While I was cleaning, I set my ITunes to Genius based on “Don’t Disturb This Groove,” by The System. The playlist started up sort of chill and midtempo before veering decidedly into rainy-day-sex territory. Perhaps the universe is trying to tell me something.
1. The Dramatics – “Whatcha See Is What You Get,” from Whatcha See is What You Get.
2. Cree Summer ft. Lenny Kravitz – “Mean Sleep,” from Street Faerie.
3. The Emotions- “Don’t Ask My Neighbors,” from The Emotions.
4. Nikka Costa, “Push and Pull,” from Everybody’s Got Their Something.
5. The Isley Brothers, “For the Love of You,” from The Heat Is On.
6. Me’Shell Ndegeocello, “Priorities 1-6,” from Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape.
7. Minnie Ripperton, “Inside My Love,” from Adventures in Paradise.
8. Roberta Flack, “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” from Feel Like Makin’ Love.
9. Patrice Rushen, “Settle for My Love,” from Pizzazz.
10. John Legend, “Save Room,” from Once Again.