My Funny Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day to all and my Valentine this year. I hope you all use this opportunity to show the person you care for how much you care, and know that Valentine's Day should be year round (like Christmas). Like the website says, "make love happen." To celebrate this ocassion, I am posting up 4 categories of my Top 10 love songs: old school, contemporary, rap, and songs sampled in hip-hop.

Old School:

1. Rick James and Teena Marie - Fire and Desire
   
2. Atlantic Starr - Always
   
3. The Force MD's - Tender Love
   
4. Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
   
5. Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't do For Love
   
6. Frankie Beverly & Maze - We Are One
   
7. Luther Vandross - Here and Now
   
8. Patti Labelle - If Only You Knew
   
9. Ronnie & Debra Laws - Very Special
   
10. Al Jarreau - After All
    

Contemporary:

1. Brian McKnight - Crazy Love
   
2. 112 - Cupid
   
3. Beyonce - Dangerously in Love
   
4. Ginuwine - Differences
   
5. 3rd Storee - If Ever
   
6. Seal - Kiss From A Rose
   
7. Donell Jones - Knocks Me Off My Feet
   
8. All 4 One - So Much in Love
   
9. Jesse Powell - You
   
10. Tony Toni Tone - Anniversary
    

Rap:

1. Common - The Light
   
2. The Roots - You Got Me
   
3. LL Cool J - I Need Love
   
4. Andre 3000 - Behold a Lady
   
5. Mary J. Blige f/ Blackstar - Beautiful (Remix)
   
6. Goodie Mob - Beautiful Skin
   
7. Mase - What You Want
   
8. Method Man - (You're All I Need) To Get By
   
9. Blackstar - Brown Skin Lady
   
10. Andre 3000 - Happy Valentine's Day
    

Sampled:

1. The Originals - Sunrise
   
2. The Chi-Lites - That's How Long
   
3. Bloodstone - I'm Just Doing My Job
   
4. The Sylvers - Let It Be Me
   
5. Bobby Glenn - Sounds Like a Love Song
   
6. The Dramatics - That Heaven Kind of Feeling
   
7. Teddy Pendergrass - You're My Latest, Greatest Inspiration
   
8. The Masqueraders - Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do
   
9. Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends
   
10. Al Green - Simply Beautiful
    

10 Random Love Songs That Kick Ass:


1. The Artist - Betcha By Golly Wow!
   
2. Take 6 - The Biggest Part of Me
   
3. Evan & Jaron - Crazy For This Girl
   
4. Kenny G - Songbird
   
5. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
   
6. The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
   
7. Switch - My Friend in the Sky
   
8. Love Unlimited - Say It Again
   
9. Goodie Mob - Beautiful Skin
   
10. Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her so (Live)
    

-B