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After the highly successful "Midnight Love - SMOOTH R&B ESSENTIALS" in 2020, the sequel "Midnight Love II - SMOOTH R&B ESSENTIALS" in the summer of 2021, and the November 2021 release of "Midnight Love III - SMOOTH R&B ESSENTIALS" were released in November 2021 to great acclaim, and now the fourth installment is finally here! Midnight Love IV - SMOOTH R&B ESSENTIALS" is a new compilation of the finest smooth R&B music for adult nights, focusing on the urban and sophisticated soul music of the 1980s and beyond, known as "black contemporary" music. This album is linked to Universal Music's reissue project "Throwback Soul: Soul/Funk Classics, Behind-the-Scenes Masterpieces, and Hard-to-Find Discs: Introducing the Beat - The Night Before the NJS", and features 17 songs by Alexander O'Neill, Sherail, and others, selected from albums to be reissued in this series.In addition, "Midnight Love IV - SMOOTH R&B ESSENTIALS" is a 2-CD set with 32 songs in total, including 15 superb Quiet Storm songs selected exclusively for this compilation. The original recording of "Love's Train," covered by the ever popular Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Park), is also noteworthy! The music selection is supported by DJ Black Candy, the "Black Music Evangelist," and commentary by JAM, a leading black music researcher who has written numerous liner notes for Black Music Revue (bmr) and the book "Chasin' The 80s Classics. Includes the latest mastered sound and lyrics.