Check it out. It’s Friday, I spent all day working on the Orlando Sentinel’s Top 100 Companies For Working Families awards luncheon, and my back is killing me! I say it’s time for me to take a breather, relax, and vibe with the unmistakable sounds of Marvin Gaye.
Tracks:
1. Farewell, My Love
2. Life’s Opera
3. Come Live With Me Angel
4. Distant Lover
5. I Want You
6. Save The Children
7. Til’ Tomorrow
8. Soon I’ll Be Loving You Again
9. My Love Is Waiting
10. Is That Enough
11. Sexual Healing
Welcome to another edition of GrantLOVE Presents. The SlowDown came about on a whim. I was checking a few old computer folders and stumbled on these songs, some of which I haven’t heard in decades, and decided to put together a Podcast. Starting off with a tribute to the one and only Stevie Wonder, Rocket Love by Black Coffey from the album Conception. I followed that with the Grand Puba produced Love, Need & Want by Chante Savage. You’ll find some older faves like Rene & Angela’s My First Love, and the incomparable Johnny Guitar Watson putting his mack down on Lovin You. The Force MD’s, Entouch, Taana Gardner, and The Ohio Players’ Pride & Vanity makes this SlowDown Mix an instant classic. Where else will you find all these songs on one mix? HERE, that’s where. I hope you enjoy the flashback.
1. Black Coffey – Rocket Love
2. Chante Savage – Love, Need & Want
3. Boz Scaggs – Miss Riddle
4. Donny Hathaway – Lil Ghetto Boy
5. Force MDs – Here I Go Again
6. Rene & Angela – My First Love
7. Entouch – 2 Steps To The Right
8. Friends Of Distinction – I Really Hope You Do
9. Marvin Gaye – Soon I’ll Be Loving You Again
10. Johnny Guitar Watson – Lovin You
11. Taana Gardner – When You Touch
12. Junior – Baby I Want You Back
13. Ohio Players – Pride & Vanity
14. Syreeta – Black Maybe
15. The Sylvers – How Love Hurts
Welcome to The GrantLOVE Lounge. I hope you enjoy your stay with us. Feel free to browse through the site, and if you’re in the mood for some good old fashioned JazzySOUL, Cosmic FUNK, or just plain Good SOUL, Click the play button and give us a listen. I’ve also included a download link, so please put me in you iPod, Zune, or any other MP3 device you own. It’s like having your very own Lounge right in your pocket.
1. Cymande – Dove
2. Peoples Choice – A Mellow Mood
3. Donald Byrd – Wind Parade
4. Ronnie Foster – Mystic Brew
5. Ronnie Laws – Tidal Wave
6. Aaron Neville – Hercules
7. Hank Crawford – Wildflower
8. Ohio Players – Funky Worm
9. Parliament – Mothership Connection
10. Manzel – Space Funk
11. Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation
12. Gil Scott-Heron – We Almost Lost Detroit
13. R.A.M.P (Roy Ayers Music Project) – Daylight
14. Mass Production – Angel
15. Sly & The Family Stone – Babies Makin Babies
Anyone who knows me, and those who are familiar with me through my podcasts, know how much I love Soul Music. I know, I know that I’ve preached in the past about how “All music is Soul music…” so let me get specific. I LOVE Old School SOUL music, the kind of SOUL music that sticks to your bones in the Winter, yet can cool you off in the Summer. The Kind of SOUL that captures your attention from the very first chord, or from the first lyrics that are spoken. Northern, Southern, East, West; it really doesn’t matter.
My other love is Hip Hop. I grew up during its inception and watched and nurtured it along the way. Because of it’s growth, and constant mood swings I began losing touch. The Happy Hip Hop I grew to LOVE became angry and hateful, derogatory and downright rude. Well Hip Hop and I have reconnected again and I’m happy to say that all is forgiven. I understand you were just expressing your angst, and going through your PIMP Thang! Now let’s get back to some positive messages for our children. You are a Grown Ass man Hip Hop, Let’s start acting like it.
I look forward to a future where I can listen to the radio and hear Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes followed by Eric B. & Rakim. I look forward to game shows where an Old School Soul song can be played and you have to identify all the samples used and by whom. See how many you come up with.
1. Marvin Gaye – Soon I’ll Be LOVIN You Again
2. The Main Ingredient – Let Me Prove My LOVE To You
3. Willie Hutch – Tell Me Why Our LOVE Turned Cold
4. Lamont Dozier – Let Me Make LOVE To You
5. Mandrill – Peace & LOVE
6. Don Blackman – LOVIN You Holdin You
7. DeBarge – All This LOVE
8. ConFunkShun – (Let Me Put) LOVE On Your Mind
9. Rotary Connection – LOVE Has Fallen On Me
10. Delfonics – The Look Of LOVE
11. Dexter Wansel – Latin LOVE
12. Curtis Mayfield – Give Me Your LOVE
13. The Controllers – Distant LOVER
14. Rick James – Make LOVE To Me
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DJ GrantLOVE
