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tREBLEFREE R&B January 2009
29 December 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Welcome to the January 2009 edition of tREBLEFREE R&B – starting the year off on a rhythmic note.
As usual, here’s how we do it - stream it here (while available)
and you can download the zip file of the mix and tracklist here.
UPDATE
tREBLEFREE R&B has a REAL podcast now!
You can go to podOmatic check it out!
The streaming links on zShare will still be put up as a backup and for those who are used to it…
Here’s the tracklist for this month’s mix:
1. Roy Ayers feat. Merry Clayton & Sylvia Cox - Brand New Feeling
2. Madlib feat. Stacy Epps - The Way That I Live
3. Five Special - Do Something Spcial (For Your Lady)
4. The Foreign Exchange - I Wanna Know
5. Menahan Street Band - Esma
6. Stevie Wonder - Outside My Window
7. Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me
8. Sy Smith - No Place Like Love
9. Luther Vandross - For The Sweetness Of Your Love
10. The Main Ingredient - California My Way
11. Muhsinah - Discovery
12. Beyoncé - Single Ladies (S1 & Caleb Remix)
13. Musiq Soulchild - Until
14. The LuvBugz - Under These Covers
15. Les Nubians - J’Veux D’La Musique
16. Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You
17. Kelly Price - Can’t Run Away
18. 101 North - So Easy
For those of you who are rap fans as well, my debut album “The Return Of the Dirty Cymbals” is now available.
“The Return Of the Dirty Cymbals” features production done by yours truly, along with appearances from Donwill (of Tanya Morgan), DVS, Ilyas, Malakh El, Mercury Waters, Natural Born, Plee, Scorpeze (of Windimoto), DJ Life and Brickbeats.
You can hear snippets and purchase it either digitally or physically via the following places:
CreateSpace (Physical CDs Only)
For those who subscribe to legal downloading services to save money, mp3 downloads are also available through Rhapsody, eMusic, Lala and Napster and Shockhound. Search for tREBLEFREE.
Hit me up if you have any questions, comments or just plain good ol’ fashioned discussion!
tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online mix dedicated to bringing you the best in all music with a rhythmic twist. Be sure to research these artists further in your own time if you like what you hear. As always, any questions, comments, concerns or thoughts can be sent via e-mail to: treblefree [at] gmail dot com.
tREBLEFREE R&B December 2008
20 November 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Happy Holidays y’all!
I’m honored to present to all of you the December 2008 Edition of tREBLEFREE R&B, closing out the year on a groovin’ note.
As usual, y’all know how it’s done, stream it here, or download the zip file of the mix and tracklist here.
Here’s the tracklist for this month’s mix:
1. Ray, Goodman & Brown - Another Day
2. The Whispers - (Olivia) Lost & Turned Out
3. Brenda Russell - You’re Free
4. Maxwell - Get To Know Ya
5. A Taste Of Honey - Rescue Me
6. Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring Us Back Together
7. Willie Mitchell - Groovin’
8. Jazmine Sullivan - My Foolish Heart
9. Boyz II Men - Your Love
10. Kindred The Family Soul - No Limit
11. Cassandra Wilson - When The Sun Goes Down
12. Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson - Lovin’ You
13. Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson - I Want To Ta Ta You Baby
14. Millie Jackson - All The Way Lover
15. Raphael Saadiq - Big Easy
16. Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
Hit me up if you have any questions, comments or just plain good ol’ fashioned discussion!
tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online e-zine dedicated to bringing you the best in all music with a rhythmic twist. Be sure to research these artists further in your own time if you like what you hear. As always, any questions, comments, concerns or thoughts can be sent via e-mail to: treblefree [at] gmail dot com.
tREBLEFREE R&B November 2008
1 November 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Here’s the November 2008 Edition of tREBLEFREE R&B.
Stream it here or download the zip file of the mix and tracklist here.
Here’s this month’s tracklist:
1. The Deele - Sweet November
2. Babyface - Whip Appeal (The Ultimate Whip)
3. Jazmine Sullivan - Lions, Tigers & Bears
4. Stephanie McKay - Tell It Like It Is
5. Brian McKnight - Goodbye My Love
6. The Controllers - Stay
7. Teddy Pendergrass - Believe In Love (Phat Phili Mix)
8. Madlib feat. Frezna - Yo Yo Affair (Parts 1 & 2)
9. SugaRush Beat Company - L-O-V-E
10. Joe Sample feat. Take 6 - U-Turn
11. Perri - Maybe Tomorrow
12. YahZarah - Nova
13. The Foreign Exchange feat. YahZarah - If She Breaks Your Heart (Parts 1 & 2)
14. Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
15. Heatwave - Put The Word Out
16. HEAVy - Unbelievable
Enjoy!
tREBLEFREE R&B October 2008
29 September 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Click here to download the mix, zipped up with a tracklist.
Click here to listen to the “podcast” via zShare.
Here’s what we got on the mix this month:
1. Earth, Wind & Fire - Imagination
2. The Foreign Exchange feat. Muhsinah - Daykeeper
3. zero7 feat. josé gonzález - today
4. Grover Washington Jr. - Loran’s Dance
5. DJ Tony Tone feat. Tecey - I Think I Know You Very Well
6. Marvin Gaye - You Sure Love To Ball
7. 24-Carat Black - Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth
8. The Commodores - Zoom
9. Giovanca - Pure Bliss
10. Deniece Williams - How’d I Know That Love Would Slip Away
11. Nikka Costa - Some Kind Of Beautiful
12. Stevie Wonder - That Girl
13. Pharrell & The Yessirs - I Really Like You Girl (The Out Of My Mind Remix)
14. Mary J. Blige - Smoke
15. Esperanza Spalding - Precious
16. Teena Marie - Portuguese Love
My apologies for those of you who were looking forward to the notes for the September edition. Time isn’t permitting me to do the notes, so those are on hold indefinitely.
Otherwise, enjoy the mix, and hit me up with any comments or questions.
tREBLEFREE R&B September 2008
5 September 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Welcome to the September 2008 edition of tREBLEFREE R&B!
As the summer winds down and preparations begin for the fall season, hopefully this mix will be a soundtrack for some of those activities.
My condolences go out to the families of two entertainment giants that we lost this past month; Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes.
Go here for the podcast. You should be able to download this and load it onto your players like you normally would any podcast, or you can listen directly at zShare.
For everyone else, click here for a zip file of the mix with a tracklist ready to print.
I should have the notes done within the next couple days, but for now, here’s the tracklist:
1. Dexter Wansel - New Beginning
2. The Headhunters - I Remember I Made You Cry
3. Chuckii Booker - Games
4. Nuspirit Helsinki - Honest (Jazzanova’s Honestly Yours Remix)
5. 4hero feat. Lady Alma - Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attic Remix)
6. Big Maybelle - That’s A Pretty Good Love
7. Syleena Johnson - It Is True
8. Aretha Franklin - Sparkle
9. Intro - Don’t Leave Me
10. Kelly Price & Daron Jones - You Complete Me
11. Me’Shell Ndegéocello - Sweet Love
12. Zo! & Tigallo feat. Carlitta Durand - I’m Only Human
13. Isaac Hayes - No Name Bar
tREBLEFREE R&B August 2008
3 August 2008 | trnb | No Responses
Whassup y’all!!
Here’s the August 2008 edition of tREBLEFREE R&B.
It’s been pretty busy in tREBWORLD, trying to get everything finished
and setup for my album.
Oops…did I tell all of y’all about my album?
Some of y’all know already, but for those of y’all who don’t, my debut
album “The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals” will be released digitally on
August 8th (8/8/08 - pretty dope huh?) through Amazon mp3, followed by
iTunes (in 5 countries including the USA), Rhapsody, eMusic, Lala &
Shockhound in the weeks following 8/8. For those of you who can’t see
yourself buying digital downloads and you want the CD, it is available
for purchase now through CreateSpace for $9.99 plus shipping, and
snippets of the album are up on Amazon mp3.
Click this link to hear the snippets - http://tinyurl.com/6pet3t
and click this link to buy it - http://www.createspace.com/1722448
It’s all my beats - with rappin’ and emcee work provided by Donwill,
DVS, Ilyas, Malakh El, Mercury Waters, Natural Born, Plee & Scorpeze,
as well as DJ work provided by DJ Life and Brickbeats.
Due to all of the stuff goin’ on with “The Return Of Dirty Cymbals”,
I’m not doing notes for tR&B for the time being, but I will continue
to do the mixes. At some point in the near future, I may do notes for
this month and for July, but that remains to be seen.
Here are the links for the August 2008 mix:
Download – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZD2RFVFF
Podcast – http://www.zshare.net/audio/1620259626460f60
As always, feel free to hit me up with any questions by replying to this e-mail.
Here’s the tracklist:
1. HEAVy - Wonderlove (For Minnie) (Jazzanova Remix)
2. Minnie Riperton - Could It Be I’m In Love
3. Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night
4. Janelle Monae - Lettin’ Go
5. New Edition - If It Isn’t Love
6. Johnny Gill - Wrap My Body Tight (12′ Remake Version)
7. Aretha Franklin - Take Me With You
8. Christopher Williams - Every Little Thing U Do
9. Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft
10. Zhané - You’re Sorry Now
11. Esperanza Spalding - I Know You Know
12. Sade - War Of The Hearts
13. Chaka Khan - Caught In The Act
14. Emage - The Choice Is Yours
15. D’Influence - Are You With Me?
16. Little Dragon - No Love
17. Jamiroquai - Stillness In Time (Vinyl Version)
Thanks again for your support, and enjoy the mix - and oh yeah, why not the buy the album? They make better christmas gifts than fruitcakes!! 
tREBLEFREE