It’s seems like forever since I made a mixtape for the mixtress. Heck it’s been even longer since I did a new music mixtape. I’ve knee deep in old school over on TV One working their Unsung series. I’ve done a lot of mixes for them and hopefully soon I can post them here for your listening enjoyment.

But back to this mixtape..

I have been jamming to some of these songs since May so I hope you indulge me in some of my song choices. I have the pleasure of including some new tracks by Syleena Johnson and Kindred The Family. I’m the Mixtress of R&B so of course I have Jill Scott, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Monica and  Tyrese. Although the mix is R&B flavored, I have some hip hop included like that new song Otis by Jay Z and Kanye, some Frank Ocean, Big Sean and J.Cole. I’m sure this mixtape will make you dance so I put in some dance tracks by Pitbull and a new jam “Titanium” from David Guetta featuring Mary that is HOT even with the tags. For my Reggae massive I have some Rhianna, Movado, Elephant Man and a great tune from Melanie Fiona. I got some slow jams too: this mix reminds me of those old school Hot 97 bootleg cds lol

I hope you enjoy this mix and I’ll try to be back with you soon!!

Track Listing

1. Jay-Z & Kanye West Ft. Otis Redding – Otis
2. J.Cole – Work Out
3. Frank Ocean – Novacane
4. Chris Brown – She Ain’t You
5. Beyonce – Countdown
6. Syleena Johnson – A Boss
7. Jill Scott – Le BOOM Vent Suite
8. DJ Khaled Ft. Mary J Blige, Fabolous, Jadakiss – It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over
9. David Guetta Ft. Mary J Blige – Titanium
10. Pitbull Ft. Ne-Yo – Give Me Everything (Tonight)
11. Frank Ocean – Dreamkilla
12. Beyonce – Girls Who Run The World
13. Swizz Beatz Ft. Eve – Everyday ”coolin”
14. Jeremih Ft.50 Cent – Down On Me
15. Wayne Wonder – Put Your Drinks Up
16. Rihanna – Man Down
17. Melanie Fiona – Like I Love You
18. Mavado – Final Destination
19. Beenie Man Ft. Versatile – I Love The Girls
20. Jill Scott Ft. Eve & The A Group – Shame
21. Kindred The Family Soul Ft. Snoop Dogg – You Got Love
22. Monica Ft. Rick Ross – Anything (To Find You)
23. Tyrese Ft. R. Kelly & Rick Ross – I Gotta Chick (Remix)
24. The Cool Kids Ft. Maxine Ashley & Pharrell – Summer Jam
25. Big Sean Ft. Chris Brown – My Last
26. Pill Ft. Mitchelle’l – One of These Days
27. Drake – Marvins Room
28. Chris Brown – Marvin’s Room
29. Jill Scott Ft. Paul Wall – So Gone (What My Mind Says)

Hey Everybody…it’s the Mixtress of R&B! I hope you had a great time on New Year’s Eve…I was putting together my best of 2010. I’m starting it out with Fuck you by Ceelo and ending it with Runaway..pretty much sums up my life in 2010! After all..I did play majority of these in my mixtapes throughout the year…I also did this mix as a collabo with another site:  The Soul Reservoir …I am “Your Favorite Blogger’s, Favorite DJ”

The Soul Reservoir

Recently, I G-Chatted with the one and only Mixtress of R&B, DJ Diva, a little while ago wanting to know if I’d like to share one of her great mixes with TSR’s readership. Now, I couldn’t very well contact you all and ask you personally but I’m pretty sure you’d want it. So on your behalf, I quickly and happily accepted.

Diva shot the links over and we checked it out all while typing this up and throwing together a quick artwork for the files. The entire mix is compiled of all the tracks from last year that made the majority of the noise in those nighttime meeting places and venues, as well as just plain old smash hits. Now you know full well that I don’t normally cater to commercial anything, but this mix has a good bit of tracks that got heavy rotation which I did enjoy whenever the rarity of a terrestrial radio station was playing within earshot.

Plus it’s a DJ Diva mix!! With her being ”Your favorite blogger’s favorite DJ“, and being well known for her Monday Mixtape series, also in addition to recently being featured on SOULBOUNCE as their first female Mixologist, how could I pass this up?

In true DJ Diva fashion she has provided links to a Lo-Fi version that while is FREE and sounds dayum good, won’t make your speakers thump as much as the Hi-Fi version which we’ll be hosting on Bandcamp for a penny short of a whole dollar.

Considering the economy, thats not a bad deal. Plus if you were to buy all these tracks separately, in CD Quality and on the iTunes, it would run you $26 but hey, we’ll let you do your own math.

So hit the following links, get to downloading and enjoy the mix as a nice way to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.

(Well without bragging…Enjoy the last mixtape from me in 2010 (well enjoy it in 2011 which is about right! lol)

Hey Everybody! This is a New Music Monday Mixtape. It’s a compilation of the songs my twins daughters requested for their birthday mix and some new songs that have come out that I just love to death! The first being the new track from El Debarge and Faith Evans. While I’m not a fan of Faith’s new album (because I feel like she could have used better producers for her phenomenal voice) this new track “Lay With You” is a winner! I really wanted to put more Eminem because I’m in love with his new album “Recovery” (and wouldn’t you know he released a new version of “Love The Way You Lie” after I made this mix…RATS!) Trey Songz is being herbed for his new mixtape: both Raheem DeVaughn and R. Kelly remade two of the best songs on the mixtape, although I couldn’t include Kells version of “Already Taken” because I couldn’t score a clean copy (shakes fist).

If you haven’t noticed I am a BIG Drake fan and my daughters are BIG Nikki Minaj fans. It’s so cute. My girls barely used to watch videos and now they know all the lyrics to rap songs. So cute to see them develop their musical tastes and it’s rubbed off on  me! I’m rapping as hard as they are to her songs and contorting my head and facial expressions. I know…I’m a mess! Love Love Love the new T.I. with Chris Brown. It’s a great song for both of them considering their legal troubles “My Road to Redemption Has No GPS!” WORD!

I hope you enjoy the mix and thanks for waiting so long for this one!

Track Listing

1. El Debarge ft. Faith Evans – Lay With You
2. Ne-Yo ft. Jermaine Dupri – One In A Million Remix
3. Trey Songz – Already Taken
4. Miguel ft. J. Cole – All I Want Is You
5. Jazmine Sullivan ft. Mary J. Blige & Swizz Beatz  – Holding You Down (Remix)
6. Drake ft. Mary J. Blige & Swizz Beatz – Fancy (Official Remix)
7. Kanye West ft. Pusha T – Runaway
8. Chris Brown ft. T.I., Drake, Kanye, Andre 3000, Fabolous – Deuces (Remix)
9. Eminem – Seduction
10. Drake ft. Nikki Minaj – Up All Night
11. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver – Monster
12. Gucci Mane ft. Pharrell & Nikii Minaj – Haterade
13. Trey Songz ft. Busta Rhymes & Nikki Minaj – Bottoms Up (Remix)
14. Rick Ross Ft. Styles P – B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)
15. Cali Swag District ft. Jermaine Dupri – Teach Me How To Dougie
16. Trey Songz – Can’t Be Friends
17. Raheem DeVaughn – Can’t Be Friends
18. Eminem ft. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
19. T.I. ft. Chris Brown – Get Back Up
20. Rick Ross ft. T.I., Jadakiss & Erykah Badu – Maybach Music III
21. Drake – I Get Lonely Too
22. Jermaine Dupri ft. R. Kelly – My Baby

Hey Everybody! It’s time for a new Producer Spotlight. This week I’m doing Swizz Beatz!!!

I call him the King of the break because he has best break timing I’ve ever heard. Although he mainly works with rappers, Swizz is more than capable of producing an R&B Mega Hit! My favorite song to dance to in the club is still “Get Me Bodied” and Beyonce’s handlers were brilliant when they got Swizz to do that beat. Swizz Beatz has been on the scene since the late 90′s and much of his early work was with the Ruff Ryder crew. He made those hard core thugs from Yonkers transform into club kings with his beats. One of his best years so far was 2007 where he had 10 songs on the billboard charts.

I hope you enjoy the mix!

Track Listing

1. No Money In The Bank – Swizz Beatz
2. Bring Em Out – T.I.
3. Tambourine – Eve
4. Party Up In Here – DMX
5. No Love For Me – DMX
6. Touch It (Remix) – Busta Rymes ft. Mary J. Blige, Papoose, Lloyd Banks, and DMX)
7. Whuteva – Remy Ma
8. Rotate (Remix) – CNN Ft. Ron Browz, Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss
9. It’s Me B*tches (Remix) – Swizz Beatz ft. Lil Wayne , Jadakiss , R. Kelly
10. Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix) – Beyoncé
11. Put It In A Love Song – Alicia Keys ft. Beyoncé
12. Girl’s Best Friend – Jay-Z
13. Money, Cash, Hoes – Jay-Z
14. Ruff Ryders Anthem (Remix) – DMX, Jadakiss, Styles, Drag-on & Eve
15. I Can Transform Ya – Chris Brown
16. My Drink n’ My 2 Step – Cassidy
17. I’m A Hustler (Remix) ft. Mary J Blige
18. Jigga My N*gga – Jay-Z
19. Best Of Me – Mya ft. Jadakiss
20. Fancy – Mary J Blige ft. Swizz Beatz
21. Hi Hater (Remix) – Maino ft. Swizz Beatz, T.I., Plies, Jadakiss & Fabolous
22. Swing Your Rag – T.I. ft Swizz Beatz
23. On To The Next One – Jay-Z ft. Swizz Beatz
24. Hotel – Cassidy ft. R. Kelly
25. Snake (Remix) – R. Kelly ft. Cam’ron & Big Tigger

Have a blessed and safe New Year and see you on the other side of 10

1. Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys (Come on…Hands down the best song of the year)
2. Best I Ever Had – Drake (Milk and Cookies at his finest…Smooth groove song)
3. Rockin’ That Thang – The Dream (To continue the groove..slide in this hit by Dream)
4. Throw It In The Bag – Fabolous Ft. The Dream (another usual suspect hit)
5. Blame It (Remix) – Jamie Foxx Ft. Yung Joc & T-Pain (One of my fav tracks this year..everytime I heard it I had to dance)
6. I Get It In – 50 Cent (I got in it in 2009…that is all)
7. Baby By Me (Remix) – 50 Cent Ft. Ne-Yo (Finally a hot track with NeYo..isn’t 50 a rapper? Sounds R&B to me)
8. Love Come Down (Remix) – Dirty Money Ft. Red Cafe (Of course Diddy had to have a club banger this year)
9. Dancing On Me – DJ Webstar Ft. Jim Jones (HARLEM…HARLEM….HARLEM..yeah)
10. My Sweetie – Wale ( a lil African flavor fo ya…this is probably my most listened song by Wale this year.  I even stopped calling him “Whale”)
11. Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston (Go on Whitney! It was too bad that she couldn’t reproduce this live but I still loved the track)
12. Be My #2 – R. Kelly (I was waiting for this dang R.Kelly album all year. He made so happy with this track. It may not get rotation if his managers are retarded…but this is a new Step song which could bring back Disco and the Hustle)
13. The One f. Drake – Mary J. Blige (This was my attitude song this year….made so even more after I found out Mary smacked her husband in the club over some BS..I hope she did it to the beat…I hear that girl…I ain’t #2 or 3..I’m the ONE!)
14. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) – Pitbull (Reggaeton…I’m Dominican…that is all..)
15. I’m The Ish (Remix) – DJ Class ft. Kanye West (My husband’s favorite out of all my playlists this year…I loved bouncing with him in the livingroom…we got down!)
16. Girlfriend – Chris Brown Ft. Lupe Fiasco (His new fav…LaLaLa…hopefully Chris will be able to continue his career)
17. Sweet Dreams – Beyonce (My twins most requested song..I was mad at the video at first…but this song grew on me in a big way)
18. Poker Face – Lady GaGa (Gaga was the breakout artist of 2009…LOVE.HER!)
19. Put It In A Love Song – Alicia Keys Ft. Beyonce (This song will be creeping up on everybody in the next few weeks…Look for a live perfomance real soon…dang or at least a video…please!!)
20. Just Like Me – Jamie Foxx ft T.I. (Cause I am)
21. Gimme 20 Dollars- DJ Webstar Ft. Ron Browz (HARLEM…HARLEM….HARLEM..yeah)
22. I Can Transform Ya – Chris Brown Ft. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz (Swizz-y was busy this year…but I knew it was coming..didn’t sexpect him to finally cop to A Keys though…crazy beat)
23. Boyfriend Number 2 – Pleasure P (I await the final call on those charges but I loved this song this year..)

This week’s mix is some of the best of Timberland. Timberland is one of the best R&B producers I know. Yeah, I know he does rap too but his hiphop beats always appeals to these R&B ears of mine. He has the ability to make the hardest MCs sound danceable! Timberland is a genius. His beats always leave you slightly off kilter, slightly off beat with enough break for grinding. Yeah…I spent a lot of time grinding to Tim. Don’t let the lights go dim on some Aaliyah…don’t let the lights go dim and I owed somebody like Nas…Enough reminiscing…

(RantTime like back in the blogspot days)

As usual you may hear a few mistakes…I do this in one take with a little practice time to set up mix points and try out the beatmatching. In case you are wondering why I don’t spend more time on my “craft”..it’s because a Diva has a HUSBAND, a set of twins who are honor roll students and attending private school, I’m in Graduate School now..pursuing my Ph.D. in English Literature..plus I have a lot of friends…social media peeps included and all of this consumes my time. Oh and did I mention I’m a full time manager at a Top Graduate School? Yeah..A Diva is busy…

That said…I tried to camouflage any really bad mix points…I am really proud of some blends…Like 1&2, 2&3, 6&7, 8&9, 14&15, and some more…As said in class…I have a really good ear for beatmixing on turntables..and a talent for playlist selection… so please…enough comments on my beatmixing skills….

Enjoy it or click off.

I do this “every week”…I give you a new theme every week…I put a lot of time in choosing a good playlist to go along with my concept…I make my own coverart every week and I’m no artist! I’m really tired of the “Oh you didn’t do this right” and “you didn’t scratch..blah blah blah” comments.

I never promised you a rose garden.

I say all that to say…this is my hobby…and I enjoy it…I really do. Eventually I will purchase more equipment..I went to the Scratch Academy and got that Certificate…so please believe…I KNOW how to scratch!..Every week my mixes get better and every week I birth more music, which gets me back and forth to work and gives some folks pleasure.

I hope YOU enjoy it!

Track Listing

1. Are You That Somebody? – Aaliyah
2. Ride My Pony – Genuwine
3. Cry Me A River – Justin Timberlake
4. Oops Oh My – Tweet Ft Fabolous
5. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) – Missy Elliott
6. All In My Grill – Missy Elliott
7. Can We Get Kinky Tonight Remix – SWV  ft. Missy Elliot & Timberland
8. If Your Girl Only Knew – Aaliyah
9. Come Back in One Piece – Aaliyah ft DMX
10.Ride or Die B*tch – The Lox ft Timberland & Eve
11. The Bounce – Jay Z  ft. Kanye West
12. You Owe Me – Nas Ft. Ginuwine
13. Love 2 Luv Ya – Timbaland & Magoo
14. The Way I Are – Timberland
15. Part of Me – Chris Cornell ft. Timberland
16. Now Drop – Timberland & Magoo ft Fat Man Scoop
17. Promiscuous Girl – Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland
18. My Love – Justin Timberlake Ft. T.I.
19. Trippin’ – Total ft. Missy Elliot
20. Beep Me 911 – Missy Elliott
21. Ice Box – Omarion Ft. Timberland
22. What About Us – Jodeci
23. One In A Million – Aaliyah
24. Call Me – Tweet
25. *igga What *igga Who – Jay Z

If you like the mix..here’s where you can purchase the divided version and one track mix:

Originally recorded 5/18/09

This is part 2 of the Monday Mixtape for this week. Here is part one..

So I like I said before…I have been swamped by outings with friends, the twins graduation, Prom and induction into the Honor Society, changes in leadership at the job…It’s been quite a summer so far.

I’m behind but I like to keep my promises.

This mix was requested by my best friend Tutu. Yeah she’s my best friend. Divaliscious is my sister and Tutu is my best friend. She requested this mix for her b’day back in April and although I was still going to class at Scratch, I put this together for her. I used some of songs I was listening to in April and may…with some of the songs i used for my final at the Scratch Academy…with some of the songs I heard during Tutu’s birthday weekend…

Funny thing is…I threw a graduation party for the twins and this mix was such a hit…so uhm…you might want to listen to what your kids are listening to..

I took too long posting it…but those who have had it…have loved it…so why hold on to it?

Most are songs you already love but I hope you still enjoy the mix!

Track Listing

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1. MM – 01 – Knock You Down  – Keri Hilson Ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo (04:14)
2. MM – 02 – Boyfriend Number 2 – Pleasure P (02:39)
3. MM – 03 – Rocking That Thang (Remix) -  The Dream ft Fabolous (03:57)
4. MM – 04 – Best I Ever Had – Drake (03:36)
5. MM – 05 – What You Do – Chrisette Michele Ft. Ne-Yo (02:47)
6. MM – 06 – Blame It (Remix) – Jamie Foxx Ft. Yung Joc & T-Pain (03:43)
7. MM – 07 – Just Like Me – Jamie Foxx ft T.I. (03:17)
8. MM – 08 – Hottest In Da Hood – Red Cafe (02:38)
9. MM – 09 – Donk – Soulja Boy (02:40)
10. MM – 10 – Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix) – Beyonce (05:21)
11. MM – 11 – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce (03:08)
12. MM – 12 – Dancing On Me – Webstar & Jim Jones (01:45)
13. MM – 13 – All Night Long – Faith Evans ft. Puff Daddy (02:37)
14. MM – 14 – Love Like This Before – Faith Evans ft. Fat Man Scoop (03:43)
15. MM – 15 – Silky – Cam’Ron (03:05)
16. MM – 16 – The Jump Off – Lil’ Kim ft. Mr. Cheeks (02:46)
17. MM – 17 – Rotate (Remix) – CNN Ft. Ron Browz, Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss (02:57)
18. MM – 18 – Took The Night – Chelly (01:46)
19. MM – 19 – I’m The Ish (Remix) – DJ Class ft. Kanye West (02:25)
20. MM – 20 – Boom Boom Pow (Remix) – Black Eyed Peas (02:39)
21. MM – 21 – Pokerface (Freestyle) – Queen Latifah (02:11)
22. MM – 22 – Just Dance(Ft Akon) – Lady Gaga (03:41)
23. MM – 23 – Birthday Sex (Remix) – Jeremih ft. Red Cafe (03:25)
24. MM – 24 – Every Girl -  Lil Wayne Ft. Drake, Jae Millz (03:54)
25. MM – 25 – Pretty Wings – Maxwell (04:06)

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My girl Golden aka Miss Jo_Ladie made a request last week for some workout music! Now me and her go way back…back to where we didn’t speak but moved around in the same blog circles (back when I was a personal blogger lol) Since arriving on Twitter and especially since my return back to NY…it seems we have gotten closer and that’s a good thing because I would never have know what a talented and sweet person she is. I went all over the place with this mix…playing some of my recent favorites like DJ Webstar and Lady Gaga…I also took it back to the oldschool..because…well because that what I do baby!

I hope you enjoy it Golden…and you have also inspired me to use it to lose some pounds myself! Let me know if it works for you too!!!!

You.Betta.Work!

Track Listing

As with the Back To School/Tee Radio Show…I had to remix November Swerve. More R&B..less rap…all groovy!

Track Listing

1. Rotate  – N.O.R.E. ft Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz
2. Private Affair – G Swagger ft Yung Juggz
3. Magic – Justin Timberlake
4. How I Do – NeYo ft Fabolous
5. Why Dont You Love Me – Beyonce
6. How It Was Supposed To Be (Remix) – Ryan Leslie Ft. Jadakiss
7. Heartless  -  Kanye West
8. Punch Drunk Love – Common Ft. Kanye West
9.  Blame It On The Drink-  Chris DeShield
10. One More Drink – Ludacris ft T Pain
11. Phantom – T-Pain
12. Melt – Toni Braxton
13. It’s Yours – J. Holiday
14. Believer – Chris Brown
15. If I Got One Shot – Ginuwine
16. So Gone – Slim (Of 112) ft Faith Evans
17. Make Me Say – Kahlee

1. Private Affair – G Swagger feat. Yung Juggz
2. Arab Money – Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz
3. Magic – Justin Timberlake
4. How I Do – NeYo ft Fabolous
5. We Fight Love – Q Tip ft Raphael Saadiq
6. Accept the Troubles – Lupe Fiasco
7. Radio – Nina B
8. Delivery Man (9th Wonder Remix) – The Cool Kids
9. Blame It On The Drink-  Chris DeShield
10. One More Drink – Ludacris ft T Pain
11. Phantom – T-Pain
12. On Some Bullsh*t – Nina Sky
13. Why Dont You Love Me (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) – Beyonce
14. Bust You Windows  (Remix)  – Jazmine Sullivan ft. The Dream
15. Bust You Windows  (Remix)  -  Yung Juggz
16. Love Lockdown (Remix) – Kanye West ft. R. Kelly
17. Make Me Say – Kahlee
18. Myself – Leona Lewis Ft. Novel