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..)

I want to thank my fellow podcasters and especially my husband for supplying me great drops for this mix…I didn’t bother putting on a intro and outro because you guys hyped me more than I ever could!

Scribe (My Husband), Fave, Mr. Fresh, Darrenkeith, Todd Kelley….I inadvertently left out my mentor EJ Flavors…But yall know that not only is he my Sensei but he is one of my real friends! Of course I have a reason for every song I play and this time I decided to share those tidbits with you!!!! Happy New Year and I look forward to bringing you more hot new jams in 09!

Track Listing

1. Just Fine – Mary J. Blige – this song really was a testament to Mary’s ability to make you dance
2. Single ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce – I love that I got my husband to give me a drop on this track…yall know it’s my favorite
3. Green Light – John Legend Ft. Andre 3000 – This collabo was one of the best in 2008
4. Supa Sexy – Charlie Wilson Ft. T Pain – “You’re no model, Coke bottle, yeah you look good to me” Thank you Charlie for showing some love to the stacked ladies!
5. Closer – Ne-Yo – the first single off the Year of the Gentleman…Ne-Yo showed us why it was his year!
6. Nobody – Ne-Yo – This wasn’t released as a single but it was my favorite track on the album followed closely by Miss Independent but this track won!
7. By My Side – Jadakiss ft Ne-Yo – THE HOTTEST COLLABO THIS YEAR!
8. Pop Champagne (Remix) – Ron Browz Ft.Jim Jones, Juelz Santana - “How we ball in the club/I know you hate it!” HARLEM.STAND.UP!
9. Hi Haters – Maino – My welcome back to NY song…
10. A Millie – Lil Wayne – I wasn’t a Lil Weezy fan but even I had to admit that this beat KNOCKS!!!
11. Diva – Beyonce – I.STAN.FOR.BEY.BEY
12. Spotlight (Remix) – Jennifer Hudson Ft. Young Jeezy -  In spite of her tragedy and lackluster album…this song was a club banger…Ladies gave mates the side eye all over the place!
13. It’s Over – John Legend ft. Kanye West – “What do you keep calling me for?” This gets filed away as one of the best “leave me the hell alone/Get Gone” songs of the decade!
14. Heartless – Kanye West – “And we jus goin be enemies!” Word up yo! Heartless=DJ Diva
15. Champion – Kanye West – This was one my favorite from the Graduation album and what does Ye-Ye do? Drops another!
16. Gettin Up – Q-Tip - Tip dropped a great LP this year…but Twitter and internet heads already know…cause we now have him up in the midst! Great job on the social media marketing.
17. Honey – Erykah Badu – Although I expected more from her album New Amerykah…Honey was banging and video was ultra hot!
18. Magic – Robin Thicke – Again…lackluster album…but I still love Mr. Thicke
19. Be Ok – Chrisette Michele ft. Will.I.Am- Her album dropped in 07…but this track made it on the Feb Jams and is one that I could listen to over and over.
20. One More Drink – Ludacris ft T Pain – Luda bangs in another home run…with the ever present T-Pain and Autotune
21. Cant Believe It – T-Pain Ft. Lil Wayne – 2008 was the year of the Auto Tune…and this track was so hot that 50 cent pulled out the auto to jump on the track!
22. Lollipop – Lil’ Wayne ft. T-Pain – Autotune frenzy…and yes I love those dang lyrics..it appeals to my inner bird LOL
23. I Luv Your Girl (Remix) – The Dream ft. Young Jeezy – My husband hates this track…but you know why I like it right?
24. Bust Your Windows – Jazmine Sullivan ft. The Dream – I wonder if the Angry Dwarf felt like her when he bust my window out my car…hmmmmmm
25. Whatever You Like – T.I. Ft. Ludacris – Yes TI…that’s how it’s supposed to be…Please school these negroes..
26. Mrs. Officer – Lil’ Wayne Ft. Bobby Valentino – Wee ooo wee oo wee…You know you loved this song! So that’s it for New Music Monday Mixtapes for 2008.

Notable cuts(when he lets them play): #2, #12, #14, #17, #19,#22

Top 5 Banging Beats worth listening to:

-Kenna feat. Lupe Fiasco – Say Goodbye To Love [remix] (A house beat mixed with an early 80′s rock feel)
-Chris Brown feat. Bow Wow & Hurricane Chris – Picture Perfect [remix] (Bubblegum yet a kicking beat)
-Usher feat. Michael Jackson & T-Pain – Stop Playin’ (Very Michael-ish beat..makes one nostalgic)
-Day 26 feat. Diddy – In My Bed (clubbanger)
-R. Kelly – Freak Show (I stan for R. Kelly)

Track Listing:

1. Paula Abdul feat. Akon – Dance Like There’s No Tommorow [remix]
2. Kenna feat. Lupe Fiasco – Say Goodbye To Love [remix]
3. O’Neal McKnight feat. Jermaine Dupri & Diddy – Check Your Coat [remix]
4. Nicole Scherzinger feat. Britney Spears – Do What You Want To Me
5. Chris Brown feat. Bow Wow & Hurricane Chris – Picture Perfect [remix]
6. Usher feat. Michael Jackson & T-Pain – Stop Playin’ [Produced By T-Pain]
7. Ciara – Click, Flash
8. RL [Of Next] – Dangerous
9. Day 26 feat. Diddy – In My Bed
10. Boxie feat. Juelz Santana – Let Me Show
11. Wynter Gordon feat. Maino – Surveillance
12. Robin Thicke – Magic
13. R. Kelly – Freak Show
14. Lil Wayne feat. Babyface – Comfortable [Produced By Kanye West]
15. Tre Williams feat. Nas – I See You Coming
16. Karina Parisan – Can’t Find The Words [Produced By Ryan Leslie]
17. Dwele feat. Slum Village – I’m Cheating [remix]
18. Ryan Leslie feat. Phene – Rescue You [remix]
19. Lee Carr – Radio
20. Trey Songz – Craz
21. LL Cool J – Girl If I
22. T-Pain – Silver & Gold
23. Dear Jayne feat. The-Dream – Fall Back
24. Mariah Carey feat. Lil’ Wayne & Akon – Bye Bye [remix]
25. Ciara – Supernatural
26. Keri Hilson – Energy
27. Usher feat. Jermaine Dupri – Chivalry [Uk Album Bonus Track]
BONUS TRACKS
28. Tarrus Riley – For The Girls [Never Wanna See You Cry]
29. Tarrus Riley – Hi, Hi

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Review:

To say that Wale is the second coming of conscious rap would be an understatement. This son of Nigerian immigrants is from Washington DC and the Go-Go beats throughout the mixtape would clue you in to that immediately. Go-Go is wildly popular in the DC and B-More areas, but rarely is it played anywhere else. Wale could change that though, with this heavily Seinfeld influenced mixtape, which holds crazy cuts to entertain the ears. There is jest, tongue in cheek references and “The Manipulation” will have you hitting the rewind button. Great effort. I just wonder what he would sound like on a studio produced album, but it may not matter because this concept mixtape is definitely worth the money.

Notable cuts:#02, #10,#11, #16

Top 5 Banging Beats worth listening to:

_The Roots Song Wale Is On (?uestLove genius)

-The Feature Heavy Song (very good fusion of Go-Go with an early 90′s feel)

-The Roc Boys Freestyle (he murders this beat)

- The Manipulation (once you get past the Seinfeld piece the beat knocks…plus the lyrics are fire)

-The Bmore Club Slam (the house beat is slammin!)

Track Listing

1. The Opening Title Sequence – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
2. The Roots Song Wale Is On – Wale feat. Chrisette Michele [Prod. by ?uestlove & James Poyser]
3. The Feature Heavy Song – Wale feat. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
4. The Roc Boys Freestyle – Wale
5. The Perfect Plan – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
6. The Kramer – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
7. The Crazy – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
8. The Vacation From Ourselves – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
9. The Remake of A Remake [All I Need] – Wale feat. Tawiah [Prod. by Mark Ronson]
10. The Grown Up – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
11. The Manipulation – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
12. The Artistic Integrity – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
13. The Star – Wale
14. The Skit [Untz Untz] – Wale
15. The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature [It's The Remix baby!] – Wale [Prod. by Osinachi]
16. The Bmore Club Slam – Wale [Prod. by Scottie B]
17. The Chicago Falcon [remix] – Wale feat. The Budos Band [Prod. by Mark Ronson & Eli Escobar]
18. The Hype – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
19. The End Credits – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]

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I read a post recently by DJ Stylus where he said that he refuses requests to play R. Kelly while he’s spinning. He based it on how he felt about R. Kelly’s troubles with the law and his fondness for young girls. Now while I understood how he felt, I also thought that it was a little harsh. After all, music is music. No one stopped playing Michael Jackson because he liked little boys. We didn’t stop listening to Whitney Houston because she smoked crack and we also loved Biggie although he sold it. I personally don’t look at the personal lives of artists to enjoy their art. If we did, we probably wouldn’t look at any paintings or listen to any music because we all know that artists tend to have pretty messed up lifestyles or desires.

That said, while I was thinking of these things the idea of R. Kelly as the King of the Remix began to form in my head. As I went through my mental discography, I kept coming up with more hits done by the R. Of course I put them all together and this mixtape was born. Say what you want but R. Kelly consistently gives us good music. Well good in my eyes. Sure most of it has x-rated lyrics or sexual undertones…but that’s what we’ve always loved about him right?  Well these are some of my favorites:

Track Listing

1. Fiesta Remix (DJ Clue Mix)- R.Kelly
2. Hotel (Remix) – Cassidy Feat. R Kelly 
3. Girlfriend Remix – B2k Feat R. Kelly
4. We Takin Over (Remix) – R. Kelly
5. Make It Rain (Remix) – Fat Joe ft Lil Wayne, Baby T.I., R Kelly &  Rick Ross
6. This Is Why Im Hot (Remix) – Mims feat DJ UNK, Twista, R.Kelly, Lil Wayne & Marques Houston
7. Lookin Boy(Remix) – Hot Stylz ft Yung Joc & R.Kelly
8. I’m A Flirt – R.Kelly. T.I. & T.Pain
9. Stripper (Remix) – T-Pain (Akon Intro, R.Kelly)
10. Same Girl (Remix) – R. Kelly feat. Usher & T-Pain
11. Ignition (Remix)  – R.Kelly
12. Shawty Is A 10 (Remix) – The-Dream ft. R. Kelly
13. Feeling On Your Booty (remix) – R Kelly
14. Bump N Grind (Remix) – R Kelly 
15. Down Low (X-Rated Remix) – R. Kelly
16. Friend of Mine – Kelly Price ft. Mr. Biggs & R. Kelly
17. Homie, Lover, Friend (Remix) – R Kelly
18. Let Me Know – Aaliyah ft. R. Kelly
19. I Wish – Remix (To The Homies That We Lost) – R Kelly
20. Flashing Lights (Remix) – Kanye West ft. R Kelly
21. Customer (Remix) – Raheem Devaughn Ft R.Kelly
22. Step In The Name of Love Remix – R Kelly
23. I’m Fucking You Tonight – Biggie Smalls Ft R.Kelly

Meme then Track listing….

The Seven Songs that are starting my summer off right!

1. Hi Haters – Maino - I haven’t always been an angel. I know I have pissed some folks off royally! Yet, they still feel the need to follow me from blog to blog. That’s cool. So to you I say…Hi Hater LOL Seriously…I was walking down 125th with sis in law…this song came on…at least 10 people within listening distance started dancing…yours truly included…right on the street (I love Harlem)….no doubt this is my jam…

2. Take You Down – Chris Brown - It’s no secret that I stan for Chris Brown hard! (at least it shouldn’t be lol) This song is so hot. The beat is like a cross between Prince and Ready For The World (to me) and the lyrics and tonality are classic Chris Brown. Sigh…This is my song!

3. Damaged/2 of You – Danity Kane-I watched Making the band 3 and just ate up every episode. I was one of those people that watched it on the regular night and re-runs during the week. Puff did not disappoint. But what else did you expect?

4. I Luv Your Girl – The Dream ft Young Jeezy- Just because it drives my husband nuts cause he thinks everybody loves his girl LMAO…Nah…cause it’s banging and I like to shake my caboose.

5. Lollipop – Lil Wayne (and all them other negros that jumped on the track)-When I said that I liked this song…One of the brothers from Hybridnation jumped on me LOL…But what can I say? I liked “It Ain’t No Fun” by Krupt & Snoop and GoldDigger by Kanye Pest. I say now like I said then…I ain’t the chick he singing bout.

6. Dangerous Akon ft. Kardinal Offishall - Again…I love to dance and this one is a mover…

7. You’re the only one – Eric Benét - I got this from those wonderful folks over at SoulBounce. I love Eric Benet…even if he has a pinga problem…

I’m tagging:

Amneris

DJ Mad Poetic

Vivrant Thing

Novaslim

Ill Mami

Mike

Nikki

Track Listing for June Jackin

1. Hi Haters – Maino
2. Love Me No More -Jim Jones ft. The Game
3. Traffic Stop – Teyana Taylor
4. In My Bed – Day 26
5. Dangerous Akon ft. Kardinal Offishall
6. Body On Me – Nelly ft. Akon
7. Get Me Bodied – Robert (of Day 26)
8. Magic – Robin Thicke
9. Green Light – John Legend Ft. Andre 3000
10. She Got It (Dirty) – 2 Pistols Feat T-Pain
11. Love In This Club, Part II – Usher ft. Beyonce & Lil’ Wayne
12. Customer(Remix)- Raheem Devaughn – (Ft R.Kelly)
13. Take You Down – Chris Brown
14. The Way That I Love You – Ashanti
15. Over Now – Day 26
16. Tie My Hands – Lil Wayne ft. Robin Thicke
17. You’re the only one – Eric Benét

It’s time for the Monday Mixtape! Early even…

This week’s mix is entitled April Rain. It’s a bimonthly compilation of the tracks that I’m digging from March and April. I would love to do this once a month, but what’s being released isn’t the best stuff I’ve heard. So I put together the best I could find (in my opinion of course).

You have probably heard my new moniker “The Mixtress of R&B”. It is part of my migration to my own domain (themixtress.com) which is being worked on. When I release it I will let you guys know. Also part of the new domain will be new features for everyday of the week. The rundown will be as follows:

Mixtape Mondays – Dance music and new music posts (Full Mix)
Tasty Tuesdays – Independent artists (Quick Mix)
Worldwide Wednesdays – News and music from around the world (Quick Mix)
Old School Thursdays – Artist Spotlights (Full Mix)
Freaky Fridays – Anything goes (Quick Mix)

As my girl Nikki says “It doesn’t matter which day you post a podcast as long as it’s hot!”

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Here’s the mix…I hope you enjoy it! 

Track Listing

Waiting For Your Love – Alicia Keys
Closer – Ne-Yo
Single Again (Remix) – Trina ft. Lil Wayne, Rick Ross & Plies
Got Me Going (Remix) – Day 26 Ft. Fat Joe & Rick Ross
2 Of You – Danity Kane
Break The Ice (Remix) – Britney Spears Ft. Fabolous
4 Minutes – Madonna Ft. Justin Timberlake
Take You There – Donnie J
Champion – Kanye West
I Know – Jay Z
Viva La White Girl – Gym Class Heroes
Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
Good Love – Sheek Louch
Lollipop (Remix) – Lil’ Wayne ft. T-Pain
Crazy Kind Of Love – Mario
Can’t Get Over You – Lloyd
I Luv Your Girl (Remix) – The Dream ft. Young Jeezy
What’s Going On – Marsha Ambrosius Ft. The Game
Stay Down – Mary J. Blige
More pictures after the break

This is February Jamz 08! Track Listing :

Intro – DJ Diva Delirium – Rahsaan Patterson Be Ok – Chrisette Michelle Ft. Will.I.Am Pro Nails – Kid Sister Ft. Kanye West Shawty get Loose – Lil Mama Ft. T-Pain, Chris Brown ChingaLing – Missy Elliot Supa Sexy – Charlie Wilson ft T-Pain Honey – Erykah Badu Flashing Lights Remix – Kanye West ft R. Kelly I Wonder – Kanye West Love Like This – Natasha Bedingfield Ft Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston Take You There – Sean Kingston The Anthem – Pitbull Ft Lil Jon Give You The World – The Dey Come Around – Collie Budz Killa Lipstick – Ghostface Killa Ft Method Man Kill Ya Self – Katt Williams Ft Nelly Gonna Love U – Trazz FT Wayne Wonder Used To Love Her – Jay Sean Brand New – Lyfe Jennings Ft Lil Wayne Outro – DJ Diva