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Author: GG

  • Friday Throwback – Try Me

    When you mention the name Jasmine Guy, most people who remember her will remember her from the NBC sitcom A Different World which was the vehicle that was supposed to blast Lisa Bonet into superstardom. Lisa was soon gone (as was Marisa Tomei, who played Maggie) and the show started to grow around a few characters, and Whitley’s was one of them.

    But what most people don’t know (or forgot) is that Guy also recorded an album. It came out in 1990 and got decent radio play in the Bay Area. Three of the singles placed in the top 20 of the R&B charts, including this one.

    – Did anyone else expect her to sing in her Whitley Gilbert voice?

    – And shouldn’t Dwayne Wayne have made a cameo?

    – I don’t remember her being very tall, but they are trying to make her look leggy.

    – You can tell this is the early 90s because of the dude in the cross colors shirt, the overalls, and the dudes dressed like Boyz II Men from the Motownphilly video.

    – Also, more running man than one video can handle.

    – “You got a little taste, now, back to the bass.”

    Thanks to BMG, I remember getting this as one of my free CDs. I remember the album being ok, though Guy isn’t the greatest singer. But she had this sultriness that played out well in song form.

    Guy was also a friend of Tupac Shakur and even wrote a book with Afeni Shakur (Pac’s mom) in 2005.

  • Damn That Electro Rock

    Ok, I might be stretching just a little bit to fit this into the context of a music blog. However, though now a lost art, b-boying/break dancing is definitely a part of the hip hop culture. But I’m not sure how much Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo is.

    Any way, I think the moral of this video is that when you have conflict, just dance it out y’all. And blow fake smoke into someone’s face as well.

    Word to Turbo and Ozone.

  • Friday Throwback – Ooh La La (I Can’t Get Over You)

    In the comment section of one of Money Mike’s latest posts, I made reference to a young R&B group from the early 90s named Perfect Gentlemen. They were put together by Maurice Starr and put on tour to open up for the New Kids On The Block (thanks Wikipedia).

    (By the way, I swear that when it’s all said and done, we’re going to have the most New Kids/New Edition mentions of any blog on earth.)

    Mike told me that we might be the only two folks reading the blog who even remember the group. I said that I’d have to change that. I’m changing that. I apologize for the quality of the video. It’s all that is out there right now.<p>

    – That dude was dunking on a 7 foot rim.

    – Look at that puffy little duck tail.

    – The charm to this song was the hushed singing/talking that made you feel the pain of teenage heartbreak.

    – Ok, maybe the true charm to the song is the “Ooh La La, ooh la la” part. That’s definitely the part I remember.

    – For the longest time, I didn’t know that they sang, “I can’t, can’t get over you.” I thought it was, “I can’t get it over you.” Where were lyric sites in 1990 when you needed them?

    – “I had a dream, me, myself, and I. You were my girl and of course I was your guy.”

    – I wish I could get my hair to have levels like that.

    – When she kissed the window and left the lipstick mark and then he touched it with his cheek, you have to admit, that was legit cute.

    Sadly, it looks like Perfect Gentlemen is no more. There will be no more “Ooh La La”, but someone needs to sample that chorus.