Cool addition to the board

[K-Bee]

Hey...About time we had a black music part of i80s.
I'm honored to be able to be the first poster. I have nothing to say yet...but things will come in due time:D just give me a few minutes to think about a cool thread.

[timster]

i80s fans of Rap and RnB ...LETS REPRESENT! Post away any of your thoughts, fave songs, fave artists, etc.

My favorite Rap/RnB artists back-in-da-day were: New Edition, Freddie Jackson, Midnight Starr, Atlantic Starr, Earth Wind Fire, Debarge, Prince, Time, Ready For The World, Jeffrey Osborne, Michael Jackson (the 80s dude, not the present), Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Full Force, Lisa Lisa Cult Jam, the Jets.....blah, blah, blah...I could go on forever!

[jentopia]

*is a fan of all of the above* :)

[suzanne]

1. LL Cool J

2. Run DMC

3.(Old days) Michael Jackson

4. Anita Baker

5. Sade

6. Keith Sweat

7. Boys to Men

8.(they are not 80s but I like then) C&C Music Factory

9. Whitney Houston

10. Janet Jackson

[Prefab Sprouter]

1. "The God" Prince

2. Janet Jackson

3. Earth Wind and Fire

4. Anita Baker

5. Roy Ayers

6. Gil Scott - Heron

7. Shalamar

8. Imagination

9. Kid Creole and the Coconuts

10. Alexander O'Neal

11. The Time

12. Shakatak

13. The Jets


Yeah me likes, me likes, ME LIKES!!!! :clap:

[TeachX3]

Prince, 80s Michael Jackson, Sade, Freddie Jackson, Midnight Starr, Anita Baker, Debarge, Earth Wind Fire, The Time, Atlantic Starr, Lisa Lisa Cult Jam, Shalamar, The Jets, Run DMC... if it was funky, I liked it! Back in the day, I enjoyed most all of, what is now called, old skool rap, I loved dance (club) music and I was totally into breakdance and hip hop. Actually, both then and now, I like almost all types of music except Country... ;)

[whistledog]

Imagination is still one of my favourites. 'Just An Illusion' is a classic! :thumbsup3

[K-Bee]

Imagination did some huge tracks indeed. Also, they were probably one of the few UK based r&b bands actually making it in the US.
My fav is the little known house mix of their 1987 song "Instinctual".