Tag Archives: Vibes From The Vault

VIBES from the VAULT: #TI feat. #LilWayne #JayZ #KanyeWest and #MIA ‘Swagga Like Us’ [live]

On this day, 15 years ago T.I. released ‘Swagga Like Us’ featuring M.I.A., Kanye, Jay-Z and Lil’ Wayne!

THEN all these HEAVY HITTERS performed this MONSTER HIT, live at the 2009 GRAMMY AWARDS!!!!!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #DianaRoss ‘The Boss’ [LIVE from #LasVegas 1979]

Since we are talking about ‘The Boss’, let’s dig back into the VAULT for a CLASSIC! Diana Ross LIVE from Vegas singing ‘The Boss’!!!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #NicoleWray’s debut ‘Make It Hot’ turns 25 today! [vids]

Can you believe Nicole Wray’s DEBUT album ‘Make It Hot’ turns 25 today!!??

The album was released on August 25, 1998 through Missy Elliott‘s Elektra-distributed vanity labelThe Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland

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VIBES from the VAULT: #MaryJBlige ‘I Can Love You’ feat. #LilKim [vid]

This SONG will NEVER not be the SHIT!! Mary J. Blige and Lil’ Kim’s MONSTER hit, ‘I Can Love You’!!!!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #JanetJackson ‘Strawberry Bounce’ [#SNL 2004]

This was a FAVE of mine from Janet Jackson’s ‘Damita Jo’ era. ‘Strawberry Bounce’ wasn’t a released single, but she DID perform it on ‘SNL’ in 2004! Let’s take it back ….

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VIBES from the VAULT: #Timbaland and #Magoo ‘Indian Flute’ feat. Sebastian & Raje Shwari

We lost a DOPE one….Melvin Barclay better known as rapper/producer Magoo just passed away at 50! He was half of the dynamic duo of Timbaland & Magoo, and they had the 90’s on lock with joints like this…

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VIBES from the VAULT: #KianeLede ‘Mad At Me’ [vid]

How did we let this little GEM from Kiana Lede slide by us. ‘Mad At Me’ interpolates Outkast’s MONSTER hit, ‘So Fresh, So Clean’, and Lede FLIPS IT in her SIGNATURE style NO DOUBT!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #Fergie ‘You Already Know’ feat. #NickiMinaj [vid]

This is a LITTLE GEM I just found out about over the WEEKEND! This Fergie/Nicki Minaj collaboration should have been a HUGE HIT! The SAMPLE alone with this DOPE verse from Nicki!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #KidInk ‘Be Real’ feat. #DejLoaf [vid]

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Kid Ink had a BOP with this one. ‘Be Real’ featuring Dej Loaf POPPED into my head, so this is what we rolling with TODAY!

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VIBES from the VAULT: #Monica ‘Before You Walk Out My Life’ [vid]

On this DAY 28 years ago, Monica released her DEBUT album, ‘Miss Thang’!

It was released by Rowdy Records and distributed through the Arista label on July 18, 1995, in the United States. Recorded throughout her early teenage years, the album was conceived under the guidance of Rowdy head Dallas Austin who would emerge as a tutor and father figure to Monica and serve as Miss Thang‘s sole executive producer. Austin recruited protégés from his DARP production camp such as Tim & Bob, Arnold Hennings, and Colin Wolfe as well as Daryl Simmons, and Soulshock & Karlin to work on the album. It incorporates a wide range of contemporary genres such as soulpophip hop and blues.

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