This Valentines Day, let Okayplayer curate the musical selection for your romance-filled evening with these three new mixes (plus one bonus throwback). All our certain to set the mood and make this February 14th memorable for you and that special some-player. Click through to check out mixes from ?uestlove, DJ Wonway Posibul, Animal Status, and the (downloadable!) return of Sam Champ's D'Angelo Live mixtape!
?uestlove - Pro Creation Nation
Based on the title alone, there's no doubt as to what ?uestlove had in mind when he compiled this 12 hour playlist for Rdio. It'll be a good idea to check back in with mix as time goes on, as ?uesto claims it won't be finished until it's a full 24 hours long! Featuring plenty of slow grooves by everyone from Janet Jackson to Weather Report, we might have to consider this the unofficial third installment of his Babies Making Babies compilation series.
DJ Wonway Posibul - Later On... (music for chance encounters in bedrooms before dawn)
San Francisco's DJ Wonway Posibul hit us with this mix inspired by one he made to commemorate his one-year "date-aversary." Chock-full of sexy sounds from Prince, J*Davey, José James, The Weeknd, The Luv Bugz and Me'shell Ndegeocello, this is a no-brainer - depending on which definition of "brains" you prefer.
Tracklist:
Later On? Intro
Jesse Boykins III "Prototype" feat. Melo-X & Trae Harris
Meshell Ndegeocello "Love Song #1"
The Luv Bugz "Under These Covers"
The Weeknd "What You Need"
Von D "Show Me" feat. Phephe
Pr!nce "The Beautiful Ones"
Aaliyah "One In A Million" (Belief Remix)
Portishead "It Could Be Sweet"
Siaira Shawn "Dusk"
RightNowRightNow? Interlude/ The Stuyvesants "Yearning (For Your Love)"
Patrice Rushen "(She Will) Take You Down To Love"
Emily McLean "Affections"
The S.O.S. Band "Tell Me If You Still Care"
Mos Def "The Panties"
J Davey "No More"
Jessie Ware "What You Won't Do For Love"
Bebel Gilberto "Mais Feliz"
Jose James "Bird of Space"
Little Dragon "Thunder Love"
Norman Connors "Invitation"
Animal Status - Sax In The '80s
The folks over at Animal Status put together this mix of '80s jams that all feature the sexy sounds of the saxophone. "Horny" jams from Hall & Oates, George Michael, Sade and Patrice Rushen make up the tracklist for this mix that is fun and will help all of you Miami Vice role-playing fetishists out there.... No judgements.
Tracklist:
1) Intro
2) Hall & Oates - “She’s A Man Eater”
3) INXS - “Never Tear Us Apart”
4) Tina Turner - “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
5) Tears for Fears - “The Working Hour”
6) Tim Capello - “I Still Believe”
7) Glenn Frey - “You Belong To The City”
8) Diamond In The Rough - “Ain’t Good Lovin’”
9) Marcus Miller - “Suddenly”
10) Patrice Rushen - “Forget Me Nots”
11) Billy Ocean - “Caribbean Queen”
12) Don Henley - “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”
13) Gerry Rafferty - “Baker Street”
14) Sade - “Smooth Operator”
15) Rick Springfield - “Don’t Walk Away”
16) Quarterflash - “Harden My Heart”
17) Patrick Swayze - “She’s Like The Wind”
18) Men At Work - “Who Can It Be Now”
19) Duran Duran - “Rio”
20) George Michael - “Careless Whisper (Never Gonna Dance Again)”
Sam Champ - D'Angelo Live
You guys know this one already. We're bringing back Sam Champ's legendary D'Angelo mix one more time. And this time, grab that download. Who knows how long we'll be generous enough to keep it up this time!
Tracklist:
1. Fantastic Intro
2. Brown Sugar
3. Devil's Pie
4. Crisco
5. Left & Right
6. Chicken Grease
7. Lady
8. Left & Right (Reprise)
9. Feel Like Making Love
10. Can't Hide Love
11. Things You Do (Fall in Love)
12. One Mo' Gin
13. Me and Those Dreaming Eyes of Mine
14. S.D.M.
15. Untitled (How Does It Feel)
