The Moments, later known as Ray, Goodman & Brown

The Delfonics

and…

The Main Ingredient

This is some serious stuff, this is what music and harmony and great song writing is all about… listen and enjoy!

Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Moments/RGB-Delfonics-Main Ingredient, part 1 
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Playlist: (song - artist - album)
RIBS Intro Another Edition/Cupid’s Hunt Edition – TGrundy
Moments/RGB-Delfonics-Main Ingredient Intro – TGrundy
Look At Me (French) – Moments – Look At Me
When You Get Right Down To It – Delfonics – La La Means I Love You 
Of This I’m Sure – Main Ingredient – Rolling Down A Mountainside
Inside Of You – Ray, Goodman & Brown – Ray, Goodman & Brown
Cupid’s Hunt Generic Promo – Radio 95X  
Delfonics Theme – Delfonics – Tell Me This Is A Dream
Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love) – Main Ingredient – A Quiet Storm
Special Lady – Ray, Goodman & Brown – Ray, Goodman & Brown 
La-La (Means I Love You) – Delfonics – La La Means I Love You   
Girl Blue – Main Ingredient – Afrodisiac
Baby I’m A Want You – Moments – My Thing
Let Me Put Love Promo – TGrundy  
Over and Over – Delfonics – The Delfonics
I Want To Make You Glad – Main Ingredient – Rolling Down A Mountainside 
(Baby) Let’s Make Love Tonight – Ray, Goodman & Brown – Take It To The Limit 
Somebody Loves You – Delfonics – Sound Of Sexy Soul
Rediscover Me – Main Ingredient – I Only Have Eyes For You
Cupid’s Hunt Love Makes The World Go ‘Round Promo – Angel Turner  
Come Away With Me – Moments – Look At Me
I Gave To You – Delfonics – The Delfonics
You’ve Been My Inspiration – Main Ingredient – A Quiet Storm
With You – Moments – Moments With You
Going Out Of My Head – Delfonics – Sound Of Sexy Soul
Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely – Main Ingredient – Euphrates River

This year we’re going to focus on the group Con Funk Shun. They are one of my all-time favorite funk bands from back in the day. Now, while they could pump it up and funk it out as good as any group back then, they also had great harmony and could belt out some beautiful love ballads. As a matter of fact, I think their ballads and mellow tunes get overlooked quite often when folks talk about the best love songs ever made. We hope to change that with this collection songs.

If you are familiar with Con Funk Shun, you know that the group consisted of:

• Michael Cooper - guitar, lead vocals
• Karl Fuller - trumpet, vocals
• Paul "Maceo" Harrell - saxophone, flute, vocals
• Cedric Martin - bass, vocals
• Louis A. McCall Sr. - drums, percussion, vocals
• Felton Pilate - trombone, keyboards, guitar, lead vocals
• Danny "Sweet Man" Thomas - keyboards, vocals

…and you’ll also recognize the beautiful ballads:

It’s always tough to hear of the passing of one of your favorite music artists. That’s when you realize how much a part of your life experiences they have been, the highs, the lows, the joys, the sorrows, the ecstasy, the agony. For many of us, Whitney was all that and more.

She burst onto the scene in the early 80’s like a shooting star, shining brightly in the night . The product of music “royalty”, her mother is singer Cissy Houston, her cousins are Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, her godmother is Aretha Franklin, Whitney possessed beautiful looks and a fantastic voice that could do anything musically. It looked to us all like she would be with us forever and finally be the one to inherit the mantle of “Queen of Soul” once Aretha passed it along. Alas that was not meant to be.

This is just a quick compilation of some of Whitney’s ballads. With Valentine’s Day approaching I thought that it would be appropriate to spotlight some of her beautiful love songs that are so much a part of the soundtrack of our lives. It is by no means a comprehensive collection of material, you can probably expect a follow-up mix sometime in the future that will be a deeper more expansive look at her musical legacy.

Like that shooting star she lit up our nights, shining the bright light of her talent and beauty all over us. Alas, just like that same star, her light went out much too soon…

RIBS: We Remember Whitney Houston, R.I.P.
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Playlist: (song - artist - album)

RIBS: We Remember Whitney - TGrundy
Exhale [Shoop, Shoop] - Whitney Houston – Waiting To Exhale
Memories (ft Whitney Houston) - Material – One Down
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard
You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
RIBS: We Remember Whitney-No Echo - TGrundy
Lover For Life - Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight
For The Love Of You - Whitney Houston – Whitney
Moment Of Truth - Whitney Houston
RIBS: We Remember Whitney-No Echo - TGrundy
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard
After We Make Love - Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight
Until You Come Back - Whitney Houston – My Love Is Your Love
Just The Lonely Talking Again - Whitney Houston - Whitney
RIBS: We Remember Whitney-No Echo - TGrundy
If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful (ft Jermaine Jackson) - Whitney Houston - Whitney
Run To You - Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard
RIBS: We Remember Whitney - TGrundy
Hold Me (ft Teddy Pendergrass) - Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
Eternal Love (ft Whitney Houston) - Paul Jabara – Paul Jabara & Friends
Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston

Our slogan this year is… “The Hunt is On!”

So what’s it going to be? Are you the Hunter, or the Hunted? {smile}

I always look forward to this event and this year, our 5th consecutive year BTW, is no exception. As always the “RIBS Kitchen” here at Rhythms In Black Satin.com is your headquarters for all things Cupid’s Hunt so that you will have your choice of the BEST soundtracks for your Valentine’s Day enjoyment.

This year we have over a dozen podcasters that will be posting their musical take on “Love” all throughout the weekend leading up to the big day itself on Tuesday. The mixes are already starting to roll out so stay tuned right here on RIBS and also be sure to check on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for mix posting announcements. As always, this post will be edited and updated with links and information about all the podcast mixes for you to enjoy. Be sure to check back this afternoon for the first list of mixes that are available.

Here’s hoping that your Valentine’s Day is the BEST ever this year!

UPDATE #1 – Friday, February 10, 2012 1:30pm

“Are you the HUNTER, or are you the HUNTED?”

Here are the first three of the many great Cupid’s Hunt podcasts coming your way this weekend…

1. Ricky McCarthy – Cupid’s Hunt 5 - Sexy Cinderella

2. Anji Bee – Chillcast #302: Valentine Mix

3. Ms Jo90 – MsJo90’s Cupid’s Hunt 2012 (download link only, playlist coming)

UPDATE #2 – Friday, February 10, 2012 6:30pm

Cupid’s Hunt 2012 mix #4 has just arrived…

4. Paul Eversley – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 – Hip Hop Love

UPDATE #3 – Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:45am

5. Grant LOVE – Sample Me Love (Cupid’s Hunt 2012)

6. Sista Shuga – SeXXXy Love Vol. III for Cupid’s Hunt

UPDATE #4 – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:15am

7. SoundNexx – Steveland’s Wonderful Love Mixx

8. Philip Clark – February 2012 Cupid’s Hunt Mix

9. TGrundy – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Con Funk Shun-LOVE!

UPDATE #5 – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:15pm

Once again we ask… “Are you the HUNTER, or the HUNTED?”

10. Night Nurse DJ – TNS-Cupid’s Hunt-Whitney

11. Night Nurse DJ – TNS-Cupid’s Hunt-Where There’s Smoke…

UPDATE #6 – Friday, February 17, 2012 7:15am

EJ & Theresa take a look at both sides of love…

12. EJ Flavors – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Lost and Found – “The Lost” (the “Found” coming soon)

UPDATE #7 – Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:52am

The Hunt is STILL on! Here are a couple of more entries that just arrived…

13.  Val Oliver – CUPID’S HUNT 2012: Valentine’s Love To Producers, DJs, Mixers & Podcasters

14. RoddyKat – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 – Downside

UPDATE #8 – Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:37am

Somehow this one snuck past me, fortunately an alert CH fan (Thanks Y.B.!) brought it to my attention…

15. DJ Hyjak – Cupid’s Hunt 2012-A Hyjak Radio Valentine

This just in also…

16. Ashaki – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 The Hunt Is On

UPDATE #9 – Monday, February 20, 2012 9:00am

17. TGrundy – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Moments/RGB-Delfonics-Main Ingredient, part1

UPDATE #10 – Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:50am

Never give up on Love, nor the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event! The mixes just keep on comin’. Trelly of “The Inner Soul” checks in…

18. Trelly – 2012 Cupid’s Hunt: Bitten By Love

Since the Christmas season of 2007, I have 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. Since the individual posts for those mixes are spread out over the site, I thought I would post the links to all of them 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

1. A “Funky” Christmas 2 : MP3 file – PDF playlist
2. “This Christmas”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
3. A “Soulful” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist

2008

1. A “Gospel” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2. A “Jazzy” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
3. “Merry Christmas, Baby”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
4. A “Funky” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
5. A “Lonely” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist

2007

1. A “Snuggle Wit Cho Baby” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2. A “Jazzy” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
3. A “Soulful” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
4. A “Blues” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
5. An “Xquizzyt” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist

Enjoy!

Now we can complete the journey as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 2…

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 (Playlist: (song – artist)

1. RIBS Intro – TGrundy
2. RIBS Intro to The California Mix, part 2 - TGrundy
3. In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star) – Village People
4. Ain’t Nobody Straight In L.A. – Miracles
5. Why I Came To California – Leon Ware
6. California Sunset – Originals
7. RIBS Promo “So Good Echo” - TGrundy
8. Do You Know The Way To San Jose – Dionne Warwick
9. Sausalito – Grover Washington, Jr.
10. Gold – John Stewart
11. Cali California – Snoop Dogg 
12. California Love – Tupac Shukur
13. I Got To Get To California – Marvin Gaye
14. Fave RIBS Promo – Fave
15. Travelin’ To California – Albert King
16. Leroy’s Latin Lament Medley – WAR
17. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
18. California Girl – Eddie Floyd
19. RIBS Promo “AKA RIBS” - TGrundy
20. Redwood Beach – MFSB
21. San Francisco Lights – Bobbi Humphrey
22. God Bless The Child – George Benson & Al Jarreau
23. I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett

Again, a special “Thank you!” to my friends and music lovers on Facebook and Google+ for their great “California” song suggestions.

Promo/I.D. drops by Fave & "Mr. Brilliant” {smile}

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!

Someone very near and dear to my heart has recently ventured out onto just such a journey and, at this point, the journey has taken them to California. And so, that is the inspiration for these latest two mixes from the RIBS Kitchen. Part 1 is this week with Part 2 to follow nest week (God willing and if the creek don’t rise… {smile})

So… pack your bags, fill up the gas tank (Yes, we’re driving. After all the best journeys of discovery are experienced by traveling the open road), point the car West and follow the setting sun as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 1…

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 (Playlist: (song – artist)

1. RIBS Intro – TGrundy
2. RIBS Intro to The California Mix, part 1 - TGrundy
3. Rebirth – Coke Escovedo
4. Route 66 – Ray Charles
5. Look At California – Maze ft. Frankie Beverly
6. Hotel California – Al B. Sure
7. Where’s California – Teena Marie
8. California 1 – Con Funk Shun
9. Route 101 – Herb Alpert
10. RIBS Promo “AKA RIBS” - TGrundy
11. San Francisco – Village People 
12. Polk Street Carnival - Mandrill
13. California My Way – Main Ingredient
14. Fave RIBS Promo – Fave
15. California Dreaming – Wes Montgomery
16. Santa Cruzin’ – Grover Washington, Jr.
17. California Soul – Marlena Shaw
18. It Never Rains In Southern California – Tony Toni Tone
19. Mr. Fresh RIBS Promo #1 – Mr. Fresh
20. San Francisco Bay – Lee Oskar
21. RIBS Outro to The California Mix, part 1 - TGrundy
22. Home - Stephanie Mills

Special “Thank you!” to my friends and music lovers on Facebook and Google+ for their great “California” song suggestions. You all helped make this even better than I initially imagined (not to mention that’s why there’s a Part 1 and a Part 2… {smile})

Promo/I.D. drops by Fave & Mr. Fresh (“Thanks!”)

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!