The Smoothication Experience

The Smoothication Experience

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The Smoothication Experience episodes

  • #26: Undercover Smooth featuring El Debarge

    Welcome to our new series called Undercover Smooth where we help undercover some of those super smooth tracks that you never knew existed from some of your favorite smooth artists. This week we feature El Debarge and three of his best Undercover Smooth songs:

    After You

    Heart, Mind & Soul

    The Heart Is Not So Smart 

    10 min
  • #25: Quiet Storm Smooth featuring Lenny Green

    This week's episode features the man with the unmistakable deep, rich sound, Lenny Green. Lenny Green is the undisputed master of creating a relaxed, romantic atmosphere for his listeners, while playing the best variety of old school and today's R&B music, to ease them into unwinding after their stress-filled days.  He sets THE MOOD unlike anyone else. He gives us a taste of what you may hear on his nationally syndicated radio show “The Quiet Storm with Lenny Green,” with some real soothing and sensual tunes.  We dive deep into the "Smoothometer" and  there is consensus:  Lenny's  Top 5 Smooth songs brought some serious Hot Tub Heat!

    The Quiet Storm with Lenny Green is the highly rated Tri-state (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) radio station WBLS/107.5-FM @wbls1075nyc. Recently syndicated by SupeRadio, Lenny's weekday 7:00 pm to 12:00 midnight show can be heard across the country on MAGIC/100.9 in Augusta, GA, JAMMIN/98.3 in Milwaukee, HEART & SOUL in Oklahoma City, MAGIC/92.1 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, GLOBAL/99.5 in Nassau Bahamas, WTUG/92.9 in Tuscaloosa, AL, plus he can be heard from 8:00 pm to 1 AM as host of The Quiet Storm on HOT 105 in Miami, FL. 


    1 hr 7 min
  • #24: Undercover Smooth featuring Alexander O'Neal

    Welcome to our new series called Undercover Smooth where we help undercover some of those super smooth tracks that you never knew existed from some of your favorite smooth artists. This week we feature Alexander O'Neal and four of his best Undercover Smooth songs:

    The Morning After
    The Lovers
    My Gift To You
    When The Party's Over

    13 min
  • #23: One Smooth 'Cat featuring Harvey Mason jr.

    This week we feature Harvey Mason jr., the multi-talented Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy and Grammys who has written and produced for John Legend, Babyface and Aretha Franklin, among others. 

    As one of the busiest individuals in the Music/TV/Film industry, we are extremely grateful for this opportunity to sit down with one of the most influential and powerful voices in the entertainment world today. We discuss some of the biggest initiatives currently being taken within the Recording Academy focused on artist representation, diversity, and equality including the Black Music Collective and Change Music. 

    We also dive into Harvey’s Top 5 Smooth songs that he has written/produced for Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston, Chris Brown, Tyrese, and B2K. 

    This is an episode you definitely don’t want to miss! 

    48 min
  • #22: Undercover Smooth featuring Christopher Williams

    Welcome to our new series called Undercover Smooth where we help undercover some of those super smooth tracks that you never knew existed from some of your favorite smooth artists. This week we feature Christoper Williams and three of his best Undercover Smooth songs including "Promises, Promises", "Please, Please",  and "Don't You Want To Make Love To Me". 

    10 min
  • #21: Stank Face Smooth with Matt Richards

    This week buckle in because actor, comedian, and writer Matt Richards takes us on a wild ride where we discuss fudge making, stank face smooth, and how he helped discover Justin Bieber and Cardi B. 

     Besides being one of the funniest people on the planet, Matt’s resume includes being selected as a new face for the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and was a standout in the CBS Diversity Showcase. You can see Matt on CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, Nickelodeon’s School of Rock, as well as KC Undercover and Bizaardvark for Disney. Matt is the host for the pop culture gameshow Trivial Takedown for FUSE, and has written for the Jokers Wild starring Snoop Dogg on TBS. Matt is currently the newest comic to join the HQ Trivia team of hosts. He’s also a regular at the illustrious New York Comedy Club. 

    Matt brings us a Top 5 Smooth that includes Tyrese, Dru Hill, Jagged Edge, Musiq Soulchild, and K-Ci & JoJo. You can find us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and Google podcasts. Link is in our bio! 

    54 min
  • #20: Undercover Smooth featuring Janet Jackson

    Welcome to our new series called Undercover Smooth where we help undercover some of those super smooth tracks that you never knew existed from some of your favorite smooth artists. This week we feature Janet Jackson and five of her best Undercover Smooth songs including Where Are You Now, Someday Is Tonight, Broken Hearts Heal, Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun), and You Can Be Mine. 

    12 min
  • #19: Beautifully Smooth featuring NV Randall

    This week we feature actress and model NV Randall who is Beautifully Smooth both inside and outside. In a past iteration of this lifetime, she was an anthropologist who studied at Northwestern University and then "went native" where she became a Brazilian beauty queen in Rio de Janeiro. That experience propelled her to becoming a top Wilhelmina model and actress. NV currently resides in Brooklyn with her black cat Alex and her two roommates who are very short and she happened to give birth to both of them. NV gives us a Top 5 Smooth that includes Caetano Veloso, Gotan Project, Fela Kuti, Carla Bruni and Leonard Cohen. 

    57 min
  • #18: Soulfully Smooth featuring Nicole Henry

    This week we feature the Soulfully Smooth, Nicole Henry who is one of the jazz world's most acclaimed vocalists, possessing dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Nicole's passionate, soulful voice and heartfelt charisma have earned her a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," and three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums. Heralded by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more, Nicole tells real stories through peerless interpretations of repertoire from the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, popular standards, blues and originals.
     
    Nicole provides us a Top 10 Smooth list that includes Grover Washington, Jr., Patti LaBelle, Wham!, Phylis Hyman, Silk, Nancy Wilson, Commodores, Angela Bofill, Roy Ayers, and Teddy Pendergrass. You can find the link to Nicole’s Top 10 Smooth playlist on our website www.smoothicationexperience.com 

     We also discuss her 8th Annual Winter Concert on Saturday, December 19th, 2020 benefiting the Miami Music Project, which has emerged as a model for music education programs nationally, by offering after-school programming free of charge using music as an instrument of social change. Through the study and performance of music, they empower children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society.  To date, 100% of graduates have gone onto college on scholarship. They have reached almost 30,000 children across Miami-Dade County, becoming one of the largest socially transformative music initiatives in the U.S.

    51 min
  • #17: Undercover Smooth featuring Al B. Sure!

    Welcome to our new series called Undercover Smooth where we help undercover some of those super smooth tracks that you never knew existed from some of your favorite smooth artists. This week we feature the king of smooth Al B. Sure! and three of his best Undercover Smooth songs So Special, Just for the Moment, and Die for You. 

    11 min

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Come celebrate the Smooth! Here at the Smoothication Experience Podcast, we interview some of the most talented people in the world including musicians, actors, comedians, and entrepreneurs who each…