Howard Johnson ain't just a motel chain, fools!

But, you can get busy in a motel with jams like this one...

Katie Kissoon make a brutha swoon!

Diggin' this track right about now!

Melba Moore!

Lovin' Melba's style in this Top of the Pops vid...reminiscent of that Southern Freeez vid we all hold near n' dear... Great jam too....take a listen. Sooo glad this holidays just about over...can't wait to get back to makin sweet tunes!!!

I'd rather be with you, ooo-oooh-yeah!

Men, this Bootsy Collins jam just slays me EVERY time!

I spend ma' $ 2nite!

Fellas, I believe this slick Lucy Pearl jam never did quite get its just due. Now, I'm a big fan of Saadiq in all his incarnations, so I guess this here ditty is no exception...

Bass slapped silly smoove!!!

Hey tootsieroll, you wanna hear how a badass slaps a bass on da smoove tip? Listen to this ditty, and play close attention around the 4:00 mark...

Pure Ball n' Scroates...

This one attacks the vital organs so hard. Pure.

Shalamar!!!

You know what? I double-dog dare you knuckle-dragging troglodytes to find a single thing wrong with this smash hit Shalamar track. I love the subtle use of strings and horns...sounds like it was built atop a Teddy Pendergrass track, then raised a couple octaves. And, yes, that is a very young Ms. Jody Watley on backups.

Q is a smoove BEAST!!!

If there's a winner in life it's Quincy Jones. This man has been the force behind so many of my favorite jams by so many of my favorite artists for so many years, and I know he ain't done. One thing Q is a serious jedi master at is conjuring an even deeper level of smoove from the smoovest of the smoove. Every smoove crooner wants to collaborate with him, and these 2 jams are no exception... The jam that is "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" is like a "That's What Friend's Are For," or even a "We Are The World" type effort for the quiet-storm-sensual-smoove-as-cocoa-butta-on-yo-inner-thigh set...an absolute FANTASY collab...Goddamn, I love this jam!!! feat. Al B. Sure!, Barry White, El DeBarge, James Ingram & Quincy Jones biblically breakin' u off... Do yerself a favor...pour some cherry wine, cover your couch in plastic, grab a roll of extra-strength Brawny, then BEHOLD! As the tip of your swollen hambone is probably bleeding pearly crocodile tears of tenderness after unlocking the smoove treasures in The Secret Garden, I recommend torturing your tenderloin with another 'Q' slow-burner, "Heaven's Girl" feat. another remarkable lineup -- Ron Isley, Charlie Wilson, Aaron Hall, R. Kelly, & f-ing Naomi Campbell: DO IT!!!!!!!!

Change - The Glow of Love...

Man, this riff is still soooo poppin' fresh (not to mention the beauty of Luther's vocal)...to think this was made just over 30 yrs. ago, and sounds like it could've easily been released today ~ and be a massive hit all over again)! A timeless, classy classic...

The System...

Something in my heart told me to post this jam after posting Loose Ends... I especially love the balding white dude manning the synths while the leather clad light-skinned brutha roils around their shared Tropicana motel room with a karaoke mic in hand. Whatever brought them together is pure solid-gold magic! Fella's, I'm just sooo damn excited to start working on serious jamz of our own in 2012!!!!

Loose Ends...

Oooo-weee! I just LOVE the vibe of this jam... It sounds a little like they had a fire sale at the smooth percussion emporium, and these mofo's bought and used every damn kit! BUT, all the weird and wonderful sounds don't get so carried away they don't allow ample room for smooved-out, melodic vocals. Very niiiice!

Just havin' a Wham! day...so sue me...

Pop-soul Perfection...

El Debarge's early band "Switch"...soooooo nice!

REFRESHER: The Style Council's "My Ever Changing Moods"

AND!!! Some dude just ticklin' the ivories to the same jam (inspiration for Matt!)...

Atlantic Starr defines the "slow jam"...

In honor of Matt going to Badu concert...

I have many fave's from Ms. Badu, but this one holds a special place 4 me! Simply gorgeous...

You S.O.B.'s know Fat Larry's Band???

You know something, I just love it when disco/funk acts ride the 'quiet storm'...and Fat Larry's band provides a supreme example with "Peaceful Journey!" I bet Art Laboe plays this...could be a lowrider jam... Okay...If you liked that 1st ditty (which I'm sure you did), grab yerself a listen to this sweet baby with a righteous groove! C'mon fellas, "Act Like You Know!

Guys...Toto feat. Cheryl Lynn!!!

Please, please listen to this, and take heed. This sound is soooo righteous, and totally within our grasp!!!

AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE!

A must read: Where is the love in R&B music?

READ THE REST HERE: http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/02/showbiz/music/love-songs/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

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You're a Native New Yorker

A pair o' hot nuggets from Bobby Caldwell!

Quintessential BLUE-EYED SOUL from the master! Ooooo-weeee!!!!

94 East...

Hey Dana, this is that band I told you about feat. a really young Prince -- totally worth looking into deeper, but this jam is my fave of their output...

Ready or Not...

by After 7 has to be one of my all-time fave smooth jamzzzz... On a side note, look to these vids to provide some visual flava to inspire us!

Whip Appeal...

sooooo smoooove!!!!

I'm sure, you're sure, let's all be sure for...

AL B. SURE!

Deele is the deal...

...especially in this slow burner!

MATTHEW!!!!

Strap on those muthafukkin headphones, crack open a beer, inject some rat poison, skin a live animal, rub your nuts on a cankle, and don't come up for wicked anal or sweet oxygen until you gotta smash mutha funkin' hit to send me!!!! Who's with me!!!! DO IT TONITE!!!! DO IT EVERY NITE!!!! VICTORY FOREVER!!!! There's a few solid tracks I just posted below this motivational montage to wax your wick for now...much more to come soon...but, I figure a wee bit at a time is probably more helpful than a heaping mass of inspiration all at once...good luck, brutha!

Southern Freeez!

I love everything about this...the set, the style, the design, the track, the aura...it's so beautifully nonchalant in every fucking way...

Cashmere at their FINEST!!!

This British duo seems like they fancied themselves the European answer to M.J. in the early-to-mid 80's. You can really hear the 'Off The Wall' inluence on most of their tracks (especially in the vocal stylings). But, this track is sooooo fuckin solid...I'll likely post a few other Cashmere jams in the near future, but I'd really to explore this sound a bit for TukXito!!!

Eddie Kendricks, y'all...

I know Alicia Keys just sampled this Kendricks ditty on some recent track, but man alive is it smooooove...

What's the haps, chicken slaps!?

Hey dudes, I was just curious if you got anything to send me this week before Saturday??? I'd really love to work on something if ya got it!

In the meantime, let this insanely hot jam by The Whispers top off your soul tank...

Happy b-day, baby boy!

Happy Birthday to Me

IT'S mY PARtY and i'LL CRy IF i WANt to.

Kid's Never Know What They Want!

Let Maze n' Frankie Beverly butter your damn earholes!

Oh yeah, this here jam is hittin me in all the most ticklish spots only Mom knows about right now. I would love to sorta think of this vibe when coaxing out a new TukXito jam...

Destiny...

Hey fella's, I started this (private for now) blog for the inspiration and musings of our burgeoning blue-eyed soul outfit, TukXito.