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...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Iw1Syl9X0 Today’s Classic Vibe comes from Amel Larrieux and I picked a song from her time with Groove Theory (I know they are participating in the tournament as well, but that’s ok :-) haha). Although the group only had one...
In our first ever interview with Jon B., he told us about a rare song he did with Hi-Tek called “Lifted”. We were eventually able to track down the song, called “Lifting Me Up”, and it’s a really unique collab. It’s also cool to see...
