Part 2 of our Cupid’s Hunt lovefest reminds us that love can be an emotional rollercoaster full of ups and downs, disappointments and heartbreak.

1. Emotional Rollercoaster – Vivian Green
2. Wake Up Alone – Amy Winehouse
3. I’m Done – Tweet
4. Leaving You – Lina
5. Leave Me Alone – Syleena Johnson
6. A House Is Not A Home – Luther Vandross
7. Insomnia – Jill Scott
8. I Need Love – Ledisi
9. Nothing Left To Say – Mint Condition
10. I Don’t Wanna – Aaliyah
11. Can’t Hardly Wait – N’Dambi
12. Breakdown – Mariah Carey
13. You Don’t Know – Maiysha ft Martin Luther

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I’ve been trying to figure out how I’m going to continue this site as my schedule begins to grow exponentially over the next couple of months. Decisions, decisions. For now, I have decided that I’ll keep the site going but not on any particular schedule. I’m going to keep new podcasts coming at least twice a month.

This time around we have Goapele, Robin Thicke, Mint Condition, Amy Winehouse, Chrisette Michele and more. Enjoy and there will be more coming your way soon.

1. Don’t Be Shy – Goapele
2. Stop Breaking My Heart – Rahsaan Patterson
3. It’s Ok to Love Me – Lizz Fields
4. You’re My Baby – Robin Thicke
5. Beautiful – Tweet
6. Rocket Love – Stevie Wonder
7. Just Can’t Believe – Mint Condition
8. Bad Habits – Maxwell
9. If I Had a Chance – Eric Roberson
10. Just Friends – Amy Winehouse
11. No Sittin’ By The Phone – Vivian Green
12. No Love – Erykah Badu
13. Blame It On Me – Chrisette Michele
14. Only You – Jill Scott
15. Whatever You Want – Tony Toni Tone

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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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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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This week we have some old school goodness from the late Luther Vandross, New Edition, and Atlantic Starr. Also we have some not so old music from Ledisi, Rahsaan Patterson, Sharon Jones and J*Davey. Jazmine Sullivan’s debut cd Fearless is available today so make sure you check it out. Until next time…

The Playlist:

1. Joy – Ledisi – Amazon | iTunes
2. Never Too Much – Luther Vandross – Amazon | iTunes
3. When The Other Foot Drops, Uncle – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Amazon | iTunes
4. Need U Bad – Jazmine Sullivan – Amazon | iTunes
5. Soundboy Rock – Groove Armada – Amazon | iTunes
6. Cocaine – Robin Thicke – Amazon | iTunes
7. Slooow – J*Davey – Amazon | iTunes
8. Water – Rahsaan Patterson – Amazon | iTunes
9. For Real – Amel Larrieux – Amazon | iTunes
10. All That I Can Say – Mary J. Blige – Amazon | iTunes
11. I’m Not Afraid – Jill Scott – Amazon | iTunes
12. Motel – Tweet – Amazon | iTunes
13. Can You Stand the Rain – New Edition – Amazon | iTunes
14. Secret Lovers – Atlantic Starr – Amazon | iTunes
15. Searching – Erykah Badu – Amazon | iTunes

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