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EJ Flavors June 29, 2005 Today, it's an Old School Wednesday where melanin is not required. Yolanda presents us with: Old School Wednesday: Ballads From The Other Side 01 - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart 02 - REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling 03 - George Michael - One More Try 04 - Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me 05 - Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 06 - Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back 07 - Sinead O Connor - Nothing Compares To You 08 - Phil Collins - Against All Odds 09 - Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 10 - Berlin - Take My Breath Away 11 - Billy Vera & the Beaters - At This Moment 12 - Bryan Adams - Everything I Do I Do It For You 13 - Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 14 - Simply Red - Holding Back The Years 15 - Jennifer Rush - Power of Love 16 - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 17 - Rod Stewart - The Way You Look Tonight 18 - The Police - Every Breath You Take 19 - Bryan Adams - How Do You Talk To An Angel 20 - Chris Deburgh - The Lady In Red How many of these tunes do you remember? Don't front.... dropped by ej at 00.00 | comments: 25 | trackbacks: 0 In Rotation: 06/26/05 June 26, 2005 This week's In Rotation: 06/26/05 just goes with the flow. Sometimes I wonder if I'm getting too mellow, but as Terecico's told me, "Man, you can never get too mellow...there is no such thing." You know what? He's right....and all the while I thought it was one too many mojitos this weekend. Or maybe it was mellowing out after checking out Flip The Script. I echo the same sentiments as Rainmayan did- it wasn't a bad flick at all, but Teck was killing me. Note to Teck: polish up that acting, dawg. That's how my weekend went. Check the flow: 01 - Eric Benet - Where Did The Love Go? From his new album Hurricane. 02 - Lina - Run To Me. 03 - Towa Tei - Luv Connection (Album Version). Remember this cut from about 10 years ago? Sure you do. 04 - Ivana Santilli - Breathe Inn. 05 - Michael Johnson - Own Way. 06 - Donnie - Rocketship. He didn't perform this last night, but trust me when I say his performance this weekend was phenomenal. Am I right, Ms. Thing? 07 - Greyboy - Genevieve. From Midnight Soul. 08 - Jamiroquai - Talulah. I keep singing the hook on this song. 09 - N8E - Brainstorm. Again, from Galactic Soul. Told you about that, right? 10 - Esthero - Thank Heaven For You. This song hits me in all the right places. 11 - Break Reform - All In Good Time. 12 - Alison Crockett - U R (Yam Who? mix). I tried singing this to Enigma over IM. She called me insane. 13 - New Sector Movements - Download This. As I was leaving a restaurant before coming home and putting this together, the valet asked me about this cut. He thought it was very cool. I have to agree with him. Enjoy, peeps. dropped by ej at 22.39 | comments: 11 | trackbacks: 0 OSW: The Freaky Mix June 22, 2005 There's more than a little bit going on, so let's see if I can get it all out. If you're in the ATL on Friday, I can be seen at a movie Flip The Script. Major props to Rainmayan for giving his review. If you're looking for me on Friday evening that's where I'll be. Come and join me. **RPM** also called me a couple of evenings ago and had an absolutely great time. *Slides the Lizz Wright CD just out of her reach.* After that conversation, it made me appreciate the effects of vodka & tonic (or the lack thereof). And yes, I'm still planning on checking out Donnie on Saturday (thanks, Fly Girl, for letting us know). This OSW was created by no other than Godizus, who doesn't have a blog but always has tunes in his ear. I present to you: Old School Wednesday: The Freaky Mix 01 - Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper 02 - Rick James - Give It To Me Baby 03 - Mary Jane Girls - In My House 04 - Prince - Erotic City (extended version) 05 - Vanity Six - Nasty Girl 06 - Janet Jackson - Nasty 07 - Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison 08 - Adina Howard - Freak Like Me 09 - Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker 10 - Jodeci - Freakin' You 11 - Whodini - Freaks Come Out at Night 12 - Raekwon - Ice Cream 13 - Rob Base - It Takes Two 14 - De La Soul - Buddy 15 - Salt N Pepa - Push It 16 - EU - Da Butt 17 - Raze - Break For Love 18 - 2 Live Crew - Doo Doo Brown 19 - Super Cat - Girlstown (remix) 20 - Red Fox - Pose Off Erotic? Check. Freaky? Check. Memories? Umm.... I plead da fifth! Enjoy. Chicago! See you on July 2nd and 3rd! I'm comin', Golden and Kelvin..... dropped by ej at 00.00 | comments: 23 | trackbacks: 0 In Rotation: 06/19/05 June 19, 2005 This week's In Rotation: 06/19/05 was inspired by Lina's appearance in town this weekend. Check it: 01 - EJ Intro. 02 - Raul Midon - Everybody. 03 - The Plant Life - When She Smiles (She Lights The Sky). I'll keep dropping tracks from Galactic Soul until it's exhausted I'm sure. 04 - Loose Ends - Love's Got Me. 05 - Dwele - I Think I Love You. New cut from the upcoming album Verbs & Predicates. 06 - Fernanda Abreu - Eu Quero Sol (Brazil). From Global Soul. I've been really feeling this CD, because it's great hearing hip hop and soul music from all around the globe. 07 - Zo! - Say How I Feel - Remix. Zo! took Rhiann Benson's cut with a little hip-hop laced into it and dropped a cool cut, with Dwele in it for good measure. I vibed from his Re:Definition CD. Check him out on his Musical Architect website. 08 - Nuwamba - Caught Up. From his new CD Above The Water. 09 - Platinum Pied Pipers - Fever (feat. Zeno). 10 - Algebra - Some Kinda Wonderful. Meeting her last weekend was great. 11 - Lina - I Am. From her upcoming album, The Inner Beauty Movement. 12 - Amerie - Can We Go (Feat. Carl Thomas). 13 - The Rurals - Pleading With You. 14 - Jamiroquai - Seven Days In Sunny June. 15 - Salakida - Beautiful. Available on Songs From The Soul Mecca...and Beyond. Check her out here. 16 - Plantlife - Stardancer. 17 - Positive Flow - Natural. A couple of notes: If you're so inclined, check out the Vibe Musicfest A/B conversation, and Kevin's assesment of it. My take? Let's hope Lauryn doesn't do this again. My tickets are purchased for my visit to Chicago for Independence Day weekend. There's a meetup- if anyone has any info they can share, let me know. I'm down with whatever is happening that weekend. Groove it forward. dropped by ej at 10.52 | comments: 15 | trackbacks: 0 OSW: The End of Spring June 15, 2005 I had a very, very exhausting weekend working with the Vibe Music Fest which was in town. That's alright though, I made it through! Stay tuned for the story. Meanwhile, let me tell you about this mix: Old School Wednesday: The Last Rites of Spring I was going to try and perform a strictly England mix since I got a chance to meet up with Loose Ends this weekend for the Vibe Music Fest, but I just went with the flow this round. I put the headphones on and thought about the end of spring and the beginning of summer and it came out this way... 01 - Shanice - It's For You, with verses dropped by one of the guys from... 02 - Portrait - Commitment - one of my favorite cuts, which reminded me of... 03 - Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing, because I knew a lot of people have been wanting to hear a little Alex, am I right? Then, I felt like vibing to.... 04 - Vanessa Williams - Work To Do, with rap by Dres, since Will's down in Miami taking lots of photos, damn him! That in turn me think of.... 05 - Heavy D - Somebody For Me (big props to Nastybastard). But then, I thought about Xquizzyt1 and Honey, and decided to drop..... 06 - Taja Sevelle - Popular...but then I couldn't go without the first cut I heard from Loose Ends this past weekend during their performance.... 07 - Loose Ends - Stay a Little While, Child [Remix], which was a perfect segue into the mellow... 08 - Zhane - Just Like That, which made me think of **RPM**, which is why I dropped.... 09 - Chuckii Booker - You Don't Know, which was an absolutely perfect prelude to.... 10 - Cherrelle - Where Do I Run To? with vocals by Rick, Ran, and Dan. Cherrelle singing made me pull out.... 11 - Mary J. Blige - Reminisce... but then I had to go back into the crates and pick on Yolanda and pull.... 12 - Soul II Soul - Love Come Through, which reminded me of..... 13 - Club Nouveau - Situation Number 9, and then I had to tip my hat to Gwen and drop... 14 - Aleese Simmons - I Want To Be Your Lover, and then finally I had to give a shoutout to Hypothetically Speaking and to Sister Outsider and close it out with.... 15 - Loose Ends - Dial 999. I came up with this mix in about 45 minutes. Think I did alright? Groove with me. dropped by ej at 00.37 | comments: 19 | trackbacks: 0 In Rotation: 06/10/05 June 10, 2005 Musically, this has definitely been the best week this year for me so far. Get ready for this week's In Rotation: 06/10/05. In my opinion, this is the best radio blog I've done in a while, because the music these days has really been on-point. This is tight, people. It also helped that Todd Kelley's birthday was two days ago, so we had to poke him a little. I have have 2 cuts from Dynamite, and 2 cuts from Galactic Soul, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Check it: 00 - The KB Drop.. 01 - Intro - TK's-Birthday. 02 - Jamiroquai - Time Won't Wait. The album itself, in my opinion, is the best one he's delivered in 10 years. A strong track with a great vocal arrangement. 03 - D Nell - 20/20 (Main Mix). "This Thing" was one of my favorite tracks from last year. Producer Dan Jones and Vocalist Ellie Hajee have delivered one of my favorite tracks so far this year, which is making me wonder when, if at all, their album will drop. 04 - D'Influence ft Posnudos - Shake It. [Explicit] The track from the CD without Posnudos was great...this has an awesome spin on it. 05 - The Foreign Exchange - Nic's Groove (Electric Bounce Rock Skate Mix). [Explicit] When I first listened to this mix, I thought, 'why touch perfection?' but in my opinion, they did a great job. 06 - Jon B - I'm Right Here. From Stronger Everyday, a chillout cut which is a perfect segue to: 07 - Yamama'Nym - Groove. I learned about them from Honey, of course. 08 - Honey's Interlude. 09 - Jamiroquai - Starchild. I'm a sucker for great arrangements of strings, vocals, and guitars. 10 - Esthero ft Andre 3000 - Junglebook. Track from Wikked Lil' Grrrls. 11 - Rahsaan Patterson - Yeah Yeah Yeah. 12 - TK Gettin' Off (EJ). 13 - Repercussions - Turn Your Card. Still vibin' off them. Reminded me of: 14 - The Brand New Heavies - Spend Some Time. You remember this album, right? 15 - Nikka Costa - Around The World. From her new album, can'tneverdidnothin'. 16 - Kelis - So Be It. Not sure why I picked this album out and played it this week, but I was really feeling this track. 17 - Raul Midon - State Of Mind. Nikki was feeling this artist, so as soon as the album was released, I picked it up. The entire CD is wonderful. 18 - Roy Ayers - I Am Your Mind (Part 2). Also from Galactic Soul. The explicit cuts are ones which ones are a little raw with their dialogue, so if you're blasting this at work, make sure your CEO isn't around (unless he curses too). Groove it forward. dropped by ej at 07.59 | comments: 11 | trackbacks: 1 OSW: Xquizzyt1: The Dancehall Mix June 8, 2005 Alright, people here we go. It's Xquizzyt1 time again. Old School Wednesday: Xquizzyt1: The Dancehall Mix 01 Shelly Thunder - Kuff 02 Shabba Ranks - Twice My Age 03 Ninja Man - Murder Dem 04 Cutty Ranks - A Who Seh Me Dun (Wake Da Man) 05 Spragga Benz - She Nuh Ready Yet 06 Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm 07 Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound 08 Nardo Ranks - Burrup 09 Joseph Stepper - Wife 10 Little Lenny - Punnanney Tegereg 11 Terror Fabulous - Nadine Sutherland - Action 12 Buju Banton - Batty Rider 13 Panhead - Punny Printer 14 Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb 15 Dirtsman - Hot This Year 16 Super Cat Junior Cat Demus - Cabin Stabbin' 17 Shabba Ranks - Caan Dun 18 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote 19 Pliers - Bam Bam 20 Sister Nancy - Bam Bam 21 Nardo Ranks - Dem A Bleach Now I know nothing about dancehall. At all. I've never seen these tracks before either, so I'll have to put this question out there- what's the thrill of dancehall music? I think I need a little education, people. Also - stay tuned for Friday. We're havin' a little birthday tribute to the Big La. Get ready for it. dropped by ej at 00.00 | comments: 23 | trackbacks: 0 In Rotation: 06/04/05 June 4, 2005 It's been a helluva week, as I mentioned before. I believe I've taken the word 'overtime' to a whole new level, but thank goodness I got a break. Thanks for all the votes of confidence-- but more than that, thanks for all the emails as well. Because of both the emails and the comments, I've been able to push my way through life's challenges and present In Rotation: 06/04/05. I'm in chill mode. Check it out: 01 - Platinum Pied Pipers ft Rogier - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. They're still on the top of my stack. Excellent remake. 02 - Omar - Tell Me. He's in the studio right now working on his next album. 03 - D'Influence ft Julie Anne Evans - Dreams. 04 - Teedra Moses with Raphael Saadiq - Take Me. Underappreciated album, and a very good duet with Raphael. 05 - Matt Bianco - I Never Meant To. Matt Bianco is back, and this time with Basia. This CD is reminiscent of the way they were back in the day, which is why this track has been in my rotation for the past month. Ultra mellow and ultra addictive. 06 - Beanfield - Close to You. From Seek, with Ernesto on vocals. 07 - Ivana Santilli - Never Again. Yep, I'm still on my Ivana kick. I'm a sucker for a good guitar solo. 08 - Syleena Johnson - I'm Gon' Cry. I've been vibing to Kanye lately, which made me pull this cut out. The guitar and the vocals fit the mix perfectly. 09 - Natalie - You Don't Love Me No More. Again with the guitar. iTunes is addictive, which made me purchase this CD outright. The rhyme didn't hurt either. 10 - Symbolyc One And Illmind ft Kenn Starr and Thesis - Guilty Pleasures. Mellow hip hop. 11 - Siji - Running Away. 12 - Incognito - Listen To The Music. Maysa on vocals, of course. 13 - Repercussions - Promise Me Nothing. It took everything I had to limit myself to only one song from Repercussions. I had to force myself not to just drop their entire CD in the mix. Much thanks to my homeslice from PA. 14 - Reel People - Butterflies. From Second Guess, featuring Dyanna Fearron. The instrumental ending always puts a smile to my face. dropped by ej at 22.53 | comments: 5 | trackbacks: 0 a shift in focus/questions and answers June 3, 2005 Before I give the answers to questions asked during the last couple of weeks, I'd like to make a little statement and do a little polling. Without going into details, my work and life schedule has primarily been in a state where most of my blogging is done when I'm at home. In other words, being able to read other blogs at work is much easier than actually blogging at work. Because the break/fix to the radio blog for Old School Wednesday had to be done during work hours, I received backlash for having to do so in the workplace. Because of this, I was a little shaken and a little discouraged in actually finishing work on an In Rotation this week. I have an In Rotation in progress for this week, but because of the way my week at has been, I wasn't able to finish it in time for this morning. I'm thinking of switching my In Rotations to either: 1. Every other Friday; or 2. Posting one on the weekend. Readers/listeners out there, which schedule would you vote for? I like to be able to provide a mix, since doing radio blogs and sharing music is something I really enjoy. I'd like to hear from you. Thanks. ....and now to answer questions. the full deal » dropped by ej at 04.52 | comments: 15 | trackbacks: 0 OSW: The House Mix! June 1, 2005 Whose house? Xquizzyt1's house. Old School Wednesday: The Xquizzyt1 Mix: The House Mix 01 - Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body 02 - Black Riot - A Day in the Life 03 - LNR - Work It To The Bone 04 - JM Silk - Jack Your Body 05 - Sandee - Notice Me 06 - Ceybill - Love So Special 07 - Raze - Break For Love 08 - Ten City - Devotion 09 - Ralphi Rosario feat. Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me 10 - Bang The Party - Bang Bang You're Mine 11 - Robin S - Show Me Love 12 - Jomanda - Got A Love For You (Hurley's House Mix) 13 - Inner City - Big Fun 14 - Soho - Hot Music 15 - Harddrive - Deep Inside 16 - Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It 17 - DJ Funk - There's Some Hoes in This House 18 - Aly-U - Follow Me 19 - Lil' Louis - French Kiss It would take me way too long to tell you about each one of these songs... but considering I went to college in Chicago back when house music was in it's formative years... well, I'm sure you can imagine these take me back. I even have some of these cuts on vinyl. Yep, vinyl. Time to dig in the crates again! Man, oh man...... Don't just stand there! Turn it up! *** Two additions made for a total of 19. dropped by ej at 00.01 | comments: 28 | trackbacks: 1 |
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