1. Love You Down – Me’Shell N’dgeocello
2. Moist – Janet Jackson
3. Baby Come Over – Hil St. Soul
4. Don’t Disturb This Groove – The System
5. Crawl All Over – J*Davey
6. … Til The Cops Come Knockin’ – Maxwell
7. Closer – Corinne Bailey Rae
8. No Words – Syleena Johnson
9. Close The Door – Teddy Pendergrass
10. Sex Therapy – Robin Thicke
11. Rock The Boat – Aaliyah
12. If We Were Alone – Keite Young ft N’Dambi
13. Say No – Ledisi

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Raphael Saadiq’s new album was just released today and it was worth the wait. If the thought of another Ne-Yo cd coming out makes you cringe then pick up Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See It instead. Hidden Beach artist Tony Rich is back with new music as well as Solange. All I can say is at least she isn’t a Beyonce clone and I’m glad she came out with something different. There are a few songs on Sol-Angel and The Hadley St. Dreams (and why that title?) that are nice, Sandcastle Disco grew on me mainly because this is the version with Q-Tip on it. Robin Thicke graced us with his Magic and Something Else is scheduled to be released on 9/30.

I love Teena Marie, I grew up listening to her and Where’s California has to be my favorite song. I remember looking for this song for years on something other than vinyl and finally found it a few years ago. Bah Samba remade Portuguese Love and while that isn’t a song I would think should be remade but with the UK’s Alice Russell on vocals they did it justice and then some.

The Playlist:

1. Back In Love – Estelle
2. My Pride – Algebra Blessett
3. Never Give You Up – Raphael Saadiq ft Stevie Wonder & CJ
4. Sweet On You – Hil St. Soul
5. Truth – Dwele
6. Part The Waves – The Tony Rich Project
7. Let Go – Lalah Hathaway
8. Sandcastle Disco – Solange ft Q-Tip
9. You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
10. Magic – Robin Thicke
11. Lucky Day – Faith Evans
12. Portuguese Love – Bah Samba ft Alice Russell
13. BraveBird – Amel Larrieux
14. I Miss You – Darien Brockington
15. Where’s California – Teena Marie

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1. Wanna Be Loved – Jill Scott
2. Hurt So Bad – Alicia Keys
3. Wish I Didn’t Miss You – Angie Stone
4. In The Morning – Ledisi
5. Anyone Who Had A Heart – Luther Vandross
6. Love Me – Tracie Spencer
7. When It Hurts So Bad – Lauryn Hill
8. Sweet Thing – Rufus ft Chaka Khan
9. Where Do We Go From Here? – Tweet
10. Lately – Stevie Wonder
11. Breathless – Corinne Bailey Rae
12. Goodbye – Hil St. Soul
13. Emotional Rollercoaster – Vivian Green
14. Whenever You’re Around – Jill Scott
15. Hurt Again – Mary J. Blige

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