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Mtume

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Mtume (pronounced em-tu-may) was a funk and soul group that rose to prominence during the early 1980s and had several R&B hits during its career. [1]

68 relations: A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Album, AllMusic, Billboard Hot 100, Borderline (Madonna song), Composer, Contemporary R&B, Dance Club Songs, Donny Hathaway, Drama, Empire of the Sun, Epic Records, Everything Must Go (Steely Dan album), Freak Tonight, Funk, Grammy Award, Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Hit record, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hubert Eaves III, I Belong to You/How Many Ways, Ice on the Dune, In Search of the Rainbow Seekers, James Mtume, Jazz-funk, John Benitez, Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song), Juicy Fruit (album), Juicy Fruit (song), Kiss This World Goodbye, Lenny Kravitz, Lucky Star (Madonna song), Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (Madonna album), Mary J. Blige, Miles Davis, Never Knew Love Like This Before, New York City, New York Undercover, Percussion instrument, Police, Pop music, Post-disco, Quiet storm, R. Kelly, Record chart, Record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Reggie Lucas, ..., Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers, Share My World, Solo (music), Soul music, Steely Dan, Stephanie Mills, Strut (album), Tawatha Agee, The Bar-Kays, The Closer I Get to You, The Notorious B.I.G., Theme music, Toni Braxton, Top 40, UK Singles Chart, United States, You, Me and He. Expand index (18 more) »

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is a 1996 American dark comedy-romance film that was directed and co-written by Martin Lawrence, who also stars in the film.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Borderline (Madonna song)

"Borderline" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her eponymous debut album Madonna (1983).

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (also known as simply R&B), is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Dance Club Songs

The Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly chart published exclusively by Billboard in the United States.

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Donny Hathaway

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and pianist.

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

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Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Everything Must Go (Steely Dan album)

Everything Must Go is the ninth and final album by American rock group Steely Dan.

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Freak Tonight

"Freak Tonight" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Israel Cruz.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Hubert Eaves III

Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer.

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I Belong to You/How Many Ways

"I Belong to You"/"How Many Ways", alternatively "How Many Ways"/"I Belong to You" in vinyl edition, is the fifth and final single from American R&B singer Toni Braxton's self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton (1993).

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Ice on the Dune

Ice on the Dune is the second studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun.

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In Search of the Rainbow Seekers

In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers is a 1980 album by R&B group Mtume.

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James Mtume

James Forman (born March 27, 1946), better known by his stage name James Mtume, is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B musician, songwriter, activist and radio personality.

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Jazz-funk

Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers.

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John Benitez

John Benitez (born November 7, 1957), also known as Jellybean, is an American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent.

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Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)

"Juicy" is the first single by American hip hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. from his 1994 debut album Ready to Die.

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Juicy Fruit (album)

Juicy Fruit is a 1983 album by R&B group Mtume.

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Juicy Fruit (song)

"Juicy Fruit" is a song written by James Mtume and released as the lead-off single from Mtume's third album, also titled Juicy Fruit.

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Kiss This World Goodbye

Kiss This World Goodbye is a 1978 album by R&B group Mtume.

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Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

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Lucky Star (Madonna song)

"Lucky Star" is a song by American singer Madonna from her eponymous debut album Madonna (1983).

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Madonna (Madonna album)

Madonna (retitled Madonna: The First Album for the 1985 re-release) is the debut album by American singer Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records.

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Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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Never Knew Love Like This Before

"Never Knew Love Like This Before" is a song written and produced by songwriters James Mtume and Reggie Lucas for American R&B recording artist Stephanie Mills' fourth studio album Sweet Sensation (1980).

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Undercover

New York Undercover was an American police drama that aired on the FOX television network from September 8, 1994, to June 25, 1998.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Post-disco

Post-disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa late 1979–1986, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of house music in the late 1980s.

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Quiet storm

Quiet storm is a radio format and a "super genre" of contemporary R&B, jazz fusion and pop music that is characterized by understated, mellow dynamics, slow tempos, and relaxed rhythms.

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R. Kelly

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Reggie Lucas

Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018), known as Reggie Lucas, was an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

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Roberta Flack

Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer.

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Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player.

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Share My World

Share My World is the third studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, released by MCA Records on Earth Day, April 22, 1997.

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Solo (music)

In music, a solo (from the solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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Stephanie Mills

Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American Grammy award–winning singer, songwriter and Broadway stage actress.

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Strut (album)

Strut is the tenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger Lenny Kravitz.

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Tawatha Agee

Tawatha Agee (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American background singer and songwriter.

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The Bar-Kays

The Bar-Kays are an American soul, R&B, and funk group formed in 1966.

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The Closer I Get to You

"The Closer I Get to You" is a romantic ballad performed by African American jazz, soul, R&B, and folk singer-songwriter Roberta Flack and African American soul musician Donny Hathaway.

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The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known professionally as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper.

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Theme music

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the intro, opening credits and/or ending credits.

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Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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You, Me and He

You, Me and He is a 1984 album by R&B group Mtume.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtume

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