I`m listening to the song "Bangin` the boogie" right now (yeah, i know it`s not on the "Street..." album)

Anyone else like Rene & Angela??

I have Street Called Desire
on vinyl (since a kid)

love that album!!!

my fav song by R&A is probably
"Imaginary Playmates" though

love the stuff they contributed
to this album also:

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DirtyChris said:

Not one of my favorite Rufus albums, but i like "Jigsaw" and "Quandry", don`t remember if Rene & Angela wrote it though

i was bumpin Rene & Angela about 2 weeks ago. that "street" album is the bomb!

SunnySkies said:

it's definitely NOT in my top albums from RUFUS
but some of my fav songs by them are here
"Losers In Love", "True Love", "Highlight"
I can never get enough of those three

"Quandry" & "Lilah" were growers for me

I think "Bangin' On The Boogie" is from this album,,,not sure..



I love the stuff they did for Janet Jackson's debut album too



Camouflage is a pleasure of mine

Angela is ALL over that album's BG (ala [b]True Love[b]).

Harlepolis said:

It`s my favorite song of theirs. "Do you really love me" is another fun track

I wish ALL of their albums get remastered

Harlepolis said:

I would certainly buy them...

btw, have you heard Winbush`s solo albums?

SunnySkies said:

I have them all

I def recommend you to get them,,,and ALL of them are great in their own way.

Like the Real Thing album, she did a jazzy song called "Precious" with Ron Isley on the background(singin' bass) and she said that she wrote it with Ask Rufus in mind(and another song she wrote for Whitney Houston - can't remember its title).

She also shouts Stephanie Mills' name with respect in her version of "I Learned To Respect The Power Of Love"(which is originaly her own written song).

So yeah, get the solo stuff. Although the Rene & Angela stuff are something else its true when somebody said that you can make gold from you pain,,,and she def made gold when she was with Rene 'bastard' Moore.

Rene "bastard" Moore? Now i`m curious

I like her version of "I Learned To Respect The Power Of Love", in fact, now i like it more than Mills` version...

Winbush has a very good voice, she can wail!

SunnySkies said:

He whooped her ass like she was a punching bag. He had anger issues and he would slap her if she outshined him with ideas or sang over him - which really she couldn't help doing considering the pronounced vocal difference between them.

And she could wail alright - and flip a 'Sarah Vaughn' on you in a split second

Harlepolis said:

Really, I didnt even know they went together like that...Angela is so beautiful and so underrated, and so talented!

Harlepolis said:

That would explain the bastard comment, i had no idea

Whatever happebed to him? She went on to become a great songwriter and vocalist, but before you mentioned him i didn`t even know his last name...

Has anyone here, ever heard "Imaginary Player" by Jay-Z. That's how I first got connected with "Imaginary Playmates". Also, another song "Jay-Z" had a part of sampling a song from "Rene & Angela" was when one of his producers for the former "Rock-A-Fella Records" label had sampled "I'll Be Good" for a song of "Foxy Brown's" of which "Jay-Z" was featured in. "Jay-Z" must be a fan.

FarrahMoan said:

and also "I Love The Dough"
from Biggie's 2nd album
(Jay-Z was featured on that track)
the original song being "I Love You More"

I mentioned "Imaginary Playmates"
earlier in the thread

great minds

SunnySkies said:

People may not know this, but Rene Moore is the brother of Rufus' Bobby Watson.

After Rene & Angela broke up, Moore did release a solo album in 1988 that featured a pair of top 20 R&B hits, "All or Nothing" and "Never Say Goodbye to Love." Word spread of Moore's abuse of and later financial and legal squabbles with Angela Winbush. That likely damaged any marketing appeal and his career dried up (keep in mind, this was around the time as Ike Turner's abuse was becoming more commonly known).

I understand he may be a studio musician, but the last time I saw Moore's name on anything was on the credits to Michael Jackson's "Jam."

BTW, my favorite Rene and Angela song is the sparkling "Your Smile." Winbush sang the hell out of that song.
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LOVE them! Love Angela Winbush's voice!!!!!

DirtyChris said:

Secret Rendezvous was sampled in Chyna Doll too

And yes Bobby Watson is Rene's 1/2 brother, in fact the WHOLE rufus gang showed up in the sessions of Street Called Desire.

Rene did some work in MJ's History too. And he made a forgettable comeback in 2004 with a poor attempt to tackle hip-hop in an album called "Street Songz".

If anybody remembers the Angela Winbush's song "U had a good girl(and u lost her)" from the "Sharp" album, it was about Rene.
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I don't know of them, but this thread making me want to check 'em out

SunnySkies said:

I was jammin' "Keep On Turning Me On" from the 1994 album and "You Had A Good Girl" from Sharp

My favorite is "I'll Be Good" and "I Love You More".
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My favoriteaside from Your Smile is My First Love.

DirtyChris said:

No doubt. I can dig that.

Rene and Angela were one of my favorites from the 80's. Angela is SUCH a underrated vocalist. It kills me that Beyonce will more than likely be in the history books but Anglea will not (I'm sorry I had to mention the Beyonce' thing).

Anyway, I had no idea about Angela's abuse at the hands of Rene. I sort of hate I found out.

Damn Angela is one of the greatest female vocalists out there. Although i didn't like the fact that Rene's boring ass use to beat her...i did like a couple of their songs:

"You don't have to Cry"
"I'll Be Good"

I LOVE ANGELA WINBUSH!!! she is my fav singer and im 21 angela is so underrated which saddens me. she is an incredible talent and good looking too ( trust me im not gay lol). yea i knew about the whole rene abuse thing, thats y he makes me sick. ron isley use to beat her too so ive heard. they prolly were jealous of all the talent she has. but as far as fav rene & angela songs mine would be " your smile". i love that song to death. but i enjoy more of angela on her solo albums, i have all of them plus the greatest hits ones. but i will give a list

Rene & Angela
your smile
can't give up now
come my way
i'll be good
no how, no way

Angela Winbush
every last one them

When I played the extended 12" mix of "I'll Be Good" at a party 2 weekends ago, it drew in the crowd and had rappers in attendance picking up the mic to freestyle.

SunnySkies said:

Great Voice!