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Thread started 07/19/17 4:52pm

FunkGetsStrong
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Any fans of Mtume on here?

In particular, of his Jazz era before the "Mtume" group. Recently, I have been really digging both Alkebu-Lan and Rebirth Cycle. I am still in the process of trying to find and listen to all the albums he played on...

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Reply #1 posted 07/19/17 5:11pm

MotownSubdivis
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Don't know anything of Mtume pre-Mtume as a group but I like to think I'm a fan. Haven't listened to too much of their stuff but I love almost everything I've heard.
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Reply #2 posted 07/19/17 6:08pm

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MotownSubdivision said:

Don't know anything of Mtume pre-Mtume as a group but I like to think I'm a fan. Haven't listened to too much of their stuff but I love almost everything I've heard.

If you dig Spiritual and Avant-Garde Jazz, I can't recommend Alkebu-Lan enough!

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Reply #3 posted 07/19/17 8:58pm

RJOrion

all i got is "Juicy"...but that joint was a smash hit...he's probably still gettin royalty & sample checks

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Reply #4 posted 07/20/17 4:11am

Identity



Photo: From left to right, Reggie Lucas and James Mtume.



Percussionist James Mtume and guitarist Reggie Lucas wrote the Roberta Flack/Donnie Hathaway smash ballad "The Closer I Get to You" and Stephanie Mills' " Never Knew Love Like This Before" and "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'". Reggie Lucas wrote Madonna's "Borderline".

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Reply #5 posted 07/20/17 7:18am

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RJOrion said:

all i got is "Juicy"...but that joint was a smash hit...he's probably still gettin royalty & sample checks


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Reply #6 posted 07/20/17 12:13pm

morningsong

FunkGetsStronger said:

RJOrion said:

all i got is "Juicy"...but that joint was a smash hit...he's probably still gettin royalty & sample checks





I love, love, love this song, from the minute it first came out until today.

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Reply #7 posted 07/20/17 8:07pm

MickyDolenz

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Reply #8 posted 07/21/17 1:58am

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MotownSubdivision said:

Don't know anything of Mtume pre-Mtume as a group but I like to think I'm a fan. Haven't listened to too much of their stuff but I love almost everything I've heard.


Same here.
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Reply #9 posted 07/21/17 4:00am

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MickyDolenz said:

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I love this record. Besides the two songs you posted, "Kamili" is my favorite.

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Reply #10 posted 07/21/17 4:29am

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FunkGetsStronger said:

RJOrion said:

all i got is "Juicy"...but that joint was a smash hit...he's probably still gettin royalty & sample checks


WOW Pretty cool thanks!

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Album plays and love for vinyl records.
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Reply #11 posted 07/21/17 1:39pm

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Reply #12 posted 07/21/17 1:49pm

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mtume-interview-title.jpg


2014 Interview: Mtume on Miles Davis, Juicy Fruit and Donny Hathaway


http://win.gs/2uJXhSg

[Edited 7/21/17 14:07pm]

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Reply #13 posted 07/21/17 7:16pm

woogiebear

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Photo: From left to right, Reggie Lucas and James Mtume.



Percussionist James Mtume and guitarist Reggie Lucas wrote the Roberta Flack/Donnie Hathaway smash ballad "The Closer I Get to You" and Stephanie Mills' " Never Knew Love Like This Before" and "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'". Reggie Lucas wrote Madonna's "Borderline".

Madonna's "Lucky Star" was written by Mtume & Lucas as well....

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Reply #14 posted 07/21/17 9:32pm

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Oh yeah. For a good while Mtume was really tearing stuff up ( Forgive me, i know you said "before the Mtume group" ). That 80's dance funk period of theirs(primarily songs from Juicy Fruit ), kept the party going for a good year or so. And they had another good year of having some really nice slow jams(primarily songs from You, Me and He), that were good for some love making...Seriously.


As far as Mtume's pre Kiss The World Goodbye, albums. I like Alkebu-lan, but not really Rebirth Cycle. Both of which i don't think i had ever heard in their entirety, until today(ytube search).



As far as James Mtume's music, before Mtume? I was familiar with what he had done with Miles Davis, and some of his production and songwriting work, but that was about it. I knew he had played on other people's albums, but i never really took the time to seek any of them out. I will now though... I really like that Kawaida album. thumbs up!



One last thing on "Mtume". People really got to give it up for Tawatha Agee. She's a big part of why Mtume was as successful as they were. That woman can sing.

Anyway, much props to James Mtume. He's made some pretty darn good music.



And thanks for the post.





I think i posted this before...



[Edited 7/21/17 21:44pm]

Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon.
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Reply #15 posted 07/22/17 2:27pm

FunkGetsStrong
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JoeyC said:

One last thing on "Mtume". People really got to give it up for Tawatha Agee. She's a big part of why Mtume was as successful as they were. That woman can sing.

[Edited 7/21/17 21:44pm]

I couldn't agree with you more! Have you ever listened to her solo album?

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Reply #16 posted 07/22/17 2:33pm

FunkGetsStrong
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Here is another great Mtume piece:

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Reply #17 posted 07/22/17 2:53pm

Identity

woogiebear said:".

Madonna's "Lucky Star" was written by Mtume & Lucas as well....


Written by Madonna and produced by Reggie Lucas.

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Reply #18 posted 07/22/17 2:56pm

SoulAlive

FunkGetsStronger said:

JoeyC said:

One last thing on "Mtume". People really got to give it up for Tawatha Agee. She's a big part of why Mtume was as successful as they were. That woman can sing.

I couldn't agree with you more! Have you ever listened to her solo album?

nod her 1987 solo single "Thigh Ride" is a JAM!! music

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Reply #19 posted 07/22/17 9:14pm

babynoz

Thanks. I was not familiar with his pre Juicy Fruit works which is weird because I know about his dad and uncle. Jimmy and Percy Heath used to run with my uncle back in the olden days in Philly.

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #20 posted 07/23/17 5:20am

FunkGetsStrong
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From In Search of the Rainbow Seekers:

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Reply #21 posted 07/24/17 4:33am

ReddBlitz

James Mtume is one of the most brilliant and funkiest brothers I've ever come to know through my musical odyssey. His father was no joke in his day, and in touring and working closely under Miles Davis, hands down, this man's a living legend!

The band Mtume was and is still the truth imo. Loved that band. Their stuff still holds its own today. Of course, Juicy Fruit, will always be the group's signature trademark hit, but growing up as a kid, I definitely and first remember Give It On Up. Not to mention as to how the band within had brilliant producers and songwriters. Aside from Mtume himself and Reggie Lucas, who sparked great chemistry with powerhouse songbird Stephanie Mills and created some of the most monstrous memorable jams ever. Other members from the group such as Hubert Eaves III would go on to D-Train fame. Not to mention Ed "Tree" Moore who'd spark magic of his own with the likes of another powerhouse treasure, Evelyn 'Champagne' King. Tawatha Agee's voice is the main ingredient to that of Mtume. No one like her. She too imo had and still one of the best but underrated solo debuts ever.

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Reply #22 posted 07/24/17 4:42am

ReddBlitz

RJOrion said:

all i got is "Juicy"...but that joint was a smash hit...he's probably still gettin royalty & sample checks



Indeed! As well as members of the hit '80s group THE SYSTEM.
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