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Don’t you just love it when you put your iTunes on shuffle and it picks out a great song you had almost forgotten about? The track that my speakers started blasting had me and my brothers reminiscing. With soothing vocals from Faith Evans, and motivational lyrics from A Tribe Called Quest, ‘Stressed Out’ is a certified classic. Have a listen after the jump.
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So it’s been at least a couple months since I last put a throwback post out so I called it swiftly before DJB or Yin could get inthere! I’ve taken this one back to the late 90′s which in my opinion was a good decade for hip-hop music. ‘Doin it‘ by LL Cool J is one of my favourite songs of all time, I used to blast it on my mini pc speakers when I was like 13 and with such lyrics I thank God my mum had NO clue what he was on about or it would have been that time for me. Only recently did I realise that actually this track is a sample of Grace Jones‘ ‘Jamaican Guy‘… did everyone already know that!? Anyway, listen to the track after the break.
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I thought I’d sneak in and steal this week’s one while the boys (DJB, the current champion of Throwback Thursdays, and Yin) weren’t looking. This week the internet has been abuzz with footage and glowing reviews from soul icon D’Angelo‘s European tour, taking place after the crooner took a 12 year hiatus. Personally, rather than being excited at news of his return, I was skeptical; many a super-talented icon has ‘returned’ to the stage to lacklustre effect (Lauryn Hill, anyone?) so I didn’t rush to get tickets for his London dates (happening this upcoming weekend February 3rd/4th). This time though, my skepticism led to me missing out on what’s set to be an electric show, so while I kick myself, you kick back and reminisce to this classic cut from his album Brown Sugar.
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Today was one of those days where I couldn’t decide on what song to use so I decided to call on the help of Yin to help me selected one song out of a possible 4 or 5. We ended up selecting a song but since then i’ve changed my mind and have now selected this Toni Braxton classic (no not that one). Peep what Braxton song I have chosen when you read on.
So I was at work (yes I have a job other than Y&Y) and I heard these songs playing on the computer, I immediately texted Yin to remind me to use them for Throwback Thursday as I have quite a terrible memory. You know when you hear a tune and it just take you back, yh that happened to me. I totally zoned out and started rocking to these songs as if I was the only person in the store. Usually i’d select just one song to take you down memory lane however im worried that i’ll forget to choose the other song I have in mind next week so i’m gonna give y’all two this week. Click the read on button and get ready to groove to some good ol classics.
I had to snatch this one out of the hands on Yin a good 24 hours before release as he’s slowly becoming the Throwback King. I had to put an end to his reign because whilst he trying hard, he can never topple me for that status lol. Anywho enough with the in house banter, let’s get down to business with todays trip down memory lane. 90′s R&B is always a good place to start when thinking of a song to select on a Thursday and it just so happens that while I was trying to think of 90′s R&B tracks this song came on via my iTunes. This song was released in 1999 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and I would say that it’s one of two really notable songs from the girl group 702. Find out which song it is after the cut.
Yes, jacked this post again! I’m going to feature the song that I was initially going to post up last week. It’s one of two songs that I downloaded as soon as I installed Sean Parker’s Napstar in ’99. Those early teen years where I really didn’t understand that I was doing something illegal and I’m not sure if I should freely admit that now since they’ll probably want me to fine for the activity. Hmm, too late. 56k was the bane of my life back then, they way it would disconnect whenever someone answered the house phone! not to mention a single song took around 30-40 minutes to download. The song is by a Jamaican and nope, not Sean Paul. BOMBASTIC – hop on after the cut.
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