July 29, 2009

Kaylan - Rock Me All Night

Mauritius born brothers Dennis and Darren emerged in 2000 as Warner Music Australia signed R&B duo Kaylan. With a sound unique to Australian culture the album went mostly under appreciated. The boys then formed the dance music duo Disco Montego a year later releasing their debut album of the same name. The Dowlut brothers ran Bomb Music with partner George Said and were developing the career of Jeremy Gregory who was signed to Warner Music in the US. The group remixed a Mariah Carey track Boy (I Need You) from her 2002 album Charmbracelet after Carey was aware of their Australian success. Disco Montego were planning to relocate in 2005 to Los Angeles to take advantage of their success. However, their relocation plans had to be shelved when Darren Dowlut was diagnosed with cancer. Darren Dowlut died of chest cancer aged 26. Mariah Carey was among the performers who sent condolences.

01 Radio Edit
02 Extended Mix


The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows


Rich first attracted attention as a staff writer at LaFace Records, where he wrote songs for recording artists including Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill, TLC, and Toni Braxton. Later, Rich mixed elements of jazz, rock and soul music into his own tracks. In late 1995 Rich released the hit single, "Nobody Knows" which made it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Under the moniker "The Tony Rich Project", he released his debut album Words in early 1996. Both the album and single went platinum and in 1997, Rich won a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Album. The song was covered by country music artist Kevin Sharp in 1997, also as his debut single. The song "Like a Woman" was also nominated for a Grammy Award.

01 Radio Edit
02 Untouchable Flava Edit


July 28, 2009

Mya ft BlackStreet, Blinky Blink & Mase - Take Me There Remixs

"Take Me There" is a song by Blackstreet, Mýa, Mase, and Blinky Blink. The song is featured on the soundtrack to The Rugrats Movie and on Blackstreet's album Finally (the latter presented in a remix). It features the famous Rugrats theme melody set against a laid-back cheerful R&B/Rap beat. The recording was a number 7 hit in the UK[1], and reached number 14 in the US.

01 I Want U Back Remix
02 Radio Version
03 Album Version
04 Instrumental


Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger


Jimmy Cliff (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest possible honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come which helped popularize reggae across the world his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film, Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Even after a string of hits, the singer has never quite managed to achieve mainstream acceptance, although in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he seemed poised for international stardom.During the 1981 River Tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added Cliff's little-known song "Trapped" to their live set; it achieved great prominence when included on 1985's We Are the World benefit album). The follow-up, Cliff Hanger (1985) won a Grammy Award for 'Best Reggae Album', though it was his last major success in the U.S. until 1993.

1- Hitting With Music
2- American Sweet
3- Arrival
4 Brown Eyes
5- Reggae Street
6- Hot Shot
7- Sunrise
8- Dead And Awake
9- Now And Forever
10- Nuclear War

July 9, 2009

Michael Jackson TRIBUTE - Music & Me (The MoonWalker)

A tribute to the "KING OF POP" Michael Jackson........R.I.P. Your music, short films & life has been a divine influence directly exerted upon the minds & souls of the people past & present. My condolences to the family, friends & fans who are experiencing pain, grief & misfortune. Your legacy will last forever pertaining your title " The King Of Pop". Your "Music & Me" will live on to see another day, another year, another decade, rest in peace , my brother.......
DjToma


April 16, 2009

Classic Example - Classic Example

Classic Example was one of those groups that was expected to be big but ended up falling through the cracks. The male vocal quintet's producer/mentor was Maurice Starr, who had been responsible for the success of New Edition and New Kids on the Block--and Classic Example was expected to be either the next New Edition or the next Boyz II Men. But this self-titled debut album wasn't the blockbuster that Starr (who produced much of the material) was hoping for. Nonetheless, Classic Example isn't bad. The Boston combo has a youthful style, but without getting into the teeny bopper stuff that New Kids were known for--the tunes are a lot meatier and grittier than that. And at the same time, Classic Example avoids the type of aggressive, in-your-face new jack swing that was huge in the early 1990s.

1 Its Alright 4:10
2 Don't Make Me Wait 4:12
3 I Do Care 5:14
4 Never Gonna Give You Up 4:40
5 Where Do I Run To 5:12
6 Toast to Our Love 5:30
7 Stay With Me Tonight 5:06
8 Lift Every Voice and Sing 1:51
9 The Other Side of My Bed 3:56
10 Can You Find a Place in Your Heart 4:56
11 Treat Her Like a Lady 4:05
12 All Your Love 4:16
13 You Need Love 4:34
14 She Ain't Right 1:59
15 Dear Lisa 5:40


OST Hav Plenty


Hav Plenty's eclectic roster makes the soundtrack to the film savory to virtually any palate. Although not as creative as the ethereal love jones soundtrack or as solid in production as the soundtrack to Bulworth, Hav Plenty still manages choice moments.... Dull interludes aside, Hav Plenty's stylistics are worthy.

1. Fire - Babyface;Des'ree 4:47
2. Heat - Absoulute 4:04
3. Keep It Real - Jon B.;Coko (aka Cheryl Gamble);Jay-Z 4:41
4. I Can't Help It - Shya 3:35
5. I Can't Get You (Out Of My Mind) Remix - Blackstreet 4:42
6. Tears Away - Faith Evans 5:11
7. What The Hell Do You Want - Az Yet 4:25
8. Rock The Body - Queen Pen;Tracey Lee 3:58
9. I Wanna Be Where You Are - SWV 3:57
10. Whatcha Gonna Do - Jayo Felony (Featuring Method Man & DMX) 4:36
11. Any Other Night - Chico Debarge 4:25
12. What I've Been Missin' - Changing Faces 4:38
13. Ye Yo - Erykah Badu 4:41