Dj is a god? 90s Cameo is some­thing to be inves­ti­gated more. This new jack swing tune is pure sum­mer­time pleaser.

HUH & HAH! Upright bass. Jimi Hen­drix looks. John Coltrane poster on the wall. Sin­cer­ity of Bernard. The break­down part of the song start­ing at 2:27. Not a sin­gle mis­step in the video — or in the song. Pure aes­thetic pleasure.

So Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, and Mar­vin Isley really made a proper song to fin­ish a good night of dj’ing. And yes, they’re of Isley Broth­ers fame. There were some cre­ative dif­fer­ences within that super­group which led to form­ing of Isley Jasper Isley in 1984.

+ I love handclaps.

Ruf­fin & Kendrick — You Only Get What You Put Out (320k)

What a smooth tune by Ruf­fin & Kendrick of The Temp­ta­tions fame who later left the group and had this duo thing going on — and even­tu­ally went onto solo careers. At least Kendrick.

This has been my spring time jam since 2008. Those moments when the snare drum gets some extra crack’n’reverb really do enhance the mes­sage of the lyrics. Lately I’ve been hav­ing some wet dreams that in a par­al­lel uni­verse this song has also some juicy boogie-y syn­the­sizer as another lead instru­ment. Nev­er­the­less, A Classic.

Jah Wob­ble + Ollie Mar­land — Run­ning Away (320k)

Jah Wobble’s best known for his bass play­ing skills and being a mem­ber of PiL. What he’s doing now­days is this for exam­ple. Ollie Mar­land has been play­ing the world’s biggest stages on sev­eral tours as key­boarder for Tina Turner and Cher. This r&b cut fea­tures the vocals of Lorna Rowe.