VINTAGE VYBZ DOWNUNDER

Tony Toni Tone - Sons Of Soul

2009-12-16T01:21:00.005+11:00

Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American new jack swing/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins) on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley on drums. Other members were Elijah Baker, Carl Wheeler, Randall Wiggins, and Amar Khalil, who is the current lead singer of the group, and Antron Haile. The group's name is derived from Andy García's portrayal of an Italian American sharpshooter in The Untouchables. They released their third studio album to date, Sons of Soul, in 1993. The album went double platinum and had hit singles "If I had No Loot" which hit #7 on the Hot 100, "Anniversary" which reached #10 on the Hot 100, and "(Lay Your Head On My) Pillow" which reached #4 on the R&B charts.

1. If I Had No Loot 4:01

2. What Goes Around Comes Around 4:33

3. My Ex-Girlfriend 4:52

4. Tell Me Mama 4:17

5. Leavin' 5:15

6. Slow Wine (Slow Grind) 4:49

7. (Lay Your Head On My) Pillow 6:12

8. I Couldn't Keep It To Myself 5:18

9. Gangsta Groove 5:03

10. Tonyies! In The Wrong Key 4:04

11. Dance Hall 4:25

12. Time Square 2:30 A.M. (Segue) 0:33

13. Fun 5:16

14. Anniversary 9:23

15. Castleers 1:18

Hi Five - Keep It Goin On

2009-12-16T01:12:00.003+11:00

Hi-Five's second LP, Keep It Goin' On, came out in 1992. Though not as successful as their debut effort, several tracks from this album, including "She's Playing Hard To Get" and the R. Kelly-penned "Quality Time" got major airplay. Shortly after this album was released, Roderick "Pooh" Clark was involved in a near-fatal automobile accident. In 1993, Hi-Five emerged with a third album, Faithful, which featured the songs "Unconditional Love" and "Never Should've Let You Go"

1. She's Playing Hard To Get 4:37

2. Quality Time 4:42

3. She Said 4:58

4. Fly Away 5:39

5. A Little Bit Older Now 4:45

6. Mary, Mary 4:16

7. Let's Get It Started (Keep It Goin' On) 4:03

8. Video Girl 4:12

9. Whenever You Say

Brian Mcknight - The Best Of

2009-12-16T01:04:00.002+11:00

McKnight's musical career began with a musical childhood, in which he played a member of a Seventh-day Adventist Church choir. Encouraged by his older brother Claude's band, Take 6, getting a record deal, McKnight sent out demo tapes and, at the age of 19, signed his first recording deal with Mercury Records subsidiary Wing Records. However, he ended up recording his albums for Mercury, released his first album, Brian McKnight, in 1992. He went on to release three more albums for Mercury records before moving to Motown Records. His final album with Mercury Records, Anytime sold over two million copies and was nominated for a Grammy.

1. The Way Love Goes

2. One Last Cry

3. I'll Take Her (Radio Version)

4. Crazy Love

5. Anytime

6. You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time) (Radio Version)

7. The Only One For Me

8. Back At One

9. Win (From 'Men Of Honor')

10. Love Of My Life

Kaylan - Rock Me All Night

2009-07-29T11:16:00.003+10:00

Mauritius born brothers Dennis and Darren emerged in 2000 as Warner Music Australia signed R&B duo Kaylan. With a sound unique to Australian culture the album went mostly under appreciated. The boys then formed the dance music duo Disco Montego a year later releasing their debut album of the same name. The Dowlut brothers ran Bomb Music with partner George Said and were developing the career of Jeremy Gregory who was signed to Warner Music in the US. The group remixed a Mariah Carey track Boy (I Need You) from her 2002 album Charmbracelet after Carey was aware of their Australian success. Disco Montego were planning to relocate in 2005 to Los Angeles to take advantage of their success. However, their relocation plans had to be shelved when Darren Dowlut was diagnosed with cancer. Darren Dowlut died of chest cancer aged 26. Mariah Carey was among the performers who sent condolences.

01 Radio Edit

02 Extended Mix

The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows

2009-07-29T11:05:00.004+10:00

Rich first attracted attention as a staff writer at LaFace Records, where he wrote songs for recording artists including Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill, TLC, and Toni Braxton. Later, Rich mixed elements of jazz, rock and soul music into his own tracks. In late 1995 Rich released the hit single, "Nobody Knows" which made it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Under the moniker "The Tony Rich Project", he released his debut album Words in early 1996. Both the album and single went platinum and in 1997, Rich won a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Album. The song was covered by country music artist Kevin Sharp in 1997, also as his debut single. The song "Like a Woman" was also nominated for a Grammy Award.

01 Radio Edit

02 Untouchable Flava Edit

Mya ft BlackStreet, Blinky Blink & Mase - Take Me There Remixs

2009-07-28T12:44:00.004+10:00

"Take Me There" is a song by Blackstreet, Mýa, Mase, and Blinky Blink. The song is featured on the soundtrack to The Rugrats Movie and on Blackstreet's album Finally (the latter presented in a remix). It features the famous Rugrats theme melody set against a laid-back cheerful R&B/Rap beat. The recording was a number 7 hit in the UK[1], and reached number 14 in the US.

01 I Want U Back Remix

02 Radio Version

03 Album Version

04 Instrumental

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger

2009-07-28T12:36:00.004+10:00

Jimmy Cliff (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest possible honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come which helped popularize reggae across the world his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film, Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Even after a string of hits, the singer has never quite managed to achieve mainstream acceptance, although in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he seemed poised for international stardom.During the 1981 River Tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added Cliff's little-known song "Trapped" to their live set; it achieved great prominence when included on 1985's We Are the World benefit album). The follow-up, Cliff Hanger (1985) won a Grammy Award for 'Best Reggae Album', though it was his last major success in the U.S. until 1993.

1- Hitting With Music

2- American Sweet

3- Arrival

4 Brown Eyes

5- Reggae Street

6- Hot Shot

7- Sunrise

8- Dead And Awake

9- Now And Forever

10- Nuclear War

Michael Jackson TRIBUTE - Music & Me (The MoonWalker)

2009-07-09T23:30:00.004+10:00

A tribute to the "KING OF POP" Michael Jackson........R.I.P. Your music, short films & life has been a divine influence directly exerted upon the minds & souls of the people past & present. My condolences to the family, friends & fans who are experiencing pain, grief & misfortune. Your legacy will last forever pertaining your title " The King Of Pop". Your "Music & Me" will live on to see another day, another year, another decade, rest in peace , my brother.......

DjToma

Classic Example - Classic Example

2009-04-16T18:13:00.003+10:00

Classic Example was one of those groups that was expected to be big but ended up falling through the cracks. The male vocal quintet's producer/mentor was Maurice Starr, who had been responsible for the success of New Edition and New Kids on the Block--and Classic Example was expected to be either the next New Edition or the next Boyz II Men. But this self-titled debut album wasn't the blockbuster that Starr (who produced much of the material) was hoping for. Nonetheless, Classic Example isn't bad. The Boston combo has a youthful style, but without getting into the teeny bopper stuff that New Kids were known for--the tunes are a lot meatier and grittier than that. And at the same time, Classic Example avoids the type of aggressive, in-your-face new jack swing that was huge in the early 1990s.

1 Its Alright 4:10

2 Don't Make Me Wait 4:12

3 I Do Care 5:14

4 Never Gonna Give You Up 4:40

5 Where Do I Run To 5:12

6 Toast to Our Love 5:30

7 Stay With Me Tonight 5:06

8 Lift Every Voice and Sing 1:51

9 The Other Side of My Bed 3:56

10 Can You Find a Place in Your Heart 4:56

11 Treat Her Like a Lady 4:05

12 All Your Love 4:16

13 You Need Love 4:34

14 She Ain't Right 1:59

15 Dear Lisa 5:40

OST Hav Plenty

2009-04-16T18:08:00.003+10:00

Hav Plenty's eclectic roster makes the soundtrack to the film savory to virtually any palate. Although not as creative as the ethereal love jones soundtrack or as solid in production as the soundtrack to Bulworth, Hav Plenty still manages choice moments.... Dull interludes aside, Hav Plenty's stylistics are worthy.

1. Fire - Babyface;Des'ree 4:47

2. Heat - Absoulute 4:04

3. Keep It Real - Jon B.;Coko (aka Cheryl Gamble);Jay-Z 4:41

4. I Can't Help It - Shya 3:35

5. I Can't Get You (Out Of My Mind) Remix - Blackstreet 4:42

6. Tears Away - Faith Evans 5:11

7. What The Hell Do You Want - Az Yet 4:25

8. Rock The Body - Queen Pen;Tracey Lee 3:58

9. I Wanna Be Where You Are - SWV 3:57

10. Whatcha Gonna Do - Jayo Felony (Featuring Method Man & DMX) 4:36

11. Any Other Night - Chico Debarge 4:25

12. What I've Been Missin' - Changing Faces 4:38

13. Ye Yo - Erykah Badu 4:41

Beverley Knight - Flavour Of The Old School

2009-03-15T19:55:00.005+11:00

'"Flavour of the Old School"' is a song by British soul singer Beverley Knight, released as her debut single. The track, which peaked at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in March 1995, was accompanied by a low budget video that saw Knight in the recording studio singing directly into the camera. It was re-released however in October 1995, supported by a new video and strong support from urban radio. The song went on to become Knight's first top 40 single, peaking at number thirty-three in the official UK Singles Chart. The song later reappeared on the b-side of Knight's 1999 single "Made it Back".

01 Flavour of the Old School [ radio version ]

02 Flavour of the Old School

03 Flavour of the Old School [ full flava remix ]

04 Promise You Forever

Daniel Rae Costello - Winds Of Change

2009-03-15T19:49:00.002+11:00

He along with his brother attended high school in Whangarei, New Zealand. He enjoyed taking part in sports when he was in NZ, taking much interest in rugby, soccer and athletics and even represented North Auckland in the Under 17 soccer team. He completed his last year of school back in Fiji at Marist Brothers High School in Suva. In 1979, he recorded his first solo-album called "Tropical Sunset" which wasn't much of a success but a year later, his album, Lania which was a huge success in Fiji and around the pacific. After his mother passed away in 1985, he changed his name to Daniel Rae Costello. He moved to Australia a few years later because of the 1987 Coup where he wrote two songs, Samba and Take me to the Island and returned to fiji and started his own Studio and Production Suite called "Tango Sound Productions" and recorded his first big hit album, Samba. Since 1978, he has recorded 30 albums to date in the last 30 years. He is now an accomplished songwriter, composer, arranger, audio engineer, vocalist, musician and producer in the pacific region. He recently recorded an album with Toni Wille, called Let The World Sing.

1. BEAUTIFUL

2. ONCE UPON A TIME

3. KISAS

4. DON'T PLAY ME SYMPHONY

5. I'LL BE YOUR MAN Listening Bar!

6. TIME WILL HEAL THE PAIN

7. TIME SLIPS AWAY

8. THREE BELLS

9. TAHITIAN DREAM

10. COCOA

11. BLESSED BE YOUR NAME

Take 6 - Biggest Part Of Me

2009-03-15T19:40:00.002+11:00

In 1980, Claude McKnight (older brother of R&B musician Brian McKnight). formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estates Quartet, at Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), a Seventh-day Adventist university in Huntsville, Alabama, where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Moran Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble walked by and heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night. Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker "Alliance".The group was signed to Warner Brothers in 1987, and quickly changed its name to "Take 6" after a name search revealed that "Alliance" was already being used.

01 Biggest Part Of Me [Radio Mix]

02 Biggest Part Of Me [Hip Hop Mix Alt]

03 Biggest Part Of Me [A Capella]

04 Biggest Part Of Me [Tre Dave Hip Hop Mix]

UB40 - Xtended Mix & Remixs

2009-03-15T02:46:00.004+11:00

UB40's fortunes changed at the beginning of 1980. They had spent many years performing live and developing a name for themselves when they were asked to join 'The Pretenders' as their support act on a national tour. Because they were from the West Midlands, and because they were a large multi cultural group playing music of Jamaican origin, UB40 were initially thought to be part of the Two-Tone phenomenon which had burst out of nearby Coventry. Two tone music took its roots from Caribbean Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae. It was honed into the multi-racial sound of 2-Tone by bands such as The Specials and The Selecter - both of which came from Coventry. For over twenty five years, UB40 have continued the job of popularising reggae around the globe. In the process, they continue to give enormous pleasure to a public too vast to be defined by age, generation tribe or fashion.

01 - Homely Girl (Extended Mix)

02 - Here I Am (Extended Mix)

03 - Dream A Lie (12 Inch)

04 - Red Red Wine (Extended)

05 - I've Got Mine (Extended Version)

06 - Breakfast In Bed [Extended Mix)

07 - Where Did I Go Wrong (Extended)

08 - Rat In My Kitchen (Extended Version)

09 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Remix)

10 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Extended)

11 - Reckless(Remix)

12 - Kingston Town (Extended Mix)

13 - I Think Its Going To Rain Today (Extended)

14 - Legalise It (Special Mix)

15 - The Earth Dies Screaming (Extended)

16 - Until My Dying Day (Remix)

17 - Wear You To The Ball (Extended Mix)

Def Boyz - Swing

2009-03-15T02:30:00.004+11:00

"...def boys kickin it so have no fear, dance to the music 'till you hear the bell ring - we're gonna make you........ SWING"

01 Swing (Remix)

02 Swing (Original Remix)

OST Murder Was The Case

2009-01-15T12:49:00.004+11:00

A short film about Snoop Dogg's murder trial called Murder Was the Case, was released in 1994, along with an accompanying soundtrack. However, by the time Snoop Dogg's second album, Tha Doggfather, was released in November 1996, the price of living (or sometimes just imitating) the "gangsta" life had become very evident. Among the many notable rap industry deaths and convictions were the death of Snoop Dogg's friend and label-mate Tupac Shakur and the racketeering indictment of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight. Dr. Dre had left Death Row earlier in 1996 due to a contract dispute, so Snoop Dogg co-produced Tha Doggfather with Daz Dillinger and DJ Pooh.

1. Murder Was the Case - Snoop Doggy Dogg (remix)

2. Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre/Ice Cube

3. What Would U Do? - Tha Dogg Pound

4. 21 Jumpstreet - Snoop Doggy Dogg/Tray Deee

5. One More Day - Nate Dogg

6. Harvest For the World - Jewell

7. Who Got Some Gangsta Shit? - Snoop Doggy Dogg/Tha Dogg Pound/Lil' Style/Young Swoop

8. Come When I Call - Danny Boy

9. U Better Recognize - Sam Sneed/Dr. Dre

10. Come up to My Room - Jodeci/Tha Dogg Pound

11. Woman to Woman - Jewell 12. Dollars & Sense - D.J. Quik

13. Eulogy, The - Slip Capone/C.P.O.

14. Horny - B. Rezell

15. Eastside-Westside - Young Soldierz

Fiji - Gratitude

2009-01-14T14:32:00.004+11:00

For those that love hawaiin reggae hip hop, Fiji offers established fans in his recognizableenrgy and remarkable personality. Newcomers to his music embrace his smooth voice and exoticsound. A fusion of classic reggae, hip hop, rnb and jazz sets Fiji apart as a performer. Unique style difies the idea of categorizing artists into a single genre of music, giving Fijiwidespread appeal and capturing his array of musical influences.

01. Chant0

2. Dock Of The Bay

03. Arieta

04. Smokin' Session

05. Tribal War

06. Anything You Want

07. Sosefina

08. She's Da Bomb

09. Queen's Cry

10. Riddim Of Life

11. Learn To Say I Love You

12. Mama's Song

Silk - Lose Control

2009-01-13T02:09:00.003+11:00

The five-member male R&B vocal group Silk hit the music scene in 1992 with the single "Freak Me" from their first album, Lose Control. Produced by R&B legend Keith Sweat, the record achieved multi-platinum status. Though "Freak Me" was a hit, the group had to virtually reintroduce itself to the R&B market when it released its third album, Tonight, in 1999.Silk formed in the early 1990s in Atlanta, Georgia, although the five members of the group essentially grew up together. Several members of the team Timothy Cameron (Timzo), Jimmy Gates Jr. (Jimmy), Gary Glenn (Big G), Gary Jenkins ( Lil' G), and Johnathen Rasboro (John John) actually went to high school together. The five friends were influenced by such acts as gospel's Kirk Franklin, pop stars Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, rocker Prince and controversial rapper Tupac.

1. Interlude

2. Happy Days (With Keith Sweat)

3. Don't Keep Me Waiting

4. Girl U For Me

5. Freak Me

6. When I Think About You

7. Baby It's You

8. Lose Control

9. It Had to Be You

10. I Gave to You

THUMP RECORDS INC - Old School Love Songs Volume 3

2009-01-13T02:05:00.001+11:00

1. Could It Be I'm Fallin In Love - The Spinners

2. Walking In The Rain With The One I Love - Love Unlimited

3. I'll Always Be There For You - Anquette

4. Hey Love - The Delfonics

5. Silly - Denise Williams

6. Flowers - The Emotions

7. Ooh Boy - Rose Royce

8. I Want To Be Your Man - Roger

9. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes

10. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell

11. Free - Denise Williams

12. Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris

13. How 'Bout Us - Champaign

14. Crystal Blue Persuation -
Tommy Jones & The Shondells

R Kelly & Public Annoucement - Born In The 90's

2009-01-13T01:58:00.003+11:00

Shortly after getting his record deal with Chris Anderson his cousin, Kelly met Andre Boykins from Public Announcement and auditioned the guys to be his back up singers and dancers. R. Kelly & Public Announcement released their debut album, Born Into the '90s in January 1992. One of the last albums to be released during the new jack swing period of the early nineties, the album yielded the hits "She's Got That Vibe", "Honey Love", "Dedicated", and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)" all of which was led by Kelly. The group was billed as R. Kelly and Public Announcement essentially making the group backup members for Kelly rather than in a cohesive unit. After a successful tour ended in 1993, Kelly left Public Announcement to focus on a solo career.

1. She's Loving Me 3:38

2. She's Got That Vibe 4:34

3. Definition Of A Hotti 4:23

4. I Know What You Need 3:30

5. Keep It Street 3:55

6. Born Into The 90's 4:42

7. Slow Dance 5:04

8. Dedicated 4:38

9. Honey Love 5:04

10. Hangin' Out 4:10

11. Hey Love (Can I Have A Word) ft Mr. Lee 3:20

Dru Hill - Dru Hill

2009-01-13T01:53:00.003+11:00

Dru Hill's big break came in 1996, when manager Haqq Islam arranged for them to perform at the Impact Convention in May. The group was signed to Island Records's "Island Black" division shortly afterward through a production deal with Islam's University Music, and immediately began recording their debut album. The self-titled Dru Hill album was released on November 19, 1996, and became a gold-selling album. The group's first single, "Tell Me", was featured on the soundtrack to the Whoopi Goldberg film Eddie, and was a Top 5 R&B hit in the United States.Stylistically, Dru Hill was the middle-ground between the smooth, gentlemen-like Boyz II Men and the self-proclaimed "bad boys of R&B", Jodeci. Dru Hill received a lot of criticism, especially from the members of Jodeci, for what was perceived was a direct appropriation of Jodeci's style, particularly in frontman Sisqó's K-Ci Hailey-esque lead vocals. Other major influences for the group included Stevie Wonder and 1980s boy band New Edition.Both the group themselves and songwriters/producers such as Daryl Simmons and Keith Sweat wrote the songs for the Dru Hill album, with the group themselves writing the single "5 Steps". Nokio also did some co-production, and would become the group's main producer by 1998.

1. Anthem 0:59

2. Nothing To Prove 4:07

3. Tell Me 4:14

4. Do U Believe? 4:13

5. Whatever U Want 3:58

6. Satisfied 4:44

7. April Showers 3:34

8. All Alone 3:36

9. Never Make A Promise 5:28

10. So Special 5:25

11. In My Bed 4:46

12. Love's Train 4:21

13. Share My World 4:28

14. 5 Steps 5:44

Alyson Williams - Cooked The Remixed Album

2009-01-12T00:48:00.004+11:00

The daughter of bandleader / trumpeter Bobby Booker, she began her career by singing background vocals for various artists including, Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore ("Love's Coming At Ya"), B. B. & Q. Band, Cashflow, Unlimited Touch, Bobby Brown and Barbara Mitchell before joining the group High Fashion, which also featured Meli'sa Morgan. After they disbanded, Alyson sang with the group The Affair before moving onto a solo career.Her first album release and the first R&B female singer signed to Def Jam, she released the album Raw in 1989. The album produced the singles "My Love is So Raw", featuring female rapper Nikki D,and "Sleep Talk". In addition, the single "Just Call My Name" was a hit on the Billboard R&B charts reaching number #4. The song, picked up by many "Quiet storm" formats, is now considered a cult classic and is still played. The album included a duet with the Blue Magic vocalist Ted Mills on "We're Gonna Make It". Her single "I Need Your Lovin'" was also a #8 success in the UK, as well as another R&B hit for her.

01 - Sleep Talk (Extended Mix) (5:26)

02 - My Love Is So Raw (Extended Mix) (7:02)

03 - I Second That Emotion (J&M Emotional Club Mix) (4:18)

04 - I Need Your Loving (Extended Mix) (5:13)

05 - Still My No.1 (Remix) (4:43)

06 - My Love Is So Raw (Featuring Nikki D) (5:10)

07 - I Need Your Loving (Lovers Mix) (5:12)

08 - Dr. Feelgood (Live Featuring Kirk Whalum) (4:06)

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

2009-01-12T00:36:00.004+11:00

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Released on September 7, 1989 by A&M Records, Rhythm Nation 1814 is the second album of Jackson's career to be co-written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Jackson also shares production credits with long-term collaborator Jellybean Johnson and executive producer John McClain.Rhythm Nation 1814 subsequently became the only album in history to contain seven top five hit singles and the only album to ever achieve number one hit singles in three separate calendar years (1989-1991). The Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour became the most successful debut tour by a recording artist. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has been certified 6x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold eight million records worldwide.

01. Interlude: Pledge [00:48]

02. Rhythm Nation [05:31]

03. Interlude: T.V. [00:22]

04. State Of The World [04:48]

05. Interlude: Race [00:05]

06. The Knowledge [03:53]

07. Interlude: Let's Dance [00:04]

08. Miss You Much [04:12]

09. Interlude: Come Back Interlude [00:21]

10. Love Will Never Do (Without You) [05:50]

11. Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make) [04:41]

12. Alright [06:27]

13. Interlude: Hey Baby [00:10]

14. Escapade [04:44]

15. Interlude: No Acid [00:06]

16. Black Cat [04:51]

17. Lonely [04:59]

18. Come Back To Me [05:33]

19. Someday Is Tonight [06:01]

20. Interlude: Livin'... In Complete Darkness [01:07]

THUMP RECORDZ INC - Old School Love Songz Volume 2

2009-01-10T01:30:00.003+11:00

1. Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce

2. I Need Love - LL Cool J

3. Very Special - Debra Laws

4. Love You Down - Ready For The World

5. Natural High - Bloodstone

6. Love Is Like A Baseball Game - The Intruderson

7. Reasons - Earth, Wind and Fire

8. Moments In Love - Art of Noise

9. I Wanna Get Next To You - Rose Royce

10. Close Your Eyes - Peaches And Herb

11. Special Lady - Ray, Goodman, & Brown

12. After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire

13. Sweet Sticky Thing - Ohio Player

14. Fire and Desire - Rick James

Musical Youth - The Youth Of Today

2009-01-10T01:11:00.004+11:00

Musical Youth are a British-Jamaican pop/reggae band. The group originally formed in 1979 at Duddeston Manor School in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their successful 1982 Grammy-nominated single, "Pass the Dutchie." Some critics and fans say the group was inspired after New Edition and The Jacksons.The group featured two sets of brothers, Kelvin and Michael Grant, plus Junior and Patrick Waite. The latter pair's father, Frederick Waite, was a former member of Jamaican group The Techniques, and sang lead with Junior at the start of the group's career in the late 1970s. They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist on its 25th Anniversary on February 23, 1983.

01. Pass The Dutchie 3:24

02. Heartbreaker 3:55

03. Gone Straight 3:05

04. Blind Boy 3:48

05. Rockers 3:28

06. Youth Of Today 2:55

07. Young Generation 3:20

08. Mirror Mirror 2:37

09. Children Of Zion 3:05

10. Never Gonna Give You Up 3:06

11. Rub N Dub

12. Schoolgirl 3:25

Bell Biv Devoe - WBBD Bootcity The Remix Album

2009-01-10T00:05:00.004+11:00

Anchored by B.B.D.'s reunion with fellow members of New Edition on "Word To The Mutha", the trio surprisingly turned out a decent remix album. During this time, a barrage of remix albums were hitting the shelfs, having the same intentions of B.B.D., milk out all of their enormous popularity in a logistical manner. For most, it failed. But for B.B.D., it worked. Like "Poison", the trio manufactured another inventive album with a smash hit to prove its credibility.To no surprise, the smash cut is the highlight, but other gems include Do Me! (smooth version), which is noticeably more interesting than the original, and the electronic/house version of "Let Me Know Somethin!", which is reminiscent of Snap! or C & C Music Factory. Also of note is the creative radio-style program format they use to portray the album, with D.J. interludes and a very interesting interview mid-way through the set.

1 Intro/D.J. Opening :54

2 Word to the Mutha! 6:38

3 Ain't Nut'in' Changed 2:23

4 B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? (DJ Mo Grind Time) 6:15

5 Do Me! (Smoothe) 3:15

6 I Do Need You 5:47

7 Interview/Uhh Ahh 2:13

8 Let Me Know Something?! 4:51

9 She's Dope! (AKA Dope!)(Mix) 4:42

10 Do Me! (Mental) 5:25

11 When Will I See You Smile Again? (DJ Close) 6:45

12 Poison (London Style) 6:15

RIFF - Riff

2009-01-09T14:47:00.008+11:00

Riff is a R&B vocal group from New Jersey, formed while its members were in high school. The ensemble began under the name Playboys in the late 1980s, with a style strongly influenced by doo wop.After singing in the movie Lean on Me, the group changed its name to Riff and signed to SBK Records, releasing a self-titled album in 1991. The group scored several respectable hits, including three in the Billboard Hot 100.Following the success of the album, the group appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show, The Tonight Show and Soul Train, and opened on tour for LL Cool J and Vanilla Ice.The group's second album, To Whom It May Concern, came out in 1993 to mixed reviews. It had two charting singles on the R&B charts.

01 - Everytime My Heart Beats (4:27)

02 - My Heart Is Failing Me (4:18)

03 - All Or Nothing (5:06)

04 - If You're Serious (3:37)

05 - I Can't Believe We Just Met (4:14)

06 - Baby It's Wonderful (4:04)

07 - Temporary Insanity (3:49)

08 - Little Girls (4:12)

09 - Read My Eyes (4:13)

10 - April's Fool (3:55)

Suave - Im Your Playmate

2008-12-28T03:31:00.004+11:00

He was discovered at a New Edition concert in California in the mid-1980s when one of the members asked him to come up on stage and sing with them. After his initial nervousness on stage, he decided this was the career route he wanted to take. A few years later, in 1988, Suave released his first single, "My Girl," as well as an album, I'm Your Playmate. The single rose to #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #22 on the Radio & Records Pop Chart.

1. Now That I Fell in Love

2. Shake Your Body

3. Playmate

4. My Girl

5. Love Triangle

6. Don't Rush

7. Stop Acting Ill

8. B and E of the Heart

9. Back Stabber

10. I Wanna Please You

Eric Benet ft Faith Evans - Georgy Porgy

2008-12-28T03:15:00.003+11:00

A Day in the Life, was released in 1999; its first single, "Georgy Porgy (featuring Faith Evans)" received significant airplay, but the second single, "Spend My Life With You (featuring Tamia)", became a smash hit. "Spend My Life With You" rose to number one on the American R&B charts, was certified gold, and nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group. The album, A Day In The Life also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Male.

01. Radio Edit

02. So So Def Radio Mix w/ Rap

03. Somethin For The People Remix

04. So So Def Radio Mix w/o Rap

05. Album Version

06. Torrales Radio Mix

07. Fresh Mix

08. Davis Jr Heavenly Body Remix

09. Torrales Remix

10. Davis Jr Galactic Soul Remix

ERIC BENET ft FAITH EVANS - GEORGY PORGY

Def Jef - Just A Poet With Soul

2008-12-28T03:10:00.005+11:00

His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet With a Soul, which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats. He was unable to live up to the expectations for his second album, however, and Soul Food, was a critical and commercial failure.Def Jef moved into production, working with Nas, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, among others, as well as appearing in films like Deep Cover in 1992 (see 1992 in film). He was featured on Shaquille O'Neal's 1993 top 40 single "(I Know I Got) Skillz". He produced the theme song for the Disney Sitcom "That's So Raven" in 2002 and remixed Kimberley Locke's "Supawoman" in 2005.Def Jef is currently working with Krayzie Bone and Thugline Records.

01.Droppin' Rhymes On Drums 4:22

02. Givin'em Rhythm 4:11

03. On The Real Tip 4:09

04. Poet With Soul 4:13

05. Give It Here 4:08

06. Do You Wanna Get Housed 4:44

07. Black To The Future 5:18

08. Do It Baby 6:19

09. God Made Me Funky 3:58

10. Downtown 4:31

11. Just A Poet 5:26

DEF JEF - GIVE IT HERE

Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam - Spanish Fly

2008-12-24T02:56:00.004+11:00

Lisa Lisa the Cult Jam were one of the original American freestyle music groups of the 1980s. Their second album, Spanish Fly, was a huge success in 1987. It spawned two #1 pop hits, "Head to Toe" and "Lost In Emotion", both of which went gold and both of which sported a retro Motown flavor mixed with the Freestyle sound they were known for. "Head to Toe" also parked at #1 R&B for two weeks, and with its strong Mary Wells influence, "Lost in Emotion" did as well.Spanish Fly went platinum, peaking at #7 on the album chart. Other singles from the album were the ballad "Someone to Love Me for Me" b/w "Spanish Fly" (#7 R&B), "Everything Will B-Fine" (#9 R&B).

A1 Everything Will B-Fine

A2 Head To Toe

A3 A Face In The Crowd

A4 Someone To Love Me For Me

A5 Talking Nonsense

B1 I Promise You

B2 A Fool Is Born Everyday

B3 Lost In Emotion

B4 Playing With Fire

LOST IN EMOTION

Texas ft Method Man - Say What You Want (All Day Everyday)

2008-12-24T02:15:00.005+11:00

Well, you can say what you want But it wont change my mind Ill feel the sameAbout you And you can tell me your reasons But it wont change my feelingsIll feel the same About you...............

01. Say What You Want (All Day Everyday) ft Method Man

Surface - 3 Deep

2008-12-24T01:58:00.005+11:00

Bernard Jackson moved from Stamford, Connecticut to New York to pursue a music career. While in New York, his godfather said Jackson should contact his nephew David Townsend who had been a guitarist with The Isley Brothers. Meanwhile, Townsend was in Port Authority, a 1970s band, and met David Conley. Conley and Townsend started writing and when they met Jackson, they formed a band.In 1986, Jackson met with a friend Brian Simpson and recorded a demo tape of a track he had written, "The First Time." He believed it to be a hit and hired a recording studio to get the best professional conditions for the track. As the first single for the group's third album, 3 Deep in 1991, Jackson was right. The song was a big hit, going gold and becoming the group's biggest hit to date. It topped both the R&B and pop charts. The album continued on with "All I Want Is You" which reached #8 on the R&B charts and helped the album go gold.

1 First Time 4:15
2 Give Her Your Love/Rainbow (Reprise) 6:26
3 Rainbow (Reprise)
4 All I Want Is You 5:54
5 Tomorrow 5:03
6 You're the One/We Don't Have to Say Good-Bye 5:51
7 We Don't Have to Say Goodbye
8 Never Gonna Let You Down 4:00
9 10 4:06
10 Don't Wanna Turn You off/Kid Stuff (Young Love) 5:59
11 Kid Stuff (Young Love) (Interlude)
12 When It Comes to Love/Echoes 5:41

SURFACE - THE FIRST TIME

New Edition - All For Love

2008-12-23T14:05:00.004+11:00

New Edition’s third album, All for Love, was released in the latter half of 1985. Despite having a slightly less bubblegum feel than their previous albums and featuring somewhat more mature songs such as "Whispers In Bed", and while not duplicating the success of its predecessor, the album was certified platinum. The album spawned the hits: “Count Me Out,” “A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes),” and “With You All The Way.” The growing popularity of the group led to a guest appearance (as themselves) in the 1985 film Krush Groove, performing "My Secret.”

01 - Count Me Out

02 - A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes)

03 - Sweet Thing

04 - With You All The Way

05 - Let's Be Friend

06 - Kickback

07 - Tonight's Your Night

08 - Whispers In Bed

09 - Who Do You Trust

10 - School

11 - All For Love

NEW EDITION - COUNT ME OUT

New Edition - New Edition

2008-12-23T14:01:00.005+11:00

Due to financial reasons, New Edition parted company with Starr in 1984 (Starr responded by promptly creating the group New Kids on the Block; essentially formatted after New Edition.) The group, meanwhile, went on to sign a major label deal with MCA Records, which released their self titled second album the same year. Eclipsing their debut album, New Edition spun off the top five hit “Cool It Now” and the top twenty “Mr. Telephone Man,” and went on to be certified double platinum in the United States.

1. Cool It Now

2. Mr. Telephone Man

3. I'm Leaving You Again

4. Baby Love

5. Delicious

6. My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)

7. Hide And Seek

8. Lost In Love

9. Kinda Girls We Like

10. Maryann

NEW EDITION - COOL IT NOW

New Edition - Candy Girl

2008-12-23T13:56:00.004+11:00

Their success led to the creation of late-1980s and 1990s boy bands like New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men. Candy Girl,recorded in late 1982 and released in 1983, on Starr’s Streetwise Records, the album featured the hits: “Is This The End,” “Popcorn Love,” “Jealous Girl” and the title track, which went to number one in both the American R&B singles chart and the UK singles chart.

1. Gimme Your Love

2. She Gives Me A Bang

3. Is This The End

4. Pass The Beat

5. Popcorn Love

6. Candy Girl

7. Ooh Baby

8. Should Have Never Told Me

9. Gotta Have Your Lovin

10. Jealous Girl

NEW EDITION - CANDY GIRL

Megajam - Hip Hop Old School Megamix Part 3

2008-12-21T22:56:00.005+11:00

Da Brat - Funkdafied

Masta Ace - Born 2 Roll

Warren G - This DJ

Coolio - I Remember

Snoop Dogg - Murder Was The Case

Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear

Lady Of Rage - Afro Puff

Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It

Aaliyah - Back & Fourth

Outkast - Players Ball

Conscious Daughters - Funky Expedition

Keith Murray - Most Beautifullest Thing

Snoop Dogg - Doggy Dog World

Terror Fabalous - Actions

Simple E - Play My Funk

Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice

Zhane - Seding My Love

Public Enemy - Give It Up

Mary J Blige - You Dont Have To Worry

T.L.C. - Creep

Da Brat - F'All Y'All

Ice Cube - What Can I Do

Warren G - Regulate

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Tony Terry - Forever Yours

2008-12-21T22:50:00.005+11:00

1. Forever Yours

2. Lovey Dovey

3. Fulltime Girl

4. Day Dreaming

5. Here With Me

6. She's Fly

7. Wassup Wit U

8. Up & Down Love

9. Young Love

10. What Would It Take

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TONY TERRY - FOREVER YOURS

The Pasadenas - To Whom It May Concern

2008-12-21T22:31:00.002+11:00

The Pasadenas are a Rhythm & Blues / Pop formation from the United Kingdom, best known for their hit song "Tribute (Right On)". A vocal group firmly focused on the music and artists from earlier decades, their music was heavily influenced by 1950s Doo-wop, 1960s Motown, and early 1970s Funk and R&B. The band was not given much attention in America, but they were briefly stars in their native country.The group scored a big UK #5 hit in 1988 with its initial release, "Tribute (Right On)", which paid homage to soul luminaries such as Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. They released a companion album, To Whom It May Concern. In addition to "Tribute", the disc included the minor hit "Riding on a Train", and a version of The Chi-Lites’ "Living In the Footsteps of Another Man". They had several follow-up hits as well, including "Love Thing" (UK #22) in 1990.

1.: Funny Feeling

2.: Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man

3.: Enchanted Lady

4.: New Love

5.: Riding On A Train

6.: Give A Little Peace

7.: Tribute (Right On)

8.: I Really Miss You

9.: Justice For The World

10.: Something Else

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THE PASADENAS - RIDING ON A TRAIN

4 The Cause - Stand By Me

2008-12-19T23:58:00.005+11:00

4 The Cause hit the charts with a remake / remix cover of Ben E King's “Stand By Me” in 1998. The song was a Number-1-Hit in parts of the globe.They are a family group from Chicago whose follow-up singles did not reach the same level as their breakthrough single. A few good tempo cover versions included in this album.......

1. Stand By Me

2. Papa Was A Rolling Stone

3. Let Me Be

4. (You) Never Left Me Standing In The Rain

5. Been' Round The World

6. All My Love

7. Believe In Me

8. Jammin'

9. Feel Free (To Love)

10. We Got You

11. Make Your Head Rock

12. Ain't no Sunshine

13. Shine Again

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4 THE CAUSE - STAND BY ME

Times Two - Cecilia

2008-12-19T23:50:00.004+11:00

Times Two was an American male duo of vocalists/keyboardists that wrote most of their own material. Times Two were Shanti Jones and Johnny Dollar, both from Point Reyes, California. They had a hit with a cover of the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Cecilia". It reached number one in several countries in 1988.Their 1988 album, X2, reached #137 on the Billboard 200. In the U.S., their biggest hit was "Strange But True", which peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. In 1990, the band released a follow-up EP called "Danger Is My Business" and a new single, "Set Me Free." Neither made any impact on the charts. Also in 1988, Doug Breitbart signed Times Two as the opening act for Debbie Gibson's Out of the Blue Tour.

1. LP Version

2. 7" Remix Version

3. 12" Remix Version

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TIMES TWO - CECILIA

Aswad - Cool Summer

2008-12-19T23:41:00.005+11:00

The original members of Aswad were Brinsley Forde, George Oban, Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, and Donald Griffiths. Courtney Hemmings was a frequent contributor in the 1970s, including as part of the backing band on Burning Spear's 1977 Live album, recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Other contributors included Vin Gordon, Bongo Levi, and Karl Pitterson. They became one the UK's top reggae bands with songs, typical of the time, about the oppression of black youth, such as "Three Babylon" and "It's Not Our Wish", and the powerful jazz-influenced instrumental "Warrior Charge" (full versions of these available on the Showcase album). 'Cool Summer Reggae' contains the UK reggae act's first new recordings since 1999's 'Roots Revival'. Alongside re-recordings of their hits such as 'Don't Turn Around' and 'Shine', they turn their hand to material originally performed by acts such as Crowded House, Toploader and The Police. Former Eternal star, Easther Bennett, joins them to perform lead vocals on 'Shy Guy'.

1. Night Nurse

2. Good Thing Going

3. Roxxane

4. Don't Turn Around

5. Stir It Up

6. Lifted

7. Uptight

8. Shine

9. Would I Lie To You

10. Weather With You

11. Searching

12. No No No

13. Dancing In The Moonlight

14. I Can See Clearly Now

15. Shy Guy

16. Smokey Blues (Live)

17. Two Makes One (Live)

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ASWAD - DON'T TURN AROUND

Rappin'4-Tay - I'll Be Around

2008-12-18T01:25:00.005+11:00

4-Tay made his debut on the Too $hort album Life Is...Too Short, but was arrested sometime after his 21st birthday on drug charges and served 8 months in prison. Upon his release from prison he issued Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back in 1992, and followed up in 1994 with Don't Fight the Feeling, recorded in West Oakland at Grafitti Tunes with producer/songwriter Cyrus Esteban. "Don't Fight the Feeling" produced the hits "Playaz Club" (which sampled the song "Private Number" by William Bell and Judy Clay and hit #36 on the Billboard Hot 100), the "Dank Season" featuring Seff Tha Gaffla and "I'll Be Around" (which hit #39 on the Billboard Hot 100). Rappin' 4-Tay's mainstream success has been scarce since then, but he was featured in 2Pac's All Eyez on Me album on the single "Only God Can Judge Me" in 1996 and Master P's West Coast Bad Boyz II compilation in 1997. 4-Tay was also an original member of Bay Area supergroup T.W.D.Y. in 1999. In 2003 Rappin' 4-Tay released the album Gangsta Gumbo with the single "Burning, Burning", followed up by the album That's What You Thought in 2007.

1. Timber Mix - Radio Version

2. Album Version

3. Wicked Mix

4. Al's Brother 2 Brother Mix

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RAPPIN'4 TAY - I'LL BE AROUND

Keith Sweat - Keep It Comin

2008-12-17T22:39:00.004+11:00

Sweat started his musical career as a member of a well known Harlem band called "Jamilah" in 1975. With the help of Jamilah, Sweat was able to hone his craft as a lead singer by performing regionally throughout the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The group was started by Larry Peoples, a talented bass player from 116th Street and Lenox Avenue, Michael Samuels, guitarist out of the Bronx, and drummer Walter Bradley from 125th in Harlem. Additional members of the group included Peter DaCosta, vocals, Joseph McGeachy, sax, Dwight Banks, trumpet and Kenneth Varner, keyboards. On November 25, 1987, Sweat released his debut album Make It Last Forever, which sold three million copies. The biggest hit from this album was "I Want Her" (#1 R&B/#5 Pop), and the title track from the album hit #2 on the R&B charts. Sweat continued to chart fairly well with his second album I'll Give All My Love to You, which hit #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and Keep It Comin' debuted in the Top 20 of the album chart. It did not sell as well because Keith did not promote the album. The big singles were "(There You Go) Tellin' Me No Again" from New Jack City, "Why Me Baby" (featuring LL Cool J) and the title track. Keith was moving from New York to Atlanta, and he was starting his Keia Records label that would feature Silk & Kut Klose.

01. Keep it Comin' 04:11

02. Spend A Little Time 04:22

03. Why Me Baby? 05:28

04. I Really Love You 03:55

05. Let Me Love You 04:04

06. I Want to Love You Down 05:09

07. I'm Going for Mine 05:01

08. (There You Go) Tellin' Me No.. 05:10

09. Give Me What I Want 05:18

10. Ten Commandments of Love 03:49

11. Keep it Comin' (Smooth Out Version) 05:23

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KEITH SWEAT - KEEP IT COMIN'

Sir-Mix-A-Lot - Mack Daddy

2008-12-17T20:18:00.003+11:00

Anthony Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot is a rapper and producer from Seattle, Washington. He is best known for his song "Baby Got Back". His first hit, released on Nastymix Records in 1988, was the single "Posse on Broadway" giving some the impression that he was a New Yorker. The reference was actually to the street of the same name on Seattle's Capitol Hill. The song contains a sample from David Bowie's 1975 hit "Fame". Other popular hits include "Buttermilk Biscuits" (1988), "Square Dance Rap" (1988), "Beepers" (1989), "My Hooptie" (1990) a song about a car in disrepair and "Jump On It" (1996). Sir Mix-a-Lot has tended to write, arrange, program, perform, and produce his own music. His best-known song is the Miami Bass styled song "Baby Got Back" (1992), a number one hit that won him fame and the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. The single has since been parodied many times and is usually played in irony, celebrated for its over-the-top nature. A hook from the title song of his 1988 release Swass is finding a new audience with the success of The Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha".

1. One Time's Got No Case

2. Mack Daddy

3. Baby Got Back

4. Swap Meet Louie

5. Seattle Ain't Bullshittin'

6. Lockjaw

7. Boss Is Back, The

8. Testarossa

9. Rapper's Reputation, A

10. Sprung on the Cat

11. Jack Back, The

12. I'm Your New God

13. No Holds Barred

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SIR-MIX-A-LOT - BABY GOT BACK

Wrecks N Effect - Hard Or Smooth

2008-12-15T03:04:00.005+11:00

The group, originally comprised of then adolescent; Aqil Davidson, Brandon Mitchell, Markell Riley, and Keith "K.C." Hanns, was formed around 1988 as Wrecks-n-Effect. Their first release, an eponymous EP of six tracks for Atlantic Records, included the singles "Go For What You Know", "Let's Do It Again" (which sampled The Staple Singers hit song), and a self-titled track sampling Jimmy Castor's "Bertha Butt Boogie". They received little promotion from Atlantic however, and, with the help of one-time manager and alleged gangster Gene Griffin, jumped ship for Motown Records. When they released their self-titled debut album the following year, "K.C." had left and the group had become a trio. Wrecks-N-Effect was produced by producer/songwriter Teddy Riley (brother of Markell Riley), and rapper/producer Redhead Kingpin; reached #16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #103 on The Billboard Top 200 chart, while its singles "Juicy" and "New Jack Swing" met a similar fate with the exception of "New Jack Swing" becoming a #1 single on the Billboard Rap chart. Tragically, Mitchell was killed in a shooting incident shortly after its release in 1990. The group, now a duo of Aqil Davison and Markell Riley, changed the spelling of their name from Wrecks-n-Effect to Wreckx-n-Effect (the "X" symbolizing the loss of Mitchell) and followed up their first self titled album with 1992's Hard or Smooth on MCA Records. Hard or Smooth fared far better than their debut, selling just under 2 million copies and reaching #9 on the Billboard Top 200 and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

1. Rump Shaker 5:12

2. New Jack Swing II 4:50

3. Wreckx Shop 4:39

4. Knock-N-Boots 4:51

5. Here We Come 4:27

6. Tell Me How You Feel 4:59

7. My Cutie 4:07

8. Wreckx-N-Effect 3:53

9. Ez Come Ez Go (What Goes Up Must Come Down) 3:44

10. Hard (Short) 2:04

11. Smooth (Short) 2:58

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WRECKS ' N ' EFFECT - RUMPSHAKER

MegaJam - Old School Megamix Part 1

2008-12-15T01:50:00.006+11:00

15.13 mins

Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long

Gap Band - Outstanding

Yabrough & Peoples - Dont Stop The Music

Whodini - Friends

Public Enemy - Dont Believe The Hype

LL Cool J - Rock The Bells

Doug E Fresh - The Show

Tom Tom Clum - Genius Of Love

One Way - Cutie Pie

Ohio Players - Fire

Parliment - Give Up The Funk

Commodores - Brick House

Shock - Lets Get Crackin

Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie

Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce

Con Funk Shun - Fun Fun

KC & The Sunshine Band - Thats The Way (I Like It)

Chic - Good Times

Tom Browne - Jamaica Funk

West Street Mob - Break Down Electric Boogie

Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx

Connie - Funky Little Beat

Shannon - Give Me Tonight

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Chaka Demus & Pliers - She Don't Let Nobody

2008-12-15T00:47:00.005+11:00

Chaka Demus & Pliers are a Jamaican reggae duo made up of deejay Chaka Demus, and singer Pliers. Both artists were established musicians when they teamed up, and earned international recognition in the early 1990s. They were the first Jamaican act to have three consecutive top five hits on the UK Singles Chart; a record unsurpassed until Shaggy scored four consecutive top five hits in 2001. Pliers is one of the Bonner brothers, all of whom are reggae artists, including Richie Spice, Spanner Banner and Mikey Spice.

1. Album Version

2. Sax Version

3. Extended Version

4. Dub Version

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CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS - SHE DON'T LET NOBODY

Flip Da Scrip - I Never Told You

2008-12-15T00:36:00.003+11:00

Flip da Scrip are a Dutch formation, founded in 1990 by the rapper Cooly D (real name Stef Bruinsma). He and the rapper Glaze released their first album "Products Of Da Piemel" in 1993. Their first big hits were the two singles "Who's In Da House" and "Throw Ya Hands In The Air". They became so succesful in their home country, they were able to become the support act for R. Kelly's tour in The Netherlands. Seeing their home town of Enschede is very close to Germany the duo could easily expand its market and they got signed by the German label Dos Or Die/Nightown Records. The following years they brought out more Hip Hop and R&B hits like "You To Me" and "You Can Run". They also performed at the annual Dome festival in Cologne, together with top acts as Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and DJ Quicksilver. In 1997, Glaze left the group for a solo career. Later that year, the group got new members: the rapper Bear and the singers Winston and Crucial. Their first single with this new setting, "I Never Told You", is probably their most famous one as it became a huge hit all over Europe.

1. Radio Mix
2. U.S Mixix
3. Extended Radio Mix M
4. DJ Quick

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FLIP DA SCRIP - I NEVER TOLD YOU

Papa Bear ft Van Der Toorn - Cherish

2008-12-15T00:24:00.005+11:00

1. Radio Version

2. Extended Version

3. One 4 Da Money

4. Xtra Large

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PAPA BEAR - CHERISH

Troop - Attitude

2008-12-13T00:46:00.007+11:00

TROOP is an R&B group from Pasadena, California. TROOP has had four number one singles and ten top ten singles on the Billboard R&B Charts. They have also completed five albums, which include three certified gold and one certified platinum album. TROOP is an acronym for "Total Respect Of Other People". TROOP released Attitude, which included songs such as Spread My Wings and All I Do is Think of You (a Jackson 5 cover), which were both #1 on the Billboard R&B charts and remained in the top 10 on the charts for several weeks. Attitude was certified platinum in 1990, afterward, TROOP released their third album Deepa in 1992 from which the single Sweet November made #1 on the Billboard's R&B charts. The group followed up with two more albums "A Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'" (1994) and "Mayday" (1998), both of which were re-released in 2005.

1. My Music

2. That's My Attitude

3. I'm Not Soupped

4. My Love

5. Spread My Wings

6. All I Do Is Think of You

7. I Will Always Love You

8. Another Lover

9. For You

10. Soupped Mix - (bonus track)

11. Spread My Wings (Reprise)

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TROOP - SPREAD MY WINGS

Full Force - Smoove

2008-11-29T14:25:00.004+11:00

Full Force is a group of R&B and Hip Hop performers and producers from Brooklyn, New York, calling themselves "the original hip hop vocal band".They have produced and written music for such diverse artists as UTFO, Doctor Ice, Samantha Fox, Patti LaBelle, Jasmine Guy, The Force M.D.s, Britney Spears, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, La Toya Jackson, and Selena. Full Force received their first record contract thanks to their production of UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne" (1985), a record that led to countless answer records, most notably by Roxanne Shanté. They produced singer/songwriter Rihanna's 2005 hit, "That La, La, La" which appears on her debut album Music Of The Sun. The Black Eyed Peas' worldwide hit "Don't Phunk With My Heart" was also written as a collaboration between Full Force and will.i.am of the Peas. Full Force wrote and produced most of the singles from La Toya Jackson's fifth studio album La Toya, including "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", "You Blew", and "Such a Wicked Love", as well as Patti LaBelle's track "I Got It Like That", for which they also provided prominent background vocals, from her 1989 album, Be Yourself.

01 - Dont Waste My Time (5:20)

02 - Aint My Type of Hype (4:48)

03 - Friends B 4 Lovers (5:18)

04 - All I Wanna Do (5:30)

05 - 4-U (5:47)

06 - In Like with You (5:21)

07 - It's Been a Long Time (4:42)

08 - Kiss Those Lips (5:09)

09 - Smoove (4:04)

10 - Make Love to My Mind (5:07)

11 - That's How I'm Livin' (5:27)

12 - The Man Upstairs (3:43)

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FULL FORCE - AINT MY TYPE OF HYPE (HOUSE PARTY DANCE OFF)

LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl

2008-11-29T14:13:00.003+11:00

LL released Mama Said Knock You Out Album, generally leaning towards a tough street image. The record reestablished his reputation in the hip-hop community. It spawned three hit singles, "The Boomin' System," "Around the Way Girl," and the title track, which received special notice after LL Cool J's dynamic performance of it during an episode of MTV Unplugged. It was also featured in the film The Hard Way. The album included themes of police misconduct (Illegal Search), spirituality (Power of God), his career troubles ("Cheesy Rat Blues"), along with back-to-basics hip-hop party rocking and balladry ("Around the Way Girl"). Mama Said... eventually went on to sell over 2,700,000 copies. It marked the first of many self-reinventions LL Cool J would undergo to adapt to hip-hop's often changing atmosphere.

01. LL COOL J - Around the way girl (lp version)

02. LL COOL J - Around the way girl (untouchable remix)

03. LL COOL J - Around the way girl (new bass mix)

04. LL COOL J - Around the way girl (instrumental)

05. LL COOL J - Around the way girl (jazzy mix)

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LL COOL J - AROUND THE WAY GIRL

Another Bad Creation - Coolin' At The Playground Ya Know

2008-11-29T14:04:00.006+11:00

ABC consists of Romell “RoRo” Chapman, Chris Sellers, David Shelton and brothers Demetrius and Marliss (“Red” and “Mark”, respectively) Pugh, as well as “unofficial” member Adrian “G.A.” (General Austin) Witcher. They were discovered by Michael Bivins. ABC’s debut album Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! was released on February 11, 1991. The album’s two biggest singles were the first and second singles: “Iesha” and “Playground”, respectively, which reached the top ten on both the R&B and pop charts (the latter was also the group’s only showing so far on the Dance chart). A cover of New Edition’s song “Jealous Girl” followed, as well as the singles “Spydermann” and “My World”. The album reached #7 on the Billboard 200 and eventually went platinum.

01 - Parents (2:51)

02 - Playground (4:07)

03 - Mental (1:05)

04 - Little Soldiers (4:11)

05 - My World (3:52)

06 - Iesha (4:20)

07 - Spydermann (4:39)

08 - That's My Girl (3:08)

09 - Jealous Girl (5:41)

10 - A.b.c. (3:53)

11 - Playground (Young Jack Club 12' Mix) (4:46)

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ANOTHER BAD CREATION - IESHA

Tony Terry - Tony Terry

2008-11-24T01:26:00.005+11:00

Terry landed backup singing jobs for the R&B/pop group Sweet Sensation and hip-hop group The Boogie Boys. In 1987, he signed a record deal with Epic/CBS Records. Terry's first single, "She's Fly", was released the same year, and peaked at number 10 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart. Forever Yours, Terry's debut album for Epic, was released in 1988, and reached the Top 30 of Billboard's R&B albums chart. The follow-up single, "Lovey Dovey", hit number-four on the R&B charts. The single Forever Yours reached the R&B Top 20. Terry's second album, a self-titled release, included the single "With You" (his biggest hit) which reached the Top Twenty of the U.S. pop chart, as well as the Top Ten on the R&B chart. "Everlasting Love", a number-six R&B hit, was also successful on the R&B chart. After leaving Epic, Terry moved over to Virgin Records. His debut album for the label was 1994's Heart Of A Man. The single, "When A Man Cries", just managed the R&B Top 40, and the album was a commercial failure in terms of sales. The following year, Terry contributed background vocals on the single "Gotta Have Love", from Yolanda Adams's album More Than A Melody. He also appeared in the video. He has performed on the soundtracks to Gladiator starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tap starring Gregory Hines and King's Ransom starring Anthony Anderson. In 1991, Terry earned two “Soul Train Music Awards” nominations: Artist of the Year and Single of the Year for “With You” but did not win.

1. Head Over Heels 5:45

2. Bad Girl 5:11

3. Baby Love 5:10

4. Friends And Lovers 4:22

5. With You 5:06

6. Come Home With Me 6:00

7. That Kind Of Guy 4:59

8. Tongue Tied 4:50

9. Let Me Love You 5:04

10. Read My Mind 4:25

11. Everlasting Love 5:21

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TONY TERRY - WITH YOU

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus

2008-11-24T01:18:00.007+11:00

Babylon By Bus is a live album released by Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1978. The album was recorded mostly at the Pavillon de Paris in June 1978, during the Kaya Tour. Like the 1973 album Catch A Fire, the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.

1. Positive Vibration 5:48

2. Punky Reggae Party 5:52

3. Exodus 7:38

4. Stir It Up 5:20

5. Rat Race 3:37

6. Concrete Jungle 5:38

7. Kinky Reggae 4:50

8. Lively Up Yourself 6:19

9. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) 5:22

10. Medley: War / No More Trouble 5:30

11. Is This Love 7:33

12. Heathen 4:30

13. Jammin' 5:39

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - JAMMIN (LIVE)

Junior Tucker - Dont Test

2008-11-24T00:46:00.004+11:00

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he began singing at the age of 5. At age 7 he became a household name in his country performing his first #1 song “Happy” and also began traveling internationally. Without a shadow of doubt everyone knew being on stage was what he was born to do. With tremendous success, he navigated his way through three international recording contracts which have literally taken him across the world. He has toured throughout the United States, UK, Japan, Mexico and the Caribbean. At 12 years he was signed to Island Records and at 14 he had a recording contract with Geffen Records USA. At 23 he signed to Virgin Records UK. In 1991 Junior was released from Virgin and returned to his roots to pursue a career in Jamaican Dancehall Music.

01. Are You Ready

02. Dis A Dance

03. 16 (Into The Night)

04. Love Is The Strongest Emotion

05. Come Down

06. Don't Test

07. In Your Mind

08. The Groove

09. Fell The Rhythm

10. African Sunrise

11. Stop To Start (ft Diana King)

JUNIOR TUCKER - 16 (INTO THE NIGHT)

Derek B - Bad Young Brother / Good Groove

2008-11-23T02:33:00.004+11:00

When he was 15, he started DJing in a mobile unit around London, before joining local pirate radio stations such as Kiss FM and LWR and finally starting his own station, WBLS (not to be confused with the radio station of the same name in New York). He joined Simon Harris' Music of Life as the closest thing they had to an A&R man. When a planned compilation of U.S. hip hop called Def Beats 1 (Music of Life, 1986) ran short of tracks, Boland stepped in to record a track called "Rock the Beat". He co-produced the track with Simon Harris, rapped on it under the pseudonym EZQ and also did his own DJing under the Derek B name. "Rock the Beat" (Music of Life, 1987) was released as a single, and followed by two more - the most successful of which was "Good Groove" (Music of Life, 1988) which reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, as well as "Bad Young Brother", which also reached number 16.

A1 Bad Young Brother (Steve Ett Mix)

A2 Bad Young Brother (Vocal Billy Beat Mix)

B1 Good Groove (Extended Mix)

B2 Good Groove (A Capella Mix)

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DEREK B - BAD YOUNG BROTHER

Sybil - Sybil

2008-11-23T02:00:00.004+11:00

Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By", which were released in 1989 and 1990 respectively. They were both Top 20 successes on the UK Singles Chart with the latter being the highest charting position for this Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic (No. 6), narrowly beating Gabrielle's version which made No. 7 in 1997. However, it was when she signed with the UK songwriters/record producers Stock Aitken Waterman, that Sybil had the biggest success, and was particularly popular in the UK. She had two huge Top 5 smashes in 1993 - the first a version of "The Love I Lost", originally a No. 21 hit for Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, made No. 3 and the second, "When I'm Good And Ready," an original song penned by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman reached No. 5.

01 - Don't Make Me Over (3:55)

02 - Love's Calling (3:41)

03 - I Wanna Be Where You Are (3:50)

04 - Crazy For You (Featuring Salt 'N' Pepa) (4:22)

05 - Bad Beats Suite (3:06)

06 - Walk on by (3:52)

07 - Take Me Away (4:06)

08 - Give It to Me (3:35)

09 - Living For the Moment (4:00)

10 - Can't Wait (On Tomorrow) (3:54)

11 - We're Gonna Make It Work This (2:54)

12 - In My Dreams (3:47)

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SYBIL - DONT MAKE ME OVER

Al B Sure - In Effect Mode

2008-11-22T23:59:00.005+11:00

His debut album from 1988, In Effect Mode, sold more than two million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart for seven straight weeks. The album included his memorable single "Nite and Day", which topped the R&B singles chart and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. He received numerous Grammy and American Music Award (AMA) nominations, and won an AMA for Best New R&B Artist. He also received several Soul Train Award nominations, and won the award for Best New Artist. He also won several New York Music Awards. As a writer and producer, Brown introduced the multi-platinum group Jodeci and teen R&B performer Tevin Campbell (also one of Quincy Jones's former protégés), as well as Faith Evans, Dave Hollister, Case, and Usher to the music scene.

01 - Nite and Day (4:03)

02 - Oooh This Love Is So... (4:38)

03 - Killing Me Softly (4:51)

04 - Naturally Mine (4:14)

05 - Rescue Me (3:57)

06 - Off on Your Own (Girl) (4:09)

07 - If I'm Not Your Lover (4:05)

08 - Just a Taste of Lovin' (4:21)

09 - Noche Y Dia (Span.version of Nite and Day) (4:05)

10 - If I'm Not Your Lover Feat. Slick Rick (Rmx) (5:52)

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AL B SURE - NITE & DAY

Intro - Intro

2008-10-25T02:19:00.005+11:00

In 1993, instead of upscale attire the younger R&B vocalists were looking a lot more like the rappers. The urban/neo-soul/new jack swing trio, Intro, had the Hip-Hop look, but their self-titled debut wasn't rap. Their sound was heavily influenced and popularized by LeVert, After 7, Aaron Hall, Mary J. Blige, and Today. The trio looked like a hip-hop group, favoring a style of urban contemporary, and went for a high-tech, hip-hop-influenced production style. Most of the songs are slow jams, and romantic/powerful ballads with a a neo-soul perspective. Inro's debut contains many elements of artists and groups (Isley Brothers, Gap Band, Stevie Wonder, and The Dramatics) who paved the way for urban favs like Johnny Gill, Jodeci, R. Kelly, and Guy (Intro covered Wonder's "Ribbon In The Sky"). The first and second released singles "Love Thang," and "Let Me Be The One" are the trio's finest up-tempo moments, while the long third release single "Come Inside" falls into the category of "Cry No More" by II D Extreme.

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TRACKLIST

1. Love Thang

2. Let Me Be The One

3. Anything For You

4. Why Don't You Love Me

5. It's All About You

6. Ribbon In The Sky

7. Don't Leave Me

8. Come Inside

9. One Of A Kind Love

10. So Many Reasons

11. Ecstacy of Love

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ALBUM PREVIEW

INTRO - LOVE THANG

H-Town - Fever For Da Flavor

2008-10-25T02:13:00.004+11:00

H-Town is an American R&B/hip hop musical group that was formed in 1992 by Keven "Dino" Conner, his twin brother Solomon "Shazam" Conner, and their long-time friend Darryl "G.I." Jackson. They took the name of the group, "H-Town," from the local nickname for the city of Houston, Texas. H-Town's debut album, Fever for Da Flavor, was released on April 15, 1993. The group gained popularity in America with "Knockin' Da Boots", H-Town's biggest hit to date. "Boots" was a #1 hit on the R&B charts[3], and hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Lick U Up", the bands follow-up single, was also released from the album but was less successful in the charts. The band won a 1993 Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist. That same year, H-Town became part of the Coca-Cola tour, which also included Shai, SWV, and Silk.

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TRACKLIST

1. Introduction

2. Can't Fade Da H

3. Treat U Right

4. Fever For Da Flavor

5. Sex Me

6. H-Town Bounce

7. Keepin' Mu Composure

8. Interlude

9. Lick U Up

10. Knochin' Da Boots

11. Won't U Come Back

12. Baby I Wanna

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ALBUM PREVIEW

H-TOWN - KNOCKIN DA BOOTS

BabyFace - Tender Lover

2008-10-25T02:08:00.006+11:00

Babyface's solo debut yielded the first number one R&B hit of the 1990s while establishing Edmonds as a major personality and performer. He wrote or co-wrote much of the material and even played several instruments. It was a combination of slick production and nicely sung sentimental tributes and heartache ballads. [The 2001 CD reissue adds historical liner notes and three bonus tracks: a "Dub L.A." version of "Tender Lover," a 12" version of "Whip Appeal," and a 12" version of "My Kinda Girl."]

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TRACKLIST

1. It's No Crime

2. Tender Lover

3. Let's Be Romantic

4. Can't Stop My Heart

5. My Kinda Girl

6. Where Will You Go (Prelude)

7. Whip Appeal

8. Soon As I Get Home

9. Given A Chance

10. Sunshine

11. Where Will You Go

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ALBUM PREVIEW

BABYFACE - WHIP APPEAL

Rude Boys - Rude Awakening

2008-10-25T01:44:00.004+11:00

Band members Larry Marcus, Melvin Sephus, and brothers Edward Lee Banks and Joe Little III were discovered by Gerald Levert , who got them signed to Atlantic Records. The band's 1990 debut LP, Rude Awakening, included the single "Written All Over Your Face", which made it to #1 R&B and #16 on the pop chart, as well as "Heaven", which was a top ten R&B hit. The group would score a second number one R&B hit from this album in 1991 with "Are You Lonely for Me," written by Joe Little and Tony Nicholas. The Rude Boys also toured that year with Levert. The album itself was just one spot below the Billboard R&B top 10 spot, where it sat comfortably at #11 in the spring of 1990.

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TRACKLIST

1. Come On Let's Do This

2. Written All Over Your Face

3. I Feel For You

4. Heaven

5. Pressure

6. Never Get Enough

7. I'm Going Thru

8. Are You Lonely

9. I Need You

10. Fool For You

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ALBUM PREVIEW

RUDE BOYS - ITS WRITTEN ALL OVER UR FACE

After 7 - After 7

2008-10-25T01:38:00.004+11:00

After 7 is an R&B group founded in 1988 by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell. The Edmonds brothers are the siblings of popular pop and R&B singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds" (Melvin is older, and Kevon - born Kevin - is younger), while Mitchell is the cousin of Babyface's then-partner, songwriter-producer Antonio "L.A." Reid. Virgin Records released their self-titled debut album in autumn 1989, which included the hits "Heat of the Moment", "Can't Stop" and the quiet-storm staple "Ready or Not". After promoting the album and seeing it go platinum, they scored a hit with the Motown-influenced "Nights Like This" on 1991's The Five Heartbeats soundtrack. The trio returned with Takin' My Time in 1992, which included the hit cover of The Originals' "Baby I'm For Real". The trio released their last album, Reflections in 1995, which included the hit "'Til You Do Me Right". After Mitchell split from After 7 in 1997, the Edmonds brothers continued together briefly, releasing a cover of Hall & Oates' "Sara Smile" as a single (and sole new track) from the career retrospective The Very Best of After 7 before silently disbanding that year.

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TRACKLIST

1. Don't Cha' Think

2. Heat Of The Moment

3. Can't Stop

4. My Only Woman

5. Loves Been So Nice

6. One Night

7. Ready Or Not

8. Sayonara

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ALBUM PREVIEW
AFTER 7 - CAN'T STOP

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel

2008-10-25T01:22:00.005+11:00

After leaving New Edition in 1986, Brown released his first solo album, King of Stage, in 1986. This album included "Girlfriend," a minor hit which went to #1 on the Billboard R&B charts and #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other than that, King of Stage did not garner much attention. However, Brown's next album, 1988's Don't Be Cruel rocketed him to super stardom. Working with the writing/producing team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, as well as Teddy Riley, Don't Be Cruel spawned five Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Don't Be Cruel" (#8), "Every Little Step" (#3), "Rock Wit' Cha" (#7), "My Prerogative" (#1, subsequently covered by Britney Spears in 2004), and "Roni" (#3). The album would eventually be certified 8x platinum (8,000,000 units sold).

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TRACKLIST

1. Cruel

2. Don't Be Cruel

3. My Prerogative

4. Roni

5. Rock Wit' Cha

6. Every Little Step

7. I'll Be Good To You

8. Take It Slow

9. All Day All Night

10. I Really Love You Girl

11. Cruel

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ALBUM PREVIEW

BOBBY BROWN - DON'T BE CRUEL

Snoop Doggy Dogg - DoggyStyle

2008-10-23T13:47:00.005+11:00

The Doggystyle album was released in November 1993 on Death Row Records and became the first debut album ever to enter the charts at #1, helping to fuel the ascendance of West Coast "g-funk" rap. The singles "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" and "Gin and Juice" reached the top ten most-played songs in the United States, and the album stayed on the Billboard charts for several months.[3] Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop Dogg often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians.[6] Doggystyle, much like The Chronic, featured a host of rappers signed to or affiliated with the Death Row label including Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg and others.

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TRACKLIST

01 bathrub

02 g funk intro

03 gin and juice

04 tha shiznit

05 lodi dodi

06 murder was the case

07 serial killa

08 who am i (whats my name)

09 for all my niggaz and bitches

10 aint no fun

11 doggy dogg world

12 gz and hustlas

13 pump pump

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ALBUM PREVIEW

SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - AINT NO FUN

Monica - Miss Thang

2008-10-23T13:40:00.006+11:00

In 1991, at the age of eleven, Arnold was discovered by music producer Dallas Austin at the Center Stage auditorium in Atlanta. Amazed by her voice, Dallas offered her a record deal with his Arista-distributed label Rowdy Records and immediately hired rapper and actress Queen Latifah as Monica's first manager. Shortly afterwards Dallas and Arnold entered the studio to start writing and producing her debut Miss Thang. After years of recording Monica's debut album, co-produced by Daryl Simmons, Tim & Bob and Soulshock & Karlin, was released to mixed reviews on July 18, 1995. While the longplayer debuted at a moderately successful 36 on the U.S.'s Billboard 200 chart only, Miss Thang soon became a triple platinum success thanks to constant sales and the success of its singles: Pre-released "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" and double-A-single "Before You Walk out of My Life/Like This and Like That" both entered the top 10 of the official Hot 100 and simultaneously became platinum certified number-one hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making Monica the youngest artist ever to have two consecutive chart-topping hits on latter chart.

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TRACKLIST

01 Miss Thang

02 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)

03 Like this and Like that

04 Get Down

05 With You

06 Skate

07 Angel

08 Woman in Me (Interlude)

09 Tell Me if You Still Care

10 Let's Straighten it Out

11 Before You Walk Out of My Life

12 Now I'm Gone

13 Why I Love You So Much

14 Never Can Say Goodbye

15 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days) (Remix)

16 Forever Always

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ALBUM PREVIEW

MONICA - B4 U WALK OUT OF MY LIFE

K7 - Swing Batta Swing

2008-10-21T01:58:00.005+11:00

Stepping out from the freestyle trio TKA, the newly dubbed K7 (formerly Kayel) expanded on his group's signature sound and won a larger audience than ever. As freestyle began its long, painful death, dance-pop overtook the genre's audience and popularity. Swing Batta Swing cannily updates the artist for the new era without abandoning his roots or his core audience. The uproarious "Come Baby Come" is a straightforward dance-pop single sung in a bizarre drill sergeant voice, and along with "Zunga Zeng," it fit right in with the radio and club tracks of its era. But K7 has been in the business long enough to know to hedge his bets, and "I'll Make You Feel Good" and "Body Rock" are engineered to please even the most exacting freestyle fan.

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TRACKLIST

1. Come Baby Come

2. Let's Bang

3. I Love To Turn You On (Zunga Zeng)

4. Hi De Ho

5. Body Rock

6. I'll Make You Feel Good

7. Hang On In There Baby

8. Move It Like This

9. Beep Me

10. Hotel Motel

11. A Little Help From My Friends

12. Move It Like This (Alternative Mix

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PREVIEW

K7 - COME BABY COME

Coolio - It Takes A Thief

2008-10-21T01:46:00.007+11:00

Coolio's debut, It Takes a Thief, brought him immediate success, establishing his reputation as a hard-knock, gun-slinging gangster with a biting sense of humor. Maybe it was because of his appearance heavy eyelids and in-a-light-socket hairstyle or maybe it was because of his laid-back vocal delivery, but he never seemed quite as menacing as other West Coast rappers spitting verses about the same thuggery. Instead of trying to incite fear in his raps, he complained that he didn't like having to live that way, and noted that there wasn't really a choice in the matter. Practically all the songs on It Takes a Thief are about one of two things: gang-banging and robbing in the ghettos while trying to make ends meet, or about hard times as a crack addict on the streets. The whole journey is a fantastic and underrated juxtaposition between good times and bad times, and ultimately, even though his second album, Gangsta's Paradise, sold more copies, this debut represents Coolio at his finest.

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TRACKLIST

1 Fantastic Voyage

2 County Line

3 Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta

4 Hand on My

5 Ghetto Cartoon

6 Smokin'

7 Can-O-Corn

8 U Know Hoo!

9 It Takes a Thief

10 Bring Back Somethin fo da Hood

11 N da Closet

12 On My Way to Harlem

13 Sticky Fingers

14 Thought You Knew

15 Ugly Bitches

16 I Remember

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PREVIEW

COOLIO - FANTASTIC VOYAGE

Ralph Tresvant - Ralph Tresvant

2008-10-19T09:22:00.005+11:00

Ralph Tresvant lead singer of one of the best R&B groups ever struck gold mine with his debut solo.. Every song on this disc is simply great.. You can put this disc and dont have to worry about hittin your skip button on your CD player.. Ralph solo disc isnt a departure from what he was doing with New Edition what the disc is a expension of the New Edition sound .. Working with red hot producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Kyle West responsible for (Al B. Sure hits) .. What these producers delivered to Ralph is some of the best material you will ever hear that is evident on such gems like the now classic first single Sensitivity, Stone Cold Gentlemen, Do What I Gotta Do all produced by the hitmaking Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

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TRACKLIST

1. Rated R

2. Sensitivity

3. She's My Love Thang

4. Stone Cold Gentleman (Rizz's Interlude)

5. Do What I Gotta Do

6. Love Hurts

7. Girl I Can't Control It

8. Love Takes Time

9. Public Figure (Ordinary Guy)

10. Last Night

11. I Love You (Just for You)

12. Alright Now

13. Sensitivity (Ralph's Rap)

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ALBUM PREVIEW

RALPH TRESVANT - SENSITIVITY

BLACKstreet - BlackStreet

2008-10-19T09:11:00.005+11:00

BLACKstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1992 by Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. The band members are: Teddy Riley, Eric Williams, Mark Middleton, and J-Stylz. Former members of BLACKstreet are Joseph Stonestreet, Levi Little, Dave Hollister, Terrell Phillips, and Chauncey Hannibal. Their debut album, BLACKstreet, was a moderate success due to the singles "Booti Call" and "Before I Let You Go", both Top 40 hits ("Before I Let You Go" hit the Top 10). The follow-up, 1996's Another Level (see 1996 in music) was a breakthrough success due to the top single "No Diggity" (with Dr. Dre), which was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1996, and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, along with the Top 40 hit "Don't Leave Me". Another Level eventually went four times platinum in the United States and peaked at #3 on the Billboard chart. "No Diggity" is ranked at #91 on Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs, while BLACKstreet comes in at #214 of the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years.

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TRACKLIST

01.Intro (Blackstreet Philosophy) (Interlude)

02.Baby Be Mine

03.U Blow My Mind

04.Hey Love (Keep It Real) (Interlude)

05.I Like The Way You Work

06.Good Life

07.Physical Thing

08.Make U Wet

09.Booti Call

10.Love's In Need

11.Joy

12.Before I Let Go

13.Confession (Interlude)

14.Falling In Love Again

15.Candlelight Night (Interlude)

16.Tonight's The Night

17.Happy Home

18.Once In A Lifetime (Interlude)

19.Wanna Make Love

20.Givin' You All My Lovin' (CD Bonus Track)

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ALBUM PREVIEW

BLACKstreet - BABY BE MINE

AMG - Bitch Betta Have My Money

2008-10-19T08:37:00.010+11:00

Jason Lewis (born September 29, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) better known by his stage name AMG, is a rapper from Cleveland, Ohio who later moved to Compton, California. He is known for his humor, sexually explicit lyrics, unorthodox style and most notably for songs like "Bitch Betta Have My Money", "Jiggable Pie" and "Tha Booty Up." The British electronica group Hardknox later sampled "Bitch Betta Have My Money" on their most famous single, "Who's Money?". In early 2007, AMG was in the process of recording an album with help from DJ Quik under the name "The Fixxers". They released a single through Interscope Records titled "Can U Werk Wit Dat".[1] The album was to be called Midnite Life and was scheduled to release mid to late 2007. However, in December of 2007, a business partner involved in the project tried to illegally sell bootlegs of the album over the internet, causing it to leak out to the general public, therefore the project was scrapped. DJ Quik confirmed the reports in an interview and was disappointed because he thought it would be AMG's time to shine in the spotlight again. As of 2008, The Fixxers no longer exist and have moved on to other projects.

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TRACKLIST

01. The Vertical Joyride

02. Word 2 The Da (Feat 2nd Ii None)

03. I Wanna Be Yo Ho

04. When She Calls (Feat Tesa Wallace)

05. Once A Dawg (Janine 2)

06. Jiggable Pie

07. P-Funk

08. Mai Sista Izza Bitch (Feat Boss)

09. La Queeda

10. Vertical Interlude

11. Bitch Betta Have My Money

12. Lick 'em Low Lover

13. Sylk's Cellular (Feat Sylk Smooth)

14. Nu Exasize

15. Backseat Queenz

16. Givva Dogga Bone

17. Yo Momma Told Me ...

18. Trunk O' Funk 03:34

19. Tha Booty Up (Feat 2nd Ii None)

20. My Ho, My Kids

21. D. Control

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ALBUM PREVIEW

AMG -I WANNA BE YO HO

DeBarge - Greatest Hits

2008-10-18T10:18:00.004+11:00

Back in the early '80s, this Michigan family act was dismissed by some as a poor man's version of the more successful Jacksons. Yet in El DeBarge's quavering tones (a clear influence on Babyface), DeBarge had a singer who eschewed soul pyrotechnics and went straight for the pathos, which colored even DeBarge's uptempo songs such as "Rhythm of the Night" with a sadness and yearning that still resonates today. They may never have become megastars, but DeBarge had incredible songs, chief among them the haunting "Time Will Reveal," the soaring "All This Love," and one of the most beautiful and passionate songs in recent memory, "In a Special Way." With early solo work from El as well as li'l bro Chico (never part of the family act), this is a well-compiled set that gives some love to a group that never quite got its due.

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TRACKLIST

1. Rhythm Of The Night

2. Time Will Reveal

3. I Like It

4. You Wear It Well

5. Who's Holding Donna Now?

6. Stop! Don't Tease Me

7. Love Me In A Special Way

8. A Dream

9. Talk To Me

10. All This Love

11. Love Always

12. Who's Johnny

13. The Heart Is Not So Smart

14. Save The Best For Me (Best Of Your Lovin')

15. Dance All Night

16. Stay With Me

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ALBUM PREVIEW

EL DEBARGE - WHOS JOHNNY

Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

2008-10-16T01:35:00.004+11:00

Jordan attended Pepperdine University in California, where he received a bachelor's degree in communication and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Jordan's first single was the 1995 #1 hit single "This Is How We Do It," which sampled Slick Rick's earlier Def Jam hit "Children's Story". Jordan followed up his success with "Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz", which peaked at #21. Later hits would include "Let's Ride" with Master P and "Talk Show" with Shae Jones in 1998 and "Get It on Tonite" in 1999. Besides crafting his own material, Jordan has written and produced for other artists, including Christina Milian, 98 Degrees, Deborah Cox ("Nobody's Supposed to Be Here," 1998), and Sisqó (the number-one hit "Incomplete," 2000). The singer has had cameo roles in the films The Fighting Temptations and The Nutty Professor, and he performed on the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown. In 2003, Jordan left Def Soul in 2003 and released the album Life After Def on Koch Records and also appeared on the album of popular Croatian singer Nina Badric in duet "Ne dam te nikom" ("I'm Not Giving You to Anyone").

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TRACKLIST

1. My Mommy (Intro)

2. Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz

3. This Is How We Do It

4. Payback

5. I'll Do Anything

6. Don't Keep Me Waiting

7. Comin' Home

8. Introducing Shaunta

9. It's Over

10. Midnight Interlude

11. I Wanna

12. Down On My Knees

13. Gotta' Get My Roll On

14. Close The Door

15. Daddy's Home

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ALBUM PREVIEW

MONTELL JORDAN - SOMETHIN' 4 DA HONEYZ RMX

B.H.C. - Brother Hood Creed

2008-10-16T01:29:00.005+11:00

"Helluva" (original/remix) was the song that placed them on charts back in 1992, if you like hard core or ass shakin hip hop then this is not for you. But if you like the mellow sounding hip hop like de la soul, tribe called quest, digable planets, then you'll enjoy this cd. "Miss Terry" was more so for the adolescent point-of-view of almost every male (or the opposite for the opposite) teenager at that age who, in essence, is excited (in a physical way) towards their female teacher.

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TRACKLIST

1. Don't Let The Weather Fool Ya

2. Helluva

3. Miss Terry

4. Bully

5. Luv Connection

6. What's Really Goin' On

7. Shells By The Seashore

8. Hey Now

9. Summatymz Ova

10. 50/50 Love

11. Only In America

12. Shoop Shoop Shoo Doo

13. Helluva (Bonus Mix)

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ALBUM PREVIEW

BROTHER HOOD CREED - HELLUVA

CMB - Colour Me Badd

2008-10-14T13:23:00.004+11:00

The group enjoyed 5 U.S. hit singles from their debut album C.M.B. throughout 1991 and 1992. These were "I Wanna Sex You Up" (U.S.#2), "I Adore Mi Amor" (U.S.#1), "All 4 Love" (U.S.#1), "Thinkin Back" (U.S.#16) and "Slow Motion" (U.S.#18). "I Wanna Sex You Up" was also on the New Jack City soundtrack, and hit number 1 on the UK Singles Charts. Their debut album, C.M.B. was released in September 1991, eventually selling over 6 million copies worldwide, and being certified 3x platinum in the United States by the RIAA. Color Me Badd performed at the 1991 Smash Hits Poll Winners Awards in the UK, winning the Best New Group trophy. In January 1992, they were awarded the Favourite Single, Soul/R&B trophy at the 19th annual American Music Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. March 1992 also saw Color Me Badd win the Best R&B / Soul Single, and Song Of The Year, categories at the sixth annual Soul Train Music Awards.

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TRACKLIST

1. I Wanna Sex You Up

2. All 4 Love

3. Heartbreaker

4. I Adore Mi Amor

5. Groove My Mind

6. I Wanna Sex You up (Reprise)

7. Roll the Dice

8. Slow Motion

9. Thinkin' Back

10. I Adore Mi Amor

11. Color Me Badd

12. Your da One I Onena Love

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ALBUM PREVIEW

CMB - ALL 4 LOVE

Mary J Blige - Whtaz The 411?

2008-10-14T13:09:00.004+11:00

Production for Blige's debut album began in 1991, with Sean "Puffy" Combs (at the time a fledgling A&R executive at Uptown) largely overseeing the project. Also enlisted were some of the top R&B and hip hop producers of the time, among them Tony Dofat, Mark Morales and Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Hall, and DeVante Swing. On July 28, 1992, Uptown Records released What's the 411?. "You Remind Me", the album's lead-off single, peaked at 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the R&B singles chart that summer. The second single, "Real Love", was released in the fall. It too topped the R&B singles chart, and became Blige's first top ten Hot 100 single, peaking at number seven. Both singles were also certified Gold. More What's the 411? singles followed into 1993, including "Reminisce", a cover of Rufus's "Sweet Thing", and "Love No Limit". By the end of the year, What's the 411? had sold three million copies. Blige, meanwhile, released a hip hop single "You Don't Have to Worry". She later confessed that, at the time, she believed the title to be nothing more than a marketing tool. The name stems from her previous job as Directory Assistance operator. The album's success spun off What's the 411? Remix, a remix album released in December that was used to extend the life of the What's the 411? singles on the radio into 1994, as Blige recorded her follow up album.

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TRACKLIST

1. Leave A Message

2. Reminisce

3. Real Love

4. You Remind Me

5. Intro Talk (featuring Busta Rhyme)

6. Sweet Thing

7. Love No Limit

8. I Don't Want To Do Anything (featuing K-Ci Hailey)

9. Slow Down

10. My Love

11. Changes I've Been Going Through

12. What's The 411 (featuring Grand Puba)

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ALBUM PRVIEW

MARY J BLIGE - REAL LOVE

Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It

2008-10-14T13:01:00.003+11:00

Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1963 – March 26, 1995), better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper, producer, and record executive from Compton, California. Eazy-E was a Kelly Park Compton Crip during his teen years, and he openly associated himself with other crips and crip sets. He sold drugs during his early teen years and then parlayed the money he made into a hip hop enterprise. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the gangsta rap sub-genre and initially rose to fame as the founder and member of the group N.W.A., but later achieved critical and commercial success as a solo artist. Eazy-E's vocal style was marked by his youthful, high-pitched voice and his lyrics focusing on the elements of urban street life such as guns, drugs, relations between residents and the police, and sexual activity. He had also for some time hosted a hip-hop radio show on Los Angeles-based radio station KKBT.

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TRACKLIST

1 (Prelude) Still Talkin Ft.Ice Cube, The D.O.C.

2 Nobody Move Ft.MC Ren

3 Ruthless Villain Ft.MC Ren

4 2 Hard Mutha's Ft.MC Ren

5 Boyz-n-the-Hood (remix)

6 Eazy-Duz-It

7 We Want Eazy" Ft.Dr. Dre, MC Ren

8 Eazy-er Said Than Dunn

9 Radio" Ft.Dr. Dre, MC Ren

10 No More Question's

11 I'mma Break It Down

12 Eazy-Chapter 8 Verse 10

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ALBUM PREVIEW

EAZY-E - EAZY-DUZ-IT

Father MC - Fathers Day

2008-10-11T01:52:00.006+11:00

Father MC (born Timothy Brown) was a popular African American rapper for the Uptown Records label in the early 1990s. Discovered and signed by then-Uptown executive Sean "Puffy" Combs, he is best known for introducing the public to Uptown's successful R&B act Jodeci in the track, "Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated" and Mary J. Blige. One of his most famous hits was "Lisa Baby", an upbeat, bouncy R&B hip hop crossover. Father MC straddled the line between hip-hop and new jack swing, which resulted in a number 20 hit, "I'll Do 4 U," from his debut album, Father's Day, in 1990. The backing track sampled from "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn. Singing back-up vocals on this track was no other than Mary J. Blige and this track was her first major record appereance and considered by many to be an important stepping stone to her career. Nearly two years after his debut, Father MC followed with "Close to You". Its success was almost guaranteed by Father MC's appearance on the CD, Uptown MTV Unplugged. Also he did a street lifestyle track "Pimp or Die" on Who's the Man? (original movie soundtrack). Father MC was formerly a dancehall reggae performer, and there was some reggae influence interspersed with the sentimental love lyrics and hip-hop production. After a four-year studio hiatus, he returned in 1999 with No Secrets, and another lengthy pause preceded. In the late 1990s, Father MC posed fully nude for Playgirl magazine.

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TRACKLIST

1. I'll Do 4 U

2. Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated

3. Lisa Baby

4. Tell Me Something Good

5. I Come Correct

6. I've Been Watching You

7. Ain't It Funky

8. Father's Day

9. Dance 4 Me

10. Why U Wanna Hurt Me

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ALBUM PREVIEW

FATHER MC - I'LL DO FOR YOU

Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey

2008-10-11T01:43:00.005+11:00

Heavy D. maintained his high visibility in both the R&B and rap markets with his third album, Peaceful Journey. The title says a lot about Heavy's outlook -- he was never an inflammatory, confrontational rapper, and generally sought to entertain rather than challenge. While most of this melodic, very R&B-ish album (which includes his remake of the Gamble & Huff classic "Now That We've Found Love") is fun and escapist in nature, the self-proclaimed Overweight Lover shows himself to be a noteworthy and effective social commentator on the title song, "Letter to the Future" (which urges a teenage criminal to change his ways) and "Sister Sister" a salute to Black women clearly written in response to misogyny in rap. Whether being socio-political or simply aiming to entertain, Heavy still makes it clear that he has a lot of technique.

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TRACKLIST

1. Now That We Found Love

2. Let It Rain

3. I Can Make You Go Oooh

4. Sister Sister

5. Don't Curse

6. Peaceful Journey

7. The Lover's Got What U Need

8. Cuz He'z Alwayz Around

9. Is It Good To You

10. Letter To The Future

11. Swinging With Da Hevster

12. Body And Mind

13. Do Me, Do Me

14. Somebody For Me

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ALBUM PREVIEW

HEAVY D & THE BOYZ - NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE

H-Town - Knockin Da Boots

2008-10-11T01:36:00.004+11:00

H-Town is an American R&B/hip hop musical group that was formed in 1992 by Keven "Dino" Conner, his twin brother Solomon "Shazam" Conner, and their long-time friend Darryl "G.I." Jackson. They took the name of the group, "H-Town," from the local nickname for the city of Houston, Texas. Growing up in a family of singers, brothers Keven (Dino) and Solomon (Shazam) Conner began their career singing in talent shows and plays before a local producer sent their demo tape to one-time 2 Live Crew rapper and record company owner, Luther "Luke" Campbell. After an impromptu audition, Campbell signed the band to his label, Luke Records. H-Town's debut album, Fever for Da Flavor, was released on April 15, 1993. The group gained popularity in America with "Knockin' Da Boots", H-Town's biggest hit to date. "Boots" was a #1 hit on the R&B charts[and hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Lick U Up", the bands follow-up single, was also released from the album but was less successful in the charts. The band won a 1993 Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist. That same year, H-Town became part of the Coca-Cola tour, which also included Shai, SWV, and Silk.

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TRACKLIST

01. KNOCKIN DA BOOTS

02. KNOCKIN DA BOOTS (INSTRUMENTAL)

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SINGLE PREVIEW

H-TOWN - KNOCKIN DA BOOTS

Tevin Campbell - T.E.V.I.N.

2008-10-11T01:29:00.005+11:00

Campbell's first solo hit was "Round and Round", which charted at #3 on R&B charts in November 1991and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1991 was produced by Prince and was featured in Prince's film Graffiti Bridge. Campbell followed the success of his first two singles by releasing his debut album, T.E.V.I.N., in November 1991 which featured the R&B hit singles and Campbell's only #1 Adult Contemporary hit: "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do" followed by:, "Alone With You", and "Goodbye". His second album, I'm Ready released October 1993, yielded the #1 R&B hit and #9 pop single "Can We Talk" in December 1993, "I'm Ready", "Always in My Heart" which charted at #3 on the R&B chart. He also scored a Top 30 hit with "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" on the R&B charts. In September 1994, Campbell also scored an R&B hit with the single "U Will Know" as part of the R&B supergroup Black Men United, a group that also included singer Usher. The year 1996 saw the release of his third album, Back to the World (#11 R&B). The title track was a success (hitting the R&B Top 20), but additional singles failed to make an impact on the chart. His early 1999 self-titled album was found Campbell venturing into the neo-soul venue. The project was rushed, and as a result charted below the R&B Top 30, with only one single charting, a Top 30 song called "Another Way".

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TRACKLIST

1. Round And Round

2. Interlude/Over The Rainbow And On To The Sun

3. Tell Me What You Want Me To Do

4. Lil' Brother

5. Alone With You

6. Strawberry Letter 23

7. One Song

8. Just Ask Me - Boyz 'N The Hood

9. Goodbye

10. Perfect World

11. Confused

12. Look What We'd Have (If You Were Mine)

13. She's All That

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ALBUM PREVIEW

TEVIN CAMPBELL - TELL ME WHAT U WANT ME 2 DO

Immature - On Our Worst Behavior

2008-10-11T01:20:00.004+11:00

Immature was formed in Los Angeles, California. The original members were Marques "Batman" Houston, Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half-Pint" Santos. Santos was eventually replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee (the group's drummer) in 1993 due to personal reasons. Kessee remained a full-time member of the group. Immature eventually felt that their band name was no longer a fitting description to describe them as people or musicians. In 1999, they changed their name to IMx. In 1992, Immature released their debut album, On Our Worst Behavior, on September 22. The album featured singles "Da Munchies", "I Wanna Know U That Way" and "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" (which also appeared on the soundtrack for the animated film Bébé's Kids, in which Houston provided his voice for the character Khalil). Although the album failed to make it onto any of Billboard's charts, their song "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" managed to make it onto Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number 39.

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TRACKLIST

1. Funky Psychtro Enterview

2. You're All That

3. Mom's Illin' (Forty Oz. Edit)

4. Honey Dip

5. Anti Splurgian Girl

6. Be My Girl

7. Let Me Hmm Hmm Hmm

8. Da Munchies

9. I Wanna Know You That Way

10. (Good Things) Come To Those Who Wait

11. Meet Me Outside

12. Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)

13. Is It Love This Time

14. Wiser Than My Years

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ALBUM PREVIEW

IMMATURE - DA MUNCHIES "LIVE"

OST Jason's Lyric

2008-10-09T14:48:00.003+11:00

Though, Jason's Lyric wasn't in the theaters that long, the soundtrack did very well; hit number one on the R&B charts, and peaked at number 17 on the billboard hot 100 in 1994. The soundtrack contained three charted singles; "U Will Know," (A 20 year old D'Angelo wrote and produced the song) featuring vocals from D'Angelo, Tevin Campbell, R. Kelly, Gerald Levert, Tony Toni Tone, El DeBarge, Portrait, Christopher Williams, After 7, Intro, Joe, Brian McKnight, H-Town, Keith Sweat, DRS, Usher, Damion Hall, and Al B. Sure!, "If You Think You're Lonely Now," (a Bobby Womack cover) performed by a (solo) K-Ci Hailey, the soundtrack's finest moment, and the Brian McKnight number "Crazy Love." The soundtrack consists with many G-Funk moments; Twinz "First Round Draft Pick," Ahmad "That's How It Is," Spice-1 "Nigga Sings The Blues," and Five Footer Crew "Walk Away." The soundtrack gets bluesy with Buddy Guy's "This City Needs Help," and also contains a latino rap moment with LSD's "Love Is The Key." Tears For Fears product Oleta Adams contributes a Jimmy Cliff cover "Many Rivers To Cross," in one of the finer moments of the soundtrack, and Los Angeles based bad boys DRS contribute as well. Albert Collins and Mint Condition collaborate, followed up by the smokin' "Just Like My Papa," by Tony Toni Tone. Jason's Lyric is a fine example of a soundtrack that surpassed the film itself, and most artists that contribute never had a finer moment.

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TRACKLIST

1. U Will Know - B.M.U.

2. Forget I Was A G - The Whitehead Brothers

3. Candyman - LL Cool J

4. If Trouble Was Money - Mint Condition

5. Just Like My Papa - Tony Toni Tone

6. If You Think You're Lonely - K-Ci Hailey

7. Rodeo Style - Jamecia

8. Up And Down - J. Quest

9. Walk Away - The Five Footer Crew/G Funk Era

10. Love Is The Key - LSD

11. No More Love - DRS

12. Crazy Love - Brian McKnight

13. That's How It Is - Ahmad

14. First Round Draft Pick - The Twinz/G Funk Era

15. Brothers And Sisters - Jayo Felony

16. The City Needs Help - Buddy Guy

17. Nigga Sings The Blues - Spice

18. Jesse James - Scarface

19. Love Is Still Enough - Sovory

20. Many River To Cross - Oletta Adams

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ALBUM PREVIEW

B.M.U. (BLACK MEN UNITED) - YOU WILL KNOW

OST Poetic Justice

2008-10-09T14:39:00.004+11:00

Another early '90's classic soundtrack that was great and matched the feel of the movie. Also this was the coming out party for a man out of Chattanooga, TN named Usher Raymond(Usher) with his hit "Call Me A Mack"(one of his best songs of all-time) and also featured TLC's remake of the The Time's "Get It Up". This soundtrack had some star power to it but was ignored by the mainstream audience which makes this soundtrack underrated. Some other songs of interest as well is "Indo Smoke" by Mista Grimm, "Niggaz Don't Give A Fuck" by the Dogg Pound, & one of my favorite 2Pac joints "Definition Of A Thug Nigga". Overall a great sleeper soundtrack that did not get a lot of pub but in my book it is a classic.

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TRACKLIST

1. Get It Up - TLC

2. Indo Smoke - Mista Grimm

3. Well Alright - Babyface

4. Call Me a Mack - Usher

5. Waiting for You - Tony! Toni! Toné!

6. One in a Million - Pete Rock

7. Nite & Day - Cultural Revolution

8. Poor Man's Poetry - Naughty by Nature

9. I've Been Waiting - Terri & Monica

10. Niggas Don't Give a Fuck - Tha Dogg Pound

11. Definition of a Thug Nigga - 2Pac

12. I Wanna Be Your Man - Chaka Demus & Pliers

13. Cash in My Hands - Nice & Smooth

14. Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer - Stevie Wonder

15. Justice's Groove - Stanley Clarke

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ALBUM PREVIEW

T.L.C. - GET IT UP RMX

Ghost Town Djs - My Boo

2008-10-08T13:13:00.005+11:00

"My Boo" is a song by the hip-hop group Ghost Town DJ's released as a popular bass music R&B on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label, on the album So So Def Bass All-Stars. The song, an invite by a female to a male suitor, blended R&B style vocals with a high-tempo electronic beat. The song was written by Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone and Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry, and was included on both volumes of So So Def Bass All-Stars. The vocalist on the track is Rayona B. Graham a.k.a. Suga Momma, a singer that is featured on many other songs from the So So Def Bass All Stars compilation series and is now also doing a CD with Chris Brown. In 2007, the song was interpolated on Pitbull and Lloyd's Secret Admirer.

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TRACKLIST

1. LP RADIO EDIT

2. QUIET STORM RADIO EDIT

3. HITMANS CLUB MIX

4. ARMAND REPRESENTING DA EAST MIX

5. LP VERSION

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SINGLE PREVIEW

GHOST TOWN DJS - MY BOO