||maxwell - this woman's work||

you grow up with 4 older sisters and you live out the generation gap on a daily basis. i reminisce of moments where i was introduced to a different slice of life. this was just 1 of many tracks they opened my ears to; and for that i'm thankful...

||smokey robinson||

after a long week of work i was faced with the challenge of keeping this blog "fresh". i failed miserably. however, while sitting in front of my computer one evening i thought to myself, "how does one find solace after a long work week?" during a very quiet and calm ride home i found myself humming a very classy tune and from that i came to this conclusion...

||subway & 702 - this lil game we play||

it's been sometime but i'm glad i'm back. here's one for the relatively younger ol'skool.

702 - steelo
702 - where my girls at
702 - get it together
subway - fire

||swv - weak||

swv - right here
swv - you're the one
swv - anything

||an r&b birthday request||

a close friend sent me a special request asking me to dig the crates for an apparently special song. now, i don't normally do this but i guess r&b is r&b. so, this goes out to my buddy's bff'a...which apparently is a new form of "best friend" which has special criteria that needs to be met...without further ado...

||let's pause for a moment||

so i've lagged a bit with my posts and i can honestly say i'm a bit disappointed with myself to say the least. however, thinking back these past few weeks i'll be the first to admit that life's been rather bland. i realize my last post was on 2 october but i haven't really been puttin' down much content in my posts. with that in mind i thought i'd take a moment and really put some thought down on paper; i guess it'd be more like "on screen".

my initial intention for this blog was for it to be a repository for r&b tracks from days gone by. with all the new music comin' out i've been a bit torn between posting golden oldies and the latest bangers. after taking some time internalizing my dilemma i've found myself back at my point of origin. after all, these new tracks will most likely be blogged about years down the road as "old skool", at which time they've earned their worth to be blogged about. for now, i'm more interested in diggin' for those melodies that you hear in the back of your mind, that remind you of that day when it happened with that someone; that song you remember but can't seem to name; those lyrics you repeat over and over again tryin' to remember how the music went.

enough with the script, let's get to the music...

al b. sure! - night and day
roberta flack & donny hathaway - the closer i get to you
el debarge - another chance
portrait - how deep is your love
fourplay ft. chaka khan - between the sheets
tamia - who do you tell
stevie wonder - i love every little thing about you
zapp & roger - it's gonna be alright
shalamar - the second time around
earth, wind and fire - can't hide love

||usher - trading places||