We did a discusson on the summer of 1982 not too long ago. There were some great rap/R&B/pop jams that came out that year. However, 81' wasn't a bad year neither especially in R&B/rap/funk field. Ok, come up with some huge 81'jams.

Brother915 said:

My fave's were Rick James' 'Superfreak' and 'Give it to me baby' from "Street Songs". I still remember jamming out to that song...and i was 12 yrs old(?) wow.
Also, the Mary Jane Girls' "In my house". I still luv these songs.

1981 hmmm
I remember slow dancing with the girls at the schoolparties once a month...Champaign...how about us:)
Some people are made for each other, some people can love on an other for live...some PEOPLE...

Rick James Was Huge&Rolling.Tom Browne was Slamming that Year as well.Prince,The Time,Hall&Oats were bringing it as well.Roger&Zapp,the Jacksons Live was cool that year.Richard "Dimples" Fields"She's Got Papers" was a tight Cut.The Commodores last studio Album.REO Speedwagon,The Cars,The Police,Slave was Slamming that Year,as was Patrice Rushen,Ray Parker Jr,Ronnie Milsap had some cool songs during that time period.Champaign&Evelynn Champaign King,the Bar-Kays "Night-Crusin" ALbum got madd Spins in my Crib.A Flock of Seaquills,Rolling Stones,Cameo,Olivia Newton John,Miles Davis Came back that year.Juice Newton,Rick Springfield,Earth,Wind&Fire were Rocking "Let's Groove"&there "Raise" Album.Quincy Jones "The Dude".Queen had some stuff out then as well.Chic was rolling.Luther Vandross Debut on CBS/Sony.so many Great Music Moments for me then.Peace&A Tight Thread

The summer of '81 is my favorite time of the 80s.There were so many great songs out!! I actually burned me a CD with all the songs,and it contains...


"SuperFreak" Rick James
"Pull Up To The Bumper" Grace Jones
"Shake It Up Tonight" Cheryl Lynn
"Square Biz" Teena Marie
"She's A Bad Mama Jama" Carl Carlton
"Jones Vs.Jones" Kool and The Gang
"This Is For The Lover In You" Shalamar
"Running Away" Frankie Beverly and Maze
"Double Dutch Bus" Frankie Smith
"Give It To Me Baby" Rick James
"Freaky Dancin" Cameo
"The Real Thing" The Brothers Johnson
"Try It Out" Gino Soccio
"Very Special" Debra Laws
"Can't We Fall In Love Again"Phyllis Hyman/Michael Henderson
"Push"One Way
"Love On A Two-Way Street" Stacy Lattisaw
"Before I Let Go" Frankie Beverly and Maze
"Razzamatazz" Quincy Jones with Patti Austin

And those are just the R&B songs!
[This message was edited Wed Aug 7 1:16:20 PDT 2002 by DavidEye]

DavidEye said:

DAMN, '81 had some SERIOUS jams come out of it..!
I
ESPECIALLY
love
SQAURE BIZ
by Teena Marie.. that song is in my
TOP 5 FUNKIEST JAMS OF ALL TIME

this list is impressive, & it doesn't include LET'S WORK or GET IT UP..!


'81 was a good year, indeed!

DavidEye said:

Right On Man!!!Tight Post.

Oops,I forgot a few songs so I am going to revise my list...

"SuperFreak" Rick James
"Pull Up To The Bumper" Grace Jones
"Shake It Up Tonight" Cheryl Lynn
"Square Biz" Teena Marie
"She's A Bad Mama Jama" Carl Carlton
"Jones Vs.Jones" Kool and The Gang
"This Is For The Lover In You" Shalamar
"Running Away" Frankie Beverly and Maze
"Double Dutch Bus" Frankie Smith
"Give It To Me Baby" Rick James
"Freaky Dancin" Cameo
"The Real Thing" The Brothers Johnson
"Try It Out" Gino Soccio
"Very Special" Debra Laws
"Can't We Fall In Love Again" Phyllis Hyman/Michael Henderson
"Push" One Way
"Love On A Two-Way Street" Stacy Lattisaw
"Before I Let Go" Frankie Beverly and Maze
"Razzamatazz" Quicy Jones featuring Patti Austin
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" Roger
"I'm In Love" Evelyn King
"On The Beat" BB&Q Band
"Sweet Baby" Stanley Clarke and George Duke
"Nights (Feel Like Gettin Down)" Billy Ocean
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" The Commodores

Burn you a CD with all those songs and tell me that doesn't take you back to the summer of '81!

Billy Ocean? Rick Springfield? Hall & Oates? REO ***ing Speedwagon? These people used to inhabit my nightmares! People, you cant be serious!

The best thing to come from 1981 was my baby sister.

Luv ya Ray.