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Flashback Friday – 1/22/10

Lady — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:55:44 +0000

Happy Friday All! After paying tribute to the late Teddy Pendergrass last week, I am back to throwing some random old school Hip Hop and R&B at you all this week. Today’s blog features old cuts from Cherrelle, Cece Peniston, Donell Jones, Joe Public and Yo-Yo. As I was looking up these videos and actually listening to the content, it actually made me sad about today’s music. If you’ve read my old blog, “Will Work For Good Music”, you’ll understand why. I mean, the beats from the past might not be as hot in some cases, but the lyrical content was about something at least! I digress. For example, Donell Jones’ song ‘Where I Wanna Be’ was real talk. Saying he’d rather leave the woman he was with because there were too many temptations facing him, but instead of cheating, he broke up with her. Even though it hurt her and him, he still ended up coming back. after he “sowed his royal oats”, lol. How many folks do you know who have been in that situation? (BTW-I still believe that Mr. Jones is very underrated…where are all my Donell fans at?! )And Joe Public’s song talking about living and learning. Nobody does that anymore. They make mistakes…..and then make them again for whatever reason. No learning whatsoever. Smh. Then we have Yo-Yo telling dudes they can’t play with her “yo-yo”. I think y’all are smart enough to know what she’s talking about. This was like a the ladies anthem when it came out. Tellin the fellas at the clubs and parties that if you touch my “yo-yo” without consent, I’m stompin you out! Haha. Anyway, please enjoy these old school tunes and take a second to vote, suggest and comment on them. Have a blessed weekend!

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Cherrelle – Everything I Miss At Home (1988)

Cece Peniston – Keep On Walkin (1991)

Donell Jones – Where I Wanna Be (1999)

Joe Public – Live and Learn (1992)

Yo-Yo – You Can’t Play With My Yo-Yo (1993)

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Flashback Friday – 1/15/10 – Teddy Pendergrass Tribute (1950-2010)

Lady — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:15:41 +0000

Teddy Pendergrass

March 29, 1950 – January 13, 2010

Happy Friday All! The music world lost a legend this past Wednesday, as we learned of the death of R&B/Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass in Philadelphia, PA. He was 59 years old. Today’s blog is dedicated to Teddy. I stuck to only 5 songs but there could’ve been more since he has been a part of many hits from his gig as the lead singer with Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, to his lengthy stint as a solo artist. He may have been before my time, but I vividly recall my parents listening to him on their favorite radio station as I grew up, whether at home or in the car. His infamous slow grooves like “Turn off The Lights”, “Come Go With Me” and “Close The Door” are the reason why most of you all are here, so you can thank the late, great crooner for your very own existence, lol. Please enjoy, suggest, comment and vote on your favorite Teddy P. song. Have a blessed weekend!

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Teddy Pendergrass, the seductive American rhythm-and-blues singer who continued his recording career after he was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident, has died at the age of 59, media reports said on Thursday.

Pendergrass’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, told the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper that his father died on Wednesday at a Philadelphia-area hospital. He had undergone colon cancer surgery eight months ago and his son said he had a difficult recovery.

Pendergrass began his career as a drummer but first rose to fame in the 1970s when he became lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which had hits such as “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” and “I Miss You.”

Click here for the complete story from Yahoo! News

*Exits outta the firescape*

Close The Door

Come Go With Me

Love TKO

Turn Off The Lights

When Somebody Loves You Back

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Flashback Friday – 1/8/10 – Cornball Edition

Lady — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:31:20 +0000

Happy Friday All! Its the end of the first full week of the New Year. How are those resolutions coming along? You quit yet?!?! Lol, just kidding. Anyway, today’s Flashback Friday has a theme to it. I call it, the “Cornball Edition”. Why? Just watch the videos and listen to the songs and you tell me! The majority of the songs I post every Friday, at least in my opinion, are songs you can still rock to and proudly sing out loud or nod your head to without shame. Can’t say the same about the videos posted today, lol. I dare all you Fif Followers, to blast the songs I’m posting out of your car stereo or loudly through your headphones at the gym and see if you get any side eye looks, haha. Today’s blog features infamous throwbacks from Kriss Kross, MC Hammer, Milli Vanilli, Sir Mix A Lot and Vanilla Ice. Ok, I won’t lie–I bumped some Kriss Kross as a youngin’ and they were a hot little duo when they were out, but looking back now I still have to wonder why their mamas let them walk around with their clothes on backwards all the time. SMH. Show of hands for anyone out there who owned pair of those Hammer style parachute pants!! Those of you who still own them, I’m praying for you. I wanted to post the video “Girl You Know Its True” by Milli Vanilli, because its just terrible, but it didnt embed correctly, so here’s a warning for all you young males out there who are a part of the skinny jeans fad: be mindful of just how tight your pants are getting or else you could end up wearing spandex like pants like Milli Vanilli and nobody wants that. I can do this all day, but I will leave you all to watch the videos and take it back for a few minutes to ask yourself, “what were they thinking?”. Comment, suggest and vote for the corniest video/song of the day! Have a blessed weekend!

*Exits outta the firescape*

Kriss Kross – Jump

MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This

Milli Vanilli – Blame It On The Rain

Sir Mix A Lot – Baby Got Back

Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby

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Flashback Friday – 1/1/2010 – Songs From 2000-2009

Lady — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:12:08 +0000

Happy Friday and Happy New Year All! I could start this blog of by giving you all a bunch of cliche sayings and advice for heading into the new year, but ain’t nobody tryna hear alllllllll that anymore! Lol. I could’ve just gone back to posting a bunch of old school videos like normal, especially since I can now add songs that came out in 2000 since they’re now technically and officially 10 years old now, but I decided to just randomly post up a handful of songs that I like or love that were released in the last decade from the year 2000-2009. Now, I realize that I could’ve dissected the last decade of music, really analyzed and picked 5 songs that maybe inspired or shaped Hip Hop and R&B but that would’ve taken darn near forever and I don’t have that much time, lol. So with that said– at random, today’s blog features songs from Alicia Keys, Beyonce, India Arie, Jay-Z and Kanye West. I don’t wanna hear any crap about Jay-Z being washed up and Kanye being a crazy, controversial bag of douche or how Alicia and Beyonce should take their R&B beef to a wrestling ring. So please just enjoy these randomly selected songs from a decade past and take a minute to vote, suggest and comment on the blog. Have a blessed weekend and new year!

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Alicia Keys – Fallin (2001)

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Beyonce – Me, Myself & I (2003)

India Arie – Ready For Love (2000)

Jay-Z – Excuse Me Miss (2002)

Kanye West – Jesus Walks (2004)

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Flashback Friday – 12/25 – Merry Christmas Edition – Pt. 4

Lady — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:49:05 +0000

Happy Friday and Merry Christmas to all! I’m slowly but surely realizing that this time many, many years ago, I’d be asleep already–waiting to get up at the butt crack of dawn to rip open any and every Christmas present with my name on it. Now I’m up wrapping gifts and preparing food for Christmas dinner and whatnot. This whole reminiscing thing has me feeling aged, so I’m gonna stop now, lol. Today’s Merry Christmas blog features classic Christmas songs from Alvin and The Chipmunks, Drifters, Nat King Cole, The O’Jays and The Treacherous Three with Doug E. Fresh. Yes–you read right–I did indeed include Alvin and The Chipmunks in this blog. I don’t care what anybody says; that song is classic! Lol. I will just close out by wishing everyone reading this a very Merry Christmas from us here at Da Fif Floor. Please enjoy these songs, vote, comment and have a blessed holiday with your loved ones! *Deuces*

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Alvin and The Chipmunks – Christmas Don’t Be Late

Nat King Cole – O Come All Ye Faithful

Drifters – White Christmas

The O’Jays – Christmas Just Aint Christmas

The Treacherous 3 And Doug E. Fresh– Christmas Rap

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Flashback Friday – 12/18 – Christmas Edition Pt. 3

Lady — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:01:22 +0000

Happy Friday All! Believe or not, there’s only one week left until Christmas. I’m trying hard to contain my excitement; you all just can’t tell, lol. I’m not gonna talk long, so I will leave you with these five classic Christmas songs from Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Donny Hathaway, Kurtis Blow and Luther Vandross. Here’s to the last weekend of shopping before the holiday. Please enjoy these songs, comment, vote and suggest any last request for your favorite throwback Christmas song before next week. Have a blessed weekend!

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Boyz II Men – Let It Snow

Brian McKnight – Silent Night

Donny Hathaway – This Christmas

Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’

Luther Vandross – Every Year, Every Christmas

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Flashback Friday – 12/11 – Christmas Edition Pt. 2

Lady — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:42:45 +0000

Happy Friday All! I’m coming at you with the second part of Da Fif Floor’s Christmas Special. Alright, so its not really a Christmas special–I just now made that up but you get the point! Now is about the time when people start stressing about what to get who, how much they have to spend, blah blah blah. Its all politics people! If shopping isn’t fun anymore, do some thoughtful gift buying or even making from the heart and all will be to the good. Worry about enjoying the holiday season with the people you love the most and just chillllll……..to the songs I’m posting. Today’s blog features some classic Christmas songs from Charles Brown, Faith Evans, Mariah Carey, The Temptations and TLC. I have still ten more songs to post up between now and Christmas, so if you have requests that you’d like me to fulfill on the blog, please leave a comment! Enjoy these songs, vote, leave a comment, make a suggestion, pass this one to anyone who needs their (Christmas) spirits lifted and have a blessed weekend!

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Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby

Faith Evans – Christmas Lullabye

Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You

The Temptations — Give Love On Christmas Day

TLC – Sleigh Ride

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Flashback Friday – 12/4 – Christmas Edition Pt.1

Lady — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:36:49 +0000

Happy Friday All!! I’m not sure about you all, but its hard for me to believe its December already. And for me, the very first day of December marks the beginning of the Christmas season instantly, therefore its only right that for the next four Fridays, I post some throwback Christmas songs to get everyone into the holiday spirit. Cool? Cool. Today’s blog has songs from the Jackson 5, Nat King Cole, Stevie Wonder, Run DMC and Whitney Houston. Everyone knows that every artists loves to remake classic Christmas tunes, so excuse me if you hear a few renditions on the same song from different artists over the next few weeks. Keep in mind that I usually have a 10 year old minimum with my song selections, but I might break my rule once or twice though. But this is my blog and I’ll do what I want to! Lol. For those out there who DO pay attention to this here blog, this is the perfect opportunity to suggest any of your favorite holiday songs for me to post up on the blog so get at me! Please enjoy these songs, vote, comment, suggest and add me to your shopping list. Have a blessed weekend!

*Exits outta the firescape*

Jackson 5 – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song

Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis

Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas

Whitney Houston – Joy To The World

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Flashback Friday – 11/27

Lady — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:15:57 +0000

Happy Friday All! Please forgive me for putting the blog up so late. Between the tryptophan hangover, all the cooking, cleaning and shopping I’ve done in the last 72 hours, I am running on fumes, so you can blame Thanksgiving and Black Friday for that! I dont have much to say about the randomly selected videos I’m posting up today because, well, I’m still not fully functioning right now, lol. Today, I present to you a handful of songs some may have never heard or haven’t heard in a long time, from Boyz II Men, Changing Faces, Chi Ali, MC Breed, Nona Gaye. Just a few notes to add on the artists for today FYI. Changing Faces is making a coming back—don’t know how that come back will go, but they are, lol. Chi Ali is the little brother of Dres from the 90′s rap group “Blacksheep” (who has been featured on a past FF blog), rapper MC Breed (real name Eric Breed) passed away last year at almost this very date (11.22.08) and Nona Gaye is the daughter of the legendary singer Marvin Gaye. So if you didn’t know, now ya know. Please enjoy these songs, comment, vote and suggest. Have a blessed weekend!

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Boyz II Men – Please Don’t Go (1993)

Changing Faces – G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. (1997)

Chi Ali – Age Ain’t Nothin But A Number (1992)

MC Breed - Ain’t No Future In Yo Frontin’ (1993)

Nona Gaye – The Things That We All Do For Love (1993)

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Flashback Friday – 11/20

Lady — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:57 +0000

Happy Friday All! How is everyone’s Friday going? Most likely wonderfully because it IS Friiiiiiidaaaaay after all and most likely payday! With that said, I will gladly set up an account for donations for all this internet DJing I do for y’all if you want, . Today’s blog features Case, Lost Boyz, Oaktown 357, Tony Terry and Warren G. Song of the day though in my opinion, goes to Oaktown 357. That beat, the rhymes, the dances, the style had me LOL and made me think, what the h*ll were they thinking?? Lol. I won’t knock it though, thats what was hot back then. And just watching the Warren G video has me realizing that Nate Dogg was the West Coast version of T-Pain back in the day. Minus the Autotune, top hat and Big A$$ Chain of course, lol. Enjoy today’s songs, vote, suggest, comment and have a blessed weekend.

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Case – Touch Me, Tease Me (1996)

Lost Boyz – Jeeps, Lex Coupes, Bimaz & Benz (1995)

Oaktown 3-5-7 – Yeah Yeah Yeah (1989)

Tony Terry – With You (1990)

Warren G – Regulate (1994)

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That’s how you do it! That’s how you f*ckin do it!

Crunk — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:26:48 +0000

Dwayne Wade held Thursday mass, when he baptized Anderson Varejao. WOW! Incase you missed it, here’s you go.

Not only was that dunk insane, but there was yet another D-Wade experience. Lebron misses a dunk on one end, and D-Wade brings the ball up the court, looks Varejao in the eyes and said, “Daddy’s home!” Varejao got sonned, and there was nothing he could do about it. If the dunk wasn’t enough, D-Wade turns to the crowd and yells, “That’s how you do it! That’s how you f*ckin do it!” Was that a shot at Bron Bron? I think so! It wasn’t malicious, just a friendly rivalry last night. One thing’s for sure, D-Wade’s dunk will live on as long as there are highlight reels.

Who had the best dunk of the NBA season thus far?

Dwayne Wade on Anderson Varejao

See above

Carmelo Anthony on Paul Milsap

Will Bynum on Tyson Chandler

Andre Iguodala on the Nets

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Let it Die…PLEASE!

Crunk — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:58:00 +0000

I hope this is the last time any of us have to think about Kanye’s VMA fiasco. After two months, it’s safe to say the joke is over done. There’s a saying in the urban community, something’s cool until the white folks start using it. During the Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley did a bit where they talked about their favorite music videos, when Grand Ole Opry Legend, Little Jimmy Dickens pulled a “Kanye”.

Old people make me laugh so it’s kinda funny. Little Jimmy is nearly 90 year olds looks to be a foot shorter than Carrie Underwood. Props to the CMAs for a fun time indeed. But at some point we have to move on from this joke so the healing process can begin. No one in pop and country music is bigger than Taylor Swift right now. I’d like to see a moment where she doesn’t have to be reminded of Kanye every time she’s interviewed or recognized for her accomplishments. Let Taylor do her thing and Kanye get some help.

Flashback Friday – 11/13

Lady — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:58 +0000

Happy Friday All! I have just four words to say: The weekend is here. That is all. Enjoy the songs folks–gotta run! Y’all know the drill; five old school Hip Hop and R&B songs chosen at random for your reminiscing and listening pleasure. Please listen, vote, comment and suggest as always. Have a blessed weekend!

*Exits outta the firescape*

Johnny Gill – My My My (1990)

Kid N Play – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody (1991)

Luniz – I Got Five On It (1995)

Redhead Kingpin – Do The Right Thing (1989)

Sade – No Ordinary Love (1992)

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I’m Man Enough to Admit When I’m Wrong

Crunk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:46 +0000

When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. And when you’re right, you’re right. I try to be right more often than not, but on those rare occurrences when I am wrong, I have no issue admitting my mistakes. If you’ve followed The 5^th Floor from the beginning, you may remember my attempt to blog live, during this year’s NFL Draft. I was doing a nice job, if I say so myself. Still, my coverage went out the window when the Bucs traded from the 19^th pick to 17^th, to draft QB Josh Freeman of Kansas State. At the time I was critical of the selection. Alright, I flat out blew a gasket. I was steamed over the pick. Freeman never proved himself on the college level. So maybe the following reaction was a bit premature.

Now to the biggest turd laid in the first round. It was made by none other than my ex-beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They traded up to select a player they could’ve traded into the 2^nd round to get. Josh Freeman is going to be a humongous bust. Everyone compares him to Big Ben, but Freeman isn’t an accurate passer. Ben knows how to hit his receivers in the right positions, while Freeman over/under threw his receivers. He has the physical tools to be a monster, but the brains of a squirrel on crack. I’ve seen nothing from this guy that tells me he’s worth the 19^th pick. I will have an announcement at some point tomorrow. So be sure to check back for it.

Honestly, I don’t know who else has been picked since then. The Bucs screwed my brain up with that pick. We just picked our Jamarcus Russell.

And as some of you may remember, my announcement wasn’t pleasant either.

After leading the Bucs to their first win of the season, and snapping an 11 game losing streak, let me officially “apolo-“ to Josh Freeman and the Bucs organization. Only “apolo-“ because I’ll be damned if I take back everything I said. Although I was astonished by Freeman’s progression from college waste to NFL starter, there were still red flags popping up about his game. Like I said back in April, his accuracy is an issue. Freeman completed 43% of his passes during Sunday’s win, and there were several times he didn’t put the ball where it needed to be. His receivers had their share of drops but there were plays where if he had better touch on the ball, the endzone was there for the taking. Also let’s not forget he was a holding call and Al Harris drop from throwing picks in back to back plays. Call me a hater or any other name that comes to mind but someone has to play devil’s advocate and put a little perspective on the young man’s play.

Now that the negatives are out the way it’s time for the Bucs fan in me come out for a minute. If the kid cleans up his accuracy, he’s got the tools to be a franchise quarterback. Those comparisons to Roethlisberger came to light during the game. One of the commentators mentioned how Freeman looked like a young Big Ben out there. For ONE game I saw it too. His pocket awareness was magnificent. Feeling pressure from your blindside is one of the hardest aspects of being a successful NFL QB. In his first start, Freeman picked up the pressure, after seemingly ever breakdown in protection. Usually you see a young QB handle pressure by tucking the ball and running, Freeman’s predecessor did it repeatedly during his starts. Freeman on the other hand remained calm and used his feet to move the pocket and extend plays downfield. Each time he scrambled, my eyes were locked in on the position of his head, to see if he ever took his eyes off his playmakers. The kid never did. He manipulated the scramble the way you want your QB to.

All in all, a great one game performance for Josh Freeman considering it was is first start. I’ve never been excited about a 1-7 team until now. Watching Freeman play will keep me glued to Bucs game for the rest of the year. Who knows, maybe he can give us Bucs fans something to look forward to in 2010. Either way, the rest of the year will be quite the ride.

Flashback Friday – 11/6

Lady — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:26:42 +0000

Happy Friday All! I can’t be the only one who thinks this year has gone way too fast already. The first week of November is just about over, but I think that’s because of each week’s countdown to Friday, lol. I’m gonna help jump start your weekend with five more randomly selected old school Hip Hop and R&B old school joints that you may or may not remember. On today’s blog is The Brand New Heavies, Masta Ace, Rell, Supercat and Tonya Blount. I’m gonna talk long today-just wanna ask a few rhetorical (or not) questions. Like for example….where did The Brand New Heavies get the name of their band from? Lol. Why was Rell a one hit wonder when his first hit recorded featured Jay-Z of all people? Who reading this remembers what movie Tonya Blount had a part in? That is all for the day. Please take the time out to listen, vote, comment, suggest and pass this link along. Have a blessed weekend!

*Exits outta the firescape*

The Brand New Heavies – Never Stop (1991)

Masta Ace – Me & The Biz (1990)

Rell – Love For Free (1998)

Supercat – Dolly My Baby (1993)

Tonya Blount – Through The Rain (1994)

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