Time to slow it down, turn off the lights, get those candles lit and make your move as our Cupid’s Hunt lovefest continues. Stay tuned for part four coming tomorrow.

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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It’s my birthday but you get the treat. As crazy and hectic as my life has been so far this year, I’ve learned to appreciate free time when I get it and wanted to put it to good use. Life really is better so I have no complaints. I’m blessed to be here and to be able to share my love of music with you. Enjoy this podcast while I go enjoy my day and celebrate making it through another year.

Thanks for listening.

1. Cleva – Erykah Badu
2. Rock The Dancehall – J*Davey
3. Cold – Maxwell
4. Math – Chico DeBarge feat. Talib Kweli
5. Flirtatious – Carol Riddick
6. Delectable – Lizz Fields
7. Life Is Better – Q-Tip feat Norah Jones
8. This Moment – V
9. Perfect World – Laura Izibor
10. Be Your Man – Jaspects
11. Lose Your Way – Nicolay feat. Carlitta Durand
12. Trippin’ – Ledisi
13. Give It To Me Right (Remix) – Melanie Fiona feat. Busta Rhymes and Raekwon
14. Vain – Dwele
15. So Much Left To Say – Nicholas Howard

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This week we have Lisa Shaw, Jamiroquai, Jaguar Wright, 4hero, Sarah White and more. Enjoy!

1. Find The Way – Lisa Shaw
2. Trilogy – Kelis
3. Valley of Love – J*Davey
4. Soul Education – Jamiroquai
5. Feel The Same – Groove Armada ft Angie Stone
6. Spring Summer Feeling – Jill Scott
7. I Don’t Know – Jaguar Wright ft Black Thought
8. Give In – 4hero ft Darien Brockington and  Phonte
9. How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? – Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings
10. Always In My Head – India.Arie
11. No Love – Little Dragon
12. Fade – Sarah White
13. Be Here – Raphael Saadiq ft D’Angelo
14. Dancewitme – Maxwell
15. Think Twice – Erykah Badu ft Roy Hargrove

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Another crazy week is almost at an end. We have some good music this to ride out the rest of the week with. Chrisette Michele’s Epiphany was released on Tuesday and is still available on Amazon to download for $2.99 – so there is no excuse whatsoever not to check it out.  I haven’t had a chance to take a good listen yet but what I’ve heard so far is nice. Not only do we have Ms. EpiphanyGirl today, we have my favorite cuts from The Tony Rich Project’s, Robin Thicke’s and Musiq’s latest releases. We also have some J*Davey, Liquid Spirits, Incognito, Carol Riddick and Lizz Fields, go ahead and see for yourself. Enjoy!

1. Epiphany – Chrisette Michele
2. Sugar Hill – The Tony Rich Project
3. Loverman – Robin Thicke
4. You Let Me Down – Syleena Johnson
5. Mr. Mister (Future Screw Remix) – J*Davey
6. SoBeautiful – Musiq Soulchild
7. Matter of Pride – Maiysha
8. I Don’t Wanna – Carol Riddick
9. Heaven – Liquid Spirits
10. Running On Empty – Lizz Fields
11. Be Allright (Remix) – The Foreign Exchange
12. B-Side Love Affair – Sy Smith
13. You Make Life So Good – Rahsaan Patterson
14. I Come Alive (Rimshots and Basses) – Incognito

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Now that I’m done with school and probably taking Spring semester off it’s time to get back to what’s important – the music of course. The Internet has been buzzing with Maxwell releasing the first official single for his upcoming summer release ‘Black’Summers’night. Pretty Wings is available on iTunes and
Amazon and the video [via Honey Soul] premiered on BET this week. Tavis Smiley had the great honor to interview Prince this week and if you missed it part 1 and part 2 are available online. The Foreign Exchange dropped the video for Take Off Your Blues last week with Darien Brockington. And congrats are in order for Jill Scott and her fiance Lil John Roberts who are celebrating the birth of their baby boy Jeff Hamilton Roberts.

On to this week’s mix we have Erykah Badu’s Vibrate On which is from the Girlfriends soundtrack. The ever missing D’Angelo is present along with Jaguar Wright, Peter Hadar, Eric Benet, Sarah White and more. If you have checked out PPP’s new release Abundance please do – you’ll be glad you did. Until next week… Enjoy!

1. No More – J*Davey
2. Jonz In My Bonz – D’Angelo
3. More Than Friends – Estelle
4. Free – Jaguar Wright
5. Vibrate On – Erykah Badu
6. Purple Pills (Sleeping Pills Remix) – Peter Hadar
7. Something to Behold – The Foreign Exchange ft Darien Brockington
8. Weekend Girl – Eric Benet
9. Now / At The Party – Maxwell
10. American Pimp – PPP
11. Hiding Blind (Altered Natives Remix) – Sarah White
12. Gary Song – Alice Smith
13. A Long Walk – Jill Scott

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