The guy I'm talking about is singer/songwriter Rachid. His debut, Prototype, was released in 1998 and was fantastic! It's heavily influenced by Prince as well as most everyhing from soul to rock to trip-hop.

Unfortunately, it fell on deaf ears. I'd love to know more about Rachid and if he's still working on music, but I can't find anyone whose even heard of him. Can someone help me out?

xpertluva said:

lemme look

I have his CD.
Couple of decent cuts on there, but nothing too special.

Taurus said:

Yep, I'm inclined to agree...the single "Pride" was nice as is the opener "Charade"..after that, don't remember much except that there is a song on here about going to a sperm bank! (maybe Sweet Charity??)

Matt

I bought his cd for $1.00 from a used music store. I felt cheated.

Wow, I'm kinda surprised the album isn't a little more well received. It sounds like noone else thinks it's great besides me? Maybe that's why Rachid is still a virtual unknown

At the very least, ya'll gotta like the very Princely "Zoe's World", right?

unkemptpueblo said:

is this tevin campbell's b*tch?

sosgemini said:

no, thats rasheen.

Rachid is the son of Robert "Kool" Bell (Bassist for Kool And The Gang).

SPYZFAN1 said:

U remember P.O.V? One of them was the son of one of the members of kool and the gang?




good album.

xpertluva said:

I have Prototype and still listen to it all the time. It was my favorite of '98, even more than Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. I love that cd and mention it from time to time on other music forums. Last I heard, he appeared on a Kool & The Gang album a couple years back.
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xpertluva said:

You're not the only one. I can't believe someone actually posted about him.
I freakin love his album. I played it non-stop when I first got it. I left the CD at a friends a long time ago and haven't seen it since. Still got the case and inserts just no CD. Whoever found it for a dollar, that's a steal. Don't want it I'll gladly take it. I've been wanting to hear that CD for quite some time. It's got some deep heavy lyrics on it. And unpredictable music. Can't say enough good things about this CD.

xpertluva said:

isn't he the son of someone famous??

dancerella said:

See SPYZFAN1's post.

I'd check out the Family Stand instead. They are the better neo-soul band that went nowhere.

2freaky4church1 said:

Not instead, in addition too. Family Stand is also very cool. Check out Moon in Scorpio. That album has a lot of rock and not just retro soul on it. I don't consider Rachid neo-soul. He was more like alternative soul, for lack of a better term. Kinda how Maxwell's Embrya wasn't exactly neo-soul. Rachid though was far more darker.
Seek both out
Rachid - Prototype
Family Stand - Moon in Scorpio

2freaky4church1 said:

LOL! Saying The Family Stand was Neo Soul is like saying Prince is TALL.

ChristopherTracyParade said:

U right, family stand actually did some uptempo's. Imagine that

thesexofit said:

Then again, saying Neo Soul is ALL SLOW TEMPO is like saying "Hammer was a lyricist"

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Well, the neo soul i heard was barely midtempo. Hammers lyrics are worse then marky marks.

thesexofit said:

Yeah, that makes sense: Base ALL Neo Soul off the LITTLE you've heard. Smart man. And by saying Hammer's lyrics are worse than Marky Mark's is saying exactly what? That it's better to get killed by a bullet to the front of the head than a bullet to the back?

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Iam saying that hammer is actually worse then marky mark. But its dance music for god sake.

"uh oh, uh oh, here comes the hammer". That had a good james brown samplin' remix. And as i have stated, as shit as he may be, he only comprimized his sound to go gangster in 94, and by then, his flow improved, and i got black people onto "pumps and a bump", without saying it was hammer, and they cant front now.

thesexofit said:

Whatever floats your boat, Hammer.

ChristopherTracyParade said:

put on the hammer, and u will be rewarded.


hammertime in my heart.

Bfunkthe1 said:

I'm glad to see a couple of other people share my opinion of this cd. If you want a copy of it, perhaps you should check ebay or amazon. Everytime I've seen it for sale, it's been for under $5, even for new copies. I hope that we get to hear something else from rachid one day.

had it (his debut) and NO THANK U...

thesexofit said:

no, it's Rashaan (Patterson)

mochalox said:

Actually it's "Rahsaan"

ChristopherTracyParade said:

thank you. I think my Benadryl has kicked in, b/c I knew that one...