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Petra's Friday Top Eleven--"Feel Good" [charts]

It's April and I'm feelin the spring energy.
These tracks will pick up your mood, shake off the winter blues, feed you positive energy, direct your feet to the sunny side of the street...

1. JILL SCOTT "it's love"
neo-soul force from philadelphia
from her 2000 album WHO IS JILL SCOTT?
listen on youtube

2. SIZZLA "be strong"
jamaican reggae and dance hall giant
from his 2005 album SOUL DEEP
listen on youtube

3. LYN COLLINS "Mama Feelgood"
old-school soul diva from kentucky
listen on last.fm

4. TIMBALADA "Cancao de Paquerar"
bahia's most popular afro-brazilian bloco
from their 2005 album MOTUMBA BLESS
listen on zshare

5. SUGARHILL GANG "Rapper's Delight"
one of hip hop's founding groups,
this song is sometimes credited as the first rap song, from his 1979
watch video on youtube

6. THE ISLEY BROTHERS "Fight the Power"
the classic
listen on last.fm

7. OLIVER MTUKUDZI "Hear Me Lord"
zimbabwean artist, singing in shona and english
listen on last.fm

8. COLEMAN HAWKINS "Dinah"
saxophone legend from back in the day
from his album BODY AND SOUL
listen on last.fm

9. ZAPP & ROGER "More Bounce to the Ounce"
listen last.fm

10. ZOLA "Shosholoza"
south african hip hop artist
listen on last.fm

11. Talib Kweli "Get By"
watch the video on youtube