random old r&b you are loving

That song sounds so crisp, like the tapes were packed in nitrogen for maximum freshness

hadn't thought of this song in an eternity. used to love both the original with its Soul II Soul beat and the post-MJB breakthrough remix by fresh new r&b soundmasters Mark>Cory Rooney and Mark Morales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFk4GlT8SI
Trey Lorenz • Photograph of Mary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4QCY6Q8g4
Trey Lorenz • Photograph Of Mary (Rooney & Morales Remix)

(spurred by the Trey convo here)

don't remember the song, but am definitely enjoying both versions right now. thx.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxJAsHQ31og

(tony toni tone` — tell me mama)

was this a single or is sons of soul just that much of a classic?

The Bar-Kays - Running In And Out Of My Life (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMb_MZpW-Rw
For a while I only knew the Bar-Kays for their monster funk jams but damn do they know how to slow it down. Some amazing plaintive falsetto harmonies in this one. It feels appropriate that this came out the same year as Prince's self-titled.

This little slice of joy has been the 2021 jam in the dilettante household: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RQipIV5mIs

^^ Honey Cone • One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show

lucky daye — 'ready for love' (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb348qszqo4

just came across the whitehead bros album 'serious' from '94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5kXTT4ZN34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqmKCd0BC1Q

I don’t think I had ever heard “My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix)” until today – what a glorious track

surely an alltimer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7_PQL0r9Ok

myra barnes — "the message from the soul sisters" (1970)

aaliyah — "it's whatever" (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq4WNND_0zw

intensely beautiful. another alltimer vote from me.

cherrelle + alexander o'neal — "saturday love" (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLcgUQmyT8

jam + lewis, of course! that middle eight ("never on sunday, monday's too soon. . .") has basically taken over my subconscious. holy hell, this is a tune!

sampled a ton but this one is prob the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_TNBXnxkMc

Saturday Love is >>>>

also there are about 200 garage remixes of it and they're all excellent

the notations - "superpeople" (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyNZIYh2Pc

res featuring nas — "ice king (remix)" (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVb4JBVIPCQ

Brownstone featuring Craig Mack — "If You Love Me (Street Vibe Remix)" (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPmNbbtsVYI

MoKenStef featuring Grand Puba — "I Got Him All the Time (He's Mine Remix)" (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-OIpW947Wc

Amazing riff on a Patrice Rushen tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJhMmYJJSv0

I love Crown Heights Affair! Usually prefer the earlier material, but that's a solid jam. Here's a sample favorite of theirs: "Far Out" (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAULk2F_8W0

Does this count as r+b?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onYPEr48x7Y

The Style Council — "The Cost of Loving (12" Version)" (1987)

This song raises my body temperature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCuckLFOt0

Master Plan, Inc. — "Try it You'll Like it" (1975)

Breakestra — The Live Mix Part 2 (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDGjVqrGSQ

Saw them live around when this was new. Band was incredibly tight. Super fun, if a bit gimmicky.

Gwen Guthrie — "Outside in the Rain" (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--UTmFMcK5Y

Quite infectious.

52nd Street — "Tell Me (How it Feels)" (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ck25PGjlLc

(Extended Version)

Absolutely huge tune.

sounding better to me today than it ever did back in the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-MHDRuJ1ME
Carl Carlton • She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)

from 1981, written and produced by Leon Haywood

what a jam, a real ever-so-slightly-p-funky celebration (yahoo!)

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nud2mP1Q1RA

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORva1mGyyJ0

oh man havent heard what kinda man in sooooome time.

Yes, breastcrawl coming through with some goodies!

That first Gwen Guthrie has really been hitting the spot lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434tO5XR270

"It's Getting Hot" (1982)

The Pointer Sisters — "Chainey Do" (1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmp3J79CNI

o_0

dick cheney really does not deserve such a funky song tbh

total banger Austin, thank you!!!

Welcome! Took me by complete surprise as well. And just like that my absolute favorite Pointer Sisters song was decided.

Feeling a bit mellower this Saturday evening. My favorite D'Angelo song because I am, in fact, made of cheese:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaAhEgK0wOI

"I Found My Smile Again" (1996)

More house than r+b, still an absolute jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvEf330ZaiA

Blue Six — "Let's Do it Together" (2002)

Feel like I’m in Bloomingdale’

Welcome! Took me by complete surprise as well. And just like that my absolute favorite Pointer Sisters song was decided.

Feeling a bit mellower this Saturday evening. My favorite D'Angelo song because I am, in fact, made of cheese:

📹

"I Found My Smile Again" (1996)

I don’t think I had ever heard “My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix)” until today – what a glorious track

Update: I’ve since heard “My Boo” several times in the wild; my wife said it was playing in The Gap the other day. Clearly part of a broader ’90s renaissance… (my wife and others also insist that I’ve heard the song in the past; I’m sure they’re right!)

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
📹

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
📹

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
📹

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
📹

xp I note that Wikipedia sez “My Boo” saw a revival in interest in 2016 "through the Running Man Challenge,” a dance which “went viral on Vine”… so apparently I’m behind the times even with respect to the revival.

Miami Bass and related styles sound really good right now, for whatever reason.

cal, is this better?☺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HtD9kmVifw

Unlimited Touch — "I Hear Music in the Street" (1981)

Thank you for the reminder of "My Boo" — definitely tops of the 90s!

Continuing on Austin’s Alex O’Neal tip, it’s the vaporwave classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reoG0SVdFhY

the entire hearsay album is so classic <3

Miami Bass and related styles sound really good right now, for whatever reason

they always do! but yeah the sound is seeing a bit of a mini-revival, tho nothing tremendous yet. it wasn't a huge hit, but i loved summer walker's "ex for a reason" last year. now megan/dua "sweetest pie" has been launched very obviously with the intention of being big and hm, i'm not sure it entirely works so well. i'm surprised i'm not compelled to return to it often given that i am a total sucker for just about anything that executes the style well

i have heard "my boo" in public a number of times in recent years, though i don't recall where right now other than that once was somebody singing it at a karaoke bar

Have always loved "My Boo" just heard it everywhere for about two summers straight and turned into a musical grouch in the meantime. I'm sure I've heard it in some store recently and thought "Oh yeah, this is a good song!" and then promptly forgotten about it upon leaving the store.

Rae + Christian featuring Veba — "All I Ask (DJ Spinna Remix)" (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQXRhTi2TCA

Starting to feel like I may have been underrating DJ Spinna.

Les Nubians — "Makeda (DJ Spinna & Ticklah Mix)" (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk0cAATs0_4

Roy Hargrove / The RH Factor featuring Erykah Badu + Q-Tip — "Poetry (DJ Spinna Remix)" (2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNy42i0HFxI

More of a house groove on this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQxj79TURs

KING — "Mister Chameleon (DJ Spinna Galatic Soul Remix)" (2016/2020)

Thanks A!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNaak_YRiM
Curtis Liggins Indications- “Just My Imagination” (2022, recorded late 60s, early 70s)

gorgeous

He had just one single out there, then they recently found an acetate of a bunch of songs from his live set, I think.