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Thread started 03/23/15 12:16pm

bigboy784

What songs would you want on your 80s r&b mixtape

List as many songs as you want...just as long as it's 80s r&b (1980-89)

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Reply #1 posted 03/23/15 12:35pm

MickyDolenz

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Are you looking for hits or any song?

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #2 posted 03/23/15 12:37pm

bigboy784

MickyDolenz said:

Are you looking for hits or any song?

I'm looking for hits...80s hits that you love...but no slow songs.

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Reply #3 posted 03/23/15 12:50pm

namepeace

A few tracks that span from the last gasps of 70s sound to the rise of New Jack Swing . . .

"Stomp!" -- The Brothers Johnson

"Shake Your Pants" -- Cameo

"Love Come Down" -- Evelyn "Champagne" King

"Nasty Girl" -- Vanity 6

"Outstanding" -- The Gap Band

"The Pleasure Principle" -- Janet Jackson

"No Parking On The Dance Floor" -- Midnight Star

"Cutie Pie" -- One Way

"Nite & Day" -- Al B. Sure!

"Back To Life (Remix)" -- Soul II Soul

"Somebody Else's Guy" -- Jocelyn Brown

"Square Biz" -- Teena Marie

"Just The Way You Like It" -- The S.O.S. Band

"I'll Be Good" -- Rene and Angela

"What Cha Gonna Do For Me" -- Chaka Khan

"Automatic" -- The Pinter Sisters

"Never Too Much" -- Luther Vandross

"Oh Sheila" -- Ready For The World

"Do I Do" -- Stevie Wonder

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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #4 posted 03/23/15 1:08pm

Cinny

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Your 18 year old classmate would rather an 00's R&B mixtape as a throwback. wink

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Reply #5 posted 03/23/15 1:17pm

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Linx - "You're Lying"

Jerry Knight - "Overnight Sensation"

Kano - "I'm Ready/Holly Dolly"

Barkays - "Hit and Run"

Fatback Band- "Backstrokin"

Stone City Band -"Freaky"

Jody Watley - "Most of All"

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This is what you want...This is what you get.
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Reply #6 posted 03/23/15 2:18pm

MickyDolenz

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Zoom ~ Saturday, Saturday Night

Skyy ~ Skyyzoo

Captain Sky ~ Sir Jam A Lot

O'Jays ~ My Favorite Person

Tyrone Brunson ~ Sticky Situation

Chi-Lites ~ Hot On A Thing (Called Love)

Manhattans ~ Crazy

Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart

George Michael ~ Hard Day {Shep Pettibone Remix}

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 ~ Scorpio

RoyalCash ~ Radio Activity

Kraftwerk ~ Numbers

Secret Weapon ~ Must Be The Music

O'Bryan ~ Lovelite

Five Special ~ Jam

Tom Browne ~ Thighs High

Herbie Hancock ~ Magic Number

Jermaine Jackson ~ Burnin' Hot

Gap Band ~ I'm Ready

Midnight Star ~ Midas Touch

The Jets ~ Cross My Broken Heart

J. Geils Band ~ Flamethrower

The Reddings ~ Hand Dance

Brick ~ Push Push

Bar Kays ~ Sexomatic {12" Version}

Johnnie Taylor ~ Wall To Wall

Shalamar ~ Full Of Fire

Aurra ~ Are You Single

Johnny Kemp ~ Just Got Paid

Xavier ~ Work That Sucker To Death

DeBarge ~ Can't Stop

Margie Joseph ~ Knockout

A Taste Of Honey ~ Rescue Me

Junior ~ Too Late

Denroy Morgan ~ I'll Do Anything For You

Lakeside ~ Raid

Isley Brothers ~ Who Said?

Rafael Cameron ~ Boogie's Gonna Get Ya

War ~ Outlaw

The Temptations ~ Power

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #7 posted 03/23/15 6:05pm

Revolution

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Freakshow on the Dancefloor - The Bar-Kays

She's a Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton

Candy - Cameo

Let's Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams

I Like It - Dino

Da' Butt - E.U.

Let's Groove - Earth Wind & Fire

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Sexappeal - Georgio

Tina Cherry - Georgio

We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart

Can You Help Me - Jesse Johnson

Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley

Meeting In The Ladies Room - Klymaxx

Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang

Midas Touch - Midnight Star

Cutie Pie - One Way

Super Freak - Rick James

Computer Love - Roger & Zapp

More Bouce To The Ounce - Roger & Zapp

Heartbreaker - Roger & Zapp

Push It - Salt n Pepa

Take Your Time (Do It Right) - SOS Band

Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul

Object of my Desire - Starpoint

Midnight Special - The System

Lovergirl - Teena Marie

Rumors - Timex Social Club

Lovey Dovey - Tony Terry

Little Walter - Tony Toni Tone

The Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini

Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind.
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Reply #8 posted 03/24/15 3:22am

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Another few that haven't been mentioned yet:

Loose Ends - Hanging On a String

SOS Band - Just The Way You like It

The System - You Are In My System

Midnight Star - Operator

Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head

Prince - Erotic City

Alexander O'Neal - Fake / Critisize

Change - Change Of Heart

Yarborough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

Mai Tai - History

René & Angela - Save Your Love

RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #9 posted 03/24/15 6:35am

funkaholic1972

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Some other good ones:

Andre Cymone - The Dance Electric

The Time - C.O.O.L.

Thelma Houston - You Used To Hold Me So Tight

Cutty - Naughty Times

Glenn Jones - I Am Somebody

Dayton - The Sound Of Music

Pointer Sisters - Automatic

Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Shannon - Let The Music Play

Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

Imagination - Just An Illusion

RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #10 posted 03/24/15 7:23am

namepeace

funkaholic1972 said:

Another few that haven't been mentioned yet:

SOS Band - Just The Way You like It


Er . . . um . . . see Reply 6. smile

Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #11 posted 03/24/15 7:32am

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namepeace said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Another few that haven't been mentioned yet:

SOS Band - Just The Way You like It


Er . . . um . . . see Reply 6. smile

You got me! wink

RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #12 posted 03/24/15 9:01am

namepeace

funkaholic1972 said:

namepeace said:


Er . . . um . . . see Reply 6. smile

You got me! wink


But I didn't get a lot of the tracks you listed, good ones.

Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #13 posted 03/24/15 5:51pm

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How about some Kid Creole and The Coconuts?

Katie Kinisky: "So What Are The Latest Dances, Nell?"
Nell Carter: "Anything The Black Folks did Last Year"
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Reply #14 posted 03/28/15 1:58pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #15 posted 04/27/15 9:56am

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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