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I admire you guys for making these types of lists.

Just touching this subject would make my head all-kinds-of migraine-y. :-/

Najee said:

Najee,

You and I have many common favorites. We could be brothers

I remember exactly where I was, the first time I heard When Doves Cry. ...She's Strange was a Cameo all-time fave - and then they came with Room 123! Egyptian Lover absoulutely was a west coast underground mover that made me want to buy a drum machine.

Encore! (Cheryl Lynn) is such a GREAT R&B song. The way it builds at the end is dope. Is that a real bass or a keyboard or both?

Really - the only song i don't like on your list is the Bar-Kays song. I'm not wild about Reebie Jackson either. But Tell Me (SoS), You are My Melody (Change) - all that stuff is classic to me. It brings me back.

1985 - I was / am such a Minneapolis sound freak.

1. Erotic City - Prince w/ Sheila E.
2. Raspberry Beret - Prince & the Revolution
3. Sugar Free - Juicy
4. Free World - Jesse Johnson
5. Pop Life - Prince & the Revolution
6. The Dance Electric - Andre Cymone
7. Hello - Prince & the Revolution
8. She's Always in My Hair - Prince
9. Rock the Bells - L.L. Cool J
10. Campo Americano - The Stanley Clarke Band
11. Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family
12. Condition of the Heart - Prince & the Revolution
13. Don't Go - Jakky Boy and the Bad Bunch
14. My Hands Are Quicker Than the Eye - Byron Davis & the Fresh Crew
15. Saturday Love - Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal
16. A Little bit of Love - New Edition
17. The Screams of Passion - The Family
18. If You Were Here Tonight - Alexander O'Neal
19. The Sweetest Taboo - Sade
20. Can You Help Me - Jesse Johnson's Revue
21. Rock Berry Jam - L.A. Dream Team
22. Insatiable Woman - Isley, Jasper, Isley
23. Innocent - Alexander O'Neal w/ Cherrelle
24. Computer Love - Zapp w/ Charlie Wilson
25. You Were Meant to be My Lady - Alexander O'Neal
26. Roxanne Roxanne - UTFO

1994

1. Come - Prince
2. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
3. Creep - TLC
4. Prayer for the Dying - Seal
5. Flava in Ya Ear - Craig Mack
6. Thinkin' bout Love - Karyn White
7. Letitgo - Prince
8. 17 - Madhouse
9. U Will Know - B.M.U.
10. Black Butterfly - Sounds of Blackness
11. Space - Prince
12. Stay Right Here - Philip Bailey
13. I'm Your Woman - Karyn White
14. Gimme the Loot - Notorious B.I.G.
15. If Trouble was Money - Mint Condition
16. I'll be There - El DeBarge
17. Everything is Gonna Be Alright - Sounds of Blackness
18. Bring it On - Seal
19. Whose is it? - Melvin Riley Jr.
20. It was a Good Day (remix) - Ice Cube
21. When Love Calls You Home - Commissioned
22. The Choice is Yours - Blacksheep
23. Headin Home - Joshua Redman Quartet
24. Mood - Chante Moore
25. Getcha Girlfriend - Lo Key?
26. Before I Let You Go - Blackstreet

1983

1. Irresistable Bitch - Prince
2. Everybody - Madonna
3. Al Naafiysh - Hashim
4. Radioactive - Royalcash
5. Din Da Da - George Kranz
6. 17 days - Prince
7. Tell Me - S.o.S. Band
8. Electric Kingdom - Twilight 22
9. New Years Day - U2
10. Jam on Revenge - Newcleus
11. Encore - Cheryl Lynn
12. Ray Gun Omics - Project Future
13. King of Pain - The Police
14. Tour De France - Kraftwerk
15. Stay With me - DeBarge
16. Sychronicity II - The Police
17. Shake it Up - Slave
18. The Beat Goes On - Orbit
19. Real Love - Lakeside
20. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
21. New York New York - GrandMaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
22. Bad Girl - Slave
23. Juicy Fruit - Mtume
24. Night Rider - Midnight Star
25. Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan
26. Crazy Bout Cha - The Deele

bobsteezy said:

I can't stand this song.

bobsteezy said:

2006
Paul Simon – Outrageous
Prince – Get On The Boat
Nelly Furtado – Maneater
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Neely Furtado – Promiscuous
Fat Joe – Make It Rain
Young Jeezy – Go Getta
Weird Al - White & Nerdy
Weird Al – Trapped in The Drive Thru

I don't know shit about current music, I tried to start a list from last year and have Young Jeezy and Weird Al on the list. Still working on the 90's though...

lilgish said:

It is about as outrageous as they come. That someone would even think of the ill rhymes hit spits says something about the poor state of American youth living in poverty.

The thing is - I kept listening to it. I was like - 'did he just say what I thought he said?'

I'm robbin' bitches too
Up the herring bones and bamboo
I wouldn't give a fuck
If you're pregnant
Gimme the baby ring
And the #1 Mom pendant.

lilgish said:

Love it!!!! ....Sometimes I like to just say 'Boogalo Shrimp".

bobsteezy said:

....

Nigga, you ain't got to explain shit
I've been robbing motherfuckers since the slave ships
with the same clip and the same four-five
Two point-blank, a motherfucker's sure to die
That's my word, nigga even try to bogart
have his mother singing "It's so hard..."


Words can't express how I feel about this verse....

2006

1. If I take You Home - Van Hunt
2. Holla at Me Baby - D.J. Khaled
3. Listen - Talib Kweli
4. I Don't Trust Myself with Loving You - John Mayer
5. Being a Girl - Van Hunt
6. So What - Field Mob w/ Ciara
7. Ghetto Stroy Part II - Cham w/ Alicia Keys
8. Beautiful, Loved & Blessed - Prince w/ Tamar
9. Back and Forth - Unified Tribe
10. At the End of a Slow Dance - Van Hunt
11. My Homegirl - Ralph Tresvant
12. The Dance - Prince
13. Call Me When You Get This - Corrine Bailey Rae
14. I Call it Love - Lionel Richie
15. Fury - Prince
16. On the One - The RH Factor
17. Comfortable - Brian McKnight
18. You - Lloyd
19. Surrender - Kaskade
20. Better Start Talking - Donell Jones
21. The Word - Prince
22. Sweet Vacation - Lionel Richie
23. Me & U - Cassie
24. Turn it Up - Johnta Austin
25. Blow the Whistle - Too Short
26. Ms. New Booty - Bubba Sparkxx

lilgish said:

I like Say it Right quite a bit. Also fat Joe, and the Gnarls song.

bobsteezy said:

I like that scott storch production, Lean Back will probably top my 04 list.

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bobsteezy said:

Thanks. I'll have to consider picking back up my contributions on this thread, if that is the case.

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Najee said:

Please do, and that's goes for everyone else to...

lilgish said:

HOW do you make these lists?

I'm finding it harder to even decide on a mixtape of only 80 minutes these days.

Mara said:

I HEARD THAT.

CinisterCee said:

Oh, well this will mostly likely be my 1994 top 1, guess http://www.youtube.com/wa...V2m36ACzxk

lilgish said:

http://www.punkrockorches...ampler.mp3

It's one of our standards.

lilgish said:

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heartbeatocean said:

what's your part in this opus?

lilgish said:

violinist

but sadly, it seems the CD is never going to come out and the orchestra is pretty much dead. I have a show with what is now the punk rock quintet in May though.

Are you kiddding? I don't have that much time to go through 26 years. Maybe next time huh?

Beware of the wolf!

Very impressive posts/lists.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

1987

1. I Ain't No Joke - Eric B. & Rakim
2. If I was Your Girlfriend - Prince
3. Hot Thing (Extended 12") - Prince
4. I Know You Got Soul - Eric B. & Rakim
5. Don't Disturb This Groove - The System
6. G-Spot - Jill Jones
7. For Love - Jill Jones
8. Sign O the Time - Prince
9. Sunshine - Alexander O'Neal
10. Fishnet - Morris Day
11. Adore - Prince
12. It's Gotta Be Tough - M.C. Shy D
13. A Touch of Jazz - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
14. The Life - Wendy & Lisa
15. Little Wing - Sting
16. How Deep is Your Love - Keith Sweat
17. Everlasting Bass - DJ Joe Cooley & Rodney O.
18. Crying Overtime - Alexander O'Neal
19. Cinderfella Dana Dane - Dana Dane
20. 9 mm Goes Bang - Boogie Down Productions
21. Love is a Game - Morris Day
22. Two Occasions - The Deele
23. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince
24. Everything But You - Wendy & Lisa
25. I'm Bad - L.L. Cool J
26. To Prove My Love - Michael Cooper