Here are my top 25 favorite songs from 2009. Obviously this is just my opinion, and I expect other people’s opinion to be very different from mine. Would love to hear comments and what your favorite songs are from 2009! Counting down from #25….. #25 ...
Continuing my celebration of Aaliyah on the day I named her r&b artist of the decade, here is one of my favorites from her 2001 “Aaliyah” album. The song was written by and features Static Major who had a big part in writing many of her biggest hits,...
When you got a beautiful woman by your side who loves you, this is the type of song you dedicate to her. This could have been a good follow up single to “Read Your Mind” off of his 2003 “Private Room” album, but instead Avant chose...
I know not many will agree with me, but this many be my favorite song from Jon B’s debut “Bonafide” from 1995. The song is a bit unique, and in fact he doesn’t even do much to showcase his great voice. I think the thing that gets me about the...
This touching song by The King was recorded as a tribute song to a teenager who was expelled from high school for having AIDS and eventually died from the disease. Songs like this which brought national attention to world issues were another reason why Michael will...
Here are two songs from Latrelle, a singer who had previously been signed to L.A. Reid’s Arista label followed by Babyface’s Nu America label. A series of label mergers and internal politics however left her without a home and without an official release...
I guess you could say I’m partial to this song because of the sample of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” one of my favorite songs of all time. What’s often overlooked about this song is a very young Pharrell Williams chants “S...
It was not easy making these choices, and we’re sure they might be a bit controversial, but in the end, we felt these were the strongest albums beginning to end. We were actually shocked that in a year when we had major artists like Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,...
Tha Rayne was a girl group founded by Kay Gee of Naughty by Nature who had intentions of creating the r&b version of Salt N Pepa. You might remember them from appearing on Jaheim’s hit “Fabulous.” Unfortunately, it never worked out for the...
We’re a big fan of this remix which was done very well by Midi Mafia. Maybe it’s because they used elements of a subway which we found to be very creative. This was originally intended to released in 2003 on Tamia’s album “Still,” but...
