Hey DJ...keep playing that song all night...on and on and on....




and after that lets get our groove thang on...cause its a funky thang. a groove thang!!!




I love these girls and consider them the true hip/hop soul originators...way before ms. mary j blige...


so wheres the love? i love how all the girls in high school tried to dress like them...(and envoque)...it was nice to see girls dress like girls for like six months...then they went back to baggy jeans and sweatshirts.

oh i love this period of hip/hop...anone one of my favs:

I frikkin' adore these 2 songs! Their harmonies are

When Nina Sky came out a few years back, I thought Zhane was mounting a comeback. Wish they would.

I'm ashamed to say that I never bought their albums when they were on the scene, but even more than that, I'm surprised they did not become as successful as others. I should definitely catch up on their music regardless of the time passed.

i didn't know queen latifah helped them get their start....so in honor of the queen here is one from her:



so do you think monie and queen were an item? and remember monie before prince got a hold of her?

i am gonna jack my own thread cause i just love this timeperiod in hip hip history:



hey, how you doing...sorry i couldn't get through...why don't you leave your name and your number and we'll get back to you. to you.

sosgemini said:

Lawd those girls are beautiful

man i love the musical ingenuity that went into the hiphop of old:



you felt as if this was an art form that would speak and represent in a way that would progressive culture which is in stark contrast to how hiphop evolved...damn shame...

if hiphop had evolved from this...who knows what sounds would be created:

i saw these cats when they opened for sade...i didn't think they would be good live but they were...sade, for all their olds school shpell, were hip...for one night.

ohhhhh...i've had to much wine tonight.

okay..is sinead oconner in this video?

sosgemini said:

Mary preceded them by over a year. Do you mean "more influential"? Anyway, their first album is a classic. Why didn't you include their best song, "Sending My Love"?

"If I could
Mail my heart
Right to you, I would
I'd pack it up
Seal it tight
And I'd send it overnight"

sosgemini said:

Latifah along with the former DJ from Naugthy By Nature gave them their start. Zhane was signed to Latifah's label whie Kaygee produced the tracks/beats.

They were okay. Fun, but the songs of theirs I knowk sound alike.

I have their first cd and still play it.


Nice little groove....


and I rocked the low fro as well

Rhondab said:

Pictures, please!

RipHer2Shreds said:

wow....i'll have to find some.

That's some years ago when I first when natural.

Rhondab said:

AlexdeParis said:

Thanks, I thought MJB came first too.

I'd cast my vote for "Crush," as my favorite Zhane song.

AlexdeParis said:

and i mention mary because many claim she was the first to use hip/hop beats yet zhane did it prior.

sosgemini said:

You're right. It sounds like some like to discredit the Flava Unit (Latifa's Crew) and masterful production skills of ( former Naughty By Nature DJ)Kaygee.

sosgemini said:

No, they didn't. What's the 411? was released in 1992 while Pronounced Jah-Nay didn't drop until 1993. Besides, Teddy Riley had been doing all that for years. That's basically the definition of the New Jack Swing.

Thanks for the video, though.

AlexdeParis said:

oh yeah...why did i think Zhane came out while i was in high school? hmm...oh well, so mary was out first.

sosgemini said:

The only thing that set them apart from Mary J was the duo factor.

MsLegs said:

and better songs.

i love me some ms. mary but 411 was lacking the songwriting department IMHO.

MsLegs said:

And the bald heads.

namepeace said:

Not cool!

namepeace said:

I loveeeeeddd their heads...and plus they weren't the only ones rockin' that look. Many chicks were doing that. I remember some group and all of them had short hair cuts. Can't remember their name....it was four of them

I loved Zhane since they first hit the scene. "Vibe" is my fave song by them .
[Edited 6/25/07 14:14pm]

Rhondab said:

The group was called 4Real.