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..)

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Look at that…Two mixes in a row. Gotta get it out while it’s in me. I’m starting something new by letting my peeps know when I used their drops (you see how many spots are available right? hit my email). Love yall!!!

August has been hot in NYC. Likewise the R&B being released is just as hot! We have two powerhouses starting off the mix..Hubby said I HAD to make Whitney #1 and the more I listened to her, the more I knew he was on point as usual. That daggon Mary song is so catchy and so Diva!

I still like Chris Brown.

That Wale track is booty shaking worthy and I’m watching Keri come up hard. Harlem as always with Webstar…Ryan and NeYo duke it out…I think Ryan is better though   My party girl Eb the Celeb MADE me like the Young Chris joint and I’m glad I listened! Had to throw in that Mario track…it’s got such an original melody. 2 Songs by Fabolous because he came hard this summer.

For the slowdown grooves we have a new inspiration song from Usher that surprised the heck out of me when I heard his falsetto. We have some songs from Al B Sure, Chico, Babyface and Maxwell that needed to be played on one of my mixes this summer.

It was hard to chose between R. Kelly’s and Whitney’s version of Salute but I’m glad that I chose Whitney. This will be her comeback album (regardless of what she says) and I’m thrilled that R. Kelly wrote this hit for her. He is the King of R&B.

I still like Chris Brown.

I hope you enjoy it…and maybe you’ll donate?

Track Listing

1. Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston
2. The One – Mary J. Blige Ft. Drake
3. Not My Fault – Chris Brown Ft Pharell (Favecast)
4. My Sweetie – Wale
5. Getcha Money Up – Keri Hilson Ft. Keyshia Cole & Teyana Taylor
6. Tipsy In Da Club – DJ Webstar (Todd Kelley)
7. Ice Cold – Ryan Leslie (DJ Diva)
8. I Dont Care – Ne-Yo
9. Want To Love You – Young Chris Ft. Raheem DeVaughn
10. Break Up(Remix) – Mario Ft. Gucci Mane & Nicki Minaj (EJ Flavors)
11. Throw It In The Bag – Fabolous Ft.The Dream (BSOTS)
12. I Need A Girl (Remix)- Trey Songz Ft. Fabolous & Teyana Taylor
13. Be – Usher (HarlemLexicon)
14. Badhabits – Maxwell (MrFresh)
15. I Want You – Chico Debarge
16. Top Of Your Lungs! – Al B. Sure (MLFM)
17. Salute – Whitney Houston (Eve)
18. Changed Man – Chris Brown (DJ Diva)
19. Broken Hearted Girl – Babyface
20. Fistfuloftears – Maxwell

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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