SoulNRnB's Rare as Rocking Horse S^%*T Part Two

Part 2 of my trip into the rare and unreleased in the Soul, RnB and Neo Soul world concentrates on the Noughties and features the likes of Jazmine Sullivan, Jon B, Maxwell, Musiq, Rahsaan Patterson and so many more.

Its Easing us into our Xmas period where Grizz and I have some great things in store. There's a Bumper Street Sounds Sessions mix, an Xmas White Label mix, and our Review of the years music featuring selections from 4 very special artists plus my pick of the songs of the year in my end of year mix. And that's just from me, im sure Grizz will fill you in at the weekend in some of the specials he has coming up!

Anyway, press play below, and enjoy some 00's unreleased goodness!

SoulNRnB's Rarer than rocking horse S#*^T 2 by Soulnrnb on Mixcloud

SoulNRnB's Rare as Rocking Horse S*%T mix Part ONE

As the title says, the tunes on this mix are either "Unreleased", B-Sides, rarities or just damn well overlooked.

Big names ranging from early Jamiroquai, to a rare Raphael Saadiq remix; A rare Bonus track off the Earth Wind & Fire "Illumination" LP that features Musiq Soulchild; A 4Hero B-Side masterpiece; The UK's NSM teaming up with Dwele.....damn.....I'm just gonna put the tracklist up.

 1.4Hero - 9 x 9
2.NSM Feat. Dwele - The Sun
3.Jamiroquai - Friends
4.Common - Next Time
5.Little Brother Feat. Zo! - The way you do
6.Rahsaan Patterson feat. Tina Broussard - See Me
7.Vanessa Marquez feat. Neptunes - If you keep askin'
8.Teedra Moses - Take my love away
9.Mary J Blige - Who's gonna love you
10.Raphael Saadiq - Skyy can U feel me (Yam Who Rework)
11.Bukola Feat Marc Mac - Hypnotised
12.Brandy - Deepest thoughts
13.Earth Wind & Fire Feat. Musiq - Autumn

Press play below for part One of my hard to find mix. Grizz Back at the weekend!

SoulNRnB's Rare as Rocking Horse S%#T Mix Part ONE by Soulnrnb on Mixcloud

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 100

So here we are. 100 Volumes of our mixes that aim to highlight all thats new and soulful in Soul, Jazz, House, and Hip Hop. We aim to give as much credence to Independent's as we do big name, Major label artists. All that matters is the music. Here's hoping you've discovered something new over the past 100 volumes.

So, whats contained in the latest edition?

We kick off with two excellent ballads, from Tone Trezure and Tweet. Tweet gave us the slow jam of last year in "Trouble", and this is a new tune of her forthcoming release. I cant wait. There are other big names like Raheem Devaughn, Slum Village feat. Kameron Corvet, and the new release from the great Foreign Exchange who are realeasing 2 LP's this year. One a remix compilation, and their long awaited follow up to "Authenticity".

Then we have "Ones to watch" - Seravince, whose new LP you need to check out on their Bandcamp page; and the Endangered whose "Dollars" is another classy, soulful tune from them.

I'm back with an artists mix next week, I will leave you in Grizz's capable hands till then.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 100

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 99

Almost hit the Century when it comes to these mixes. Hopefully theyre still as strong and interesting now as they were when we started them!

More of an R&B bent to this mix which features big names like Cover star Justin Timberlake who has enlisted both Timberland and Jay Z for his comeback single; Destiny Child, due to release a best of CD, release a previously unheard Neptune's produced tune; Hip-Hop wise, Busta and Q-Tip wax lyrical on a Janet Jackson beat.....ABOUT Janet Jackson; PLUS the return of THE SYSTEM, whose new LP we've heard at the Mixtape and have got a least 4 tunes off it on rotation!!! Its GOOD.....

But then we've also got quality Jazz-Funk/Latin sounds with tunes from Glenn Underground and Lucus Arruda, a remix from Haitus Kaiyote plus much more.

Ill be back next week with an artist mix, meanwhile Grizz will keep you company at the weekend.

SoulNRnB's Street Sound Sessions 99

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 98

My last post for 2012, and it seems fitting to take a peek into what's coming up for 2013, while at the same time giving you a brand new mix for any New Year celebration soundtracks you need!

Cover star Bilal has an eagerly waited (At least by us!) LP coming out in the new year, and we get the excellent soul groove of "Back to Love" from it as well as a great cover of Stevie's "Too High" from his recently released mixtape.

There are a couple more covers on here too; A great re-work of "Last Night Changed it all" from the Love Loungers and another remake of one of my favourite songs ever made, "Black Gold of the Sun". True, there are many versions of it, and I didnt really need another, but the version by the Decoders has something fresh to bring to the song, and I love its Latin feel.

More? We got Seravince Feat. Renee Neufville (of Zhane Fame) on a great mid tempo tune; Brian McKnight stops all the stupidness and brings us a decent tune; Plus 4Hero alumni Carina Andersson's beautiful tune "Stars" and Soulpersona's re-work of Positive Flow (and Omar's!) "Do what I do". PLUS MUCH MORE!!

Enjoy, have a great New Year, and may 2013 bring you all that you wish for. See you soon Mixtaper's.

SoulNRnB

SoulNRn's Street Sounds Sessions 98

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 97

Were on the run up to Xmas, so lets get started early and treat yourself with the latest Street Sounds Session!

Cover Star Rhonda Thomas has a new Christmas LP coming out called "Little Drummer Girl" and included on the mix is the excellent tune "Miseltoe" featuring Mr Nice Guy himself, Eric Roberson; Prince Protege Andy Allo teams up with the NPG to bring some funk with "People Pleaser"; Lady (Terri Walker & Nicole Wray) go old school R&B with "Money"; German Hip Hop producers JRandPH7 hook up with Phonte to give us a tune with a Foreign Exchange "Connected" feel, and im loving it; Darien Brockington raids his archive and gives us the soulful "If Only".

On top of that, theres some great RnB from Miss Murphy, JoJo, Saunders Sermon and a current favourite of mine, Shafiq Husayn's "Star".

Enjoy this warm up for Xmas, and ill be back next week with another great mix.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 97

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 93

A real treat for you with this weeks Street Sounds Session mix, some upfront soul thats gonna knock your socks off!

Cover star Jarrard Anthony hits the ball out the park with a tune from his new LP, "Lucky Day"; Some top RnB from Brandy and Chokolate; Soulful house and latin rhythm's from Ezel and a favorite of ours, Gregory Porter; Gensu Dean, S3 feat Miles Bonny and Cocoa St James give us some of that Galactic Soul with their respective tunes; And thats not even mentioning an unreleased tune from Anthony Hamilton, new band on the block Water Seed and the return of Natalie “The Floacist” Stewart.

I will be back next week with another edition of my "Gems" series, whilst Grizz kick starts your week with a Jazz-Funk mix that im looking forward to! Cant get enough of the stuff!

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 93

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 92

Its about time we hade this dude on our cover, been a quality year for him with some great music. Diggs Duke's "Nine Winning Wives" features on this mix, check out his bandcamp page too (http://diggsduke.bandcamp.com/).

But thats not it. A great remix from the UK's Reel People of an Aaries classic, Neptunes produced Robin Thicke, Talib Kweli collaborates with the great 9th Wonder, the return of Anita Baker. They're the names.

New talent you ask? What about a tune from a GREAT new EP from Joanna Borromeo? Friend of the mixtape Sarasvati with "Gold Scraps"? Plus a shiver down the spine remix by Freddie Joachim of a Chester Gregory tune........and more believe it or not.

Grizz returns after the weekend, Im back next week with another WHITE LABEL.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 92

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 85

Well, even if I say so myself, your in for a treat. This Street Sounds mix is one of my fave's of recent times due to the absolute quality of the tunes on here.

Examples?  The opening Freddie Joachim tune featuring Carlitta Durans is on fire as is the Anthony Valadez tune that follows it from his current JUST VISITING release. Then you got big names actually delivering decent tunes. Angie Stone, an all time favorite who let me down with her last release, goes back to her "Black Diamond" style. R Kelly forgets the bitches, hoes, pimps, MOR Ballads and what-not's to go stepping. Teri Tobin gives us something soulful from her forthcoming LP. And then there's the return of Lenny Williams. If Bobby Womack can do it, why cant he!

And over and above, we have those new artists who are looking for exposure and are producing quality soulful music, like The People,  Sweatson Klank and the Endangered.

Download, enjoy and support. Olympics coming to the UK, so im gonna pass the baton to Grizz on Monday and see if he can deliver something special for you too. (See what I did there?)

Back next week with a blast from the past.

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SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 84

Welcome Mixtapers! A couple of weeks off for the Street Sounds mixes, but were back with a bang and the start of some killer sessions with absolutely hot tunes. Forthcoming weeks include tunes from Angie Stone, Dwele, a back to form R Kelly, Kenny Lattimore and many more.

But lets concentrate on this weeks mix. Eric Benet has a new LP out, and pick of the tunes on first hearing is "Harriet Jones". Cover star Dezaray Dawn has some new work coming out following last years EP with Marc Mac, and first tune out the gates is "Over it". Then we got a Sy Smith Collabo, hot up and comer Elle Winston, a great Badu Remix, plus much more.

Grizz back with the retro on Monday, Ill have more hot music (Not decided wether its gonna be new or old!) for you next week.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 84

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 83

I have some great old school mixes coming up in my Artists series, a look back to the 90's in the first of my "Gems" series, and Volume 3 of Nu Soul Jazz. But ive got another hit of the current scene again this week as I cant be letting you mixtaper's miss out on any new, independent, or big name soulful tunes!

So this edition features a Broken Beat collabo of Slakah and Ayah, a remix of one of my favorite Angela Johnson tunes from her forthcoming remix LP, the great Leon Ware with a really successful hook up with Quadron producing a tune with a Rotary Connection feel, new kids on the block Hawthorne Headhunters and The Yes Maam's, and Incognito alumni, the UK's own Kelli Sae. Check out the tracklist cause theres much more.

Grizz has been on point with his mixes recently, enjoyed last weeks version excursion and looking forward to what he has in store. See you next week with a step back in time from me too.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 83

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 82

As Grizz rightly said Monday, its time for a dose of Upfront Magic.

Thanks all by the way for your best wishes for our fouth year of the blog, stick around as weve got lots left to share!

Anyhow, SSSS82 features: A GREAT Ahmed Soir remix of Chaka Khan's "Super Life", Hip Hop from Slum Village and De La soul, RnB from Ameriie (She changed the spelling of her name?), Austin Brown, and Algebra. Great Beats from ByrontheAquarius plus soul from Chaz Shepherd, Leon King and Athalia. 11 great tunes for you to catch up on!

Grizz back with you Monday, lets all have a great weekend.

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SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 81

New music coming at a pace this year, and therefore so do the Street Sounds Mixes.

Volume 81 includes the Soulpersona Remix of a tune from one of the best LP's of last year; Deborah Bond's "Nothing Matters". Then there's some great Jazz that Grizz should appeciate from one of our ones to watch this year, Diggs Duke, covering Herbie Hancock, as well as the cover of "My Foolish Heart" from Chris Turner. Two Browns, Austin and Sleepy, provide some soul, whilst theres some great RnB from Leah Labelle and Green Tea. Check out the UK's Native Sun tune too, quality.

Grizz should be back Monday, in the meantime ENJOY!!!

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 81

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 80

Oh lord.....nearly the weekend here in the UK......cant come quick enough. But lets give you that Friday Feeling at the mixtape a little early.

SSSS80 lands featuring new music from cover star Will Downing in a soulful mood, new music from Conya Doss whose LP "Pocketful of Purpose" is great news for fans and recommended by the Mix Tape, a preview from Soul Movement Vol 2 (Vol 1 was best LP of 2009!) from Slakah the Beatchild, new music from Bobby Womack..................yes, BOBBY WOMACK, plus great Hip Hop and beats from Dela and Blu and Byron the Aquarius featuring the UK's Olivier Daysoul. PLUS MORE.

Hope your Easter holidays were cool, Grizz back next week.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 80

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 79

Sayanora New Music March. We hope you have enjoyed the weekly mixes of new music. The Mixtape will be back to getting you all up to date every other week again with Artists mixes and other specials peppering the schedule.

But, back to the here and now. SSSS 79: Hot music from cover girl Georgia Ann Muldrow whose Madlib produced new LP "Seeds" is released shortly and were featuring the track "Husfriend". We have that other unreleased  Raphael Saadiq tune we promised you all a few weeks back, Cee Lo Green with a tune meant for the late Whitney Houston, Tamia with a Salaam Remi produced tune called "Beautiful Suprise", plus collaborations featuring Erykah Badu and Miles Bonny. Plus - A great Jazz tune from Gregory porter and some soul from Ntjam Rosie and Myele Manzanza.

So, quite a lot of hot music then!!

I'm back next week with an artist mix from a group thats been slept on for too long, but in the meantime, Grizz will dust off his crates for another storming mix on Monday.

UPDATE:

Mix pulled again. Link fixed now though :)

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SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 78

Our penultimate mix for new music March features some real good music from favorites and newer atrists alike.

As we mentioned a coupla weeks back, Sy Smith has a new Mark De-Clive Lowe LP out that has some great 80's inspired grooves on it (including the duet with Rahsaan Paterson included of Billy Oceans "Nights"), Soulpersona takes us back with an excellent Jazz Funk styled tune featuring Punk Pappa, Ruben Studdard provides some R&B, and friend of the mixtape Philip Clark shows his tender side.

Some real old school grooves on here besides the Sy Smith and Soulpersona, with 2 steppers from Sam Sparro and Mr. Bird and some 90's style soul from Krystal Klear. If your looking for a more modern vibe though, Sarah MK provides a great tune from her new EP and Dwele re-boots an old Spacek tune.

Enjoy this mix, one more new mix next week and then back to some more featured atrist mixes. Till then, Grizz is going to show off his wedge, elephant cords, leg warmers and Espadrills in the cover to his 80's mix on Monday.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 78

SoulNRnB Street Sounds Sessions 77

Week three of New Music March brings us even more hot music.

Two collaborations from Miles Bonny feature here, showing off his various skills. Names like Estelle and cover star Teri Tobin feature (Teri's new single, an excellent ballad, is a highlight). But youll also find quality in the Raphael Saadiq produced tune from Le'andria Johnson, lashings of soul with Gregory Porter, Jonny Sass, plus Neptunes Chad Hugo goes hip hop with Stalley. If your not a hip hop head, dont be put off by the inclusion of Kanye West on Tony Williams tune, its a corker too.

Hope the new music is hitting the spot, we will be back next week with even more new stuff to clean out your eardrums. Till then, Grizz will keep you company.

UPDATE *********

New link below

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 77

SoulNRnB Street Sounds Sessions 76

Here we go with Part 2 of "New Music March" with the latest Street Sounds.

We've Championed Mark De-Clive Lowe on the blog quite a bit, and this week Sy Smith released her MdCL produced LP "Fast and Curious" (Worth a purchase!), so nows a good time to feature his excellent Jazz Version of Aaliyah's "More than a Woman" featuring Nia Andrews on vocals. One of my tunes of the year so far for sure.

Theres great stuff from Phony PPl with a joint that musically takes me back to early eighties Brit funk, a stepper from Personal Life, new artist Colie Williams with the message song "Black Love" plus new Raheem Devaughn.

And then theres the cover star. Truth be told, I miss the Instant Vintage/Ray Ray Raphael Saadiq, so these new unreleased tunes from an LP he was goig to record pre-Vintage are a godsend. Another unreleased tune in a future mix, in the meantime check out "They dont know you" featuring Common and Ledisi!

Grizz taking you back in the future (Monday to be exact!), and we will have SSSS 77 here next week.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 76

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 75

There is so much new music out there at the moment, that I'm going to have to leave Grizz do the retrospectives for the next 3-4 weeks whilst I catch you all up on whats out there now. As you know, hes more than capable, so you wont miss a thing. Ill get back to my Artist mixes etc once weve got you all up to date. Speaking of Street Sounds mixes, I've also uploaded 60-69 to rapidshare for those that want some of last years good stuff.

So, whats in Volume 75? Cover star Conya Doss for starters, whose music I've been a big fan of, and who has a new LP out soon. Her single "Don't Change" keeps up her high standards. Neptunes produced Yuna is a name to watch out for, as is a member of our Twitter family Juanita, the Danish group Boom Clap Bachelors, and Lolah Brown. Then there's music from (Now an O.G!) Joe, and a remix of one of my favourite Dwele tunes, "A.N.G.E.L".

Enjoy, Volume 76 hitting the blog next week, lets make March "New Music Month" on the Soul Mixtape.

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 75

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 73

Compared to last week, this weeks seemed real uneventful! Before I let you know whats on this mix, Ive uploaded a whole heap more of the back catalogue after requests. Half of the "Great Producer" mixes, Art of the Remix, Time Machine mixes, our joint 1st birthday mixes (Which includes a Soul Show Live BTW...) plus many more. If your trying to catch up, theres no better place to start. In the next month or so may look at Street Sounds Back Catalogue, but in the meantime.....

Volume 73 includes another great Robert Glasper track featuring our ones to watch, KING. There's R&B from Ne-Yo and Mike Winans, Head nodding Soul from ISHE/DARU and Rochelle Jordan, plus Hip Hop with a Slakah remix of a Drake tune and a B.O.B tune feat Andre 3k. Plus cover star John Legend shows up with a new song called "Chasing your Love".

Get up to date with the mixtape, then go back in time with Grizz on Monday

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 73