Can you believe Nicole Wray’s DEBUT album ‘Make It Hot’ turns 25 today!!??
The album was released on August 25, 1998 through Missy Elliott‘s Elektra-distributed vanity label, The Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland.
Continue reading VIBES from the VAULT: #NicoleWray’s debut ‘Make It Hot’ turns 25 today! [vids]
On this DAY 28 years ago, Monica released her DEBUT album, ‘Miss Thang’!
It was released by Rowdy Records and distributed through the Arista label on July 18, 1995, in the United States. Recorded throughout her early teenage years, the album was conceived under the guidance of Rowdy head Dallas Austin who would emerge as a tutor and father figure to Monica and serve as Miss Thang‘s sole executive producer. Austin recruited protégés from his DARP production camp such as Tim & Bob, Arnold Hennings, and Colin Wolfe as well as Daryl Simmons, and Soulshock & Karlin to work on the album. It incorporates a wide range of contemporary genres such as soul, pop, hip hop and blues.
Continue reading VIBES from the VAULT: #Monica ‘Before You Walk Out My Life’ [vid]
On this day, 25 years ago, Brandy RELEASED her GROUNDBREAKING sophomore album, ‘Never Say Never’.
Upon its release, Never Say Never facilitated Norwood in becoming a viable recording artist with media-crossing appeal. It debuted at No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 160,000 copies in its first week, and peaked at No. 2 the following week, remaining within the chart’s top 20 for 28 weeks. Six of the album’s 16 songs were chosen as singles, including duet with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” and “Have You Ever?“, which both topped the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as “Top of the World“, which become an international hit.
Continue reading VIBES from the VAULT: #Brandy ‘Angel In Disguise’ [live]
WAKE IT UP!!
On this DAY 31 years ago, Kris Kross released their DEBUT album, ‘Totally Krossed Out’! RIP Chris Kelly!
Totally Krossed Out was released March 31 that year and sold four million copies in the U.S. It included the hit single “Jump“, which became the first rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.
Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #KrisKross ‘Warm It Up’ [vid]
On this day 25 years ago… Janet Jackson won a Grammy award for ‘Got Til It’s Gone’ featuring Q-Tip. The visual for the song has been called a masterpiece by critics, winning a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. Jackson has performed “Got ’til It’s Gone” on all of her concert tours since its release.
Continue reading Saturday Slingback: #JanetJackson ‘Got Til It’s Gone’ feat. #QTip [vid]
On this Day…. 26 years ago Foxy Brown dropped her DEBUT album, ‘Ill Na Na’ to critical acclaim!
Brown began working on the album after being discovered by the production team Trackmasters and appearing on a number of singles by other artists, such as LL Cool J, Case and Jay Z. The immediate success of the singles led to a bidding war at the beginning of 1996, and in March, Def Jam Recordings won and signed the then 17-year-old rapper to the label. Mostly produced by Trackmasters, Ill Na Na features guest appearances from Blackstreet, Havoc, Method Man, Kid Capri and Jay Z. Lyrically, the album mainly focuses on themes of fashion, sex and mafia.
Continue reading Saturday Slingback: #FoxyBrown ‘Get Me Home’ feat. #Blackstreet [vid]
Did you know… 30 years ago today Whitney Houston released her version of ‘I Will Always Love You’?
Continue reading VIBES from the VAULT: #WhitneyHouston ‘I Will Always Love You’ [vid]
On This Day.. 2015 Janet Jackson released her album, ‘Unbreakable’!
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