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I'll let the newer skool setup the old skool, my preference (so I start things off old skool as we know/remember. But regardless.. these are the best of my entire library of love songs! Try to follow my messages throughout this playlist, it's in the titles through the lyrics in the music.

I share with you some of my fondest memories and experiences all summed in some of the greatest songs. I'm sure a lot of ya'll will relate and share the musical experience.

Roll yourself a nice one for this, and let your mind revisit through some of the greatest gems hard to find and sadly forgotten! Ya'll that have some of these same songs... u' feel me! Other than that, these are just handpicked favorites of albums to come I'll be sharing with ya'll if you don't already have it.

What you think.. Here's a list of the tracks:

THESE are some of the greatest records, both new and old that all of you should have in your libraries. If not, stay tuned for the entire albums and more gems from the Vault. lol

You WILL enjoy!

mrMrcs

Grandad says: Bloodstone - Riddle of The Sphinx

Call me selfish and greedy, even childish, for not wanting to share this at all at first! To ME its a gem, to some of ya'll it's just another great record.

Every now and then me and grandad will get together, have some drinks, and just listen to old vinyl and talk great music! This 1975 Bloodstone record, Riddle of The Sphinx, was one of the first records grandad put me on to. Without a doubt this is one of my favorites! Sometimes it aint even about the sampling and the chopping. Sometimes it's liberating to just sit back and enjoy a classic album that speaks right to the soul. Riddle of The Sphinx is THAT exact record!

Formed in 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was originally a high school doo-wop group named the Sinceres. The members renamed themselves Bloodstone, learned to play instruments, started a funk band, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. Their eponymous first album, Bloodstone, introduced the songs, "That's The Way We Make Our Music", and "Natural High" which reached the R&B Top Ten, with "Natural High" reaching number 10 on the Pop chart. Bloodstone became known for their funk/soul tracks that blended Jimi Hendrix-styledrock music with doo-wop and gospel music undertones. The groups other hits include, "Never Let You Go", "Outside Woman" and "My Little Lady". Bloodstone was instrumental in the "black rock" and funk movement of the 1970s, and even had a hand in the brown-eyed soulmovement with some Latin music-tinged hits. Bloodstone performed with Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Elton John, and The Impressions.

They achieved a moderate comeback in the early 1980s with their album We Go a Long Way Back (1982), whose title track reached the R&B chart top five. The follow-up single "Go On and Cry" reached number 18. The group continued to record into the mid 1980s. Bloodstone also starred in and wrote all the music for a film entitled Train Ride To Hollywood (1975). Founding member Willis Draffen died on February 8, 2002at the age of 56.

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Retrospek-So Cold(Produced By Rah Intelligence)

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Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns

Born in Mobile, Ala., Fred Wesley began his professional career as a teenage trombonist with Ike and Tina Turner. He was music director, arranger, trombonist and a primary composer for James Brown from 1968-1975, then arranged and played for Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band.

He has played with and arranged for a wide variety of other artists including Ray Charles, Pancho Sanchez, New York Voices, Slide Hampton, Van Morrison, the SOS Band and Cameo, to name a few. Scores of other artists including Janet Jackson and Nas have sampled his work.

Since his stint with the Count Basie Orchestra, he has maintained a focus on jazz – playing, recording, writing and promoting it. His solo jazz recordings include “To Someone,” “Amalgamation,” “Comme Ci Comme Ca,” “Full Circle” and “Wuda Cuda Shuda."

Absolutely one of my favorite cats when it comes to the funk! If you don't know, don't say I didn't put you on...

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Ann Peebles - Part Time Love

The title track was a masterpiece, and everything else on this dynamic early '70s soul session is a jewel. Ann Peebles may have been the most overlooked great soul singer, male or female, who emerged in the '70s. Hi couldn't strike crossover goldtwice, and Al Green was becoming a superstar. But Peebles deserved a better fate than obscurity, as this collection of soul wailers and weepers proves.

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