Here is a leak from Avery Storm’s upcoming mixtape “Diary of a Takeoff” that will be available February 14th. We’re glad to see some artists are starting to release mixtapes to help build buzz prior to their albums. It’s a smart way to do...
Unbeknownst to many, Toni Braxton actually has a younger sister who can also sing and launched a short lived solo career back in the late 90’s. Tamar released her self titled debut album in 1999 and while it didn’t make much noise commercially, it did...
I’m not sure of the origin of this song or where it was intended to be released, but I remember hearing “Why You Tryin to Play Me” on the radio back in the day and not being able to find it anywhere! Eventually, I tracked it down to an album called...
Throughout the 90’s, Blackstreet managed to have a very successful run and “Don’t Leave Me” was one of their two number 1 singles. The beat for this song, which was sampled from DeBarge’s hit “A Dream,” was actually sampled...
While we are on the subject of Kiley Dean, here is a personal favorite of mine from her shelved debut album “Simple Girl.” Many people (including me at first) may not have taken her seriously because her image didn’t fit the bill of a talented adult...
If you aren’t familiar with Kiley Dean, she was an r&b singer previously signed to Timbaland’s Beat Club Records. Her debut album from 2002 “Simple Girl” was shelved but her debut single “Make Me a Song” made a decent impact on...
I can’t confirm, but this just might be the oldest ‘Classic Vibe’ I’ve done since I started this blog. You may have also heard the version of this song by Diddy’s former girl group “Dream” that they released back in...
Here is another song that I asked Jon about in the interview. The title track for his 1999 third solo album, “Pleasures U Like” is one of those smooth feel good tracks that you can just throw on at any time. To be honest, I probably have this in my top...
Continuing on the trend of posting up Jon B. songs since the interview, here is another rare unreleased gem. Unfortunately, I do not know the origin of this song, I just found it around the internet one day. In fact, now when I look for this song, I can’t find...
