Title: A Prince Mix DJ: Dam-Funk Presented by: Wax Poetics Magazine Release Date: February 13, 2012
Kudos to Waxpoetics Magazine for its hot new redesign and also for this very solid (albeit short) free MP3 mixtape courtesy of new funk ambassador and worldwide DJ sensation Dam Funk (pronounced Dame Funk)! The mix is complete with Dam Funk’s fresh new take on the Prince classic 17 Days, which is actually pretty cool as a more bare bones feel than the original. While we certainly missed the Purple One’s original vocals, we appreciate the creativity and effort. He also digs deep in the crates and pulls one of our favorite tracks from the bootleg bins, All My Dreams. We were also super happy to see One Man Jam from the 94 East project, the recording of which predates Prince’s debut LP. Well conceived and executed.
Track List
1. Prince & the Revolution – 17 Days (original version) 2. DāM-FunK – 17 Days (D-F Re-Freak) 3. Prince – Irresistible Bitch (Props Re-Edit) 4. Prince (featuring Andre Cymone & Pepe Willie) – One Man Jam 5. Prince – Wet Dream Cousin 6. Prince – Dirty Mind (1981 Live Version) 7. Prince – Soft & Wet (original version) 8. Prince – Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (D-F Extended Re-Edit) 9. Prince – Sticky Like Glue (Props Re-Edit) 10. Prince & the Revolution – All My Dreams
Here is an overview of issue 50, the Prince issue:
The ten-year-anniversary, resized, and redesigned Issue 50: The Prince Issue, with Frank Ocean, Larry Graham, Morris Day, Jesse Johnson, the Family, Grand Central, Madhouse, DJ Quik, Questlove, Toro y Moi, and Blood Orange.
Hot off the heels of her controversial performance at last Sunday’s Grammys, Nicki Minaj debuts her new single “Starships.” The fist pump party anthem, produced by RedOne, is decidedly more friendly than “Roman’s Holiday.” We can’t wait for Sophia Grace Brownlee‘s cover of it.
“Starships” will appear on Nicki’s upcoming Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, due out in April.
Track Listing: 1.Brooklyn’s Finest 2.The Stuyvesant Swing 3.Keep Dreamin’ 4.Bring The Horns 5.Roosevelt Projects Jam Session 6.Nyeemah’s Pocket Groove 7.There’s So Many 8.Soul & Tell 9.Do Anything 10.W.O.M.A.N. 11.Liquid Love (A Sophisticated Meeting Place) 12.Panty Dropper 13.Took Her Curls Out 14.Seldom Seen 15.Greene Ave. Anthem 16.The Fire (Untrue) 17.Oooh Baby 18.Coming Around 19.Hustlers 20.Jefferson Ave. Theme 21.After The Rain 22.Softer Side 23.Breakfast 24.Sunrise In The Stuy 25.Pookie’s Gone
More about the Stuyvesants: “The Stuyvesants” is a collaborative effort between music producer Allan Cole (Algorythm), and record collector Darien Victor Birks (Flwrpt). Both reside in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The two wanted to work together on a project where they could incorporate several of their talents, related to music and design. They wanted to do this under a moniker that would pay homage to the ’70s. The collaboration allowed them to do four major things, design, beat dig, produce amazing music, and simply have fun.
Sonically we’re taking you on a completely different journey, however, the distinctive vibe of The Stuyvesants is still very present in the music! We truly appreciate all of the support for our movement thus far, and hope that you will enjoy this soundscape.
Tracklist:
Yearning (For Your Love)
Stoops, Parks & Rooftops
Uptown Bound
Crown Royal (In a Purple Velvet Bag)
Love, It’s Me
Y.E.S.
Interlude
The Second Time Around
Over (Now That She’s Leaving)
More Horns
High Stakes Hustle
Thorough Thread Thoroughbreds
Champagne (On Ice)
Vibe in the Stuy
Sounds of a Dream
Talking Hearts
Mama’s Spirit (Will Always Be With Us)
Summer is Gone
Walk it Off
Outro
More about the Stuyvesants: “The Stuyvesants” is a collaborative effort between music producer Allan Cole (Algorythm), and record collector Darien Victor Birks (Flwrpt). Both reside in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The two wanted to work together on a project where they could incorporate several of their talents, related to music and design. They wanted to do this under a moniker that would pay homage to the ’70s. The collaboration allowed them to do four major things, design, beat dig, produce amazing music, and simply have fun.
Artist: The Stuyvesants Title: The Finer Things, Volume 1 Release Date: October 17, 2011 Duration: 35:44
We are totally blown away by these cats who are literally down the street from the soulhead headquarters. To quote The Weeknd, we are “lovin’ the crew” for real. With a vibe reminiscent of Oddisee’s Rock Creek Park (mostly instrumental) joint, this is a must listen for any self respecting soulhead. Brooklyn soul lives!
Check this quote from the Stuyvesant’s site:
Sonically we’re taking you on a completely different journey, however, the distinctive vibe of The Stuyvesants is still very present in the music! We truly appreciate all of the support for our movement thus far, and hope that you will enjoy this soundscape.
Tracklist:
I Care (More Than Words Can Say)
Ready
Girl, He Ain’t Me
Strollin’
Gut Check Soul
Spank Love
Good & Evil (Thoughts of the Mind)
Sound of the Stuy
Ewww (LaLaLa)
Church Chants (Tabernacle)
Interlude
Sunny 78
Down Halsey Street
Tough Love (Because Love is Tough)
Midnight Moves
This Good
Thinking Back (Those Days from the Past)
Ragtop Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
Victory
Outro
Cop this NOW!!! These cats are really doing what needs to be done.
More about the Stuyvesants:
“The Stuyvesants” is a collaborative effort between music producer Allan Cole (Algorythm), and record collector Darien Victor Birks (Flwrpt). Both reside in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The two wanted to work together on a project where they could incorporate several of their talents, related to music and design. They wanted to do this under a moniker that would pay homage to the ’70s. The collaboration allowed them to do four major things, design, beat dig, produce amazing music, and simply have fun.
Artist: Various including Calvin Richardson, Jazzyfatnastees, Jill Scott, Kem, Conya Doss and more.
Title: Neo Soul Survivor Produced by: DJ Supreme, Too Tuff International Sound
Tracklist: 1.Woman Gotta Have It – Calvin Richardson 2.Softest Lips -Eric Roberson 3.The Fact Is (I need you) – Jill Scott 4.Dealing – Eric Roberson ft Lalah Hathaway 5.Be You – Jazzy Fatnastees 6.Love Calls – Kem 7.Calvin Richardson – Lovin’ You 8.Heaven – Conya Doss 9.Dionne Farris – Hopeless 10.Where Would I Be – Kindred The Family Soul 11.Calvin Talks about Neo Soul – Calvin Richardson 12.Love Like This – Lalah hathaway ft. Grover Washington Jr.-2 13.Run and Hide – Algebra Blessett 14.Alright – Ledisi 15.You’ll Never Find – Teedra Moses ft. Jadakiss 16.Wash Away – Hil St. Soul 17.Come Around – The Foreign Exchange 18.Close My Eyes – Calvin Richardson ft. Monifah 19.Outro – Calvin Richardson
Artist: Prince Title: Crown Prince Produced by: The International Ladies Lover
Tracklist:
1. Intro 2. Prince – Pop Life 3. Prince – Let’s Pretend We’re Married 4. Prince – Sign of the Times 5. Prince – Let’s Go Crazy 6. Prince – Tamborine 7. Prince – 1999 8. Prince – Head 9. Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover 10. Prince – Controversy 11. Prince – Rasberry Beret 12. Prince – Lady Cab Driver 13. Prince with Sheila E. – Erotic City 14. Prince – When Doves Cry 15. Prince – Around the World In A Day 16. Prince – Dirty Mind 17. Prince – I Would Die 4 U 18. Prince with Sheena Easton – U Got The Look 19. Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend 20. The Family – Screams Of Passion 21. Prince and The Revolution – Kiss 22. Prince – 17 Days 23. Prince – Hot Thing 24. Prince – Housequake 25. Prince – Girls Boys 26. Prince – She Always In My Hair 27. Prince – Get Off 28. Prince – Another Hole In Your Head 29. Prince – Baby I’m A Star 30. Beautiful Applause
31 Minutes to Takeoff was a bit of disappointment to prior Posner mixtape fans, but was quality music either way—just not for the same audience. The Duke graduate’s latest mixtape, The Layover, is back in the realm of One Foot Out The Door and A Matter of Time. With a solid number of tracks (21, to be exact) , the mixtape does not disappoint. Former fans should be pleased.
One of the most anticipated tracks, “Traveling Man,” which was sampled on One Foot Out the Door, finally makes a full-length appearance and does not disappoint. The teaser was promised to be on the next full-length album—which indeed it was not. The same way “Traveling Man” was sampled, Posner’s next supposed single “Looks Like Sex” is offered a minute forty cameo in the lineup.
The album opens with an intro featuring Don Cannon and is followed by a brilliantly executed “Wonderwall.” “Wonderwall” has to be one of the most covered songs of all time and Posner is successful in setting his apart from the million covers out there. The chorus is backed by synthetic beats and blips and a signature melodic repetition in the bass.
“Shut Up,” we can only imagine as what I think men are thinking when they sit in front of the dressing room at Forever 21. Forced into carrying multiple shopping bags and watching clothes come in and out of the dressing room in a blur of colors and “does this look good on me?” type sentiments. The almost comedic quality of the song does a fair job of audience appeal.
The album is laid out in such a way that it can be played throughout the day—paired with suggestions on how to listen to the songs. Playing the part of a waiter offering wine accompaniments to various courses during a meal, Posner advises you to: drive to this, smoke and drive to this, pull a bad bitch to this, fly to this, pre-game to this, fuck to this, drive in the dark to this, vibe to this, ride to this, chill to this, blaze to this, reminisce to this, rage to this, think to this, or fall asleep to this. An interesting concept already applied to one of life’s vices, why not now to one of the others?
Some of our favorite tracks on this album are “Blackout Remix,” “Henny & Purple,” and “Rolling in the Deep.” I am glad Posner returned to his roots as much as I enjoyed 31 Minutes to Takeoff (namely “Gone In September,” “Do You Wanna?” and “Cheated”).
Tracklist:
1. The Layover ft. Don Cannon 2. Wonderwall ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Drive to This) 3. Shut Up ft. Rusko (Drive to This) 4. Henny & Purple ft. Slim Thug (Smoke & Drive to This) 5. Looks Like Sex [Snippet] (Pull a Bad Bitch to This) 6. Rocket Man ft. Bun B (Fly to This) 7. Blackout Remix (Pre-Game to This) 8. Hey Lady ft. Twista (Fuck to This) 9. Marauder Music ft. Blackbear (Drive in the Dark to This) 10. Long Time (Vibe to This) 11. They Call Me ft. Bei Maejor (Ride to This) 12. 21 Days (Chill to This) 13. Attitdues ft. Casey Veggies (Blaze to This) 14. Traveling Man (Reminisce to This) 15. On Fire (Drug Dealer Girl Part II) ft. Machine Gun Kelly (Rage To This) 16. Room 925 ft. Cyhi Da Prynce (Fuck to This) 17. Mittens Up ft. Elzhi & Dusty McFly (Represent Your Shit to This) 18. A Perfect Mess (Think to This) 19. Rolling in the Deep (Fall Asleep to This) 20. The Scientist (Fall Asleep to This) 21. Echo ft. Michael Franti and rjd2 (Fall Asleep to This)
Artist: Prince Title: G.O.A.T. Volume 2 – The Story of Prince Produced by: DJ Legacy
Tracklist: 1.Prince – Batdance 2.Prince – Adore 3.Prince – Do Me Baby 4.Prince – Erotic City (Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive) (Original 12-Inch Version) 5.Prince – Raspberry Beret 6.Prince – Darling Nikki 7.Prince ft. Patti Labelle – Wade in the Water live 8.Prince ft. Beyonce – Purple Rain live Prince – Purple Rain 9.Prince – Little Red Corvette 10.Prince – The Most Beautiful Girl In the World 11.Prince – Kiss 12.Prince – How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 13.Prince – Call My Name 14.Prince – Diamonds and Pearls 15.Prince – Sexy M.F. 16.Prince – When Doves Cry 17.Prince – I Would Die 4 U (Single Version) 18.Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl 19.Bonus Track Produced by Prince – Tevin Campbell – Round and Round
Over the weekend, soulhead founder Ron Worthy and I attended a macaroni and cheese competition hosted by mutual friends. The winner of the overall competition took awards in key categories, most notably the one for comfort. As one of the judges declared, the winning entry was “delicious and a little on edge” yet was “still the mac and cheese you’d want to be eating on a cold winter’s night.”
Those were my thoughts when listening to Black and White America, the most recent album from singer-songwriter-musician Lenny Kravitz. It’s Kravitz’s first album in three years, a timespan that’s seen the artist delve into acting with roles in the Academy Award-winning Precious and this summer’s upcoming blockbuster The Hunger Games. Don’t let the hiatus from music and focus on acting fool you, though. Lenny hasn’t lost his touch at all.
Originally to be titled Negrophilia, Black and White America is exactly what you’d expect from Kravitz—an amalgamation of funk, rock, soul, and pop, all wrapped up into a neat little package. Like this past weekend’s winning macaroni and cheese, the album is a delicious serving of aural comfort food. While it still retains a bit of edge, it’s the sort of output we want to hear from Kravitz.
As usual, Kravitz sticks to familiar themes: love, faith, hope. This go round, as the album title implies, there’s a notable focus on race relations in America. While Kravitz doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities of the topic, there’s an overwhelming sense of optimism throughout the disc.
“Black and White America” : B+ The title track is a funk workout in which Kravitz sings about the dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and details the tribulations his parents endured as an interracial married couple. Despite the heaviness of the topics, the song is supremely uplifting.
“Come On Get It” : B- Kravitz keeps the funk moving but adds a little rock n’ roll flavor to this track, which boasts hard hitting drums and menacing guitar licks.
“In The Black”: B The playful synths on this guitar-driven pop-rock song give it a very 80s feel.
“Liquid Jesus”: B+ A sultry, soulful meditation on finding salvation through love. Reminds me of Marvin Gaye. An album highlight.
“Rock Star City Life”: C+ As a standalone track, this punk-inspired song may have been tolerable but here it simply feels out of place.
“Boongie Drop” (featuring Jay-Z and DJ Military): B A dub-influenced song celebrating ladies’ bodies (and the way they move). Jigga is on cruise control but, in a foreshadowing of his declaration to stop using certain epithets to describe women, he delivers a profanity free verse.
“Stand”: C A rather earnest slice of pop-rock peppered with wah-wah guitars. Doesn’t quite work for me. In fact, I found it to be a bit grating.
“Superlove”: B+ The album makes a welcome return to slow-grooving funk. Another one of my favorites.
“Everything”: B+ Kravitz serves up some great guitar work on this energetic track.
“I Can’t Be Without You”: B- Your typical arena rock ballad. It’s not terrible by any means, but it’s not too memorable, either. It’s just kind of there.
“Looking Back On Love”: B+ A sexy, almost jazzy song that reminisces on past love while searching for new love . Kinda experimental, but it’s a definite groove.
“Life Ain’t Ever Been Better Than It Is Now”: B This track finds Kravitz thanking the Lord for all his blessings. Gratitude has never sounded so funky.
“Faith of a Child”: B+ A midtempo, gospel-tinged ballad in which Kravitz implores all of us to just have a little faith.
“Sunflower” (featuring Drake): B With its busy drums, horns, and disco whistles, how this track never became a summer anthem is beyond me. Drake stops by for a serviceable verse, but the song would have fared well without it.
“Dream”: C- Yet another song full of hope and optimism, but I found it too slow and plodding. Almost narcoleptic.
“Push”: B+ Kravitz ends the album nicely with a moving, inspirational, and uplifting jam.
Overall Grade: B
Our Recommendation: MODERATE BUY
Our Favorite Tracks: “Black and White America,” “Liquid Jesus,” “Superlove,” “Faith of a Child”
Black and White America is an anomaly as far as current mainstream music is concerned. Bereft of both cynicism and narcissism, it carries a true message of hope and has an old school vibe that makes one think of Sly and the Family Stone or 70s-era Stevie Wonder. And while he’s not pushing the envelope sonically, Kravitz is at least meeting our musically expectations and giving us that comfort food we expect.
What are your thoughts on Black and White America?
Download the free MP3 Mixtape “Black and White America” here.
Love this bravado of this new mixtape by the Pied Piper of R&B, Robert Kelly AKA R. Kelly.
Artist: R. Kelly with Mariah Carey, Brittany Spears, Kelly Rowland and others.
Title: Shut Up
Produced by: The Syndicate
Tracklist:
1. Shut Up 2. U Turn 3. So Magical 4. Betcha Gon Know I Check (Feat. Mariah Carey) 5. Going Through Changes 6. Ghost 7. Make It Rain (Remix) 8. Till The World Ends (Remix) (Feat. Britney Spears) 9. Motivation (Remix) (Feat. Kelly Rowland) 10. Platinum (Remix) (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes) 11. Lay It Down (Remix) (Feat. Lloyd, Young Jeezy) 12. Language Of Love (Feat. Taj Jackson) R.Kelly 13. Memories 14. In Tongues (Feat. Ludacris, Rock City) 15. Taxi Cab R.Kelly 16. You Are Not Alone
Even the Pied Piper of Rhythm and Blues has gotten into the mixtape game with a few of his own versions of several popular recent songs. He clearly had fun with this one.
Artist: R. Kelly
Title: The Demo Tape
Produced By: DJ Skee
Tracklist:
1. Intro 2. Kelly’s 12 Play Remix 3. Club To A Bedroom 4. Disrespect My Shorty 5. Fuck Every Girl 6. Best I Ever Had 7. Banging The Headboard 8. Pussy Cry 9. Love Lockdown Remix 10. Supaman High 11. Turning Me On 12. Soulja Boy Tell`em – Turn My Swag On 13. Supa Dupa Man 14. Tip The Waiter 15. Birthday Sex Remix 16. Making Me Wanna 17. Move If You Want 18. T-Pain featuring Ludacris – Chopped N Skrewed
Less than two months ago, few of us had ever heard of the Weeknd. Then, as soon as the creepy R&B tracks from this free mixtape began to circulate, the hype engine revved up. There was the Drake cosign, the album art that looked like Spiritualized crossed with Tumblr art-porn, the missing vowel, the stylish samples, and the project’s creators hiding in the shadows. You can’t buy buzz like this, and the Weeknd’s quick rise to Internet fame, both in indie circles and in parts of the mainstream, raised fascinating questions about the blurrier-than-ever lines between those two audiences and the underground’s newfound embrace of R&B. (see also:Frank Ocean, Tri Angle Records, How to Dress Well.)
These are very interesting topics that have already spawned somegoodthinkpieces around the web, but set all that aside for a moment and you’re still left with an album, same as always. And this album happens to be very good. The work of Toronto singer Abel Tesfaye and producers Doc McKinney and Illangelo (Drake producer Noah “40″ Shebib, is not, as has been reported, involved in the project), House of Balloons is a remarkably confident, often troubling debut that excels at both forward-thinking genre-smearing and good old-fashioned songcraft. Take for starters the track “What You Need”: with Burial-style vocal samples, techno scrape, and a sticky pop chorus, it’s far from your average R&B number.
Of course, the Weeknd are not without forebears– producers from Rodney Jerkins to Static Major and recently The-Dream have been pushing the sonic boundaries of R&B for some time now. Where the Weeknd differ, though, is that their source material pulls from the leftfield (the title track re-purposes Siouxsie and the Banshee’s “Happy House”, two songs here ride mutated Beach House samples), and their approach is more about building vibe and atmosphere. They’re great at rich, woozy compositions that send Tesfaye’s aching falsetto through the mix. An example is “The Morning”, which feels at first like a spacey synth instrumental before a stuttering digital drumbeat announces this massive, swaying chorus that enters your brain and refuses to leave.
The group’s penchant for druggy atmospherics is mirrored in their lyrical content, which is overtly sexual, narcotics-focused, and occasionally downright frightening. Debauchery is obviously nothing new in R&B, but this takes it a step further– the drugs are harder, the come-ons feel predatory and lecherous, and the general feeling is self-hating rather than celebratory. On opener “High for This”, Tesfaye handholds a partner through some strange sex act, singing, “Trust me, girl, you wanna be high for this.” “Glass Table Girls” is pretty clearly about doing coke. Because we don’t know these guys, it’s hard to say whether these are real-life tales or imaginative storytelling– you want to think the latter, but ultimately the anonymity makes it seem more disturbing.
What makes this whole thing work in an album context is that all the thematic and sonic pieces fit together– these weird, morning-after tales of lust, hurt, and over-indulgence (“Bring the drugs, baby, I can bring my pain,” goes one refrain) are matched by this incredibly lush, downcast music. It’s hard to think of a record since probably the xx’s debut (definitely a touchstone here) that so fully embodies such a specific nocturnal quality. And even though the image of nightlife painted by the Weeknd isn’t a place you’d ever want to live, it’s one that’s frankly very hard to stop listening to.
Artist: The Weeknd
Title: House of Balloons
Tracklist:
1.High For This 2.What You Need 3.House Of Balloons – Glass Table Girls 4.The Morning 5.Wicked Games 6.The Party & The After Party 7.Coming Down 8.Loft Music 9.The Knowing
Leonard Albert “Lenny” Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actorand arranger, whose “retro” style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion himself when recording. He is known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos. Full bio here.
Pop music chameleon Lenny Kravitz, being a half-white/half-black American, has plenty of justification for titling his ninth album Black and White America. There aren’t too many biracial rock stars in the U.S., after all. But as a musician, producer and songwriter, Kravitz has always been a tough nut to crack—he’s been a spaced-out guitar hero-hippie (“Are You Gonna Go My Way”), a falsetto-sporting soul man (“It Aint Over ‘Til It’s Over”), a fist-pumping, riff-driven modern rocker (“Fly Away”) and a piano balladeer (“I’ll Be Waiting”), among other titles. Being deeply immersed in both black and white cultures—and the musics of both—he brings a fairly singular perspective to his songs.
But Kravitz’s genre-hopping skills are pretty impressive, regardless of ethnicity. Few pop stars have been able to cover so much stylistic ground, and even fewer have been able to do so without falling out of the record-buying community’s good graces (even if there have been a few critical speed bumps along the way). If you turn on your car radio, you can flip through three or four stations and hear a Kravitz song at any given moment. Which is certainly saying something. There’s a reason he’s been able to stick around for over 20 years in an unforgiving industry. Even in his clumsiest, most awkward moments (Is anyone else still traumatized by the dancing-girl music video to the god-awful “Lady”?), Kravitz has remained a reliable craftsman: writing (or co-writing), producing, and playing nearly every instrument on every one of his albums. Full review here.
Tracklist:
Come On Get It
Everything (RedTop Re-edit)
Stand (Count De Money Re-edit)
In The Black
Rock Star City Life (RedTop Re-edit)
Sunflower featuring Drake (RedTop and Tony Sap Re-edit)
Superlove (RedTop Re-edit)
Life Ain’t Ever Been Better Than It Is Now (Angelo Pepe Skordos Re-Edit)
Boongie Drop featuring Jay Z and DJ Military (RedTop Re-edit)
This new artist just recently came to our attention. We actually dig the mix of R&B and Pop from this fresh (and very beautifully exotic) face. In the tradition of other Asian songstresses who have made a mark on the soul scene (e.g. Monday Michiru, Little Dragon‘s Yukimi-Nagano), this release really proves that soul is colorblind! Listen in with us.
Baiyu (born Baiyu Chen in Xiamen, China) is a Chinese-American singer-songwriter and actress. In the early 90′s, her family moved to Maryland where she was then given the American name of “Sara”. Baiyu has appeared in several independent films, worked with Seventeen Magazine and was a VJ for the mtvU show “The Freshmen” from 2006-2008. She later graduated from Princeton University in 2008 with a degree in Sociology. Full bio here.
We have been grooving to this great collection of classic soul from one of the Black music Meccas, Chicago. DJ Cosm Roks assembles this timely collection for those who forget their roots. Chi-town stand up!
Artist: Willie Hutch, Bobby Womack, The Isley Brothers, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul, Gil Scott Heron, Curtis Mayfield and others.
Title: Windy City Soul
Tracklist:
1. Intro 2. Graham Nash – Chicago 3. Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland – Aint no Love (in the Heart of the City) 4. Bobby Womack – A Womans Gotta Have it 5. Isley Brothers – Footsteps in the Dark 6. Timmy Thomas – Sexy Woman 7. George Jackson – Aretha, Sing One for Me 8. Curtis Mayfield – Give me your Love 9. Roy Ayers – Searching 10. Carol Douglas – We Do it 11. Jean Plum – Here I Go Again 12. George Duke – Reach for it 13. Sylvia Striplin – Can’t Turn me Away 14. Parliament – All your Goodies are Gone 15. Barry White – Playing your Game, Baby 16. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Since I Found my Baby 17. Lowrell – Mellow Right On 18. Teddy Pendergrass – Close the Door 19. Chicago Gangsters – Windy City 20. Funkadelic – I’ll Stay 21. A Clockwork Orange Interlude 22. Ann Peebles – I’m Gonna Tear your Playhouse Down 23. Syl Johnson – I Hear the Love Chimes 24. The Trammps – Rubberband 25. Gil Scott Heron – Home is Where the Hatred is 26. Tommy Youngblood – Tobacco Road 27. Baby Huey – Hard Times 28. The Enticers – Theif 29. Rick James – Mary Jane 30. Ernie Hines – Our Generation (Straighten it Out) 31. The Gap Band – Outstanding 32. Mtume – Juicy Fruit 33. Surface – Happy 34. William Bell – Yesterday I Lied, Today I Cried 35. Menahan Street Band – Make the Road by Walking 36. Willie Hutch – Tell me why Our Live Has Turned Cold
Tracklist: 1.Car Service 2.All Over 3.The Check Point 4.The Planes 5.Fly Niggas Do Fly Things 6.S.D.L. 7.In The Middle 8.Layover 9.Drunk Dialing 10.How Fly 11.Friendly 12.The Life 13.Surface To Air 14.Over The Bulding 15.Rollin Up
A few days ago, the beautiful and talented DJ Flyy Mommy released The #LustIssues Mixtape. “Just in time for cuffing season,” she posted on her Facebook page.
It features a seductively potent mix of sexy, smooth soul and r&b jams, both old and new school, that as Flyy Mommy herself proclaims, is “guaranteed to have you open … listen after dark and HIDE YOUR PHONE!”
You’ve been warned!
Tracklist:
“So Gone” (feat. Paul Wall) – Jill Scott
“Seduction” – Usher
“Skin” – Rihanna
“Purple Kisses” – The Dream
“Secret Place [Interlude]” – Danity Kane
“Still Scratching Me Up” – Trey Songz
“Pregnant Remix” (feat. Tyrese, Robin Thicke & The Dream) – R. Kelly
“T- Shirt & Panties” – Adina Howard
“Red Eye” – Amerie
“Come Over” – Aaliyah
“Sex Therapy” – Robin Thicke
“Dance For You” – Beyoncé
“Take You Down” – Chris Brown
“Uhh Ahh” – Boyz II Men
“Moments In Love” – Art Of Noise
“Freaks (feat. Krayzie Bone & Adina Howard)” – Play N Skillz
“Freak Me” – Shai
“Knockin’ Da Boots” – H-Town
“T-Shirt” – Destiny’s Child
“Hoe (feat. Miguel)” – Jhene Aiko
“Funny How Time Flies” – Janet Jackson
“Downtown” – SWV
“Taste Your Love” – Horace Brown
“I Want U” – Floetry
“No Bullshit” – Chris Brown
“Fucking You Tonight” (feat. R. Kelly) – The Notorious B.I.G.
We really love this new track by video vixon and popular rap girlfriend, Amber Rose. Having had a brief brush with her back at the 2009 BET Awards, we can certainly confirm she is a star even without a record. Whew Lawd! Now, it will be undeniable. For those who are haters, get ready for what will likely be an explosion of Amber in the coming year.
“2 years ago, (you were) just a girl, now you’re name is known around the world” -Amber Rose
Her rise to..well “Fame” is well documented in this auto-tuned atmospheric dance tune that will certainly be played in clubs from Indiana to Ibiza. The tune is further co-signed by rising star and current Amber arm-candy, Wiz Khalifa, who gives her the Bonnie and Clyde treatment with his 16 bars.
Scrutinized, being blind, Side and by, all the lights The question was made Like these rumours weren’t made of Can’t shop for clothes, or buy some things Without paparazzi waiting for a flip This is a new situation Now you’re in over, nice sensation
You’re not ready for the fame Woah oh oh oh You’re not ready for the fame Woah oh oh oh
Can’t deny, it’s your style Private jets, riding high Rocking, rocking things you won’t see Tell ‘em … givenchy Three years ago, just a girl Now your name is known around the world This is a new situation Now you’re in over, nice sensation
Now you’re ready for the fame
Woah oh oh oh Now you’re ready for the fame Woah oh oh oh
[Wiz Khalifa] Uh, and you made it, this year, coming on So they hate and fly first class all day Can’t get mad at you were what they had to say But you paid it, now you’re busting out Doing your thing, in your face, cuss ‘em out Brag cause you’re the fun that the fuzz about You’s bad little, motha shut your mouth cause
(everything you say will and can be used against you)
It’s all because of the fame F.A.M.E (repeats)
[Chorus] Now you’re ready for the fame Woah oh oh oh Now you’re ready for the fame Woah oh oh oh
Similar to soul legend Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely”, rapper Jay-Z’s post-birth release “Glory” features his new baby girl, Blue, crying. Too sweet. Congrats to Baby Blue and the Carters.
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*Rapper Jay-Z has released a new song titled “Glory” featuring audio of his newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter crying.* The song, which was released on his Life and Times blog earlier today, showcases the rapper saying that the birth of his child is the most “amazing feeling he’s ever felt.” He also says that his greatest creation ever is her. The rest of the song has Jay-Z telling his daughter about people in his life that she will never meet like his dad, etc. The Internet will surely go nuts off the quick release of such a song.
