There's a lot going on with life as usual, and I thought that maybe I should retire the OSWs for a little bit and catch my breath, 'cause it takes a little while to organize and get it together. Well, when I put the thought out there, a mini-revolution took place. KB the originator told me no. **RPM** was going to put me in a chokehold, 'cause she looks forward to it. And Todd, well, he not only told me to keep doing it, but threw down a design on my site, as you can see. Now, I'm still trying to get the rest of the kinks out, but it's the happiest I've been in more than a little while. And to come up with a design in a day? Now that's hotness. I've even managed to break down into categories and visualizations, and even upgrade to MT 3.2, thanks to Carla's thumbs-up about it. I've even suspended Typekey for now, and shaking out the new features of the upgrade. Now if there were only more hours in the day, right? But hey, onward and upward...
Jabriel mentioned that there was a concert right around the corner from my house, so I showed up, and took some pictures also. Since that made my Saturday, I asked Xquizzyt1 again, as she loves to do, to knock another Old School Wednesday out the box.
Old School Wednesday: EJ's Request Line, Volume 1.
I asked for some Lisa Lisa, some Big Daddy Kane, and some Whodini, and all vibes in between. She delivered.
01 Shannon - Let the Music Play.
02 CBank - One More Shot.
03 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait.
04 Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music.
05 Freeze - IOU.
06 Full Force - Alice, I Want You Just for Me.
07 Malcom McClaren and the Rock Steady Crew - Buffalo Gals.
08 Art of Noise - Beat Box.
09 Man Parish - Hip Hop Be Bop.
10 Schooly D - PSK What Does it Mean.
11 T La Rock - It's Yours.
12 Just ICE - Latoya.
13 LL Cool J - Dear Yvette.
14 Stetsasonic - Sally.
15 Kool Moe Dee - Go See The Doctor.
16 Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up Kane.
17 Whodini - Friends.
18 Dana Dane - Delancey Street.
19 Bad Boys - Inspector Gadget Rap.
20 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home.
Enjoy the vibe, and pardon the dust as we try to clean up the spot around here....
I've got a little of everything for you:
In Rotation: August 27, 2005.
Good Vibrations:
01 - Stephanie Cooke - What Makes The World Go Round (Shrine Mix). From Soul Heaven Presents Blaze.
02 - King Britt - Love's Time (f Lady Alma). From Adventures in Lo-Fi.
03 - Freddie Kruger - On My Way feat. Linn. From Current Cuts, V.1, soon to be released in the states.
04 - Roy Ayers - Running Away. Roy Ayers teamed up with Rick James on the Double Trouble release before his passing.
Relaxing:
05 - Latrelle - Deal With the Pain. Again from the unreleased Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl. Produced by The Neptunes.
06 - Angela Johnson - Got To Let It Go. From the abum of the same name. Check her out here.
07 - Jianda and FP - Flower (Soul Sunrise). As long as i can remember, I've been subscribed to Jianda and enjoyed her music, poetry, and her altogether good vibe. When she said last month to buy her CD, I picked it up without hesitation, which made me adjust my rotation.
08 - Christine Horn - Educated (Extended Mix). From her new CD, Therapy.
09 - George Duke - Somebody's Body. From his newest release, Duke.
10 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You (Tranzition Remix). Yet another track from Motown Remixed which made me rethink my strategy for my 10 after 6, which I am now almost 3 months late in doing.
Rhyming:
11 - Kanye West - Addiction. From Late Registration.
12 - King Britt - Transcend (f Bahamadia). Again from Adventures In Lo-Fi.
13 - Jean Grae - Don't Rush Me (Explicit Lyrics). From 9th Wonder - Changing The Game.
14 - Kanye West - Late (Explicit Lyrics). Hidden track from Late Registration.
If you're so inclined, check out the review of Kanye's Late Registration.
Give Todd and EJ an hour on instant messager, and it's instant review. Here we go.... the unedited IM review to:
Late Registration.
Just last week, it took me a while to try to come up with a title, which got bestowed upon Will. Well, little did I know that there were not one, not two, but three birthdays on that same day: Lynne, KB, and Will. Well, it's time for me to make up for one of them now. To one of the coolest women you would ever want to meet. This one's for you, Lynne.
Old School Wednesday: The Lynneluvah Mix.
01 - Lalah Hathaway - Heaven Knows.
02 - The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round (Full Version).
03 - The Crusaders - Streetlife (Complete Version).
04 - Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love.
05 - Slave - Just a Touch of Love.
06 - D Train - Walk on By.
07 - Chaka Khan - Clouds.
08 - Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music.
09 - Change - The Glow Of Love.
10 - Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait [Dance Mix].
11 - Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin'.
12 - Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World.
13 - Evelyn Champagne King - Betcha She Don't Love You.
14 - Expose - Let Me Be The One.
15 - Aurra - Make up Your Mind (Extended Version).
16 - Loose Ends - Slow Down.
17 - Five Star - Let Me Be The One (Extended Version).
Oh, but wait. There's more. You don't think we would have forgotten about my man, KB, would you? No, not the KC'er. Hop on over here to Nasty Bastard's for yet another belated birthday mix. These two should keep you busy for more than a little while. Happy belated birthday, Lynne and KB!
I'm back with a little house, a little love, some beats, some rhymes, and some Atlantis Music Conference 2005, goodness. I only got to hang out for one night, but that was quite possibly one of the best nights I've had this summer. Check it out.
In Rotation: August 19, 2005.
A little house for the masses.
01 - D3 Feat. Ivana B - Love Will Find A Way. From Soulfields.
02 - DJ Spinna - Music In Me (Come Alive). From Here to There.
Love, part I.
03 - Don-E - Love Makes The World Go Round. More love from Unbreakable.
04 - Solsonics - Keep the Rhythm Strong. From Jazz In the Present Tense.
Love, part II. Last weekend, I got to meet these two gentlemen:
05 - Randevyn - Dear Farah. I got a chance to meet Mr. Randevyn. Great guy with a soulful voice. This song struck me. From SolTrain.
06 - Keni Myles - Piece of My Soul. "You mind if I take a picture of you?" I asked. He said, "Sure, but it's gotta be from the stage." He's a guy to watch as well. From his eponymous EP.
Love, part III.
07 - Lizz Wright - I'm Confessin'. I was trying to figure out a way to flow Lizz Wright into the mix without playing the entire CD instead. It took me awhile. From Dreaming While Awake.
08 - Adriana Evans - Kismet. From the import Kismet.
09 - Carmen Rodgers - Dream. You've checked the interview out, haven't you?
10 - Latrelle - Infatuated With Your Love. From the unreleased Dirty Girl. I love this track. Produced by the Neptunes. Special shoutout to CannonNYC.
Putting some funk, beats, and rhymes into the flow.
11 - Phillippia - We Gonna Party. More Atlantis Music Conference goodness.
12 - Floetry - SupaStar.
13 - Funkilinium - All That You Need. While I was in Apache Cafe, I also got to meet the lead singer of Funilinium. I miss live bands. Check them out also.
14 - Little Brother - Lovin' It (Featuring Joe Scudda). Trent, Del, and Todd have been mentioning the upcoming release as well. I know for a fact, I'm chomping at the bit for it, so I had to pull this off of iTunes, forreal.
15 - Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away (w/ Big Boi (Ft. Sleepy Brown & Killer Mike). Still lovin' that Starbucks.
Enjoy it.
After such an adventurous weekend and a busy week, I'm all tapped out. No theme here, just good tracks. My imagination is gone.
Old School Wednesday:
01 - Gary Taylor - Compassion. From the eponymous debut album.
02 - Zhane - Sending My Love. From Pronounced Ja-Nay.
03 - Slam/Slam Feat. Dee C. Lee - Giving It Up. While I was in Philly, my friends let me into their basement. It was all over. I think I spent at least 6 hours in there. Makes me want to pull out The Style Council.
04 - Mr. Fingers - What About This Love? More Larry Heard.
05 - Patrice Rushen - Number One [Instrumental]. Grammy nominated cut from Straight From The Heart.
06 - Patti Austin - Gettin' Away With Murder. From the album of the same name.
07 - Curtis Mayfield - Give Me Your Love [Love Song]. Everyone's theme song.
08 - Mary J. Blige - Love No Limit. Since Mary (read: Sean Puffy Combs) sampled Curtis Mayfield on her second album, it made me pull this track out. From What's The 411?
09 - D'Influence - Good 4 We. From their debut album, which made me spend most of my college money on cassettes from Great Britain.
10 - Shanice - The Way You Love Me. From Discovery.
11 - Michael Franks - Now I Know Why [They Call It Falling]. Back when funk was ever-present in 1985, I bough three copies of this cassette tape and played this cut endlessly. From Skin Dive.
12 - Stevie Wonder - With Each Beat of My Heart. From Characters.
13 - Maysa - More Than You Know. From Maysa.
14 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy. From All N' All.
Happy birthday, Will!
