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Cinnie said: 
Total/Puffy sampled this for "Tell Me" off their self-titled album.  | |
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I played a bunch of O'Jays last night for the fam reunion (didn't play this though, oops.) They was gettin' off. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: I played a bunch of O'Jays last night for the fam reunion (didn't play this though, oops.) They was gettin' off.
Man it would've been OVER if you played that one. That's one of those blue light FUCK songs. 
I remember hearing the sample of this on the video to Snoop's "Gin & Juice". | |
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Just last week,I was playing the 'So Full Of Love' album,over and over and over I almost did a thread about it,lol. | |
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Oh yeah, that's a groove.  | |
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Timmy84 said: LittleBLUECorvette said: I played a bunch of O'Jays last night for the fam reunion (didn't play this though, oops.) They was gettin' off.
Man it would've been OVER if you played that one. That's one of those blue light FUCK songs.
I remember hearing the sample of this on the video to Snoop's "Gin & Juice". I played Stairway to Heaven, they went crazy. They thought they seen Walter Williams or something. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Timmy84 said: Man it would've been OVER if you played that one. That's one of those blue light FUCK songs.
I remember hearing the sample of this on the video to Snoop's "Gin & Juice". I played Stairway to Heaven, they went crazy. They thought they seen Walter Williams or something. Cool. | |
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SoulAlive said: Just last week,I was playing the 'So Full Of Love' album,over and over and over
I almost did a thread about it,lol.do it next time!  | |
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Cinnie said: SoulAlive said: Just last week,I was playing the 'So Full Of Love' album,over and over and over
I almost did a thread about it,lol.do it next time! I feel ya' I remember hearing this LP over and over, back in the day. I dig it, with the exception of one cut. Cee, Help (Somebody Please) still gets radio play during the local QS radio show, My man Rudy V still use a loop of the intro as background music when announcing his set list.   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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StarMon said: I remember hearing this LP over and over, back in the day.I dig it, with the exception of one cut.
What's the one track that you don't like? I dig all eight songs.My favorites are "Use Ta Be My Girl","Cry Together","Brandy" and "This Time Baby". | |
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SoulAlive said: StarMon said: I remember hearing this LP over and over, back in the day.I dig it, with the exception of one cut.
What's the one track that you don't like? I dig all eight songs.My favorites are "Use Ta Be My Girl","Cry Together","Brandy" and "This Time Baby". "This Time Baby", It just doesn't do it for me.[Edited 5/11/10 15:33pm] National Funk League✮✮ | |
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Strokety Stroke was my jam. Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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Timmy84 said: I remember hearing the sample of this on the video to Snoop's "Gin & Juice".
Oh yeahhhhh  | |
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StarMon said: SoulAlive said: What's the one track that you don't like? I dig all eight songs.My favorites are "Use Ta Be My Girl","Cry Together","Brandy" and "This Time Baby". "This Time Baby", It just doesn't do it for me.
Love that song that's the most "disco-sounding" song on the record.It was covered a year later by Jackie Moore,becoming a huge hit in the clubs. | |
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said:
Total/Puffy sampled this for "Tell Me" off their self-titled album. Sounds a little similar at the beginning? We gonna come on with the come on, gonna get down with the get down! | |
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SoulAlive said: StarMon said: "This Time Baby", It just doesn't do it for me.
Love that song that's the most "disco-sounding" song on the record.It was covered a year later by Jackie Moore,becoming a huge hit in the clubs.Jackie truly made it "disco-ier".
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Timmy84 said: SoulAlive said: Love that song that's the most "disco-sounding" song on the record.It was covered a year later by Jackie Moore,becoming a huge hit in the clubs.Jackie truly made it "disco-ier".
Yeah,she did a great jobh with it,but I still prefer the Ojays version | |
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phunkdaddy said: Strokety Stroke was my jam.
That's the funkiest thing on the album  | |
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'So Full Of Love' is the last truly brilliant Ojays album.Their next album 'Identify Yourself' is surprisingly mediocre,with only a couple of great songs. | |
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SoulAlive said: 'So Full Of Love' is the last truly brilliant Ojays album.Their next album 'Identify Yourself' is surprisingly mediocre,with only a couple of great songs.
Wow. I dug Identify Yourself too. I'll admit So Full of Love was definitely better but i sure wouldn't call it mediocre. I think we already know Forever Mine was a home run. Other favorite cuts from that album are the jammin Get On Out and Party, So Nice(I've tried it twice), and I Want You Here With Me. The latter two used to get airplay in my area. The only thing i will say is the album's first single Sing a Happy Song was subpar. Other than that i thought it was a very good album. [Edited 5/13/10 11:04am] Don't laugh at my funk
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I read that So Full Of Love was produced intentionally without any political messages | |
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phunkdaddy said: SoulAlive said: 'So Full Of Love' is the last truly brilliant Ojays album.Their next album 'Identify Yourself' is surprisingly mediocre,with only a couple of great songs.
Wow. I dug Identify Yourself too. I'll admit So Full of Love was definitely better but i sure wouldn't call it mediocre. I think we already know Forever Mine was a home run. Other favorite cuts from that album are the jammin Get On Out and Party, So Nice(I've tried it twice), and I Want You Here With Me. The latter two used to get airplay in my area. The only thing i will say is the album's first single Sing a Happy Song was subpar. Other than that i thought it was a very good album. I have this twofer CD,featuring 'So Full Of Love' and 'Identify Yourself' 
Listening to these albums back to back,there's just something wrong about 'Identify Yourself'.The songs aren't terrible,they're just average.A few tracks are repetitive too.I like the two singles "Sing A Happy Song" and the soulful ballad "Forever Mine",but the other songs are sorta bland to me.'So Full Of Love' is filled with standout tracks.Every song on there could have been a single.'Identify Yourself' is less inspired. | |
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Cinnie said: I read that So Full Of Love was produced intentionally without any political messages
That's correct After years of doing "message songs",Gamble and Huff decided that the Ojays should try a different approach.The previous album 'Traveling At The Speed Of Thought' was only a minor hit so they knew that it was time to change course.The strategy worked.'So Full Of Love' was a huge success,with a classic hit single ("Use Ta Be My Girl") that became the Ojays biggest hit in years. | |
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SoulAlive said: Cinnie said: I read that So Full Of Love was produced intentionally without any political messages
That's correct After years of doing "message songs",Gamble and Huff decided that the Ojays should try a different approach.The previous album 'Traveling At The Speed Of Thought' was only a minor hit so they knew that it was time to change course.The strategy worked.'So Full Of Love' was a huge success,with a classic hit single ("Use Ta Be My Girl") that became the Ojays biggest hit in years.I remember the Travelin at the Speed of Thought album came on the heels of William Powell's death. I have my uncle's old copy of that album. I remember not really diggin it back in the day. The only song i can remember from that album outside the title track was Work On Me. Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: SoulAlive said: That's correct After years of doing "message songs",Gamble and Huff decided that the Ojays should try a different approach.The previous album 'Traveling At The Speed Of Thought' was only a minor hit so they knew that it was time to change course.The strategy worked.'So Full Of Love' was a huge success,with a classic hit single ("Use Ta Be My Girl") that became the Ojays biggest hit in years.I remember the Travelin at the Speed of Thought album came on the heels of William Powell's death. I have my uncle's old copy of that album. I remember not really diggin it back in the day. The only song i can remember from that album outside the title track was Work On Me. Out of all their 70s albums,it's the one album that seems like a mystery.Only one single was released ("Work On Me") and this album faded away very quickly.The guys were going through a transitional phase,with the death of William Powell.I like the album for the most part,but it's not nearly as strong as their other 70s albums.The best tune is "We're All In This Thing Together",which should have been a single. | |
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