I had been searching for this song for years and had no damn idea Mtume been around

since 1978 more or less being the artist who sung this song. For the longest time I thought Juicy Fruit was their debut. I posted a thread a couple years ago trying to track this song down. I used to dig this song when I was in middle school.

I am not a big fan of the Kiss This World Goodbye album. I only remember really liking "The Closer I Get to You" and "Love Lock". Now the follow-up to it, Rainbow Seekers, is much funkier and my favorite by Mtume. I love "Give It On Up", "She's a Rainbow Dancer", "So You Wanna Be a Star" and "Spirit of the Dance".

Not many people know that Mtume also did an album with Sly Stone in 1988. Let's hope that gets released one day. I have heard some pieces from the sessions and it sounds promising.

I never heard any of their early stuff...until now.

Breakfast Club interview (December 12, 2017)

InTime said:

I am not a big fan of the Kiss This World Goodbye album. I only remember really liking "The Closer I Get to You" and "Love Lock". Now the follow-up to it, Rainbow Seekers, is much funkier and my favorite by Mtume. I love "Give It On Up", "She's a Rainbow Dancer", "So You Wanna Be a Star" and "Spirit of the Dance".

Not many people know that Mtume also did an album with Sly Stone in 1988. Let's hope that gets released one day. I have heard some pieces from the sessions and it sounds promising.

I have to check that album out. No love for Just Funnin?

All the time I was trying to track this song down I was searching George Duke.

The song gives me a Bootsy vibe too but I was well aware of Bootsy's first 3 albums

and I knew it wasn't Bootsy.

phunkdaddy said:

InTime said:

I am not a big fan of the Kiss This World Goodbye album. I only remember really liking "The Closer I Get to You" and "Love Lock". Now the follow-up to it, Rainbow Seekers, is much funkier and my favorite by Mtume. I love "Give It On Up", "She's a Rainbow Dancer", "So You Wanna Be a Star" and "Spirit of the Dance".

Not many people know that Mtume also did an album with Sly Stone in 1988. Let's hope that gets released one day. I have heard some pieces from the sessions and it sounds promising.

I have to check that album out. No love for Just Funnin?

All the time I was trying to track this song down I was searching George Duke.

The song gives me a Bootsy vibe too but I was well aware of Bootsy's first 3 albums

and I knew it wasn't Bootsy.

It's funky, but it sounds a bit too much like a poorer P-Funk imo.

Have you heard their version of Bootsy's "I'd Rather Be with You"?

the lead singer Tawatha Agee is out there performing again (as a solo act).She will be appearing at several of these 'Love Affair' R&B shows....