80s deep RnB

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I thought I’d start a thread for people to post what is some of my favourite music: 80s RnB. I’m talking that Loose Ends, Jam & Lewis style boogie-funk disco type RnB. I hope I’m not alone here. To get things rolling, here’s some of my favourites:

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A few of my faves:

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Weirdly, my love for this genre feels a bit like a guilty pleasure. I think this is because nearly all of my “house and techno friends” don’t get it at all and I feel like I have to keep it secret from them. I think for them it’s all “too slow” and “too soulful”.

I think I’ve come to a lot of these originals through more recent re-edits, which often remove the vocals.

So this first one is the basis for the tracky Runnin Pizza EP1 by Grooveman Spot, which I also love. But this OG is killer.

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My second submission was beautifully re-edited by The Drunk.

Not sure if this is 80s RnB or Modern Soul though. What’s the difference exactly?

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Finally another one that I found through an edit (I can’t remember which one though).

EDIT: I remembered the edit - it’s called Rue 52 by Project Tempo

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For all the people that don’t get it, there’s so many of us that just get completely lost dancing to it.

Moodynann - big fan of curious!

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I could reel them off all day. This is another fave. An electro band making ‘Machine Soul’.

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Reel away! That “Feels so Real” is top shelf.

Here’s one that was maybe a bit obvious/popular in some parts of the world but didn’t get much play down under:

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Excellent - so here are some more…

I’ll go with a classic, first. Justifiably huge, with a huge bassline:

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And one that I heard someone play recently at a wedding - couldn’t believe the young folk were getting down to this!

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This version of Loose Ends - Love Controversy is a favourite:

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I have a theory that 1983-1985 contains the most amazing music that hardly anyone has heard.

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Can’t go wrong with a deep bassline and heartache vocals

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Which then fed massively into the crossover success of bands like Soul II Soul and Massive Attack (in the UK at least).

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This is actually from 1990, so outside the brief but a killer record anyway.

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this is KILLER!

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Isn’t it?!
And at this wedding there were loads of 30-somethings happily dancing to it. I couldn’t believe it!

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A few more faves (I’m probably venturing off into boogie territory at this point)…

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Here’s a lesser known one on the Studio Records label (home to Cleavage’s Barah):

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And one that doesn’t quite fit in due to it’s reggae influences, but somehow works anyway!

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