With the start of the summer. With touches by some very, very cool people, I present:

Old School Wednesday: Summer Solstice '08
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01 - Change - Change Of Heart
02 - S.O.S. Band - The Finest
03 - Evelyn Champagne King - I'm In Love (Extended Version)
04 - Carrie Lucas - Show Me Where You're Coming From
05 - Dynasty - Here I Am
06 - Rockie Robbins - An Act Of Love
07 - Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz
08 - Light Of The World - Aspects
09 - Slave - Just a Touch of Love
10 - Mr Fingers - What About This Love?
11 - Stevie Wonder - I Love Every Little Thing About You
12 - Michael Wycoff - Love Makes Me Sing
13 - Atlantic Starr - Love Me Down
14 - Chaka Khan - Tight Fit

I'm a huge fan of Jam and Lewis, and really love Change's Change Of Heart. Turns out I wasn't the only one. Mr. Fresh absolutely loves this track also. Since Change was the first track. I thought it would be perfect to continue with another Jam and Lewis smash, SOS Band's The Finest (with accomanying vocals by Alexander O'Neal). Evelyn's wonderful I'm In Love is followed up with Carrie Lucas' severly underrated Show Me Where You're Coming From, by request from Mr. Fresh and blessings from G Fresh and Yvonne. I then follow it with one of Dynasty's best singles (and quite possibly my personal favorite) Here I Am.

I heard Rockie Robbin's An Act Of Love for the first time last week and I think I've played it every day so far. Thanks to the killer horn section, I thought it would be appropriate to ease on into Quincy's Razamatazz, with great vocals by Patti Austin. I follow with Light Of The World's Aspects. While I was planning my mix, DJ Diva, the mixtress of R&B, had this track as the leadoff single of one of her podcasts, so I had to make sure I included Just A Touch Of Love.

Larry Heard, aka Mr. Fingers, was clearly the first DJ that vibed me to house music, so I had to place the very first house track I ever purchased, What About This Love? I then follow up with my favorite track from Music Of My Mind, I Love Every Little Thing About You, with a nod from Mr. TGrundy of course. Michael Wycoff's track Love Makes Me Sing was a natural progression from Stevie, which then continues the vibe into Atlantic Starr's Love Me Down, with wonderful vocals by Sharon Bryant, and capping it off with Chaka's Tight Fit, thanks to Thierno.

I'll be giving more details In the podcast (coming soon), like the significance of Light Of The World, SOS Band's The Fines, and Evelyn's I'm In Love. If you're so inclined, take a listen. Special thanks again to TGrundy, DJ Diva, Mr. Fresh, Thierno, G-Fresh, and Yvonne. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. If you have requests or questions, send an email to ejflavors [@] gmail [.] com. Take it light!

I promised I would break out of this podcast/radio blog shell and do something more with this blog. Guess I got a kick in my complacency - a meme I just could not pass up.

Tagged by jbrotherlove:

“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.”

Both old school and new school enter into this meme, since they're always in rotation. Here we go....

7. An Act Of Love - Rockie Robbins. First time I heard this song was 4 days ago. It's my "clap yo hands" song.
6. With You - Atjazz feat. Dawne B & Hernandez. I call this my mojito song. Prompted me to get Full Circle. [Traxsource]
5. Waiting For Your Love - Onda. Yeah. If I were to dance, which I don't (for fear of someone thinking I had spasms), I would definitely be grooving to this track. Mellow house. [Traxsource]
4. Yeah You - N.E.R.D. The album Seeing Sounds is growing on me. Played this song about 5 times today. Must be the horn section. And backgrounds. And percussion. And, well...everything. [Amazon]
3. I Love Every Little Thing About You - Stevie Wonder. Arguably the best track from Music Of My Mind. [Amazon]
2. Tight Fit - Chaka Khan. Not quite sure why this was on my mind. Oh yeah, I do. Her sister, Taka Boom, was also on this cut. Love the arrangements. From Destiny. [Amazon]
1. What's On Your Mind - Jimmy Abney. Return to Forever is one solid album and perfect for my mellow, downtempo vibe. [Dusty Groove America]

Tag, you're it....

Jason
KB
TGrundy
Osolage
Roney
Anjibee
Roddykat

Continuing the month of June.

Old School Wednesday: Think About It
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01 - Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me
02 - D-Train - The Shadow Of Your Smile
03 - Tracy Weber - Sure Shot (Larry Levan Mix)
04 - Surface - Stop Holdin' Back
05 - Touch - Tingle
06 - Ian Foster - Heaven
07 - Jazz Crusaders -- Bobby Womack & Wilton Felder - Inherit The Wind
08 - Rockie Robbins - Time To Think
09 - Switch - You're The One For Me
10 - Carrie Lucas - What's The Question
11 - Alicia Myers - If You Play Your Cards Right
12 - Atlantic Starr - More, More, More
13 - The Jacksons - Push Me Away

Phyllis Hyman was put in the mix first via a request from Virginia, while D-Train's The Shadow Of Your Smile had been in the back of my mind for weeks. Sure Shot is one of the two tracks that were released by Tracy Weber shortly before her death. May she rest in peace. Surface's Stop Holdin' Back, released in 1983, is followed by one of my favorite tracks from Touch, Tingle. Ian Foster's Heaven is followed by Bobby Womack and Wilton Felter with Inherit The Wind. Rockie Robbin's track Time To Think is followed by a track from Switch entitled You're The One For Me.

Carrie Lucas' What's The Question, my favorite surprise so far this week, is followed by Alicia Myers, Atlantic Starr, and The Jacksons. In the podcast (coming soon), I give a little more detail about Switch, Windjammer, and more. If you're so inclined, take a listen. Special thanks to Nikki for requesting Atlantic Starr, G-Fresh, and Yvonne. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. If you have requests or questions, send an email to ejflavors [@] gmail [.] com. Take it light!

Continuing the vibe.....

Old School Wednesday: On My Own
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01 - Jesse Johnson - Be Your Man
02 - Xavier - Work That Sucker To Death
03 - Gary's Gang - Knock Me Out
04 - Windjammer - Tossing And Turning
05 - Oran 'Juice' Jones - Rock The Night Away
06 - Debra Laws - On My Own
07 - Roy Ayers - Poo Poo La La
08 - The Jones Girls - Knockin'
09 - Phyllis Hyman - When You Get Right Down To It
10 - The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
11 - Billy Ocean - Whatever Turns You On
12 - The Sylvers - Falling For Your Love
13 - Switch - Calling On All Girls

I'm sure that most of the masses are familiar with Be Your Man, and quite possibly Xavier's Work That Sucker To Death, along with the vocalists on the track that should sound familiar. I then follow up with two tracks that were much more popular in England than they were here in the US (and that were unfamiliar to me until now)- Gary's Gang's Knock Me Out and Windjammer's Tossing and Turning. Oran 'Juice' Jones breaks through with another tune injected with humor, Rock The Night Away.

Debra Laws' On My Own (yet another solid track I was unfamiliar with) and Roy Ayers' Poo Poo La La is follwed by yet another solid track that didn't receive a lot of play, Knockin', from the On Target CD. Phyllis' When You Get Right Down To It and The Brothers Johnson's Strawberry Letter 23 is followed by Billy Ocean's Whatever Turns You On from Nights (Feel Like Getting Down). The Sylvers' Falling For Your Love, from Bizarre. We then end with a solid track - with a fantastic duet - from Switch II, Calling On All Girls. and Strawberry Letter 23.

In the podcast, I give a little more detail about Switch, Windjammer, and more. If you're so inclined, take a listen. Special thanks to TGrundy for a lil' help in this one (as usual), G-Fresh, and Yvonne. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. If you have requests or questions, send an email to ejflavors [@] gmail [.] com. Take it light!

And here we go.....

Old School Wednesday: Streetwave
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01 - Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down
02 - Shalamar - Make That Move
03 - Loose Ends - Slow Down
04 - Cool Notes - Spend The Night
05 - Cheryl Lynn - Instant Love
06 - George Benson - Shiver
07 - The Brothers Johnson - Streetwave
08 - Cherrelle - Saturday Love
09 - Taka Boom - Love Bank
10 - Damian Dame - Right Down To It
11 - Sade - Keep Looking
12 - The Jacksons - Even Though You're Gone
13 - Al Johnson - Tonight's The Night For Love

I don't think I can say enough good things about this list. Starting out with Evelyn and continuing with Shalamar (where the vocals are equally distributed between Howard, Jody, and Jeffrey), I make a venture across the pond to drop a little Loose Ends and Cool Notes, which was a nice surprise (check out the video here). Cheryl's Instant Love and George's Shiver lead the way to an instrumental by The Brothers Johnson named Streetwave.

Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal's Saturday Love pave the way into Taka Boom's Love Bank and Damian Dame's Right Down To It. Sade's Keep Looking from Stronger Than Pride move us right into Even Though You're Gone by The Jacksons and Tonight's The Night For Love by Al Johnson.

In the podcast, I give a little more detail about Cool Notes, Taka Boom (the zero degrees of seperation will surprise you), and more information behind the tracks from Cheryl Lynn and George Benson. If you're so inclined, take a listen. Special thanks to TGrundy for a lil' help in this one. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. If you have requests or questions, send an email to ejflavors [@] gmail [.] com. Take it light!