BRANDY - RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) [ELSVNATE MIX]

Did this mix back in 2010, thought i'd upload it (may have previously played a snippet on the previous ELSV Podcast)

RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) BY BRANDY FROM HUMAN (2008) written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and The Writing Camp members Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri, and David "DQ" Quiñones and produced by Jerkins for Brandy's fifth studio album, Human (2008).

Siergio - Catching Vibes / Brandy - When You Touch Me [Mashup]

A mix that happened by accident but ended up sounding good. Didn’t want to fix the error in the beginning

Catching Vibes from This Will Hurt (2018)
When You Touch Me from Full Moon (2002)

Frank Ocean in 2024, still charting and still making an impact

Frank Ocean attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City.Theo Wargo/WireImage

Frank Ocean's sophomore studio album, "Blonde," made a resurgence back into the top slots of the Billboard 200 chart, achieving its highest position in eight years. Released in 2016 to critical acclaim, "Blonde" debuted at number one and racked up 275,000 album-equivalent sales in its first week. On the (Week of May 28), Chart Data reported that "Blonde" was listed at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 rankings. As of this week, (June 24), “Blonde” is still charting at No 52. Elsewhere on the chart is Channel Orange, which sits at No. 75.

As Frank Ocean fans, anticipate new music or an annoucement of a tour, it is still impressive that years later, his music has shown the impact of his artistry. The recent Apple Music Best Album list awarded "Blonde" with the No. 5 spot, sparking a debate on whether the song was too high on the chart, as well as albums that deserved to be placed higher. Billie Eilish has also released a cover to the “Blonde” track ‘Solo’. Hopefully these moments are sparking Frank Ocean to get back to music.

Frank on Apple Music 100 Best Albums

Most recently, Frank Ocean announced his brand Homer and has been releasing jewelry, accessories, and more.

As we revisit Frank Ocean’s music, here are some of our mashups/mixes of some of our Favorite Frank songs.

Brandy & Monica reunite on Ariana Grande's "The Boy Is Mine" Music Video plus new remix

Brandy and Monica reunited for Ariana Grande's music video for "The Boy Is Mine," the song from Ariana’s seventh studio album “Eternal Sunshine” which is a fresh take on their iconic 1998 hit, showed the singers as news reporters. The reunion continued as Grande announced the remix to the song which would feature Brandy and Monica. The song which dropped Friday, June 21.

With behind the scenes clips, we see Monica and Brandy speaking on how the reunion came together and what this moment means. "The process of the new collaboration did a lot of closing the gaps," Monica told E News. "When you properly communicate something, you can find not only the resolutions and solutions to problems. But sometimes you find that there weren't ever problems, just consistent miscommunications. It made it a lot easier just to talk."

The Boy is Mine (1998) from Brandy’s “Never Say Never” and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” albums celebrated its 26th anniversary.

With this reunion and discussion of mended friendships between Brandy and Monica, can we see this leading to the highly anticipated joint tour that everyone is hoping will happen? Will there be more collaborations in the future?

We will have to stay tuned.

CHLÖE / NORMANI - FYS X CANDY PAINT MASHUP [ELSVNATE MIX] - DOPAMINE

EVERYTHING SOUNDS GOOD ON THAT CANDY PAINT BEAT
SO I HAD TO SEE WHICH CHLÖE SONG WORKS… DID “FYS” AND “TREAT ME” (MAYBE I’LL UPLOAD TREAT ME NEXT)

FYS BY CHLÖE FROM TROUBLE IN PARADISE
CANDY PAINT BY NORMANI FROM DOPAMINE

TLC / Janet Jackson - Creep x Dammn Baby [Mashup] [ELSVNATE MIX]

TLC - CREEP meets Janet Jackson - DAMMN BABY also they did a tour. so I went off that and then came this mashup…. several TLC Mixes that I need to upload but we started here.

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Continued Conversations into Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplaces has shifted to the forefront for many companies. in the wake of Black Lives Matter and the continued protests surrounding injustices, the conversation has been a catalyst in many of the areas where injustices and discrimination plays a major role. While this shift has been a positive step forward, some of these initiatives have fallen short of implementing meaningful change, particularly for Black employees.

An issue that arises is companies may focus on increasing diversity without addressing the underlying biases and systemic issues that prevent Black employees from advancing within the organization. It may be a start to shift recruitment to bring in more talented people of color but if the interview process falls short on seeing individuals make it through to the end, what has been accomplished? Management usually has a final say on who they want and often times its falls to who they know. Diversity sometimes isn’t reflected in management and executive level positions. The underlying biases may be hidden when it comes to those in these positions as they could be unaware of the recruitment pool that has made it to the interview with them. Other issues that prevent itself is companies may hire more Black employees at entry-level positions and then fail to provide them with resources needed to advance or often times overlook them as options for promotions or advancements.

The continued promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion often falls to employees of color to lead the charge of the conversation and carry the burden of microaggressions and discrimination in the workplace. unconscious bias training has been introduced but often falls to being a checkbox that needs to be checked as completed instead of addressing the underlying structural inequalities or the unique experiences and perspectives of Black employees. The conversation needs to be more than just conversations. More than just a training exercise and more than an initiative to promote DEI without applying the necessary changes. It goes beyond just hiring more diverse employees. There needs to be policies and practices that continue to be acted on, outside of meetings, trainings and discussions.

While it is important to recognize and celebrate different groups at different periods of time (Black history month, Women’s History month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Pride, Hispanic heritage month etc.), limiting the conversation to specific months or events can create a false sense of progress. Where does the conversation go once the month ends? Did the moments lead directly to implementing a change? Does it get carried on outside of each specific month of celebration? initiatives should be ongoing and integrated into the fabric of a company's culture and values and promote a culture of inclusion and allyship year-round that works within each group but also across each group. Where does the conversation go from here?

BRANDY - WHEN YOU TOUCH ME / BEYONCÉ - CUFF IT (WETTER REMIX) (ELSVNATE MIX)

“CUFF IT (Wetter Remix).” came together from a mashup of Beyoncé’s original vocals from “Cuff It” and the instrumental to Twista’s 2009 hit, “Wetter.” Beyoncé opted to slow it down, making the uptempo dance record into a smooth R&B record.

Now a month later, highlighting the gem that Brandy’s 2002 record “When You Touch Me” is and the continued praise around it and the album as a whole, we have another mix to bring these two songs together.