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  • They Put Me In The Mix – JS5 (JSlow 5)

    When I starting creating these slow jam tapes, really, they were to be about slow and inspiring music about love and relationships. I think I made a wrong turn at Albuquerque. This is the wackiest JSlow I’d ever done and probably will ever do. There are many songs that don’t make sense at all as to why they are on here. But away we go.

    JS5 (circa 1999)

    1. Could – Brian McKnight
    2. Say It – Voices Of Theory
    3. It Seems Like You’re Ready – R. Kelly
    4. They Don’t Know – Jon B.
    5. Do Your Thing – 7 Mile
    6. Your Body’s Callin’ – R. Kelly
    7. Brick – Ben Folds Five
    8. Gone Till November – Wyclef Jean
    9. All In Love Is Fair – Stevie Wonder
    10. And Our Feelings – Babyface
    11. I Don’t Want To Ever See You Again – Uncle Sam
    12. Never Is A Promise – Fiona Apple
    13. When Can I See You – Babyface
    14. I Don’t Wanna Go On – Innerlude
    15. The Only One For Me – Brian McKnight
    16. Sweet Thing – Mary J. Blige
    17. The Sweetest Thing – Lauryn Hill
    18. Baby You Are – Uncle Sam

    Why were there two R. Kelly songs on there were like 4 years old? No clue. Looking back, I think I just wanted to put another tape together and just found any slow song that I hadn’t already used, even those that weren’t about love or heartbreak. And this was before my ban on R. Kelly music.

    • I was definitely in Brian McKnight fan mode at this point and The Only One For Me still does it for me.
    • Whatever happened to Voices Of Theory?
    • Whatever happened to 7 Mile (one of Mariah Carey’s first and only signings on her now defunct label)?
    • I loved Brick and while it’s not the typical love song, I still enjoy it.
    • The shades and shadows undulate in my perception – enough said Fiona, enough said.
    • Even though All In Love Is Fair is the most depressing Stevie Wonder song ever, I still had to add it
    • I was buying everything during this time, even Uncle Sam, who was a once protege of Boyz II Men
    • Innerlude? Don’t ask.
    • Remember when Lauryn Hill used to be The Sweetest Thing?

    JSlow 6 would be my first since my oldest son was born, so you can imagine what’s on that one.

    Previous JSlows
    Jam Slow
    JSlo 3
    JSlow 4

  • Friday Throwback – Criminal

    When I was in college, I worked at Blockbuster Video. At Blockbuster, we had to play these promotional tapes that were created simply to promote Blockbuster the brand, movies and games that were out at the time, and for some odd reason, music videos. While running tapes one day (putting them back on the shelf) I noticed a skinny young woman with these mesmerizing eyes on the TV screen. I’d heard her music before, but never knew what she looked like. Fiona Apple’s Criminal was playing and I was oddly attracted to this 95 pound woman without an ounce of curve in her body. It was all because of this video.

    • Is it me, or is this the same set as her Sleep To Dream video?
    • She’s been a bad, bad girl, you know.
    • Girls who break boys just because they can aren’t nice.
    • The tank top like pajama look with the purple stockings isn’t a good one.
    • But the purple panties is.
    • That man nearly cut her neck with his toe nails.
    • I wonder if she was comfy with being in her underwear the entire video.
    • Great video until she squirts whatever that fake stuff is out of the bottle.

    With three hot albums in 10 years Fiona Apple is one of those artists that can consistently put out great music without having to stay in the public eye or feel the need to record constantly. She gives us a chance to miss her. Even though The Extraordinary Machine was her worst selling record, I’m sure she’ll be back with a vengeance. And hopefully we’ll see the purple panties again.