Smarty's Scenario

Every once in a while, it helps to test out your knees. Consider this mix a helpful tool. Barrington Levy, Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest and others provide the soundtrack.

Y'all remember VH1's Divas Live! concerts? Well, if I have my choice, here is what we would have gotten - a little Mary J. Blige, some Gladys Knight, Brandy and Mariah.

Movies in the 90s provided us with some of the best music. Of course there are the usual suspects of Boomerang, The Best Man, Sister Act II and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. However, the Speed 2 soundtrack had a sleeper with a Betty Wright remake.

If you can't love me like a 90s R&B song, I don't need it! The men of LSG, Babyface and Brian McKnight bless us for this mix. Grab your boo and get close for this one.

The 90s like all other eras produced a number of "One Hitter Quitters." For this mix Rome, Gina Thompson, Nicole Ray and Uncle Sam provide the soundtrack.

R&B groups of the 90s are my favs. This episode, I share some of my all-time favorite songs from 112, 702, Blackstreet, Dru Hill and Total.

Some of the most memorable music from the 90s was inspired by jazz. In fact, Guru made a whole series of albums called "Jazzmataz." Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock and CL Smooth joined him in finding inspiration in the genre.

My favorite artists of the 1990s were girl groups and here are several of my faves including TLC, SWV, Brownstone and Jade.

The 90s were primetime for remakes from the 70s and 80s. Take a listen to Big Bub, Mary J. Blige, TLC, and others.

This mix is dedicated to the emcees of Def Jam. We hear from Bo$$, EPMD, Uncle L, Onyx, Public Enemy, 3rd Bass and the Jigga Man.

Some of my favorite songs from the 1990s. Brandy, A Tribe Called Quest, Mary J. Blige, Miki Howard, Tamia, Shanice, Zhane, and Tony, Toni, Tone provide the soundtrack.

Get your popcorn and grab a seat, Brand Nubian, Gang Starr, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane (and Spinderella), Special Ed and A Tribe Called Quest have some stories.

A mix dedicated to those debonair dudes from Roxbury (and D.C.) New Edition, BBD, Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill provide the soundtrack.

These tracks were sure to get the party started up in the late 90s. Tracey Lee, Lil' Kim with Lil' Cease, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, and Biggie provide the soundtrack.

A whole playlist full of kids who should not have been singing and rapping about the things they were singing and rapping about! We hear from Kriss Kross, Another Bad Creation, Monica and Tevin Campbell.

Do your stretches and turn this one all the way up! Uncle Luke, Juvenile, 95 South and Dis 'N Dat will have you out of breath like it's 1996 - or the '99 and the 2000!

The same way I need a 90s R&B kinda love, I need a 90s R&B kinda break up. Mary J. Blige, Men at Large, Sybil (Aggie Pride), and CeCe Peniston provide the soundtrack.

Organized Noize is the crew responsible for putting the Atlanta music scene on everyone's radar. Outkast, Goodie Mob and even EnVogue provide the soundtrack.

The 90s saw so many remakes to the point that one artist did a remake in the same decade that other artists were remaking his music! What a time the 90s were.

If you can't love me like the songs in this mix, I don't need it!