A much needed Black Music thread.

[Pleasure Hound]

Blues legend Big Leon Brooks.....

 

[Pleasure Hound]

Finally, Beau Jocques - Zydeco Legend....

 

[eddie kerr]

This song is perfection.....

Stolen from the famous quote by Yogi Berra. LOL.

 

[ogibowt]

her best work was on the Cadet label..........my Mt Rushmore member

 

[Robert Mugabe]

 

[ogibowt]

keep them coming RM.....thanks for contributing

 

[eddie kerr]

her best work was on the Cadet label..........my Mt Rushmore member

Saw her at the Club Bluenote years ago, sat in the front row close to stage. She came on wearing a light lavender coloured dress, by the time she finished her dress was deep purple, lol, but she put on a great show, fantastic.

 

[K Douglas]

Great tune.

De La Soul sampled this for Eye Know

 

[K Douglas]

Jungle Brothers in the house. Underrated hip hop group from the late 80's and early 90's

 

[K Douglas]

Might have posted this prior but its worth another. Right up there with their best tracks. Another underrated hip hop act.

 

[K Douglas]

Tatyana Ali played Ashlee Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air starring Will Smith. After the Fresh Prince she ended up embarking on a music career. This was one of her bigger hits. Samples Bobby Caldwell's What You Won't Do For Love and Kool & the Gang's Summer Madness.

 

[K Douglas]

1996 was a year full of hip hop and r&b bangers. This was one of them. Gina Thompson feat. Missy Elliott 'The Things You Do (remix)'

 

[K Douglas]

Another 1996 r&b banger. Mona Lisa feat the LOX "Just Wanna Please U (remix)"

 

[K Douglas]

1996 cont'd. This one goes hard. Jodeci feat. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah 'Freek N You (remix)'.

 

[ogibowt]

Great tune.

De La Soul sampled this for Eye Know

the Mad Lads...decent group who recorded songs on the Stax label.....the lead singer sounded like Sam Cooke on some of those songs

 

[K Douglas]

the Mad Lads...decent group who recorded songs on the Stax label.....the lead singer sounded like Sam Cooke on some of those songs

Yes they were on the Volt record label which was a Stax subsidiary. I've listened to a few of their songs this one I posted I liked the most.

 

[K Douglas]

Jean had some kind of voice. I think this was a cover of another artist but she killed it. Produced by jazz great Grover Washington Jr.

 

[K Douglas]

This one came across my feed yesterday and I've played it 3 times already. Wow what a funky jam. That late 70's/early 80's era was

 

[ogibowt]

Jean had some kind of voice. I think this was a cover of another artist but she killed it. Produced by jazz great Grover Washington Jr.

was it this
Atlantic Starr Closer than close - YouTube

 

[trm]