deep.honey's Old School Soul Playlist

deep.honey flew down to the Deeeep South last weekend for her dad's 60th birthday extravaganza.

However, she forgot that she was supposed to be DJ'ing the festivities, and had to make an On-the-Go iPod playlist from some '70s and '80s classics in her collection (good R&B is timeless).  Her audience was mostly 50+, after all.  One 21st-century hit was slipped in for the few Gen Y attendees.

These hits turnt the lakeside cookout out:

1. Before I Let Go, Frankie Beverly and Maze
2. I'm Still in Love (With You), Joe Gibbs
3. Best of My Love, The Emotions
4. I Want to Thank You, Alicia Myers
5. Stir It Up, Bob Marley and The Wailers
6. Groove Me, King Floyd
7. Mothership Connection, Parliament
8. The Glamorous Life, Sheila E
9. Just Fine, Mary J. Blige
10. I Like, Guy
11. I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince
12. Jungle Love (Live), Morris Day
13. Clean Up Woman, Leela James
14. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls  --Don't hate...one of the best "get ta steppin!" songs of all time.
15. I Want Her, Keith Sweat
16. Brick House, The Commodores
17. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson
18. Rock With You, Michael Jackson
19. Haven't You Heard, Patrice Rushen
20. Boogie Shoes, K.C. and the Sunshine Band
21. I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing, James Brown --So funky and fierce.
22. For the Love of You, The Isley Brothers 
23. My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder
24. Master Blaster (Jammin') Stevie Wonder
25. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours, Stevie Wonder
26. Do I Do, Stevie Wonder
27. All I Do, Stevie Wonder
28. As, Stevie Wonder
29. Summertime, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
30. Super Bad, James Brown
31. Mary Jane, Rick James

Could've slipped some "Funky Space Reincarnation" in, but was worried about what that could unleash--nobody wants to see their middle-aged relatives doing a slow grind, so no Marvin was on the list.   And you know deep.honey's mom and her friends just had to close it out with some slides... 

Feel free to share your cookout playlists!