You Want my Love

And you can't deny it...
You know it's true..but you try to hide it



This has always been one of my FAVORITE Earth Wind & Fire songs. The Elements (as I like to call them), always just jammed with it, and anyone who knows me (or even anyone who's read this blog) know I love a song that I can bob my head to. But honestly, it's hard to have just ONE favorite EWF song...because they made music that spans not only the 70s/80s when it first came out, but it seems to span across all decades, and especially across all (well most) generations. I can remember listenin to this music with my moms, as we'd be cleaning up the house, and she would put on her EWF albums. (Which I always loved...cause the other cleaning music was Isaac Hayes..*smh*).

My other two favorite songs are these right here:



Fantasy...always made me want to go on a magic carpet ride #nooutkast. (my true hip hop heads will know what I'm talkin bout..lol)

And those who know Mr. Philip Bailey, know him for this song:



Now be real with me folks? How many of you tried to hit those high notes that Philip used to hit in this song? Maybe not in public...maybe in the shower, or when you knew you were home alone. LOL

D'Angelo did a good cover of this song as well. Peep it out.



It's just too bad that his background singers are THEE worst. I don't understand how he couldn't hear that during rehearsals. LOL.

Have a good day readers and leave your thoughts!

You Should Be Here

Two of r&b's good talented singers (at that time anyways), join together and make a bangin song. Raphael Saadiq and D'Angelo collaborate and this is what you get:



The song is hawt. Ain't no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And honestly, they put out the words that a lot of men want to tell their ladies (or side pieces, or jump offs....lol)

I just wanna drive you crazy
You should be here in the mornin' time
When I'm makin' my breakfast
You should be here beneath me
To feel me, to heal me
You should be here to ride me
To trap me and climb me

This was back when D'Angelo still had a career and before Raphael fell off the ends of the earth. D was still riding high offa "How Does It Feel" and Raphael had just ended a great run with the 3Ts (if you don't know who I'm talkin about then click here)

This was just on my mind and I thought I'd share it with the world...or at least those that read this blog. LOL Enjoy!

Mellow Monday

I had to take it back to 1995, and shout out one of the best CDs that came out that year (if not the best one...I know that was a good year for music). This CD was one that introduced the world to the man known as D'Angelo, and when he busted onto the scene, he came out SMOKIN. This is the song that made me instantly dig "Brown Sugar" once I first heard it:



Honestly, there are plenty of songs that could have made the favorites list, because that whole cd was one big banger from beginning to end. But this song has that laidback feel to it...like you could be in a club somewhere, watching him perform this with a live band behind him. Anyone who knows me, knows that's my type of atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, I can get it krunk with the best of em, but I'm more into gettin my grown man on these days...and music like this helps move the flow along.

Now there are other songs from this CD that I have to play whenever I listen to this CD. I know all my 90s music heads probably have their own favorites, but I betcha that the choices overlap in some sort of way.

Brown Sugar: This title song was the tune in everyone's ear when it first dropped.

Cruisin: The remake of the old Smokey Robinson hit...D'Angelo definitely did it justice.

Shit, Damn, Mutherfucker: When steppin out on your dude goes completely to the left...she shoulda quit while she was ahead, and not dead. lol

Higher: A religious kick with a smooth jazz tone. I like it!

Music like this is why I still ride hard for the 90s. Nothing will ever touch it. NOTHING!