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Old School Wednesday: Places And Spaces.
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01 - Evelyn Champagne King - Shame
02 - Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
03 - The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You
04 - Brass Construction - Partyline
05 - Patrice Rushen - Get Off (You Fascinate Me)
06 - Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces
07 - Jamiroquai - Return of The Space Cowboy
08 - Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
09 - Stevie Wonder - Blame It On The Sun
10 - Fredrick - Gentle (Calling Your Name)
11 - Krystol - Same Place, Same Time
12 - Phyllis Hyman - Falling Star
13 - Rick James - Moonchild
14 - The Emotions - Blessed

The mix starts out with Evelyn and Candi to give a little taste of two great female singers. The Brothers Johnson, Brass Construction and Patrice Rushen give you some of the 80s at it's finest. While Donald Byrd's Places and Spaces and Jamiroquai's Return of the Space Cowboy start to mellow out the mix, Steely Dan's Hey Nineteen manages to inject even more white hot soul into it. Stevie Wonder's Blame It On The Sun and Frederick's Gentle (Calling Your Name) start to slow things down, paving the way for Krystol's Same Place, Same Time, Phyllis' Falling Star, Rick James' Moonchild. We end the mix with The Emotions' Blessed, a perfect nightcap to end the mix with.

Special thanks to Brown Sugar for the suggestion of Frederick, Mr. Madison for bringing my attention to Krystol, and D'West for inspiring me to place Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai in the mix. Much love to them.

Take it light.

Here we go, droppin' it on the one....

Old School Wednesday: New Jack Swing, Volume III.
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01 - Le Gent - Woman's Heart
02 - The Good Girls - Your Sweetness
03 - Joe Public - Live And Learn
04 - Boy George - Don't Take My Mind on a Trip
05 - Guy - Do Me Right
06 - Caron Wheeler - I Adore You
07 - Keith Sweat - Something Just Ain't Right
08 - Al B. Sure - Rescue Me
09 - Entouch - II Hype
10 - Michael Jackson - In The Closet
11 - SWV - I'm So Into You
12 - Today - Girl I Got My Eyes On You
13 - Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)

I'm sure, again, you've heard most of these cuts. Tracks by Guy, Keith Sweat, Today, and Al B. Sure go without saying. Also, who can forget hits from Boy George, The Good Girls, Joe Public, Hi Five, and SWV? The tracks for me that stand out the most are Le Gent (produced by Timmy Gatling), Entouch's II Hype, and Caron Wheeler's I Adore You from the Mo' Money soundtrack.

I was able to attend a wonderfully awesome podcast seminar this past weekend. Let me tell you that I'm excited now because it now pushes me forward to make some changes this year. There were great seminars, and I met some very, very knowledgeable and exciting people. Through their wisdom and teachings I managed to obtain some really good audio equipment.

Because of this (and all the good music out there these days), rotations will now be every 2 weeks now and podcasts will now contain my voice. Trust me, I will probably sound like Alvin (just call me MC Chipmunk), but should make it more personable instead of just melodies. This is the first of the set that I did last week without the equipment, which is also available over at Flowink, along with Sincere's.

Rotatin' : Volume 8, March 2007.
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01 - Blaze - Found Love (Shrine DJ Vocal Mix)
02 - Robbscott - Revolution
03 - Elmore Judd Feat Fae Simon - Your Eyes
04 - Roy Ayers - Funk In The Hole (Platinum Pied Pipers Remix)
05 - Natalie Williams - You Don't Know
06 - Koop - I See A Different You
07 - 4hero feat. Carina Andersson - Morning Child
08 - Nicole Willis - All the Time
09 - Iman - Who Was I Trying To Fool
10 - Sy Smith - Bad On You
11 - Anthony David - Stop Playin'
12 - Eric Roberson - If I Had A Chance
13 - Emmanuel - Right Here
14 - 4hero feat. Jack Davey - Take My Time
15 - Conya Doss - The One
16 - Darien Brockington - Come On Over

I'm here to tell you that I'm a huge fan of Blaze's ability to mix tracks, as you will see on Found Love, which is a perfect segue into Robbscott's Revolution. The song that I keep playing like it's going out of style is Elmore Judd's Your Eyes, with the vocals of Fae Simon gracing the track and Yam Who? putting their own spin into it. Funk In The Hole is nicely mixed by Platinum Pied Pipers, which enables the track to transcend jazz, hip hop, and soul. It's all about Natalie Williams' vocal stylings and the terrific flute on You Don't Know which is absolutely fantastic.

Koop's I See A Different You and 4Hero's Morning Child have fantastic instrumentation, as does Nicole Willis' All The Time. Iman's Who Was I Trying to Fool (from Brownswood Bubblers) is followed by tracks by Sy Smith, Anthony David, and Eric Roberson. Mellowing us out is a cut from 4Hero's Take My Time, sung by Jack Davey, Conya Doss' The One, and Darien Brockington's Come On Over finishing out the sex.

Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more rotations.

Spring is almost here and I've been extremely lazy, so I had to put NJS on hold this week. Not to worry though. I'm sure you'll like:

Old School Wednesday: Out Of Thin Air, Volume IX.
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01 - Vanity - Mechanical Emotion (featuring Morris Day)
02 - S.O.S. Band - For Your Love
03 - Taja Sevelle - Trouble Having You Near
04 - Karyn White - Don't Mess With Me
05 - Johnny Gill - Never Know Love
06 - Ce Ce Peniston - Searchin'
07 - Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
08 - Vanessa Williams - The Comfort Zone
09 - Brian McKnight - Goodbye My Love
10 - Ann Nesby - If You Love Me
11 - Guy - Smile
12 - Brownstone - Baby Love
13 - SWV - Rain
14 - Skyy - When You Touch Me
15 - The Time - Girl

I know you're familiar with most, if not all, of these cuts. I've been dying to drop Mechanical Emotion for quite some time, as well as For Your Love and Trouble Having You Near, which are three of my favorite tracks. Karyn, Ce Ce, and Johnny segue into Tom Tom Club's classic, Genius of Love. Vanessa, Brian, and Ann mellow us out a little bit, bringing us into slow jams from Guy, Brownstone, SWV, and Skyy. I finally had to end the mix with the way I began it with a Morris Day on this classic track, Girl.

Take it light.

Near the end of the 80's and on into the 90's, that which we call New Jack Swing was in full effect. My mission given to me by some of my friends from around the US is to revisit that era, which took place more than 12 years ago. I present

Old School Wednesday: NJS, Volume II.
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01 - Wreckz N Effect - Rump Shaker
02 - Christopher Williams - Talk To Myself
03 - SWV - Anything (From "Above The Rim")
04 - Keith Sweat - I Want Her
05 - Today - Him Or Me
06 - Jodeci - Gotta Love
07 - Guy - Groove Me
08 - Heavy D & The Boyz - Somebody For Me
09 - Al B. Sure! - Had Enuf?
10 - Tevin Campbell - Goodbye
11 - En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
12 - Intro - Let Me Be the One
13 - Joe Public - Anything
14 - Soul for Real - Every Little Thing I Do

This whole lineup is great to me, but I'm especially pleased that Jodeci, Al B. Sure, and Soul For Real are in the mix as well. Many props, of course, to KB, Thierno, Prime, and ms. alex. Take it light.