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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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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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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I had a little too much fun making this mix. There’s new music from The Tony Rich Project, Anthony Hamilton and Maiysha plus some India.Arie, Lauryn Hill and a classic from Minnie Riperton. The word is Tweet is working on a new album but having label issues (which seems to be going around lately) so no telling when her new work will see the light of day *sigh*

1. Jordan – The Tony Rich Project – Site
2. Brown Skin – India.Arie – Site
3. Lady – Anthony David ft Keisha Jackson – Site | MySpace
4. Faithful To You – Syleena Johnson – MySpace
5. All Over Again – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Site | MySpace
6. Sweetest Thing – Lauryn Hill
7. Better – The Luv Bugz – MySpace
8. Her Heart – Anthony Hamilton – Site | MySpace
9. Inside My Love – Minnie Riperton
10. Always Will – Tweet – MySpace
11. Forever Yours – Rahsaan Patterson – Site
12. Hold Me – Maiysha – Site | MySpace
13. He Is – Heather Headley – Site | MySpace

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Well after an unexpected hiatus due to technical difficulties we’re back. A lot of new things are coming soon so keep an eye out. This week we’re starting out with Monica’s Still Standing, a song that has been on point for me lately. Be on the look out for a review of Jazmine Sullivan’s debut Fearless soon, along with reviews for Ayah and Jimmie Reign, who are a couple new artists to look out for. Both of these talented ladies have mixtapes available.  And if you haven’t checked out Anthony David yet you need to. Spittin’ Game is just one of my favorites on his cd Acey Duecy. This year has been good for R&B/Soul music and I’ll break down more highlights of my favorites as we get closer to the end of 2008.

1. Still Standing – Monica ft Ludacris – MySpace
2. Bust Your Windows – Jazmine Sullivan – Amazon | iTunes
3. Shoo Fly – Syleena Johnson – MySpace
4. Mary’s Joint – Mary J. Blige – Amazon | iTunes
5. Fallen – Ayah –  MySpace | Site
6. It Must Be Magic – Teena Marie – Amazon | iTunes
7. Spittin Game – Anthony David – Amazon | iTunes
8. Dream – Alice Smith – Amazon | iTunes
9. Be The One – Jimmie Reign – MySpace
10. I Need You – Alicia Keys – Amazon | iTunes
11. I Like It – Debarge – Amazon | iTunes
12. Burnin – Rahsaan Patterson – Amazon | iTunes
13. Do I Do – Stevie Wonder – Amazon | iTunes
14. Come Over Remix – Estelle ft Sean Paul – Amazon | iTunes

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