With Christmas less than a week away, it's high time for any music lover worth their weight in egg nog to be knee deep in Christmas music right about now. But as you're organizing your Holiday Hotness playlists you may have noticed that some of your favorite artists are missing. With that in mind, we posed the question to SoulBounce's circle of family and friends about who they want to record a Christmas album. Check out their responses after the bounce, then leave your two cents in the comments.

Fave:

The Foreign Exchange and Friends - Digital Mistletoe
I think this would be a hip hop/soul naturalist's dream. Imagine Phonte's take on Christmas on the road. Perhaps Muhsinah singing about orphaned children waiting for their gifts in the Toys for Tots line. Yahzarah capturing the essence of a winter getaway with her boo. Darien Brockington proposing to Carlita Durand on Christmas Eve (in song). Rapper Big Pooh choosing family over dough during the holidays...all over infectious Nicolay beats.

Hidden Beach  - Unwrapped Christmas
The soul music genre have their urban reflections on the holidays (e.g., This Christmas, Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto, etc.). Take those classic tunes and hand them over to Mike Phillips and the crew over at Hidden Beach. I'd add some new classics to the mix like TLC's "Sleigh Ride" and Boyz II Men's "Let It Snow." Funky interpretations through live instrumentation would be the jump off.

Gnarls Barkley - Sugar Cookie Crumbs
As the son of two preachers, I'm sure Cee-Lo would have a funkdafied perspective on the true meaning of Christmas and Danger Mouse is just pure genius. If anything, we could get a photo shoot of DM as an anorexic Santa and Cee-Lo dressed as the Gingerbread Man.

There are three artists who I would love to receive a musical gift in my stocking from: Mary J. Blige, Maxwell and Jill Scott. MJB has one or two holiday songs floating around from various projects, but she just needs to go ahead and bless us with a full-length Christmas disc. She could bring some much needed hip hop soul flavor to the holiday. Trying to get a Christmas album from Maxwell may be an exercise in futility, but in the event that he one day decides to make one then he would solidify his position as a soul man for all seasons. I would love to hear what magic he would make on "Silent Night." And if Jill were to create a Christmas album, it would have to be a for lover's only affair. We need more holiday-themed love songs. Who says that Christmas can't be sexy?

Tonex. With this musical genius behind the boards and going from bass to soprano on the mic, Christmas would never be the same again.

There seem to be alot of off-kilter artists doing holiday albums lately, Peanut Butter Wolf's album from last year being an example of one I liked. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the off-the-radar newer school artists doing some songs for a compilation. Jesse Boykins III, Omar or Muhsinah, for example. I would love to see what Phonte could do to "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway whether it be a soul version or hip hop. In the meantime, I just listen to A Charlie Brown Christmas because the music is so amazing to listen to at this time of year.

I'd love to hear an duet album with Raphael Saadiq and Amel Larrieux. This paring stems entirely from a fantasy I had the other day during which I envisioned them covering "Baby It's Cold Outside." On this album they would cover simple orchestrations of both secular and religious holiday standards. I think that together their voices would sound really warm and inviting but also interesting and unexpected enough to give a different life to some of the classics.