ATTENTION ALL YOU "SO-CALLED HYPE MEN" IN HIP-HOP!!!!!
BOW DOWN AND PAY HOMAGE TO THE "SUPER O.G. HYPE MAN OF ALL-TIME"
THE ONE, THE ONLY.....BOBBY BYRD!!!!!
FROM FLAVOR FLAV TO CRUNCHY BLACK (YESSSS!!! EVEN JEROME!!!) OR ANY OTHER GOON RUNNIN' AROUND SAYIN' THEY'RE A "HYPE MAN"
NOBODY!!!!! AND I MEAN NOBODY!!!!! DOES IT BETTER THAN MR. BYRD!!!!!
MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND MAY HIS "SOUL" REST IN PEACE!!!!!


p.s.: JAMES & BOBBY & ST. CLAIR & CHEESE & LYN ARE ALL ABOUT TO "MAKE IT FUNKY" FOR THE HEAVENS!!!!! OH YEAH- AND BERNARD ODUM TOO!!!!!

Dayum...
Rest in peace, Bobby.

woogiebear said:

dayum--maybe hip hop can take a heavenly trip for some rejuvenation. so is marva nd maceo the only two left? yep the heavy weights are definitely gone.

I've read several papers 2day and NOT a word of this. Thanks 4 the post.

From soulwalking:

Bobby Byrd



b. Bobby Day, 15th August 1934, South Carolina, U.S.A.

d. 12th September 2007, Loganville, Georgia, U.S.A.

Bobby Byrd, collaborator with funk legend James Brown for 50 years, off and on, died Wednesday the 12th of September 2007, of cancer at his Loganville home. He was 73.

Bobby Byrd formed the Gospel Starlighters in the late 50's.

He also played in the Gospel group the 3 Swanee's with James Brown and Johnny Terry.

Bobby met James in Toccoa, where he was serving time in a juvenile facility for burglary. James pitched for the prison baseball team, and his team played against Mr. Byrd's team.

During the early '50s, Bobby and his family sponsored James Brown's parole from prison.

Bobby recorded with Earl Nelson as Bob And Earl before forming the group The Avons, a band later to enlist James Brown upon his release from prison.

The Avons then changed their name to The Flames, who became James Brown And The Famous Flames during the '60's.

Bobby's first hit came for the Smash imprint, a duet with Anna King entitled 'Baby Baby Baby', which made number 52 in Billboard's soul chart in 1964.

The following year 'We Are In Love' reached number 14 in the same chart.Bobby later enjoyed a further Top 20 hit, 'I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)', for King Records.

His voice can later be heard on James Brown's 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine.'

Bobby's Seventies output was fairly low key, however his career enjoyed a renaissance with the onset of sampling, mainly pioneered by the hip hop artists.

The most famous example was Eric B And Rakim's 1987 single 'I Know You Got Soul', which sampled Byrd's 1971 track of the same title.Bobby left the James Brown line up in 1973 and recorded and performed regularly (particularly in Europe).

His first studio album since 1970 was released in 1994, entitled 'On The Move'.

Bobby embarked on several concert tours with his wife, Vicki Anderson, and the family.

As a solo artist Bobby is probably best remembered for the, previously mentioned, James Brown produced, 'I Know You Got Soul' (1971) and 'If You Got A Love You Better Hold On To It' (1972), popular on the U.K. 'rare groove' scene in the mid-'80's.

Bobby's daughter Bonnie Byrd scored an R & B hit with the tune 'Good Girl' in the late 1980's. He is also the stepfather of the U.K. based soul singer Carleen Anderson.

Bobby sang at James Brown's 2006 funeral along with his wife, Vicki Anderson, who was also in James' touring band.

Bobby performed his final show with the Soulpower Allstars in July 2005 at the Supernatural Festival in Holland.Bobby was scheduled to appear at another show on September 29th in Belgrade, Serbia.

Following Bobby's passing, Mrs. Vicki Anderson said that of her husband's songs, "Baby, I Love You" was her favorite.'That was the first song that he wrote for me,' said Vicki.

Rest In Peace

thank u 4 sharing ur music with us while u were here on earth

RIP

And now we lose Soul Brother No. 1 and 1/2 .

Just as an earlier poster said, without Bobby Byrd, maybe no James Brown.

But beyond that, Bobby imo was one of the strongest 'deep soul' voices around, and, while he and James were an unbeatable combination, particularly around 1970, out funkin' Sam and Dave, Bobby was perhaps too often in the shadow of James.

Having said that, his and JB's 'I Know You Got Soul' is a bona fide funk classic, and I also love 'If You Got a Love You Better (Hold On To It)'.

Heaven's gettin' funkier all the time, it seems.

I am so sorry to hear of Bobby Bird's passing. Thanks for the music and the energy.

woogiebear said:

Don't forget Jimmy Nolan


And Richard "Kush" Griffin



[Edited 9/14/07 0:15am]

Graycap23 said:

Not even BET

Disgrace

That's why these legends are forgotten so quickly..

funkpill said:

don't b surprised that BET didn't say anything, they never did about when James passed away until like 2:30 in the morning the next day 2 have some type of bullshit retrospective

I've been jammin' "Sayin' it and Doin' it are two different Things"

L4OATheOriginal said:

If BET waited until the morning to give a half-hour retrospective, what you think they gon' do with Mr. Byrd? Not a got-dang thing. They ain't even covering the serious issues in the community so we know how they treat our own legends. WHATEVER!

Anyway, again, RIP to a great man and music legend.

Timmy84 said:

Bobby Byrd probaly wont be mentioned anywhere on BET, the network or web site.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

'There's about as much diff'rence in it, as night and day!'

Miles said:

Here is another of my favorite Bobby Byrd jams. It's actually a duet with James Brown. It was released as a joint effort, so it charted for both men.


You've Got to Change Your Mind
http://www.melingo.com/th...uvegot.ram

funkpill said:

[Edited 9/19/07 10:30am]

rip from the jb's and anyone associated with james brown

bobby byrd
lynn collins
st.clair pickney
jimmy nolan
harold "cheese"(forgot the last name)
hank ballard
john"jabo" starks(i think that was his last name)

mwilli said:

Please ... Jab'o is very much alive and doing well.

Please make friends.

www.myspace.com/mrbobbybyrd

MrSoulpower said:

Yea, Jab'o was in the studio with Stubblefield, Bootsy & Bernie Worrell recording the Superbadd soundtrack

FuNkeNsteiN said:

http://prince.org/msg/8/237334


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Was listening to this cd on my way to work

funkpill said:

That's a great Comp. "We're In Love" and "If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat" are two very underrated jams.

Very sorry to hear this

RIP