2Pac "Tongue Kissin" (K-I-S-S-I-N-G MIX)

Aight once again, story time.... Oh yeah and Merry Christmas 🎅🎁🎄

My buddy @joecool4108 hit me up about doing a remix using a sample of "Careless Whispers" by George Michael for "Tongue Kissin"
Here's a link to the clip he uploaded on his YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/bl1uJKpPLJo?si=RRNoMzhvUcPOHkUO

After we finished that mix I began thinking about how "Tongue Kissin", beat wise, is the precursor/prototype to Jon B & 2Pac's "Are You Still Down".
They are similar, yet different.
Now I do know of a version of "Are You Still Down" where it's using an I guess slightly updated version of the beat that was used for "Tongue Kissin", so I got to wondering "Hmm... how come there isn't a version of Tongue Kissin on the updated beat for Are You Still Down"
My guess is that "Tongue Kissin" as a song was left on the "cutting room floor", but the beat was used to make the demo for "Are You Still Down" and then Johnny J went back and updated the beat for the album version.

So I got to thinking what if there was a version of "Tongue Kissin" where Johnny J began updating the beat somewhere in between "Tongue Kissin" and "Are You Still Down" that kinda shows the developement of the beat that somewhat has elements of both songs making it sort of a hodgepodge of ideas Johnny J tested out before narrowing it down to the finalized version of the beat. 😁

Now before anyone asks "what's up with the vocoder voice (robot voice) and female vocal sounds, "Are You Still Down" has a vocoder in it singing parts of the hook along with Jon B. It really can be heard on the "instrumental version"
https://youtu.be/F93YqYcQjvw?si=pPwCPT02GeKfl5Lo

As for the female vocal sounds I thought that there are a few 2Pac songs that added female sex sounds in them. so why not include them in this song based on the subject matter:

"How Do U Want It" (Radio/Clean Edit Version)
https://youtu.be/2xTvQFTydH8?si=3yIbrLBCDNbt-f6z

"Come With Me Interlude"
https://youtu.be/3OAFvgatYsU?si=R17dPRB9422ESFcc

"Is It Cool 2 Fuck"
https://youtu.be/wdy0lCirvE8?si=LgBsgg1IvOyyk9mg

Yeah it seems a bit juvenile to add that in, but hey even further back in the day Marvin Gaye and many other artist had stuff like that in there songs too to add that extra texture to their songs.
"Feel All My Love Inside" by Marvin Gaye
https://youtu.be/icqCLQtzPPo?si=SB-ZaNwRmNyuki_l

Samples:

"Woman Breathing Heavily HD" by Sound Effects Download FX
https://youtu.be/zZ__YC582yY?si=aXXJDfgbI14OhKVO

"DJ Tools Female Sexy Vocals" by Music Lover
https://youtu.be/tW_ZzkVuk8c?si=VQmGFg7YJKZ0VevG

*I can't which YouTube videos that I sampled the "kiss" sound effects from at the moment.* 🤷‍♂️

Interpolations:

"Are You Still Down" by Jon B. featuring 2Pac
(OG Version)
https://youtu.be/Rm_D9ybn-DE?si=W-LT_Dz0wtH-P4L4

(LP Album Version)
https://youtu.be/ZnqskQOzYxc?si=MJ7bg1G73LtyGW32

"Tongue Kissin" by 2Pac
https://youtu.be/rDqQxAlbQ40?si=O4_HnBAtTLV3psEF

"Fucking Wit The Wrong Nigga" by 2Pac
https://youtu.be/XpOjAOt9BDI?si=S1ns8gXoLdNbxHoa

*Oh yeah, now I don't know who wrote this originally, but what I'm doing on the vocoder as far as spelling out "Tongue Kissin" (T-O-N-G-U-E/K-I-S-S-I-N-G) I kinda consider it an interpolation of that oldschool kiddy rhyme
"Some Dude & Some Girl sittin' in a tree / K-I-S-S-I-N-G". 😏

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