[the science] sessions mixed by manny black

055 crush (sticky.sweet.remix) / femi + manny black
056 funky 4 you / bahamadia
057 city of nowhere/ brittney bosco
058 with you / kissey asplund
059 we fight, we love / q-tip + kanye + consequence
060 what kind of cool / cody chestnutt
061 9th wonder (blackitolism) / digable planets
062 porcupine / nature zone
063 inside out / fiest

this collection is best experienced at 30,000 feet or while flying down the 405 South in Los Angeles.
[collection six]

046 blow your mind / dwele
047 milk and honey / goapele
048 trouble / amel larrieux
049 smoke / jay dilla + blu
050 shine / the bar-kays
051 i turn my camera on / spoon
052 be easy / jay electronica
053 soulclap (nicolay rmx) / united soul + yahzarah + phonte
054 flatlands (nosaj thing rmx) + scream / nalepa + michael + janet + manny black refix

this installment ventures into electro-house grounds. sacred spaces full of wonderment and 4 on the floor beats.
[collection 5]
037 n.i.t.a. / young marble giants
038 living again / cee-lo
039 don’t you want me / jody watley (rmx)
040 autopilot / willie isz
041 woman friend / chromeo
042 keepin’ the groove / black art music
043 lavendar lust / dj minx
044 i’m black and i’m proud / james brown
045 sliding away / 2020soundsystem (johnny d rmx)

this collection is best paired with hardwood floors and green tea. sunny and bright days, open windows and relaxation. add a little love and invite an “alternative” friend over. enjoy.
[collection four]
028 you (rmx) / lloyd + andre 3000 + nas
029 starfish and coffee / prince + the revolution
030 morning fun (rmx) / vikter duplaix + common
031 you’re the one, bobby / the marvelettes
032 when she smiles / plantlife + dj spinna
033 championsound / radio citizen + bajka
034 money / stephanie mckay
035 nerd girl / chester french + clinton sparks + j. monet
036 say it / j dilla

still nine tracks. they feel good mid-day, especially on saturday afternoons and sunny ones in particular. i'm discovering that there is always a love theme present in this series, and i feel a little swag in this mix. a little bit of bravado, a little showy-offiness at times. we all need to feel that every once in a time.

[collection three]
019 you’ve made me so very happy/lou rawls
020 we roll/pete rock
021 unanswered question/amel larrieux
022 i belong to you/lenny kravitz
023 bordeaux/louis bordeaux
024 fictions/ltj bukem
025 frontin’/jamie cullum
026 the things you do (bad boy rmx)/gina thompson + missy elliott
027 i can’t believe it/t-pain + lil’ wayne

nine more tracks, each selected for their subject matter and composition.

the songs in this collection came together one evening. never an intentional theme, but there is some love peppered throughout ("fever" + "my high"), but most fun is the instrumentalism ("make some room" + "doo doo" + new word!). enjoy!

[collection two]

010 california livin’/george benson
011 make some room (japan remix)/sade
012 chocolate/dwele
013 complexity/the roots feat. jill scott
014 odo-ya/sergio mendes
015 doo doo/j-dilla
016 my high/yero
017 life is better/q-tip feat. norah jones
018 fever/platinum pied pipers feat. zeno

nine tracks, each selected for their subject matter and composition.

this collection has a strong theme of love, either absent or realized (angie stone's "baby" and amel larrieux singing "i don't know). there is also a secondary theme of feeling content, as opened by ledisi's "alright". add a few throwback tracks to tickle fancies (i know you've heard different interpolations of their songs).

[collection one]

001 ain’t no love in the heart of the city/bobby blue bland
002 baby/angie stone
003 i don’t know/soulive feat. amel larrieux
004 alright/ledisi
005 sunrise/the originals
006 heaven only knows/monk higgins
007 my work will be done/blue sky black death
008 blue jay/owusu & hannibal
009 life on mars/dexter mansel