This is NOT the version you'll be familiar with if you only had heard the single. Mary J. covered this seven years ago and this was on the "Belly" movie.

I know this version as well as the album version.

Cinnie said:

oh my lord, i was just talking about soul II soul this morning, and then i got all obsessy and had to hear this album ASAP. weird.

Anxiety said:

MsLegs said:

jazzie b will do that to a person!

Anxiety said:

You ain't lying. It's all in the groove.

I read somewhere that Mariah had sung background on this...when she was an up and coming singer. This was her first job. Any truth to this?

shorttrini said:

I believe it's true

Just found out last night that Caron wheeler is one of the house singers on Dancing with the Stars

Ah..The Funky Dreds! Classic cut. On a related note, anybody remeber the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra? They did some of the orchestration on the Soul 2 Soul cuts, and had an album of their own material as well. The song Love and Hate was the kinda big single.

banks said:

I like their second album. I was a baby back then but their sound most ahve been really influencial. Has anyone ever heard Madonna's single mix for Keep It Together?
Or the fantastic George Michael song: Soul Free??

they're all Soul II Soul inspired

graecophilos said:

The Soul II Soul was sampled alot during the 90's. Valid point.

i always thought "round and round" from the graffiti bridge soundtrack sounded a lot like soul II soul.

They annoyed the hell out of me.

Them and PM Dawn

Maybe because that's all radio played for like three years.

oh gosh, yall taking me back to my college dayz. that 89-91 era was cool. they played this song alot in the NYC along with Sybil's "Don't Make Me Over", the final stretch of classic house was still in.

Anxiety said:

Interesting. There was alot beat jacking going on around that time. Alot people sample Jazzy's Beats.