DJ Brina Payne

Power 105 played Can’t Knock The Hustle last night and although, I have this song on vinyl, CD and MP3, hearing it on the radio sounded so nostagically good.   Then I realized that Reasonable Doubt turns 25 this Saturday.   Let’s take a look at Jay-Z when he was a regular rapper with a ridiculous flow, pre Blueprint(s), Basketball and Beyonce.

Of all their hits, I chose this song because it’s my favorite….Oooh, on the TLC tip… R.I.P Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes

ABC consists of Romell “RoRo” Chapman, Chris Sellers, David Shelton and brothers[5] Demetrius and Marliss (“Red” and “Mark”, respectively) Pugh, as well as “unofficial” member Adrian “G.A.” (General Austin) Witcher.[3] They were discovered by Michael Bivins. ABC’s debut album Coolin’ at the Playground Ya Know! was released on February 11, 1991.[6] The album’s two biggest singles were the first and second singles: “Iesha” and “Playground”, respectively, which reached the top ten on both the R&B and pop charts (the latter was also the group’s only showing so far on the Dance chart).[7] A cover of New Edition’s song “Jealous Girl” followed, as well as the singles “Spydermann” and “My World”.[8] The album reached #7 on the Billboard 200[9] and eventually went platinum.[5]

During this time, Mark and Dave appeared among other children (including Macaulay Culkin) in a scene from Michael Jackson’s video for “Black or White”.[10] Also during this time, all the members of ABC [11] made their only movie appearance to date, as characters in The Meteor Man (which also featured appearances from various other musicians).[12] They all dyed their hair blonde for the movie,[13] a style they also showcased in the video for the East Coast Family’s only collective song,[14] “1-4-All-4-1”.

ABC’s second album It Ain’t What U Wear, It’s How U Play It was released on September 21, 1993.[15] Neither the album nor any of its singles charted on any Billboard chart.[9] Shortly after, they broke up.

16 years later and this song still moves the crowd…but where are they now?

The Saga Continues…Wu-Tang! Wu-Tang!

I miss Pimp C….and Outkast

I miss Digital Underground #KissMeAndIKissYouBack

This is one of my FAVORITE Jodeci joints…It feels soo good!

One of my favorite Usher songs ever!

I heard this the other day and almost broke into tears…I miss my Chicago friends