“I’m sending you some text messages/
But you can call ’em sex messages/
And IDK when I’ll be there/
But I’ll TTY later and we’ll be loving ASAP/
And we can XOXO”
–Raheem DeVaughn, “Text Messages”
Raheem is the man, but the hook on this joint just makes me cringe. He should leave these kinds of metaphors to Kells.
Every now and then, I think I’m gonna post up some older songs that y’all may have forgotten, or missed altogether. First up for The Throwback is “The Invitation” from Crossrhodes, a really dope soul/funk/R&B/hip-hop hybrid crew spearheaded by Raheem DeVaughn, Wes Felton, and Bilal Salaam back in the early 2000’s. This joint was the title track for their second project, and to this day, it’s still the JAM. Exactly the kind of cut I wish more DJ’s would spin at clubs and lounges. A smooth beat, hilariously blunt sexually charged lyrics, and an ill guest verse from Asheru…what else could you want?
As a little bonus for all the Raheem fans, here’s an exclusive clip of him singing an a capella preview of “Bulletproof” off his album due out later this year. This happened during my interview with him back in February, but the video never really made its way around the net. Now that The Audacity of Dope is up and running, figured I’d drop it:
Download the full interview with Raheem DeVaughn right here.