Odyssey Man EP | Robert Strauss

Odyssey Man EP | Robert Strauss

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I dedicate this remix Eric Benet doesn’t like to Zoe Saldana

This is a remix done by Keith Crouch & Jubu Smith, the same duo behind the original version of Eric Benet’s Chocolate legs. This remix is way better than the original. I love it, but word has it that Eric Benet is not particularly fond of it. Oh well…but thank Cosmos for DJ Greg Clifford’s Son of Soul Podcast, as we can all hear this funky remix of Eric Benet’s Chocolate Legs as many times we like!

Listen here and only here…it’s the 1^st song!

Son of Soul Podcast 60
http://thesonofsoul.podomatic.com/

As far as the original version of Eric Benet’s Chocolate Legs, it’s is cute. It’s nice, but it lacks that Umph! The remix is that ‘proactive’ music than gets one in the ‘mood’. And when I heard it for the 1^st time, I thought of Zoe Saldana – as Uhura wrapping her chocolate legs around me! A shameless Trekker, yes I am, but this actress caught my eyes when she strut her sexy chocolate legs across the bridge of the Enterprise in JJ Abram’s prequel Star Trek movie. And if you haven’t seen the film, go see it now! In the meantime, I’m blasting this remix of Chocolate Legs – thinking of Zoe Saldana!

Zoe Saldana can “make me glad that I'm a man” if she “come wrap them chocolate legs 'round me” any day!

Rafiq

PS I know the year isn’t over yet (although we’re at the halfway mark), but this remix is on my top ten list of year!

Zoe Saldana: Bringing Sexy back to Uhura

A Natural Dominican Beauty whose essence

Radiates as bright as the Caribbean sun

Unlike the industry’s mass-manufactured clones,

This West Indian Bonita is refreshing as summer breeze

With a multifaceted realness deep as the colorful seas

The character of Uhura is significant as it’s one of the roles featuring a supporting Black American character who wasn’t a servant. Nichel Nichols broke ground starring as Lt Uhura in Star Trek and Zoë Saldaña nicely fills those shoes.

Nichels considered leaving the show as she described her role as a “glorified switchboard operator”, while William Shatner’s character got the most face time than all the characters. However, it was a conversation with Martin Luther King that convinced to stay on because he felt she represented a great role model for African-Americans on major TV.

Trek cynics say that Nichols’ affair with the Star Trek creator & producer, Gene Roddenberry assured her role as Uhura. Yet nevertheless, her role is crucial to Rodenberry’s vision of the future.

Nichols high point was the infamous interracial kiss, which was forced, between her character and Shatner’s, in the episode, Plato’s Children. However, the first interracial kiss on US television was between Sammy Davis, Jr. and Nancy Sinatra on the variety program Movin' With Nancy in December 1967. Also, in a prior episode, Shatner had kissed an alien played by Vietnamese-French actress France Nuyen in the episode Elaan of Troyius.

Nichols low point was that 'erotic' fan dance Star Trek V: the Final Frontier. Then again, that whole film, directed/co-written by William Shatner, is low point of all Star Trek films (meaning JJ Abrams shouldn’t be fazed if Shatner’s cameo didn’t work out). However, Zoë Saldaña can do a fan dance for me anytime and it would always be erotic! :)

Rafiq Jennings