Mixtape Maestro Presents: 90's R&B Junkie Blog - Bands on tour
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SWV "Anything"
Artists mentioned:Album: Above The Rim: The Soundtrack (Interscope; 1994)Songwriters: Caleb Tyrone Armstrong, Brian Alexander Morgan and Ray SmithR&B Peak Position: #4"It feels so right baby/ That it can't be wrong"In 1979, a little known Jackson, Mississippi R&B-funk act named Freedom scored a regional hit with "Get Up and Dance", the kind...(read full post)
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Faith Evans "Love Like This"
Artists mentioned:Album: Keep The Faith (Bad Boy/ Arista; 1998)Songwriters: Sean "Puffy" Combs, Schon-Jamel Crawford, Bernard Edwards, C. Emery, Faith Evans, Ron Lawrence and Nile RodgersR&B Peak Position: #2"Baby try to understand/ I'll be crazy if you leave/ Cause you compliment my style" On the surface Chic might have seemed like yet...(read full post)
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Cam'ron featuring Mase "Horse & Carriage"
Artists mentioned:Album: Confessions of Fire (Untertainment/ Epic; 1998)Songwriters: Cameron GilesR&B Peak Position: #9"We gonna riiiiiise to the top!"Originally known as Killa Cam of the Harlem rap crew Children of The Corn before scoring a solo deal through an imprint headed by Notorious BIG's manager Lance "Un" Rivera, Cam'ron's introduction to the...(read full post)
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The Family Stand "Ghetto Heaven"
Artists mentioned:Album: Chain (East West/ Atlantic; 1990)Songwriters: Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor and V. Jeffrey SmithR&B Peak Position: #3"Ghetto heaven/ I need a little ghetto heaven"Originally known as Evon Geffries & The Stand (the moniker behind their 1988 debut Changes) before taking on the much simpler name, The Family Stand, the...(read full post)
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Babyface "For The Cool In You"
Artists mentioned:Album: For The Cool In You (Epic; 1993)Songwriters: Babyface and Darryl SimmonsR&B Peak Position: #10"I wanna thank you, girl, for the chill in you/ Especially for you being so cool"In the years prior to 1993's For The Cool In You, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds seemed to rule the industry, not only...(read full post)
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Mariah Carey featuring Bone Thugs N Harmony "Breakdown"
Artists mentioned:Album: Butterfly (Columbia; 1998)Songwriters: Mariah Carey, Anthony Henderson, Stanley Howse, Stevie Jordan and Charles ScruggsPeak Position: #4The "Fantasy (Remix)" might stand as Mariah Carey's greatest hip-pop confection, but when it comes to her best marriage of urban-soul and rap, that honor should be bestowed on "Breakdown", a typically overlooked gem...(read full post)
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Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
Artists mentioned:Album: We Can't Be Stopped (Rap A Lot; 1991)R&B Peak Position: #10"Day by day its more impossible to cope/ I feel like I'm the one thats doing dope..."No other rap act was as simultaneously frightening and enticing as the Geto Boys, a no-holds-barred Houston trio whose rhymes spent a considerable...(read full post)
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Shabba Ranks "Mr. Loverman"
Artists mentioned:Album: Deep Cover-Music From The Original Motion Picture/ Rough & Ready Vol. 1 (Solar/ Epic; 1992)Songwriters: Michael Bennett, Hopeton Lindo and Shabba RanksR&B Peak Position: #2"They call me Mr. Loverman/ They call me Mr. Lover"Exploding as a superstar within the Jamaican music scene in the late '80's, the turn of...(read full post)
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702 featuring Missy Elliott "Steelo"
Artists mentioned:Album: No Doubt (Biv 10/ Motown; 1996)Songwriters: Chad Elliot, Missy Elliott, George R. Pearson and StingR&B Peak Position: #12"You stay on my mind/ Think about you all the time/ Got to get to know you well/ If you kiss then I won't tell"Before there was Blaque and Destiny's Child, we...(read full post)
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Warren G "This DJ"
Artists mentioned:Album: Regulate...G Funk Era (Def Jam; 1994)Songwriters: Warren GriffinR&B Peak Position: #14"I got the sound fo' yo' ass and its easy to see/ That this D.J. be Warren G"A major proponent in the early-90's G-funk sound, it may come as a surprise that rapper/ producer Warren G was never an...(read full post)
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Lenny Kravitz "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over"
Artists mentioned:Album: Mama Said (Virgin; 1991)Songwriters: Lenny KravitzR&B Peak Position: #10"So many tears I've cried/ So much pain inside/ But baby it ain't over 'til it's over..."Bashed for being overly fixated on his cherished '60's-hippie influences (when he wasn't being made a tabloid joke as the lesser-known half in his pairing...(read full post)
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Bobby Brown "Good Enough"
Artists mentioned:Album: Bobby (MCA; 1992)Songwriters: Babyface, LA Reid and Darryl SimmonsR&B Peak Position: #5"I keep pumpin' every minute girl..."While Bobby's rebellious flair was best served with upbeat New Jack rhythms, his forays into the mid-tempo ballad realm could be just as good ("Rock Wit'cha" for example), especially when it came to...(read full post)
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Case featuring Foxy Brown "Touch Me, Tease Me"
Artists mentioned:Album: The "Nutty Professor" Soundtrack/ Case (Def Jam; 1996)Songwriters: Mary J Blige, Kenny Kornegay, Inga Marchand, Jesse Weaver, Case Woodard and Daryl YoungR&B Peak Position: #5"Hold on tight and don't let go/ Baby I'm about to explode..."Back in 1985, Philly rapper Schoolly D emerged as an early figure in rap's...(read full post)
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Dr. Dre "Keep Their Heads Ringin'"
Artists mentioned:Album: "Friday"-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Priority; 1995)Songwriters: J. Anderson; A. Brown; G. Chisholm; C. Cooks; S. Robinson; S. Sneed and A. YoungR&B Peak Position: #10"If you want to get on down/ You gotta get on down/ JUST GET ON DO-OWN"To the East Coast rap world's dismay, Dr. Dre was showing...(read full post)
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Mint Condition "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)"
Artists mentioned:Album: Meant To Be Mint (Perspective; 1991)Songwriters: Jeff Allen, Stokley and Lawrence WaddellR&B Peak Position: #3"Listen to love/ Your heart is pounding with desire/ Waiting to be unleashed..."Few R&B bands were able to stay afloat by the time the '90's came around. Part of the reason was a heavier reliance...(read full post)
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Lil' Kim featuring Lil' Cease "Crush On You"
Artists mentioned:Album: Hard Core (Undeas/ Big Beat/ Atlantic; 1996)Songwriters: Andreao Heard, James Lloyd and Jeff LorberR&B Peak Position: #9 (Airplay Only)"I'm not the one you sleep with, to eat quick/ Want a cheap trick?/ Better go down to Freaknik"The last track recorded for her solo debut album, Hard Core, "Crush On...(read full post)
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The Roots featuring Erykah Badu "You Got Me"
Artists mentioned:Album: Things Fall Apart (MCA; 1999)Songwriters: The Roots, Jill Scott and Scott StorchR&B Peak Position: #11"If you were worried 'bout where/ I been or who I saw or/ What club I went to with my homies/ Baby don't worry you know that you got me..."Critical praise and a devoted fanbase...(read full post)
