Flowers and chocolates can only get you so far, so give your lady THE COMPLEX VALENTINE’S DAY MIXTAPE (featuring Olivia Munn!) and She’ll jump at the chance to pop it in her box

SET THE MOOD, A.K.A.
PRELUDE TO A TWIST:
E-Rule “Listen Up”
dead prez “Mindsex”
NIck Drake “Pink Moon” (An excellent finger-picking track!)
Erykah Badu “Rimshot”
Olivia says: “You can’t immediately put on music. That’s basically like going and putting a condom right on your dick.”

ON THE COUCH, A.K.A.
SIEMENS FURNITURE:
Janet Jackson “Anytime, Anyplace”
Madonna “Crazy for You”
Prodigy “Stuck to You”
Plies “Please Excuse My Hands”
Olivia says: “It can’t all be R&B. If you have a tape that’s just R&B, you might as well get on your knees and propose, ’cause that’s just too obvious. If you’re trying to round second base, you have to toss some hip-hop in.”

MOVE TO THE BEDROOM, A.K.A.
GET DOWN AND LAY DOWN:
Extreme “More Than Words”
Destiny’s Child “T-Shirt”
Cymande “Bra”
Mos Def “Panties”
R. Kelly “Naked”
SWV “Downtown”
Olivia says: “Any girl old enough to have sex loves SWV; it reminds her of shopping in the mall. Mos Def is good; he’s very poetic. It makes a girl feel like she’s not just taking it from behind—she’s actually learning something.”

ENTRANCE MUSIC, A.K.A.
KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR:
Carl Thomas “My Valentine”
Dwele “Hold On”
Aaliyah “It’s Whatever”
Chris Brown “Poppin’”
Portishead “Glory Box”
Olivia says: “All the girls love Chris Brown, so maybe she can pretend she’s actually fucking Chris Brown.”

DOIN’ THE DEED, A.K.A.,
SMASH BANDICOOT:
Trey Songz “Sticky Face”
J. Holiday “Bed”
Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
Leon Haywood “I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You”
Philly’s Most Wanted “Please Don’t Mind”
Depeche Mode “Pleasure, Little Pleasure”
Olivia says: “‘Sticky Face.’ Any girl worth her salt in bed will let a guy make her face sticky. And that is from the heart.”

AFTERGLOW, A.K.A.
CUDDLES ’N’ PUDDLES:
Art of Noise “Moment in Love”
Jodeci “Stay”
Daft Punk “One More Time” (Rinse, wash, repeat.)
Olivia says: “‘One More Time’ works—as long as you can live up to the title.

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