Adult R&B? I was grinding to that shit in the 8th grade

R. kelly - Step in the Name of Love
Midnite Star - Curious
koffee Brown - After The Party

Any Musiq Soulchild, Dwele, Rapheal Saadiq, or Ne-Yo should work.

Thanks!! Because everybody is request that type of music. they just don't make music like that any more! They just want it to last forever. it was a great sound back in the day

One Way - "Cutie Pie"
112 - "Peaches & Cream"
Tony Tone Toni - "If I Had No Loot"
Soul II Soul - "Back To Life"

Interesting...you mention two Old School 70s-80s acts, but say songs similar to a 98 one. Either way...this covers all bases. I'll take my payment in Paypal or a fake Barack $50 so I can hang it up for decoration.

Kleer - Intimate connection
Gap Band - Outstanding; Soul 4 Real - Every little thing you do (same drums)
Lucy Pearl - You; Dance tonight
Morris Day - Get it up
Jahiem - Just in case
Ruff Endz - Whatever
Robin Thicke - All night long
Faith Evans - Faithfully
Latoya Williams - Feels so good
Ne-Yo ft. Jay-Z - Crazy
Surface - Happy
Juicy - Sugar free
Montell Jordan - Get it on tonight
112 - Dance with me
Gerald Levert - DJ Don't
Cameo - Candy
Roger and Zapp - Dance floor; More bounce to the ounce
Prince - Let's work
Tom Browne - Funkin for Jamaica
Parliament - Flashlight
Guy - Groove me

That's enough for now...

Lil Wayne - 'I'm A No Talent Ass-Clown, and I Know It'

1 Just Got Paid (Teddy Riley Remix)
2 I Want Her Keith Sweat
3 Are You A Dime Piece Nick Cannon
4 Meet Me At The Alter (remix) Jagged Edge
5 You Called And Told Me (Club Version) Jeff Redd
6 This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan
7 Dont Talk Jon B
8 After party koffee Brown
9 Wifey Jagged Edge
10 Not your friend Case
11 Enough Is Enoug Dennis Taylor
12 Just in case Jaheim
13 Peaches and Cream 112
14 Dance With Me 112
15 Home Alone R Kelly feat. Keith Murry
16 I Need a Girl Part 2 P Diddy feat Ginuwine
17 I Wanna Dance Tonight Tony Toni Tone & Lucy Pearl
18 Get It On Tonite (Remix Feat. LL Cool J) Montell Jordan
19 Where's The Party At (Remix) Jagged Edge
20 Happy People R Kelly
21 That Girl Marques Houston
22 Too Close Next
23 Red Carpet (Pause, Flash) R. Kelly
24 No More Ruff Ends
25 You Should Be Mine Brian Mcknight & Mase
26 Only You 112 ft. Biggie & Mase
27 Used To Be My Girl Brian McKnight
28 Sleeping In My Bed (So So Def Remix) Dru Hill Feat Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat
29 What I Need Ray J Raydiation
30 Step In The Name of Love R.Kelly
31 Tell Me Bobby Valentino
32 just friends Musiq Soulchild
33 Things We Do For Love (remix) Horace Brown feat. JayZ
34 Let Me Love You Mario
35 Where I Wanna Be Boy Miss Jones
36 Real Love Mary j
37 Tell Me What You Want From Me(1) Total Ft. Mase
38 Family Affair mary j. blidge
39 You're All(Razor Sharp Remix) Mary J. Blige and Method
40 ONE FOR THE MONEY Horace Brown
41 Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days) Monica
42 Taste Your Love Horace Brown
43 I Can Love You Better Mary J.Blidge & Lil Kim

Zapp and Rogers - I want to be your man LOL

Johnny Gill - "Rub You the Right Way"

Take it back even further:

James Brown - "Sex Machine"

And while we're talking about the icing, don't forget the cake:

Da Butt
Atomic Dog
More Bounce To The Ounce
Brickhouse
Rapper's Delight
It Takes Two
Joy & Pain

Drop Yarborough & Peoples - Don't stop the Music and consider the party officially started. That always gets crowd response for me.

You are from Chicago and don't know "Steppers Music"???

From your first post, seems more like a Stepper crowd than a Old School party crowd. Make sure you know before the gig.

You can play some old school for Steppers, but they need Stepper Music first. That list The General posted is pretty much on point but maybe some other Chicago peeps can chime in.

I do know steppers music OF COURSE!! South Side baby!! Im making sure I don;t miss nothing!!

Besides R. kelly then Chicago, list some more step songs...

Busta Rhymes-I Know What You Want
Kindred-Where Would I Be & Starz
D'Angelo-Lady
Jeffree-Love's Gonna Last
JS-Love Angel
Goaple-Closer
Blackbyrds-Soft & Easy
Lionel Richie-I Call It Love
Janet Jackson-Enjoy
Mary J. Blige-Only Woman
David Banner-Touchin(the edited version of course)
Frankie Beverly & Maze-Before I Let Go
Keezo Kane-GaGa

I'm drawing a blank now.

Is this more like it?

Donnell Jones - "U Know What's Up"

any of the JB's songs
Mind Blowin Decisions - Heat wave
Jam Tonight - Freddie Jackson
I do Love you - GQ
Livin For The Love of You - The Isley Bros.
You Know That I Love You - Donnell Jones
Just to name a few.

For the steppers^^^

Damn....he lives

DJ Kenedi's early 80's R&B mix
www.scratchlive.net

some classic tunes on this playlist.

Wow....that Janet song sounds exactly like Avila Bros "I want you" which woul definitely be another song with this vibe. After five seconds of hearin this track, I knew the Avilas produced it. Good lookin...I never heard this track before.

Not a stepper's song IMO...

thats the jam right there

So is steppin more about the vibe than the actual BPM?

I don't think BPM as much, more the vibe and the groove of the track... U Know What's Up is a party song to me... That's a smooth R&B cut for real...

The obvious is R. Kelly's Happy People album... Any other "step" albums out there like that?

Zhane - Hey Mr. DJ
Zhane - Groove Thang

That song was huge for the ballroom hustle crowd here in detroit (our steppers). I've been thinking of doing a steppers/hustle mixed Cd before the end of the year with songs like that.

P.M. Dawn
Mark Morrison
Tone Toni Tony
Dj Quik - I'm not really lookin'

Gimme some titles Art... I'm actually making a crate everytime someone gives me a good song...

Unite, what you know about that Truth Hurts and Quik song??? That made me buy her album, it was much better than "Addicted"

Yes, I agree.. Great tune... What do you mean by "what do I know about it"?

I was just joking, because most people have never heard that song before

This mix that my son made is pure Old School R&B (Early Eightees).
www.djkenedi.com

No DJ Drops or shout outs (you can even get away with playing it and claiming it as yours) :(

I'll unpack my Serato Mac from the weekend and pull up my Crate/Playlist with that stuff. I need to update it anyway with a few things, good opportunity to do it.

I'll post up later tonight.

Some chick had me do a Comp CD a few years ago with all the popular line dance/stepper songs from Detroit so she and her girls could practice the popular ones, this is what was on that:

Just In Case - Jahiem
Wifey - Next
Step In The Name of Love - R Kelly
Staten Island Groove - Down To The Bone
Booty Call (original remix)- Blackstreet
My Eyes Don't Cry - Stevie Wonder
Cha Cha Slide - Casper
Keep Pushin' - Boris Dlugosch
Plastic Dreams- JayDee
God Made me Phunky - Mike Dunn f. M.D. X-press
Freak It - Lathun (Bad Girl Hustle - Watchwww.youtube.com )

The ones in BOLD will probably only work in Detroit with specific line dances attached to each one.

This was before the Cupid Shuffle and the Turbo Hustle, I guess a new one that they will be bugging me about soon is the fucking Obama Hustle if it catches on...

Watchwww.youtube.com

(hopefully the younger crowd won't ask for it - only 40 and ups)

I'll still post up my Crate/playlist later.

^^Hmm...Freak it from Lathun actually has a dance step in FLorida too.

ah yes ah yes..

James "D Train" Williams - You're the one for me
Cheryl Lynn "Got to be real" and "Encore"
Mike Jackson "Don't stop til you get enough"
Marvin Gaye "Got to give it up"
Lakeside "fantastic Voyage"
Cameo "Rigor Mortis"
Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl"
MeLisa Morgan "Fool's Paradise"
Parliament "Flashlight" and "Knee Deep"
Nu Shooz "I can't wait"
New Edition "Candy Girl"
Staple Singers "I'll take you there"
Carl Carlton "Bad mamajama"
Rose Royce "Car wash"
Anita ward "Ring my bell"
Teena marie "Square Biz"
Rick James "Give it to me baby"

.....I could do this all night.....

Great song. I always play that track.

Maxwell - Ascension (Dont ever wonder)
RIck James - Maryjane
Earf win & fiya - September

^Ohh hell yeah...Maxwell Ascension as well as Somethin somethin go HAARD. The Ascension Dilla remix is great on that 80's vibe too.

A lot of babies are made to Maxwells urban hang suite album. That whole album from start to finish is FIYA!!!!! havent heard that dilla remix.

Wow, The 80's was definately the sound thats for sure!!!

Question...has ANYBODY played Suga Free's "Doe doe n da skunk" before? My homeboy said he heard it in Chicago at some kind of stepper's event, and I was trippin because I didn't think that song made it outta L.A.

Also....Christopher Williams ft. DJ Quik and Hi-C - Dance....a rare but classic track to me

Carl Thomas - Another You (Steppers Mix) off the album "So Much Better"....