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

[ed2962]

"I'll Take You There" Staple Singers



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[Mormel]

I am feeling a bit forlorn (I have mild manic and depressive episodes, and today I hit a depressive spell hard) and I'm going through some well-known soul classics to lift my spirits. These may not be the kind of hidden gems this thread is normally featuring, but I find that it's nice to sometimes listen to a hit song as if you're hearing it for the first time.

[Mormel]

[Mormel]

[Mormel]

[PaulBullion]

Hoping you'll fluff up soon, Mor.

[ed2962]

I am feeling a bit forlorn (I have mild manic and depressive episodes, and today I hit a depressive spell hard) and I'm going through some well-known soul classics to lift my spirits. These may not be the kind of hidden gems this thread is normally featuring, but I find that it's nice to sometimes listen to a hit song as if you're hearing it for the first time.

It's all good. These threads are all about sharing. And I think all of us no matter what style you like, can agree that there's nothing like music to get you through hard times.

[Mormel]

It's all good. These threads are all about sharing. And I think all of us no matter what style you like, can agree that there's nothing like music to get you through hard times.

Thanks, I don't mean to hi-jack the thread with more 'mainstream' tunes so to speak... Did find it funny while thinking of what music could snap me out of the darkness earlier today, I quite quickly settled on soul & RnB.

On the topic of 'Off the Wall', I listen to the entire album every once in a while, and am surprised by the production on it. I wasn't around when the record was released, but it must have sounded like music of the future. Quincy and MJ were doing some groundbreaking stuff there, which is easily forgotten because of the massive success of Thriller couple years later.

[ed2962]

Thanks, I don't mean to hi-jack the thread with more 'mainstream' tunes so to speak... Did find it funny while thinking of what music could snap me out of the darkness earlier today, I quite quickly settled on soul & RnB.

On the topic of 'Off the Wall', I listen to the entire album every once in a while, and am surprised by the production on it. I wasn't around when the record was released, but it must have sounded like music of the future. Quincy and MJ were doing some groundbreaking stuff there, which is easily forgotten because of the massive success of Thriller couple years later.

It's never been an anti-mainstream/pop thread although a lot of folks ( including myself ) like posting songs that are perhaps lesser known or forgotten. Having said that, on the previous page someone posted a song from Mike's Bad. And I'm the OP and I've posted stuff like Boys To Men and Janet Jackson and Al B Sure which is as mainstream as you can get

But yeah, Quincy's production is timeless. There's any number of other records that came out during that time and while good, you can tell when they were made. Off The Wall and Bad sound like they could have come out last year.

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Lawd have mercy!

[Surf]

Thanks, I don't mean to hi-jack the thread with more 'mainstream' tunes so to speak... Did find it funny while thinking of what music could snap me out of the darkness earlier today, I quite quickly settled on soul & RnB.

Dude I'm almost offended at that. An overwhelming number of the songs here are pretty much mainstream. There are some deep, deep stuff and some jams even I've never heard of but as long as the 10 year out rule goes it's all good. When I think of mainstream I think of 'Get Jiggy With It' and by my recollection it has never come up here and if it did, while I hate it, I couldn't fault it. I would just ignore that poster from here on out and keep it moving...j/k. I get being considerate, there is a lot of Rap music I wouldn't necessarily post cause some of it gets kind of dark so I don't wish to hi-jack myself. Don't front though and don't be shy Mormel, it can be refreshing when someone takes time out to post that they've never heard a song that maybe pre-dates them or hearing some old jam for the first time.

Hope you get to the other side of your spell man. I dive into the early pages of this thread often like a rabbit hole and the time flies by.

On the topic of 'Off the Wall', I listen to the entire album every once in a while, and am surprised by the production on it. I wasn't around when the record was released, but it must have sounded like music of the future. Quincy and MJ were doing some groundbreaking stuff there, which is easily forgotten because of the massive success of Thriller couple years later.

I have and will forever give QJ more of the credit when it comes to Michael Jackson's sound than most do. This thread could go 20 pages of just Quincy Jones music. Too MANY, MANY people, critiques, long time fans, 'Off the Wall' is the best MJ record of all of them.



Soul 2 Soul!

[Surf]

Hip-Hop about Hip-Hop

[Surf]

Hip-Hop about Hip-Hop

Oh nooo, I don't wanna go Pop I got
Too much soul, Rhythm and Blues
R & B ya see, all that's cool
but Hip-Hop and Rap, yeah that's where my hearts at.
Even back when I used to break on a box.

[Surf]

RAKIM AKA 'The neighborhood Jaws'.

[Surf]

There hasn't been that much Isley's round here at all, they've been making music for 50 years so where do you begin I feel. Footsteps has always been one of my very favorites. On top of a huge comic collection I still look for old soul records on vinyl, I have 1 damn Isley record from the 70s. There's a few jams on it, a lot of funk, that I can't recall the names right now.