can i say how much i am enjoying seeing jan on mtv again? she is their artist of the week and all the promotion they are doing for her new album discipline almost inspires me to forgive them for treating jan like some outcast the last couple of years. here is a cool mix of her 1995 top 10 hit runaway. check it out!
triple threats seldom exist in today's industry. jasmine guy was an accomplished actor and dancer when warner bros. heard her vocal skills and signed her to a record deal. the album was packed with new jack tunes that rivaled the divas of the time. unfortunately, in 1990 radio was resistant to actor-turn-singers. another like my lover was the second of four singles released from the album. here is the single mix of the tune. check it out!
miss cathy dennis shot to the top of the dance charts in 1990 with d-mob's come one & get my love. she soon released her debut album move to this and scored three top 10 singles. in 1992 she released her sophmore album into the skyline. the album tanked, however it included this top 40 gem. check it out!
hailing from brooklyn, ny, former nurse cheryl pepsii riley got her start in the music business with the help of full force. she reached the peak position of the charts in 1988 with the sensitive thanks for my child. My personal fave cheryl track is the anti-dmoestic violence song how can you hurt the one you love from her sophmore album. guess i'm in love is a slammin' new jack song that unfortunately failed at both pop and r&b radio. if you haven't heard it, check it out! if you have, then you know what i mean!
in the summer of 1988, the only thing that mattered to me was my karyn white cassette. it was first piece of music i had ever purchased and played until my mother's ears bled! karyn white began her career as a jazz singer and then scored a major record deal with warner bros. records and her career was guided by mr. benny "i left jlo for mariah" medina. her first two singles the way you love me and superwoman were massive hits on both pop and r&b charts. secret rendevous was no exception. proudced by l.a. reid and babyface, the single continuted karyn's hit parade and help her self titled debut album reach platnium plus status. here's to miss white!
if i didn't love mariah so much, i'd be really mad at her for stealing some of janet's thunder this week with such a great video. because i love all divas, i'm gonna put the spotlight and focus back on janet. that and because i have absolutely no new good music to post. here are two cool mixes to show me, a track that was featured on her previous release 20 y.o. enjoy!
leona lewis may not be a household name stateside, but across the pond she is something like a phenomenon, having won the british talent competition the x-factor last december. simply put, she is being groomed for world domination. and by the looks of things ms. leona has what it takes to become the next pop/soul diva. especially with the backing of simon cowell and clive "i'm a thousand years old" davis. here is the second single and video for the u.k. market. both the tune and accompanying video are moving. check 'em out!
i won't go into how the fallout from the superbowl reminded us (just in case some of us forgot) how sexist and racist this country can be. i still have forgiven justin timberlake's total abandonment of jan. i won't even go into how he used his "privelage" to walk away from the scandal unscaved. let me just introduce this tune. it's the title track from janet's 8th studio album. produced by kanye west, this track one of the highlights from the good but uneven album. check it out!
megan rochell is a fellow philly native and i love her! hey megan! here is the third single that was released from her shelved def jam debut album you, me & the radio. this version is the mastered version unlike the mix that was leaked over a year ago. check it out!
to celebrate (as if i have not already done, said, stated, lived and so on) jan's new albm OUT TODAY! - here are two more of the great juanki's mixes. enjoy!
janet's so excited it so slammin' that it had to be extended. here is the 12" extended mix that is sure to keep you dancin' - so get it ready!
so mommy used to be a huge jocelyn fan back in the day. well i was actually a fan up until her last album. i would have loved it had i been born deaf. anywho, here is jocelyn at her best. a little bit of ecstacy was the second single released from her sophmore effort jocelyn. while not as popular at radio as it's predocessor do you miss me, ecstacy did manage to hit number one on billboard's maxi singles chart (does that chart still exists?). here is a collection of remixes to satisfy whatever dance craving you may have. enjoy!
in the summer of 1999, tracie spencer returned to the music scene with the soulshock & karlin produced it's all about you (not about me). the single and video were hot and reminded everyone just how beautifully talented and visually tracie was (and still is). here is that tune and video. check 'em out!
while damito jo was by far not my fave janet cd, it did contain some tunes that i thought were just great. one of those tunes was slolove, which i believe should have been a single. the original mix was amazing and so are these remixes. special shout out to juanki for creating the cover & mixes! check it out!
so because jan's music helped shape my childhood as well as help me to survive it, i am declaring february 26 janet day! yes! her 10th studio discipline is in stores today and i am getting my copy. tonight! here is a collection of some of jan's bonus & (un)released tracks from over the years. enjoy! 
i am so not a fan of trey songz, but i am not much of fan of any singer who believes hyper-masculinity is sexy. however, i do believe that the dude can sing. here is a tune i heard in my best friend's car. missing you is off of trey's sophmore album trey dey. enjoy!
so janet's discipline drops tomorrow. here is a cool megamix, of the bangin' tunes (yeah, there were some) from her previous release 20 y.o. the megamix was mixed and constructed by jan fan juanki. enjoy!
johnta austin has written some of the biggest hit of this decade including mariah's we belong together and mary's be without you. his debut album, ocean drive, was to be released in 2006 on soso def records, but after jd parted ways with virgin records, johnta's album was shelved. here is a beautifully produced tune that i had been meaning to post sine i started this blog. check it out!
born in winslow, maine, jeremy greene is a singer, song writer and community activist. growing up in a fatherless home and with a mother struggling with addiction, jeremy turned to music to survive. using his struggles as motivation to make it in the industry is paying off. here is a tatse of this great new talent. check it out!
well word is that miss nicole returned to the pussycat dolls to record their sophmore album. i'm excited! here is a second version of her tune happily never after. check it out!
alicia has definately put the heat on the girls. her record is selling like records used to sell in the 90's. here is a cool breakbeat remix of her latest hit like you'll never see me again. enjoy!
many people may not be aware, but mya was not the first artist to record my first night with you. the song was first recorded by legendary club diva deborah cox. when i heard mya's rendition, which appeared on her debut album, i was not impressed. i was partial to debbie's version. i began to warm up to mya's after the tune was reworked by cibola. check it out!
just a little while was the first single released from damita jo. the original mix is slammin' and it was shade that radio ignored it. this remix, produced by just blaze, incorporates break-beats and reminds us that jan was on the 80's retro vibe long before others jumped on the band wagon. take a listen!
during my years as a dancer/choreographer, i met some really interesting people. judy is definately one of them. i remember one show in 1997 while i was dancing for lil suzy, we performed with judy at a benefit concert. ms. judy walked in to backstage area of the club, make-up done up to and from the high heavens. she sat down and asked if we could give her room so that her "people" could do her make-up. honey, she sat in a chair, 4 queens (who were also her dancers for the night) began to blow-dry and press her hair (that was already done), paint her nails (that were already painted) and do her make-up over her already made-up face. everyone looked and remained silent. i, on the other hand screamed, "werq bitch!" here is my fave judy song. enjoy!
after carlos "afterdark" berrios revolutionized freestyle with lisette melendez's classic together forever, many producers attempted to immitate his sound, many failed. however, one song managed to capture the carlos' sound and become a classic in it's own right. show me the way by saige is an awesome slammin' track that was on just about every freestyle mixtape in 1992. here is the hard to find extened mix. enjoy!
in 1996 lina santiago exploded unto the dance scene with the dj jaunito produced feels so good. the song was also a huge pop hit and i'm sure strongly influenced her label to release the super-poppy tune because i love you. the song alienated her fans and eventually failed at radio. this remix, which is similar to feels so good was not shipped to radio and i'm sure had this remix recieved exposure, it would have given because some longevity. check it out!.
for jred, a devoted reader of my lil humble blog! here are some tunes from the great and beautiful tamia. enjoy!
one the most unassuming divas has got to be tori "i hear voices in my head" amos. like most divas, especially the wacky ones, tori has had her fair share of dance hits including the classic professional widow. in 1998, she scored a top 10 dance chart with the equally spooky and beautiful jackie's strength. i could not convert it into an mp3 so you have to download it to hear, but trust me, it's good. i don't post crap! check it out!
two years ago i saw taylor dayne perform live at philly pride and was blown away. she rocked the house and had all the queens screamin' at the top of their lungs. that screamin' is continuing with her recent release beautiful. the song has been remixed by hex hector, speaker box and scotty k. the latter is by far my fave mix. check it out! the mix is simply beautiful! shout to boggie tonight for posting the remixes and turning me on to this hot joint!
she's hot! she's got talent! and she is fast becoming a dance divah! with hot dance trax like whine up and run the show, kat deluna is on a roll and this dominican princess is sure to be around for a long time. here is a slammin' remix of her slammin' tune animal. check it out!
the third and final single released from janet's 20 y.o. was the sultry and beautifully sung with u. while i could understand why call on me and so excited failed at radio, i could not comprehend how radio let this jewel of a song slip through their hands. with u is the best ballad jan has recorded since 1997's everytime and it should have put her back where she belongs - on top of the charts. here are two mixes of this great tune. check 'em out!
the fourth single from keyshia cole's grammy nominated platnium sophmore album just like you is another throw back to 90's r&b. give me more, while reminiscent of mary j. blige's earlier material, the song is 100% keyshia. produced by scott storch, give me more is likely to follow in the steps of the album's three prvious top 10 r&b joints. check it out!
as a diva lover, i wanted to love ms. nicole. i was ready to take her in and add her to my long list of pretty divas who can hold a note and move a little. then i heard her material and was horrified by just how corny it was. of course babylove is not half bad, but the other songs that have leaked from her now ill-fated debut album were horrible. right when i counted her out, i heard this who's gonna love you tune. to my surprise, my utter surprise, i freakin' like the song! i am not sure if this is the final mix, but if it is not, it sounds hella good. check it out!
in 1991, mc hammer signed b angie b and released her debut album on his capitol records distributed bust it imprint. combining a strong appreciation of classic soul with a high-tech hip-hop production style, the album was the essence of neo-soul. the lead single, the emotions remake i don't wanna lose your love became a minor hit, but angie's sales didn't quite satisfy capitol--and she was dropped from the label a little over a year later. b angie b, along with michel'le, is also credited in small circles with being one of the first female artists to sing r&b vocals over strong hip-hop/rap tracks, a sound that would later make mary j. blige an icon.
before her fantastic role as wilhelmina slater on abc's hit show ugly betty, vanessa williams was a dance diva who survived experiences that would have destroyed a weaker diva. in 1988 vanessa released her first single, the title track from her debut album the right stuff. needless to say, everyone in the industry was skeptical. after all, up until that time vanessa was known as the first black miss america who was forced to resign due to the release of several nude photos she took as a student at syracuse univeristy. with the release of her album, the industry discovered a promising and noteworthy pop/soul singer with a sweet soulfulness. the title track, slammin' to say the least, was an out-of-the-box smash on the r&b and dance charts. the single was a modest hit on the pop chart just missing the top 40. the album eventually went gold and earned her three grammy award nominations.
in 1988, after appearing in a re-current role on the hit series miami vice, sheena easton released the gold-selling album the lover in me. the urban r&b album received positive reviews and introduced easton to an r&b audience as it featured collaborations with l.a. & babyface, prince, angela winbush, and jellybean benitez. the title track reached top 5 on both the pop and r&b charts. the equally funky days like this failed at pop radio but managed to reach top 40 on the r&b chart. this is my fave sheena easton song and i remember her performing the hell out of it on the arsenio hall show (damn! i'm old!). here's to a diva who loved lace as much as i did! 
in 1988's, under the production of jimmy jam &terry lewis, cherrelle released her third album affair. like her previous albums, affair reached gold status. some people are not aware but but the funky sound of janet's control was a carbon copy of cherrell's high priority album. while pop success eluded cherrelle, she was a force to reckoned with on the r&b charts. the title track from affair reached top 5 on the r&b chart and the follow-up single, the now quiet storm classic, everything i miss at home was an r&b #1 record. here's to miss cherrelle!
ya know, i like kelly rowland. but then again, i am one to root for the underdog. however, i am beginning to believe that she enjoys falling behind. i am convinced that she is utterly afraid of solo success and therefor creates music to sabotage her solo career. here is another track set to be on her (what appears to be never-really-gonna-be) re-released album miss kelly. uh...enjoy.
in 2006, potential pop phenomenon *her* was formed. consisting of 3 young ladies from georgia. *her* is a throwback to a time when teen girl groups actually existed. check 'em out!
one of my faithful readers just notified me how reading my blog has turned him onto lil eddie. now i officially feel like president of eddie's fan club. here is a great ballad produced by b. cox. enjoy!
so what does a diva so who has been away from the stage for almost 15 years? honey, you throw on a hot wig and throw down some hot moves! dance like there's no tomorrow video is what i wished feedback was. i am so feelin' paula, the song and the video! yes! werq! eat it! serve it! check it out!
as her current single love like this continues to play across every damn near radio station, here is another catchy tune from her current album. check it out!
after spitting fire on the timbaland remix of beyonce's get me bodied, voltio is back with a hot reggaeton-meets-electro joint. featuring jowell & randy, ponmela is the current single from voltio's en lo claro album. oh yeah, i such a man crush on this dude. check it out!
here are two new leaked song from usher's forthcoming album. the first i can't win (his mistake) is classic usher with a tinge of maturity. the tune is produced by stargate and written by ne-yo, . the second is a club banga, move mountains and it is produced by timbaland. i am not much of an answer fan but i definately see his growth as an artist and that is always sexy. check it out!
lil bit (cool stage name, huh?) is making a huge impact in the r&b music scene, already being titled the voice of new york within the music industry. at the tender age of fourteen she was signed to mariah carey's now defunct record label, crave. she later signed to rca records and released a set of singles. unfortunately her album was shelved. she is currently in the studio working on her debut album with super producers stargate. here is her single forget about me. check it out!
i know, i know, celine is legendary but as probably as uncool as a pop star can be. i actually think that she may be so uncool that she is cool. i watched her concert special on cbs (i'm a diva lover, what can i say?) and was pleasantly surprised by how well this legend can make me laugh. here is her current single from her album taking chances. produced by will.i.am, eyes on me is a catchy, earthy and indian inspired pop joint. check it out!
here is a cool tune from a new def jam artist by the name of razah. his first single rain is a lovely r&b joint is reminiscent of 90's r&b. his debut album breath of fresh air is scheduled to be released in march. but you know how def jam does their artists, so don't hold your breath.
how this album was released without any promotion and little fan fare is beyond me. i didn't even see it leaked on other blogs. oh well. here is a cool ballad that deserves to be heard. check it out!
so ms. kylie is back and better than ever. the woman who doesn't seem to age returned to the top of the u.k. charts with her latest album x. here is a tune from that collection. written by my dreamboat lil eddie, all i see is a cool pop tune. check it out!
discovered by pharell, vanessa marquez was on the road to be the neptunes' next prodigy. but after sitting and waiting in limbo for close to four years, vanessa decided to take matters into her own hands and leave the star trak label. day dreaming is a tune that was slated to be on here 2005 debut album. check it out!