Cupid’s Hunt 2011: Lionel-LOVE!
Filed under: CupidsHunt, Podcast Collabs, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, music, podcasts/mixes
Hey everybody. Well, it’s that time of year again, Valentine’s Day! And over here in the RIBS Kitchen you know what THAT means… it’s time for the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event where DJs and Podcasters from all across the country and many different parts of the world unite to release love music mixes to make your V-Day celebration extra special. Of course, I’ll have a lot more to say about what we like to refer to around here as the BIG Event in my annual “Let The Hunt Begin” post which I’ll post late Thursday or early Friday. Right now I want to let you get into this first RIBS Cupid’s Hunt mix without much further delay.
This year I’m turning the RIBS CH spotlight on Lionel Richie. Now if you’re a soul music lover he needs very little to no introduction… one of the great artists to come out of the Motown Records label, one of the driving forces behind the super group The Commodores who later went on to have a sterling solo career, and one of the preeminent singer/songwriters of this generation. His ballads made famous with The Commodores are legendary: “Easy”, “Three Times A Lady”, “Still”, “Zoom”, songs we are all very familiar with. However, for this look at Lionel I took most of the selections for the mix from his career as a solo artist to shine the light on some of his later work that maybe you have not heard before (or at least as much as some of his earlier work. Of course, there are a couple of my favorites from his Commodores days, but for the most part sit back, relax and let Lionel, the solo artist, get you in the mood for love!
Cupid’s Hunt 2011: Lionel-LOVE!
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])
- Cupid’s Hunt Lionel-LOVE Vocal Intro – TGrundy - Vocal Intros [3:40]
- Love Will Find A Way - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [6:16]
- Cupid’s Hunt-Arrow Check Fool - Fave - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:21]
- You Are - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [5:05]
- I Call It Love - Lionel Richie - Coming Home [3:17]
- Round And Round - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [4:56]
- Forever And A Day - Lionel Richie - Just Go [4:04]
- Don’t Wanna Lose You - Lionel Richie - Louder Than Words [5:01]
- Sweet Love (with The Commodores) - Lionel Richie - Truly-The Love Songs [3:27]
- Cupid’s Hunt Drop - Anji Bee - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:13]
- Penny Lover - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [5:35]
- Face In The Crowd (Duet with Trijnt Je
Oosterhuis) - Lionel Richie - Just Go [4:21] - Nothing Else Matters - Lionel Richie - Louder Than Words [4:34]
- Cupid’s Hunt… Got Love? - Angel Turner - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:15]
- Just To Be Close To You – Commodores - All The Great Love Songs [6:27]
- The Closest Thing To Heaven - Lionel Richie - Time [4:00]
- Do It To Me - Lionel Richie - Back To Front [6:04]
- Cupid’s Hunt-Basically Lovable Every Romantic Occasion – TGrundy - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2011 [0:21]
- Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling [5:42]
- Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling [3:39]
- Truly - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [3:24]
- Endless Love - Lionel Richie - Back To Front [4:28]
Remember, this is just one of about two dozen Cupid’s Hunt podcasts that are being released for your Valentine’s Day celebration. Check out the “Cupid’s Hunt 2011: The Hunt Has Begun!” post for links to all of the other great soundtracks for this wonderful day of love.
RIBS TPTD: Summer Heat – Too Hot, parts 1 & 2
Filed under: Funk, R&B, RIBS, Summer Heat, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Winter. Cold. Snow. AAARRRGGGHHH!
There is snow and cold EVERYWHERE it seems. I didn’t think anything could be worse than the winter of 2010 but obviously I was wrong. There’s snow in Dallas and Houston, Texas (it don’t even look right writing THAT!) Snow in Atlanta, GA. Hell, even the Chicago public school system had it’s first snow day cancellation in 12 YEARS!
{sigh} I want to see the street curbs in my neighborhood again. I want some sunshine. I WANT SOME HEAT!
Well, since I can’t control the weather (but, boy, if I could…) I’ve done IMHO the next best thing, I’ve put together a mix of “summer” songs that will hopefully make us forget about all of this winter mess (at least for awhile) and transport us to those beautiful, warm summer days/nights that we so desperately long for.
OK, let’s all do like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz… close our eyes, click our heels together 3 times and say, “There’s no place like summer, there’s no place like summer, there’s no place like summer…”
…as RIBS presents to you:
RIBS TPTD: Summer Heat – Too Hot…
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Summer Heat – Too Hot…
(Playlist: (song – artist [time])
- Summertime - Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince [4:31]
- Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Isley Brothers [4:22]
- Sunshine Of Your Love - Spanky Wilson [3:43]
- Feel The Heat - Bill Summers [4:53]
- Sunshine Superman - Brass Fever [6:26]
- Fire - Ohio Players [4:36]
- Keep It Hot - B.B. & Q. Band [5:43]
- You Get Me Hot - Jimmy Bo Horne [7:01]
- Hot For You - Brainstorm [10:48]
- Big La RIBS Promo #2 - Todd Kelley vs. Big La [00:10]
- Bra - Cymande [5:07]
- School Days - Stanley Clarke [7:52]
- Sunshine (Woke Me Up This Morning) - Labelle [3:26]
- Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone [2:38]
- L.A. Sunshine - WAR [4:01]
- Summer - WAR [6:36]
Summer Heat – Too Hot…
(Playlist: (song – artist [time])
- All Day Music - WAR [5:12]
- It’s Summer - Gladys Knight and The Pips [2:21]
- RIBS Promo - Fave [00:06]
- (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas [2:50]
- Sing A Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone [3:56]
- Summertime Love - TaMara And The Seen [4:58]
- Too Hot Ta Trot - Commodores [3:33]
- Sunshine - Earth, Wind & Fire [4:16]
- Summer Love - Rick James [6:15]
- RIBS Promo #1 - Mr. Fresh [00:11]
- Slippin’ Into Darkness - WAR [6:59]
- Hot Pants In The Summertime - Dramatics [3:49]
- Summer Chill - Grover Washington, Jr. [4:40]
- Sex On The Beach - James ‘JT’ Taylor [5:15]
- Send Out For Sunshine - Heatwave [4:41]
- RIBS3 “aka RIBS" - TGrundy [00:13]
- Fence Walk - Mandrill [3:33]
- Freeway Of Love [extended remix] - Aretha Franklin [7:17]
- Love Is The Message (Larry Levan remix) - MFSB [11:01]
And remember… next week, Valentine’s Weekend, is the BIG Event: the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration in celebration of Valentine’s Day. You DO NOT want to miss it!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: We Remember Teena Marie, R.I.P.
Filed under: Podcast Collabs, R&B, R.I.P., RIBS, Teena, Triple Play Thurs-Day, podcasts/mixes, soul
“Casper”. “Shorty”. “Lil’ Bit”. “Vanilla Child”. “Lady T”. To say that the news of the passing of Teena Marie came as a totally unexpected shock would be perhaps the understatement of the year.
Another one of the beautiful voices of the soundtrack of my life has been stilled. Now that the initial shock and sadness is starting to go away, we turn the page and remember the joy and happiness that she shared with us all over the past 30 years. To that effect, EJ (“The PodFather”) Flavors and your friendly, neighborhood Chief Chef here in the RIBS kitchen have teamed up and put together (what we hope you’ll consider) a worthy tribute to her.
All in all we have 5 mixes of music from Teena’s career for you today. The first three can be found over on EJ’s site here. He’s put together extensive playlists of her hits and your favorites from the requests ya’ll sent in. Over here on RIBS I’ve concentrated on many of the duets and collaborations that she’s done over the years, some of which you may not have heard before, and mixed in a few of my own personal favorites from her catalog of music.
Rest In Peace, Lady T…
RIBS TPTD: We Remember Teena Marie, RIP part 4
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RIBS TPTD: We Remember Teena Marie, RIP part 5
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Playlist 4: (song – artist)
- I Am Love (ft Teena Marie) - Pamela Williams
- Somebody Just Like You (ft Gerald Albright) - Teena Marie
- Lover’s Lane (ft Howard Hewett) - Teena Marie
- Soul Mates (ft Teena Marie) - Q.T. Hush
- When It’s Late (ft Teena Marie) - Gooch
- Life Is So Hard (ft Teena Marie) -Eve
- Shorty Down - Teena Marie
- Ain’t A Damn Thang Changed - L.A. Nash
- Lead Me On - Teena Marie
- Bad Boy - Teena Marie
- The Ballad Of Cradle Rob & Me - Teena Marie
- Main Squeeze (ft Lenny Kravitz) - Teena Marie
- Cruise Control (ft Smokey Robinson) - Teena Marie
- Can’t Last A Day (ft Faith Evans) - Teena Marie
- Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) - Pamela Williams
- Soldier (ft Shirley Murdock) - Teena Marie
- Congo Square (ft George Duke) - Teena Marie
Playlist 5: (song – artist)
- Gigolette (ft Teena Marie) - Ozone
- Baby, Do You Feel Me? (ft Teena Marie) - Danny Tenaglia
- Body Work (ft Teena Marie) - Yo-Yo
- Sweet On You (ft Yo-Yo) - Teena Marie
- I Got You (ft Rick James) - Teena Marie
- Ladies Choice (Feat. Queen And Gail Gotti) - Teena Marie
- Cum On Over (ft Teena Marie) - Domino
- God Has Created (ft Smokey Robinson) - Teena Marie
- Hypnotized (Prelude) - Teena Marie
- Hypnotized - Teena Marie
- Dear Lover - Teena Marie
- Sudan (ft Teena Marie) - George Duke
- Simmer Down (ft Lady Levi) - Teena Marie
- The Pressure (ft MC Lyte) - Teena Marie
- Black Cool - Teena Marie
- I’m Still In Love - Teena Marie
- My Dear Mr. Gaye - Teena Marie
- Latin Lullaby (ft Teena Marie) - Pamela Williams
Don’t forget to check out parts 1,2 & 3 on EJ’s site!
RIBS TPTD: Happy Holidays From RIBS - The Christmas Mixes…
Filed under: Christmas, Funk, Gospel, Holiday, Podcast Collabs, R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, Xmas, blues, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
Hey everybody! Not gonna ramble on too much here, just want to wish all of you a very happy and safe holiday during this Christmas season!
Over the past 3 years I’ve created a total of 13 different mixes of Christmas music that (hopefully) provide a pleasant musical soundtrack for you to enjoy during this most joyous time of the year. While I’m still working on trying to get a new Christmas mix finished for this year, I thought I would post the links to all of the existing mixes here in one convenient place for you to download.
You can left-click on the mix name to be taken to the original post for that mix or you can right-click on the “MP3 file” link or the “PDF playlist” link to download the files.
Again, Happy Holidays and a very, Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
2009
- A “Funky” Christmas 2 : MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “This Christmas”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2008
- A “Gospel” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “Merry Christmas, Baby”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Funky” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Lonely” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2007
- A “Snuggle Wit Cho Baby” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Blues” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- An “Xquizzyt” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
Enjoy!
RIBS TPTD: “Sometimes He Cries, part 1”
Filed under: R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Hey Kiddies, I’M BACK!
(finally. It’s only been 7 months, 14 days and God knows how many hours. But who’s counting, right? {smile} )
Like the song says, “It’s been a long time coming, but I know… a change is gonna come.”
It’s certainly been a “long, strange trip” around here lately, but, just in time for Thanksgiving, the kitchen is back in operation and we’re serving up some RIBS! I do hope you’re hungry {smile}.
Today’s mix is the genesis of an idea that came to me shortly after I first heard Eric Benet’s new song “Sometimes I Cry” over the summer. There are a lot of love songs out there (hell, most songs in one way or another are about love when it comes right down to it): good love, bad love, gotta-have-it-love, you-hurt-me-so-bad-I wanna-cry love. But most of these, especially that last type, are usually from a woman’s point of view. After doing some research I’ve found that only a small percentage of “crying” songs are from a man’s point of view. And we know why that is, right?
Because. Men. Don’t. Cry.
Well, the fact of the matter is… that’s not anywhere near the truth. Men do have feelings. And we do cry. And this mix will let you know just that.
RIBS is back… enjoy!
RIBS TPTD: Sometimes He Cries, part 1…
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Playlist: (song – artist [time])
- RIBS Promo-Wrap Yourself In Black Satin - TGrundy
- The Final Hour – Wanda Robinson - [3:17]
- Sometimes He Cries-Vocal Intro - TGrundy
- Each Day I Cry A Little – Eddie Kendricks [7:21]
- Sometimes I Cry – Eric Benet [4:14]
- Tracks Of My Tears – Michael McDonald - [3:35]
- Drove Me To Tears - LSG [4:35]
- Drown In My Own Tears – Ray Charles [3:21]
- Crying All By Myself - William Bell [2:43]
- RIBS Promo-So Good Echo - TGrundy
- If Tears Were Pennies – Controllers [5:54]
- I Wish It Would Rain - David Ruffin [3:11]
- In The Rain - Dramatics [5:12]
- Mr. Fresh RIBS Promo #1 - Mr. Fresh
- Street Of Tears - Black Heat [3:45]
- Oh No - Commodores [3:03]
- Any Day Now – Luther Vandross [5:11]
- Go On And Cry – Bloodstone [7:55]
- Walking Around On Teardrops – Jerry Butler [4:00]
- Who’s Crying Now – Randy Crawford [4:33]
- Go On And Cry – Les McCann & Eddie Harris [3:02]
- Rainy Night In Georgia – Ray Charles [6:15]
- Sometimes He Cries-Vocal Outro/And Then There Was The Blues - TGrundy/Crusaders
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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Cupid’s Hunt 2010: Wonder-LOVE!
Filed under: CupidsHunt, Podcast Collabs, R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, podcasts/mixes, soul
It’s taken a while to get this offering posted up here for you (originally planned to have this up on Thursday). I’ve been super busy (a good problem in this case) coordinating different things with the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast event, and I am now happy to be able to add my own contribution to the party.
For this first CH mix (I actually had plans to share 5 mixes with you this Valentine’s Day weekend, we will see…) from the RIBS Kitchen I wanted to focus exclusively on Stevie Wonder. I’ve been meaning to do an all “Stevie” mix for quite some time now, and this seemed like a perfect chance to make it happen.
Alright, no long drawn out post notes this time. We’re going to let the music speak for itself. It’s a Valentine’s Day celebration all weekend long and the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration has the perfect soundtrack for your listening (and whatever else {smile}) pleasure.
Remember: “Everyday is Valentine’s Day… for those of us who are basically lovable!”
Cupid’s Hunt 2010: Wonder-LOVE…
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Playlist: (song - album [time])
- TG Intro/Valentine Love - TGrundy - Intros-RIBS [1:53]
- BigLa Drop3 - Todd “BigLa” Kelley - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt [0:09]
- I Love Every Little Thing About You - Music Of My Mind [3:56]
- Golden Lady - Innervisions [5:00]
- It’s More Than You - The Woman In Red [3:15]
- Ribbon In The Sky - Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I [5:39]
- Send One Your Love - Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants [4:01]
- Weakness - The Woman In Red [4:13]
- Cupid’s Hunt Promo - Anji Bee - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt [0:13]
- My Cherie Amour - Love Songs-20 Classic Hits [2:51]
- These Three Words - Jungle Fever [4:53]
- Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call) - Songs In The Key Of Life [3:56]
- Knocks Me Off My Feet - Songs In The Key Of Life [3:36]
- For Your Love - Conversation Peace [5:00]
- Overjoyed - In Square Circle [3:43]
- Moments Aren’t Moments - The Woman In Red [4:32]
- Alfie - Eivets Rednow…Alfie [3:13]
- Think Of Me As Your Soldier - Where I’m Coming From [3:36]
- Cupid’s Hunt Romantic Moments - TGrundy - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt [0:19]
- You Will Know - At The Close Of A Century [5:00]
- Visions - Innervisions [5:23]
- Creepin’ - Fulfillingness’ First Finale [4:19]
- I Believe - Talking Book [4:53]
Hey, the music doesn’t stop here. We have 28 confirmed podcasters and over 30 hours of music for you during this year’s Cupid’s Hunt Podcast event! You can find all of this great music by checking in here at RIBS all weekend long. Also, if you are on Facebook become a fan on our Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration page.
One more thing… like to send a shout out to the “other Todd” Todd Kelley a.k.a. the “Big La” of Flowink.com and to Anji Bee (one of the sexiest voices in podcasting!) of Lovespirals and “The Chillcast” fame for the promo drops. BTW, these two are just a couple of my many fellow brothers and sisters in podcasting. We call ourselves the Music Podcast Consortium. Check us out on Facebook and become a fan!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes that have been posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what’s been cooked up in the RIBS kitchen. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Disco Party-Donna, Double Exposure, The Trammps…
Filed under: Disco, R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, podcasts/mixes, soul
I need something uptempo this week! Get ready for a disco-fied edition of RIBS…
Not going to get too chatty here with the post notes this week (really, I promise {smile}). Wanted to give you something fast and uptempo this week as a change of pace from a lot of the mellow stuff we’ve had lately. That and the fact that next week we have a veritable tidal wave of beautiful, classic love ballads we’re cookin’ up for the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event.
So, I did a little searching through the archives and pulled out three of my fav groups from the disco days when I used to hang out in The City back in the day (that’s New York City for you non-east coasters; the native New Yorkers knew where I meant instinctively {smile}). Ahhhhh, those wild, wonderful nights at “the Garage”, Leviticus and, of course, Studio 54!
On the menu this week are:
OK, time for a little disco party, RIBS style (see told you I wouldn’t “chat” long today!) as we present to you…
RIBS TPTD: Donna, DoubleEx, Trammps…
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- TG Intro - TGrundy - RIBS-Intro [6:39]
- Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby [16:51]
- My Love Is Free - Double Exposure - Ten Percent [9:47]
- Stop And Think (A Tom Moulton mix) - The Trammps [5:06]
- Spring Affair - Donna Summer - Four Seasons Of Love [8:31]
- Ten Percent (A Louis Bennedetti mix) - Double Exposure - Ten Percent [11:31]
- RIBS3-a.k.a. “RIBS” (Echo) - TGrundy - Promos-RIBS [0:17]
- The Night The Lights Went Out - Trammps - The Trammps III [6:51]
- One Night In A Lifetime - Donna Summer - Bad Girls [4:12]
- I Got The Hots For Ya (Guttadaro and Cayre mix) - Double Exposure - Locker Room [7:50]
- Big La RIBS Promo #1 - Todd Kelley - Promos-RIBS [0:08]
- That’s Where The Happy People Go - The Trammps - The Trammps: Where The Happy People Go [7:55]
Like to send a shout out to the “other Todd” Todd Kelley a.k.a. the Big La of Flowink.com for the promo drop. BTW, he is just one of many of my fellow brothers and sisters in podcasting. We call ourselves the Music Podcast Consortium. Check us out on Facebook and become a fan!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes that have been posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what’s been cooked up in the RIBS kitchen. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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