Soul Seduction

Certain jams were made for wine-and-cheese get-togethers, others for pumpin' iron, jailhouse-style. These jams right here? They're aural aphrodisiacs made for one thing and one thing only: gettin' that sweet thing in your sights and behind closed doors. What we have here are tracks as smooth as two lips meeting, as right as a perfect puzzle-piece fit. So go ahead and let Ne-Yo tell her what she has to look forward to in your chamber of delights with the sensual groove of "Sexy Love," or watch his jaw drop when you send out your signals with Beyoncé and her exotic pledge "Naughty Girl." Feeling shy? Have Prince coo your come-on with "Do Me, Baby," while Floetry begs for those all-important words, "Say Yes."

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R. Kelly comes straight to the point on his freaky steamer "Sex Me, Pt. 1," while Robin Thicke takes a tender approach with "The Sweetest Love." Hey, variety is the spice of life, and everyone knows that spice is good. So while one fine lady has her knees weakened by the smoldering sounds of Teddy Pendergrass and "Turn Off the Lights," another might tumble to the velvety, new-day embrace of John Legend and "Good Morning." And while the man of your dreams can't resist the sultry instruction of TLC's "Red Light Special," another shawtie's would-be boo is a sucker for the soul-love classic "Sweet Thing" from Chaka Khan & Rufus.

Hit Deep Cuts to keep it going all the way to the break of dawn.

We wouldn't let you down now, not when you're going in deep yourself, plunging you and the object of your desire in a dusk-to-dawn, head-to-toe, body-and-soul communion. Not when Janet Jackson is pleading for you to draw the "Curtains" and stage a little show of your own, and definitely not when Marques Houston is issuing an invitation to get "Naked" that simply can't be turned down. These are the tunes to take you from the promise of pleasure to come (Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love to You"), straight on through to the sumptuous peace of afterglow (Marvin Gaye and "After the Dance").

You've got the champagne chilling on ice, the rose petals scattered lavishly over your finest satin sheets, the scented candles aglow with possibility — and you've got Soul Seduction Essentials, your sure-thing soundtrack for bringing it all together in a perfect night of breathtaking, earthshaking passion. Setting all that emotion in motion? It's gotta be "Let's Get It On," Marvin Gaye's classic-soul love call, a failsafe fuse-lighter that sets that stage for riding the rolling rhythms of Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body," laying bare the naked desire of Keyshia Cole's "Heaven Sent," and immersing yourselves fully in the Tony Rich Project's sonic sea of love, "Part the Waves." With everything from the sexy soul whispers of Eddie Kendricks' "Intimate Friends" to the over-and-over incantation of Peven Everett's "I Wanna Make Love," you won't need to come up for air 'til the morning rays.