The Pickmeisha Playlist (2)

Jun 23

Written By Kensedeobong Okosun

21. Gladys Knight. “Good Woman”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhS_-tFCHk

22. Jade. “Give Me What I’m Missing”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUU9JEjiM5Q

23. ……… “Looking For Mr. Do Right”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vilwLbRUeaE

24. Janet Jackson. “I Get Lonely”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euWjl-dBG9w

25. Jill Scott. “Gettin’ In The way”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiR6sU1igKM

26. Jody Watley. “Don’t You Want Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7Za5waqls

27. …………………. “I’m The One You Need”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwPWHlN83I

28. Joyce Sims. “Come Into My Life”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcSh7Y9Vc24

29. Karyn White. “Hooked On You”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5axtBCDuo

30. ……………………… “Can I Stay With You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28CTDjEG8w

31. Kelly Price. “You Should Have Told Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ4KCbSnKok

32. Lisa Fischer. “How Can I Ease The Pain”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3BRpyB5ayw

33. Mariah Carey. “Can’t Let Go”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Db_WrSkds

34. Mary J. Blige. “Kitchen”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC0HolK1zAs

35. Miki Howard. “Come Home To Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xROGGSQIV-4

36. Monica. “For You I Will”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyyNEAZEqjI

37. Natalie Cole. “Gonna Make You Mine”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwizvEFFVWw

38. Nina Simone. “I Put A Spell On You”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw

39. Patti LaBelle. “Somebody Loves You”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbsq3K8ozQ8

40. Pebbles. “Always”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wpBD_2Mmm4

41. Puff Johnson. “Forever More”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6Crh414tU

42. Regina Belle. “When Will You Be Mine”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9-N7c1FTbk

43. Shanice. “I’m Cryin’”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFYnVWYHUs

44. SWV. “Weak”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZxlDmV8AFM

45. TLC. “If I Was Your Girlfriend”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0P8V8bCMnM

46. Toni Braxton. “Breathe Again”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYMTFrBerNM

47. ……………………. “You Mean The World To Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZSqkfZFAVQ

48. Vanessa Williams. “Still In Love”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdQmdeAdPc

49. Whitney Houston. “Saving All My Love For You”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2rj17_EDu0

50. ……………………………….. “I Belong To You”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUyPAmd4fnU

51. ……………………………….. “I Have Nothing”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3gLKzxILE

52. ……………………………….. “Until You Come Back To Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBqHouLTHIg

Kensedeobong Okosun

Kensedeobong Okosun (M.A Bielefeld University) is a music enthusiast, music researcher, music journalist, vocalist and an author. Her academic article “Sisterhood and Soul Music as expressions of Black Power” is featured in the edited volume, Black Power in Hemispheric Perspective (Raussert & Steinitz, eds, 2022). She has reviewed Dorothea Gail’s Weird American Music (2019). Her article on Nigerian music has also been published on Nigeria’s news daily, The Sun Newsonline.

Kensedeobong’s blog highlights music’s interconnectivity with society and comprises personal music experiences, researched information, concept playlists for multiple themes, etc.

A hard-core 90s R&B fan, she utilises the vehicle of memory, to position long forgotten music of yesteryears on the front-burner.

She is persuaded that music is a core conduit of collective harmony, equanimity, vitality and healing. And as such requires criticality in the filtration process, in order to disseminate meaning. Her blog promotes music equality and diversity.

She resides in Germany.