Teena Marie
Hall & Oates
Average White Band
Any of the white disco artists.
Any white artists produced by Prince.

Nobody has mentioned Bobby Caldwell. Where does he fit in all this? I'd figure lifetime just because of "What You Won't Do, Do For Love," and there are others. It's an interestingly funny topic, but I hope it's not taken so seriously that we can't look beyond color and just embrace great music. Or if you see color, not to automatically assume the style or substance without listening for yourself.

meltwithu said:

Here you forgot to mention Simply Red, Pet Shop Boys and David Bowie, all of whom appeared on "Soul Train" and had their songs played on black radio - "Holding Back the Years" (Simply Red), "West End Girls" (PSB) and "Fame" (DB) respectively.

Crapola, IMHO.

UptownDeb said:

In L.A. (my hometown) I remember growing up hearing the Beastie Boys songs on urban/black/R&B/hip hop radio all the time (most notably KDAY 1580 AM, KKBT 92.3 The Beat & KPWR Power 106).

They played:
Brass Monkey (I constantly hear this song on "Mixmasters/Old School" shows to this day)
Paul Revere (that beat is sick as hell)
Girls
Intergalatic

"Licensed To Ill" is a hip hop classic.

Plus, the Beastie Boys toured with Run DMC and Big Daddy Kane back in the late '80s. They were a part of the Def Jam tour.

Good calls, all.

I'd add

Lifetime:

Heatwave: on the strength of "Always and Forever" ALONE.

Bill Evans

Beastie Boys

Dave Brubeck: for the immortal "Take Five" AS WELL AS his fights to play with an integrated band in the South during the 50's and 60's.

"ex officio" passes

Boz Skaggs: on the strength of "Dirty Lowdown"

Taylor Dayne: was on black radio a lot in the 1980's

Steely Dan and Donald Fagen: Don't sleep. "Peg," "Hey Nineteen and "IGY" were the jams backinaday.

Sting: For Dream of the Blue Turtles and "We'll Be Together"


passes under consideration

Remy Shand
[This message was edited Fri Aug 20 14:43:23 2004 by namepeace]

shame that Music still has to be divided by Color,yeah i've said shit about it too,
but dayum,

JANFAN4L said:

I hope Pink never goes back to doing that top 40 crap from her first album. Her last album produced by Rancid's Tim Armstrong was the best thing she's ever done. She may have lost a lot of fans, but in turn she gained at least one, me.

sextonseven said:

From "M!ssundaztood," which tracks did Tim work on directly?

JANFAN4L said:

Tim produced at least half of the 'Try This' album including the first single "Trouble". It was a total flop, but I loved it.

namepeace said:

Heatwave? I know they had a few white dudes in the group (rod temperton being one) but they are hardly thought of as a white band. Johnny Wilder was the face and voice of that group and he ain't no white dude.

namepeace said:

"Take Five" is cool, but "Unsquare Dance" is my joint!

intha916 said:

u r exactly right.

UptownDeb said:

My personal favorite is "Pickup Sticks."

JANFAN4L said:

don't forget HOLD IT, NOW HIT IT!!

namepeace said:[quote]Good calls, all.
"ex officio" passes

Boz Skaggs: on the strength of "Dirty Lowdown"

Taylor Dayne: was on black radio a lot in the 1980's

Steely Dan and Donald Fagen: Don't sleep. "Peg," "Hey Nineteen and "IGY" were the jams backinaday.

Sting: For Dream of the Blue Turtles and "We'll Be Together"


Boy George's solo album was nice too..Don't Take My mind On a Trip was classic Teddy Riley new jack

BlaqueKnight said:[quote][color=blue:d36d056835][b]The only real lifetime passes go to Jon B. and Teena Marie. PERIOD.
EMINEM??? Oh HELL NO! Black folks don't love Em, white folks just think we do because we give him props for having skillz as a rapper. Em would get his ASS beat in the hoods across America

while i'm no big Em fan..at the very least he put Dre back on the map again (the Chronic was huge, but when he first formed Aftermath Records, Been There, Done That fell flat..at least Em went back and got D12..because really..who would listen to D12 if it weren't for Em? PLus..he kinda help Fiddy Cent blow up..so gotta give hime some props for that.

Supernova said:

gigglin'.....can we say NEVER class.....he NEVER had a pass...

meltwithu said:[quote]

BlaqueKnight said:

U'd give 'props' to some for helping 50Cent?

That is the worst of hip-hop. Geez, the genre is fucked. Even The Roots are dismayed and wondering which direction to go in.

MICHAEL FRANKS (HIS VOICE IS SO SOOTHING/RELAXING...JUST THE CD TO PLAY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON) FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES BY MICHAEL FRANKS:

WHEN SLY CALLS (DON'T TOUCH THAT PHONE)

WHEN I GIVE MY LOVE TO YOU FEATURING BRENDA RUSSELL

YOUR SECRETS SAFE WITH ME

ISLAND LIFE

ART OF LOVE


MICHAEL MCDONALD (HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE - I LOVE HIM)


LISA STANSFIELD (GREAT VOICE)


SWING OUT SISTER (I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GROUP AND THEIR MUSIC - IT'S BETTER TO TRAVEL STAYS IN MY CD PLAYER)


DARYL HALL AS A SOLO ARTIST AND IN HALL & OATES (I LOVE THEM AS A GROUP AND DARYL'S SOLO CD "SOUL ALONE" IS ALWAYS IN ROTATION IN MY CD PLAYER)

Robbie Neville ("C'est La Vie")
Karen Young ("Hot Shot")

meltwithu said:

Man, black folk were ALL OVER License To Ill back in '86!

aikam said:

Co-sign. Love Michael McDonald (even better live), Lisa Stansfield, and especially Swing Out Sister (Kaleidoscope World and The Living Return are excellent albums).

Did you mean "Art of Noise"?
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BlaqueKnight said:

I coi-sign with you more than most orgers, Blaque, but even tho those 2 might deserve "passes," there are more deserving artists than they. Brubeck, Evans, McDonald, et al.

Two I think u missed:

DJ Shadow

Bill Laswell

anybody who ever played 8 bar blues is playing black music. Ask Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones or Eric Clapton.

namepeace said:

No, you missed a part of my post...see below "Art Of Love" is one of my favorite songs by Michael Franks:

MICHAEL FRANKS (HIS VOICE IS SO SOOTHING/RELAXING...JUST THE CD TO PLAY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON)

FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES BY MICHAEL FRANKS:

WHEN SLY CALLS (DON'T TOUCH THAT PHONE)

WHEN I GIVE MY LOVE TO YOU FEATURING BRENDA RUSSELL

YOUR SECRETS SAFE WITH ME

ISLAND LIFE

ART OF LOVE


MICHAEL MCDONALD (HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE - I LOVE HIM)


LISA STANSFIELD (GREAT VOICE)


SWING OUT SISTER (I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GROUP AND THEIR MUSIC - IT'S BETTER TO TRAVEL STAYS IN MY CD PLAYER)


DARYL HALL AS A SOLO ARTIST AND IN HALL & OATES (I LOVE THEM AS A GROUP AND DARYL'S SOLO CD "SOUL ALONE" IS ALWAYS IN ROTATION IN MY CD PLAYER)

Steve Miller Band? did they ever?

J Geils Band used to rock that jam Flamethrower..that shit was banging

meltwithu said:

I agree with you 100%. Flamethrower was definitely the jam back in the day.