R&B Slow Dance

When the desire arises for seductive soul classics-in-the-making, turn to our R&B Slow Dance Essentials, a silky, up-to-the-minute soundtrack d'amour guaranteed to set the stage for new-school nights to remember and put you in the mood for love faster than you can put a bottle of bubbly on ice. R&B smoothie J. Holiday gets straight to the point with his sex-you-up promise "Bed," Alicia Keys offers a sweet soul plea for how she wants it to be on "Like You'll Never See Me Again," Ivana Santilli makes the case for an extended bedroom love-in with passion and conviction on "Stay Here, Pt 2," and Divine Brown keeps it classic with "Old Skool Love."

Slide into Next Steps to keep the slow jams coming.

The lights have been dimmed, the ambiance is just the right side of steamy, and it's time to make your move . . . so hit the switch with R. Kelly's sultry starter "Ignition," let the lovin' unfold as Floetry begs for the gettin'-down go ahead on "Say Yes," and when it comes to bedroom preferences, go for natural selection with a highlight from The Evolution of Robin Thicke, "Lost Without U." Soul superstars the Isley Brothers prove they've still got what it takes with the eternal slow-jam sounds of "Contagious," Tamia feeds the flow with the groove-inducing beats of "Officially Missing You," and new-day diva Ledisi knows exactly where she and her man are gonna be "In the Morning."

Go deep into slow-jam ecstasy in Deep Cuts.

Deep Cuts brings you and yours all the way to dawn's early light, as a tender touch of old-school arousal stirs Musiq Soulchild's boudoir ballad "Love," Craig David spins a sweet yarn of kissin', carressin' and parent evadin' on "Fill Me In," and neo-soul siren Jill Scott sends an oh-so-sensual message to her man on "All I." Usher offers up a sonic tonic for the love-drunk with "U Got It Bad," while velvet-voiced Chris Brown has like the last word in devotion on "With You." And while Beverley Knight casts an understated romantic spell on "Shape of You," Jennifer Hudson and fellow Idol contestant Fantasia are at their fiercest on the potent power ballad "I'm His Only Woman."

For the ultimate in today's smouldering, take-your-time soul, we bring you R&B Slow Dance, a playlist of all things steamy, sensual, and perfectly persuasive, packed to last from the first flares of passion to the glowing embers of daybreak's afterglow. These are songs to savour like a fine wine or the lingering taste of a lover's lips, so sink deep into the sweet sway of Mariah Carey's invitation to intimacy "We Belong Together," soak up the hot-tub groove of Jully Black's "Until I Stay," and wrap yourself in the warm embrace of John Legend's sexy "Slow Dance." When the likes of diva supreme Mary J. Blige and Raphael Saadiq blend their voices into "I Found My Everything," they're doing more than testifying to everlasting love — they're making their case for slow-jam immortality.