Top Ten Summer Songs (RR)
sticky_dojah
New York City. 2,136 Posts
Probably brought up on this board a gazillion times, but I just wanna know: what are your top ten summer songs? Songs that you cannot listen to in the winter, songs that you listen to in winter and immediately feel like summer, songs that are pure heat (sic!), anything that comes to mind....feel free to add on and thanks in advance:Heres mine (obviously, there are a million more but I picked these, as I find them all necessary)1. Quincy Jones ??? Summer in the city2 Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness3. Marlena Shaw ??? California soul4. Jazzy Jeff Fresh Prince ??? Summertime5. Souls of Mischief - 93 til Infinity6. William DeVaughn - Be thankful for what you???ve got7. Faze O ??? Ridin high8. Compton's Most Wanted - Late Night Hype9. Downtown Science ??? Summertime10. Upskiboo- Summer Heat (Soulstrut represent!!!)peace,stickydojah
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I would definitely need Billy Stewart - Summertime near the top of my list.
I agree with all your selection but those three fo sho- they are quintissential summer. if i drink then i want to hear a lighter shade of brown and war and a bb&q song, basically songs that make me think of the inland empire or the 60 fwy and smog/haze for some reason...stevie b. is also really 60 or 10e fwy.
also toss in some three times dope- funky dividends.
good thing summer is right around the corner!!
1. Domino - Sweet Potato Pie
2. Organized Konfusion - Stress (Extra P Remix)
3. Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It
4. Too $hort - Just Another Day
5. Byron Stingily - Get Up (Everybody)
6. Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. ("Just Another Day" for her works too)
7. Stevie Wonder - All I Do
8. Armand Van Helden - Flowers
9. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (Don't hate)
I associate summer music with my walkman and one of the things about walkmans is that they play tapes. One of the things about tapes is that they take a while to fast forward and you can't just skip tracks. One of the things about not being able to skips is that if you get a tape like this it would be hell because you couldn't skip past all the garbage.
- battened ships
Leon Ware - That's why i came to california
Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze
- California my way
F.B.I. - Love love love
hope you rockin' "sunny california wo-man" too...
of course, right after battened ships
ramsey lewis-"sun goddess"
isley bros.-"footsteps in the dark"
ice cube-"today was a good day"
funkadelic-"one nation under a groove"
Here are some (in no particular order):
1. "I Do Love You"-GQ.
2. "As"-Stevie Wonder.
3. "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll"-Vaughn Mason & Crew.
4. "Rock Creek Park"-The Blackbyrds.
5. "Family Reunion"-The O'Jays.
6. "Summer Madness"-Kool & the Gang.
7. "Livin' for the Love of You"-The Isley Brothers.
8. "Why Can't We Be Friends"-War.
9. "Spill the Wine"-Eric Burdon & War.
10. "(Not Just) Knee Deep"-Funkadelic.
Honorable Mentions:
-"Morning Dance" and "Shaker Song"-Sypro Gyra.
-"Always There" and "Friends and Strangers"-Ronnie Laws.
-"Summer Breeze"-Seals & Crofts.
-"Good Times"-Chic.
-"Native New Yorker"-Odyssey.
-"Bustin' Loose"-Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.
-"Sing a Song"-Earth, Wind, & Fire.
-"Moving On"-Brass Construction.
-"Let's Have Some Fun"-The Bar-Kays.
works even better if you are ummm actually in the LBC.
San Francisco Knights - People under the Stairs
-rich
BOBBI HUMPHREYS harlem river drive
is thee most sublime summer p.m. jam.
Great call!!! Tack on "Skippin" by Ramsey Lewis on some happy summer shit.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kalalak
definitely. cant forget about dogg pound's big pimpin ii too
true, and to add.
Public Enemy- He got Game
Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends
Jorge Ben - Eu Vou Torcer
Copa 7 - Copa 7 No Samba
Copa 7 - Mulher Absoluta
Freddie McGregor - Natural Collie
Isley Brothers - Footsteps In The Dark
Lord Kitchener - Cricket Champions (actually the entire Kitch '67 lp)
Mikey Dread - Dread At The Controls lp
Faze-O - Ridin High
Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
masakela's "grazing in the grass"
"lihue" (anasarcasm - holler!)
blackbyrds "summer love"
5th dimension - black patch
shuggie otis - inspiration information
os mutantes - Ando Meio Desligado
EWF - Brazilian Ryhme (over and over again...)