Love Jones -- the playlist that knows love has competing stories to tell and refuses to pick one. Cupid's arrow and the tracks of tears sit in the same sequence because they belong there: Sam Cooke's playful longing is the before, Smokey's heartbreak is the after, and between them are all the stages -- Aretha declaring herself a natural woman, Otis begging for tenderness, Stevie Wonder finally holding something worth holding. The church-trained voices (Al, Aretha, Sam) singing about earthly love, knowing exactly which register they're borrowing from.
This is love as mosaic, not monolith. The same voice that sang "Let's Stay Together" was preaching on Sunday. The same man who wrote "The Makings of You" wrote "Move On Up." Love Jones isn't confused -- it's honest. Every track is a different answer to the same question: what does love feel like? All of them are right.
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soul · 10 tracks
Love Jones
Love Jones -- the playlist that knows love has competing stories to tell and refuses to pick one. Cupid's arrow and the tracks of tears sit in the same sequence because they belong there: Sam Cooke's playful longing is the before, Smokey's heartbreak is the after, and between them are all the stages -- Aretha declaring herself a natural woman, Otis begging for tenderness, Stevie Wonder finally holding something worth holding. The church-trained voices (Al, Aretha, Sam) singing about earthly love, knowing exactly which register they're borrowing from.
This is love as mosaic, not monolith. The same voice that sang "Let's Stay Together" was preaching on Sunday. The same man who wrote "The Makings of You" wrote "Move On Up." Love Jones isn't confused -- it's honest. Every track is a different answer to the same question: what does love feel like? All of them are right.
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Love Jones -- the playlist that knows love has competing stories to tell and refuses to pick one. Cupid's arrow and the tracks of tears sit in the same sequence because they belong there: Sam Cooke's playful longing is the before, Smokey's heartbreak is the after, and between them are all the stages -- Aretha declaring herself a natural woman, Otis begging for tenderness, Stevie Wonder finally holding something worth holding. The church-trained voices (Al, Aretha, Sam) singing about earthly love, knowing exactly which register they're borrowing from.
This is love as mosaic, not monolith. The same voice that sang "Let's Stay Together" was preaching on Sunday. The same man who wrote "The Makings of You" wrote "Move On Up." Love Jones isn't confused -- it's honest. Every track is a different answer to the same question: what does love feel like? All of them are right.
No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.
✓Check your email to confirm.
Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Image Credits
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk).
1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from
Deezer (promotional artwork).
