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The Top 140 Songs for a Valentine's Day Mixtape

Inspired by Leah Haslage’s Valentine’s Day Playlist, where she listed some great love songs in different categories like "Love Stinks and "Get Your Sexy On", I decided to create the  Valentine’s Day Mixtape with a slightly urban feel to it. 

Ladies, since I'm alone on V'Day feel free to pass along a valentine or two...just don't tell your man!!

Guys, here's a dating tip: Mixtapes don't get you much lovin' if you give it to a lady as a gift.  

However these songs are great to set the mood..just don't use too many songs from the "Break To Make Up" list; musically they are great, but they could be definite mood killers.  

Now that's out of the way, let's get it on! (Which didn't make the list, but is still a classic)

It’s About To Go Down

1.)    Simply Beautiful-Al Green

2.)    I Want You-Erykah Badu

3.)    Moments in Love-Art of Noise

4.)    Bump N Grind- R. Kelly

5.)    Funny How Time Flies-Janet Jackson

6.)    Baby Come To Me-James Ingram and Patti Austin

7.)    One on One-Hall and Oates

8.)    I’ll Make Love To You-Boyz II Men

9.)    Let Me Be Your Angel-Stacy Lattisaw

10.) Inside My Love-Minnie Ripperton

11.) Say Yes-Floetry

12.) Love You Down-Ready For The World

13.) Fire and Desire-Rick James and Teena Marie

14.) Do Me Baby- Prince

15.) Flex-Mad Cobra

16.) Between The Sheets- The Isley Brothers

17.) Red Light Special –TLC

18.)  How Deep is Your Love-Keith Sweat

19.) Fortunate-Maxwell

20.) Soul Searchin-Me’Shell N’Degeocello

21.) Juicy Fruit-Mtume

22.) Whip Appeal-Babyface

23.) Love TKO-Teddy Pendergrass

24.) I Want You-Marvin Gaye
25.) Feelin On Yo Booty-R. Kelly
26.) Lady-D'Angelo
27.) Love Ballad-L.T.D. featuring Jeffery Osborne
28.) Freenk N U-Joedci

Love and Hip Hop

1.)    All I Need –Method Man and Mary J. Blige

2.)    Excuse Me Miss- Jay-Z and Pharrell

3.)    Bonita Applebaum-A Tribe Called Quest

4.)    Doin It-LL Cool J

5.)    21 Questions- 50 Cent

6.)    The Light-Common

7.)    What’s it Going to Be –Busta Rhymes and Janet 

8.)    The Sweetest Thing-Lauryn Hill

9.)    Passing Me By-The Pharcyde

10.) The Prototype-Outkast/Andre 3000

11.) Eric B and Rakim-Mahogany

12.) Give it to Me-Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey

13.) Luv U Betta-LL Cool J

14.) Splash Waterfalls-Ludacris

15.) Ms. Phat Booty-Mos Def

16.) One More Chance-Notorious B.I.G.

17.) Is it Good To You-Heavy D and The Boyz 

18.) One Love-Whodini

19.) That Girl-Pharrell

20.)  I Want to Know What’s On Your Mind-Eric B and Rakim
21.)Love Sick-Gang Starr
22.)Come Closer-Common and Mary J. Blige
23.)Take You There-Pete Rock and CL Smooth
24.) I Need A Girl Part 2-Puff Daddy, Loon, and Mario
25.) Sexual Seduction-Snoop Dogg
26.) Never Been in Love-Talib Kweli featuring Just Blaze
27.) Mind Sex-Dead Prez
28.) Like You-Bow Wow and Ciara

 Break Up To Make Up 
1.)    Can We Try-Dan Hill and Vonda Sheppar
2.)    Keep Forgettin’-Michael McDonald

3.)    Heart to Heart-Kenny Loggins
4.)    Baby I’m Back-Player
5.)    At This Moment-Billy Vera
6.)    We Can’t Be Friends-Deborah Cox-R.L. from Next
7.)    Lately-Jodeci/Stevie Wonder
8.)    Is This The End-New Edition
9.)    Superstar/House is Not a Home-Luther Vandross/The Carpenters
10.) Tell Me if You Still Care-S.O.S. Band
11.) Where Did We Go Wrong -LTD feat. Jeffery Osborne
12.) Ex-Factor-Lauryn Hill
13.) Broken Hearted-Brandy and Wayna from Boyz II Men
14.) Goodbye Love-Guy
15.) The Hardest Thing-98 Degrees
16.) I’d Die Without You-PM Dawn
17.) Giggolos Get Loney Too-The Time
18.) Nothing Compares 2 U-The Family
19.) It Ain’t Over Till it’s Over-Lenny Kravitz
20.) Hear My Call-Jill Scott
21.) I'm Still in Love-Sean Paul
22.) It's Not Fair-Glenn Lewis
23.) Bringin' on The Heartache-Def Leppard
24.) You Are So Beautiful-Joe Cocker

25.) Against All Odds- The Phil Collins
26.) Come Back to Me-Janet Jackson
27.) I Just Wanna Stop-Gino Vanelli
28.) How Much I FeelYou-Jodeci 

Eric Benet feat. Tamia by classics007

Love is A Four Letter Word

1.)    When I Fall in Love-Nat King Cole

2.)    All I Need-Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell

3.)    Spend My Life with You- Tamia and Eric Benet

4.)    Lady in My Life-Michael Jackson

5.)    For The Lover in You-Shalamar

6.)    Sara Smile-Hall and Oates

7.)    Before I Let You Go-BlackStreet

8.)    Adore-Prince

9.)    Love Me in A Special Way-DeBarge
10.) Hello/Truly-Lionel Richie

11.) My First, My Last, My Everything-Barry White

12.) Always-Atlantic Starr

13.) Something-The Beatles

14.) Lady-Kenny Rogers

15.) Endless-Lionel Richie and Diana Rosss

16.) So Amazing-Paul McCartney

17.) Joanna-Kool and The Gang

18.) Anything For You-Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine

19.) Iris-Goo Goo Dolls

20.) Anniversary-Tony, Toni, Tone

21.) You Mean The World To Me-Toni Braxton

22.) Kiss Me-Sixpence The Richer

23.) Nobody Does it Better-Carly Simon

24.) If You Love Me-Brownstone

25.) The Closer I Get To You-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
26.) Computer Love-Zapp featuring Charlie Wilson
27.) Jody Watley-Everything
28.) On Bended Knee-Boyz II Men

College Crush Playlist

1.)    I Like It-DeBarge

2.)    Forever My Lady-Jodeci

3.)    If I Ever Fall in Love-Shai

4.)    Slow Jam-Midnight Star

5.)    Differences-Ginuwine

6.)    Anytime-Brian McKnight

7.)    You Don’t Know My Name-Alicia Keys

8.)    Weak-SWV

9.)    Pretty Brown Eyes-Mint Condition

10.) Nobody’s Suppose To Be Here-Deborah Cox

11.) You Give Good Love-Whitney Houston

12.) One in a Million-Aaliyah

13.)  Two Occasions-The Deele

14.) Slow Dance-R. Kelly

15.) Let’s Get Married-Jagged Edge

16.) Saturday Love-Alexander O'neal and Cherelle
17.) Can We Talk/I'm Ready-Tevin Campbell

18.) Next Lifetime-Erykah Badu

19.) Cross My Mind-Jill Scott

20.) Butta Love-Next

21.) Pony-Ginuwine

22.) I Like-Kut Close

23.) Anywhere-112

24.) Joe-I Want To Know

25.) Come and Talk to Me/Stay-Jodeci
26.) All Because of You-Marques Houston
27.) I Get So Lonely-Janet Jackson
28.) All I Do is Think of You-Troop/Jackson 5

 What's your favorite V'Day song?

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Great song, great lyrics, great music!

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Death of an Underrated Diva: Loleatta Holloway

(Via The Guardian)

Loleatta Holloway, who has died aged 64, leaves behind a legacy as the finest diva in dance music history. The sheer power of the notes her lungs expelled turned mere singing into an emotional tempest, huffing and puffing until she blew the house down.


Her most famous track is Love Sensation, whose vocal line and jazz-inflected pianos were sheared off and airlifted into Black Box's Ride on Time; Holloway successfully sued them for their shameless unauthorised sampling. She smiled more favourably on Mark Wahlberg, reusing its vocal hook when appearing with him on Good Vibrations, and making his Marky Mark take on jacking house surprisingly credible.


Listening to Love Sensation today, or its excellent Shep Pettibone re-edit, the level of emotion is still shocking. Holloway sounds on the brink of madness, romping over a demented melodic topography and constantly unleashing her secret weapon, an almost polyphonic yell that acts as a war cry for love's constant battle. Compare her to, say, Fergie, submerged under digital trickery or colourlessly emoting when not; Holloway is a woman whom you suspect would never meet you halfway on anything.


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