1. Takuya - Summerjam
2. Caron Wheeler - UK Blak
3. Anthony Hamilton - Nobody Else
4. Sade - Turn My Back On You
5. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (The Roots Remix)
6. Moodymann - People Make The World Go Round
7. Dionne Farris - 11th Hour
8. Chaka Khan - What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me
9. Maxwell - Now/At the Party
10. Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes Of Funk
11. Starpoint - Bring Your Sweet Loving Back
12. Strange Fruit Project - Good Times
13. Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way (DJ Eurok Kenyatta mix)
14. Pimps of Joytime - Street Sounds
15. Alice Russell - Remember To Forget
16. Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
17. 4Hero - Star Chasers (4hero Version Excursion)
18. Restless Soul feat. Zansika - And I Know It (Dub)
19. Agent K - Feed The Cat
Jamil drops Cee-Lo’s “I’ll Be Around” right at midnight. Booties start shaking and moving all around. Somehow we get to “Sounds Like” and “Golpe Duro Calinda”. No mercy and no prisoners. Can you feel it?!
Elliott over at ProjectVIBE.net solicited me to hook them up with some mixes. I’ll be lacing them with one new joint a month. Here’s a sneak preview of the first installment. Make sure you check out Honey, Stef Renee, Fathom and all the rest of my new colleagues in soul.
1. Rasa - When Will The Day Come
2. Common - Take it EZ (instr.)
3. Incognito - Wild & Peaceful (Kenny Dope rmx)
4. Common - Funky For You
5. Raphael Saddiq - Sky’s The Limit (Yam Who’s Spiritual Rework)
6. Sergio Mendes - The Frog feat. Q-Tip & will.i.am
7. Ty - I Want 2
8. Stevie Wonder - Love Light in Flight
9. Faith Evans - I Don’t Care
10. Flowriders - Darkness (Gen-Lon oldschool remix)
11. Patrice Rushen - Number One
12. Fat Freddys Drop - Flashback (Jazzanova’s Breathe Easy Mix)
13. Reggie Watts - Movin’ On
14. Brandy - What About Us? (Markus Enochson Electro Clash Remake)
15. The Politik - Money (Don’t Let It Catch Ya)
16. Rhian Benson - Say How I Feel feat. Slum Village & Dwele (Bugz In The
Attic mix)
I did the first Progressive Groove mix about 4 years ago. It marked a period in my path as a dj where my style broadened considerably and laid the groundwork for the Vibe Conductor concept. Some fortunate networking got me gigs where I was able to rock a lot of the records that I was buying for my own enjoyment but had no audience for. I challenged myself to put together sets that covered much wider stylistic ground but still “made sense” and the process has been a lot of fun.
This past Saturday was the official Rhomiepalooza birthday celebration and I created a new mix for the occasion that was distributed to my guests at the jam.
It’s woven with several thematic threads. Some of these tunes are current personal faves, others are records that have stayed in heavy rotation in my sets over the last couple of years and are popular with folks that come to see me. Most importantly, I’ve included some of the many local artists who have inspired me during my time in the DC arts scene. It feels like a fitting way to mark the 30th birthday milestone.
So if you missed out at the party, here’s another chance. Enjoy and tell a friend!
1. Ty - Look For Me
2. Opus Akoben - Ronin
3. Asheru - Black Moses
4. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Nothingness
5. Bobby Hutcherson - La Malanga (Kenny Dope rmx feat. Kronkite)
6. Chuck Brown - Bustin’ Loose
7. Rare Essence - Back Up Off The Wall
8. John Arnold - Rise Up
9. Beady Belle - Hindsight (Ricanstruction mix)
10. Okada Taxi - Season 2 Season (feat. Abdul Shyllon &
Mark De Clive-Lowe)
11. Mark de Clive-Lowe - 4.Y.V. (feat Abdul Shyllon)
12. Snowboy - 42nd And Broadway
13. Deadline vs. Batacumbele - Batacumbele
14. Big Bang feat. Nathan Haines - Smile In Your Eyes (Mark De Clive-Lowe rmx)
15. Ty - Wait A Minute (Dwele rmx)
16. The Sunburst Band - Far Beyond
17. Kenny Dope - Comin’ Inside
18. Alice Russell - Take Your Time, Change Your Mind
19. Common - Go!
20. Lizz Fields - I Gotta Go (DJ Spinna rmx)
21. Platinum Pied Pipers - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
22. Chris Lowe Anda Ill Pedestrians - Midnight Blue
One of my popular grab-bags of nu soul, hip-hop and upbeat dancefloor flavors. Big ups to my homegirl DJ Sezy on the hosting. Don’t forget to share.
1. Intro (Soulive - Doin’ Something remix )
2. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Slum Village - Are U Ready?
3. Sara Devine - Take Me Home
4. Ring - Anything’s Possible (instr.)
5. Crossrhodes feat. Sy Smith - 3 Sides
6. The Rebirth - Everybody Say Yeah
7. Pete Rock break
8. Roy Ayers - Searching (Africa 70 version)
9. Butta - Sunday Afternoon (A.T.N. Dub Mix)
10. Beady Belle - Moderation (extended mix)
11. Nathan Haines - After Ours (Phreek Time Mix)
12. Vikter Duplaix - Galaxy
13. Markus Enochson & E-Man - I Am The Road (Bugz in the Attic remix)
14. Sylk 130 feat. Alma Horton - Happiness (Soul Dhamma remix)
15. Kenny Bobien - Now I Can See (Roy Davis Jr. remix)
16. Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today (DJ Stylus F2F Soul Train Edit)
17. Jamiroquai - Little L (Blaze shelter mix)
18. Aaliyah - More Than a Woman (MAW Main mix)
19. Agent K. - Rideaway Getaway (Spinna Remix)
