Fav RnB / Hip Hop songs of all time?
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Early southern hip hop was The Geto Boys (formerly known as The Ghetto Boys) from Houston TX. The 'Grip It! On That Other Level' was their breakout LP in 1989. They followed up with the classic LP 'We Can't Be Stopped' in 1991.
The samples used on Grip It! were amazing. James Brown of course. Curtis Mayfield. Ohio Players. Parliament. Even Pink Floyd. The selected track here "Seek and Destroy" sampled Lyn Collins and George McCrae.
The samples used on Grip It! were amazing. James Brown of course. Curtis Mayfield. Ohio Players. Parliament. Even Pink Floyd. The selected track here "Seek and Destroy" sampled Lyn Collins and George McCrae.
Probably my favorite 80's R&B singer not named Luther Vandross was this dude, Alexander O'Neal. He put out two stone cold classic LP's. This joint is from the 2nd LP 'Hearsay' released in 1987. Produced by the incomparable Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
"Sunshine"
"Sunshine"
K, it's all subjective.
With all due respect for the way you experience it:
To me "Rock The Boat" is more Disco than R&B. I see black dance music from 1973 through to the mid 80"s, and prior to "house" and Euro disco, to be the best era for "it's got a great beat and you can dance to it" black music, as they used to say on American Bandstand lol...
Imho most R & B music, the way I define it, was released on Atlantic Records, Chess, and Stax just before Motown opened the white teenager market to black music, which changed a lot of the black music full R&B style to a more cross-over friendly style from those afore-mentioned labels, plus Hi label in the south, and the Philadelphia Soul International "Philly Sound" in the north, and a whole bunch of independents.
Throughout I considered funk to be R&B, and James Brown was doing pure R&B until he brought funk into his repertoire. Some say he invented funk...
I love it all!
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Fair enough. And yes I've heard that "Rock the Boat" is considered to be the first representation of a disco song. Whatever its labeled I love it. And indeed James Brown is the Godfather of Funk.K, it's all subjective.
With all due respect for the way you experience it:
To me "Rock The Boat" is more Disco than R&B. I see black dance music from 1973 through to the mid 80"s, and prior to "house" and Euro disco, to be the best era for "it's got a great beat and you can dance to it" black music, as they used to say on American Bandstand lol...
Imho most R & B music, the way I define it, was released on Atlantic Records, Chess, and Stax just before Motown opened the white teenager market to black music, which changed a lot of the black music full R&B style to a more cross-over friendly style from those afore-mentioned labels, plus Hi label in the south, and the Philadelphia Soul International "Philly Sound" in the north, and a whole bunch of independents.
Throughout I considered funk to be R&B, and James Brown was doing pure R&B until he brought funk into his repertoire. Some say he invented funk...
I love it all!
That and "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae...
In a slower very early disco groove, "Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas.
