A much needed Black Music thread.

K Douglas

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Kish is Japanese-Canadian. Good tune.
I think he was half Caucasian half Asian so close enough. I didn't know what happened to him after so just looked up his bio. He's a prolific voice actor.
 

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I think he was half Caucasian half Asian so close enough. I didn't know what happened to him after so just looked up his bio. He's a prolific voice actor.
Only a true Canadian hip-hop head would know about Kish in the first place. His music has been lost to history.

I'm happy he found success after his rap career.
 

K Douglas

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Only a true Canadian hip-hop head would know about Kish in the first place. His music has been lost to history.

I'm happy he found success after his rap career.
1990's Canadian hip hop was a treasure trove. Maestro Fresh Wes paved the way. It helped that 2/3 of Main Source were Canadian as well.
 

K Douglas

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I'm a pretty big Xzibit fan. A somewhat overlooked west coast talent. This one is my favorite. Produced by Diamond D.
"Birds Eye View"
 

K Douglas

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From the west side of T.O. this was one of my favorite Canadian hip hop acts of the 90's. Some pretty sick production
"Hard Copy" by Ghetto Concept
 

K Douglas

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Mellow Man Ace scored a pretty big hit with "Mentirosa". Here he is on the hip house tip. I only found out about this song about a decade ago.

"Welcome To My Groove" (1992). Produced by Steve "Silk" Hurley

The sample is of course MFSB's "K-Jee", one of the greatest instrumentals of the Philly Soul era.
 
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i need a dose of Ronnie...............i think this was recorded before the break out hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.....X Montrealer correct me if im wrong
 

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i need a dose of Ronnie...............i think this was recorded before the break out hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.....X Montrealer correct me if im wrong
No correction required. I wonder if it was pre-Spector? At least pre-"Wall Of Sound"...
 

K Douglas

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This is a Luther Vandross cover of "Superstar" which I always thought was a Carpenters original but they too covered it. The original song was by Delaney & Bonnie (1969). I do love how Luther made it his own.

"Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me"

Its long but so worth the listen.
 

K Douglas

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The original

"I'm Going Down" by Rose Royce (1976). Written and produced by Norman Whitfield.

The cover by Mary J. Blige (1994). From her stellar LP My Life.
 

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Falling by Montell Jordan (1996)

samples "Streiht Up Menace" by MC Eiht (1993)

Menace II Society is my favorite hood film. The soundtrack was just ok though.
 
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