It’s National Scrapple Day today, didn’t you know? Mark this day in your calendar and treasure it forever. I wasn’t even aware of the existence of scrapple until a few years ago when my roommate from Philly introduced it to me. I’m from Minnesota where Spam is king, to each their own. Scrapple is like Spam, but doesn’t typically come in a can and it’s grayer in color.

The following are Inspired by The World Famous Two-Hour Power Love Hour.

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1. R. Kelly – 12 Play (1993) – Bump N’ Grind: Trying to pick just one R. Kelly track for this list was one of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever assigned myself. He has at least five amazing Dedication Jamz on his first two albums alone, and that was before he got heavy into the ballad business. The man is a genre unto himself. Even after I’d basically settled on “Bump N’ Grind” as an early yet archetypal R. Kelly entry, I lost several hours listening to Chocolate Factory and TP.3 Reloaded, even though their post-millennial releases disqualify them from consideration. It was brutal, thankless work, but I stuck with it and if I had to do it all over again, I would. My only regret is that I have but one life to give in service of canonizing 90’s Dedication Jamz.