The Whole Delivery

With it being the last Friday and penultimate day of 2016, it's the 30 year anniversary of when this great special aired on TV, with one of the best New Year's songs ever.  It's of course from 'Musical Chairs" from "Happy New Year Charlie Brown," your last Flashback Friday choice for this year.  Enjoy, as The Flashback Fridays will comeback in 2017.

Years before "The Voice", "Happy" and "Despicable Me" fame, but in the middle of becoming his own standout from Chad Hugo, Pharrell was firmly in the center of the hip-hop game with his own quality. Take it back a decade ago with his forever kindred spirit friend Gwen Stefani providing the simple, appropriate torn in chorus. It's of course "Can I Have It Like That" from a decade ago at this time. More from The Whole Delivery. Stay tuned. 

In more celebration for the 10 year anniversary that was "Food & Liquor," it's Sir Lupe with the second single off one of the underrated semi-classic music albums of all time. It's  "Daydreamin'" with one Jill Scott, your second Flashback Friday choice this week that is also from a decade ago . This is The Whole Delivery. 

It may have had a million people on it, but for sure the remix to Busta's hit "Touch It" was even better than the original. Quality in rhyme and energy was felt all the way on this track.  So from a decade ago, it's all of these people with Earl Simmons included, with the always superb Swiss Beatz produced "Touch It (Remix)," as the flashback Fridays are back this week. More from The Flashback Fridays and TWD in a bit. 

As we continue to celebrate Space Jam's 20 Anniversary, here is the long forgotten but still energized group collaboration with B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes, with "Hit Em High," produced by the legendary group, "The Trackmasters." This is The Whole Delivery. 

It's the 20th anniversary week of Space Jam movie, and with that being said, its music album (soundtrack) is arguably more memorable than the movie. And this song is a firm reason why, especially before the days Robert lost his mind with doing, well, you already know by now.  So, the first of two Flashback Fridays today, it's R.Kelly with "I Believe I Can Fly". And unlike popular songs out now, it didn't need the internet for it to have many parodies like it does now. More to come from The Whole Delivery, stay tuned. 

As Ray Allen officially retired this week, we take it back to 1998, when his inner Jesus Shuttlesworth came on the screen. And when Chuck D and Flava Flav (at least on the regular, unedited version) produced one of the best movie soundtracks ever. It's of course Public Enemy's "He Got Game", from 1998. Your first Flashback Friday choice for today. More to come.