Uncle Ray

Good Morning!

So let’s take it back to the Fall of 2002. It’s senior year of high school. I’m sitting in calculus class wearing my favorite L.E.I. glitter jeans, a cranberry colored rayon Wet Seal top, and chunky heeled black boots from Payless Shoes. My friend, Keri, sits behind me. One day Keri starts telling a story about how over the weekend her uncle showed up to a party with a mixed CD titled “Uncle Ray’s Boom Boom Mix”. I bust out laughing at the thought of 1. someone’s uncle even making a mixed CD and 2. actually naming it “Uncle Ray’s Boom Boom Mix” and bringing it to a party. I continued giggling off and on throughout class that day and from that point on every mixed CD I ever made somehow incorporated “Boom Boom Mix” in the title. It could have been anything (Summertime Boom Boom Mix, 90s Boom Boom Mix, Gym Boom Boom Mix, if I made a CD for someone then it was “Carlee’s Boom Boom Mix”, etc.) This went on for years until I stopped making CDs because they were old news and everyone had moved on to iPods. I’m going to say that for me that was probably 2008, but for all those years the Boom Boom Mix lived on.

I haven’t seen Keri in forever, but we are friends on social media. Once she messaged me reminiscing about all our old laughs in calculus class, but I’m not sure she would even remember this story about Uncle Ray’s CD. However, Uncle Ray and the Boom Boom Mix live on because today the playlist I’m sharing is a throwback to songs that remind me of high school! There are TONS but this is a small sampling for your enjoyment! And what better way for me to honor high school then with a playlist paying tribute to Uncle Ray?! So without further ado, I present:

Week 4 Playlist: Uncle Ray’s Boom Boom Mix – High School Edition Vol. 1

1. #1 – Nelly 
2. 21 Questions (feat. Nate Dogg) – 50 Cent
3. Addicted – Simple Plan
4. Don’t Wanna Try – Frankie J
5. Where the Party At (feat. Nelly) – Jagged Edge
6. Just Like a Pill – P!nk
7. Graduation – Vitamin C
8. Castles in the Sky – Ian Van Dahl
9. Party Up – DMX
10. No Letting Go – Wayne Wonder
11. Trade It All, Pt. 2 (feat. P. Diddy & Jagged Edge) – Fabolous
12. Dance With Me – 112

Hope you enjoy!! Until next time…

xo

Holly