“Long Distance Girlfriend”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDz3ymxV-0c
Heavy D. Man. I have not kept up with him so I have no idea if this dancehall type roots reggea vibe is his new style… I don’t know. But I remember the cut “In The Mood From Love” which I think was on the second album from Heavy D and the Boyz (was it boys with a ‘z’ ?) Anyway. It has been at least 20 years since I used to run home from school to watch Rap City. One of the best parts of that would be being in my friend Dion’s living room trying to do the dances from, “We Got Our Own Thang”
Remember when Teddy Riley was the hot producer? (I’m sorry young people… remember when Lil Jon was the hot producer?) Hip hop chews up people and then they fade into thin air only to be replaced by the next person who you MUST have produce a cut if you want your music to sell….
ANYWAY! We used to go to my friend Shalonda’s house and get out notebooks and copy down the lyrics to all the hot shit. I still know every word to “Posse On Broadway” and of cource I still know all the Heavy D shit. If it had a video I knew the words.
“Started with a pow and I’mma end it with a bang! We got our own thang!”