Classic R+B, Soul, Hip-Hop, etc

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Stargard, after they went from a trio to a duo.

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And here is a song they had done previously with legendary Motown producer and writer, Noman Whitfield.

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Jackson 5 doing Killing Me Softly

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Knowing that its TOUGH
And its not a bluff
I think I'lllet it play cause Dre's hittin fonky enough!

[Surf]

More Death Row energy.

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More Death Row energy.

Aw man. Making me tear up. I saw him live in concert about 2 years later, a few weeks before a lighting rig crushed his spinal cord at a concert and left him paralyzed from the neck down. Unforgettable show, a man full of love.

[Surf]

Aw man. Making me tear up. I saw him live in concert about 2 years later, a few weeks before a lighting rig crushed his spinal cord at a concert and left him paralyzed from the neck down. Unforgettable show, a man full of love.

Even after the accident he still produced music, which is when I got hip to him via Dr. Dre. Crazy prolific when you include The Impressions from the early 60s. Streaming short-changes the artists but I'm glad to have Spotify for guys like Mayfield. I can fall all the way into the sounds that was before my time, he was special.

[Surf]

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More Death Row energy.

Fishbone...RnB, Ska, New Wave...they were way ahead of their time and should have been bigger



Having said that, mid-90's somebody in the band joined a crazy religious cult and of course that derailed the band...

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LL Cool J on MTV Unplugged.



This is from 1990-ish...Listen close, in the break they do the opening riff to Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and undoubtedly it's cuz the Black Crowes had a hit then with a cover of that song.

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Here's Otis doing the original

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RIP writer/producer Thom Bell.

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Even in the 90s, he produced some incredible ballads.