Exclusive Listen: Keb Mo's Slick New Tune 'The Whole Enchilada'

Click to listen to Keb Mo's 'The Whole Enchilada'

Keb Mo, the Grammy-winning songwriter and blues guitarist, is about to return to the spotlight with The Reflection, his first studio album since 2006 and also his debut release on his own label Yolabelle International. "The Whole Enchilada," the opening cut, is a smooth number that showcases Mo's soulful voice and bluesy licks in a laid-back R&B groove. The Reflection won't hit stores until August 2nd, but you can stream the song now.

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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