I know that labeling some of these posts as Black History Month might seem a little shallow for the occasion. Well, this is a music blog and to me, rhythm and blues is a genre of music that transcends all and has its roots in African American history. I've always loved R&B and so I like to take advantage of this occasion to highlight some R&B songs I love, and in today's case it's a funky groove by singer Ciara, with a lil help from Missy Elliot. Check out I Proceed...
Janet Jackson's brand new album, Unbreakable, is out and so far this music lover is giving it a resounding thumbs up! Here's a funky lil jam from the set featuring Miss Janet's sultry vocals over a nice, jamming bassline and some rapping thrown in by Misdemeanor herself, Missy Elliot! Ooh, this one's hot!
Honestly, sometimes I have no idea how the music industry works...
Ever since Missy Elliot's nice guest spot at Katy Perry's Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday, I've been wanting to post one of Missy's videos, and I knew exactly the one I wanted to post, this remix of Get Ur Freak On featuring a very young Nelly Furtado. I vividly remember being wowed by this version of the smash hit single off her 2001 Miss E...So Addictive album. At the time, Nelly Furtado was brand spanking new and her vocals on this track were slamming and added a whole new dimension to the song.
I remember a video, different from the original Furtado-less version. It took place on a city street at night, and like many of Missy's videos, featured a lot of stuff going on, including young Nelly doing her thing. After a long fruitless search for that video, I had to be satisfied, unfortunately, with this audio-only version. Now, I do own the MP3 of the song, but even that took me a long time to find, and the apparent disappearance of the video from the Internet leaves me scratching my head. I'm sure it's some sort of legal issue, of course, which is so frustrating because I am sure many more people would click play if they had the visual to go with the audio. Anyway, for what it's worth, check out Get Ur Freak On with Nelly Furtado. It is worth a listen...
