http://www.youtube.com/wa...B1D9wWxd2w

This was the shit back in the day. You never get tired of that chorus. If you are going to do hip/hop style soul music this is how you do it. The guy can't sing perse, but the song just bangs.

Yayyyyyyyyyy. You can't resist this one people!

He would've enjoyed a long career had it not been for the long stick thats far up his ass.

Oh yes yes yes yay yay yay.....I lvoe that song to this day.

Poor Mark....didn't he go to jail or something for having weapons?

WF

[Edited 9/16/10 13:20pm]

wf?

2freaky4church1 said:

wf?

I thought you were talking about the 70s movie The Mack.

[Edited 9/16/10 13:32pm]

Mark Morrison. Jailbird.

Yeah thats a tune right there. I always thought that it was inspired by this song...

Inspired though not ripped off in any way, just inspired.

Always thought MM looked like Grace Jones 2. lol.

Great song, but VERY MUCH inspired by this (some would say ripped off)

NAY

I have always HATED this song.

Militant said:

Great song, but VERY MUCH inspired by this (some would say ripped off)

Good call, definitely some influence in groove and themes there. He actually used a very similar sound on his album tracks and subsequent EPs. Got very samey in the end.

Anyway I vote yay, a classic of it's time. If you rip off a song and make it better in the process that can't be too bad.

I just found out on "Who Sampled Who" site that this is also incorporated into it. You can hear it at the 25second mark.

Funny how it was a big hit in America (UK's outlet of rnb, which is often like America's never usually makes in on the other side of the pond).

I seem to remember he was always abit of a laughing stock in the UK. Still it's a decent enough song.

I always thought this was a cool song,but I don't like Mark's voice His vocals are annoying.

He was regarded as a total prick here in the UK. It has to be a big NAY from me.

Not that wiki is 100% right all of the time but....

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...k_Morrison

Criminal record

In 1993, Morrison was fined £50 for obstructing a police officer, and in 1997 was fined £750 for threatening behaviour.^[1] Morrison continued to be accused of various crimes, and in 1997 he was convicted of attempting to bring a stun gun onto an aircraft travelling from Newcastle to Belfast.^[2] He was jailed for three months for this offence in early 1997, at about the same time that "Return of the Mack" began its climb to its #2 peak in the U.S.^[1] In 1998 he failed to appear in court on charges of possessing an offensive weapon, flying to Barbados instead; He was arrested on his return to the UK and remanded in custody.^[5][6] He was later cleared of the offensive weapon charge.^[7]

He was convicted of affray for his part in a brawl in which a man was killed, and sentenced to community service.^[1] Morrison later was incarcerated in Wormwood Scrubs for a year for paying a lookalike, to perform Morrison's court-appointed community service in Morrison's stead, while Morrison went on tour.^[3][1]While in prison, Morrison reportedly converted to Islam and attempted to change his name to Abdul Rahman.^[8] Also in 1998, Morrison was banned from driving for six months and fined £1,380 after twice being caught driving without a licence.^[9]

In 2002, Morrison was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and car theft.^[10] He was released on bail but a policemen was later arrested on suspicion of taking a bribe from Morrison in return for his release.^[10] Morrison failed to appear in court to face the charges and a warrant was issued for his arrest.^[10]

In 2004 he was arrested and spent a night in police cells after a fracas that started when his medallion was stolen.^[11]

In 2009, Morrison was arrested for an assault in London.^[12]

Return to music

Morrison appeared on the 1999 Brit Awards where he presented an award and introduced Josh Klemme and announced his return to music. He was signed to footballer Kevin Campbell's 2 Wikid label in 2003. His first release for the label, the "Just a Man"/"Backstabbers" single was a minor UK hit, reaching #48 in the UK Singles Chart in August 2004.^[13]. In May 2006, Morrison released a limited edition DVD/CD version of his comeback album Innocent Man in the UK, independently through his own imprint Mack Life Records/Mona Records. He also featured on Cassidy's song "Innocent Man (Misunderstood)" from his B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story album. The track sampled Morrison's lyrics from his song, "Innocent Man". In 2008, he stated that he would never return to his home town of Leicester because the city had shown him "nothing but contempt", also calling himself "The Beatles of that city".^[14] In 2008, Morrison announced the release of a 'best of' compilation, King of British R&B: The Best Of.. Mark Morrison, although it remains unreleased.^[15]

In 2010 a new album was announced, I Am What I Am, to be preceded by a single, "B'Day" in 2011.^[16]. Miami based future-dance music producer Trendsetter (producer), premiered a pop remix of the single B'Day. ^[17]

Yay for me, I used to love this song, and still do. Yes, his vocals are annoying, but they just work on this song.

Yay!

I've always loved this song

BIG BIG YAY!

Yay! This always make me fall out

SONNNNNNNG