80's R'n'B/Electro-soul

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Disco, really, but Patrice was a genius and on the edge of 80s soul and jazz. Has the clipped, clean sound of the early 80s, if not the hard-edged electro sheen. Plus we've had Sylvia Striplin on this thread, so we can have this.

I defy anyone who loves house, hardcore, jungle, R&B, 90s hip hop, or R&B not to love this sort of music. It all feeds into each other as far as I can tell. You should probably tread more carefully than I do, though, but I live by a beach, that's my excuse. I'm 100% Yacht Manqué.

 

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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam from 1987, to make up for last one.

 

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In fact, exactly what Luke said at the start:

wow, how good is that aleem! one of the reasons this music sounds so good to me and resonates so strongly is that i first came across a lot of this stuff as samples in hardcore, jungle, 2-step, hiphop etc.... like the first one i posted, body fusion, i'm sure those strings were on some jungle record or other....
it also means the boundaries do blur for me, r&b, house, freestyle, electro (at least with vocals) its all r&b plus new technology.... it all sounds so good.
(can't do jazz funk though, doesn't work for me, unless the miles davis stuff counts)

 

[Corpsey]

Shame so many of the videos on this thread have been taken down. Wish people had listed track names/artists to go with the videos. Great thread nonetheless.

 

[Corpsey]

here is everything i posted, in order mr bang diddley....(with star ratings!)

starvue-body fusion *****
cashmere-do it anyway you wanna *****
change-change of heart *****
cheryl lynn-encore *****
barbara mason-another man *****
alyson willaims - i need your loving ****
fonda rae-touch me *****
oran juice jones-the rain *****
midnight star-freak-a-zoid *****
maze-twilight *****
cameo-attack me with your love*****
evelyn champagne king-love come down *****
royal deelite-i'll be a freak for you*****
joyce simms-all in all ****
barkays-freaky behaviour*****
lisa lisa and cult jam-i wonder if i take you home *****
nocera-lets go *****
chaka khan0ain't nobody *****
junior-mama used to say ****
levert-cassanova ****
planet patrol-play at your own risk *****
shannon - let the music play *****
debbie deb-when i hear music *****
connie-funky little beat ****
suzy q-get up and do it again *****
teenie marie- i need your loving ****
p funk all stars-pumpin it up ***
freestyle-don't stop the rock *****
captain rock-the return of captain rock *****
captain rock-cosmic blast *****
isley brothers-between the sheets ****
isley brothers- footsteps in the dark ****
midnight star-the midas touch ***
midnight star-operator *****
shalamar-i can make you feel good ****
slave-watching you ****
salve-slide ***
slave-funky worm *****
jean carne-don't let it go to your head *****
freez-iou ****
klymaxx-the men all pause *****
evelyn champagne king-im in love *****
rockers revenge-walking on sunshine *****
tomtom club-genius of love *****
dr jeckyll and mr hyde-genius rap *****
carly simon- why *****
rick james-give it to me *****
c.o.d-in the bottle ****
the real thing-can you feel the force ****
joe thomas-polarizer ***
gwen guthrie-aint nothing goin g on but the rent *****
gwen guthrie-peanut butter *****
gwen guthrie-7th heaven *****
gwen guthrie-hopsctch *****
gwen maccrae-doin it *****
gwen maccrae-funky sensation *****
gwen mccrae-90% of me is you *****
joe church-i can't wait too long ***
jermaine jackson-lets get serious *****
jermain jackson and pia zadora-rain *****
lolletta holloway-love goes crash ***
sinnamon-thanks to you (someone else posted this one first) ****
carl bean-happy carefree gay *****
shalamar-in the socket ***
rose royce-love dont live here anymore ***** (1979)
aly-us-follow me*****
cece rogers-someday*****
frankie knuckles-tears*****
electrik funk-on a journey *****
firefox-street poeple ****
jones girls-nights over egypt *****
carol lynn townes-99 and a hlaf wont do *****
ollie and jerry-electric boogaloo ****
breakmachine-street dance ****
cherrelle-fragile ***
maze-joy and pain ***
keni burke-rising to the top ****
freddie jackson-rock me tonight for old times sake ****
steve arrington-feel so real *****
mary jane girls-candyman ***
maryjane girls-all night long ****
janet jackson-control ****
renee and angela-i'll be good (someone else beat me to this one too) *****
rochelle-magic man ***
alisha-baby talk ***
tashan-read my mind (someone else posted this one before me too) ***
alyson williams-sleep talk *****
mystic merlin-can't give you up***

this post will prove useful

 

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All those tracks are gold.

 

[Corpsey]

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this is tremendous. TREMENDOUS.

Also the Patrice Rushen you posted above.

Some of my favourite tunes ever fall into this category - "The Finest" "Saturday Love" "Nights Over Egypt" "Got To Have Your Love"...

 

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Yeah, that's a fantastic track. Forgot I posted it.

When you go shopping for these records you end up buying an album just for one song, like this:

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The album is basically dreadful, full of bland sickly ballads, but this one song is a killer. Therefore worth £4 of your money in a Cardiff market.

 

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Has a strange effect on women, though. When you say you like this music, they either assume you're gay or they want to shag you. Seems to be no middle ground. The latter are better, clearly.

 

[Bang Diddley]

Milton Smith and Stimulus - I wanna get next to you

Nice wonky synth

 

[Bang Diddley]

This has summer jam written all over it.

Darlene Davis - Loveline ['12' Inch Dance Mix]

 

[Bang Diddley]

One Way - Mr Groove

 

[woops]

Has a strange effect on women, though. When you say you like this music, they either assume you're gay or they want to shag you. Seems to be no middle ground. The latter are better, clearly.

unless your gay.

 

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Was listening to Freeez 'I.O.U' and had that nagging thing: I know this track from somewhere else, but where? Jungle? 2-step? Then I remembered. It was this:

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Back to back with Bukem, Dreamscape 1995.

Now I remember.

 

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Kind of mad to think that the original only came out about 10 years before this, when you think how nothing sounds very different now than it did in 2004.

 

[Sectionfive]

Some big beautiful basslines

 

[Sectionfive]

 

[trilliam]

Ron Hardy resident advisor mix

 

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Are you still glad you started this?

 

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