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Reply #30 posted 03/18/09 9:43am

MuthaFunka

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This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".
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Reply #31 posted 03/18/09 9:52am

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Mong said:

And that's a good thing?

Steve Arrington was a painful singer.


YEAH.....RIGHT!!!!! AND YOU PROBABLY LUUUUUV KEITH SWEAT'S BULLSH*T ASS TAKE ON SLAVE'S CLASSIC "JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE", HUH???
GTFOH!!!!! STEVE ARRINGTON IS THE TRUTH!!!!!
AND HE SANG WITH FEEEEELIN', SOMETHIN' THAT'S BEEN MISSIN IN R&B FOR A LOOOOONG TIME(SAVE FOR THE LATE GERALD LEVERT, STOKELY AND A FEW MORE)!!!
WATCHING YOU IS/WAS PURE UNADULTERATED "ROLLERSKATIN' FUNK"!!!!!
I SPIN THAT RECORD TODAY AND WHITE & BLACK FOLKS GET OFF THEIR ASS & JAM!!
NOT CUZ SNOOP N'EM SAMPLED IT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A STONE FUNK CLASSIC!!!!!
STEVE ARRINGTON WAS A "DISTINCT" SINGER
WHAT U SAID ABOUT HIM WAS "PAINFUL"
cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #32 posted 03/18/09 9:54am

woogiebear

MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".


I DISAGREE- REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN KEITH SWEAT TRIED TO RE-MAKE "JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE"???? LIMP COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL!!!!! WHICH BTW CAME OUT IN '79-30 MF YRS AGO!!!!!
AND- I STILL USE MY LATE SISTER'S LP!!!!!
DON'T "FUNK" W/A CLASSIC!!!!!
cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #33 posted 03/18/09 9:56am

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woogiebear said:

MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".


I DISAGREE- REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN KEITH SWEAT TRIED TO RE-MAKE "JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE"???? LIMP COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL!!!!! WHICH BTW CAME OUT IN '79-30 MF YRS AGO!!!!!
AND- I STILL USE MY LATE SISTER'S LP!!!!!
DON'T "FUNK" W/A CLASSIC!!!!!
cool cool cool cool cool


Yeah, I can dig that. It's just gotta be a slick remake of it though.
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Reply #34 posted 03/18/09 9:57am

woogiebear

MuthaFunka said:

woogiebear said:



I DISAGREE- REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN KEITH SWEAT TRIED TO RE-MAKE "JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE"???? LIMP COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL!!!!! WHICH BTW CAME OUT IN '79-30 MF YRS AGO!!!!!
AND- I STILL USE MY LATE SISTER'S LP!!!!!
DON'T "FUNK" W/A CLASSIC!!!!!
cool cool cool cool cool


Yeah, I can dig that. It's just gotta be a slick remake of it though.


IF THEY CAN GET THE REV. ARRINGTON OUT OF CHURCH LONG ENOUGH AND GET ALL THE OTHER CATS TOGETHER, THEN I'M ALL IN!!!!!
cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #35 posted 03/18/09 11:38am

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vainandy said:



Honey, don't waste your time. What does that person know? That's someone that thinks there is still great music out there today. lol

lol
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Reply #36 posted 03/18/09 12:04pm

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woogiebear said:

MuthaFunka said:



Yeah, I can dig that. It's just gotta be a slick remake of it though.


IF THEY CAN GET THE REV. ARRINGTON OUT OF CHURCH LONG ENOUGH AND GET ALL THE OTHER CATS TOGETHER, THEN I'M ALL IN!!!!!
cool cool cool cool cool

lol
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Reply #37 posted 03/18/09 5:02pm

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Sowhat said:

SoulAlive said:



I'm a huge fan of Slave lol


Yup me too...great song by a great group!


It's great to see that so many people like/remember this song.
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you.
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Reply #38 posted 03/18/09 5:03pm

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MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".


I never knew that.
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you.
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Reply #39 posted 03/18/09 5:39pm

SoulAlive

psychodelicide said:

MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".


I never knew that.


I always thought it was P-Funk who came up with that phrase lol
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Reply #40 posted 03/18/09 5:44pm

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SoulAlive said:

psychodelicide said:



I never knew that.


I always thought it was P-Funk who came up with that phrase lol


hmmm Well, don't hold us in stitches! What song!? lol

And Arrington said "It's the bomb" in "Snap You".
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Reply #41 posted 03/18/09 6:17pm

wildgoldenhone
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Reply #42 posted 03/18/09 6:38pm

MuthaFunka

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wildgoldenhoney said:

http://prince.org/msg/8/300842
http://prince.org/msg/8/301172
http://prince.org/msg/8/301114?pg=1

hmmm

Are these all the same song?


The last song bu Loose Ends is not the same as Slave's song. The other song I didn't peep.
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Reply #43 posted 03/19/09 4:46am

SoulAlive

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http://prince.org/msg/8/300842
http://prince.org/msg/8/301172
http://prince.org/msg/8/301114?pg=1

hmmm

Are these all the same song?


Nope,they are three different songs lol apparently,the phrase "watching you" was a popular theme back then...lol...even Midnight Star released a single in the early 80s called "I've Been Watching You".
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Reply #44 posted 03/19/09 9:12am

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MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".



This track is the BOMB.....
machinegun uzi bomb shoot3 grenade blowup

Classic.....if you don't move to this then.....your dead.. eek
Da, Da, Da....Emancipation....Free..don't think I ain't..! London 21 Nights...Clap your hands...you know the rest..
James Brown & Michael Jackson RIP, your music still lives with us!
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Reply #45 posted 03/19/09 9:58am

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LondonStyle said:

MuthaFunka said:

This was the muthafuckin' jizzam! Someone needs to do a remake just to pay homage - a great "summer song", especially in L.A. on Crenshaw. headbang

Little known fact: Slave/Arrington also coined the phrase "The Bomb".



This track is the BOMB.....
machinegun uzi bomb shoot3 grenade blowup

Classic.....if you don't move to this then.....your dead.. eek


headbang
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Reply #46 posted 03/19/09 9:59am

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I'm on a Slave hiatus to well.....whenever. I was slave to Slave's music for sooooo long I can't listen to them. MuthaFunka is right tho' "Watching You" is/was a premier Summer Jam. cool
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Reply #47 posted 03/19/09 10:00am

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TD3 said:

I'm on a Slave hiatus to well.....whenever. I was slave to Slave's music for sooooo long I can't listen to them. MuthaFunka is right tho' "Watching You" is/was a premier Summer Jam. cool
[Edited 3/19/09 10:00am]


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