🤝 @suede_nyc
We’re very excited to announce Café Suede, a collaboration between Café Soul by @theairplanemode.tv , a daytime coffee & R&B social, and @suede_nyc , your favorite vinyl R&B experience every Tuesday.
On Saturday, May 30 from 2–6pm at @publicrecordsnyc we’re bringing the social joyful experience of Café Soul together with Suede’s deep love for R&B and music culture.
Expect coffee, espresso martinis, and the best community. On the patio, we’ll have dedicated spaces for conversation and music curated by @moochie and @djsvpply . Upstairs, we’ll have a vinyl room for those who want to slow down a bit: a space to connect, relax, and sit with music handpicked by the deep cut connoisseur @nyerah .
Tickets in bio! Already over 50% gone so get them now! 🚂 ✈️
TUESDAY
Was last Tuesday the greatest night at @recordroom of all time?? Possibly, but we wouldn’t be surprised if this week tops it 🚂🎶
Sounds all night by @moochie@djsvpply
ALL VINYL. ALL R&B. DON’T SKIP THE BRIDGE.
RSVP live at the link in bioooooo
TUESDAY
Every week ya’ll bring the energy and truly, it gives us LIFE. It’s Cinco de Mayo so you know the tequila will be flowinggg. We can’t wait to dance and sing with you 🚂🎶
Sounds all night by your residents @moochie & @djsvpply
RSVP live at the link in biooooo
Our latest & greatest edition of Ballads ‘N Suede. Unforgettable sold out experience with @iamodeal 💐 We brought love to the club. These moments by @unscriptedmoments capture the night so beautifully ♥️
See you this Friday at @jolenesoundroom.bk 🍷
Any excuse to talk about the Neptunes first official production credit.. sampled on Kendrick’s “heart pt. 6”.
“Use Your Heart” was the second single from SWVs sophomore album New Beginning. It was originally written with Tammy Lucas when Pharrell, Chad and Lucas were signed to Teddy Riley. That more stripped-back demo version is included in this post.
In an interview with Halftime Chat (shoutout to the underrated interview legend Nnamdi E.S. Okoye), Tammy Lucas talks about how the classic Neptunes sound wasn’t quite established yet at that point. She suggests that some of their earliest productions were more catered to her style and direction and she seems torn between frustration at being left behind and happiness for their massive success after that early period working together. At one point in his Drink Champs interview, Pharrell shouts out Tammy Lucas, saying that she was the reason Teddy Riley ever really paid attention to the Neptunes.
The SWV version samples a quick guitar line from BT Express - “If It Don’t Turn You On (You Oughta Leave It Alone)”. Also, although it’s uncredited and I can’t find a way to independently confirm, the song apparently features some background vocals by singer Joe who had a successful album out but was a few years from really breaking through on the mainstream charts with his next two albums (you can hear those backgrounds around the 3:48 mark).
Taking some much needed time off this weekend (jk I never get time off.. I’m DJing a wedding out of town) but I’ll be back Sunday for @everydayppl x @rollerwavenyc at @knockdowncenter . If I could design my favorite DJ gig it would look something like this. Playing a disco/boogie-leaning vinyl set on the earlier side of the night.
🪩 Sunday 10.27 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘹 + 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 📍
Via @everydayppl :
As always we’ve got ticket types tailored to your desires. You can: Rent Skates + Dance, Bring Your Own Skates + Dance, or Just Dance! *Please read ticketing details carefully before purchase🌟
*This is a 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘋 dress event not a costume party & the dress theme is late 70s - mid 80s GLAMOUR 🤩 Think Studio 54 & Paradise Garage: Divas like Diana Ross, Grace Jones, Donna Summer& Pam Grier.
.. Fellas think Off The Wall Michael, Rick James, Tony Montana, Grandmaster Flash and of course overall DISCO 🕺🏽 👀 See you on the dance floor!
Everyday People NYC The Roller Disco
Sounds by 🔊 @milhousenyc@showcasemontana@soundsofreality@snipsmusic@moochie@djsvpply@beenblackin & @khalil.nyc
🚨Music will NOT be exclusive to the dress theme. So expect to get it shaking 💃🏾 all night with some timeless classics alongside your favorite bangers 🤩
Hosted by 💫💫 @rollwerwavenyc@gitoo_thoo@shernitasofly@limaliciousss@twosixeight.studios@iamwhaffle@moodisblack juliuscaesar @malcomalexis + @nishta_jai & @mainejbuchanan
21+ event
#everydayppl #rollerwavenyc
*To guarantee entry please make a good faith effort to be on theme ☺️.
Last week @snipsmusic said we need to bring back blends at vinyl parties so here we go. @djsvpply on set from this past Tuesday night.
Come check us out every Tuesday at @recordroom 🚂🎶
Today is the 25th Anniversary of Donell Jones’s R&B masterwork, Where I Wanna Be, an album that he said he wrote with the intention that every song could be a single. 25 years later it still makes it’s way onto most R&B best albums lists.
Donell Jones got the opportunity to release his first album, My Heart, after he penned a hit for Usher in 1994 with “Think Of You”. That debut album is a classic to fans but Jones didn’t feel like it got the push it needed to go gold or platinum.
He took his time writing and releasing Where I Wanna Be, waiting three years to ensure that it would not be outshined by the other top-notch talent on LaFace at the time. In that between time he also wrote a hit for 702 with “Get It Together”. On this second album, Jones drew influences from legends like Curtis Mayfield and Donny Hathaway and put together an album that was reflective, honest and PACKED with album cuts that could have been singles.
As is the case with many albums at that time, the first single was actually the last song recorded for the album, “You Know What’s Up”, which remains his biggest hit to this day. The album was more ballad oriented and Jones’s collaborator, DJ Eddie Ferrell, would have known the importance of including a club song. That was followed by another monster hit, “Where I Wanna Be”, which explored, in no uncertain terms, the distance he was starting to feel between him and his then-girlfriend. They were still together when that song was released..
Original vinyl copies of the album are very difficult to find and go for upwards of $200, but the singles are a bit easier to round up and a second release of “Where I Wanna Be” in 2000 has “This Luv” on the B-Side.
Why is Fantasia’s “When I See U” so hard to find on vinyl?
Fantasia’s “When I See U” has become a modern classic that can impact a dance floor like it was released last week. But when we were building our record collections for Suede, it always eluded us. It’s surprisingly hard to find on vinyl.
The reason for that seems to be that it wasn’t expected to become the monster hit that it ended up being. When Fantasia was gearing up to release her self-titled second studio album, they chose “Hood Boy” as the first single. The reaction to that single was lukewarm. It made the R&B charts, peaking at number 21, but it didn’t quite make the cut for Billboards Hot 100.
We run into the “Hood Boy” 12” at record shops all the time, and both of us have a copy. It seems like because that record didn’t perform the way the label wanted it to, they skipped the vinyl release for the second single and “When I See U” came out only on CD and digital platforms. It also came out in 2006 which is when we really started to see record labels divesting from vinyl releases and moving toward all-digital music releases.
Now the only way to find it is by looking for a couple particular bootleg records that increasingly difficult to find. We set our notifications on eBay and made sure to get it for Tuesdays.
