This episode dives into the year 1978, the year that funk & disco peaked in urban and dance culture. Still in my teens, it was all about house parties, school dances, and all-ages clubs. This particular year covers one of my most memorable years of high school life. It was about the latest dances like the Freak, the Hustle, the Rock, and many others. Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Jimmy Carter ruled our borders, Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever were released late in the prior year but still dominated pop culture. Afros and three-piece suits governed my look, and it was also the year I started dee-jaying.

So, let’s go back in time for an hour or so and reflect on the way it used to be long before we were beholden to our current responsibilities.

BMS My 1978 features Chic, Funkadelic, Switch, Sylvester, Rose Royce, and many more.

Let’s remember when music was Music!

DJ Rhythm Dee

PLAYLIST

1. Le Freak/Chic
2. Get Off /Foxy
3. One Nation Under A Groove/Funkadelic
4. Stellar Funk/Slave
5. Boogie Oogie Oogie/Taste Of Honey
6. Shame/Evelyn 'Champagne' King
7. Dance (Disco Heat)/Sylvester
8. There'll Never Be/Switch
9. Close The Door/Teddy Pendergrass
10. Cause I Love You/Lenny Williams
11. Dancin' /Grey and Hanks
12. Let's Start The Dance/Bohannon
13. It Makes You Feel Like Dancing/Rose Royce
14. Sun Is Here/Sun
15. Jack & Jill/Raydio
16. How Deep Is Your Love/Bee Gees
17. Is This Love/Bob Marley
18. Get On Up (Get On Down)/Roundtree

Hey there, my BMS listeners.
 
DJ Rhythm Dee’s Black Magic Sounds is back with another exciting installment. This time, we’re diving into some eclectic morsels featuring legends like George Clinton, Kid Creole, Debbie Harry, Tom Tom Club, and many more. 

I am exploring my quirky side and showcasing rhythm-based music, which is more on the alternative side, and just plain fun. 

Don’t miss out on this musical journey, only on DJ Rhythm Dee’s Black Magic sounds. 

Tune in now!

PLAYLIST

1. Do Fries Go With That Shake/George Clinton
2. Love Me For Real/Rim Kwaku Obeng, KASA
3. Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy/Kid Creole And The Coconuts
4. Glad To Know You/Chas Jankel
5. What D'You Know About Them/ Jungle
6. Tom's Diner/Suzanne Vega, DNA
7. Nipple To The Bottle/Grace Jones
8. Planet E/KC Flightt
9. Weary Traveller/UBIS
10. Buffalo Gals/Stampede Malcolm McLaren, World Famous Supreme Team
11. Backfired/Debbie Harry
12. Groove Master/Nile Rodgers
13. Wordy Rappinghood/Tom Tom Club
14. What's a Telephone Bill/Bootsy Collins
15. Moments In Love/Art of Noise
16. Q.U.E.E.N. f/Erykah Badu - Janelle Monáe
17. Everywhere/Common
18. The Call /Erykah Badu
19. Voices Inside My Head/Common Sense

BMS Episode 109 (It’s an 80s Thang!)

Today’s segment showcases some great r&b grooves from the back half of the 80s.
Featuring, Prince, Vesta Williams, Meli'sa Morgan, Al B. Sure, Changing Faces, and many more!

DJ Rhythm Dee hosts a recurring segment known as the Black Magic Sounds. The show will feature the smooth grooves of Jazz, Neo-Soul, Acid Jazz, as well as Funk, R&B, Disco, Soulful House, Slow Jams, and anything that moves you. It’s all about feeling the music and hearing some tracks that were forgotten or entirely new to you.

Remember when music was Music!

PLAYLIST

1. Hot Thing/Prince
2. Artificial Heart/Cherrelle
3. Innocent/Alexander O'Neal
4. Once Bitten, Twice Shy/Vesta Williams
5. Sexy Girl/Lillo Thomas
6. If You Can Do It: I Can Too!/Meli'sa Morgan
7. Off On Your Own/Al B. Sure
8. Everything/Jody Watley
9. Games/Chuckii Booker
10. Don't Make Me Wait For Love (f/Lenny Williams)/Kenny G
11. For You To Love/Luther Vandross
12. Mercedes Boy/Pebbles
13. I'll Be Good To You (f/ Chaka Khan & Ray Charles)/Quincy Jones
14. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me/Changing Faces
15. Joy & Pain/Donna Allen
16. Cassanova/Levert
17. (If You) Love Me Just a Little/La La

BMS Episode 108

This episode features grooves from Luther Vandross, Tavares, Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Heatwave, and many more!

DJ Rhythm Dee hosts a recurring segment known as the Black Magic Sounds. The show will feature the smooth grooves of Neo-Soul, and Jazz, as well as Funk, R&B, Disco, Soulful House, Slow Jams, and anything that moves you. It’s all about feeling the music and hearing some tracks that were forgotten or entirely new to you.

Remember when music was Music!

PLAYLIST

1. The Rush/Luther Vandross
2. Some Love/Chaka Khan
3. Finesse/Glenn Jones
4. Mine All Mine/Cashflow
5. She's My Shining Star/Fatback Band
6. Never Had a Love Like This Before/Tavares
7. Free/Deniece Williams
8. Baby/Jeffery Osborne
9. Baby Let's Go/Narada Michael Walden
10. It's So Nice/Cornell C.C. Carter
11. You're The Best/Thing Sound of Superbad
12. Family Reunion/Jill Scott
13. Fingerprints/Hil St. Soul
14. Company (f/Carmichael Musiclover) Melba Moore
15. Happiness Togetherness/Heatwave
16. I Owe You One/Shalamar
17. Rejoice /The Emotions

This episode features grooves from The Ritchie Family, Kenny Thomas, Jonathan Butler, Freddie Jackson, and many more!

DJ Rhythm Dee hosts a recurring segment known as the Black Magic Sounds. The show will feature the smooth grooves of Neo-Soul, and Jazz, as well as Funk, R&B, Disco, Soulful House, Slow Jams, and anything that moves you. It’s all about feeling the music and hearing some tracks that were forgotten or entirely new to you.
Remember when music was Music!

PLAYLIST

1. You Should Have Known Better/ T.C. Curtis
2. I'll Do My Best/The Ritchie Family
3. Your Love/Kenny Thomas
4. You Did It Again/Soulpersona, Princess Freesia
5. The Way You Love Me/Marc Evans
6. All I Need/Tony Momrelle, Reel People
7. Love You All My Lifetime/Chaka Khan
8. Overflowing/Jonathan Butler
9. The Very Best In You/Change
10. Moonchild/Rick James
11. Here We Go Again/The Isley Bros.
12. Never Gonna Let You Go/Ryle, Seest
13. Call On Me/The R&R Soul Orchestra
14. So Be It (Soultalk Remix)/Lisa Stansfield
15. When Love Calls/Atlantic Starr
16. Special Lady/Freddie Jackson
17. Windy City Theme/AC Soul Symphony, Dave Lee

BMS/ LADIES FIRST 

In today's episode, we salute the women of music, particularly in the genre of r&b. As beautiful as music can be, the business of music is often the opposite as it closely adopts the worst of society's traits. For many decades while women were celebrated in music, they still had to take a back seat to men. Fortunately, we have learned from the mistakes of the past, but we still have a way to go. This is 'Her' story, this is our story.

Stay strong my sister.

Featuring Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Dionne Warwick, and many more.
Remember when music was Music!

DJ Rhythm Dee

PLAYLIST

1. I'M EVERY WOMAN/CHAKA KHAN
2. IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY/WHITNEY HOUSTON
3. BACKUP PLAN/ANGIE STONE
4. LOVE ON TOP/ BEYONCE
5. YOU MAKE ME FEEL (LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN)/ARETHA FRANKLIN
6. IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN/GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
7. WOMAN TO WOMAN/SHIRLEY BROWN
8. WALK ON BY/DIONNE WARWICK
9. WRECKLESS LOVE/ALICIA KEYS
10. GIRL/DESTINY'S CHILD
11. KISS OF LIFE/SADE
12. SWEET LOVE/ANITA BAKER
13. WHEN IT HURTS SO BAD/LAURYN HILL
14. NOT GON CRY/MARY J BLIGE
15. SUPERWOMAN/KARYN WHITE
16. LADIE'S CHOICE/TEENA MARIE
17. LADIE'S FIRST/QUEEN LATIFAH & MONIE LOVE

Another DJ mix experience from the DJ Rhythm Dee archives. 
Sourced from my original mix tapes from the past.

This raw unpolished tape with blemishes and all features bits and pieces from the golden era of the urban and hip hop scene of the 90's.

Featuring Jay Z, Tribe Called Quest, The Lost Boyz, Blackstreet, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Cutty Ranks, and many, many others.

DJ Rhythm Dee

This episode features the love jams by Earth Wind & Fire, The Floaters, Switch, Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, Blackstreet, Avante, and many more of my favorites.

Do you remember that school dance, house party, or night at the club when you waited for the DJ to rock the slow jams because you just had to get close to that special someone before anybody else? What about that first feeling of true love when all you could see wherever you went was your object of desire? This episode is for the lovers, and those who remember the way it used to be.

Happy Valentine’s from DJ Rhythm Dee

PLAYLIST

1.    Float on by The Floaters
2.   They'll Never Be by Switch
3.   Love Ballad by L.T.D.
4.   I'll Write a Song for You by Earth, Wind & Fire
5.   If You’re Not Back In Love By Monday by Millie Jackson
6.   Come On Go With Me by Teddy Pendergrass
7.    For The Lover In You by Shalamar
8.   Love’s Train by ConFunkShun
9.   Let's Get Closer by Atlantic Starr
10.  If This World Were Mine by Luther Vandross
11.   Secret Garden by Quincy Jones
12.  Shhh by Tevin Campbell
13.  Tonights the Night by Blackstreet
14.  Changed by Maxwell
15.  My First Love by Avant
16.  Don't Mind by Mary J Blige
17.  Zoom by Commodores

Hip House, a raw hybrid of rap and house music, was popularized in Chicago by local DJs and producers circa 1986. This driving thumping music reached prominence in 1989 and by then spread to Jersey, Washington, Toronto, the U.K., and beyond.
DJ Rhythm Dee takes you on a trip jacking to the sounds of Fast Eddie, Mr. Lee, Tyree Cooper, Kool Rock Steady, Doug Lazy, The Wee Papa Girl Rappers, and much more!

Jack To the Sound of The Underground!

PLAYLIST

1. MOVE YOUR BODY -TYREE F/JMD
2. PUMP YOUR BODY - MR. LEE
3. TURN UP THE BASS - TYREE F/KOOLROCK STEADY
4. TURN IT UP - MR. LEE
5. LET'S GET HYPED - KOOL ROCK STEADY
6. IT'S MY BUSINESS - MR. LEE
7. GET UP - FAST EDDIE F/SUNDANCE
8. ACID THUNDER - FAST EDDIE  
9. HIP HOUSE - FAST EDDIE
10. LET'S GO - FAST EDDIE
11. HARDCORE HIP HOUSE - TYREE
12. I CAN DANCE - FAST EDDIE
13. AIN'T WE FUNKIN NOW - JULIAN "JUMPIN" PEREZ/KOOL ROCK STEADY
14. JACK 2 THE SOUND - FAST EDDIE 
15. YO YO GET FUNKY - FAST EDDIE
16. LET THE MUSIC TAKE CONTROL - TYREE
17. GET BUSY - MR. LEE
18. COME INTO MY HOUSE - QUEEN LATIFAH
19. RUN THE RHYTHM - THE QUEEN OF GHETTO MADNESS
20. HEAT IT UP - THE WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS
21. THIS BEAT IS TECHNOTRONIC - TECHNOTRONIC
22. PUMP UP THE JAM - TECHNOTRONIC
23. AHH GET IT - DOUG LAZY
24. PLANET E - KC FLIGHT

I thought it would be interesting to assemble not only Prince’s work but also those who worked with him. 
His first ripple of influence of the Minneapolis sound was of course those artists that grew up with him as he was honing his craft. Those former bandmates went
on to create their own brand of magic which of course influenced others. Even in my own life while managing bands in the late 80's, our number one influence was Prince and all those trying to capture his unique sound. 
From the songs we covered to the wardrobe we chose, to the swagger we displayed on stage.
We all wanted to become a loyal member of his royal family.

This episode features, Prince, The Time, Andre Cymone,  Sheila E., Jesse Johnson, Vanity 6, and much more.

Let's Go Crazy!

PLAYLIST

1. LET'S WORK/PRINCE
2. WILD & LOOSE/THE TIME
3. NASTY GIRL/VANITY 6
4. SCREAMS OF PASSION/THE FAMILY
5. A BROKEN HEART CAN MEND/ALEXANDER O'NEAL
6. SEX SHOOTER/APPOLLONIA 6
7. EVERYBODY DANCE/TAMARA & THE SEEN
8. BE YOUR MAN/JESSE JOHNSON
9. THE DANCE ELECTRIC/ANDRE CYMONE
10. SUGAR WALLS/SHEENA EASTON
11. I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN/PRINCE
12. LOVE ON/SHEILA E.
13. STROKE/MAZARATI
14. ARE YOU MY BABY/WENDY & LISA
15. SHH…. /EVIN CAMPBELL
16. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND/PRINCE
17. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U/THE FAMILY
18. NEW POWER GENERATION PART II/PRINCE