90s State of Mind #29: "Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight"

90s State of Mind #29: "Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight"

Welcome to Episode #29 of the 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. This podcast series sees Imran (London, UK) and Rhonda (California, USA) delve into some of their favourite releases from the 90s and for this episode, the pair celebrate the third full-length album from Whitney Houston, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight'. Released on 6th November, 1990, on Arista Records, Houston's third album saw her take a decided shift towards more R&B and swing beat stylings following the mammoth pop success of her previous album 'Whitney'. Working alongside Babyface & LA Reid, Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, the album became a global commercial success reaching number three on the Billboard 200, whilst staying inside the top ten of that chart for 22 weeks. The same album topped the Top R&B Albums chart accumulating eight cumulative weeks atop the chart, outperforming the six-week run from her debut. The album spawned six single releases and would top the year-end 1991 lists of Billboard and Cashbox magazine as the top selling R&B album of the year. Imran & Rhonda delve deep into the album's make-up exploring the singles and collaborations and the shift in Whitney's music from the commercial smash that was her second album. Conversation also veers to Houston's incredible successes of the 90s including movies 'The Bodyguard', 'Waiting to Exhale' and 'The Preacher's Wife'. www.4everinelectricdreams.com/ Blue-in-Green:RADIO is a London-based online internet radio station which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD

Supple & Lean | A Geekcast 16: 'Supple & Lean Go South' (pt2)

Welcome to Episode #16 of the 4ever in Electric Dreams & CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND co-production - Supple & Lean | A Geekcast. Presented by Imran Mirza from London, UK, and Vahé Vishapakagh Koshayan from Melbourne, Australia, for this episode we delve into the classic 90s series, Due South. Created by the esteemed Paul Haggis (screenwriter for the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), along with the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008)), the show followed the adventures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Benton Fraser, who first comes to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate while also working alongside a detective of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. The show ran between 1994-1999 and spawned four seasons. Part 2 of our Due South deep dive finds Vahé and Imran exploring the 18-part season 2. As part of this episode's discussion, we reference an excellent article about the show which you can find on Canadian History Ehx (https://canadaehx.com/2022/12/13/due-south/) which provides fascinating insight and behind the scenes news that we touch on for this episode. Today's episode features an original song from Supple & Lean to commemorate the departure of Ray Vecchio (David Marciano) 'Thank You Kindly, Ray'. www.4everinelectricdreams.com/ Emanating from London, UK, the 4ever in Electric Dreams website and podcast network is designed to help us celebrate the things we loved growing up and the things that continue to excite and inspire us today. With podcast episodes of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind, 90s State of Mind and Supple & Lean, there's lots of reasons to visit us again and again, and to join us in our ongoing celebration of the things we can't leave behind.

Supple & Lean | A Geekcast 15: 'Supple & Lean Go South' (pt1)

Welcome to Episode #15 of the 4ever in Electric Dreams & CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND co-production - Supple & Lean | A Geekcast. Presented by Imran Mirza from London, UK, and Vahé Vishapakagh Koshayan from Melbourne, Australia, for this episode we delve into the classic 90s series, Due South. Created by the esteemed Paul Haggis (screenwriter for the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), along with the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008)), the show followed the adventures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Benton Fraser, who first comes to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate while also working alongside a detective of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. The show ran between 1994-1999 and spawned four seasons. Part 1 of our Due South deep dive finds Vahé and Imran exploring the 22-part season 1 as they unpack the dynamics between its two incredible leads in Paul Gross and David Marciano, the show's fantastic music along with its excellent balance of comedy, drama and tinges of fantasy. Today's episode features an original song from Supple & Lean featuring Franklin Rayzer for 'A Mountie's Lament'. www.4everinelectricdreams.com/ Emanating from London, UK, the 4ever in Electric Dreams website and podcast network is designed to help us celebrate the things we loved growing up and the things that continue to excite and inspire us today. With podcast episodes of the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind, 90s State of Mind and Supple & Lean, there's lots of reasons to visit us again and again, and to join us in our ongoing celebration of the things we can't leave behind.

90s State of Mind #28: "DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Code Red"

Welcome to Episode #28 of the 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. This podcast series sees Imran (London, UK) and Rhonda (California, USA) delve into some of their favourite releases from the 90s and for this episode, the pair celebrate the fifth and final album by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, 'Code Red'. Released on October 12, 1993, on Jive Records, the album peaked at number sixty-four on the Billboard 200 and number thirty-nine on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On January 14, 1994, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the album gold. Four singles reached the Billboard charts; "Boom! Shake the Room", "I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)", "I Wanna Rock", and "Can't Wait to Be with You". Imran & Rhonda delve deep into the album's make-up exploring the singles, collaborators, and discuss the notion of positive feel-good hip-hop versus the burgeoning edgier sounds that would ultimately captivate audiences and dominate chart success in the 90s. www.4everinelectricdreams.com/ Blue-in-Green:RADIO is a London-based online internet radio station which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD

90s State of Mind #27: 90s State of Mind MIXTAPE 01

Welcome to an extra special episode of the 90s State of Mind podcast - a collaborative project between 4ever in Electric Dreams and Blue-in-Green:RADIO. Typically, this podcast series sees Imran (London, UK) and Rhonda (California, USA) delve into some of their favourite releases from the 90s through long-form explorations into the albums and artists... For a minor change in proceedings, we thought we'd pay homage to the albums that have been showcased across all episodes thus far by featuring our first mixtape boasting a selection of tracks across all albums. It's a delicious slice of 90s nostalgia as we navigate the realms of 90s R&B, soul, neo-soul and hip-hop with music from #GrooveTheory #LaurynHill #DigablePlanets #NotoriousBIG #Brandy #LutherVandross #Kelis #Aaliyah #Dangelo + more... With more podcast episodes in the works, we hope you'll enjoy the mix and feel free to catch-up on past episodes as well. www.4everinelectricdreams.com/ Blue-in-Green:RADIO is a London-based online internet radio station which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. www.blueingreenradio.com TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD