RIP Nate Dogg - King of Hooks

What a sad day in hip hop it is today. Nate Dogg has died at the age of 41 after suffering two previous strokes. When I heard Dr. Dre's Kush, I remember thinking how nice it would have been if Nate could have been featured more on the track instead of Akon. I want to share with you some of his collaborations that I really love. They are many but these I always loved. Don't expect to find Regulate, Area Codes or The Next Episode on this list. I love some of his work that was not necessarily mainstream. Thank you for leaving behind such a great soundtrack.

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson

Today is the King of Pop's 52 birthday. Happy birthday MJ!


Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal


Sidenote: All three kids, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker and Brandon Adams have remained in show business.

Throwback

Jam of the day is specially dedicated to my brother. He's visiting London for the first time ever and wondering what took him so long. This is for the bad bwoi in a London courtesy of Kano and Craig David. Enjoy!

Jam of The Day

Aaaah, the official start to summer has finally arrived. Enjoy an old classic from R. Kelly featuring Aaliyah Summer bunnies off of 12-Play. Rest in peace baby girl.

Throwback

Today's throwback jam comes courtesy of The Boys. Abdulsamad brothers wrote and produced their own music. Acts such Babyface wrote songs for them such my, favorite, A Little Romance and Dial My Heart. At the height of their fame, they toured with New Kids on The Block and Crazy was used in a Pepsi commercial. These days, the brothers still write and release music as The Suns of Light. They have written for Akon and were producers on New Kids on The Block's 2008 come back album, The block. Let me know how many video spoofs you see in this one. I can name at least five.

Throwback

Today's throwback is inspired by Sex and The City 2. I wanna be rich was the biggest hit for Calloway back in 1989. They are two brothers from Ohio best known for the aforementioned hit and writing other R&B hits such as Casanova (Levert) and Meeting in the ladies room (Klymaxx). They were also part of the R&B group Midnight Star known for such hits like No parking on the dance floor and my personal favorite Midas Touch.

Throwback

Another sister's pick. SWV's "Weak". This was the jam!! Cameo from a member of another great 90s group; Garfield of Shai. Check out the links to see what each group is up to now. Great pick sis. Enjoy!