Jaheim & Mary J. Blige - Beauty & The Thug (Smith Boys Vocal) 2003
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An absolute classic from 2003. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and the new-school reincarnation of Teddy Pendegrass with a House remix, simply brilliant!
I first heard this on DJ Norman Jay's radio show 'Giant 45' which used to be on BBC London radio (sadly no more). I believe this track first appeared on Fall Out Records in 2003 (FOR 002), simply entitled 'Jaheim - Beauty & Thug', and then it reappeared on a vinyl compilation in 2004 called 'Mary J. Blige - The House Mixes (Vol. 1)' on JMR Records (MJB 001).
The latter has it down as a DFA mix on some tracklistings, so it's possible it might be a Darryl James production originally. I'll place a link to his Myspace anyway, as no doubt you'll like his productions if you're not familiar already:
http://www.myspace.com/djdarryljames
http://www.normanjay.com
http://www.mjblige.com
http://www.jaheimmusic.com
Note: Track encoded in Mono to discourage copying.