Leven Kali - Joy

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Yea...YES...what you're hearing is THAT good.  This is music for your soul people!

If you are living for YOU..then, this is not for you.  No disrespect and It's okay, check me out on the next post. But this right here, is on that larger scale/ each one teach one/ one day it will all make sense type vibe. WITH an amazing beat…Press Play

P.S. - The EP is called Joy…

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Calvin Harris - Feels Ft. Pharrell, Big Sean and Katy Perry

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Sigh. Every now and then there is a song that is too good. I said it. TOO GOOD. So good it goes OVER the head of mainstream. But PROPS, (insert irregular 3rd person rant here) this video has over 446 million views. What are you talking about? Then why do I keep putting people on to this song?!?!? Probably the same reason why I got put on to this song (shout out to DJ G$Money).  

This song...came out a minute ago…but the vibe is timeless to me. Calvin Harris nailed the sound with a perfect blend of artists. It's pretty criminal how good this song is. So until somebody posts bail...press play.


*okay, that was pretty corny...hate me later

Calvin Harris - Feels feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean Taken from the new album 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'.

Leriq: Say you love me ft. Wizkid

I'm a fan of these brothers. A co-worker put me to some Nigerian music and I haven't been the same since.  No lie.  The beats, the flow, the music...it's a game changer ya'll.  So this was the first song she put me on to.  Shout out to Miss Tami -Salute

"Say you love me, Say you love me,

I know you like it how I give it you baby lemme hear you now"

The lyrics on this one are fiyah.  American writers, take note.  Practice the art of syncopation...OR?  learn from Leriq & Wizkid.

"080 tonight tonight tonight tonight, baby baby na you na you na you I wan do, baby I don dey maya for your matter, baby baby I don dey craze"

Expect to hear a lot more from these brothers, they've got mood music down to a science.

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Jhene Aiko: Bed Peace ft. Childish Gambino

Shhh...just let Jhene speak...

"What I am trying to say is
The love is ours to make so we should make it
Everything else can wait
The time is ours to take so we should take it"

Sometimes you just have to let the music tell its own story.

"Wake up, wake up
Gotta get this paper, get this cake up
Gotta do my hair, gotta put on make-up
Gotta act like I care about this fake stuff
Straight up"

Anything you wanna add Mr. Gambino?

"Curled up with my head on your chest
It's the best remedy for the pain and the stress
If the world doesn't change then we'll never get dressed
It'll be like this to the kiss of the death"

This song makes wanna chill ad grind at the same time.  So let's...

Download Jhené Aiko's EP "Sail Out" featuring "Bed Peace" now on: iTunes: http://smarturl.it/isailout Amazon: http://smarturl.it/asailout Music video by Jhené Aiko performing Bed Peace (Explicit). ©: Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Timmy Thomas: Why can't we live together #tbt

This song needs to be re-released.   I don't care if it's from the 70's.  Everyone needs this song to be a house staple!  Don't get me wrong..I rocked hotline bling til nausea like everyone else.  But this song deserves to be given its due.

"No more war, no more war, no more war
Just a little peace
No more war, no more war
All we want is some peace in this world"

I believe in balance.  War, peace, love, hate... I go to this song when I need peace and love.  I think we as a people need a lot more of it.

"No matter, no matter what color
You are still my brother
I said no matter, no matter what color
You are still my brother"

This song is so much more than a sample.  I hope you can agree with me on that.  Play Timmy Thomas once a week and he may change your life.  Stay blessed.

Timmy Thomas - Why can't we live together album: why can't we live together (1972)

Jaguar Wright: Self Love #tbt

This song has never stopped giving me chills.   The visceral response I receive from the lyrics alone demand I try to meet the expectations they suggest.  Does that sound crazy? Maybe....but if you can't talk to your music what do you really expect the songs to say to you?

"Caught up in a web of deception
From this $h!t I done learned new lesson
So what cha do, you keep on playing, you play on, playa..."

I need this song...and I think "need" is more important than "love".   We're all big boys and girls so I think it's alright if we agree to disagree.  But I've needed it back then when it was released and I think I need it now.  Maybe you do.  Maybe you don't.  Share it to the person you love cause they may need it too. 

"You work and work with no pay
You punch a clock but never end your day
You take vacation but your not playing
What we say by this time, here my friends, drink three
You cry, cry, revolution, but what you want is a solution
But you're more content with being a pollution
Jump in the motion, and ask the notion..."

Stay blessed.

From Jaguar Wright's LP Denials Delusions and Decisions

Nina Simone: Don't let me be misunderstood

I love this song for so many reasons. Primarily because Nina Simone is arguably one of the mothers' of soul and my Mom Loves Nina Simone. 

"If I seem edgy
I want you to know
I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems
And I get more than my share
But that's one thing I never mean to do

Cause I love you
Oh baby
I'm just human
Don't you know I have faults like anyone?"

Growing up made me realize how amazing my mother is.  Calm under pressure, resiliency, and determination with conviction among other things...I all got those skills from her.  I could amount to a third of who she is I'd consider myself a success. I remember hearing Nina through different times of my life.  So it seems fitting to share one.  Happy mothers day.

Nina Simone ~ Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (with Lyrics)