Here’s Volume Two of Five - Calm Conversations.

Each and every EP is and will be free. YES, FREE - just like the last part of my name. If y’all like what y’all hear, and you wanna put some money in the game to support, “The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals” is still for sale, and it’s still dope. Purchase a copy of that. As for DVS, details will be coming soon on how to purchase solo product from him.

You can download it here, or stream it AND download it here.

Here’s the credits (tracklist, feature info, etc.):

You can also download it here. The download is a zip file, complete with all the songs, a cover, a tracklist and a playlist file.

Here’s what’s on this month’s mix:

1. Stevie Wonder - Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
2. Chakachas - Un Rayo Del Sol
3. Carole King - Corazon
4. Cassandra Wilson - I Want More
5. Somi - Kuzunguka
6. The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
7. Fatih Evans - I Don’t Need It
8. Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You
9. Liv Warfield - Waiting
10. HEAVy - Music
11. José James - Touch
12. Teddy Pendergrass - I Can’t Win For Losing
13. Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Ultimate Ovation - Black
2. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (Live)
3. Mary J. Blige - I Can See In Color
4. Anthony Hamilton - Change Your World
5. zero7 feat. sia furler - waiting to die
6. The Jackson 5 - Buttercup
7. Ledisi - Say No
8. The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
9. Cut Glass feat. Ortheia Barnes & Mildred Vaney - Rising Cost Of Love
10. Zo! feat. Phonte - My Flame
11. Chaka Khan - Ladies’ Man
12. Basic Black - Special Kind Of Fool
13. Donny Hathaway - Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) (Live) (Uncut)

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

Here’s the tR&B mix for January 2010.

The download is a zip file that includes all of the songs, continuously mixed with separated track IDs and ID3 tags, along with a playlist file, and cover and track list that you can print.

Download the mix by clicking here (I’m going to try and use Sharebee this year to widen the download options for y’all).

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Dianne Reeves - Sky Islands
2. Zaki Ibrahim - Grow Again
3. Mabanua feat. Nicholas Ryan Gant - Mystery
4. Banda Black Rio - Metalurgica
5. Zo! feat. Yahzarah - Somethin’ Special
6. D’Influence - Hold On
7. Maxwell - Dancewitme
8. Eighties Ladies - Sing Me
9. Caesar Frazier - Another Life
10. Azar Lawrence - Canticle For The Universe
11. The Dells - Medley: Wichita Lineman/By The Time I Get To Phoenix
12. Syleena Johnson - I’m Gon’ Cry
13. Somi - Quietly

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

I know it’s been a while since I’ve put any new music out, but if you’re a fan, I thank you for your patience, and if you’re not a fan, hopefully this new stuff will turn you into one.

“A picture of two old farts - what’s the deal tREB?”

Here’s the deal: Those of y’all who heard my debut production album, “The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals” (or even if you’ve been checking for my work since the “Nigga I Know James” EP), should remember the name DVS Jackson.

Yup, that’s him.

Anyways, as a result of the great work we seemed to come up with when I slid him some beats, I decided we should do a whole album together.

I gotta admit, when I put out “The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals”, I was actually way more excited about getting this material I did and was doing at the time with DVS out. However, I felt like both of us as artists needed to be seen as individuals that came together to do a project, as opposed to a group who did this album and then went solo. DVS is dope in his own right and has killer tracks with other producers, which hopefully y’all will hear soon.

The original plan was to put out a full album with DVS - 13 tracks and be done with it - not too long, not too short. After I saw how the whole “Nigga I Know James” EP worked out, it seemed like a better idea to hit people with 5 tracks at a time in a package, and if they want more, they’ll ask, comment, tell friends and all that, and if they didn’t want more, they’d walk away. Also, the current structure of how music is bought and sold doesn’t seem very conducive to newer cats who are trying to build a name. I didn’t feel like sitting on this music until either of our names were ‘built’ so to speak.

So this here is Volume One of Five - the premier EP. Each EP will feature production from me, tREBLEFREE, as well as rhymes from DVS Jackson, along with a few special guests here and there. We’ve already got stuff in the can with See-Me-On of The Primeridian and MC Juice, the legendary freestyle champ who hails from Chicago.

Each and every EP will be free. YES, FREE - just like the last part of my name. If y’all like what y’all hear, and you wanna put some money in the game to support, “The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals” is still for sale, and it’s still dope. Purchase a copy of that. As for DVS, details will be coming soon on how to purchase solo product from him.

As far as the whole Statler & Waldorf thing, well, DVS’s engineer Seano is actually is the one who came up with it. As I thought about it more though, both of us are bald, both of us are older than the traditional age of rap cats these days, and both of us are musically specific about what we listen to, so the whole idea just seemed to fit.

With ALL of that being said, here’s the 5W’s on this stuff:

You can download it here, or stream it AND download it here.

Here’s the credits (tracklist, feature info, etc.):

It’s that time of the year y’all…The last tR&B mix of this year and this decade. The 2000’s have been something else!

I decided to go with a theme this month - songs that had cold or cold-related themes in their titles. I hope y’all enjoy it. Click here to download a zip file that includes all of the songs, continuously mixed with separated track IDs and ID3 tags, along with a playlist file, and cover and track list that you can print.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Kool And The Gang - Winter Sadness
2. Gil Scott-Heron - Winter In America
3. Rick James - Cold Blooded
4. Parliament - The Freeze
5. Kelis - Sugar Honey Iced Tea
6. Rasputin’s Stash - Mr. Cool
7. Maxwell - Cold
8. Res - Ice King
9. Elvin Jones - Frost Bite
10. Shuggie Otis - Ice Cold Daydream
11. James Brown - Coldblooded (Undubbed Version)
12. Anthony Hamilton - Stone Cold
13. The Crusaders - Snowflake

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

The podcast is also available on iTunes as well. Search for “tREBLEFREE” and you can subscribe to it so it can automatically come to you.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Choklate - Bigger Than You
2. Alicia Meyers - Better Woman Or Bigger Fool
3. Eugene McDaniels - Freedom Death Dance
4. N’Dambi - The One
5. The Brand New Heavies - Brother, Sister
6. Ohio Players - Players Balling (Players Doin’ Their Own Thing)
7. Brian Culbertson feat. Ledisi - The World Keeps Going Round
8. The Brides Of Funkenstein - Birdie
9. The Dells – Medley: I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue
10. Minnie Riperton - Oh, By The Way
11. Eddie Harris - Lovely Is Today
12. Rufus feat. Chaka Khan - Circles
13. Eric Roberson - How Could She Do It
14. Fertile Ground - A Blues For Me
15. Sade - Mr. Wrong
16. Wilton Felder feat. Bobby Womack & Alltrinna Grayson -
(No Matter How High I Get) I’ll Still Be Lookin’ Up To You
17. Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
18. Chaka Khan - Miles Blowin’

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

The podcast is also available on iTunes as well. Search for “tREBLEFREE” and you can subscribe to it so it can automatically come to you.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Alexander O’Neal - Medley: Innocent I/Alex 9000/Innocent II
2. Georg Levin - When I’m With You
3. Eric Roberson feat. Wayna - Wanna Believe It Again
4. Escort - All Through The Night (Original Mix)
5. Choklate - The Tea
6. Nicolay feat. Carlitta Durand - Saturday Night
7. Cheryl Lynn - Sleep Walkin’
8. Mizellstory feat. Talita Long - N R Time
9. The Nite-Liters - Damn
10. Ledisi - Knockin’
11. Barbara Mason - Give Me Your Love
12. Peabo Bryson - God Is On Our Side
13. Faith Evans - Reasons
14. Zapp feat. Shirley Murdock & Charlie Wilson - Computer Love
15. Melba Moore - A Million Years Before This Time

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

The podcast is also available on iTunes as well. Search for “tREBLEFREE” and you can subscribe to it so it can automatically come to you.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Stevie Wonder - Cryin’ Through The Night
2. The Sylvers - New Horizons
3. Kashmere Stage Band - I Wish
4. Stevie Wonder - Contusion
5. Minnie Riperton - Reasons
6. Carole King - Raspberry Jam
7. Karma Stewart - Withdrawal
8. Aretha Franklin - Without You
9. Ramsey Lewis feat. Earth, Wind & Fire - Sun Goddess
10. Faze-O - Riding High
11. Parliament - Let Me Be
12. The Spinners - It’s A Shame
13. The Emotions - Blind Alley
14. Pockets - Elusive Lady
15. Maxwell - Playing Possum
16. Kristen Vigard - God Give Me Strength

tREBLEFREE R&B is a monthly, non-profit, ad-free online music 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.

I realize that by now, the world is overrun with Michael Jackson news, tributes, media ramblings and whatnot, but because of what Michael Jackson meant to me musically, and the fact that this podcast and mix is dedicated to the love of R&B, I could NOT let this month go by without doing a proper homage to one of the best musical figures of our time.

Since August was Michael’s birth month, I’m looking at this as more of birthday celebration than an event of mourning. It is my sincere hope that you enjoy this podcast/mix, and that it truly allows you to reflect on some of the true talent that Michael shared with the world during his brief time on earth.

That being said, on with the show. Click here to download the CORRECTED zip file of the mix (Thanks to CherNic & Sleepy!!)

Tracklist:

1. This Place Hotel
2. Another Part Of Me
3. Baby Be Mine
4. Show You The Way To Go
5. It’s Great To Be Here
6. Nobody
7. She Drives Me Wild
8. Speed Demon
9. Give It Up
10. Chained
11. Right Here (Human Nature Duet feat. SWV)
12. What Goes Around Comes Around
13. That’s What You Get (For Being Polite)
14. Monkey Business
15. Time Waits For No One
16. Be Not Always

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.