Aw shit, Jay, you done did it now.

I love you guys.

I love her!

!!!!!

I miss her.

The WHOLE album is a fuckin' DIME



Her & Mtume gave birth to magic, its a shame they refused to work toghether after that. I think he & Norman Conners brought the BEST in her.

This sexy ditty is also one of my faves(from the same album btw)...

Yeah,it's a shame that Phyllis didn't do another album with James Mtume and Reggie Lucas.They produced one of her best albums and one of her biggest hits.I think that was one of her biggest problems as an artist....her inability to develop a good relationship with a talented producer.She went from producer to producer,aimlessly searching for the perfect sound and style,never quite finding a consistent sound to build upon.

She really angered James and Reggie by going to the media and dissing this album before it was even released They refused to work with her again.If Phyllis had played her cards right,she might have gotten excellent songs like "I Never Knew Love Like This Before",which Stephanie Mills recorded.

SoulAlive said:

It was AS violent in the recording process, did you read her book?

I'm sure you're fimiliar with her singing "I wasn't born yesterday" stood for

Love this song!

This is one of my feel good jams!!!

Harlepolis said:

that book is explosive!

A Personal Tribute..... Phyllis Hyman


By David Nathan


Since we lived in the same neighborhood, we ran into each other and I can remember sitting in her apartment (in a building which was also home to sax man Gary Bartz), playing her some songs I'd written and demo-ed. Hubby Larry waxed a little more lyrical than Phyllis about the tunes(and, I might add, my own unique vocal style) but Phyllis showed her support by coming down to a rehearsal I was having with my band.

She also attended a show I did with the band - quite by accident! I was singing at Broady's, a spot close to the restaurant where Phyllis had gotten her start in New York - and while I clearly didn't blow her away with my vocal performance (except on my rendition of the old blues tune "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water"), she was polite and encouraging.

About a year later, I was at Sigma Sound in New York. Producers James Mtume and Reggie Lucas were working with Phyllis on the final vocal for "You Know How To Love Me". Mtume, a man with much wisdom, wit, and a penchant for truth telling, no matter what the circumstances, was trying to get Phyllis to hold on to one note - for a long time! She started getting mad with him and it was her anger and frustration that triggered her to actually end up doing just what he wanted! Ironically, that song gave Phyllis her biggest hit for Arista Records, a company she clearly didn't care for.

In a 1987 interview with "Blues & Soul", she was blunt about it: ".....I'd say about 70% of the time being in the company was a nightmare." Off the record, during the time she was at Arista, she would often tell me how much she disliked working with Clive Davis, the label's president, especially since Arista had "inherited" her contract when they took over Buddah (her previous recording affiliation) in 1977.

Full version @
http://lowando.tripod.com/nathan.html

yeah,Phyllis had a rocky relationship with Clive Davis.He was very controlling,but Phyllis had a strong personality of her own.She refused to let Clive mold her into what he wanted her to be.She was really pissed when he signed Whitney Houston and focused all his attention on her.

bboy87 said:

ooohhh I sooooo love this song

Lol this is the song of hers I've been listening to today

^^ This is one of my favorite Hyman joints:

^^^^I like that one too

When you get to the breakdown section of "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen.. that's a good time to mix in this Phyllis Hyman classic.