Father's Children is an American

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band, that was formed in the late 1960s and rose to fame in the mid-to late 1970s. The group was initially formed as a

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trio in

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under the name The Dreams, but evolved into a funk and soul band. In 1973 they were set to release their debut album ''Who's Gonna Save the World'', but their management company folded and the band was unable to find a record label. In 1979, they released their self-titled debut album under the record label

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. The album was produced by Wayne Henderson, formerly of The Crusaders, and co-produced by Augie Johnson of the group

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. The group spent three months in Los Angeles recording at

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, with Henderson adding a host of other musicians to the recording, such as keyboardists

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and Dean Gant. The production added a slicker horn driven sound, but took away from the band's trademark raw East Coast feel. The album did not take off as planned due to lack of effort and promotion by their label. ''Who's Gonna Save the World'' was finally released by archive music label

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in 2011. The group received attention once again when their song "Dirt and Grime" was used by

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as a sample for the track "

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" from his 2016 studio album ''

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''. In 2019,

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and

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sampled "I Really, Really Love You" on their song "Cinderella Story".

Discography

* ''Father's Children'',

, 1979 * ''Sky's the Limit'', FC Music, LLC, 2007 * ''Who's Gonna Save the World'',

, 2011 * ''Love and Life Stories'', FC Music, LLC, 2013

Samples

* 1999 "Wild Woman", DJ Honda feat. Black Attack * 2004 "Hollywood Dreaming", Gift of Gab * 2004 "Hollywood Dreaming", Ruudolf feat. Karri Koira * 2010 "Gone Bad", Statik Selektah feat Termanology * 2012 "Hollywood Dreaming", Vanilla * 2013 "Hollywood Dreaming", International Nova feat. Hussein Fatal and Shorty Mack * 2016 "Dirt and Grime", Kanye West * 2016 "Dirt and Grime", Celestaphone * 2016 "I Really, Really Love You", Middle Clash * 2017 "I Really, Really Love You", J^P^N * 2018 "I Really, Really Love You", Planet Asia * 2018 "You Can Get It", Thalmanmonkz * 2019 "Inshallah", Narcy featuring Shadia Mansour * 2020 "I Really, Really Love You", Smoke DZA x Curren$y * 2020 "Dirt and Grime", Jack Harlow * 2020 "Weight", Redveil * 2022 "Breath Control", Logic feat. Wiz Khalifa

References

{{Authority control American funk musical groups The Numero Group artists Mercury Records artists Musical groups established in the 1970s Musical groups reestablished in 2023