Chocolate Soul Presents...

Thanks for taking the time to listen!I am just getting my head right for our monthly Soulful, Latin, and Afro house music performance in our Arts District of Columbus, Ohio that we call Gallery Hop in the Short North every first saturday of the month! I can not WAIT to spin this type of vibe in Temple Hills, Maryland for THE HOUSE ON THE WATERFRONT WEEKENDER for August 12th and 13th! Join us by getting your tickets here: [ https://tinyurl.com/2ha9v6e2 ]I hope you dig what you hear!!!!!!!Peace!

WutUpDoe! Isn't it cool to reminisce a lil bit? Welp, I'm having fun with this series, and I hope you dig what you hear as well. Volumes 5, 6, 7, and 8 should mix together to get the full effect, so I gotta get one more mix out before August 2023! It's house music time!Thanks for listening, and here are the artists: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince; The Roots ft Jazzy Jeff; LL Cool J; Method Man ft. Mary J Blige; Mariah Carey ft. JD & Da Brat; Keyshia Cole ft. Missy Elliot & Lil Kim; LL Cool J; 112 ft. JD; Blackstreet ft Jay-Z; Faith Evans ft. Puffy & Loon; De La Soul ft Devin the Dude & Yummy Bingham; ATCQ; ATCQ; Lil Mo ft. Fabulous; Mary J Blige; Mr. Cheeks ft Floetry; Kelly Price ft. Da Brat & JD; Mary J Blige ft. JD; SWV ft. The Wu-Tang Clan 

WutUpDoe!Welp, this mix is just for me! Just wanted to hear more of what I would play for myself during a Happy Hour right after a cover charge begins at the door of the club or more of what I call "Ridin' Outta Town" music. I think I can squeeze another Happy Hour Vibes mix in for the month of July, but now that August is on the horizon, I gotta get ready to do what I really love to do: Soulful & Afro House Music!Once again, I'll be in Hyattsville, MD for their annual House On The Waterfront Weekender for the 11th - 13th., so that means, Soulful, Afro, and Deep House mixes are coming up very soon!Hope you dig what you hear, and let me know what cha think. Peace!The Artists: De La Soul; DMX ft. Faith Evans; Fugees; Shyne ft Barrington Levy; Snoop Dogg; Lil Kim; Tony Yayo & G Unit; The Roots ft Jaguar Wright; The Lost Boyz; Keith Murray; Hi-Tek ft. Common & Vinia Mojica; De La Soul; A Tribe Called Quest; 2Pac ft;  Daz Dillinger; Method Man; Kurupt; Redman; Rick James; Jay-Z; Junior Mafia ft. The No

Wut Up Doe!Just another mix to ride around the city with and work in Mom's yard at times. Trying to get this series done by Fall, so I can set up private parties #ForGrownFolkOnly If you're interested, next year, so holla at cha Boi!Let me know what cha think!Artists: Mary J Blige; Missy Elliott; Scarface; Monica ft Busta Rhymes; Tweet; Mariah Carey ft. Da Brat & Xscape; Monica; Snoop Dogg ft R Kelly; Aaliyah; Outkast; Rick Ross ft. Ne-Yo; Tank; 112 ft. Mr. Cheeks; Erykah Badu; The Isley Brothers; Jodeci; dj Quik ft AMG; The Notorious B.I.G.; Outkast; Scarface ft. Jay Z & Beanie Sigel

WutUpDoe! Here's another mix I wanted to hear in my ride, so lucky you. This one is similar to Volume 2 where it's a lil more upbeat and mixes directly with Volume 3. Hope you dig what you hear because I'm gonna be jammin' near the end with A Tribe Called Quest!If you want to hear me spin some Soulful/Afro House, I'll be joining my Fam based in Hyattsville, Maryland from 4-6 pm on Saturday 6/17/2023, and then the next Friday 6/23/2023 from 4- 6 pm on their Twitch Channel ( https://www.twitch.tv/cyberjamz_radio )Peace!The Artists: Heavy D & The Boyz; Rell ft Jay-Z; J. Holiday; Marques Houston; Avant; Jaheim ft Keyshia Coles; Brandy; Jay-Z; De La Soul; Jamie Foxx; Jadakiss; Keith Murray; Jaheim; Buju, The Notorious BIG; Busta Rhymes; Mary J Blige ft. Keith Murray; Slum Village; Mase ft. Total; A Tribe Called Quest x 3; Hi-Tek , Talib Kweli ft. Vinia Mojica; Fundisha

Welcome back kids... Here's another mix I needed for my ride just to reminisce a lil bit about how I used to warm up for an hour or more in the club for Happy Hour. Maybe 4 more to go, so we'll see by fall 2023. If you're ready for more House Music mixes, they are on the way for the month of July 2023. Peace!The Artists:  Mary J Blige; Cameo; Jaheim ft Jadakiss; 112; Faith Evans, Keyshia Cole, Outkast ft. Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg; Scarface ft. Trey Songz; Faith Evans; Jaheim, New Edition; Mary J Blige; Faith Evans ft. Carl Thomas & Shyne; De La Soul; Mary J Blige ft Smiff N Wessin; R Kelly ft Notorious BIG; Snoop Dogg; Young Gunz ft Rell 

Just another mix I wanted to hear in my ride around the city, working out at home, or on my bike on these nice bike paths of Columbus. I hope you dig what you hear and leave a comment if you enjoyed the mix!Feel free to share with those who might dig the vibes., and I'll keep working on more mixes of examples of what I used to do at the clubs.   Peace!The Artists: A Tribe Called Quest; De La Soul; Kriss Kross ft Redman; Timbaland & Magoo ft Shaunta & Playa; Aaliyah; Rell ft. Kanye West & Consequence; Gina Thompson ft Missy Elliot; Joe ft. Freeway; Mary J Blige ft Jadakiss; Pretty Ricky; Cee-Lo ft Timbaland; Mario; Bobby Valentino; Joe; Marques Houston; Dru Hill; SWV; Mya ft. Jay-Z; Michael Jackson ft Jay-Z; Usher ft. Method Man & Blu Cantrell

WutUpDoe? Just wanted to reminisce a lil bit of what I used to spin for Happy Hours from 6 pm until it was time to charge a cover for whatever club I was spinning back in the day, and I needed this type of music in my ride to vibe to when going outta town. My job back then was to keep folk at the bar, heads noddin' and a lil dancing in between. All I can say is the Bar Staff loved me. I hope you dig the vibes, and no worries, I"ll be releasing at least 5 more during the Summer til Fall. Let me know what you think in the comments, and if you'd like to hear me personally wherever you're located, just send me an email at djsmoove1967@gmail.com, and let's work it out. Peace!The artists: Camp Lo ft Faith Evans; SWV ft Missy Elliot; Monica; Nicole ft Timbaland & Missy Elliot; Young Buck; Snoop Dogg & Raphael Saadiq; Aaliyah; Mary J Blige ft Lil Kim; Brandy ft Queen Latifah, Yo-Yo & MC Lyte; Usher ft. Alicia Keys; A Tribe Called Quest; Faith Evans; Junior M.A.F.I.A. ft Aaliyah; The Isley Brothers ft Ange

WutUpDoe? Back in the day when I dj'd at a club in a strip mall on the Eastside named The Lobby, on Saturday afternoons, we'd have jazz by an artist named Bobby Floyd and his Trio. My responsibility once I arrived around 6 pm was to keep the audience from leaving until around 9:30 pm or so until the regular crowd would come through to party with us, thus this lil mix. Shout out to my folk in Flint, Detroit, and Grand Rapids, Michigan who loved to hand dance to music like this!I like taking chances, so I always wanted to mix Mac Miller with T.S. Monk to hear in my ride, but I hope you all enjoy what you hear. If you know of a venue you'd like to hear me play live in Bi-Weekly or whatever, feel free to share and I hope this sounds good on all your favorite devices. I can't wait to get in the car with this one. Peace. The Artists in order:Lorenzo Owens, Michael Jackson, Kook & The Gang, The Crusaders ft Randy Crawford, Koffee Brown, Stevie Wonder, Anderson.Paak ft. Brandy, Mac Miller ft. Anderson .Paak; T.S.

I love Twitter and sometimes out of the blue, someone asks for a mix, so why not. I love musical challenges. Just trying to prove to myself that I could be an opener which is what I would prefer in this genre, so I can dance the rest of the day/night away. This is also my perfect example of mixing in key before there were even programs designed for DJs. I don't know how I do it, it just happens from time to time. This mix ain't for everybody, but I can't wait to drive my car to this soundtrack late at night. Peace.  The Artists in order: Yukihiro Fukutomi; Gabriele Poso; Rafael Drager, Elias Kazais; Jazzanova; Klaus, Enoo Napa; Robbie Akbal, Ay Sarita, Zakir; Barbatuques, Pablo Fierro; Thee Suka, Drumetic Boyz; Osunlade

Have you ever cried while making a mix? I had to remaster this one since I was too close to the edge like Icuras. Well, this mix did it to me this afternoon. It's been a long time getting to this point after being introduced to, learning, researching, purchasing, and practicing other genres like this but finally, at the beautiful age of 55, I think it's been worth the experience after all these years. This mix ain't for everyone, but I think those already familiar with the vibes, will hopefully enjoy it. As always, to those who've been with me on this musical journey since the MySpace Days, I appreciate you. If you dig what you hear, feel free to share with likeminded musical individuals and even those who may not be hip as my motto has been all these years: Open Your Mind To Music You May Not Be Familiar With. Peace. (I think this mix came out perfect)The Artists: G Family; Luka, Sio, Enoo Napa; Jabzz Dimitri, Tabia; Boddhi Satva; Moon Rocket & MoBlack; MIGOSY; Glass Slipper, Atjazz; Armonica ft Toshi; W

Welp, as promised, here's Volume 20 of the Sexy & Soulful series. I'm ready to get back to Soulful & Afro House throughout the rest of this year especially to get ready in August when I travel to be with my new House Music family in D.C. & Hyattsville, Maryland. Concentrating more on the sound of mixes since this is number 20, I should be comfortable with whatever I pick during a live set. Hope you enjoy what you hear, and below are the vocal artists featured. I hope you dig the effect I decided to use on the Teena Marie remix fa sho! Practice, Practice, Practice. Portia Monique; Tony Momrelle; Jesse Powell; J.A.E.; dj Chujo ft Brandon Yancey; Tortured Soul; Sir Soundbender ft The Beat-Trayers; Halo ft Maiya; The Layabouts ft. Omar; Teena Marie; Melba Moore; Earth, Wind & Fire. 

Welp, I first want to thank everyone who has stuck with me since I began this series back in 08', I really appreciate you all listening in, sharing the mixes, and keeping me going on this Good Music Movement that started after I was tired of playing mainstream. This mix was a doozy, but here we are! (Live drums are hard to mix to) Next up for the rest of the year will be my new series based on joints I used to play in the club back in the day before it got rowdy after 11:30 pm. It's a Happy Hour series of R&B cuts you're familiar with, B-Sides, and of course Remixes, you couldn't get anywhere else but visiting the club right after work on a Thursday (Ladies' Night), Friday, and Saturday night too. Soulful and Afro-House music will also be uploaded since Chocolate Soul is gearing up for another run in D.C. Maryland (Hyattsville as well), for the House on the Waterfront Weekender in Mid-August 11th-13th. Hope to see you there!I hope you enjoy what you hear, and if you would like to book Chocolate Soul to pe

Welp, as promised, here's a new mix! Sorry it takes so long, but I can't find many artists that make music like this consistently as in the past, but I'm always up for suggestions to research!This mix is co-curated by my good friend & painting artist down in the Natti Ms. Ryan Nicole Leary (Look up her work on the ol Book of Faces for her work lol) Anywho, hope you dig what you hear, and can someone suggest a Brotha to DJ for City Winery?  #GoodMusicLivesHere are the Artists for this mix in order: Potatohead People ft. Kendra Dias; Daniel Caesar; Erykah Badu ft. Roy Ayers; Ego Ella May; Anderson .Paak ft Andre' 3K; Illa J, T3, Potatohead People & Kapok; Mac Ayres; Anderson .Paak ft Rapsody; Sinead Harnett x2; Steve Miggedy Maestro; Tall Black Guy ft. Mr. Tanqueray; Kadeem Tyrell; Sam Wills; Tall Black Guy ft Masego & Rommel Donald; Moonchild; D. Mills ft TJ Wilkins; Hablot Brown; Zo! & Tall Black Guy ft Omar; Sam Wills; Common ft PJ; Switch!!! (What A Remix!) 

Welp, since Mixcloud deleted all of my older mixes going back as far as 2009, might as well reupload them here for those who never heard them, or always wanted a download. This mix was made before my first trip to Naptown to perform for my crew New Day Entertainment Group right after I was tired of mainstream and couldn't get a $50 raise so I could spin for $325 a night. Who knew there was life after the club scene? Glad they heard me on MySpace and gave me a chance to work on "Good Music", thus the term Good Music Lives was born. Enjoy! 

Welp, once again, thanks for tuning in and I hope you dig what you hear. Please feel free to share with other like-minded music heads, and stay tuned for a new series in house music: Afro Deep! I designed this mix in a way so that hopefully by the end, you would desire more vibes, thus the next mix Afro Deep Vol.  during Kwanzaa!So, here's the latest in the Sexy & Soulful house music series which features these artists below: Sade, George Lesley & Reggie Steele; BLAZE: Atjazz ft Dominique Fils-Ame;Hallex M, Omar. and Manoo; Floetry; DJ Tipz, Kholi; TekniQ; Cubique, DJ CB, Denny Dugg; Izy, Osunlade; 

Welp, here's another Soulful House Music mix for your listening pleasure.Sorry for the delay by a week, but real life happens. No worries, all is beautiful in lovely Columbus, Ohio this Fall. Just wanna thank those of you who dig what I make, and this is including tunes at the beginning that I've been itching to hear in my ride mixed. I hope you enjoy what you hear, feel free to recommend my mixes to those who dig the ((((vibes)))).  Peace!As always, here are the Artists: Reel People ft Tony Momrelle; Curtis Mayfield; Rona Ray; Faith Evans; Anita Baker; Kem; Louie Vega ft Monique Bingham; James Curd; Paris Cesvette, TL Cross, and Zpherin Saint; Marsha Ambrosius; and Mary J Blige (AGAIN LOL) 

Needed something new to listen to that was relaxing and sexy, so I put this together overnight after a quick practice session.Stay tuned for another Soulful House Music mix, but a little more upbeat for dancing later this coming week of 10/24/22!I hope you dig the vibes and please feel free to share with others who might as well.The Artists:Josh Milan; Stephanie Cooke; The Wayouts; Louie Vega & Axel Tosco; Sean Ali, Munk Julious, & Rona Ray; Shake The Dog ft. Monique Bingham; DJ Beloved, Dave Drake, Dennis Hilliman, DJ Spen; Stevie Wonder; The Realm ft Tony Momrelle; Frank McComb; Keith Washington; Mary J Blige!

This mix and going forward in the 2-Step Series, I'm gonna show you where the name Smoove came from and why folk used to ask in the club:"Are you recording tonight"? This set is for the Grown Folk sippin' their favorite drink during Happy Hour and chillin' til the 9:45 pm crowd comes before a Cover Charge is asked at the door. Remember, I was a Club Dj in the beginning. We gonna get back to that for a hot minute. Cool? If you dig what you hear, feel free to download it for free, and send it to your friends, family, and especially your Aunts, and Uncles that used to Hand Dance at every event they attended. This mix is dedicated to my favorite couple in Grand Rapids, Michigan Karen & Elza, and is featuring these artists: Deniece Williams, Bobby Caldwell, Robert Palmer, Michael McDonald, Surface, S.O.S. Band, Color Me Badd, Ideal, Stephanie Mills, Pattie LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Kleer, Loose Ends, Maxwell, and everyone's favorite by Hi-Five. This is just a sample of what's to come during Winter. Stay Tune

As promised, here's another Sounds of Sigma mix. If you love grooves to drive to like me, this one's for you. I have no idea what to do for a Vol. 3 yet, so we'll see sometime next year in 2023. Can you name all of the Artists?  If you dig what you hear, download it for free, share it with those who may as well, and play it in your car baby!Leave a comment and let me know what you think of the latest mix. Until next time, Peace kids (And be on the look out for the next 2-Step Delights Mix pt. 4 dropping very soon!)