Back at it again, and a had quite a bit of dun doing it too. Check it:

Old School Wednesday – Let Me Love You
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01 – Marcus Miller – My Best Friend’s Girlfriend

02 – Attitude – Love Me Tonight

03 – Teena Marie – Don’t Look Back

04 – Bell & James – Love, Call My Name

05 – Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good

06 – James ”D Train” Williams – Let Me Love You

07 – Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal- Keep It Inside

08 – Samuelle – I’m So In Love

09 – Johnny Hammond – Fantasy

10 – Collage – Winners & Losers

11 – Harvey Mason – Spell

12 – Twennynine featuring Lenny White – My Melody

13 – Lo-Key – Hey There Pretty Lady

14 – Atlantic Starr – Second To None

15 – Anita Baker – Will You Be Mine


From Marcus to Anita….there’s something for everyone. I’m sure I’d be here for hours talking about each cut individually, but I will say that I hadn’t heard Marcus’ cut in more than 20 years, and had never heard the Bell & James and Attitude cuts until recently. Special thanks to Princess Freesia who alerted me to the Bell and James cut. and for Paul for being the force that was behind me seeking out Attitude’s album – I’m glad I did.

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….and I’m back. After an auto accident and crazy work schedule, I’m glad to be at it again. This time, I got help from The Bajanrascals – Paul and Ricky. Presenting:

Old School Wednesday – The System.
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1) Attitude - We Got The Juice  - 5:13 –  Pump The Nation  
2) The System -Sweat –  7:16  - Sweat Funk,Boogie,Jazz Funk,Garage  
3) Chaka Khan – This Is My Night  – 6:09 - Soul Funk & Disco Classics Dance  
4) Can’t Slow Down - 5:54 - Angela Bofill Album:Let Me Be The One 
5) The System – It’s Passion –  7:31 – Album: Sweat
6) Attitude – I Wanna Get To Know You Better –  5:05 -  Album ump The Nation  
7) Phil Collins  – Sussidio - 4:22 -   Album : No Jacket Required
The System – Stand Up And Cheer –  5:45 - Album:Sweat   
9) Pauli Carman – Dial My Number –  5:35  - Album: Dial My Number
10) The System – I Wanna Make You Feel Good - 4:20 –   Album:Sweat  
11) Jeff Lorber – Step By Step - 5:10  Album:Step by Step 

12) Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - 5:54 –   Real Eighties (Hits & Extended Mixes) Eighties  
13) The System – Heart beat of the City –  4:38 - Album : Sweat 
14) Mtume – Juicy Fruit –  5:57  Album  Juicy Fruit  
15) The System – Lollipops and Everything
- 3:59 – Album: X-Periment

16) The System – Dont Disturb This Groove – 5:03 –   Album ont Disturb This Groove
17) The System – You Are In My System - 7:44 - The 12" Single 80′s R&B  
18) The System – This Is For You – 3:58

Paul really lit this mix up with a couple of surprises. He imtegrated a mix of Scritti Politti Wood Beez into the fold, which I had never heard before. Pauli Carman, the lead singer for Champaign, is also here for the title track of his debut solo album, Dial My Number. He even managed to mix in Jeff Lorber and Attitude.

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I may start calling this Old School Fridays as Wednesdays seems to be positively insane. Here we go…

Old School Friday – All Through The Night.
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01 – Sybil – All Through the Night
02 – Krystol – Passion From A Woman
03 – Loleatta Holloway – Runaway
04 – Jerome ”Secret Weapon” Prister – Say You’ll Be
05 – Evelyn Champagne King – No Time For Fooling Around
06 – Intrique – Together Forever
07 – Cool Notes – Into The Motion
08 – Booker Newberry III – Love Town
09 – Mondo Kane – New York Afternoon
10 – Pieces Of Dream – Say La La
11 – Vesta Williams – Don’t Blow A Good Thing
12 – Loose Ends – Nights of Pleasure
13 – Millie Scott – Let’s Talk It Over
14 – Switch – Call On Me

Tony B came through with lots of requests which I was able to fulfill. Hope you enjoy. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who’d like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin’ you in the loop. Take it light.

Yeah, I know, it’s been a long time. Here we go…

Old School Wednesday – Come Into My Life.
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01 – Skyy – Here’s To You
02 – Leroy Burgess – Heartbreaker
03 – Mantronix – Got to Have Your Love
04 – Sybil – Falling in Love
05 – Thelma Houston – You Used To Hold Me So Tight
06 – Starpoint – It’s All Yours
07 – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force – I Wonder If I Take You Home
07 – Peaches and Herb – Star Steppin
08 – Joyce Sims – Come into My Life
09 – Norman Connors – Stella
10 – Chuckii Booker – Games
11 – Collage – Get in Touch With Me
12 – Patti Austin – In And Out Of Love
13 – Gary Taylor – Tease Me
14 – Anita Baker – Good Love

I was actually thinking about retiring this as life had gotten a little too hectic and for a while I just had a problem with rehashing OSWs and being afraid of not having any originality. I sometimes get thsat from time to time, but people like tony b. help with that. If you’re reading this, thanks for putting up with the madness.

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Mad busy, but found time for this one. Pulling some tracks out of the vault.

Old School Wednesday – Make Your Mind Up.
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I reached back into the vaults and pulled out some that I had left on the sidelines during recent OSWs. Thierno did his thing by requesting tracks over the past 12 months that I had not known about, so tip your hast to him also.

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After an unofficial hiatus, I’m back. Since I didn;t have much time, I decided to borrow fro the vibe 5 years ago (before the podcasting era) and present:

Old School Wednesday – Vibe.
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01 – Jeff Redd – You Called and Told Me
02 – Shanice – It’s For You
03 – Portrait – You
04 – Heavy D & The Boyz – Somebody For Me
05 – Guy – Teddy’s Jam
06 – Samuelle – So You Like What You See
07 – Soul for Real – Every Little Thing I Do
08 – Shai – The Place Where You Belong
09 – Zhane – Vibe
10 – Vanessa Williams – And My Heart Goes
11 – Groove Theory – Ride
12 – Jon B. – Bad Girl
13 – Soul II Soul – Love Come Through
14 – Mary J. Blige – Mary Jane (All Night Long)
15 – Ralph Tresvant – Sensitivity
16 – Monifah – You
17 – Tony Terry – Head Over Heels

I was feeling these tracks while I was at work today, and wasn’t sure what I was going to do for old school since my mind was unable to put together a good list…. until Commander Bee hit me up and it all became quite clear. I enjoy every track on here, and I hope you do too. I’m especially partial to the Monifah, Shanice (put together by Michael Angelo and Eric from Portrait). Jon B…oh, this list could go on and on.Next week, Thierno’s helpoing me throw down, so stay tuned.

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It’s a new year- time to keep it flowing. Presenting:

In Rotation, Volume 23 – January, 2010
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Since I was a little tardy with some of the music from 2009, I needed to make up for lost time, so some of these tracks are from last year, but still enjoyable. Starting off with Incognito from the One Nation CD with a track that gave the acid jazz / hose vibe I desperately needed. Soulpersona, with arguably one of the finest albums of 2009, follows up with Princess Freesia’s Freestyle.

Dezarray Dawn, who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, delivers a great song off of her EP entitled Chameleon. The full album comes out the spring/summer of this year, so stay tuned for its release. I am also anticipating Carmen Rodgers’ CD Intermission: The Bitter Suite which is also forthcoming. The first single, Heartless, is a great track.

Ryan Leslie’s Is It Real? (a track that I slept on, admittedly), is followed up by Michael Olatuja’s Speak! with spoken rhythm ("I don’t rap no more, I just speak.") is followed by a track from Deborah Jordan’s CD The Light (another awesome CD) with the sublime track Let Go. Jose James’ Lay You Done from the forthcoming Blackmagic CD is followed by a track from Phillip Clark entitled aGranted with a superb mix by Groove 7. The vibe continues with Suncircle’s When You Speak. This is one of my fasvorite tracks from Reborn.

Kissey Asplund’s voice spices up the next track from Kenichiro Nishihara, Life. Corinne Basiley Rae’s Feels Like The First Time is then followed up by the nice downtempo track Happy For 5 by Dreemtime’s New York Lounge Funk. Sade’s track The Moon And The Sky isd then followed by my favorite track from 2009 (and very deserving of their Grammy nomination) from Foreign Exchange entitled Daykeeper, a pefect tracl to end this rotation with.

It’s been a little while since I’ve been able to do this, primarily because of work (we all know how that is), and Old School Wednesdays. I’ll make a valiant attempt to do this once a month.
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Me? No – this time, it’s all about Shae Shae and Mark AKA Tony.

Old School Wednesday – I Like.
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Back in the fall of 2009, there was a very interesting vibe going in Twitter thanks to Blip.fm. Shae Shae was playing the DJ that day and was listening to tracks like Saturday Love and Whodini. When she played Saturday Love, it prompted Mark and I to comment on these tracks. and to not suggest more. Thus. this list was conceived. I honestly believe that this is one of the easiest OSWs I have been able to put together in quite some time. With Mark suggesting Whodini and Fonda Rae, and with Shael Shae suggesting Cherrelle it made everything easy, which is definitely a good thing.

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RIP to the leader of Kleeer – Woody Cunningham.

Old School Wednesday – Tonight’s The Night.
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01 – Kleeer – Winners
02 – T.S. Monk – Bon Bon Vie
03 – Unlimited Touch – I Hear The Music In The Streets
04 – Kleeer – Get Tough
05 – Kleeer – Tonight’s The Night (Good Time)
06 – Kleeer – Keeep Your Body Workin
07 – Cameo – Shake Your Pants
07 – D Train – Walk on By
08 – Kleeer – Taste The Music
09 – Kleeer – Open Your Mind
10 – Kleeer – Intimate Connection
11 – Twennynine – Morning Sunrise
12 – Charles Mann – Say You Love Me Too

It’s remarkable when two events happen at the same time – the passing of Woody Cunningham and then the passing of Teddy Pendergrass. Both men deserve their recognition, because both men have touched the music…and our hearts. I placed the best hits from Kleeer in this mix, along with my personal favorite – Open Your Mind. Click on the images above for more information about Woody and Kleeer. Special thanks to Mr. Fresh and Mr. Welsh. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who’d like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin’ you in the loop. Take it light.

Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass will always be with us. His music is legendary. We present:

Teddy Pendergras, Rest In Peace. Part 1 | Part 2
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Part 1:
01 – Teddy Pendergrass – Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
02 – Teddy Pendergrass – Only You
03 – Teddy Pendergrass – I Don’t Love You Anymore
04 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Bad Luck
05 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost
06 – Teddy Pendergrass (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) – Satisfaction Guaranteed
07 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Don’t Leave Me This Way
08 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Wake Up Everybody
09 – Teddy Pendergrass – Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy
10 – Teddy Pendergrass – Come Go With Me
11 – Teddy Pendergrass – Close The Door
12 – Teddy Pendergrass – Turn Off The Lights
13 – Teddy Pendergrass – Set Me Free
14 – Teddy Pendergrass – Somebody Told Me

Part 2:
01 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – If You Don’t Know Me By Now
02 – Teddy Pendergrass – Can’t We Try
03 – Teddy Pendergrass – Love T.K.O.
04 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – I Miss You
05 – Teddy Pendergrass – And If I Had
06 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
07 – Teddy Pendergrass – It Don’t Hurt Now
08 – Teddy Pendergrass – You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
09 – Teddy Pendergrass – Hold Me
10 – Teddy Pendergrass – Feel The Fire
11 – Teddy Pendergrass – Life Is A Song Worth Singing
12 – Teddy Pendergrass – Joy
13 – Teddy Pendergrass – You’re My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)
14 – Teddy Pendergrass – Two Hearts
15 – Teddy Pendergrass – The More I Get The More I Want
16 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Where Are All My Friends

I wanted to try to come up with something eloquent about this man and his life, but I often find that the music speaks for itselg. Growing up hearing Teddy at least twice a week made me realize how much this man influenced us all. If you ask a person what his favorite Teddy Pendergrass song was, I’m sure they would not be able to stop at just one song. I hope you enjoy this asds much ass I did in helping to make it. Special thanks to the genius TGrundy- who was the partner in this labor of love (check his post about Teddy here)- and to Todd Kelley, DJ Diva, KB, Butta, Imani, Nikki, and Macedonia. Shoutouts go to the Music Podcast Consortium on Facebook. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who’d like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin’ you in the loop. Take it light.

A day late, but worth the wait. KB, the originator of Old School Wednesdays has crafterd something to start 2010 off with….

Old school Wednesday: Steppin’. Volume 2. [Click to play or right click-save as to download.

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Ashford & Simpson – It Just Seems to Hang On

Once again, glad to bring in 2010 with oldies- and KB just sweetens the deal. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who’d like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin’ you in the loop. Take it light.