Lovin' Me Some Choice FM in London! (Click here to go to their website)

I get so tired of the same music on almost every single Urban station in the country. I was so excited when streaming came about, but there are very few stations that I feel actually give me some variety. And very few personalities I like listening to. Big Tigger at WPGC In DC (or as he says, the DMV). Ryan Cameron on V-103 in the A. Mr. Peter Parker at B96 in the Twin Cities. Doug Banks. Russ Parr. 100.3 The Beat in Philly is exciting. 96.3 Jamz in Albany, NY is exciting. Power 96 in Miami and B96 in Chicago are exciting (I guess I just like 96 frequency stations). I wish Emmis would stream, because I love listening to Angie Martinez and Funk Flex when I'm in New York. And I wish I could figure out why my Mac doesn't work with Clear Channel stations, cause then I would listen to 103.5 The Beat in Miami (another fav).

I don't even remember how I ran across Choice FM in London, but I'm hooked! I was listening to their morning show, which is nothing special, but the music was great. I love the energy. A nice mix of R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soca and House, plus UK Garage and 2-Step. In an hour I heard 6 songs I didn't know existed. Plus the old school joints they play pass the "oh, shit!" test. I can't wait to listen to their mixshows!

What's crazy is Choice FM is very much an American radio station with English-accented jocks! Okay, an American station with a wider playlist. But the beds are American Hip-Hop, 85% of the music is from North American, and the topics their morning show talked about were about American celebrities! They talked about J-Lo, Morgan Freeman, Mr. T from the A Team… and I just heard a drop from Ludacris, T.I. and 50 Cent. I guess I would have expected to hear a lot more about things I had never heard of before. Even the songs that I hadn't heard before are by American artists! This station really could be a pirate station out of Boston, New York or Miami run by people from England. Maybe outside of the morning show it will be more UK based.

Here is the track listing for about 2 hours of listening (new favorites in bold):
I'll Be Lovin' You Long Time-Mariah Carey f/T.I.
Stressed Out-Mass Destruction
Confessions (Part 2)-Usher f/Twista, Kanye West
She's Like A Star-Taio Cruz f/Sugababes, Busta Rhymes
Only You (Bad Boy Remix)-112 f/The Notorious B.I.G., Mase
Dance With Me-Dizzee Rascal f/Calvin Harris
80s Joint-Kelis
Do You Mind-DJ Paleface f/Kyla
Won't You Stay[not sure of title]-[don't know artist]
Sunshine-Jay-Z
Superwoman-Alisha Keys
This Is The Girl-Kano f/Craig David
The Bongo Jam-Crazy Cousins
Miss Independent-Ne-Yo
Hypnotized-Plies f/Akon
When I Grow Up (Remix)-Pussycat Dolls f/Rodney Jerkins, Diddy, Fatman Scoop, Lil Wayne
Body-Nelly f/Akon, Ashanti
Mary Jane (All Night Long)-Mary J. Blige
Dangerous (Remix)-Kardinal Offishall f/Akon, Sean Paul
Low-Flo-Rida
Defense (The Anthem Remix)-Pitbull f/Machel Montano, Lil Jon
One More Chance-Will.I.Am
Saturday Night Hustle-Sway f/Lamar
Heard Em Say-Kanye West
Love Tha Girl-Raphael Saddiq
Run It-Chris Brown f/Juelz Santana
Oochie Wally-QB's Finest
Juicy-The Notorious B.I.G.

Do you see what I mean? Even the new music is from America! My mouth dropped open when I heard Raphael Saddiq's new song, because it REALLY sounds like a song from the 60s! Hot!