Cookie Crew enter The Music Is Black exhibition and Spoony hits the decks for The Good Groove Mix!

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Feelgood favourites, hidden gems and fresh new tunes to groove and soothe you. DJ Spoony serves up a brilliant selection of classic soul, disco, soulful house, R&B, funk, UK garage, reggae, hip-hop, doo-wop, yacht rock and more. Our genial host also gives his New 2 Spoon record of the week another spin. As part of the BBC's 'The Music is Black' Season, in collaboration with V&A East Museum, Spoony has been exploring their first landmark exhibition, celebrating Black British music and the people who made it. Cookie Crew, the pioneering British hip‑hop duo from south London, formed in 1983 by MC Remedee (Debbie Pryce) and Susie Q (Susan Banfield). Emerging from a larger collective, they came to prominence after winning a national rap championship in the mid‑1980s and recording sessions for John Peel on BBC Radio 1, which led to their first record deal. Their breakthrough arrived in 1987 with “Rok da House”, a collaboration with the Beatmasters. The track became a UK Top 5 hit in 1988 and is widely regarded as one of the earliest examples of hip‑house, fusing rap vocals with house music. This success helped them cross into the mainstream at a time when UK rap rarely charted. Following this, the duo moved to FFRR Records and enjoyed a run of hits in 1989, including “Born This Way (Let’s Dance)”, “Got to Keep On” (featuring Edwin Starr), and “Come and Get Some”. Although their chart success was relatively brief, Cookie Crew are regarded as foundational figures in British hip‑hop, whose work helped legitimise the genre in the UK and paved the way for future generations of female MCs and crossover rap acts. Debbie and Susan talk about the outfits they've donated to the exhibition. To listen to the full collection of items chosen search 'The Music Is Black: DJ Spoony's Selection' on BBC Sounds. Thursday is the new Friday as Spoony presents a 20-minute Good Groove Mix. And our genial host wraps things up with a life-affirming Midnight Feast track. Think big production, lush orchestration, and the best voices in the business! To listen on most smart speakers, just say ‘ask BBC Sounds to play The Good Groove with DJ Spoony’. Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2.