Where R They? I want them back!


lovely lovely songs like
"Tonight"
"Love U Down"
"Oh Sheila" (of course )
"My Girly"
"Digital Display"
"Baby let Me Love You"



Where R They? What Are they doing?
What does Melvin Riley look like now and
is he finally out the closet?

last i heard outta any of those guys was from melvin riley and that little comeback he tried to have with "whose is it?" and all...i still remember buyin a copy of word up! magazine with an article & poster with him in it.

I like a few of there songs.

"36 lovers"
"I just wanna be loved"
"Yo that's a lot of body" (newjack classic)
"cat-thang"

Troop used to look like them on that "marmacita" video.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Hmm I think Ima have a looksee on yahoo or sumthin'
I thought they was playin some venues or sum shit..

paisleypark4 said:

I was playing Tonight a couple to day ago
and was thinking that i have to get their
album... i loved them back in the day

sinisterpentatonic said:

DAYM how did I miss that? Yeah I see they do have a new album out on Thump Wekids!!

Wow..I gotta check this out!

I love their first three albums.

paisleypark4 said:

I used to love them, especially their slow jams. I have their best of CD. Their slow stuff kind of reminds me of the Force MD's. They were out around the same time. I used to like getting groovy with my boyfriend at the time.

Too bad that love songs like that are seldom made these days, seems like it anyway.

i have their album but i don't love it as much as i thought i would. i may have to go back and give it another listen. some of the songs are a bit cheesy.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yep. I remember that issue. I think that was around the early 90's.

Hotlegs said:

But, did u dig them, Ms Legs? Are u jammin' "Tonight'? I hear it in the background, while I'm talking to u.

O MAN A REALLY GREAT GROUP.

THEY DO HAVE A NEW ALBUM OUT, ON TRUMP RECORDS. NOT THAT GOOD THOUGH.

THAT CAME OUT IN EARLY 2004.

SIRTONY said:

sinisterpentatonic said:

I'd forgotten all about this thread!
(had to update some pic links)

You now have been officially dubbed The Minister of Information.
(MOI for short)


Thanks for that.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

That thread was the first thing that came to mind when I clicked this one.

Only thing is that the thread I linked won't load the pic of jerry curl jenkins.

Anyone notice I said exactly the same thing on both this and the old thread. How predictable am I

blackguitaristz said:

Glad to to know that your thinking bout moi. Sounds good to me.


"Let Me Love You Down"
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Hotlegs said:

Bay, u know I am.

blackguitaristz said:

Bay?! oops, better put a "b" in there. "Baby". There, that's better.

blackguitaristz said:

paisleypark4 said:

funkpill said:

Out Of The Closet????

I really like their first album.It borrowed alot of elements from the "Minneapolis Sound".I preferred the uptempo songs...the ballads are too slick and suffered from weak lyrics.The track "Digital Display" was da jam! My favorite song is the last track "I'm The One Who Loves You".What a weird beat,huh? Sounds like an outtake from Prince's '1999'."Human Toy" and "Ceramic Girl" are also great songs.The album sounds horribly dated now,but back in 1985/86,you couldn't resist these songs.


In 1986,I bought their second album 'Long Time Coming',which I liked even better than the debut.Songs like the raunchy "Mary Goes Round","Do You Get Enough" and the super-funky "Some People Don't Care" are superb.This time around,they even had a ballad that I liked,"It's All A Game".They're still borrowing heavily from the Minneapolis Sound.The most Prince-sounding song is "Baby (Let Me Love You)",which has a synth line reminiscent of "Little Red Corvette",and percussion effects that sound like Prince's 1982/83 work.


In 1988,I made the mistake of buying their third album 'Rough N' Ready',which is a fiasco.They ditched the Minneapolis Sound in favor of a New Jack Swing sound that was already being done more impressively by acts like Guy.

True about the newjack thing. They did the same on their "straight down to business" album, yet infact most of that was crap.

thesexofit said:

'Straight Down To Business' was garbage.By 1991,they were already over.

I wonder why they don't just get together with The Jets,Five Star and The Force MDs and do some kind of "80s R&B Band Revival Tour"? They need to ride the wave of 80s nostalgia.

They are to me like one of the most underrated groups ever. I absolutely love thier first two albums, "oh Sheila" was the shit back in the day!! but u almost never hear anything mentioned of them when ppl talk about the 80's . A shame really READY FOR THE WORLD RULES!!!!!

They are to me like one of the most underrated groups ever. I absolutely love thier first two albums, "oh Sheila" was the shit back in the day!! but u almost never hear anything mentioned of them when ppl talk about the 80's . A shame really READY FOR THE WORLD RULES!!!!!

DavidEye said:

WOW U hit da nail on da head!

It was the Minneapolis funk that kept them in place.
I listened 2 their new album yeasterday and I didnt like what I heard that much. about 99.5% of the album was slow jams that sounded like they couldve been sung by any old R&B cat out now and I wouldnt have known the difference at all. Well RFTW will always be one of my favorite groups just for those 2 albums they had alone.