{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff6d762f5-8508-4a9e-ad37-86c9652ffee6","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Rarely heard R&B Christmas playlist","description":"So I just did my Christmas Podcast, and before I posted it I thought about Christmas music and how this time everyone plays the same songs by the same artists over and over \u2026 and I figured why not do a post about some lesser known about, maybe obscure, or at the very least the lesser played R&B Christmas songs\n\nI mean you have your Mariah, Jackson Five, Smokey Robinson, blah blah blah \u2026 but what about Jagged Edge and Jodeci!?\n\nexactly.\n\nLOL So I wanted to put together a playlist of some of those songs\n\nYou have:\nJamie Foxx \u2013 Christmas List\n\nHey, who knew? Not a bad idea \u2026 this is a circa 2007-2008 song around when he made his big comeback into music, it has it\u2019s moments\n\nK-Ci and Jo Jo \u2013 In love at Christmas\n\nWe were robbed of a Jodeci Christmas album \u2026 who didn\u2019t wanna hear \u201cForever my Santa\u201d or \u201cYule & I\u201d \u2026 maybe \u201cThe Snow, The Christmas Party, The Hotel\u201d \u2026 anyway this is as close as we got; not bad at all.\n\nXscape \u2013 Christmas without you\n\nNever been a huge Xscape fan but their voices weren\u2019t so bad, Christmas without you, isnt a bad song, maybe you guys knew it existed I sure didnt.\n\nMusiq \u2013 Jingle Bells\n\nI recently found out that people didnt know Musiq made \u201cPhilly Soul Christmas\u201d where he remade some Christmas standards \u2026 the production flipped and took some liberties with the classics, if you\u2019re okay with that; you\u2019ll love it.\n\nAlicia Keys \u2013 Little Drummer Girl\n\nThis was made when Alicia Keys was extra dope \u2026 before she was Alicia Keys, the girl we thought was bringing R&B back to the street (Well see how that went), anyway dope idea and sample.\n\nKeith Sweat \u2013 Be your Santa Claus\n\nKeef makes Christmas Music?! Look, people DO beg around Christmas so it is appropriate, what may NOT be appropriate is the tone of the song LOL\nIt must be added though \u2026 if only he had made \u201cMake Christmas last forever\u201d\n\nTLC \u2013 All I want for Christmas\n\nSo Mariah later added two more words and made a classic? Pebbles have anything to do with this? Anyway, this isnt the same song but it did come out first, not as dope as Sleigh Ride, but since all of you have heard that one, I\u2019m including this ones.\n\nEnVogue \u2013 Funky Mellow Christmas\n\nA All Christmas Album with their voices would\u2019ve flown off the shelves \u2026 shame that didn\u2019t happen (Though it still could maybe), either way this is a dope song from back when the Born to sing ladies were in their prime.\n\nSWV \u2013 My Favorite Things\n\nSisters with voices flip a Christmas standard, and hey Coko lets someone else actually sing! That alone is worth the listen \u2026 the banter? eh.\n\nRihanna \u2013 It dont feel like Christmas without you\n\nWho knew 5 head made Christmas jams? LOL You guys probably did, I did not \u2026 I\u2019ve never been one of those \u201cShe cannot sing\u201d people so I think she sounds good here, you tell me.\n\nLedisi and Kem \u2013 Be mine this Christmas\n\nNow when you\u2019re talking CAN sing and voices \u2026 Ledisi = Yes; she and Kem puts in work on this song, they blend together nicely\n\nJagged Edge \u2013 This Christmas\n\nJagged Edge did a Christmas song? That\u2019s what I said \u2026 and no it\u2019s not THAT \u201cThis Christmas\u201d but the fact that JE did a Xmas song meant it had to be on the list \u2026 damnit if they had only did \u201cLet\u2019s get Merry-d\u201d\n\nKeith Sweat \u2013 Christmas Party\n\n\nLets end this off with a hype note, and new jack swing with Keef \u2026 it\u2019s a Christmas party!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/09718dca-9f7c-4e8c-b1f1-c7c081990335/artworks-000273780416-w57jv4-t3000x3000.jpg"}