Mental Illness

About Mental Illness

Join DJ Cosm as he chefs up a weekly blend of delectable flavours. Formerly known as Mental Illness, the Main Ingredient remains Alberta’s longest running hip hop mix show. There’s no better way to cap off your weekend than a healthy serving of underground and classic rap. Sponsored by the Cold Garden Beverage Company Ltd.

Publisher

CJSW 90.9 FM

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Feb 2024

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   The Main Ingredient - Episode October 11, 2026

   Instrumental Album Showcase: J Rawls - Sample, Chop, Sequence Playlist: Dreezus, featuring Junia T, Truss & DocturDot - Truss Me Greg Cypher, featuring Aaron King - Better Than This Moar, featuring Awon - Boom Bap Never Dies Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard & Parental - Ain't For Everybody K-Rec & Birdapres, featuring Kurious - Good Humour (Dah Dah Dah Remix) Super Duty Tough Work - Random Acts of Flyness Awon, Confidence & J Ferra - Problems Azariah, featuring Niina Reign & Euphony Bars - Right Back Chaka Boy - The Beast Within Rakim, Masta Killa & Kurupt, featuring KRS One & Kool G Rap - Be Ill! Moar, featuring J-Live - Victorious Che Noir - Grandma's Cookies Angie Staxx - Past Life Fresh Daily & Mon$rock, featuring Conway the Machine - Don't Guess the Finesse Conspiracy & District Prime - Prime Conspiracy Touch182 - Syllabus 4-IZE, featuring Xzibit & Bruiser Wolf - Witness Touch182 - Trees Sun Us Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood & Futurewave - Liposuction Curly Castro, featuring PremRock - Blood in the Garden Strange Fruit Project - Super Man Split Sphere, featuring Casual - Capital Your Old Droog, featuring Evidence - Brighton Beach Raz Fresco & Nicholas Craven, featuring Blu & Cavalier - Yesterday SB11, featuring Sayzee & Lotus - Too Many Options Ovrkast, featuring Joey Bada$$ & Nali - Static Souls of Mischief & 1999 Write the Future, featuring Phonte - Up With the Sun Abyssinian Creole - Sun Out Talib Kweli & Large Professor, featuring Bun B - Rare Heir Hip Club Groove - Dead Words Speaks, featuring Phill Most Chill - Make it Good Five Steez & Chosen One - Keep It Blazing Junk & IM'PERETIVE - Tired of Humans

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   The Main Ingredient - Episode October 4, 2026

   Basements of Badmen Vol 4 Playlist: Meyer Clarity, Roshin, Ultra Magnus, The Mighty Rhino, Moka Only - Organ Time Moka Only, Eyda Sophia, Tachichi & Fritz the Cat - Promised Thomas Split Sphere - Witness the Spitness Greg Cypher, featuring Homeboy Sandman - Ride With Me Hairline Brothers (Supervisor x North$ide Dro), featuring K-The-I??? - Everywhere Pudgee the Fat Bastard & Parental - Vaya Arriba The Goods, Fortunato, Noah32 & Tachichi - Mousetrap Lol Ole aka More or Les, Johnny Bizness & Ol' Gorilla Bones - Born This Way Hieroglpyhics - The Way That It Be Your Old Droog, featuring Flying Lotus & Georgia Anne Muldrow - I Don't Care Hieroglyphics - Something in the Air Curly Castro - SuperDOPE Raz Fresco & Nicholas Craven, featuring Boldy James - More Colour Money bigmcenroe - The Worst Thing Bill Tapes - Other Side Max Moon, Azrael Raps Good, Mindbender Supreme & Yolanda Sargeant - Feelin' Good Aesop Rock & Blockhead - Trouble Trouble Tachichi & Moves, featuring LXVNDR - Obfuscate Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd. , featuring Method Man - U-Tang Forever Che Noir, featuring The Uce - Urban Essence Awon, Confidence & J Ferra - Chains Chrome Waves, featuring A-F-R-O & MotionPlus - Never Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood & Futurewave - Dejaunte Murray Del the Funkee Homosapien & Mars Kumari - Seventh Ring Fresh Daily & Mon$rock - Rhythm & Pulse Chaka Boy - What's the Difference? K-Rec, featuring Craig G & Charlie Beats - Give it Up Strange Fruit Project, featuring Rapsody - Won't Back Down Travesty the Lazy Emcee, featuring Joka Wild - Me and My Mans Angie Staxx, featuring Greg Cypher & Rick Reams - Stella Dax Mpire, featuring XP The Marxman, Ark Medina, and DoamPeace - 365 Dayz Queen Herawin & PA Dre, featuring Ruste Juxx - Manifesto The Gumshoe Strut, featuring Azreal Raps Good - Equal Supply

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   The Main Ingredient - Episode September 27, 2026

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