Episode notes
We continue our Music and Popcorn miniseries, where we chat about some of our favorite movie soundtracks. This week, we’re talking to professor and writer Daphne Brooks about the soundtrack to Waiting to Exhale. We get into Babyface’s prolific career, Whitney Houston’s presence on both the soundtrack and the movie, and the mystery surrounding DJ Theo Mizuhara.
More on Daphne A. Brooks
- Check out her book Liner Notes for the Revolution
- And check out the accompanying playlist!
- Website
More on Waiting to Exhale
- Official trailer
- Shocking Omissions: ‘Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album’ (NPR)
- 100 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time: ‘Waiting to Exhale’ (Albumism)
Show Tracklisting (all songs from the Waiting to Exhale OST unless otherwise indicated):
- Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
- My Funny Valentine
- My Love, Sweet Love
- Count On Me
- It Hurts Like Hell
- Why Does It Hurt So Bad
- Let It Flow
- Not Gon’ Cry
- My Funny Valentine
- Sittin’ Up In My Room
- Wey U
- Kissing You
- Let It Flow
- Prince: Head
- Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
- Maxwell: Sumthin’ Sumthin’
- A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex
- Dionne Farris: I Know
- Oleta Adams: Get Here
- En Vogue: Don’t Let Go (Love)
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- Daphne A. Brooks
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