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Say No Go
"Say No Go" is a single by De La Soul from their influential 1989 album '' 3 Feet High and Rising''. It reached number 18 in the UK charts. The tune is heavily based on the Hall & Oates song " I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)". Background During the 1980s and 1990s, the United States faced a severe crack cocaine epidemic. This crisis particularly impacted Black urban communities, leading to increased rates of addiction, violence, and incarceration. In this context, The song is a cautionary tale about the use of drugs, in particular "base" (otherwise known as crack cocaine); a topic they would tackle on their follow-up album, '' De La Soul Is Dead'', albeit from a different perspective, on the song "My Brother's a Basehead". In the opening line, Posdnuos raps: ''"Now let's get right on down to the skit / A baby is brought into a world of pits / And if it could've talked that soon / In the delivery room / It would've asked the nurse for a hit".'' Track listing # "Say No Go (Say N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Soul
De La Soul ( ) is an American hip hop music, hip hop group formed in the village of Amityville on Long Island, New York (state), New York in 1988. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, eccentric lyrics, and contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. Kelvin Mercer, Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, David Jolicoeur, David "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent Mason, Vincent "Maseo" Mason formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul (producer), Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the group's debut album, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' (1989), has been called "a hip hop masterpiece". It remains their biggest commercial success, though subsequent albums have continued to receive acclaim. De La Soul is the second-longest-standing Native Tongues group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy Award, Grammy for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack Cocaine
Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be Smoking, smoked. Crack offers a short, intense Euphoria (emotion), high to smokers. The ''Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment'' calls it the most Addictive drug, addictive form of cocaine. Crack cocaine first saw widespread use as a recreational drug in primarily Poverty in the United States, impoverished neighborhoods in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami in late 1984 and 1985. This rapid increase in use and availability was named the "Crack epidemic in the United States, crack epidemic", which began to wane in the 1990s. The use of another highly addictive stimulant drug, crystal meth, became popular between 1994 and 2004. Terminology The origin of the name "crack" comes from the "crackling" sound (and hence the onomatopoeic moniker "crack") that is produced when the cocaine and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann (October 8, 1913 – August 21, 1958) was an American composer for film, television, and the theater. His notable works include the score for '' The Night of the Hunter'' and the ''Dragnet'' Theme; the latter of which earned Schumann the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition in 1955. His Broadway musical, '' 3 for Tonight'', won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 1955. Career Schumann was born in New York City in 1913. By the early 1930s, he was attending law school at USC when he abruptly quit his studies to perform in a college dance band. Eventually, the members of the band went their separate ways but Schumann continued on within the music industry, working with Eddie Cantor on Cantor's radio show, and recording with Andre Kostelanetz. Following the outbreak of World War II, Schumann enlisted, eventually becoming the musical director of the Armed Forces Radio Service. He worked with most of the major acts of the war on al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands
''The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands'' is the fourth studio album released by the American rock band the Turtles. Produced by Chip Douglas (who returned to work with the Turtles after producing The Monkees' ''Headquarters'' and '' Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones LTD.'' albums), it was released in November 1968 by White Whale Records. It includes John Barbata's final recorded performances with the band; he left shortly after its release to join Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Barbata's eventual replacement, former Spanky and Our Gang drummer John Seiter, also contributed to the album. Some issues of the album were retitled ''Elenore''. It is a concept album, with the band pretending to be a series of different groups, playing in varying styles. Music ''The Battle of the Bands'' is a pop and rock album which encompasses multiple styles of music, including country, psychedelic, and R&B. As part of the album's concept, the Turtles adopted 12 different ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turtles
The Turtles are an America, American Band (rock and pop), rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The band achieved several Top 40 hits throughout the latter half of the 1960s, including "It Ain't Me Babe" (1965), "You Baby (song), You Baby" (1966), "Happy Together (song), Happy Together" (1967), "She'd Rather Be with Me" (1967), "Elenore" (1968), and "You Showed Me" (1969), with "Happy Together" reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The group orignally comprised of lead vocalist Howard Kaylan, backing vocalist Mark Volman, lead guitarist Al Nichol, rhythm guitarist Jim Tucker, bassist Chuck Portz, and drummer Don Murray (drummer), Don Murray, with subsequent members being bassists Chip Douglas and Jim Pons, and drummers Joel Larson, John Barbata, Johnny Barbata, and John Seiter. As the Turtles' commercial success waned by the end of the 1960s, they became plagued with management problems, lawsuits and conflicts with their label, Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's The Joint
"That's The Joint" is a song by rap group Funky 4 + 1 released as their second single. The single became Funky 4 + 1's signature song and is frequently cited as influential early hip hop record borrowing from disco, funk and jazz. It was arranged by jazz organist Clifton "Jiggs" Chase and includes dance rhythms (it was performed live with dance routines). It features rapping from all group's members and many parts sung together. The instrumental includes a sample of "Rescue Me" by A Taste of Honey. ''Rolling Stone'' listed "That's the Joint" at number 288 on their updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in September 2021. It was also listed on The Pitchfork 500 and as 47th best hip hop song of all time by ''Rolling Stone''. It was named the best song of the 1980s by music critic Robert Christgau. In his initial review Christgau gave it 'A' rating and wrote: "The instrumental track, carried by Sugarhill bassist Doug Wimbish, is so compelling that for a while I listene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky 4 + 1
Funky 4 + 1 was an American hip hop group from The Bronx, New York, composed of Jazzy Jeff, Sha-Rock (b. Sharon Green), D.J. Breakout, Guy Williams, Keith Keith, The Voice of K.K., and Rodney Cee (Stone). The group originally started with K.K Rockwell, Keith Caesar, Rahiem and Sha Rock, the rest of the members joined at later times. The latter two members also performed together as the duo Double Trouble, notably in the film '' Wild Style''. They were the first hip hop group to receive a record deal, as well as the first to perform live on national television. The group was also the first to start selling their records commercially. The group was also notable for being the first to have a woman MC, Sha-Rock. History "That's the Joint" was interpolated from A Taste of Honey's "Rescue Me". Music critic Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' named it the best song of the 1980s. In his 1981 review of the single, Christgau gave it an A rating and wrote of its musical signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Of My Love (The Emotions Song)
"Best of My Love" is a song by American band The Emotions from their fourth studio album '' Rejoice'' (1977). Released as the album's lead single on June 9, 1977, the song topped both the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and US ''Billboard'' R&B charts. It also reached the top five in the UK and Canada, the top 10 in New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia. "Best of My Love" won a Grammy at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards (1977) for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals; The tune also won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single. Background This tune was composed by Maurice White and Al McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire, also produced by White and Clarence McDonald. "Best of My Love" was originally published in the key of C major in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The vocals span from C4 to A5 (although in the outro of the song, one of the Emotions hits a C6). Commercial performance The single achieved huge success, remaining on top of the US '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emotions
Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiology, neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavior, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or suffering, displeasure. There is no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotions are often reciprocal determinism, intertwined with mood (psychology), mood, temperament, personality psychology, personality, disposition, or creativity. Research on emotion has increased over the past two decades, with many fields contributing, including psychology, medicine, history, sociology of emotions, computer science and philosophy. The numerous attempts to explain the origin, functional accounts of emotion, function, and other aspects of emotions have fostered intense research on this topic. Theorizing about the evolutionary origin and possible purpose of emotion dates back to Charles Darwin. Current areas of research include the neuroscience of emotion, using tools like positron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
"Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" is a song written by Abrim Tilmon and performed by The Detroit Emeralds. It reached #4 on the R&B chart and #24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1972. The song was featured on their 1972 album, '' You Want It, You Got It''. The song was produced by Katouzzion and arranged by Abrim Tilmon and Johnny Allen. The single was ranked #95 on ''Billboard's'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972. Chart history Weekly charts Year-end charts Sampled *Joe Budden sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on his song "#1" from his 2003 album ''Joe Budden''. * Eazy-E sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on his song "Eazy-Duz-It" from the 1988 album Eazy-Duz-It. *De La Soul sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on their song "Say No Go" from their 1989 album, ''3 Feet High and Rising''. * Deja-Vu sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on their song "Going Under" (1998). * Krayzie Bone Anthony Henderson (born June 17, 1973), bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Detroit Emeralds
The Detroit Emeralds are an American Rhythm and blues, R&B/soul vocal group, best known in the early 1970s. They enjoyed a run of successful records in the decade including their 1973 transatlantic hit single, "Feel the Need in Me". Career "The Emeralds" were formed as a vocal harmony group in Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, and originally composed of four brothers, Ivory (September 14, 1941 – September 13, 2014), Abrim (January 12, 1945 – July 6, 1982), Cleophus and Raymond Tilmon. After Cleophus and Raymond left, the remaining Tilmon brothers were joined by childhood friend, James Mitchell. Moving to Detroit, Michigan, and expanding their name to the Detroit Emeralds, the Trio (music), trio had their first R&B record chart, chart success on Ric-Tic Records, with "Show Time" in 1968. In 1970, they joined another Detroit-based label, Westbound Records. When touring in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, they sound recording and reproduction, recorded some d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High On You (Sly Stone Album)
''High on You'' is the first solo album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1975. The Family Stone broke up in January 1975 after a disastrous booking at the Radio City Music Hall. At this point, the band members parted company with Stone, except for trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, his brother guitarist Freddie Stone, and backup singers Little Sister. With subsequent recordings, Stone returned to using the name of his former band, although they were largely solo recordings. Overview Stone performed a large part of the instrumentation for each song on his own using multitracking (as he had been doing for Family Stone LPs since ''There's a Riot Goin' On'' in 1971). This album includes a combination of newly recorded solo material with a handful of songs recorded before the Family Stone's dissolution. ''High on You's'' first single was the R&B number-three hit "I Get High on You". The LP's second single, "Le Lo Li", failed to chart wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
