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Reply #30 posted 08/17/12 10:05am

silkman

bellanoche said:

I love this series. Here is my wish list!









Excellent choices.
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Reply #31 posted 08/17/12 10:06am

silkman

JabarR74 said:

Well if you ask me, here's who they should have:








These are good, too.
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Reply #32 posted 08/17/12 10:07am

silkman

I'll tell you who we won't see.....STEPHANIE MILLS.....booooo,Stephanie boo. If you happen to be lurkin', please change your mind, okay ? Love you, bye.
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Reply #33 posted 08/17/12 10:09am

silkman


Rance Allen Group


Staple Singers


Bobby Bland


The Dramatics


Dynamic Superiors


Soul Stirrers


Mandrill



Yes, yes indeed.
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Reply #34 posted 08/17/12 10:14am

silkman

Peter Brown
The New Birth
Isley,Jasper,Isley
Eugene Wilde
Enchantment
Labelle(the group, yes)
Bobby Caldwell
L.A. Boppers(i know this is a stretch lol)
Leon Ware
Alicia Myers/One Way
Andre Cymone
Leroy Hutson
DJ Rogers
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Reply #35 posted 08/17/12 10:17am

silkman

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Peter Brown
The New Birth
Isley,Jasper,Isley
Eugene Wilde
Enchantment
Labelle(the group, yes)
Bobby Caldwell
L.A. Boppers(i know this is a stretch lol)
Leon Ware
Alicia Myers/One Way
Andre Cymone
Leroy Hutson
DJ Rogers


Parlet
Black Ivory
Fatback Band
A Taste Of Honey ?
GQ
Chocolate Milk
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Reply #36 posted 08/17/12 10:19am

silkman

How could i forget : The System
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Reply #37 posted 08/17/12 10:27am

UnderMySun

Martha Wash

Patrice Rushen

Loose Ends

Nona Hendryx

Tom Browne

Change

Karyn White

A Taste of Honey

Guy

One Way featuring Al Hudson/ Alicia Myers

Jesse Johnson

Sister Sledge

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Reply #38 posted 08/17/12 10:55am

MickyDolenz

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DeFord Bailey

Tracy Chapman

Richard "Dimples" Fields

Brand New Heavies

Charlie Pride

Chubby Checker

Digable Planets

Johnny Bristol

Hazel Scott

Hamilton Bohannon

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #39 posted 08/17/12 11:28am

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Who the hell are the rance allen group? Digable Planets was a one hit wonder and that is 90s, way too soon-to many 70s, 80s acts to still cover.

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #40 posted 08/17/12 12:50pm

Scorp

UnderMySun said:

Martha Wash

Patrice Rushen

Loose Ends

Nona Hendryx

Tom Browne

Change

Karyn White

A Taste of Honey

Guy

One Way featuring Al Hudson/ Alicia Myers

Jesse Johnson

Sister Sledge

great list......

wow, One Way with that Cutie Pie, that was like numero uno back in 1980,

Loose Ends were imitated by tons of producers behind the scene....

Patrice Rush was so awesome....

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Reply #41 posted 08/17/12 1:36pm

scriptgirl

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Sister Sledge is NOT unsung

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #42 posted 08/17/12 1:42pm

MickyDolenz

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scriptgirl said:

Who the hell are the rance allen group? Digable Planets was a one hit wonder and that is 90s, way too soon-to many 70s, 80s acts to still cover.

I'm not making a list for you. I'm listing people I'm interested in seeing, which is what the thread is about. Why do you continue to criticize what people post? It's not that serious, it's just for fun. I know they're not going to do Charlie Pride, Slim Harpo, or Tracy Chapman anyway, because the people who make this show think black people only make R&B. lol

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #43 posted 08/17/12 1:48pm

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scriptgirl said:

Sister Sledge is NOT unsung

I would say they are. Outside of the "We Are Family" album, they didn't have much success outside of black radio and even that was moderate.

"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
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Reply #44 posted 08/17/12 6:02pm

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scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

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Reply #45 posted 08/17/12 6:28pm

MickyDolenz

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Side Effect

Jimmy Castor Bunch

The Blackbyrds

Bobbi Humphrey

Maxayn/Mandre

Latimore

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #46 posted 08/17/12 7:14pm

phunkdaddy

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Slave

Sun

Brass Construction

Starpoint

James DTrain Williams

LTD

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Mary Jane Girls

Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #47 posted 08/18/12 11:40am

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kitbradley said:



scriptgirl said:


Sister Sledge is NOT unsung



I would say they are. Outside of the "We Are Family" album, they didn't have much success outside of black radio and even that was moderate.



^^^Cosign on that....

Love to know what happened to another girl group from Philly

First Choice
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Reply #48 posted 08/18/12 11:55am

SoulAlive

LittleBLUECorvette said:

scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

very good point lol I think this show needs to define what "unsung" really means,because many of these artists had lots of hits and became big stars.Sly Stone is legendary.

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Reply #49 posted 08/20/12 9:14pm

JabarR74

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

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Reply #50 posted 08/20/12 9:23pm

HuMpThAnG

JabarR74 said:

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

Just seen it online

ummm...it was ok

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Reply #51 posted 08/20/12 9:30pm

LittleBLUECorv
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JabarR74 said:

Aight, who watched it, tonight?

Liked the early footage of LeVert.

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Reply #52 posted 08/20/12 9:45pm

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Did they say who would be on next season?

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #53 posted 08/20/12 9:48pm

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scriptgirl said:

Did they say who would be on next season?

Probably wot know till R&B Divas and the next season of Life After is over.

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Reply #54 posted 08/21/12 6:57am

gemari77

LittleBLUECorvette said:

scriptgirl said:

No way in hell is the Gap Band unsung

If Sly Stone is unsung, than the Gap Band is too.

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

I enjoyed seeing the Gerald Levert episode btw.

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Reply #55 posted 08/21/12 1:48pm

UnderMySun

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

The following is just my opinion & observation: My understanding from what the show seems to suggest from time to time is that artists who have had considerable levels of sucess in R&B had either crossed over to mainstream pop music either briefly with a hit or few (like Cameo or Teena Marie), or not at all (like Gerald Levert or Teddy Pendergrass). So in that context, Michael Jackson, Whitney or Janet wouldn't qualify. On the other hand, artists like the Gap Band or Cameo would since although they were very successful in the R&B world, they crossed over to pop only briefly. So while they would be thought of as successful when viewed only in an R&B context, the emphasis seems to be on crossing over to a larger pop audience. Several Unsung eps kept bringing up how a music label (or the artist themselves) wanted an artist to cross over. Remember when Miki Howard mentioned how with her first single/album her record company (Atlantic Records) kept trying to push her as the next Whitney Houston who had crossed over to pop in a major way. To put it another way, Prince 1978-1982= Unsung, Prince 1984- 1991-ish = not Unsung.

[Edited 8/21/12 13:58pm]

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Reply #56 posted 08/21/12 5:06pm

woogiebear

New Birth

Ready For The World

Joe Tex

Johnny Guitar Watson

Jesse Johnson

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

cool cool cool

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Reply #57 posted 08/21/12 5:36pm

HuMpThAnG

UnderMySun said:

That whole "Unsung" name is sort of controversial. I consider the show more of a Behind The Music sort of thing or just a Bio type show. I think they should feature any black music artist from any era that had varying degrees of success--without the whole woeful "Unsung" thing attached to it.

The following is just my opinion & observation: My understanding from what the show seems to suggest from time to time is that artists who have had considerable levels of sucess in R&B had either crossed over to mainstream pop music either briefly with a hit or few (like Cameo or Teena Marie), or not at all (like Gerald Levert or Teddy Pendergrass). So in that context, Michael Jackson, Whitney or Janet wouldn't qualify. On the other hand, artists like the Gap Band or Cameo would since although they were very successful in the R&B world, they crossed over to pop only briefly. So while they would be thought of as successful when viewed only in an R&B context, the emphasis seems to be on crossing over to a larger pop audience. Several Unsung eps kept bringing up how a music label (or the artist themselves) wanted an artist to cross over. Remember when Miki Howard mentioned how with her first single/album her record company (Atlantic Records) kept trying to push her as the next Whitney Houston who had crossed over to pop in a major way. To put it another way, Prince 1978-1982= Unsung, Prince 1984- 1991-ish = not Unsung.

[Edited 8/21/12 13:58pm]

hmmm will have to agree on that one

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Reply #58 posted 08/21/12 5:58pm

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woogiebear said:

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

If you bought the Condensate album at Best Buy, there was a 90 minute documentary DVD with it. There's also this interview on a news program:

Original 7ven

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #59 posted 08/21/12 6:13pm

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woogiebear said:

New Birth

Ready For The World

Joe Tex

Johnny Guitar Watson

Jesse Johnson

Morris Day & The Time/Original 7ven

cool cool cool

Why waiste two shows when they can do them all in one big TIME episode. Save the extra slot for the Force MDs. lol

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