Note to Eric
Roberson:
1. You’re fly and you’re songs are very nice, this is true.
2. I don’t blame you for the holdup of your money, but mentioning it more than
once is a little disconcerting.
3. When your performance is delayed for 2 hours, please just sing the songs.
Improvisation after midnight for people who’ve been waiting for you to perform
is not the move. Luckily I was hanging with the Double
Ds, otherwise I would have left sooner.

I’ve often thought of radio blogs and how they interact. Interesting view about
Livewire
(via Anil’s Daily Links
from July 7th.). Big ups to Trader
Mike.

I wanted to mention my feelings about Fahrenheit 9/11, but somone else echoed
my sentiment.

Enough typing. Time to groove. Flavors
Friday V.

01 – Aquanote – Nowhere (Crazy P Remix). Should I tell you what the
P stands for? Naaah. Find out for yourself.
02 – Arvid and Ernesto – Try. Nice remix from Bare
Essentials, Volume 2.
03 – Angie Stone – Lovers Ghetto. From Stone
Love. Big ups to Girlwonder.

04 – Eric Roberson – Please Don’t Leave Me. He exhibited a great, albeit
extended, performance of this song.
05 – Kiss
The Sky – Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me. Where’s Paul
Hardcastle and Jaki
Graham these days?
06 – DJ Stef
with Rahsaan Ahmed – Floorwax. From Sunset
Scavenger. iTunes is destined to make me go broke. Big ups to George.
Thanks for the
tip.
07 – Digital Underground – Kiss You Back – From Sons
of the P.
08 – Outkast (Dre 3000) – She Lives In My Lap. Come on now, you knew
it was coming, right?
09 – Kelis – Perfect Day. From Wanderworld.
I love No Doubt.

10 – Rufus featuring Chaka Khan – At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up).
11 – Erykah Badu – Cleva. From Mama’s
Gun.
12 – Soul II Soul – Fairplay. Featuring Rose
Windross. (R.I.P.)
13 – Eric Roberson – Rock With You (Remix). I would have loved to have
heard that, but a man has to jet, you know?

Push it along.

The month of July, and it’s my month. Let’s all celebrate it like a national
holiday.
You should have started it off with Nova.
Let’s continue on with Flavors
Friday IV.

01 – Terror Squad – Lean Back [Uncut Version]. Because someone
graced
us with the hotness, you know?
02 – Blackalicious
- Make You Feel That Way. From Blazing Arrow. I saw
the video on MTV2 and was instantly hooked.
03 – Aya
- Uptown. This comes from her album Strange Flower.
Janet Jackson-esque? You decide.
04 – Donnie
- Rocketship. One of my favorites from his CD, The Colored
Section. Special request from the Fly
Girl around the way.
05 – Eric Roberson
- Past Paradise – From The Vault, Vol 1.5.
06 – Sweetback – Jesus
Girl. From the new release Stage [2]. I did my
take of it. It’s all about Chocolate
Genius.
07 – Shaun
Escoffery – Space Rider (DJ Spinna Mix). From Soulonica.
08 – Brandy – Should
I Go? From Afrodisiac. Girlwonder
did her
take on it. I’m not yet impressed. I do like this cut, which uses Coldplay’s Clocks rather beautifully.
09 – Eric Roberson – Lil’ Money.
10 – Donnie – Turn Around.
11 – Sweetback – Lover. featured by Aya. It’s still haunting me.
12 – Sweetback – Circles. It’s very safe to say that this is my favorite
song right now, and one of the top ones so far this year. If you see me walking
around playing air guitar, you’ll understand why.
13 – Maktub – Then
We’ll Know. From Khronos. Some
enigmatic lady turned me
on
to them and had a couple of things to say about them.
14 – Vikter
Duplaix- I’ll Do It For You. I went and saw his show at MJQ.
He’s a very nice guy.
15 – Brandy – Afrodisiac. The title track.

Carry on.

You know what time it is. With a birthday
coming up this weekend, I’ll get this out of the way and spread my love in one
direction, know
what I mean?

Introducing Flavors
Friday, Volume III.

01 – Rosie Gaines
- I Can’t Get You Off My Mind. The first song on You Gave Me
Freedom, her new album which came out this year.
02 – Mica
Paris – You Can Make A Wish. Off of Contribution
and The Best of Mica Paris. Contribution was one of her finest
albums and yet it was slept on. ‘Sup with that?
03 – Tortured Soul
- If You Want to Feel Alright. Possibly the best classic house albums I’ve
heard so far this year comes from those three.
04 – The
Real Thing – Rainin’ Through My Sunshine. A cut from Jamiroquai’s
Late
Night Tales.
05 – Jamiroquai
- Mr. Moon. From the second CD, Return of the Space Cowboy.
06 – Big Brooklyn Red
- Time. He was on Showtime At The Apollo, and is now present on several
compilations.
07 – Amerie – Need
You Tonight. Now the CD was pretty good, and unique for it’s time. This
is one of the cuts that won’t stay out of my head. Check the bass.
08 – Lina
- Waiting. From Stranger
on Earth. More neo.
09 – Lisa Stansfield
- I’ve Got Something Better. From last year’s Face
Up.
10 – Michael Franks
- Now I Know Why They Call It Falling. From Skin
Dive. Sometimes I get into the old school new age mood.
11 – Goapele – Got It. From Even
Closer.
12 – Santessa
- Nighttimes. From Delirium.
Album produced by Stuart
Matthewman of Sade and Sweetback.
13 – Satoshi Tomiie – Heaven
- D’Influence Remix. From Chocolate
Soul. A mellow drum-and-bass remix. Absolutely.
14 – Blackbyrds
- Walking In Rhythm. If you were growing up in the 70s, then this should
be a staple.
15 – Adriana Evans – I Hear Music.
From the just-released CD Nomadic. Don’t sleep. Trader
Mike knows what
I’m talking about.
16 – Coldplay
- The Scientist. Good music transcends R&B.

Everyone’s got an opinion. Your take?

It’s incredible that I’m still up tonight, and I have to be up before the sun
rises. The stress and strain of the week keeps me up, but the music is keeping
me happy.

Introducing Flavors Friday, Version II
.

01 – Only Child – You Bring Me Vibes (Featuring Amp Fiddler)
02 – Amp Fiddler – Dreamin’
03 – Amp Fiddler – Superficial
04 – Amp Fiddler – Unconditional Eyes
05 – Amp Fiddler – Soul Divine
06 – Tortured Soul – Why
07 – Clara Hill – Silent Distance
08 – Beady Belle – Hindsight
09 – Reel People – Runaway
10 – Rahsaan Patterson – Don’t Run So Fast
11 – Adriana Evans – Moonlight in Bahia
12 – Lewis Taylor – Positively Beautiful
13 – Lewis Taylor – Won’t Fade Away
14 – Beady Belle – Pantile

I’ve spoken a little about Amp Fiddler, so he’s included here. The concert last
weekend was great- hotness coming soon.

I’ve also spoken about Lewis Taylor and Beady Belle as well…oh, just go check
them out.