Good choices mentioned in this thread!

However, I don't think Jam & Lewis produced "Save the Overtime for Me". They did collaborate on "When You're Far Away" for Gladys and the Pips, as well as "You're Number One".
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ehuffnsd said:

You know there is one verison of that song that was more upbeat and either did way with the sample (who it samples is on the tip of my tongue...) or used made it less pronoucable and got a lot of radio play here in Detriot. It was very lean and streamlined. Much more dancable. I enjoyed it a lot more and am dissapointed by the more chunky verisons that appear on her album. Does anybody know what verison I'm talking about and where it's featured? Is that the NBA verison?
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'Human' by The Human League!

I love 'Sensitivity' by Ralph Tresvant too. Classic.

ooh and im jamming away 2 can u stand the rain

sosgemini said:

it's basically alex with a bunch of women dancin around...nothin too shocking. i don't care much for it, i just love the song.

Just thought of "Never Too Far" & Want You - Mariah Carey
and Harajuku Girls -Gwen
Romantic - Karyn White
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Monkey (Remix) - George Michael

Anything before 1990 except for "Saturday Love" by Cherelle. Nothing after 1990 except for "What Kind Of Man Would I Be" by Mint Conditioon.

vainandy said:

No, there are alot of great songs after 1990, we talkin about 12 more years of music.. "Open My Heart" - Yolanda Adams, Chante's Got A Man - Chante Moore, This Weekend - Ann Nesby, "Oh Yeah It Feels So Good" - New Edition, Free Mya.....


I still cannot find Monkey Remix!!!

Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) by Captain Rapp featuring Kimberly Ball on vocals



I can't stand it
You can't stand it
It's just the way our parents planned it yeah

This is one of those songs that make you want to run to the dance floor. I love this track. Jam and Lewis did a great job on the production. I never get sick of this song. The 2nd version with Kimberly Ball singing the whole song is ok, the original version by Captain Rapp featuring Kimberly singing the hook only is much better.

Does anyone have the 'Kazaam' soundtrack that Jam & Lewis did? How is it?

"Love is all we need", "Everything" - Mary J Blige

vainandy said:

Saturday Love is a classic IMO. Great melody and harmonies between Alex & Cherelle.

PrettyMan72 said:

Hell yeah! I still pump that one like it's brand new!

aikam said:

I NEVER HEARD THIS!!

I love that jam! It's definately one of their most funky.

vainandy said:

Damn does any1 have this!!!

paisleypark4 said:

Captain Rapp's Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) came out somewhere around '82 - '83. This song can be found on many many old school compilation CD's. You can even find the vinyl online. I'm not sure what your age range is or what type of music you listen to other than Prince, but this song is still played on old school stations today. Maybe someone will post it for you to hear. I have Jam and Lewis on videotape talking about the track being one of their first productions.

making love in the rain-herb alpert (1987)
love makes no sense-alexander o'neal (1993)
nothing but the best-s.o.s. band (1986)
money can't buy you love-ralph tresvant (1992)
wrap my body tight-johnny gill (1990)
i got a thang 4 ya!-lo-key? (1992)
funny how time flies...-janet jackson (1986)
everything i miss at home-cherelle (1988)
optomistic/the pressure-sounds of blackness (1992)

I have it. It is track #7 on a compilation CD called "Old School" (Volume 5) on Thump Records.

Go to one of the web sites that sell music like Tower Records, Amazon, BMG, etc. Search for either the song title, or the artist, or you may even have to search for the record label to find it. A lot of times, the sites will let you hear a sample of the songs.
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aikam said:

Wowzers! I had no idea that was Jam & Lewis. This is why I love The Org

RipHer2Shreds said:

I just heard a clip of it from yahoo shopping. Sounds nothing like them It sounds ok though

paisleypark4 said:

You need to hear the whole song. A 30 second clip of the song online is worthless. Jam and Lewis is one production team to have many many hits that do not have a signature sound whatsoever...that's what I love about their work. Babyface and R kelly on the other hand are successful artists/producers who projects have a signature sound. I know a Babyface and R Kelly production when I hear it.

I remember when VH1 had that show "4 on the Floor" and the girl from "Vibe" was on there and Amy Linden said, "I'm still waiting for Janet to do something (meaningful) without Jimmy and Terry" and the girl from "Vibe" says, "I'm waiting for them to do something (meaningful) without her". They both nodded. It was humorous.

aikam said:

I don't know about that. In the mid 80s and even in the early 90s, you could definitely pick out a Jam/Lewis song on the radio. They had their own signature sound.

theVelvetRoper said:

WHO SINGS the song that goes..

"I saw you before honey, it's a deja vu moment, don't you know that U REMIND ME"
You.. remind me of a love that I once knew.. is it a dream or is it deja vu? Hmmm, is that Mary J Blige?

Sorry.. a bit off topic, but this thread made me think of it.

anemone said:

It's Patrice Rushen....er, yes, Mary J Blige An early hit from her first album, and the track is called You Remind Me. There was a good remix of it on the 411 Remix album.

RipHer2Shreds said:

They had a signature sound for a lot of the SOS Band productions IMO. However, they did craft many songs specifically for particular artists. For example, "If it isn't love" by New Edition sounds nothing like "Fake" by Alex O'Neal.

PrettyMan72 said:

Maybe I'm interpreting signature sound differently than you are. I don't mean all their songs sound the same, though some of them do; outside of the lyrics, there isn't much difference between The Time's Pandemonium and Janet's Escapade.

What I'm saying is their sound was very much different from what others were doing. There was something very distinct, particularly in the percussion tracks, in their production that didn't sound like others. You can hear it in Janet, Alexander O'Neal, Johnny Gill, The Time (well, Pandemonium, the album they produced), SOS Band, even in the NE album Heartbreak. I remember hearing a lot of these songs on the radio when I was a teenager thinking they sounded something like a Janet song.

(typographical edit)
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Their sounds on SoS Band, Alexander O Neal, Change and Cherrelle's albums sounded like they used the same instrumentation on all those albums around those times 1984 - 1988 I think..