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TLC – Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
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“Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” was the first single released by TLC off their debut album, Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip through LaFace Records. While the song promoted the idea of sexually
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The Temptations – Ain't Too Proud To Beg
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On the Temptations’ 1966 hit “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” a man pleads with his lover not to leave him.
The Temptations tapped David Ruffin to sing lead on the song, with Eddie
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The Temptations – Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (Stereo Promo Version)
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Higher, higher / Fire / Don't change your style now that you've reached the top / Don't choose your friends by what they've got / Remember beneath the glitter and gleam / Like
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The Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
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“Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” was recorded by The Temptations in April of 1970 and released as a single the following month. The song, which reached #2 on
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The Devastating Affair – I Want To Be Humble
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Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Aww yeah, yeah, yeah / No, no, no / I'm not so high / That I can't feel love / And I'm not so low / That there ain't
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Gym Class Heroes (Ft. Adam Levine) – Stereo Hearts
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The Papercut Chronicles II’s lead single features Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5.
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The Temptations – Come On
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[Intro: Otis Williams] / Detroit, Michigan / The year? 1960 / Motown Records / At that time, my group was called Otis Williams and the Distants / Now, we were recording for a
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Marvin Gaye – How Can I Forget
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[Verse 1] / They ask me to forget about you / Go out and find someone new / But that won't be easy, you see / After all the things you've done for me / Told the men I ain't too
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The Temptations (Ft. The Supremes) – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
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[Intro: The Temptations] / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / [Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks] / I'm gonna do all the things for you / A girl wants a man to do, oh baby (Oh baby
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The Temptations – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
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[Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks] / I ain't got time to think about money / Or what it can buy / And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder / At what makes a birdie fly / [Pre-Chorus
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Aretha Franklin – Respect
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Aretha Franklin’s signature song was a groundbreaking female empowerment anthem of the late 1960s.
Originally a minor hit by Otis Redding in 1965, Aretha’s “Respect” was given a
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The Four Tops – Reach Out, I'll Be There
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The Four Tops’ 1966 song “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” is a feel-good Motown Records classic and one of the group’s biggest hits. The Four Tops were a vocal quartet from Detroit, led
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Pro Era – Vinyls
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This song samples Common’s The Corner heavily in it’s instrumental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BMP2kmdXts
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Kanye West & André 3000 – Life Of The Party
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“Life Of The Party” is a collaboration with André 3000. Its title is a term Ye has used in his song “Jesus Lord” to refer to his late mother Donda West.
A version of the song was
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Charlie Daniels – Uneasy Rider
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[Verse] / I was taking a trip out to L.A. / Tooling along in my Chevrolet / Tokin’ on a number and diggin' on the radio / Just as I crossed the Mississippi line / I heard that
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Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” was originally a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966, and made famous by Marvin Gaye in a single
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Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
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“Ain’t No Sunshine” was released as a B-side to the song “Harlem” in 1971. At the time of the song’s recording, Withers was working at a factory making toilet seats for Boeing 747
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The Four Tops – Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
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[Intro] / Ain't no woman like the one I've got / Ain't no woman like the one I've got / Ain't no woman like the one I've got / [Verse 1] / Every day the sun comes up around her
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The Temptations – Little Miss Sweetness
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[Verse 1: David Ruffin, The Temptations] / Now I'm a guy who's fond of sweet things / Sweet things I adore / In coffee, most take one or two lumps / But I use three or four / But
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Diana Ross – Reach Out I'll Be There (Mono Promo Version)
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[Verse 1] / If you feel that you can't go on / 'Cause all your hope is gone / And your life is filled with confusion / And happiness is just an illusion / And your world around is
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The Temptations – Beauty is Only Skin Deep
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[Verse 1: David Ruffin] / So in love, sad as could be / 'Cause her pretty face got the best of me / Suddenly, you came into my life / And gave it meaning and pure delight / Now
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tears of a Clown
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“The Tears of a Clown” was released on the 1967 album Make It Happen The song was written by Smokey Robinson, Hank Cosby, and Stevie Wonder.
According to Robinson, Stevie came to
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Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
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“Push It” is Salt-N-Pepa’s first hit song and one of their most famous. Although often mistaken as a song about sex, the group insists “Push It” is about dancing.
Written by
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The Temptations – Lonely, Lonely Man Am I
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[Intro: Melvin Franklin] / Lonely, I'm so lonely / Lonely, I'm so lonely / [Verse 1: Paul Williams] / Lonely, lonely man am I / As I sit here in my lonely room / People now
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Kanye West (Ft. André 3000) – Life of the Party (Original Version)
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“Life of the Party” is an unreleased track by Kanye West recorded during his Donda sessions. It features a guest verse from André 3000.
As part of the surrounding narrative of the
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Machine Gun Kelly – See My Tears
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Half Naked and Almost Famous EP
In this song MGK lets his heart out and reminisces over the past struggles of his life, while teaching lessons, and reflecting on his hard work
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Jeremy Zucker – comethru
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“Comethru” is the opening track for Jeremy Zucker’s EP, summer,. The song lays out the mindset of Jeremy as he was transitioning into a new lifestyle.
Jeremy graduated from
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Drake (Ft. Rihanna) – Take Care
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This track uses the beat and hook from the song “I’ll Take Care of U” from the Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron album that dropped last year
The source material for all this is the
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The Temptations – My Girl
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I've got sunshine on a cloudy day / When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May / I guess you'd say / What can make me feel this way? / [
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J. Cole (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Forbidden Fruit
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In the bible, Book Genesis, Adam and Eve are led into temptation by the serpent (the devil) and taste from the fruit that God had forbidden them to eat. This act, the fall of man
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Sam Smith – Stay With Me
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“Stay with Me” sees Smith yearning for a lasting relationship after a one-night stand leaves them craving more. One of their biggest hits, it’s gone #1 in countries like the United
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Commodores – I'm Looking For Love
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[Intro] / I like-I like- I like- I like love / I like-I like- I like- I like love (Lookin' for love) / I like-I like- I like- I like love / I like-I like- I like- I like love (
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Prince and the Revolution – Let's Go Crazy
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“Let’s Go Crazy” opens Purple Rain, both the movie and the album. The song opens with a eulogy-style sermon.
Counter to what you might expect from the song’s title, the song calls
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Blu & Exile – Simply Amazin'
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[Intro: Sample & Blu] / To all you talkin' all that bullshit (Yeah) / I'ma put it to you like this / [Verse 1: Blu] / Ayo, I'm tryna make these niggas go bonkers / From London to
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The Temptations – This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
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[Verse 1] / This old heart of mine, been broke a thousand times / Each time you break away, I think you're going to stay / Lonely nights that come, memories that go / Bringing you
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The Temptations – I Wish It Would Rain
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[Verse 1] / Sunshine, blue skies, please go away / My girl has found another and gone away / With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom / So day after day I stay locked
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain't No Mountain High Enough
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“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” marked the first collaboration between soul artists Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in terms of releases. It was the first single from their debut
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Frankie Valli – Can't Take My Eyes Off You
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“Can’t Take My Eyes off You” is a single recorded and released in 1967. It was Valli’s biggest hit until “My Eyes Adored You”, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A testament to
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The Temptations – Fading Away
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[Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks & The Temptations] / The feeling we used to get whenever our lips met / Like smoke from a cigarette, it's fading away / Fading away, fading away / It
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Kali Uchis – Love Between...
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The fourth track on Red Moon In Venus, is all about enamoration. Sampling The Temprees, Uchis' vocals bring the soul and depth that defines the song.
This far into Red Moon In
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The Temptations – Get Ready
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Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, “Get Ready” is a straight up love song. It reached #29 in the US upon release in 1966.
Eddie Kendricks sings a falsetto lead, with Melvin
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