Eddie Kendricks, Intimate Friends | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
![Eddie Kendricks, “Intimate Friends”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 23 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/eddie-kendricks-intimate-friends-throwback-vibez-23-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 23rd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Intimate Friends” by Eddie Kendricks.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Eddie Kendricks, “Intimate Friends”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 23 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/eddie-kendricks-intimate-friends-throwback-vibez-23-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 23rd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Intimate Friends” by Eddie Kendricks.
![Special: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 10 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; AOG PIXELS via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/special-3-to-5-bops-10-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Special: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 10 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Adele, Lizzo, Ray, Goodman & Brown, SZA, and The Winans.
![Earth, Wind & Fire, “Shining Star”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 19 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Columbia; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/earth-wind-fire-shining-star-throwback-vibez-20-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 20th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire.
![Earth, Wind & Fire, “Reasons”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 19 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Columbia; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/earth-wind-fire-reasons-throwback-vibez-19-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 19th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Reasons” by Earth, Wind & Fire.
![Tight: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 9 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; shalender kumar via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tight-3-to-5-bops-9-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Tight: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 9 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Aloe Blacc, Archie Bell & The Drells, Ohio Players, Ravyn Lenae, and ZAYN.
![Ray, Goodman & Brown, “Special Lady”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 18 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Universal / UMG Recordings, Inc.; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ray-goodman-brown-special-lady-throwback-vibez-18-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 18th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Special Lady” by Ray, Goodman & Brown.
![13 Big Mood, Surefire Vibe Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Hamann La, Kelvin Akparanta, Layton Findlater, Philip Boakye, Yuri Manei via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13-big-mood-surefire-vibe-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Big Mood, Surefire Vibe Songs features music courtesy of Gunna, Kendrick Lamar, Ohio Players, Sam Smith, SG Lewis, and Saint Levant.
![Ohio Players, “Skin Tight”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 17 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Merucry; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ohio-players-skin-tight-throwback-vibez-17-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 17th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Skin Tight” by Ohio Players.
![13 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 3 [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; cottonbro studio via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Samuel1983 via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13-songs-that-feature-names-vol-3.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 3 features music courtesy of Armani White, Father John Misty, Joesef, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, and The 1975.
![13 Sunny Songs About the Sun & Sunshine [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Ishan @seefromthesky on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13-sunny-songs-about-the-sun-and-sunshine.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Sunny Songs About the Sun & Sunshine features music courtesy of anees, Hozier, Latto, Lil Nas X, and Steve Lacy.
![Brenda Holloway vs. Alicia Keys: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 3 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Motown, Sony Music Entertainment; Antoni Shkraba via Pexels; andresilva5, talha khalil, Valentin Tikhonov via Pixabay; Nick Wang on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/brenda-holloway-alicia-keys-head-2-head-3-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 3rd edition of Head 🗣️ 2 Head 🗣️ (2023), Brenda Holloway and Alicia Keys contend for the best rendition of “Every Little Bit Hurts.”
![Sunshine : 3 to 5 BOPS No. 6 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sunshine-3-to-5-bops-6-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Sunshine ☀️: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 6 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of The 5th Dimension, Bill Withers, Christina Perri, Latto, and Steve Lacy.