1. "Change of Heart" was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and was produced by Jacques Fred Petrus, the creator and executive producer of Change. The duo flew to Italy to produce the album but they never got paid!
2. Mary Davis, after separating from the SOS Band, generated two albums, Steppin' Out and Separate Ways, which was a LaFace production (LA, Babyface, DeRock, and Kayo). LaFace also produced tracks off of the Mac Band's first album. "Stuck" was the first single. After she released this album, Mary worked at Peppermint Records in Atlanta until August 1995 where she reunited with the band for live shows.
3. We all know about Junior Giscombe because someone peeked. That someone didn't know that James "D-Train" Williams was a football player who decided he wanted to sing instead and hooked up with Hubert Eaves III.
4. For Dynasty's "The Only One", yes, it's true that Leon Sylvers, III produced this album, but the writers were no other than the ones mentioned above, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. These tracks were done before Flytetyme took off in full force.
5. Last but not least, Portrait's neo-soul "On And On" was graced by no other than Grover Washington, Jr. (Dec. 12, 1943 - Dec. 7, 1999).

Today, the man on the turntables is no other than KB, who's bouncing the tunes with his After Party. Head on over there and bounce to it! With Koffee Brown all the way to Dave Hollister, you have no choice but to bob your head. I know I'm bobbin' mine.

Coming this weekend: another collabo, and stay tuned for the next OSW...it's already in the works.... dropped by ej at 05.00 | comments: 2 | trackbacks: 1


OSW: the triple threat
January 26, 2005


You know when they say that great minds think alike? Well imagine when there were two minds that helped shape this OSW. It's the meeting of the minds - Fresh! and Phill. But first, let me answer some of these questions posted last week:

Q: Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets - Yep, one of Prelude's gems. Nice jam, along with the sleeper Private Party. Trivia - The lead female singer also sang lead on what Jeff Lorber hot dance tune?
A: Audrey Wheeler is one of the lead female singers, but for the life of me I can't remember which Jeff Lorber track she sung on. I do remember her doing background vocals for Luther Vandross. But what I really, really liked her in was another cut from D-Train called Misunderstanding (which I coudn't find in time for this arby).

Q: Steve Arrington - Weak At The Knees - Man, phat nasty and funky. I think one of Steve's nastiest jams. DoubleTrivia - What famous black haircare product commercial did Stevie sing lead on and recorded with Slave for? and what is Stevie doing now?
A: It took me a while but I remember when I was doing some research on Slave's bass player and them talking about one of the radio commercials they did. I want to say it's Soul Glo, but I have a feeling I am so wrong. Of course, I do know what Stevie is doing now and that is ministry for a church, where he also plays drums. Trivia in return: what was the name of the bass player, and what famous song did he arrange and play bass on that was not done with Slave?

Q: The System - You Are In My System - I..love...The System!. This is a cah-lass-ic. I've always been awed by David Franks, intricate but phat drum and synth programming! I have everything they released. DoubleTrivia - Mic Murphy was a roadie for what R&B band before hookin' up with Dave Frank? (Hint: "Keeep Your Body Workin'") and what unknown diva (living in the same building as Mic) did The System record demos for her, while she was yet an unknown singer? (Hint: "Vogue")
A: David Frank lived in the same building as Madonna, of course. I couldn't tell you who we was a roadie for though. Woah!

As you can see, Fresh! up got me thinking about the next OSW, but there was actually someone else behind the scenes as well, and that someone is Phill, the man from Enigmatic Musings of a Cynical Mind. Way back when, there was an arby that KB and I did a collaboration on, and that was Parliament. Some time later, Phill and I, early in the morning, started going back and forth about music, old school, and taking ventures on the wayback machine, and that's where this arby comes from. Presenting:

Old School Wednesday: The Triple Threat - EJ, Phill, and Fresh!


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Let's see...my iPod has about 1010 songs, (5.04GB). It's new and I try to keep it at a minimum. The laptop, Hermes, has 4,623 songs (23.69GB) because it's with me at all times. Just for kicks, I also dropped the server Apollo in the mix, which as of now has 18,804 songs, (72.7 GB). Like George, they come from everywhere, from everyone...downloads, mixes, you name it.

2.The last CD you bought is:

Positive Flow Featuring Donna Garnier - Can You Feel It from the rekkasto, The Game's Untold Story from Amazon.

3.What is the song you last listened to before this message?

Interestingly enough, I was listening to "Walk on By", By D-Train....preparing for OSW, of course.

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

As of today, these mean a lot or stick in my head: Gaelle's "Repetition"; Heatwave's "Star of the Story"; Esthero's "Half A World Away"; Michael Johnson's "Own Way"; Wordsworth's "Shoulder". They just hit me in the right spots right this minute.

Honorable Mentions: Snoop Dogg/Charlie Wilson/Justin Timberlake's "Signs"; Swing Out Sister's "All In Your Mind/O Pesadelo Dos Autores"; Lo-Key/Herb Alpert's unreleased version of "Hey There Pretty Lady"; Isaac Hayes' "Return of the Pimpmobile"; Massive Attack/Tracy Thorn's "Protection" ; Cee-Lo's "Sometimes"; Laurnea's "No Shame"... I could do this all day....

5. Who are you gonna pass this stick to (three persons and why)?

I can't believe I have to limit myself to three people, but:
Trent and JT already did it, and Todd can't do it right now (we're still performing surgery- so I'll just tag him to do it once he's back in the mix).... but for the three right now: KB (cause he loves it, I know he does, and I gotta poke him), Honey (because I'm still wondering what she and Lis were talkin' 'bout last week), and Fresh! ('cause I still have to answer his questions from last week).

[01.25.05 - adding four more: Anitra, cause she needs to provide us with her goodness; James, because he's got all the good jazz stuff and no-one's hit him up yet; Joseph, because I know he's got some good stuff in his head; Timi, 'cause she needed to be tagged the last time.].

There are 15 more people in my head, right now, so if you're reading this, I want to know what's in your head too!

Baker's Dozen: Come Around! From KB's Bakers Dozen.

Let's start with the highlight of the weekend, first.

1. I got an email from the rekkasto telling me to show up at 3pm to meet no other than.....
2. Darien Brockington. You know about Foreign Exchange, right? We've only been mentioning it as one of the best CDs this year. If so, then you know that a primary vocalist, Darien, on five of the tracks has laced the CD with his presence.
3. Darien was at the rekkasto as a live-in store guest and sung 4 tracks from his upcoming CD.
4. Both of us start grinning from ear to ear when he says, "Nicolay is producing the album," he says, "so you know it's going to be tight, right?"
5. "How'd you guys meet?" I ask. Long story short: Phonte from Little Brother casually mentioned that he had some tracks from Nicolay that needed vocals. Five songs, 12 months, and countless concerts later, Darien has a record label deal, a shrewd manager (pound, pound, Monty), is getting ready to drop a CD. Release date? May.
6. "Can a brotha get some of those tracks, an EP, somethin'?!" I asked. (The jury is still out). Two of the tracks he sung, Call Me and Come Around are on his website, so check them out.

...and as for me, well....

I wanted to start the year 2005 off with an exciting note. Little did I know that I would that my SUV would too. Brother EJ is kinda broke, but at least the vehicle works now.

Since I was literally unable to use the brakes to slow down my vehicle, I've decided to apply brakes somewhere where they would be effective, and that's here. I'm still listening to the Christmas presents (12 CDs! thanks y'all!), so there's a lot of music to drop - including some previews of some hip hop albums that are scheduled for released the first quarter of this year so stay tuned. Today, I'm going to drop the mellow flow.

Friday Melodies - The Mellow Flow.

01 - Frank McComb. - White Line In the Sky.
02 - Eric Roberson - Runaway. From Esoteric.
03 - Lalah Hathaway - Your Favorite Song. One of the finest tracks on the album Outrun The Sky.
04 - Siji - Starting Over.
05 - Fantasia Barrino - Truth Is. Alright, as much as I wasn't willing to admit it, I kinda dig this album and got infected with it.
06 - New Edition - Newness. Most people were grooving to Hot 2 Nite. I didn't quite warm to this album as I had in their past endeavours, but this track stuck out.
07 - HEAVY - Wonderlove (For Minnie). Nicky Guiland & Casey Benjamin drop a track that's a tribute to Minnie Ripperton.
08 - Julie Dexter - Look Who's Got Your Back. From Conscience.
09 - Kenny Lattimore - Climb The Mountain. From his first CD, my personal favorite track.
10 - Michael Johnson - Be My Woman. A labelmate and producer of Julie Dexter. His style has been described as "mediative funk". From Servant Master.
11 - Wordsworth - Shoulder. The Underground Post described his CD as an "introspective, sensitive joint". I agree.
12 - Snoop Dogg - Perfect (Featuring Charlie Wilson). This isn't my favorite track, however. It didn't quite fit in this mix, so I didn't include it here, but will be here next Friday. Be on the lookout for it.
13 - Val Watson - Earth, Wind & Fire. Remember Club Nouveau? Well, in my search for anything Loose Ends, I got wind of this CD. This former lead vocalist from Club Nouveau drops tracks which features quite a few artists (including Jane Eugene), so I was pleased to pick it up. Stay tuned for a couple of tracks from her CD as well.

Have a great weekend.

Baker's Dozen: Look ma! No brakes! From KB's Bakers Dozen.

1. This weekend I spent time working on my 101/1001. I even managed to come up with one website to keep all of the information. Check here on the right hand side periodically, or check on the website.
2. 43 things looks like it could be interesting as well. Since Hashim has mentioned it, I may partake in it. Doesn't seem too different from 101/1001.
3. While I managed to get un-nominated for the BoB awards for best music blog, they gave me props for being a great music blog, and for that I'm grateful. They really are good people, and thanks for the nominations everyone.
4. Speaking of music blogs, I may very well stop posting to this blog. Most of my musical tastes are here on this blog, so we'll just call it the one-stop-shop for things on my mind. It's easier that way.
5. While there's not a lot of free time in my life, I do the workout thang. I even blog about that too now. The domain name? It's a combination of a nickname given to me by Ronn Taylor + [dot] ejflavors [dot] com. Anyone want to take any guesses?
6. Is it okay to be a little dissapointed with Alias? I wasn't as thrilled with it as I wanted to be. Did I miss something?
7. I may have been a little dissapointed with Alias but 24 rocked the big one. In fact, I'm watching it right now after just getting home from the gym not 3 hours ago. Wanna know what happened?
8. While I'm at work today, I check my email on my cellular phone (yeah, I know, after being almost a week late), and I have a three people that I need to call, so I write the numbers down, preparing to call them after my workout. My brakes sound strange, but I think nothing of it.
9. I lost a USB connector to my iPod so I head to a Circuit City after the workout. I don't think much about the car going down a hill and not stopping like it's supposed to.
10. I get ready to call two people (and if possible, the third one also) on the way home, and all of a sudden I realize that my brake light is on and that I cant stop my vehicle! WTF! i run up on the curb and the brake light goes off, so I get onto the highway to take it back home with the hazard lights on....
11. ...only to get off at my exit and not be able to stop without putting the emergency brakes. I can't even turn into the subdivision, and manage to just barely coast past and have to let Prime know what's up and to come pick me up.
12. Today's lesson learned? Anything electronic, or having a motor, when touched by me, will cease to work after a period of time. Computers, iPaqs and now cars. Geeze. I'll be studying this for the evening. And for the ones I was planning on calling tonight, don't hate me. I'm sure you didn't wanna hear me scream if I hit something.

Happy New Year, my people! Already the new year has started and I've gotten behind on a few things, like my top 25 songs of 2004, like Honey did. It's alright though. All good things come in time. Christmas in of itself was great. With a total of 12 new CDs, some very cool gifts, and an iPod I'm in absolute heaven. I'm sliding towards the world that is Apple, and for once, I'm gonna let it take me over.

I'll start of this year by letting you know that I have a couple of outlets that I use to express myself. If you want to know the real me and hear my voice, email your phone number to eflavors01 [at] sprintpcs dot com and I'll be sure to call you back. [Note- this paragraph will dissapear in exactly 1 week.]

Speaking of taking over, while I don't have a New Year's resolutions list, I've finally come up with my list of 101/1001. It took about 17 days for me to come up with 101, so I'm psyched. Some might sound small, others unattainable, and I'm sure some of them may even be strange, but what you see is what you get. I'll be updating this post on the regular, so check back from time to time. (Blogliners will be automatically notified).

As seen on triplux.com, and Jason, via Gwen, and also done by Saga:

[last change - 01.04.05 - #15 - added skydiving to the mix.]

The 101/1001.

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