This song is tattooed in my mind from the '80s. I wish I could go back and relive some of the moments that I experienced back then. Coincidentally, that was about when I met the missus.
This song is tattooed in my mind from the '80s. I wish I could go back and relive some of the moments that I experienced back then. Coincidentally, that was about when I met the missus.
This isn't soul but it was from that same period. This record changed rap in a bunch of ways. It was the first real beef record to sell and it was also one of the first to change cadence of the lyrics. That's Teddy Riley working his magic behind him.
Babyface and L.A. escaped the Deele and blew up the same way that Jam & Lewis [[Flyte Time) did with the Time. Both were in great bands but they made their marks in the industry by being some of the best producers of the '80s and '90s.
Speaking of the Deele:
They had some of the greatest ballads, including this one which I don't think was released but a lot of people in my crowd would jump on the dance floor when it came on.
Another Babyface record. This was before the Deele. I'm not sure if it led to the Deele signing with SOLAR.
Speaking of Jam & Lewis, Alexander O'Neal's "Hearsay" album remains one of the best things I heard in the '80s. Every song on that record was a strike. This might be my favorite.
And his first record, also produced by them, embodies the Minneapolis sound as well as anything outside of Prince's music.
I met Cherelle at a club out on 8 Mile one night back in the mid-80s. I scared her a bit when I introduced her to a couple of buddies of mine that everyone thinks are gangsters. hehehehehehe.......!
Here was the "masterpiece" and a bona fide Detroit Classic JAM! "Frontline Symphony" - Eddy Grant:
His first album, like Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" and Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever" might as well have served as his greatest hits collection as far as I'm concerned. The songs were all under produced but easy to dance to. The best thing that he did was his part of Q's "Secret Garden".
I was a big GQ fan since "Disco Nights". They had a tight ensemble. Their "Face To Face" album was so solid but didn't break because it only had one really chartable song [["Shake"). But in my opinion, it was by far their best record. This is a song that I always dug off of it.
FACE TO FACE sounds good! I was a club DJ then and DISCO NIGHTS was a favorite. I liked diversity in the night's composite sound and GQ stood out. Part of the wave of "rock" "freak" records so popular then.
Maybe not a big seller,but..your baby doesn't love you anymore-ruby an the romantics is a soul gem.
What would an 80s party be like without this one....."Din Daa Daa" by Greg Krantz:
Bros. Johnson:
researching music on the internet so often offers rewarding surprises. like finding out STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 is a remake. And was not remade far from the original.
quite a gift from Shuggie.
And now another generation is reveling in "Uncle Charlie's" brilliance; thanks to R. Kelly's, "First Name Charlie, Last Name Wison." Even rappers love Uncle.Charlie! At one point, he was singing on most hip-hop records & award shows!!
Maybe someone should start a thread on R. Kelly's positive attributes: resurrecting funk & r&b acts; Charlie Wilson [[Uncle Charlie), Ron Isley [[Mr. Big), etc.
Oh. Before I go, whatever happened to the rest of the GAP Band? Didn't they all hail from the same home town? Hence the group's name was an acronym of the streets of that town.
Robert died in 2010. He was only 53.
https://www.musicradar.com/news/guit...on-dies-271758
The last I heard about Ronnie was when he sued Charlie, who prevented him from using the Gap Band name in local gigs around their hometown of Tulsa. Messy situation that probably has a very ugly back story.
https://eurweb.com/2015/11/25/gap-ba...harlie-wilson/
Music industry is a meat grinder.
For some reason Youtube took done the copy of this I previously upload:
Personally, I think there are a bunch of sounds interwoven in Bruno's music. I like him because he is the first to throw credit to his predecessors and influences. When other artists grumble that he cribbed sections of their songs, he has given them credit and a share of royalties. That's respectful. Regarding New Jack Swing, I might get a little of it from the vocals but Bruno Mars uses "real" instruments in a lot of his songs - bass and electric guitars, live drums, etc. Teddy Riley used almost all synths and drum machines, if I recall correctly. I'd like to read that article but for my thin understanding of music composition, NJS would be a very minor part of how Bruno fashions his songs.
That young woman who went viral for protesting Bruno Mars' "cultural appropriation" needs to shut up, by the way. If someone suggested that Prince's rock songs [[or Lenny Kravitz) were cultural appropriation, there would have been a civil war breaking out.
Here's another person that does not get the recognition he deserves.....Gene Chandler:
Some heavy, kickin' deep Soul here :
My baby!!!
Back when being "cool" was everything! Watch the video children. LOL!
Pauli Carman was like Johnny Wilder, Jr. A great voice who never was noticed as much as the band.
And this one:
There were a lot of great outfits in the '90s that got off to hot starts before disapearing. I always wondered why Soul 4 Real never followed up their album with more hits. They seemed to be a talented family.
This was the follow up, which I thought was better.
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