Mary J. is the Queen of Hip Hop and R&B and this song just could have been the one to really give her the title. “Not Gon’ Cry” came from the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack, and was the anthem to all the women fed up with monkey doodle foolishness. What am I talking about was – it still is to this day. It just makes you want to think of all the mess you went through and go get his stuff and sell everything for a dollar. Don’t burn his stuff though, because they try to call that a crime. Thank you Ms. Angela Bassett for your “Love Hangover” sale in the movie. Enjoy!

This video is one to get hyped to when you want to take a trip back to the early 90s. Everyone remembers Tisha Campbell and Martin Lawrence before they became big and it was because of these two rappers with the House Party movies of the late 80s and early 90s. Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin gave us an era of what was called “happy rap” and it was fun while it lasted just to have a good time listening to music and jamming. Enjoy “Ain’t Gon Hurt Nobody” from their 1991 album Face the Nation.

Michael Jackson just turned 50 and there is no better way for me to do my part to honor the King of Pop except to feature him as my flashback this week. Watch the king at work with this live performance of his song Thriller from the same titled album that is highest grossing album ever. Even at 50, Michael is and will always be the king. Happy Birthday MJ!

Gwen Stefani has just welcomed a baby boy into the world this week, so I am giving you the song that helped put her on the map. No Doubt’s song “Don’t Speak” was released in 1996 off of their Tragic Kingdom album. Listen to it and let it take you back to that time, or if this is your first listen just enjoy. Gwen is a very talented artist and I wish her and her family all the best with baby Zuma.

Salt ‘n’ Pepa teamed up with the extremely talented En Vogue for this 1994 hit. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man. Take me higher lord – this used to be the jam and I can still turn it on and feel everything they are saying. They were the first female rapping group who were able to let you know that they were soft women but had what it took to stand their own with the male dominated genre. Turn this up love muffins and get your groove on!

Take me higher lord, I just stumbled across D’Angelo’s (circa 2000) life changing orgasmic “How Does It Feel” and I swear every time I see this video I think I’m going to experience spontaneous combustion! But love muffins I just have one question for ya, why hasn’t the behind the scenes footage for this video surfaced yet? Actually I lied, I have one more question for ya which is: how does one go from being in the running to become my future baby daddy of the century to a castaway on a deserted island that just so happens to have a lot of food on it?

Click HERE to see what D’Angelo looks like nowadays!