loooove them! Because of You is my jam

From my high school years, memories. From 87 to 94, if you wanted to you could have overinduleged on the amount of Girl groups that came and went in that era from the aforementioned, Expose, En Vouge to TLC and so on. It's a lie to say women didn't have the support or coverage at the time, they were damn near everywhere.

Here's a performance from August 2012

MickyDolenz said:

Here's a performance from August 2012

its interesting to see that version now back on tour, Evelyn had taken over the lead singing when Angel left and that group had been touring for quite awhile with Evelyn as the lead, as far as i had heard Caroline and Margo did not want to get back into the business again. But its cool to see them, always loved them, people forget that, they were the only act to launch 5 singles into the Top 100 and be on an indie label, and FEVER was really indie, not just a small side label for a major one, FEVER was/is financed all on its own. Thats why that "Because of You" video looked cheap as they say, it was because they had to shoot it after hours, when no one rented it, and couldnt even have extras in the club for cost purposes.

lastdecember said:

its interesting to see that version now back on tour, Evelyn had taken over the lead singing when Angel left and that group had been touring for quite awhile with Evelyn as the lead, as far as i had heard Caroline and Margo did not want to get back into the business again. But its cool to see them, always loved them, people forget that, they were the only act to launch 5 singles into the Top 100 and be on an indie label, and FEVER was really indie, not just a small side label for a major one, FEVER was/is financed all on its own. Thats why that "Because of You" video looked cheap as they say, it was because they had to shoot it after hours, when no one rented it, and couldnt even have extras in the club for cost purposes.

I wonder what happened to Sunshine Wright though. She was in the group before Margo and is on the debut album and the Show Me and Spring Love music videos. Margo was in the videos for the other singles released from the first album.

MickyDolenz said:

lastdecember said:

its interesting to see that version now back on tour, Evelyn had taken over the lead singing when Angel left and that group had been touring for quite awhile with Evelyn as the lead, as far as i had heard Caroline and Margo did not want to get back into the business again. But its cool to see them, always loved them, people forget that, they were the only act to launch 5 singles into the Top 100 and be on an indie label, and FEVER was really indie, not just a small side label for a major one, FEVER was/is financed all on its own. Thats why that "Because of You" video looked cheap as they say, it was because they had to shoot it after hours, when no one rented it, and couldnt even have extras in the club for cost purposes.

I wonder what happened to Sunshine Wright though. She was in the group before Margo and is on the debut album and the Show Me and Spring Love music videos. Margo was in the videos for the other singles released from the first album.

Yeah I had heard that they just didnt feel that she fit, and there were some conflicts within the group from her with some others at the label at the time. The thing that killed groups like CG's and Expose and even Lisa Lisa was the Hip Hop influence crossing into freestyle. that really destroyed Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, because all of a sudden the guys were rapping on cuts. The Cover Girls and Expose more Expose, got pulled into the crossover arena quickly, though the CG's had 2 Top 10's they pretty much stayed club all the way, Expose were more mainstream, even though that was not the intention when the "Exposure" album was recorded with different members.But good to see them back too, just released some new songs.

lastdecember said:

Yeah I had heard that they just didnt feel that she fit, and there were some conflicts within the group from her with some others at the label at the time. The thing that killed groups like CG's and Expose and even Lisa Lisa was the Hip Hop influence crossing into freestyle. that really destroyed Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, because all of a sudden the guys were rapping on cuts. The Cover Girls and Expose more Expose, got pulled into the crossover arena quickly, though the CG's had 2 Top 10's they pretty much stayed club all the way, Expose were more mainstream, even though that was not the intention when the "Exposure" album was recorded with different members. But good to see them back too, just released some new songs.

Wasn't freestyle about hip hop in the first place? It was used for breakin' and was a mixture of hip hop flavored beats mixed with latino dance music and a little R&B. Hip hop wasn't just rapping, it's the whole culture of breakdancing, tagging, slang, and fashion. With Expose', Clive Davis toned down the dance music of the first album and had them recording straight pop songs. It wasn't necessarily the group members idea.

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MickyDolenz said:

lastdecember said:

Yeah I had heard that they just didnt feel that she fit, and there were some conflicts within the group from her with some others at the label at the time. The thing that killed groups like CG's and Expose and even Lisa Lisa was the Hip Hop influence crossing into freestyle. that really destroyed Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, because all of a sudden the guys were rapping on cuts. The Cover Girls and Expose more Expose, got pulled into the crossover arena quickly, though the CG's had 2 Top 10's they pretty much stayed club all the way, Expose were more mainstream, even though that was not the intention when the "Exposure" album was recorded with different members. But good to see them back too, just released some new songs.

Wasn't freestyle about hip hop in the first place? It was used for breakin' and was a mixture of hip hop flavored beats mixed with latino dance music and a little R&B. Hip hop wasn't just rapping, it's the whole culture of breakdancing, tagging, slang, and fashion. With Expose', Clive Davis toned down the dance music of the first album and had them recording straight pop songs. It wasn't necessarily the group members idea.

[Edited 9/8/12 17:18pm]

Rap was infused into dance music that groups like Lisa Lisa were doing, then also the whole "Milli Vanilli" thing and C&C thing backfired on everyone in dance music at the time . Expose i think caught a wave, and as they got to the second album they were a hit machine at a time where there were ALOT of HIt making machines coming out, i mean the later 80's saw alot of artists coming out having 7-8 straight top 10's, i mean Richard Marx is still the only artist ever to hit the top 5 with his first 7 singles, no one has beatent that yet. So i think the focus was to keep Expose more mainstream, and when the second album was released, they were also feeling the Gloria Estefan wave too, as we all know at that time she was the hottest thing going,so i think with Jeanette Jurado as the main lead in Expose though they all do leads, and them having a number one hit (seasons change) they were becoming a hit machine without knowing it.

As for control Expose had no control, not even the name, till a few years back where they went to court and legally own that name now, cause when they returned to touring they were hit with lawsuits that legally they couldnt perform with that name because it was their producers property, but they won out, one of the few to win over a label

lastdecember said:

Rap was infused into dance music that groups like Lisa Lisa were doing, then also the whole "Milli Vanilli" thing and C&C thing backfired on everyone in dance music at the time . Expose i think caught a wave, and as they got to the second album they were a hit machine at a time where there were ALOT of HIt making machines coming out, i mean the later 80's saw alot of artists coming out having 7-8 straight top 10's, i mean Richard Marx is still the only artist ever to hit the top 5 with his first 7 singles, no one has beatent that yet. So i think the focus was to keep Expose more mainstream, and when the second album was released, they were also feeling the Gloria Estefan wave too, as we all know at that time she was the hottest thing going,so i think with Jeanette Jurado as the main lead in Expose though they all do leads, and them having a number one hit (seasons change) they were becoming a hit machine without knowing it.

As for control Expose had no control, not even the name, till a few years back where they went to court and legally own that name now, cause when they returned to touring they were hit with lawsuits that legally they couldnt perform with that name because it was their producers property, but they won out, one of the few to win over a label

Freestyle was a regional thing, mostly popular in certain areas in the US. Most of the acts were on very small labels that didn't have the reach of being on a major. A lot of people are not aware Latin freestyle exists. Some think that "freestyle" only refers to making up a rap on the spot.

My friend and I were talking about Freestyle music from back in the day and how it seemed to die down by the mid 90s. She considered 'Reggaeton' another form of Latin freestyle, but it does have a primarily latin audience only.

Nice to see pics of the Cover Girls Angel was my favorite of the group.

1sotrue said:

My friend and I were talking about Freestyle music from back in the day and how it seemed to die down by the mid 90s. She considered 'Reggaeton' another form of Latin freestyle, but it does have a primarily latin audience only.

Nice to see pics of the Cover Girls Angel was my favorite of the group.

I don't like reggaeton. It all sounds like the same song with different people on top of it. I can't see how it's related to freestyle. Also, freestyle had singing, reggaeton is more like dancehall or rap vocals.

I really like what they did with "Wishing On A Star".That song has covered by many people,but I like their remake the best.

MickyDolenz said:

if this show had come to my city,I would have gone to it Dino?? Stacey Q.?? What a blast from the past!

MickyDolenz said:

1sotrue said:

My friend and I were talking about Freestyle music from back in the day and how it seemed to die down by the mid 90s. She considered 'Reggaeton' another form of Latin freestyle, but it does have a primarily latin audience only.

Nice to see pics of the Cover Girls Angel was my favorite of the group.

I don't like reggaeton. It all sounds like the same song with different people on top of it. I can't see how it's related to freestyle. Also, freestyle had singing, reggaeton is more like dancehall or rap vocals.

I agree,reggaeton sucks.I could never get into it.Every song has the same beat!