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Steve Arrington: One of the best Rnb/Funk Voices ever I have been a Slave fan since I was a kid, when my parents would play their music. I forgot about it till college, when I rediscovered them. I was shocked to find out that Steve wasn't lead on all their songs and found I only liked the Slave songs he sang on.
I don't know what it is that makes his voice so great-I don't know if it is the tone, the phrasing or what it is. It just bends so well and is perfect with whatever he is singing. The man was just blessed. "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Most definitley agree with you on that, I have most of the Slave catalogue & the albums that feature Steve are my most played.
And his "hall of fame" albums are 
couldnt find my all time favourite on youtube "Sugar Momma Baby"  Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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Stone Love is my fave solo Steve cut "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Weak at The Knees  | |
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nurseV said: Weak at The Knees
Scriptgirl, are you on Facebook? If so, I can hook you up with Steve and you can tell him yourself. Thats my dude! Upper persuasion for the lower invasion | |
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scriptgirl said: Stone Love is my fave solo Steve cut
That's a guilty pleasure of mine 
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Steve does indeed have a very pleasant voice. Stone Jam and Show Time are probably my two favorite Slave albums (... though I do like their earlier work without Steve on lead vocals as well  ).On the Org since 2005.
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LoveIsTheMessage said: Steve does indeed have a very pleasant voice. Stone Jam and Show Time are probably my two favorite Slave albums (... though I do like their earlier work without Steve on lead vocals as well Show Time on the strength of Snapshot alone. ). | |
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I will check him out fb "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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LoveIsTheMessage said: Steve does indeed have a very pleasant voice. Stone Jam and Show Time are probably my two favorite Slave albums (... though I do like their earlier work without Steve on lead vocals as well
).Yeah, the albums with Mark "Drac" Hicks on lead & guitar "Slave"-The Concept" are like a completely different band, with more of a funk/rock sound, while "Just a Touch Of Love" thru "Showtime" with Steve Arrington were straight ahead R&B. [Edited 1/13/10 8:23am] | |
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Just a Touch of Love is one of the greatest ever "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Did he do "I Feel So Real" as a solo artist. That was quite a nightclub favourite in the late 1980s here in the UK. Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad. | |
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diamondpearl1 said:  This one is my favorite Arrington solo cut!
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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KeithyT said: Did he do "I Feel So Real" as a solo artist. That was quite a nightclub favourite in the late 1980s here in the UK.
Yup!!!
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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go to www.soulinterviews.com and they have a recent thorough interview with Stevie. I was stuck listening to it. Upper persuasion for the lower invasion | |
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The guys had one hell of a unique voice.
Loved his Slave and solo work. | |
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Y'all are kidding. Slave are great but that fucker was so off-key with his whining voice. He's a shit singer. | |
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Mong said: Y'all are kidding. Slave are great but that fucker was so off-key with his whining voice. He's a shit singer. Your opinion. I love his voice. | |
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Give me an example when Steve was off key. How was his voice whiny? Raphael Saadiq sounds a bit like him "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Caramelpfe said: : This is my cut on Hall of Fame I. "I've got the wine, I've got the time to drive a woman like you straight outta mind come here girl" | |
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First lp i played on my first stereo.1983 was a good year for the funk. | |
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daytonohioplayer said: go to www.soulinterviews.com and they have a recent thorough interview with Stevie. I was stuck listening to it.
Thanx for upping this, man. Great interview & answered a couple myteries that had dogged me for years. Miss those guys a lot. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Caramelpfe said: yes! Came in to post this one and "Last Nite / Nite Before" but I can't find a link for that one
Timbaland's engineer Jimmy Douglass was a producer on this. I think he is Timbaland's secret weapon. | |
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daytonohioplayer said: go to www.soulinterviews.com and they have a recent thorough interview with Stevie. I was stuck listening to it.
Interesting interview. Thanks. | |
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nurseV said: Weak at The Knees
I LOVE this song!!! Slave was putting it down back in the day when bands were holding it down. I miss bands in R&B/Soul/Funk music. Sadly, I don't see a resurgence of bands ever taking place.  perfection is a fallacy of the imagination... | |
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