he is a bit of heaven on earth
 

Kickin it back 20 somethin' years...
 

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Grant Master Flash and the Furious Five - "White Lines"
 

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I'm all nostalgic today from listening to people's eighties and nineties tunes. So here's one of my old loves, Wayne Shorter, who is in his eighties now. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, co-founded Weather Report, and I bet he still performs.

Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh - La Di Da Di
 

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Sometimes Mariah Carey is compared to Flora Purim—they both have that amazing six-octave range. But personally I way prefer Flora. She's married (still?) to Airto (he's on drums in this), who I love, too, and they played with Chick Corea and still do, I think. When I discovered Brazilian jazz it wasn't new, but it was new to me, and it changed my phrasing, I think, language-wise. I mean, I stopped assuming where things would end.

Salt N Pepa - "Push It"
 

My serious jazz friends think Chuck Mangione is kind of cheesy, and I realize that now that I'm older—but I still like him. And I always loved this track with Esther Satterfield singing.

Brazilian jazz is awesome i agree :) and theres nothing wrong w/ mangione's music .. cheesy i think NOT lol .. theres so many styles to jazz makes no sense not to appreciate all of it :) mangione is soft jazz :) great choices island ty for sharing :)

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - "Joy and Pain"
 

LL Cool J - "I Need Love"
 

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Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonice Force - "Planet Rock" Instrumental Version
 

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Cherelle Ft Alexander O'Neal - "Saturday Love"
 

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Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam - "I Wonder if I Take You Home"
 

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Midnight Starr - "Wet My Whistle"
 

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Mary Jane Girls - "In My House"
 

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Midnight Starr - "Freakazoid"
 

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Look out Little Rock here I come!
 

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NewCleus - "Jam On It"
 

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Just wanted to say special thanks for all the early/mid eighties tunes. They remind me of the best times of my life. I'm not sure if it was because of those days or the lovin' madness for my boi back then...lol

Pretty Poison - "Catch Me"
 

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Prince - "1999"
 

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I listen to this Miles Davis cover of "It Never Entered My Mind" over and over. He recorded it in the fifties and lots of other people have covered that song but I love this lush, tender version the best (I also like it better than the version he did with Bill Evans on piano). It's so different from his later stuff, like the Bitches Brew album,where there's a lot going on under the surface and it leads to a kind of perfect storm at the end. This early performance is so much simpler than that. It seems to come from such a yearning place, and it shows such a pure, sad, beautiful lust for melody.

DJ Kool ft Biz Markie and Dougie Fresh
 

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He's still missed
 

:praying:

Kid Frost - "This is for La Raza"
 

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Here's to Life - Shirly Horn
 

An all time favorite... such a beautiful voice expressing bittersweet sentiment.

Kanye ft Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Pusha T
 

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Usher-- "Climax"
 

Trey Songz - "Heart Attack"
 

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Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks"
 

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