Souljah Girl

Sade opens the year for downtempo and other music fans with the new track "Solider of Love" -- military snares, razor-wire guitar riffs and a wartime bass line: Sade is representing for everyone prepared to fight for love in this life, the expression of determination in her vocals standing strong like the Chinese guy standing in front of the Tiananmen Square tanks …

The set closes out with Alice Russsell's track "Humankind", another energetic pitch for connection and love. Listen people, BeatConscious is just trying to bring a little balance to all the war-hate-and-depression talk that closed out 2009 … if we don't represent, who will?

Well, maybe you will ...