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Dusky slow burn / slow burn honeyPlaylist noteJun 11, 202611:20 PMOpen set

Chelsea Rodgers is the thesis, and Baddy On The Floor is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the stack needs body, patience, and a groove that persuades instead of shouts. It leaves Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Baddy On The Floor is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Chelsea Rodgers
Prince
Anthology: 1995-2010 · 2018 · Funk/Soul/Pop
Programming
Open set

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Soul Kitchen (Mono Remastered) · full
Lineup note
Chelsea Rodgers into Baddy On The Floor

Reach for it when the stack needs body, patience, and a groove that persuades instead of shouts. It leaves Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Anthology: 1995-2010 · 2018

Hearing it against Anthology: 1995-2010 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Chelsea Rodgers by Prince off Anthology: 1995-2010 (2018) brings body, timing, and human feel first, so the persuasion happens in the rhythm section rather than in big gestures. With Prince, the draw is usually in the pocket and the human touch inside it, not just a surface-level style label. The argument is in the pocket: bass, snare, guitar or keys locking together and nudging the song forward without overplaying it.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen to what the rhythm section is doing behind the lead, especially the bass turns, ghost notes, and little pushes that make the groove lean forward. Notice how it hands the weight to Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

PrinceJamie xx Feat. Honey DijonMiles Davis & Gil EvansFunk/Soul/PopElectronicJazzdusky slow burn / slow-burn honeysunsetslow-burn honeyFunk/Soul/Pop
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3 stored song notes
01now
Chelsea Rodgers
Prince
Why it fits

Reach for it when the stack needs body, patience, and a groove that persuades instead of shouts. It leaves Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Anthology: 1995-2010 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Chelsea Rodgers by Prince off Anthology: 1995-2010 (2018) brings body, timing, and human feel first, so the persuasion happens in the rhythm section rather than in big gestures. With Prince, the draw is usually in the pocket and the human touch inside it, not just a surface-level style label. The argument is in the pocket: bass, snare, guitar or keys locking together and nudging the song forward without overplaying it.

Listen for

Listen to what the rhythm section is doing behind the lead, especially the bass turns, ghost notes, and little pushes that make the groove lean forward. Notice how it hands the weight to Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

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Baddy On The Floor
Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon
Why it fits

Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) cools the temperature after Chelsea Rodgers by Prince off Anthology: 1995-2010 (2018) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the hour wants momentum with architecture, not just a louder kick drum. It leaves Here Come De Honey Man by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Porgy & Bess [Disc 2] (1959) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against In Waves matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) gives the hour momentum with structure; the drive comes from the engine under the track, not empty speed. Honey Dijon, the useful clue is usually in the construction: low end, drum programming, and how the groove is released layer by layer. The record sells itself through the engine underneath it: kick, bass pressure, and the little bits of motion that keep the loop from going flat.

Listen for

Listen for the engine underneath the track: kick, bass, and the tiny percussion or synth shifts that keep the motion alive. Notice how it hands the weight to Here Come De Honey Man by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Porgy & Bess [Disc 2] (1959) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
Here Come De Honey Man
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Why it fits

Here Come De Honey Man by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Porgy & Bess [Disc 2] (1959) lifts the pressure after Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Porgy & Bess [Disc 2] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Here Come De Honey Man by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Porgy & Bess [Disc 2] (1959) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. Honey Dijon off In Waves (2024). Hearing it against In Waves matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Baddy On The Floor by Jamie xx Feat. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".