

De La Soul - Say No Go

Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive

De La Soul - En Focus

Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen

De La Soul - Oodles of O's

Steely Dan - Razor Boy

De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age