There’s a lot going on with life as usual, and I thought that maybe I should retire
the OSWs for a little bit and catch my breath, ’cause it takes a little while to organize
and get it together. Well, when I put the thought out there, a mini-revolution took place. KB the originator
told me no. **RPM**
was going to put me in a chokehold, ’cause she looks forward to it. And Todd,
well, he not only told me to keep doing it, but threw down a design on my site,
as you can see. Now, I’m still trying to get the rest of the kinks out, but it’s the
happiest I’ve been in more than a little while. And to come up with a design in
a day? Now that’s hotness. I’ve even managed to break down into categories and
visualizations, and even
upgrade to MT 3.2, thanks to Carla’s
thumbs-up about it. I’ve even suspended Typekey for now, and shaking out the new features of the upgrade. Now if there were only more hours in the day, right? But hey,
onward and upward…

Jabriel mentioned
that there was a concert right around the corner from my house, so I showed up,
and
took some pictures also. Since that made my Saturday, I asked Xquizzyt1
again, as she loves to do, to knock another Old School Wednesday out the box.

Old
School Wednesday: EJ’s Request Line, Volume 1.

I asked for some Lisa Lisa, some Big Daddy Kane, and some Whodini, and
all vibes in between. She delivered.

01 Shannon – Let the Music Play.
02 CBank – One More Shot.
03 Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait.
04 Debbie Deb – When I Hear Music.
05 Freeze – IOU.
06 Full Force – Alice, I Want You Just for Me.
07 Malcom McClaren and the Rock Steady Crew – Buffalo Gals.
08 Art of Noise – Beat Box.
09 Man Parish – Hip Hop Be Bop.
10 Schooly D – PSK What Does it Mean.
11 T La Rock – It’s Yours.
12 Just ICE – Latoya.
13 LL Cool J – Dear Yvette.
14 Stetsasonic – Sally.
15 Kool Moe Dee – Go See The Doctor.
16 Big Daddy Kane – Warm It Up Kane.
17 Whodini – Friends.
18 Dana Dane – Delancey Street.
19 Bad Boys – Inspector Gadget Rap.
20 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – I Wonder If I Take You Home.

Enjoy the vibe, and pardon the dust as we try to clean up the spot around
here….

Just last week, it took me a while to try to come up with a title, which got bestowed
upon Will. Well, little did I know that there were not one, not two, but three
birthdays on that same day: Lynne,
KB, and Will.
Well, it’s time for me to make up for one of them now. To one of the coolest women
you would ever want to meet. This one’s for you, Lynne.

Old
School Wednesday: The Lynneluvah Mix.

01 – Lalah Hathaway – Heaven Knows.
02 – The Stylistics – People Make the World Go Round (Full Version).
03 – The Crusaders – Streetlife (Complete Version).
04 – Gap Band – Yearning For Your Love.
05 – Slave – Just a Touch of Love.
06 – D Train – Walk on By.
07 – Chaka Khan – Clouds.
08 – Yarbrough & Peoples – Don’t Stop the Music.
09 – Change – The Glow Of Love.
10 – Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait [Dance Mix].
11 – Teena Marie – I Need Your Lovin’.
12 – Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World.
13 – Evelyn Champagne King – Betcha She Don’t Love You.
14 – Expose – Let Me Be The One.
15 – Aurra – Make up Your Mind (Extended Version).
16 – Loose Ends – Slow Down.
17 – Five Star – Let Me Be The One (Extended Version).

Oh, but wait. There’s more. You don’t think we would have forgotten about
my man, KB, would you? No, not
the KC’er. Hop on over here to Nasty
Bastard‘s for yet
another belated birthday mix. These two should keep you busy for more than
a little while. Happy belated birthday, Lynne and KB!

After such an adventurous weekend and a busy week, I’m all tapped out. No theme
here, just good tracks. My imagination is gone. Any takers for an official title? Looks like we’ve got a winner:

Old
School Wednesday: The Untitled Mix Will’s Birthday Mix.

01 – Gary Taylor – Compassion. From the eponymous debut
album.
02 – Zhane – Sending My Love. From Pronounced Ja-Nay.

03 – Slam/Slam Feat. Dee C. Lee – Giving It Up. While I was in Philly,
my friends let me into their basement. It was all over. I think I spent at least
6 hours in there. Makes me want to pull out The Style Council.
04 – Mr. Fingers – What About This Love? More Larry Heard.
05 – Patrice Rushen – Number One [Instrumental]. Grammy nominated cut
from Straight From The Heart.
06 – Patti Austin – Gettin’ Away With Murder. From the album of the same
name.
07 – Curtis Mayfield – Give Me Your Love [Love Song]. Everyone’s theme
song.
08 – Mary J. Blige – Love No Limit. Since Mary (read: Sean Puffy Combs)
sampled Curtis Mayfield on her second album, it made me pull this track out. From What’s The 411?
09 – D’Influence – Good 4 We. From their debut album, which made me spend
most of my college money on cassettes from Great Britain.
10 – Shanice – The Way You Love Me. From Discovery.
11 – Michael Franks – Now I Know Why [They Call It Falling]. Back when
funk was ever-present in 1985, I bough three copies of this cassette tape and
played this cut endlessly. From Skin Dive.
12 – Stevie Wonder – With Each Beat of My Heart. From Characters.
13 – Maysa – More Than You Know. From Maysa.
14 – Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy. From All N’ All.

Happy birthday, Will!

It’s hot and muggy outside. Why don’t we take out drinks, and cool out after
the sun sets?

Old
School Wednesday: Summertime Cooldown.

01 – DeBarge – Stay With Me. I was actually thinking
about Notorious B.I.G. and thought I would dig in the crates for the song he sampled
from.
02 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – One on One. Blue eyed soul at it’s
finest.
03 – The Chi-Lites – Give It Away. I was thinking Swing Out Sister’s
influences when I pulled this out the crate.
04 – Switch – Don’t Take My Love Away. Nikki
mentioned that this was one of her favorite B-sides from them, so I pulled it
out.
05 – Stevie Wonder – Rocket Love. I could have done an entire radio blog
of Stevie’s cooldown tracks to represent this summer.
06 – Michael Jackson – It’s The Falling In Love. Remember this cut from
Off The Wall?
07 – Alexander O’neal – Look At Us Now. From his debut abum.
08 – Michael Cooper – Dinner for Two. From Love Is Such A Funny Game.
09 – Kashif – Help Yourself To My Love.
10 – Lionel Richie – Love Will Find a Way. From Can’t Slow Down.
11 – Gwen Guthrie – (They Long To Be) Close To You. A great cover of
a hit by The Carpenters.
12 – Soul II Soul – Missing You. Kym Mazell lights up this track.
13 – Colonel Abrams – Table For Two. He was known mostly for his house
tracks, but this mellow cut was overlooked.
14 – Pebbles – Baby Love. From her debut album.
15 – Portrait – You.

Enjoy.

My man Godizus is at again, yo:

Old
School Wednesday: Summertime Hip Hop Volume II.

Check it:

01 – Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime
02 – Pete Rock and CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)
03 – Audio Two – Top Billin
04 – Biz Markie – Nobody Beats The Biz
05 – Boogie Boys – A Fly Girl
06 – Common – I Used to Love HER
07 – Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – Brand New Funk
08 – Doug E. Fresh – Keep Risin’ To The Top
09 – Eric B. and Rakim – Microphone Fiend
10 – Joeski Love – Pee Wee Dance
11 – Kwame – Ownlee Eue
12 – Marley Marl – The Symphony
13 – MC Lyte with Positive K – I’m Not Having It
14 – JJ Fad – Supersonic
15 – Readhead Kingpin – Do The Right Thing
16 – Steady B – Serious
17 – Pharcyde – Passing Me By
18 – UTFO – Bite It

Nod to the tracks.