My two fave slow tunes by them.


Outstanding (been sampled to death)


Yearning for Your Love - not sure who the lady in the accompanying vid is, but somebody wants her bad!

I love them! But the question remains: are they hip hop?

Moonbeam said:

2 stone cold classics

I always get a chuckle out of how similar "I Found My Baby" is to "Oustanding." Still a good song, but damn!

Moonbeam said:

But seriously two of their greatest songs. "Yearning..." is still the shit!

I love "Yearning For Your Love". I wouldn't call "Outstanding" a ballad though. More like midtempo in the days before midtempo completely took over everything and became sickening. As for another slow jam by The Gap Band, I love "I Can't Get Over You".

Great songs! 2 of my Favorite by the Gap Band

vainandy said:

I also love "Nothin' Comes to Sleepers" and "Seasons No Reason to Change." They have a bunch of great slow jams.

vainandy said:

I Can't Get Over You is my favorite Gap song. Followed by Lonely Like Me and Party Lights. Oh, and Humpin'.

Stymie said:

I love all those, but a special to "Lonely Like Me"! I swear, that is the best "we wrote the lyrics on a napkin and had plenty of space left" song in the history of music!

You don't me, and
I don't know you, but
Let's get together,
The night is young and we're so free
When I first looked in your eyes,
I could tell that you were lonely like me
Two people wandering, looking,
Searching for a fantasy

I could tell you're lonely just like me
If you really love me, let me see
I could tell you're lonely just like me
Two people wandering, looking,
Searching for a fantasy

AlexdeParis said:

You forgot the: I can tell you're lonely just like me. If you really love me let me see.

Stymie said:

No I didn't! I do think it's "could" instead of "can," but who really knows with Charlie?

AlexdeParis said:

I'm sorry I missed that part.

The song still is kick ass though. Charlie's voice:

Moonbeam said:

Moonbeam said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

if u grew up in cali you have to know these songs lol

Christopher said:

Christopher said:

:kemalifornia:

Moonbeam said:

Those are great too. Also "The Way".

I just discovered that one a few months ago and love it. I've had the album all these years but that was one that I never played until recently.

I absolutely love Yearning.
I think it's outstanding.

vainandy said:

Jeez, it feels like it is uptempo. I'm sweatin' here!

Get back to the fly swattin' tempos.

Moonbeam said:

u crazy

Cinnie said:

I consider it a ballad, but even if somebody gave me definitive evidence that it wasn't, it wouldn't change my opinion that it's a great song. It does feel like that dreaded midtempo that Andy loathes.

I never knew they issued this 12 inch on the mercury label.
I had Gap Band IV on Lonnie Simmons Total Exprerience label
distributed by polygram.
These songs are classics. I liked every track on gap IV.
[Edited 7/2/08 19:46pm]

vainandy said:

Yeah, or more specifically it's like some hybrid that people can choose to groove to it or move a little slower. Another song that comes to mind as one of those hybrids is The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove."