R&b hits of the 80s [[1980-1983)

[Jerry Oz]

Great compilation, soulster. If I would have done one, there'd be more SOLAR records, though. I'm surprised you put "Wait For Me" by Slave on it [[I thought you were not a Steve Arrington fan; perhaps I'm confused about that). Congratulations.

[soulster]

Great compilation, soulster. If I would have done one, there'd be more SOLAR records, though. I'm surprised you put "Wait For Me" by Slave on it [[I thought you were not a Steve Arrington fan; perhaps I'm confused about that).

Congratulations.

I had to balance it all out, although you see I included quite a few Gap Band sides. Of the Solar stuff, I included most of the big hits. I may do another two volumes and add another Lakeside cut. But, remember that my cutoff period is the end of 1983. The reason for that is I feel R&B music took a turn for the...well. tried too hard to crossover at that point, and that much of it became too hip-hop to really be considered R&B. The funny thing is that, after 1985, R&B came back. I'm wondering if I should extend my series to include the rest of the 80s. It would be awesome to get some Oran "Juice" Jones, Isley Jasper Isley, Alexander O'Neal, Surface, Terence Trent D'arby, Pebbles, and Klymaxx in there, among others, just to show that the music didn't fizzle out. But, I feel the pickings would get a bit slim.

No, i'm not a big Steve Arrington fan, but you can't ignore stone jams like "Wait For Me" or "Snapshot".