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Thread started 07/18/07 6:23am

SoulAlive

80s R&B classic of the day: "The Rain" by Oran 'Juice' Jones (1986)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...utL-XzOp6g

the best R&B song of 1986!! music
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Reply #1 posted 07/18/07 7:14am

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SoulAlive said:

the best R&B song of 1986!! music

hmmm "Kiss"? "When I Think of You"? "The Sweetest Taboo"? "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent"? lol

Great song nonetheless!
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #2 posted 07/18/07 8:29am

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that's my cut! ...my 1st impulse was 2 run up on u and do a rambo ..but i thought about this fur coat ..so i chilled ..falloff
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #3 posted 07/18/07 8:57am

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I heard this killer remake...sort of a downtempo groovy number.

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Reply #4 posted 07/18/07 10:51am

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L4OATheOriginal said:

that's my cut! ...my 1st impulse was 2 run up on u and do a rambo ..but i thought about this fur coat ..so i chilled ..falloff


"That's right. Then I went to the bank and cancelled all those charge cards. I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought ya. Yeah, that's right."

Men used to LOVE this song when it came out.
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Reply #5 posted 07/18/07 2:08pm

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This was probably the song that kick started Gangsta Rap. lol
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #6 posted 07/18/07 2:55pm

dancerella

L4OATheOriginal said:

that's my cut! ...my 1st impulse was 2 run up on u and do a rambo ..but i thought about this fur coat ..so i chilled ..falloff



oh my god, that line is mad funny. so is "you just a squirrel tryin to get a nut". isn't there another funny line something like "alley cat, hush puppy wearing.....?"

anyway yes, this is the jam indeed! he was like the firts r&b pimp before r. kelly.
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Reply #7 posted 07/18/07 3:18pm

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dancerella said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

that's my cut! ...my 1st impulse was 2 run up on u and do a rambo ..but i thought about this fur coat ..so i chilled ..falloff



oh my god, that line is mad funny. so is "you just a squirrel tryin to get a nut". isn't there another funny line something like "alley cat, hush puppy wearing.....?"

nod That whole part at the end is hilarious. I wonder how many takes he ruined by cracking up? falloff
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Reply #8 posted 07/18/07 4:40pm

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1sexymf said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

that's my cut! ...my 1st impulse was 2 run up on u and do a rambo ..but i thought about this fur coat ..so i chilled ..falloff


"That's right. Then I went to the bank and cancelled all those charge cards. I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought ya. Yeah, that's right."

Men used to LOVE this song when it came out.


and we still do!

u without me is like cornflakes without the milk! this is my world u r just a squirrel trying 2 get a nut!
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #9 posted 07/18/07 6:00pm

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The end is priceless when the brotha goes off. . This my world.. lol
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Reply #10 posted 07/18/07 6:03pm

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hateful...just hateful. disbelief
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Reply #11 posted 07/18/07 6:16pm

Cinnie

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hateful...just hateful. disbelief


This is my favorite misogynistic track!
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Reply #12 posted 07/18/07 7:34pm

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L4OATheOriginal said:

1sexymf said:



"That's right. Then I went to the bank and cancelled all those charge cards. I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought ya. Yeah, that's right."

Men used to LOVE this song when it came out.


and we still do!

u without me is like cornflakes without the milk! this is my world u r just a squirrel trying 2 get a nut!

Doens't he actually say "cornfake" (singular?)? makes it more ghetto! smile

i think this song inspired Bob George....

"get that wig I bought ya....nah nah, the reddish brown one!"
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Reply #13 posted 07/19/07 1:18am

SoulAlive

AlexdeParis said:

SoulAlive said:

the best R&B song of 1986!! music

hmmm "Kiss"? "When I Think of You"? "The Sweetest Taboo"? "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent"? lol

Great song nonetheless!


Nah..."The Rain" is superior to those songs lol truly original too....the spoken part at the end was very innovative,for 1986,anyway.
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Reply #14 posted 07/19/07 3:08am

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watching that video, it took me back with those hawaiian short sets!
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #15 posted 07/19/07 4:15am

SoulAlive

did you guys ever hear the "answer" record to this song? lol It's some female,responding back to him....she says things like...

that's a nice suit you have on....it looks just as good on you today as it did yesterday!


falloff
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Reply #16 posted 07/19/07 4:24am

SoulAlive

I have this album on vinyl

It's a surprisingly mellow album,filled with alot of ballads.The second single was "Curiosity",but that song is nothing to write home about,imo.I don't know why they didn't release the catchy "1-2-1" instead....it's a cool,breezy groove,very similiar to "The Rain".It would have been the perfect follow-up single.
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Reply #17 posted 07/19/07 4:33am

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SoulAlive said:

did you guys ever hear the "answer" record to this song? lol It's some female,responding back to him....she says things like...

that's a nice suit you have on....it looks just as good on you today as it did yesterday!


falloff

nod I remember that. Weren't there multiple answer records? (For you youngins, think "No Scrubs" and "No Pigeons"). lol
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Reply #18 posted 07/19/07 4:35am

SoulAlive

AlexdeParis said:

SoulAlive said:

did you guys ever hear the "answer" record to this song? lol It's some female,responding back to him....she says things like...

that's a nice suit you have on....it looks just as good on you today as it did yesterday!


falloff

nod I remember that. Weren't there multiple answer records? (For you youngins, think "No Scrubs" and "No Pigeons"). lol


There probably was.I only heard one of them,though wink She starts off by saying....

So,you noticed that I was walking in the rain with another man? That's the first thing you've noticed about me in months!

lol
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Reply #19 posted 07/19/07 4:54am

IAintTheOne

SoulAlive said:

I have this album on vinyl

It's a surprisingly mellow album,filled with alot of ballads.The second single was "Curiosity",but that song is nothing to write home about,imo.I don't know why they didn't release the catchy "1-2-1" instead....it's a cool,breezy groove,very similiar to "The Rain".It would have been the perfect follow-up single.



the girl on the cover is Jalil from Whodini's sister smile
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Reply #20 posted 07/19/07 4:55am

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SoulAlive said:

AlexdeParis said:


hmmm "Kiss"? "When I Think of You"? "The Sweetest Taboo"? "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent"? lol

Great song nonetheless!


Nah..."The Rain" is superior to those songs lol truly original too....the spoken part at the end was very innovative,for 1986,anyway.


of course *you* would think that.


*disbelief*


lol
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Reply #21 posted 07/19/07 4:55am

SoulAlive

IAintTheOne said:

SoulAlive said:

I have this album on vinyl

It's a surprisingly mellow album,filled with alot of ballads.The second single was "Curiosity",but that song is nothing to write home about,imo.I don't know why they didn't release the catchy "1-2-1" instead....it's a cool,breezy groove,very similiar to "The Rain".It would have been the perfect follow-up single.



the girl on the cover is Jalil from Whodini's sister smile


nod I think she also appears in Freddie Jackson's "You Are My Lady" video
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Reply #22 posted 07/19/07 4:58am

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SoulAlive said:

IAintTheOne said:




the girl on the cover is Jalil from Whodini's sister smile


nod I think she also appears in Freddie Jackson's "You Are My Lady" video



Juice had a hit single on Elektra before hos tenure at DefJam called "Rock your body down" in 1985, people thought it was done by Imagination but nope, and a better version of "your song" is on the 12"
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Reply #23 posted 07/19/07 5:19am

SoulAlive

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SoulAlive said:



Nah..."The Rain" is superior to those songs lol truly original too....the spoken part at the end was very innovative,for 1986,anyway.


of course *you* would think that.


*disbelief*


lol


hmph! lol
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Reply #24 posted 07/19/07 6:27am

Cinnie

This is like the only R&B project of Russell Simmons that really made an impact.

I like that second single "Curiosity" though.
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Reply #25 posted 07/19/07 6:32am

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This is a straight up classic. nod

Ah Ah, Don't Touch That Coat! hmph!
"Say I'm lookin' at you, from the corner of my eye..." eye
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Reply #26 posted 07/19/07 6:36am

RipHer2Shreds

David, you always posts songs that I loved from the radio! I listened to a lot of it from like 1980-1989. Always loved this one.
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Reply #27 posted 07/19/07 8:39am

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How can you not smile when the spoken word part starts? Great song overall but the ending is the best.
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Reply #28 posted 07/19/07 8:58am

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AlexdeParis said:

SoulAlive said:

did you guys ever hear the "answer" record to this song? lol It's some female,responding back to him....she says things like...

that's a nice suit you have on....it looks just as good on you today as it did yesterday!


falloff

nod I remember that. Weren't there multiple answer records? (For you youngins, think "No Scrubs" and "No Pigeons"). lol


don't 4get the answer 2 no bills by sporty theives as well falloff

the real roxanne etc ...

games people play vs games females play

but there should b an answer record 2 that carrie underwood song

"girl u wrote u'r name on my truck i called the police on u'r ass and u now say what the fuck? next time u need 2 respect my property and u won't fail cause now the cops have come and halled u'r ass 2 jail. "
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #29 posted 07/19/07 11:15am

dancerella

SoulAlive said:

did you guys ever hear the "answer" record to this song? lol It's some female,responding back to him....she says things like...

that's a nice suit you have on....it looks just as good on you today as it did yesterday!


falloff




you know i think i vaguely remember that. i wonder who she was?
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