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! What a way to close out the year! Kanye’s new album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” has been on constant repeat in my headphones for the last 3 weeks so I built this mixtape around him. I threw in some new joints, had to look out for Harlem and the Dipset Reunion! That new song by Brandy sounds like a Ne-Yo song and speaking of Ne-Yo, I threw in a couple by him too! Considering that it was Pink Friday last week, I included some Nikki Minaj. Personally I think Lil Kim roasted her in Black Friday so that’s in the mix too!

I love love love hip hop with an alternative sound so there’s sone Lupe Fiasco, Bruno Mars and some Eminem with Rhianna (I LOVE THAT SONG)

Anyway, this is the last of the new music mixtapes! Enjoy and I hope 2011 is even better musically!

Track Listing

1. All of Lights- Kanye West
2. What’s My Name – Rhianna ft. Drake
3. Feel Good – Eric Benet ft. Faith Evans
4. I Can’t Wait – Brandy
5. Love Letter – R. Kelly
6. Not Stupid – Ne-Yo
7. Go Cinderella – Jim Jones, Juelz Santana & Cam’ron
8. Hot Tottie – Usher ft. Jay-Z
9. Hell of a Life – Kanye West
10. That’s My B*tch – Kanye West ft. Jay-Z
11. Roman’s Revenge – Nikki Minaj ft. Eminem
12. Black Friday – Lil Kim
13. Devil in a Blue Dress – Kanye West
14. You Get On My Nerves – Jazmine Sullivan ft. Ne-Yo
15. Blame Game – Kanye West ft. John Legend, Chris Rock
16. I Love The Way You Lie (Piano Version) – Rhianna
17. I Love The Way You Lie – Eminem ft. Rhianna
18. The Other Side – Bruno Mars ft. Cee-Lo, B.O.B
19. Never Forget You – Lupe Fiasco ft. John Legend

Hey Everybody! I came up with this mix after watching the new Tyler Perry Movie “For Colored Girls” based on the play “For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Wasn’t Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. I personally thought it was a good movie. I was thankful to see so many actresses of color working in a film about us. I am grateful that Tyler took the project on even though most don’t think he was qualified to do it. If he didn’t do it…who would have?

Anyway, considering my situation and the fact that I identified with most of the characters I decided to put together my own mix. I chose a song for all of the characters and for myself. I hope you enjoy it!

Track Listing

1. Man of The House – Fantasia Barrino (Me)
2. In My Bed – Amy Winehouse (Tangie)
3. Real Love – Mary J. Blige (Yasmine)
4. Another Man – Barbara Mason (Jo)
5. I Wish I Didn’t Miss You Anymore – Angie Stone (Juanita)
6. A Rose Is Still A Rose – Aretha Franklin (Gilda)
7. Mr. U.F.O. Man – Kelis (Alice)
8. More Than A Woman – Aaliyah (Kelly)
9. Runaway – Kanye West (Crystal and ME)
10. You Got Me – The Roots ft. Erykah Badu (Crystal)
11. Chasing Pavements – Adele (Yasmine)
12. She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5 (ALL)
13. I Believe I Can Fly – Yolanda Adams (ALL)
14. If I Could – Regina Belle (Crystal)
15. Jezebel – Sade (Tangie)
16. Hit On Me – Syleena Johnson (Crystal)
17. I Keep – Jill Scott (Yasmine)
18. Still Here – Jill Scott (Jo)
19. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word – Mary J. Blige (Me)
20. When A Woman’s Fed Up – R. Kelly (Me)
21. Hurts Like Hell – Aretha Franklin (ALL)

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

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Hey Everybody!

This is a special mix for me. Afrobella requested a mixtape for her Caress Girls Night Out giveaway which included everything in this lovely picture below:

Five people will win the two new Whipped Soufflé Body Washes, and ONE lucky Grand Prize winner will receive the ultimate “Caress Girls’ Night Out Essentials Prize Pack” which includes:
New Caress Whipped Soufflés Body Washes (Blackberry Cream & White Peach Cream) , a  Susan Farber hot pink clutch and a pink iPod Nano so you can bump your girls night out soundtrack as you get ready to hit the town!

And I’m providing the Sountrack!!! yay!!!

I went through 160 entries and tallied all of the songs. Beyonce Get Me Bodied was the number 1 song requested!!! Freekum Dress came in second! As a matter of fact, these ladies wanted a whole Beyonce Mixtape! I couldn’t do that but I included a lot of her songs. I also included some of Afrobella’s favorites too!

I hope you enjoy the mix and congrats to all of the winners!

Thank you Bella for asking me to do this..It was a lot of fun and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to work you again!

Track Listing:

1. Beyonce – Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)
2. Beyonce – Freakum Dress
3. Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliot, Angie Martinez, Da Brat – Ladies Night (Not Tonight remix)
4. Cupid – Do My Ladies Run This Party
5. Destiny’s Child – Jumpin’ Jumpin
6. Aaliyah ft. Timberland & Missy Eliott – Up Jumps the Boogie
7. Total ft. Timbaland & Missy Elliot – What About Us (remix)
8. Blackstreet – No Diggity
9. Queen Pen ft. Lost Boyz – Party Aint a Party
10. Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
11. Mariah Carey ft. Jermaine Dupri – It’s Like That
12. Michael Jackson – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
13. DJ Class feat. Kanye West – I’m The Ish (Remix)
14. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
15. Usher ft. Will.I.Am – OMG
16. Justin Timberland – Sexyback (Dirty)
17. Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl
18. Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious
19. Zhane – Hey Mr. DJ
20. Lucy Pearl – Dance Tonight
21. Usher – Bad Girl
22. Kanye West ft T-Pain – Good Life
23. Tweet – Call Me
24. Missy Elliott Ft. Nas, Eve, Q-Tip – Hot Boyz (Dirty Remix)
25. Kool & The Gang – Ladies Night

Hey Everybody! This is June Jacking Part 5! It should be called the Drake Edition because of course I love his new album!

I call it June Jacking because when I started hustling mixed cds 7 years ago…it was really jacking the net for music then.  I would spend hours searching for songs and uploading songs from my cds…just a long drawn out process!

Things are easier now with places like Limewire and Dopehood.com (love yall!)  When I need new music now I tend to head over to Eb-the Celeb‘s site or YouHeardThatNew (although I don’t mess with rap that much). My new music mixes are generally more on the hiphop side and probably not safe for children under 11. Play at your own risk!

I hope you enjoy it!

Track Listing

1. Drake – find Your Love
2. Usher ft. Plies -  Daddy’s Home
3. Nikki Minaj ft. Flo-Rida – Your Love
4. Fat Joe ft. Young Jeezy – HaHa (Slow Down)
5. Mary J. Blige, Swizz Beatz, Drake, T.I – Fancy
6. The Dream ft. T.I. – Makeup Bag
7. B.O.B. ft. Bruno Mars – Nothing On You
8. Dirty Money ft. Rick Ross, Nikki Minaj – Hello, Good Morning
9. Kanye West – Power
10. Usher ft. Will.I.Am – OMG
11. Clinton Sparks ft. DJ Class, Jermaine Dupri – Favorite DJ
12. T-Pain – Kiss Her
13. R. Kelly – I Love The DJ
14. Lil Jon ft R. Kelly, Mario – Miss Chocolate
15. Demarco – Wine Me Nuh Gyal
16. Serani – What You Need
17. Jim Jones – Summertime
18. Drake ft. Jay-Z – Light Up
19. Chris Brown & Tyga Ft. Kevin McCall – Deuces
20. Drake ft. Alicia Keyes – Fireworks

J Holiday gives us a new version of Kanye’s Love Lockdown…I like it…I told yall this would be the year of the Milk and Cookies!

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