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Old School Wednesday: Is It Cool?
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01 - The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
02 - GQ - Is It Cool?
03 - Sharon Brown - I Specialize In Love
04 - Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets
05 - Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
06 - Zapp and Roger - More Bounce To The Ounce
07 - Prince - Anotherloverholenyohead
08 - Wendy And Lisa - Are You my Baby
09 - Herbie Hancock - Gettin' To The Good Part
10 - Vertical Hold - Seems Your're Much Too Busy
11 - Earth Wind & Fire - Every Now and Then
12 - Phylis Nelson - Move Closer

Based on the energy I was receiving from requests, I decided to kick it off with dance and disco tunes by The Jacksons, GQ, Sharon Brown, and Unlimited Touch. I was then able to slow it doen just a little and throw in the request for Indeep. Prince's Anotherloverholenyohead was a nice segue to Wendy & Lisa's Are You My Baby, which I had been feeling for quite some time.

Herbie's Gettin' To The Good Part (written with Rod Temperton) leads the way into Vertical Hold, Earth Wind and Fire's track from System of Survival, and the huge 1985 UK hit from Phylis Nelson, Move Closer. Special, special thanks to G-Force (keeper of the flow), my man Big Daddy and Ricky McCarthy (the man with the Podomatic goodness) as only they can. Feedback like this keeps it flowin' every week. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.

Let's do this.

Old School Wednesday: Take A Chance
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01 - Vikki Love With Nuance - Take A Chance
02 - Lillo Thomas - I'm In Love (Longer Luv Mix)
03 - Skyy - Show Me The Way
04 - Gladys Knight & the Pips - When You're Far Away
05 - Princess - Say I'm Your #1
06 - Pia Zadora - I Don't Wanna Love
07 - Lalah Hathaway - Bad By Myself
08 - Level 42 - Love Games
09 - After 7 - Ready Or Not
10 - Steve Arrington - Sugar Momma Baby
11 - Patrice Rushen - Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
12 - Teena Marie - Portuguese Love

I had Nuance and Skyy on my mind last week, and Lillo was a natural progression with I'm In Love. Gladys and Princess flow into Pia Zadora's track I Don't Wanna Love (produced by Jam and Lewis, along with When You're Far Away) which was only released in the UK. Lalah's Bad By Myself (produced by Chuckii Booker) is followed up with Level 42 and After 7, flowing straight into Steve's Sugar Momma Baby, Patrice's Feel So Real, and Teena's Portugese Love. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.

Temperature coolin' down, gas prices goin' up. Gotta find a happy medium somewhere. Here we go...

Old School Wednesday: Sunshine
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01 - Fonda Rae - Over Like a Fat Rat
02 - Skyy - Call Me
03 - El DeBarge - You Wear It Well
04 - Junior - Too Late
05 - One Way - Cutie Pie
06 - Steve Arrington - What Do You Want From Me?
07 - Cameo - She's Strange
08 - Rhonda Clark - State of Attraction
09 - Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker
10 - Gwen Guthrie - Thrill Me
11 - Lisa Stansfield - Wake Up Baby
12 - Lalah Hathaway - A Moment
13 - Alexander O'Neal - Sunshine

Shoutouts go to AMC for requesting me to pull out Skyy's Call Me. Forgot how much I loved that track. On top of that, Janicke Jam had me pull out One Way's Cutie Pie which made it sweeter...then G-Fresh kept it goin' with You Wear It Well! In addition, as I was playing Cameo last week, some coooool people, MisterJT, Monique, and Tiffany killed me with singing She's Strange through Friendfeed which positively made my week. I don't think I need to mention the rarely heard cuts Thrill Me and Wake Up Baby to keep me flowin' on the mellow. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.

It's time for duets, ladies and gentlemen....

Old School Wednesday: Just The Two Of Us
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01 - Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill - Block Party
02 - Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good
03 - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again
04 - Ashford & Simpson - Solid
05 - Toto & Cheryl Lynn - Georgy Porgy
06 - Whitney Houston & Kashif - Thinking About You
07 - Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle - Never Knew Love Like This
08 - Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
09 - Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass - Two Hearts
10 - Chante Moore & Keith Washington - Candlelight And You
11 - Rick James & Teena Marie - Fire and Desire
12 - Rick James & Smokey Robinson - Ebony Eyes
13 - Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn - If This World Were Mine

Shoutouts go to G-Fresh for killin' me with this suggestion. In particular, I can't remember ever hearing Block Party, and can't remember the last time I heard Candlelight and You. Solid. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.

I get by with a lil' help from my friends. Seventh time's the charm:

Old School Wednesday: Swing, Volume 7
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01 - Basic Black - Nothing But A Party
02 - Alyson Williams - Sleep Talk
03 - Monie Love - Work It Out
04 - Jane Child f Teddy Riley - Don't Wanna Fall In Love
05 - Al B. Sure! - Channel J
06 - Newkirk - I Desire
07 - Today - You Stood Me Up
08 - Chris Bender - I Knew
09 - Guy - You Can Call Me Crazy
10 - Big Bub - I Don't Mind
11 - Damian Dame - Exclusivity
12 - Father MC - Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated

After pulling out six new jack swing blends, it was nearly impossible to come up with a seventh one. I almost scrapped it, but thanks to some good help, I was able to pull it off.

Basic Black's Ain't Nothin But A Party along with Alyson Williams's Sleep Talk, with an interjection with Oran "Juice" Jones, kicks this off with a bang. Those two are followed up by Monie Love's Work It Out and Jane Child's Don't Wanna Fall In Love, remixed by the one and only Teddy Riley. From his album Private Times and The Whole 9, I had to pull out Al B. Sure's Channel J, with rap by Chubb Rock. Next is Newkirk's I Desire from the album Funk City, which I came across last month and almost lost my mind. Today's You Stood Me Up is followed up by another track I hadn't heard in a while, Chris Bender's I Know. Guy's You Can Call Me Crazy (with vocals buy Timmy Gatling) is followed up by Big Bub's I Don't Mind.

Cooling it out, I had to roll in Damian Dame's Exclusivity and end with Father MC's Treat Em Like They Wanna Be Treated. Shoutouts go KB for kickin' it strong with the Basic Black, Father MC, and the Today suggestions as well as the one and only Chris Bender track, Macedonia for his absolute greatness for the Alyson Williams track, and Janicke Jam for again giving me the energy I needed. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.