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Playlist: THE SUMMER 97 (1998 x 2023)

In celebration of summer, the staff at THE 97 has compiled a playlist containing some of our favorite summer songs, from then and now. Each day we will reveal one song, rotating daily between past and present with pairings from 1998 and 2023, for a total of 97 days/songs. Since we love nostalgia,

For the Nostalgia: “Nobody” by Keith Sweat

June 10, 2015
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If you were a fan of R&B music in the 1990s, then this is a song you’ve definitely heard!  During the instrumental intro before the vocalists begin to sing, you may even already know the lyrics even if you can’t recall both of the artists’ names.  Released in the fall
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Review: ‘Jackie’ by Ciara

May 11, 2015
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One of the sweetest things you can do as a pop star is to name your album after your mother, and also dedicate a song in her honor. If this song doubles as an ode to being a bad mother fucker (BMF), then it’s twice as sweet because to be
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The Introduction of Destiny’s Child

September 16, 2014
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Although their self-titled debut wasn’t released until February 1998, it was in the second half of 1997 in which audiences got their first taste of the quartet. With the now fan favourite “Killing Time” being featured on the ‘Men In Black’ soundtrack and their first single, “No, No, No” (featuring Wyclef Jean)
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Journey to Freedom, Week 3: Love

August 28, 2014
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For this week’s Journey to Freedom challenge, Michelle Williams challenges us to “celebrate a mindful moment of self-love.”  Self-love, Michelle says, is an essential precursor to being able to obtain romantic love.  After all, if you don’t love yourself… how can you expect someone else to love you?  This is
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The Many Forms of Metamorphosis: A review of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” remixes

August 22, 2014
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Starting with 1995’s “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey began to transform her more pop-leaning singles to become full-fledged hip-hop recreations.  In addition, she would also re-imagine the songs in fully re-sung house remixes, which began with 1993’s “Dreamlover.”  Mariah continued this practice with the lead single from Butterfly, “Honey.” While the original
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Journey to Freedom, Week 2: Honesty

August 21, 2014
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Week two’s word in Michelle William’s Journey to Freedom journal contest is “honesty.”  Once again, when prompted with the word “honesty” the first thought that came to my head was again in the form of lyrics: “honesty, is such a lonely word, every one is so untrue, honesty is hardly
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