Music is everything to me. It decorates my home. It’s my morning coffee. I carry it in and on my body wherever I go. This is my current “deserted island” playlist. If I was stranded on an island with access to just one, twenty-five song playlist (plus one bonus track), this would be mine:

“Neither One of Us” - Gladys Knight and the Pips

“Make it With You” - Aretha Franklin

“Just My Imagination” - The Temptations

“Here Comes The Sun” - Nina Simone

“Make Me Over” - Tonex/B.Slade

“For the Love of You, Pts. 1&2” - The Isley Brothers

“Get Down on It” - Kool & The Gang

“With You” - Noname

“Just Be a Man About It” - Toni Braxton

“Tonight is The Night (Parts 1&2)” - Betty Wright

“If This World Were Mine (with Cheryl Lynn)” - Luther Vandross

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” - Aretha Franklin

“Diddy Bop (feat. Raury & Cam O’bi)” - Noname

“I’d Rather Go Blind” - Etta James

“Fine” - Whitney Houston

“I Loves You, Porgy/And I Am Telling You/I Have Nothing (Live)” - Whitney Houston

“Lost One” - Jazmine Sullivan

“On Your Face” - Earth, Wind, & Fire

“Great & Mighty” - Byron Cage

“You Bring Me Joy” - Anita Baker

“Best of My Love” - The Emotions

“Alabaster Box (Live)” - Cece Winans

“Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable to Lunch Today)” - Ella Fitzgerald

“Love T.K.O” - Teddy Pendergrass

“The Storm is Over Now” - God’s Property & Kirk Franklin

Bonus Track: “Cozy/Alien Superstar” - Beyonce (I’d fight to have this counted as one track)

I’d love to hear the tracks you’d choose. Contact me to share your deserted island playlist!