Debbie Deb - She's Back! Label: Pandisc - PDD-8864, Pandisc - PD-8864 Format: CD, Album Country: USA Released: 1995 Genre: Electronic Style: Freestyle, Electro Tracklist 01. (There's A) Party Goin' On (Old Skool Mix) 02. When I Hear Music 03. If It's Not One Thing...It's Another 04. I Wanna Dance 05. Funky Little Beat 06. What About This Heart? 07. Lookout Weekend 08. I Wanna Work It Out 09. Someday Ft Count To Twenty 10. Now That You're Gone 11. All Night Long 12. (There's A) Party Goin' On (Moretta's Club Mix)
Amos Larkins II Presents Miami Electro Bass Classics Label: Empire Musicwerks - 545 450 747-2 Format: 2 × CD Country: USA Released: 2005 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop Style: Electro, Hip Hop CD1 (The Classics Beats)
Amos Larkins II on Miami Bass, "Ghetto Jump," and Who Left Luke's Name Off the Sunnyview Label
Amos Larkins II in the Sunnyview Records studio.
Amos Larkins II invented Miami Bass production.
As an in-house artist/producer/engineer for Henry Stone and Morris Levy's Sunnyview Records label, he came up with regional and international hits on a signature style of party rap with sustained 808 kicks that dropped like no others. They became the prototype for a distinct style of music that still reverberates today.
Working under a litany of aliases, he produced hits and underground gems alike. And in the case of "Ghetto Jump," he set in motion a chain of events that led to the foundation of Uncle Luke's empire. Here's what Amos Larkins has to say about all this in his own words.
Amos says, "I produced, wrote, engineered, and did the beats and music to some real Miami Bass classics like 'Ghetto Jump.'
"Uncle Luke, who was called Luke Skyywalker back in the day, suggested that I produce a track on this and came up with the concept; and Joe Stone claims I didn't give Uncle Luke his credit.
That's not how that went down. I mean I love Joe, but Joe Stone is coming out of left field with that silly, make-believe dream shit that he's making up in his little dream world head to twist up history. And he's trying to save face and make his self-look like he played some big important pioneering part in that era (and that in itself is total bullshit) because it was the other way around.
"And I'm gonna straighten this shit out once and for all and tell how the shit really went down. But before I do that, I have to briefly explain to you how we used to hustle records back in the day to paint a picture and to put you right there with us.
"You see back in the day (1984 -1986) I was Henry Stone's hit man for Sunnyview Records. That was his big label. He also had a bunch of small labels to release and regionally distribute records for the purpose of testing the reaction before releasing them on the big label, Sunnyview. Some of the small labels were On Records, Nezz Records, and Prime Choice, to name a few.
"Anyways, back in those days, I was allowed to produce and release five records a week. I was so hot back then that if I released five records in a week, at least three of them would be local and regional hits. So once a week, I would go to Luke when he and the Ghetto Style DJs would be performing in dance halls and skating rinks up in Liberty City and Carol City places like the Pac Jam and Studio 183 and Super Star Roller Tech.
"Luke had and still has platinum ears, meaning he could pick a hit like it wasn't shit. I mean, Luke knew his market, he knew what they liked, and what they didn't like and that muthafucka was never wrong, he could pick 'em, man.
"I would show up either when the show was just starting up or when they were setting up the sound check. I would always bring all five of my productions for the week with me in hand and would ask Luke to take a listen to them all. Luke would put them on the turntable right then and start evaluating them right there and give me a yea or a nay.
"One time I took him a record and he said to me, 'What the fuck you doin' with them toms man? Them toms is fuckin up the beat man, nobody can't dance to that shit. Take them toms out.' Hahaha, but 90% of the time Luke was feeling my shit. That's how Luke was. He was straight up like that, and I valued his friendship more than any red-headed stepchild would ever come close to doing."
Amos Larkins II cleaning the tape machine's transporter at Sunnyview Records studio
"So one night I was at the Super Star Roller Tech skating rink and I saw these people doing this crazy ass dance. It would always start off with two or four people doing it, and then before the end of the song, the whole crowd of four or 500 kids would be jumping up in the air and shit all at the same time. That shit looked like an African war dance or some mating ritual shit. It was fuckin crazy.
"So I asked the DJ, 'What the fuck is that?' And they told me that the dance was called the Ghetto Jump.
"That same night, I went over to the Pac Jam where Luke was playin', and the people were doing the same dance.
"So I asked Luke, 'What the fuck is that?' and Luke said, 'That's the Ghetto Jump, and you should do a record on it.' He said to me, 'If you do a record on that dance, it's gon' blow up.'
"Well hell, you ain't gotta beat me over the head with a pogo stick. So I went straight to the studio immediately. It musta been something like 1 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I'd been working on the song 'Rock the Planet.' I took that one off the tape machine and put up a fresh clean empty tape to cut the track "Ghetto Jump" that night. And I did the vocals that Sunday afternoon.
"I let Luke hear it Sunday night. He said it was a hit and that's when I got everything ready for the following Wednesday's release. I had a lot of different aliases at the time, so that radio wouldn't know it was the same person making all these hits or they wouldn't play them. So I originally produced 'Ghetto Jump' under the name T. Green.
"Ghetto Jump" original release on Nezz label with "created by the wild and crazy Luke Skyywalker" credit.
"OK, now listen good kiddies, cause this is where the shit gets flaky. Let me tell you something, I made sure Luke got his credits on 'Ghetto Jump' when it was on the small label called Nezz. And I even called Luke up on the phone and told him I was going to give him special credits to thank him for his help, and I read to him what I was saying. Luke was cool with that. I even gave Luke one out of the first 25 copies that was pressed and the credits read exactly like this: 'created by the wild and crazy Luke Skyywalker.' Luke was cool with that and everything in life at the time was in perfect harmony.
"This is where the problem came in. The record sold like 4,000 copies two days from the time of its release, so Henry put it on the Sunnyview label and Freddie Stonewall and Henry Stone took out Luke's credit saying it was unnecessary.
"Luke called me and ask me why in the fuck isn't his name on the record for the Sunnyview label? And I told him why and gave him the number to call Henry.
"So get it straight. It wasn't on me. It was on Henry and Freddy. Freddy was Henry's boy, and not only did I have no control over what Freddy and Henry did, I didn't even know it was done until I saw the fuckin' Sunnyview label myself.
"It pissed off Luke so bad that Luke said 'Fuck it. I'll put my own records out!' Thus the beginning of Luke Skyywalker records.
"Make no mistake about it, my brother. Luke made Miami bass a household name, and he is the undisputed king. But I'm the one who got it off the ground, and I'm the one who did it first."
Amos Larkins II Presents Miami Electro Bass Rarities Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop Style: Electro, Hip Hop Country: USA Year: 2009 Tracklist 01. Miami Squad - Vice Vice Vice 02. Mighty Rock Ft The Super Bowls - Dolphin's Rap 03. Cynthia Roundtree Ft Starquest - Stop Searching For Love 04. The Potato Chips - Roxanne's Real Fat 05. Double Dose - We Got The Beat 06. Mighty Rock - Life's A Struggle 07. Import #1 - Set It Off (Party Rock) 08. Krush 2 - Ghetto Jump 09. Double Duce - School Breakdown 10. Bass Dominators - Go Head, Go Head (Yo! Yo!) 11. MCB - It's Your Scratch (Do What You Wanna Do) 12. Tough MC's - We Love You 13. Jennette - You Turn Me On (12" Version) 14. Connie - Funky Little Beat (Acapella)
Tracklist 01-Dire Straits -Your Latest Trick (Freestyle World Mix) 02-Phill Collins - Another Day In Paradise (Miami Bass 7'' Version) 03-Mariah Carey -Without You (Freestylle Mix) 04-Spanish Fly - Stand By My (Freestyle Mix) 05-Summer Jam - I Just Called to Say I Love You (Freestyle Version) 06-R.e.m -Losing My Religion (This Is Funk Mix) 07-Evanessence - My Immortal (Hurricane Mix) 08-Lara Fabian - I Will Love Again (Electro Funk Mix) 09-The Tempation - My Girl Reload Mix) 10-Tony Braxton - Spanish Guitar (Freestyle Mix) 11-Simply Red - Aint that lot Of Love (Small Freestyle Mix) 12-The Corrs - Dreams (Freestyle Mix) 13-The Beatles - Let It Be (Booty Bass Version) 14-Abdulah - Your Love (Extended Mix) 15-Apollo - Tes Mon To agapo (Freestyle Mix) 16-Link Parkin - In The End (Funk Mix) 17-U2 - Vertigo (Funk Mix)
Ultimate Freestyle Dance Remixes Label: Micmac / The Orchard Artist: V.A. Genre: Electronic Style: Dance, House Release: 2011 Tracklist 01. More - You'll Never Find Another Love (Dance Remix) 02. Cynthia - Change On Me (Dance Remix) 03. Cynthia - Endless Night (Dance Remix) 04. Cynthia - Love Me Tonight (Dance Remix) 05. Dominica - Gotta Let You Go (Dance Remix) 06. Exo - Why Did You Do It (Dance Remix) 07. Face - I'm Forever Yours (Dance Remix) 08. Johnny O - Fantasy Girl (Dance Remix) 09. Johnny O - Memories (Dance Remix) 10. Judy Torres - Holding On (Dance Remix) 11. Maribell - Don't Make Me Promises (Dance Remix) 12. Nyasia - Now And Forever (Dance Remix) 13. Rios Sisters - Hold Me (Dance Remix) 14. Soave - Crying Over You (Dance Remix) 15. Solid - Loving You (Dance Remix) 16. Tiana - First True Love (Dance Remix) 17. Tonasia - Wondering (Dance Remix) 18. 2 Without Hats - Believe It Or Not (Dance Remix) 19. 2 Without Hats - The Breeze (Dance Remix) 20. 2 Without Hats - Try Yazz (Dance Remix)
Um pouco da história e um "CD exclusivo"- "All The Best Of S.O.S. Band" para você baixar.
Tracklist 01. The Finest 02. Just Be Good To Me 03. Just The Way You Like It 04. High Hopes 05. No One's Gonna Love You 06. Sands Of Time 07. Take Your Time (Do It Right) 08. Don't Stop The Music 09. I Wanna Be The One 10. I Only Want You 11. I'm Still Missing Your Love 12. Do I Now 13. Break Up 14. Looking For You 15. Reprise 16. Secret Wish 17. Tell Me If You Still Care 18. Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit 19. For Your Love 20. Do You Love Me 21. No One's Gonna Love You (Long Version) (Bonus) 22. Can't Get Enough 23. No Lies 24. Sometimes I Wonder 25. There Is No Limit 26. Borrowed Love 27.Weekend Girl 28. Do You Still Want To 29. Even When You Sleep 30. The Finest (Dj S Bootleg Extended Dance Re-Mix) 31. Just Be Good To Me (12'' Mix) 32. Just The Way You Like It (DJ Funkouse Edit) 33. High Hopes (The Papers Dub) 34. No One's Gonna Love You (Breixo Edit) 35. Sands Of Time (Northern Rascal Poundshop Hourglass Edit 2011) 36. Take Your Time (Disco Tech Rework) 37. Who Do You Tell 38. You 39. What's Wrong With Our Love Affair 40. Groovin (Thats What Were Doin) (12'' Extended Version)
A banda foi fundada em Atlanta, Geórgia, em 1977. Os membros originais do grupo incluÃam Willie "Sonny" Killebrew (saxofone), Billy Ellis (flauta), Jason "T.C." Bryant (teclados), Bruno Speight (guitarra), John Simpson (baixo), James Earl Jones III (bateria) e Mary Davis (vocais e teclaods). Foi originalmente batizada de Santa Monica, mas logo mudou seu nome para The S.O.S. Band - um acrônimo para Sounds Of Success. Após escutar sua demo e ficar impressionado com o som do grupo, o fundador da Tabu Records, Clarence Avant assinou o primeiro contrato do grupo.
Em 1980, o grupo lançou seu primeiro single, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", que foi certificado platina e vendeu mais de 2 milhões de cópias. Seu álbum de estreia, S.O.S. foi certificado ouro e vendeu mais de 800.000 cópias. O trompetista, vocalista e percussionista Abdul Ra'oof se juntou ao grupo enquanto estavam em turnê mundial.
A principal vocalista, Mary Davis, deixou o grupo em 1987 para tentar carreira solo e foi substituÃda por Chandra Currelley, à partir do álbum de 1989, Diamonds In The Raw. Gravaram outros álbuns com Currelley 1991, One Of Many Nights, com participação em 3 canções do, então desconhecido, rapper Kurupt. Em 1995, o guitarrista Bruno Speight foi um dos músicos a participar da versão cover do grupo Xscape da canção "Who Can I Run To", originalmente gravada em 1979 pela The Jones Girls.
Mais recentemente, Currelley tem estado ativa como atriz e vocalista nas peças e filmes de Tyler Perry. Quando a carreira de Mary Davis não foi tão bem sucedida como ela esperava, ela voltou a se reunir com a banda em 1994. Desde então, Davis se separou dos membros remanescentes do The S.O.S. Band, com Davis e Speight fazendo turnês usando o nome da banda.
Em 2013, todo o catálogo do The S.O.S. Band lançado pela Tabu Records foi relançado, pois o selo licenciou sua marca para o selo britânico Demon Music Group.
Beats International - Let Them Eat Bingo Label: London Records - 842 196-1, Go! Beat - 842 196-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Europe Released: 1990 Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Reggae Style: Acid House, Dub, Latin Jazz Tracklist Side A A1. Burundi Blues A2. Dub Be Good To Me A3. Before I Grow To Old A4. Ragged Trousered Percussionist A5. For Spacious Lies A6. Blame It On The Bassline Side B B1. Won't Talk About It B2. Dance To The Drummer's Beat B3. Babies Makin' Babies (Stoop Rap) B4. The Whole World's Down On Me B5. Tribute To King Tubby
SOS Band - The Very Best Of Label: Arcade - 01 4530 61 Format: CD, Compilation Country: Netherlands Released: 1990 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Funk / Soul Style: RnB/Swing, Electro, Disco Tracklist 1. Just Be Good To Me 2. Borrowed Love 3. Take Your Time (Do It Right) 4. No Lies 5. I'm Still Missing Your Love 6. Even When You Sleep 7. Just The Way You Like It 8. Weekend Girl 9. Tell Me If You Still Care 10. Sands Of Time 11. No One's Gonna Love You 12. Do You Still Want To 13. Just Be Good To Me (Vocal Remix) 14. The Finest
Tracklist 01. Stivie B - Spring love 02. Shantell & Dwayne - Ring My Phone 03. Shavonne - So Tell Me Tell Me 04. Hassan - Pump Up The Party 05. Lite 'N' Def - Money Beats 06. Freestyle - Don't Stop The Rock 07. Olga - They're Playing Our Song 08. Miami Boys - Forever Stand By Me 09. Gucci Crew II - Truz 'N' Vogues 10. Connie - Funky Little Beat 11. DJ Battery Brain - 808 Volt Mix 12. Morroco Mor - Task
01. Chicago Gangster - Feel Like Making Love 02. COD - In The Bottle 03. Double Vision - Clock On The Wal 04. Lil' Jazzy Jay Ft Cool Supreme - B Boys Style 05. Timex Social Club - Rumors 06. Eddie Ski White - Baby Be Mine 07. The Megatrons - Rock The Planet 08. Dimples Tee - Jealous Fella's 09. Tony Lorenzo - Destiny 10. The Mistress Ft DJ Madame E - I Got Your Wild Thang 11. Stivie B - Party Your Body 12. Jazzi & Neat - Ouch Me Baby 13. Rodney O Ft Joe Cooley - Cooley High 14. MC Shy D - Yes Yes Y'all 15. Remy - Another Lover 16. Salt N' Pepa - Push It
