Okay, let me start by saying that the 80’s was the only decade that a man could wear what dude in the lower left hand corner has on and not automatically be considered homosexual. Click the pic to see it better. Movin’ on…
Despite the fact that half of the group dressed like male strippers…
….Full Force is probably one of the most successful groups in pop, hip-hop and R&B music. I know what you’re thinkng “ummm really? I really can’t think of anything that they’ve done.”
When I say successful, I’m not just speaking in terms of their own music/songs. A lot of people don’t know that since their rise to fame in the 80’s, Full Force has been working behind the scenes over the years writing, producing and providing background vocals for just about any and everybody. UTFO, Bob Dylan, Lil’ Kim, Doctor Ice, Samantha Fox, Mayte (Prince’s ex-wife), Patti LaBelle, Jasmine Guy, The Force M.D.s, Britney Spears, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, La Toya Jackson, Selena, Roxanne Shanté, Rihanna and The Black Eyed Peas are just some of the people that they’ve worked with.
I’ve been kickin’ quite a bit lately. Not a whole lot, just more than usual (which is why I’m broke) and this song epitomizes that old school late 80’s/early 90’s party sound and feel. The fact that this was the song played during the infamous battle between Kid N’ Play and Sydney and Sharane in House Party probably has a little something to do with it.
I love this damn song for so many reasons…
1.) It makes me want to dance….and I don’t dance (unless I’ve consumed large quantities of alcohol). I can only think of 3 reasons why you wouldn’t want to do the Kid N’ Play when you hear this: You’ve never seen House Party, you have no idea what the Kid N’ Play is, or both.
2.) This reminds me of when me and the fellas used to have house parties. I’m talkin’ tables full of liquor, pass out on the front lawn, break your mom’s toilet, somebody’s throwin’ up type of house parties….good times. Shout out to Jay & Avri for the lettin’ us get throwed at their cribs back in the day. Oh yeah, shout out to Tense for breakdancing all by yourself at Jay’s house party.
3.) It’s happy, feel good music. This came out around the time when most of the music, particularly rap, was geared toward one extreme or another. You had feel good, positive party rap….then you had hardcore, gangster, fuck the police rap. Anything in-between was hard to come by.
Bonus:
Kid N’ Play – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
See this is the attitude people need to have when they go out…ain’t gonna hurt nobody, we’re just dancing yall. If you have that much anger and aggression that you feel the need to go to the club with an attitude, screw faced lookin’ for a fight, you need to go be a cage fighter. That way you would just cut out all of the extra shit and get straight to the fighting. Huh? What did you say? You’re not that angry? You’re just a lame and you’d get your ass beat…sounds about right.
4.) It reminds me of when I had a crooked ass hi-top fade. No matter what barber I went to, they could never get it straight….kind of like my linin’ is now. Oh well.
Btw I’ll add a pic of me when I was 11 yrs old with a bogus ass box to this part of the post as soon as I find one.
Doza said 