*[note: for some BS reason, Blogger isn't allowing me to publish this entry with the BlogAmp player, therefore, if you want to hear these songs, you're gonna have to download them. My bad, er, Blogger's bad.]
I'm back from my much-needed temporary internet exodus. Work's been super busy and I use my downtime to update this, the Coolness and the Crack, but since there's no downtime...you get the idea.
So who's sick of the cold winter days? I certainly am. While it hasn't been raining and there's actually sunlight for most of the day, it's still freezing outside and I feel like I have to drink hot sauce to stay relatively warm. Another surefire way to stay warm is to break out some New Jack Swing dance moves. For this week's post, I found some R&B hits from the early '90s that you'll surely appreciate.
1. SWV featuring Wu-Tang, "Anything (Remix)"
In 1994, the Wu-Tang had not become the international powerhouse that they were destined to be, so their parent company, RCA paired Ol Dirty, Method Man, and U-God with Sisters With Voices, or SWV, one of their most successful R&B groups. The equally badass original version of this song was on the "Above the Rim" soundtrack, but the remix edges that one out because hey, it's got the Wu.
2. Jade, "Don't Walk Away (Mack Daddy Stroll Remix)"
Oh Jade, how you still bump hard in the clubs with your singular successful track. For whatever reason, Jade went absolutely nowhere after this song dropped in 1992 and it's a shame because if they had more songs like this, I'm certain that they could've been the next, um, Expose or some such.
3. MoKenStef, "I Got Him All the Time (He's Mine Remix)"
Like Jodeci, MoKenStef was plagued by creating a ridiculous group name from its members names, Monique, Kendra and Stefanie. Signed to Def Jam during the heyday of radio-friendly crooners like Montell Jordan and Domino, MoKenStef's "He's Mine" was a song about a girl claiming her cheating boyfriend for herself. Despite its really idiotic lyrical content, it managed to pop up on several BET video shows. There's a version of this remix with Grand Puba, but for now, you'll have to sit through the Puba-less tune.
4. Boyz II Men, "Motownphilly (12" Remix)"
Of all the collective groups in the Michael Bivins' East Coast Family, Boyz II Men were by and far the most lucrative. Of course, they did get their start somewhere and this single is where most of the nation discovered Nate, Wanya, Shawn and the big dude with the deep voice whose nickname was "Bass." I prefer this edit of the song because it starts off with the Boyz doing some acapella mumbo jumbo, as opposed to the album version which begins with drum hits ala Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison."
Labels: Boyz II Men, Jade, MoKenStef, SWV, Wu-Tang
posted by ryan @ 5:31 AM
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