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On this episode we're talking about Mr. Big Stuff, The Heavster, The Overweight Lover, out of Moneyearnin' Mount Vernon, the diddly, diddly, diddly, diddly, diddly D. One of a small number of people who have done a song with both Michael and Janet Jackson. The man who is pretty much responsible for kicking off Uptown Records, since he was the first act signed to the label, and as an executive at Uptown he's was instrumental in bringing Jodeci, Monifah, Soul For Real and others to the company.Along with DJ Eddie F, Trouble T-Roy and G-Wiz aka The Boyz, he brought us hit after hit. He could do new jack swing, boom bap, reggae, pop...he could do it all. There have been very few hip hop artists who could seamlessly maneuver through so many styles and genres at such a high level, all while never compromising his authenticity. Since his untimely passing in 2011, he's been sorely missed, and that's why we're talking about none other than Heavy D.If you enjoy the content that we're making and you're looking for ways to support our independent podcast, here's a little something that you can do:Please leave us a 5 star rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser or Goodpods.You can also drop a few coins in our tip jar here: https://ko-fi.com/troypodcast if you're feeling generous.If it's merch that you're looking for, check out our store, Nuthin' But A Tee Thang, at teethang.comSpreading the word about the show to your friends and family helps too.Sign up for our monthly newsletter, Liner Notes.However you choose to support, know that it is greatly appreciated as always.
The Radio Boys (C.Truth, Kev Lawrence) caught up with Grammy Winning Producer, Recording Artist and DJ Eddie F (@djeddief). Eddie spoke on helping launch La Face records, setting up supergroup TLC to gain momentum, discovering R&B artist Donell Jones, becoming an A&R for La Reid, working with new talent, Heavy D, The Collins Brothers, seeing early hip hop at Brush Park, famous folks from Mount Vernon, his new album and more. For additional content go to: www.thermalsoundwaves.com Tweet: @thermalsoundwav Instagram: @thermalsoundwaves Facebook: @thermalsoundwaves --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thermalsoundwaves/support
On this Motivational Monday, Jazzy G and Cheryl Starr talk to one of the original makers of the New Jack Swing era. Eddie F of Legendary rap group Heavy D & The Boyz and CEO & producer of Untouchable Entertainment. On Power Me Up Radio Talk 24/7 on iHeart radio. Contact us at: info@morningcoffee.chat --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/guy-rainey/message
On this Motivational Monday, Jazzy G and Cheryl Starr talk to one of the original makers of the New Jack Swing era. Eddie F of Legendary rap group Heavy D & The Boyz and CEO & producer of Untouchable Entertainment. On Power Me Up Radio Talk 24/7 on iHeart radio. Contact us at: info@morningcoffee.chat --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/guy-rainey/message
This week on the 'MOC Mix Party' with Metro Beatz, you'll hear music from DJ Eddie F, Heavy, Omarion, Dinner Party, Ne-Yo, Major Lazer and more..Listen live every Friday afternoon at 2pm on mocradio.com
We recently had a chance to catch up with the legendary Donell Jones on Instagram Live for an interview. The conversation started around his huge collaborative single with Jon B. last year on “Understand”. The song ended up being #1 on our list of the Top 100 R&B Songs of 2019. Donell then talked about the new music he had been working on as a follow up to his 2013 album “Forever”. We then took it back to his origins in the music industry, and he talked about his songwriting for other artists like Usher and 702. He then shared the story of how he originally got signed to LaFace after linking up with DJ Eddie F and The Untouchables. The discussion then turned to reflections of each of the albums Donell Jones has released over the years, from the debut “My Heart”, to “Where I Wanna Be”, to “Life Goes On”, to “Journey of a Gemini”, to “Lyrics”, to “Forever”. We ended our discussion by talking about how his music has been sampled quite a bit in recent years and some of the younger generation has been showing him respect. Check out what Donell Jones had to say in the video above!
DJ Eddie F talks to The Madd Hatta about Heavy D & The Boyz break-up, debate their most definitive track & the pandemic quarantine.
Heavy D & The Boyz own, DJ Eddie F, talks about signing with Andre Harrell's Uptown Records, how R&B Legend, tells how Al B. Sure got his name & more fun unheard of Hip-Hop & R&B tales.
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Topics: Gangs, Keith Sweat, Al. B. Sure!, Bobby Brown, Coming to America, A Different World (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) Snapshots 1. Ronald Reagan President (Last Year!) 2. Jan - Doug Williams super bowl [Two weeks earlier, CBS commentator Jimmy the Greek had been fired for remarking that blacks were better at sports because of slave plantation breeding techniques: “During the slave period, the slave owner would breed his big black with his big woman so that he would have a big black kid — that’s where it all started.”] 3. Feb – Winter Olympics: Jamaican Bobsled team! Debi Thomas 1988 winter Olympics Bronze medal - The best African American figure skater in history 4. Jul - Jessie Jackson keep hope alive speech at the DNC 5. Jul - The first ever edition of "Shark Week" airs on Discovery Channel. 6. Aug - Yo! MTV Raps 7. Sep - James Brown, while high on PCP, was involved in a high-speed chase with the police. He was eventually convicted of assaulting an officer and possession of an unlicensed firearm, among other charges. He spent three years in prison 8. Sep – Summer Olympics: Florence Joyner She is considered the fastest woman of all time, based on the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand. Jackie Joyner-Kersee long jump and heptathlon, Carl Lewis, Steve Lewis, and roger kingdom 9. Oct - Sega's two-year head start on Nintendo in the 16-bit gaming wars began on October 29, 1988, when the Sega Genesis launched 10. Nov - George Bush elected President 11. Dec - Mad Max Robinson dies 12. Dec - Roots: The Gift, the third installment of the Roots series is broadcast on ABC. 13. Open Comments: 14. Top Pop Songs 15. #1 - "Faith" - George Michael 16. #2 - Need You Tonight" - INXS 17. #3 - "Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison 18. Grammy Awards 19. Record of the Year: Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 20. Album of the Year: George Michael (producer & artist) for Faith 21. Song of the Year: Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 22. Best New Artist: Tracy Chapman 23. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Anita Baker for "Giving You the Best That I Got" 24. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: Terence Trent D'Arby for Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'arby 25. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Love Overboard" 26. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: Anita Baker for "Giving You the Best That I Got" performed by Anita Baker 27. Best Rap Performance: "Parents Just Don't Understand" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. [The first award for Best Rap Performance was presented to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for "Parents Just Don't Understand". Jeff and Smith led a boycott in protest of the awards presentation not being televised, and some members of the rap community felt that more qualified artists were overlooked. 28. Top 3 Movies 29. #1 - Rain Man 30. #2 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 31. #3 - Coming to America 32. Other Notables: Big, Twins, Crocodile Dundee II, Die Hard, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Cocktail, Beetlejuice, Above the Law, Colors, A Fish Called Wanda, Young Guns, Tougher Than Leather, Child's Play, The Land Before Time, Tequila Sunrise, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and School Daze. 33. Top 3 TV Shows 34. #1 - The Cosby Show 35. #2 - Roseanne 36. #3 - A Different World 37. Economic Snapshots 38. New Home: 91,777 39. Avg Rent: 420 40. Avg. Income: 24,457 41. New Car: 10,432 42. Harvard: 12,015 43. Movie Ticket: 3.50 44. Gas: .91 45. Stamp: .25 46. Social Scene: Gangs and the movie Colors 47. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZvatzKVM2g 48. “Bulls”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQAKDbq0hI 49. Stevin Levitt, Freakonomics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGC2nLnaes 50. @9:35 - Summary: McDonalds vs Gang 51. Factors: Socio-political-economical, hyper masculinity and criminal justice/policing 52. Other ethnicities “evolved” out of their “street-gang” phases, but black- brown people are dealt with differently. 53. Open Comments: 54. Question: would more representation in the criminal justice system help – how to counter our internal factor? 55. Music Scene: 56. Top Black Singles 57. #6 - "So Emotional", Whitney Houston 58. #11 - "One More Try", George Michael 59. #12 - "Wishing Well", Terence Trent D'Arby 60. #15 - "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", Billy Ocean 61. #21, "Man in the Mirror", Michael Jackson 62. #27, "Father Figure", George Michael 63. #33 - "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", Whitney Houston 64. #36 - "The Way You Make Me Feel", Michael Jackson 65. #37 - "Don't Worry, Be Happy", Bobby McFerrin 66. Top Black Albums 67. Jan – Bad, Michael Jackson 68. Jan - Characters, Stevie Wonder 69. Feb - All Our Love, Gladys Knight & the Pips 70. Mar - Make It Last Forever, Keith Sweat 71. Apr - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, Terence Trent D'Arby 72. May - Faith, George Michael 73. Jul - In Effect Mode, Al B. Sure! 74. Aug - Strictly Business, EPMD 75. Sep - Don't Be Cruel, Bobby Brown 76. Sep - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy 77. Oct - Don't Let Love Slip Away, Freddie Jackson 78. Nov - Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker 79. Nov - Any Love, Luther Vandross 80. Vote: 81. Featured Artists: New jack swingers 82. Keith Sweat (@ 27 yrs. old): Known for his distinctive ‘whining’ vocal style, Sweat has established himself as one of the most successful male R&B/soul singers not only in America but also in other parts of the world. Born Keith Douglas Sweat, he was raised in Harlem and by the time he was 14 he had performed at various nightclubs in and around New York City. He graduated from the City College of New York with a BS degree in ‘communications’, after which he worked for a brief period as a successful brokerage assistant in a Wall Street firm. Despite a prosperous career at the Wall Street, he chose to pursue his passion for music and began writing songs and tried selling them to various record labels. In 1975, he began his career in music as a member of the Harlem based band called the ‘Jamilah’. In 1984, he left ‘Jamilah’ in order to begin a solo career and subsequently sang at various nightclubs in New York. He was quickly noticed and given an opportunity to record an independent album for ‘Stadium Records’. He recorded ‘My Mind Is Made Up’ for the ‘Stadium Records’ and he was also credited as the co-writer and co-producer of ‘You Are the One for Me’. On November 25, 1987 his debut solo album ‘Make It Last Forever’ was released, which sold three million copies. The biggest hit from this album was the song that inaugurated the new jack swing era "I Want Her" 83. Bobby Brown (@ 19 yrs. old): Brown changed producers for this album and worked extensively with hit-making songwriting and production duo Babyface and L.A. Reid. Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote: “Don't Be Cruel was to Bobby Brown what Control was to Janet Jackson – a tougher, more aggressive project that shed his "bubblegum" image altogether and brought him to a new artistic and commercial plateau. With "My Prerogative" and the title song, Brown became a leader of new jack swing” 84. Al B. Sure!(@ 20 yrs. old): During the late '80s, Al B. Sure! enjoyed a brief run as one of new jack swing's most popular romantic singers. Born Al Brown in Boston, he grew up in Mount Vernon, NY, listening to smooth crooners like Marvin Gaye and Johnny Mathis; he later became interested in rap and added that skill to his vocal repertoire. At age ten, he and a friend performed on a song written by Ellie Greenwich for the soundtrack of Sesame Street, and later he began writing songs with his cousin Kyle West. While in high school (where he quarterbacked the football team), he became friends with Edward Ferrell, aka DJ Eddie F, who was working with rapper Heavy D at the time. Eddie F introduced the still-teenaged Al B. Sure! to Heavy D's manager/Uptown label head Andre Harrell, who had him sing backing vocals on several Heavy D tracks and helped him get a deal with Warner Brothers. In 1987, Al was selected by Quincy Jones as the first winner of the Sony Innovators Talent Search. He collaborated with Jones on various projects, most notably the platinum single “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)” from Jones’ double-platinum-certified album Back on the Block. On this hit, he was one of a quartet with El DeBarge, Barry White, and James Ingram. His debut album of 1988 In Effect Mode topped the Billboard R&B chart for seven consecutive weeks, selling more than two million copies. 85. Open Comments: 86. Question: Al B. Said “There’s a generation of women starving to be told I love you again” What happened?! Who is bringing it back? 87. Movie Scene: Coming to America 88. Trailer: 89. The Hollywood Reporter's original review: “Eddie Murphy's latest Coming to America is likely to leave the wreath-bearers, the frantic faithful, the crowd herders and the legions of line-waiters in numbed, disbelieving disappointment…Distressingly, the film flops into the blandest of sitcom formats, never realizing its regal potential...Coming to America is the filmic equivalent of using a Maserati to go to the corner grocery store…Yes, there are some crazy pieces crammed into America — Murphy and Hall in their multi-roles do a running black barbershop bit that is good and nuts — but this comedy is generally tame and sappy…The plot itself is pathetic…No getting around it, while the script completely misses as a social satire, the writers have botched the romance part of America as well…Rivaling the inept screenplay is John Landis' cornball direction, which includes a TV season's worth of reactive cutaways to an ugly poodle…On a production level, at least, Coming to America gets top marks. — Duane Byrge originally published on June 24, 1988. 90. Open Comments: 91. Question: Is this Eddie’s best movie? Was Arsenio better than Eddie? Sequel or a remake? 92. Television Scene: A Different World 93. Theme song differences 94. Debbie Allen’s influence 95. Why didn’t any of them go onto stardom? - 96. Vote: Best/most important/favorite pop culture item from 1988?
90's DJ, Producer, and remix staple DJ Eddie F is the focus of this week's episode. We will explore the samples that influenced his sound and made him a go to for 90's remixes. Hear us each week on : KRSM radio 98.9 a low power FM station in South Minneapolis, Monday's 10-11 pm and Saturday 9-10 PM Converge Radio 99.9 in Eau Claire Wisconsin, Wednesday's 10-11 pm WFNU Frogtown 94.1 in St. Paul, Thursday's 9-10 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sampleculture/support
A tribute episode to the King of Pop Michael Jackson. With rare stories and interviews from Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Diddy, Chris Tucker, Naughty By Nature, Majic Johnson, Jermaine Dupri and more. Plus a dive into the Hop Hop classics that sampled MJ.
Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace would've turned 48 today (May 21, 2019). On this episode of the podcast you will hear stories from Diddy, Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane, Kwame, Total, Carl Thomas, NaS, and DJ Eddie F. on their time working and playing with the Brooklyn born MC.
Kevin "Lovebug Starski" Smith is universally recognized as one of the core contributors in Hip Hop's early development. He was a DJ, MC, and all around party rocker. He passed away suddenly at the age 57 from a heart attack. On this episode of the podcast Kurtis Blow, Kwame The Boy Genius, DJ Eddie F, Biz Markie, and Christopher "Play" Martin reminisce on what made Starski this pillar of Hip Hop.
Derrick "D-Nice" Jones talks about falling in love with Hip Hop, how a chance meeting with DJ Scott La Rock changed his life, the small (and odd) price he had to pay to get KRS-1 to write a verse on his biggest hit, and how originally offered "They Call Me D-Nice" to Kid Rock. He also shares how DJ Eddie F got him into DJ'ing, his long lay off from Hip Hop, being Mr. Mom, and why he chose to customize the beat for each artist on "Self-Destruction".
Pt. 3 of 4 in the conversation with music mogul and iconic Hip Hop producer DJ Eddie F. of Heavy D and the Boyz, rememebers how the tragedy of losing Trouble T-Roy become a Hip Hop classic, working and living with a young Didd, how he got 2Pac Pete Rock's production style, DJ Marly Marl and the early days of sampling, Mary J. Blige, Naughty By Nature, and how he relishes his anonymity. Plus, how growing up in Mt. Vernon was a breeding grown for success.
Pt. 4 of my conversation with music mogul and Hip Hop icon DJ Eddie F. of Heavy and the Boyz fame. He recalls how he was able to get 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. on the same song, where he was when he got the news of Heavy D passing, and the time Heavy D told Michael Jackson he was wack, the best quality Heavy D processed. and how he ended up in Houston.
In part 1 of my conversation with DJ Eddie F. he tells how he fell in love with Hip Hop, how he started DJing, his first encounter with Heavy D, how DJ Jazzy Jeff pushed him into production, and what it was like to grow up in Mt. Vernon as Hip Hop was being birthed in other boroughs of New York.
Pt. 2 of 4 in the conversation with music mogul and iconic Hip Hop producer DJ Eddie F. of Heavy D and the Boyz, In this episode he remembers the night of Trouble T-Roy's fatal accident, when he knew that the group had "made it", Heavy D debating with Uptown founder Andre Harrell on the groups direction, when he invented the remix. the group Intro, how Mariah Carey stopped his ascension to the top of the charts, and why he choose Johnny Gill to introduce his new artist CL Smooth to the world.
Teddy Riley, the King of New Jack Swing, continues with part 5 of his conversation with Rob G. The General. He shares his feelings and thoughts on one of the best rappers he has ever heard, a young hungry Sean "Diddy" Combs, visionary producer DJ Eddie F., and artist that didn't listen and stopped their own shine. He also recalls working with The Winans, James Ingram, and going to the Apollo theatre as a young child with a severe fever. Plus he tells his real feeling on his daughter doing reality TV and dating Soulja Boy.
Part 1 of Rob G. the General's talk with super producer Teddy Riley. Teddy shares stories about Heavy D, the birth of New Jack Swing, helping Doug E. Fresh produce "The Show", and teaming up with Kool Moe Dee. He also talks about falling in love with Hip Hop and the two men that helped start him on the road to success.