Love in the Time of Timberlands: A 90s & 00s R&B Throwback By Rehab's Couch There was a time when love songs had a bassline you could bounce to. When heartbreak came with harmonies, and healing sounded like Joe telling you he was ready, or Brandy letting you know that she wanna be down . That’s the era this mix pays homage to — the late 90s and early 2000s — a golden stretch for R&B, and a formative period in my own life. I was young, but already deep in the thick of grown-woman life — babies on my hip, a full-time job, bills, dreams, and expectations pulling me in every direction. But through it all, the music was always there. In my headphones on a late bus ride home. On the stereo as I cooked dinner half-dancing. In stolen moments of softness that reminded me I was still allowed to feel. This mix is for that version of me. The one juggling big responsibilities but still holding on to rhythm and romance. It’s Usher reminding me to let it burn. It’s Monica telling me...