A much needed Black Music thread.

[K Douglas]

I've mentioned this several times on this thread, After 7 is my favorite R&B group of all time. This morning I've been listening to their self-titled debut album, released in 1989. Overall it has aged well but I've come to the realization that the 1st track "Don't Cha Think" is probably my least favorite of the 8 songs on the album. I dug it back in the day but I don't think its aged well, the anomaly.
"Don't Cha Think". Produced by Daryl Simmons and Kayo.

Rolling Stone stated in its review the album "benefits more from the ingenuity of producers L.A. Reid and BabyFace than from the skill of singers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds." That take has not aged well.

The timeless classics from this album are the two #1 charted songs "Ready or Not" and "Can't Stop".
"Ready or Not". Written and produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid

"Can't Stop". Written and produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid

But its track #6, "One Night" that goes down as my favorite from the album. Also written and produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid. Oh my gosh the vocals are outstanding, some of Kevon and Melvin's best work. I think the Rolling Stone reviewer must have slept through this one.

 

[K Douglas]

This is quintessential 90's r&b. With a hip hop flavor. This is Angela Winbush from the 80's duo of Rene and Angela.
"Treat U Rite"

 

[K Douglas]

James Ingram was a serious talent. RIP
This is track #1 from his 1986 LP 'Never Felt So Good'. James wrote, sung and co-produced the album. He also played bass, synthesizer and drums on various tracks. The critics panned it but they once again got it wrong.

 

[K Douglas]

A little hip house from 1989.
"Do It to the Crowd" by Twin Hype

 

[K Douglas]

Ah man I wanna go back. I will play this until the day I leave this Earth. The King of Hip House - DJ Fast Eddie.

 

[K Douglas]

This is so good, I slept on this album from Common. Chicago represented right here
"They Say" Common feat. Kanye West and John Legend. Produced by Kanye West (2005)

 

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[K Douglas]

I'm a big Keyshia Cole fan. Kinda like a Mary J. Blige Part II Her debut album is one of the best R&B releases of the 2000's. Some of my favorites of hers:

I Just Want it To Be Over

Let It Go remix

No Other

Enough of No Love

 

[K Douglas]

Not the biggest Drake fan but he wrote this beauty. Alicia Keys has such a beautiful sweet voice. She's also stunning looking. Swizz Beatz is one lucky mofo. This is one of my favorite songs from her
Unthinkable (I'm Ready)

 

[K Douglas]

This will always be my favorite Alicia Keys song. Kanye West absolutely nailed the production That piano is majestic.
You Don't Know My Name

 

[K Douglas]

This is one of my favorite singers ever. I completely forgot about this banger from 2000.

Straight Up by Chante Moore. Produced by Jermaine Dupri for So So Def Records.

 

[ogibowt]

a well needed bump of a great thread

 

[ogibowt]

under rated Soulster from the 60,s

 

[ogibowt]

for all the greybeards or anyone else who enjoys a great ballad

i just wish i could hold her once again in my arms and dance to this tune

 

[K Douglas]

under rated Soulster from the 60,s

I've listened to a few Joe Tex songs they've been good. I dig his vocal tone.

 

[ogibowt]

as a teen i bought 2 of his albums,,,The New Boss and Live and Lively....and still have them to this day
i have also 2 singles,,,this one and I Gotcha.......
He died in his late 40s of a heart attack

 

[K Douglas]

I just found out that O'Jays legendary singer Eddie Levert had another child of his pass away. His 22 year old daughter Ryan passed away yesterday from complications due to Lupus, an autoimmune disease. In 2006 he lost his son Gerald at the age of 40 due to a heart attack and in 2008 his son Sean passed away at 39 of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that attacks the lungs and lymph nodes. Losing one child is tragic enough but to lose 3 is really hard to comprehend. Eddie is still going strong at the age of 82.

The group Levert which was comprised of Gerald, Sean and their boyhood chum Marc Gordon, had a series of successful records from the mid 80's to the early 90's. This is from their 1990 LP 'Rope a Dope Style'

"Baby I'm Ready"

This one is a collab between father and son - Gerald and Eddie. Great tune

"Already Missing You"

And of course here's Eddie doing his thang with his group The O'Jays. One of the greatest R&B/soul groups of all time.

"Forever Mine"

 

[ogibowt]

I just found out that O'Jays legendary singer Eddie Levert had another child of his pass away. His 22 year old daughter Ryan passed away yesterday from complications due to Lupus, an autoimmune disease. In 2006 he lost his son Gerald at the age of 40 due to a heart attack and in 2008 his son Sean passed away at 39 of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that attacks the lungs and lymph nodes. Losing one child is tragic enough but to lose 3 is really hard to comprehend. Eddie is still going strong at the age of 82.

The group Levert which was comprised of Gerald, Sean and their boyhood chum Marc Gordon, had a series of successful records from the mid 80's to the early 90's. This is from their 1990 LP 'Rope a Dope Style'

"Baby I'm Ready"

This one is a collab between father and son - Gerald and Eddie. Great tune

"Already Missing You"

And of course here's Eddie doing his thang with his group The O'Jays. One of the greatest R&B/soul groups of all time.

"Forever Mine"

thanks for sharing Dougie

 

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