A much needed Black Music thread.
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Woke up to the terrible news of Trugoy the Dove aka Plug Two aka David Jolicoeur's passing yesterday at the age of 54. He was 1/3 of the hip hop group De La Soul. Listened to them so much growing up its part of the soundtrack of my youth. This one hurts. In honor of Dave's passing a trio of my favorite De La tracks
Keepin the Faith (remix)
Trugoy's got the 1st verse starting at about 1:35
Ego Trippin (Part Two)
1st & 3rd verses are Trugoy
Potholes in my Lawn
This was the first record I bought from them back in 1989. It made me a Da La Fan for life
Keepin the Faith (remix)
Ego Trippin (Part Two)
Potholes in my Lawn
Ronnie died a little over a year ago....but her voice has never left me............the quality of this vid is not great, but hearing Ronnie sing brings unequalled joy to me...
Many singers honed their voices in the church choir before going onto greatness. The Hutchinson sisters (aka The Emotions) come to mind .
Here's one from a ridiculously underrated vocalist, Keith Washington. He reminds me a bit of Luther Vandross in his cadence.
The first time I ever heard Keith Washington sing was on the Boomerang soundtrack which is amazing btw. The movie is pretty good too starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens and Halle Berry.
The first time I ever heard Keith Washington sing was on the Boomerang soundtrack which is amazing btw. The movie is pretty good too starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens and Halle Berry.
As I've said many times before After 7 is my ATF r&b group. This song right here appeared on the Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrack. It was produced by Keith Andes, who was a protégé of Babyface. We follow each other on twitter which is amazing.
Heatwave's 'The Star of a Story'. Written by the one and only Rod Temperton who was the band's keyboardist. Rod infamously wrote Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall', 'Rock With You' and 'Thriller'. He also wrote several hit songs for artists Brothers Johnson (Stomp!), George Benson (Give Me the Night), Patti Austin & James Ingram (Baby Come To Me), Kool & the Gang (Ladies Night) and of course most of Heatwave's hit songs (Always and Forever, The Groove Line & Boogie Nights)
Rod also wrote and produced this lovely gem for singer Mica Paris in 1993
Canadian singer Tamia covered this song on her self title debut album a few years later. This version was produced by Quincy Jones.
Rod also wrote and produced this lovely gem for singer Mica Paris in 1993
Canadian singer Tamia covered this song on her self title debut album a few years later. This version was produced by Quincy Jones.
The band Toto was created after session musicians Jeff Porcaro (drums), David Hungate (bass) and David Paich (keyboardist) met to play on Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees in 1976. They formed a group in 1977 by adding Steve Lukather (guitar/vocals) and vocalist Bobby Kimball and went on to immediate success releasing their self titled debut album the next year. This was track 3 on that album. Of course this is a different version extended and jazzed up a bit by DiscoCat. And he rightly gives credit to Cheryl Lynn for providing background vocals.
