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! 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 week’s mixtape is a special request from my girl SueZette.  She is a relationship blogger for CentricTV and she runs her own site DearZette.com. Zette and I have been friends for about 6 years and whatever she wants she gets This year it was SueZette’s Art of Seduction!

Full of tracks sure to entice and seduce your paramour. Last year for her birthday, SueZette and I collaborated on Sexcellence which still gets hits everyday so you will want to download this one fast! all I know is this mix made me hot so I know it will for you too! Enjoy!

Track Listing

1. Bodies – Cee Lo Green
2. Adam and Eve – J. Holiday
3. In The Morning – Urban Mystic
4. Bedroom – Raheem DeVaughn
5. Invented Head – Chris Brown
6. Put It Down – T-Pain
7. Cece’s Interlude – Drake
8. Dim The Lights – Dwele ft.Raheem Devaughn
9. My Baby – Jermaine Dupri ft R. Kelly
10. Son of A Bitch – R. Kelly
11. 5 Senses (Remix) Jeremih ft. 50 Cent
12. Thats What Its Made For – Usher
13. All I – Jill Scott
14. Do I Move You – Nina Simone
15. The Panties – Mos Def
16. Slowly – Syleena Johnson
17. Imagine That – R. Kelly
18. Insatiable – Prince
19. Jupiter Love – Trey Songz
20. Nasty Grind – Adina Howard
21. Best Part Of The Day – Urban Mystic

Hey Everybody!!! I’m back from vacation down in Memphis, TN!!!!

This is the first of 4 mixtapes that were inspired while I was on my vacation. Bobby Womack Vs David Ruffin. Both were powerhouses in the R&B scene during the 70′s and early 80′s and my heart has a soft spot for both of them. Most of my younger audience will probably not recognize any of the music…but I’m sure you’ll pick up the beats to some of your favorite rap songs.

I hope you really enjoy this! Long Live R&B!!

Track Listing

01 – You’re Welcome, Stop On By – Bobby Womack
02 – Common Man (Never Change) – David Ruffin
03 – Woman’s Gotta Have It – Bobby Womack
04 – Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out – Bobby Womack
05 – Smiling Faces – David Ruffin
06 – California Dreaming – Bobby Womack
07 – Can We Make Love One More Time – David Ruffin
08 – Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
09 – I Can’t Stop The Rain – David Ruffin
10 – Daylight – Bobby Womack
11 – Walk Away From Love – David Ruffin
12 – I Can’t Understand It – Bobby Womack
13 – My Whole World Ended – David Ruffin
14 – Looking for a Love – Bobby Womack
15 – How I Miss You Baby – Bobby Womack
16 – Sweet Caroline – Bobby Womack
17 – I Got a Thing for You – David Ruffin
18 – I Wish He Didn’t Trust Me So Much – Bobby Womack
19 – Just Let Me Hold You For A Night – David Ruffin
20 – If You Think You’re Lonely Now – Bobby Womack
21 – I Miss You – David Ruffin

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

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

Hey everybody! I hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day and used my BBQ Mix to groove to while you cooked that good food!

This week’s mix is continuing my series of slow jams. I created a new category on the side to help you find them. I’ve had 70′s Heartbreak,  Babymaking Music, Secret Lovers, Sexcellence, Isley Brothers Ballads and of course my 3 Annual CupidHunt Podcasts:

Sexy Music by Sexy Men

80′s Ladies Love

Neo Soul Love

This time I wanted some love music from the late 80′s and 90′s male singers. I’m real partial to all male mixtapes as you can see. It almost feels like they singing to me. I hope you enjoy it and please let me know if yall make any babies off these slow jam mixes

Track Listing

1. Ribbon In The Sky – Intro
2. Christopher Williams – All I See
3. Johnny Gill – Lady Dujour
4. Baby Face – Sunshine
5. Jon B -I Do (Whatcha Say Boo)
6. Blackstreet – Happy Home
7. Jodeci – Forever My Lady
8. Keith Sweat – Make It Last Forever
9. Al B Sure – Naturally Mine
10. Prince – Adore
11. Tony Toni Tone – Whatever You Want
12. Gerald Levert – Baby I’m Ready
13. Jodeci – Love U 4 Life
14. Dru Hill – These Are The Times
15. Babyface – Soon As I Get Home
16. Jon B – They Dont Know
17. Maxwell – Lifetime

Hey Everybody! I’m back…with a new oldschool mixtape to get your BBQ season started off right! I hope you enjoy this groove music…and don’t burn those ribs while you trying to dance!

Track Listing

1. Before I Let Go –Maze  ft.  Frankie Beverly
2. Disco Lady – Johnnie Taylor
3. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
4. Jamaica Funk – Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
5. Blame It On The Boogie – Jackson 5
6. She’s A Bad Mama Jama – Carl Carlton
7. Over Like A Fat Rat – Fonda Rae
8. It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
9. Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
10. Misdemeanor –  Foster Sylvers
11. Yes We Can Can – Pointer Sisters
12. Big Payback – James Brown
13. Fly, Robin Fly - Silver Convention
14. Cutie Pie – One Way
15. Flashlight – Parliament
16. I Found Loving –Fatback Band
17. Pick Up The Pieces – Average White Band
18. Back In Love Again – LTD
19. Funky Drummer – James Brown
20. Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds
21. I Love Music – The O’Jays
22. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
23. Let’s Groove Tonight – Earth, Wind & Fire
24. One Nation Under A Groove –  Funkadelic

Jimi Izrael and DJ Diva are back with a new mixtape for The Denzel Principle. I’m off vacation/work break to bring you a hot new mixtape. Jimi Izrael, the author of The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can’t Find Good Black Men, reached out to me to fashion a new mix for him. I enjoyed the first one I did for him (which you can find here), so I was happy to be tapped to do the second one. Thanks to TripleGoddess for the cover and image you see here! I’ve read his book 3 times so I had an idea of what I was looking at the second time around. As with the first, I included many instrumentals (can you guess which?) and some of my new favorites jams to blend in between his readings. The full length track is available so take a listen and respond to what Jimi has to say. His readings are in black. For the record, I agree with Jimi on a lot of his points. Not Denzel though…more like Boris Kodjoe for me.

Did you catch Jimi on Nightline with Hil Harper, Sherri Shepard and that other chick (no shade/shade lol) Here’s a clip:

“The Denzel Principle” is not a book of advice, but rather a book of lessons. Advice can be good or bad, but lessons come with a guarantee: you will absolutely learn SOMETHING. You may not like what you learn, or see the use for it immediately, but you learn from a lesson, and everyone will learn something different. “Denzel” is smart, bitter, sad, happy, over-sexed, hilarious and exciting — with a lesson for everyone who reads it. Is your man a “Denzel?” Take the quiz. With this book, Izrael has craft a commentary like no other.

And everyone is talking about it.

To download the CD version please click here

Track Listing

1. Re-Intro

2. I Don’t Need It – Jamie Foxx

3. The Pimptress

4. Little Freak – Usher ft. Nikki Minaj

5. Barack vs Denzel

6. Already Taken – Trey Songz

7. The Application

8. Down Like That – T.I., Will.I.Am & Fergie

9. Dawgs and Bitches

10. I Love The DJ – R. Kelly

11. Kiss-Her – T-Pain

12. If I Was Dating a White Woman…

13. Miss Chocolate – Lil Jon ft. R. Kelly & Mario

14. Diagnosing The Dizzle

15. Over – Drake

16. Fall Again – Robin Thicke

17. Don’t Settle,Be Reasonable

18. Window Seat – Erykah Badu

19. Fabulous – Jaheim

20. Falling In Love With Preston

21. Don’t Make Em Like U No More – Ruben Studdard

22. What’s A Good Guy Looks Like

23. Makeup Bag – The Dream ft T.I.

24. I, Misogynist

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