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

[ed2962]

[From The Shadows]

Gosh, I love this song. I listened to it just last night. I ended up listening to it twice.

[Mormel]

RIP Coolio, died too soon at 59. He was already well into his 30s when he found his big commercial success in the 90s. Everyone knows Gangsta's Paradise, but he had a handful of big singles out around that time besides that one.


His verse on Hit 'Em High off the Space Jam soundtrack was cool as well ('coming to your area, I might have to bury ya'). And can't forget about the Kenan & Kel theme.

EDIT: this also means he wasn't rapping from his own perspective in the line "i'm 23 now, will I live to be 24" in GP.

[Surf]

Tommy DeBarge and Switch

Switch means things to the race, the human one. I proposed to one of they joints back when.

RIP Tommy, been almost a year. Ed did you know Tubi made a Bobby Debarge movie? If anybody knows how terrible most of the Debarge's had it under their father, it would be tough to sit through even with the music. Group not around a long time but they had an impact.

[Surf]

I'm listening to Dangerous for the first time, and I'm a bit amazed at how hard some of these album tracks hit. MJ was really killing it on those Teddy Riley new jack swing beats.

This didn't click with me instantly when I first read it but yea Dangerous was jammin'. When I pulled it up I was like, aw, yea JAM lol. After the big three from MJ my attention begin to wain but there are some memorable songs here above most on BAD as crazy as that sounds. Off the Wall, Thriller, BAD and Dangerous is the group. Now Blood on the Dancefloor from 97 I've never listened too.

[ed2962]

Switch means things to the race, the human one. I proposed to one of they joints back when.

RIP Tommy, been almost a year. Ed did you know Tubi made a Bobby Debarge movie? If anybody knows how terrible most of the Debarge's had it under their father, it would be tough to sit through even with the music. Group not around a long time but they had an impact.

I was not aware of the movie. I may have to check it out.

[Mormel]

This didn't click with me instantly when I first read it but yea Dangerous was jammin'. When I pulled it up I was like, aw, yea JAM lol. After the big three from MJ my attention begin to wain but there are some memorable songs here above most on BAD as crazy as that sounds. Off the Wall, Thriller, BAD and Dangerous is the group. Now Blood on the Dancefloor from 97 I've never listened too.

I have a lot of nostalgia for the Dangerous and History eras because those were the albums that were out when I was a schoolkid. Those Dangerous singles were everywhere on radio and TV, so they were my introduction to MJ.

[PaulBullion]

RIP Joyce Sims, who passed away at only 63 years.

[Surf]

Shoutout to Kareem, mans was ahead of it in a way we had NOOO idea about. A visionary, without him The Carter would have just another burnt out tenament. Dude had to teach street dudes how to use a 3.5 floppy disk drive in the infancy of Windows.

[Surf]

[Surf]

[PaulBullion]

I hate the Eagles.

Meanwhile, another unsung major talent gone:
Stax songwriter, Bettye Crutcher, has died. She was 83. Bettye had been ill, following a series of health issues.

Bettye wrote for many of the label’s stars including Johnnie Taylor, The Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, and Albert King, amongst others.

She also recorded an album of her own for Stax.

[Surf]

Take It Easy Desperado. I'm going to assume that hate is personal and not artistic merit. Tell me they had Bubba Knight jumped at a show back in the day.

Spent many trips with my Pops and brother to Marion, Indiana to see Grandma and Grandpa from 1981 to oh, 83, 84. AM Indianapolis WIBC alway on the radio cause the signal stayed strong the whole way. The first white band I ever had any vague recollection of was The Eagles (shoutout to the Doobies). Even as a little kid trying to stay awake the whole ride, I was all- Damn, they got a couple few songs on the radio. I am partial.

Also RIP, Joyce Sims. Used to be a show on BET called Video LP. This was one of the earlyshows, so no hippity-hop was played on there. Come into my Life was a staple. Me and my cousins used to crack up at her groovin' them shoulders playin that piano. She was gettin after it.

[CaptainEurope]

German media are reporting that Roberta Flack is suffering from ALS and has already lost her ability to sing. Very sad.

[Surf]