DavidEye said:

Hmm recently uuuhhhh.....

Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child (perfect example of a uptempo song that RADIO NEEDS MORE OF!!!
Get Right - J.Lo
Caught Up - Usher (doesnt really make me hit the floor though)
R&B Junkie / All Nite - Janet
Lose Control - Missy feat. Ciara
1 Thing - Amerie

Oh...just about all Missy's trax make me wanna hit the flo'. We need more of that though in R&B because there's definitley a void of uptempo dance coreography in videos today...OTHER than shakin sum ass in front of the camera and pausing for a few sec.s in slow motion.

Hmm recently uuuhhhh.....

Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child (perfect example of a uptempo song that RADIO NEEDS MORE OF!!!

paisleypark4 said:

paisleypark4 said:

EXCELLENT POST. I was going to name all those same songs.
Ciara "1, 2 Step"
Destiny's Child "Lose My Breath"
etc

vainandy said:

I like that song

intha916 said:

Hell, we need some uptempo funk. That's what's missing.

vainandy said:

I don't think people understand what funk IS anymore, let alone perform it.

Milli Vanilli: For lip syncing and getting caught. This made all the artists want to prove that they could sing and play instruments by doing "unplugged this" and "unplugged that" accoustical shit. I got so bored I wanted to sing "Michael rode the boat ashore, hallelujah".

DavidEye said:

Hmm recently uuuhhhh.....

Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child (perfect example of a uptempo song that RADIO NEEDS MORE OF!!!
Get Right - J.Lo
Caught Up - Usher (doesnt really make me hit the floor though)
R&B Junkie / All Nite - Janet
Lose Control - Missy feat. Ciara
1 Thing - Amerie

Oh...just about all Missy's trax make me wanna hit the flo'. We need more of that though in R&B because there's definitley a void of uptempo dance coreography in videos today...OTHER than shakin sum ass in front of the camera and pausing for a few sec.s in slow motion.

JANFAN4L said:

There are people who understand the Funk. The problem is that some of the youth out there don't know how to repect it by oversampling it.
[Edited 5/27/05 14:57pm]

Hotlegs said:

Hotlegs said:

I know u and vain dont want the huge drum snares of newjack to come back. Thats the funk I want.

thesexofit said:

Basically, I want the Funk, the whole Funk and nuthin but the Funk.

I'm going to record it to an uptempo beat and make music funky again.

Hotlegs said:

Not gerado's "we want the funk"?

thesexofit said:

Parliament's We Want The Funk is my style Sexofit.

Hotlegs said:

U seen gerardo's video for "we want the funk"? George puts in a appearance at the club gerardo is dacning in. Great dancing it is too. Thanx to tony basil.

I guess george liked it?

Hotlegs said:

I know u and vain dont want the huge drum snares of newjack to come back. Thats the funk I want.

thesexofit said:

Yeah but. It ain't nothing like the real thing. You feel me.

Hell, we need some uptempo funk. That's what's missing.

Ladies and gentlemen.....I have arrived! I had typed my reply for a while (9 or 10 paragraphs) then when I hit "post response", I was signed out and all my shit was wiped out.

Thesexofit, you must be trying to get my blood pressure up with this thread.

Anyway, I guess you'll have to settle for an edited version:

Whitney Houston: For being SO damn successful doing weak ballads and a few watered down "cheerleaderey" uptempo songs recorded with the intent of going after the pop audience. Yes, there were those before her, but she was SO successful that she influenced tons of up and coming artists to do the same thing. All this watered down pop shit and ballads were far outselling the funk groups and they started becoming scarcer and scarcer. This left a big void where uptempo funk used to be and uptempo rap started filling that void. Rap, during that time was just as uptempo and funky as funk. Some of it was even more funky.

Dr. Dre: For being SO damn successful with tired ass midtempo gangsta rap which influenced tons of other up and coming rappers to do the same thing. Then, these midtempo ass rappers (out of jealousy because their dead asses probably can't rap faster than midtempo) had to go and talk about Hammer and make uptempo rap uncool.

Janet Jackson: For having the perfect opportunity and timing to speed things back up at a time when midtempo was first starting to take over. Her last album "Rhythm Nation" was hardcore funk and was a major success. Her new album was around the corner everyone was anxiously awaiting it. Instead, she doesn't try to beat the dead asses, she joins them with a lame ass midtempo song with a hip hop vibe called "That's The Way Love Goes".

Milli Vanilli: For lip syncing and getting caught. This made all the artists want to prove that they could sing and play instruments by doing "unplugged this" and "unplugged that" accoustical shit. I got so bored I wanted to sing "Michael rode the boat ashore, hallelujah".

Well damn, I typed a lot this time too.

vainandy said:

So why do you think it was the first single? Did she want Erotica, Pt. 2? I think not.

VoicesCarry said:

My 2 cents:

That's The Way Love Goes was a good choice of a first single from janet because of the timing of the release....THE Summer Season of 1993. THAT song was smooth & relaxing like a glass of sweet ice tea!

And just when we all thought that Janet & Virgin Records were playing it too safe, The second single If became THE much bigger hit on the dancefloor. And all of those remixes on THAT CD single were very good too!

It seems that today's artists' answer to making music for the dance floor is releasing a maxi-single with five or six remixes. They will house the song up so much that, except for the lyrics, it doesn't even sound like the original. It's not even good house music either. It's like they just threw something together real quick.

They will even make a house remix of a slow song, which I think is totally rediculous. I can just see someone, ten years from now, calling up and requesting a particular slow song. The DJ would have to ask them if they want the original slow version or the speeded up house version. Can you imagine trying to remember a classic slow jam like Minnie Ripperton's "Loving You" in any other way than just a great slow jam?

I've always preferred the way they used to do 12 Inches back in the 1970s and 1980s. There was one remix and it was made more funky than the original. However, it didn't stray too far from the original and was easily recognizable.

People jump on too many bandwagons these days and absolutely wear an idea out.
[Edited 5/29/05 9:27am]