Roddio Jukebox

Once again it’s here, the Cupid Hunt. The annual gathering of music lovers (podcasters and the like) to celebrate Valentine’s Day. This is my second year participating in the event masterminded by Todd Grundy and I’m more than happy to do so. You can find more info in the event here. And you can also follow the event on Facebook and Twitter. Now, let’s get to it.

When you think of Valentine’s Day or even love music in general, you rarely think of Hip-Hop. This is probably with good reason. You will definitely not find many, if any, rappers talking about love on the radio nowadays. They’re really not talking about anything these days, but that’s besides the point. There was a point in history where rappers were tacking the subject of love in forms and ways. The mix below only touches on the different ways and subjects. In addition, you really can’t speak on the entity that is the Hip-Hop love song without mentioning the two most notable figures, LL Cool J and The Prince of Darkness Big Daddy Kane. So it is with that honor they get an extra track as mini tribute to them. So without further ado…

De La Soul – Talkin’ Bout Hey Love
Gangstarr – Lovesick
Bahamadia – I Confess
The Pharcyde – Passing Me By
Common – Come Closer(remix)
The Fat Boys – Falling In Love (7 Inch Version)
Jean Grae – Love Thirst
Whodini – One Love
The Roots – You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu)
Big Daddy Kane – The Day You’re Mine
Big Daddy Kane – I’m Not Ashamed ft. Alyson Williams
LL Cool J – You’re in My Heart
LL Cool J – I Need Love
Doc Box and B Fresh – Slow Love
World Class Wrecking Crew – Before You Turn Off The Lights

You can listen below or you can download it here.

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If you’ve enjoyed this mix(or even if not), please go check out the other mixes that are floating around the internet from bunch of great podcasters and music loving folks for this occasion. You can find the master list here.

It’s that time again. Once again, it’s time for the annual Cupid Hunt Podcast Event masterminded by the one TGrundy over at Rhythms In Black Satin(RIBS, for short). This is the event where a group of music podcasters & DJ’s all release mixes with the theme related to Valentine’s Day and the subject of love. Information about this annual affair can be found, here. This year, I decided to join the fun with a mix of my own.  It was no easy task even when knowing what I’ve wanted to do since last year’s Cupid Hunt. Needless to say, I encourage you to go check out every mix that’s being put out for this event. Most of the people in my Blogroll will be providing mixes for this event. The master list of mixes is being kept here. It will be updated as the weekend progresses. Here are some of the ones that I know are posted already:

DJ Grantlove Pt1, Pt2, & My love, my life, my wife

Soulrific

Todd Kelley

Anji Bee @ the Chillcast

DarrenKeith @ My love for music

Friday Night Dance Party

Fave @ the Friday Favecast

Anewlis

EJ Flavors

Calinative

DBassist

TGrundy

I would like to thank TGrundy for opportunity to take part in this event. That said:

I’ve always loved making slow tapes. You either had a mood setting mix, straight baby making music, or some combination of the two. I wish I hadn’t gotten out of doing them, or mixes period. That’s another story.  Right now, it’s about a soundtrack. As in from a movie. Back in the 90’s, it seemed like most every urban themed or starred movie had a great soundtrack with some notable slow songs attached to it. Sometimes, the soundtracks were better than the movies themselves. I thought I’d make a mix that incorporated some of those songs in my mix. So with out further ado, here it is.

Cupid Hunt ‘09 – Lights, camera, slow jams*
Cupid Hunt 2009 – Roddio Jukebox.mp3 (download here)

(For those folks with ipods(and probably iphones), you should be able to click a couple of times to see the track listings. SHOULD being the operative word)

Playlist:

• Tony! Toni! Tone! – Just Me And You (Boyz N The Hood)
• Allure – When The Shades Go Down (The Best Man)
• Sandra St. Victor – Come Over (A Thin Line Between Love And Hate)
• London Jones – I Lust 4 U (House Party II)
• Johnny Gill – There U Go (Boomerang)
• Faith Evans – Kissing You (Waiting To Exhale)
• Keith Washington & Chante Moore – Candlelight & You (House Party II)
• Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn – If This World Were Mine (The Wood)
• Chaka Khan – My Funny Valentine (Waiting To Exhale)
• Tears Away – Faith Evans (Hav Plenty)
• Mint Condition – My Dear (Mo Money)
• Me’shell N’degeocello – Let Me Have You (How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
• For Real – Love will be waiting At Home (Waiting To Exhale)
• Maxwell – Sumthin’ Sumthin’: Mellosmoothe(Cut) (Love Jones)

* – As with any other time, I’m taking a Badu stance on this. I’m sensitive about my stuff, so be nice.