So this week in response to a fellow podcaster who called me out over my taste in R&B music. Therefore, we're going to create an R&B playlist in honor of Valentine's Day.

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Grown Folk Music:

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There was no way that Tyre Nichols' death could be ignored, but the power of music helped this episode move forward.

Songs Played:

Usher: You Make Me Want (Ryan James Carr Remake)

Lloyd: You (Feat. Lil Wayne)

Breakdown:

Beanie Siegel: I Can Feel It In The Air

Rotation:

Eminem: You Don't Know (Feat. 50 Cent, Cashis, and Lloyd Banks)

Mac Miller: Red Dot Music

Daniel Caesar: Please Do Not Lean (Feat. BADNOTGOOD)

I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THESE SONGS OR PASSING THEM ON AS MY OWN WORK.

Great songwriting always comes from heartbreak and disappointment. The songs are even better when it focuses on jealously and the other woman/man. That's the kind of song I'll be breaking down, so I brought a friend to help me. J Boog is my official Chloe x Halley correspondent and together we breakdown a song that will definitely be known as a classic.

Songs Played: 

Doja Cat: Streets

Ari Lennox: BMO (Remix) (Feat. Doja Cat)

Cardi B: Up

Damn Ya'll Ain't Heard This One Yet?

Destiny's Child: Is She The Reason

Breakdown:

Chloe x Halle: I Wonder What She Thinks Of Me

Rotation:

Chloe x Halle: Fall, Cool People, Tra Ta Ta, Ungodly Hour, Grown

Chan is hands down the funniest person that I've met, and she picked a hardcore song to breakdown for this episode. She's a beast and she knows her rap.

Songs Played:

Westside Gunn: 98 Sabres (Feat. Armani Ceasar, Conway, and Benny The Butcher)

Oh Yeah: Foxxy Brown (Feat. Spragga Benz)

Notorious B.I.G.: Warning

Juicy J: Killa (Feat. Conway)

Breakdown:

M.O.P: Blood Sweat And Tears

Rotation: 

Emmanuel: Needed You

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Palmolive (Instrumental)

Mos Def: Beauty In The Dark

I'm back with more dope music. I got out of my R&B bag and went back to my Hip-Hop bag. So I decided to breakdown a song that bridges the gap of three generations.

Songs Played:

Chris Brown: Come Together 

Nick Grant: Luxury Vintage Rap

Eminem: Without Me

Fat Joe: The Light (Feat. Amorphous)

Funkmaster Flex & Rowdy Rebel: Re-Route

CJ: Whoopty

Damn Y'all Ain't Heard This One?:

Fat Joe: Bust At You (Feat. Baby and Scarface)

Breakdown:

Russ: Momentum (Feat. Benny The Butcher & Black Thought)

Rotation:

Big Daddy Kane: Ain't No Half-Steppin'

Joe Budden: Warfare (Feat. Joell Ortiz)

Funkmaster Flex & King Von: Lurkin

If you're new to this game, Monday's are for Doug and Thursday's are for guests only. The guest for episode 83 is Autumn The Aires. We decided to lighten the mood and breakdown an ATL club classic.

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Doug starts off the show by reminiscing while playing some of his favorite basslines. This helps him lead to him breaking down a song from a group that he definitely slept on. 

Songs Played: 

Miguel: Where's The Fun In Forever

Miguel: Do You

Eric B. & Rakim: Don't Sweat The Technique

Snoop Dogg: G's and Hustlers 

Snoop Dogg: Gin and Juice

Breakdown:

Chloe x Halle: Don't Make It Harder On Me

Rotation:

Common: Be

Selena: I Could Fall In Love

Snoop Dogg: G's and Hustlers

Welcome to the first installment of the vinyl sessions! These sessions will focus on a song that Doug owns on Vinyl.

The guest for this episode J Boog of J's Quick 3 podcast. In the first half of this episode, the two just kicked at before they got in their feelings and broke down a classic song from a classic album.

Songs Played: 

Zilo: Hit Me Up

Chloe x Halle: Down

Anita Baker: Fairy Tale

The Fugees: Outro/Manifest

Breakdown:

Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Rotation:

Jasmine Sullivan: Pick Up Your Feelings

Jade Novah: Intuition

Chloe x Halle: Down