Big Willie Style

Big Willie Style is the debut studio album by American rapper Will Smith. ^[1]

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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All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

"All Around the World" is a song recorded by British recording artist Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, Affection, which became her biggest hit.

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AllMusic

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

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American Music Awards of 1999

The 26th Annual American Music Awards were held on January 11, 1999.

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And the Beat Goes On (The Whispers song)

"And the Beat Goes On" is a 1979 single by the American music group The Whispers.

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Andreao Heard

Andreao "Fanatic" Heard is a record producer from Greensboro, North Carolina who has produced some of the biggest recording artists in popular music.

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An audio engineer (also sometimes recording engineer or a vocal engineer) helps to produce a recording or a performance, editing and adjusting sound tracks using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.

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Audio mixing (recorded music)

In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product.

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Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

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Bad Boys (1995 film)

Bad Boys is a 1995 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as two Miami Narcotics Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bernard Edwards

Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American bass player, singer, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded the band Chic.

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Bill Withers

William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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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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British Phonographic Industry

The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cameo (band)

Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s.

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Camp Lo

Camp Lo is an American hip hop duo, formed in 1995, which hails from The Bronx, New York.

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Candy (Cameo song)

"Candy" is a song by funk group Cameo, released as the second single from their 1986 album Word Up!.

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Carvin & Ivan

Carvin & Ivan are a production duo from Philadelphia consisting of producer and songwriters Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins.

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Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)

"Celebration" is a song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!.

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Chic (band)

Chic, currently called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards.

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Chris Jasper

Christopher H. "Chris" Jasper (born December 30, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer, composer, and producer.

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Claydes Charles Smith

Claydes Charles Smith (September 6, 1948 – June 20, 2006) was an American musician best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang.

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Coko

Cheryl Elizabeth Clemons (née Gamble) (born June 13, 1970), better known by her stage name Coko, is an American R&B recording artist and television personality.

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Columbia Records

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

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David Conley (musician)

David "Pic" Conley is an American jazz flute player, songwriter and producer.

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David Porter (musician)

David Porter (born November 21, 1941) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

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David Townsend (musician)

David Edward Townsend (May 17, 1955 – October 26, 2005) was an American musician best known as the guitarist for the R&B band Surface.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff

Jeffrey Allen Townes (born January 22, 1965), known professionally as DJ Jazzy Jeff or simply Jazz, is an American record producer, DJ, actor and comedian who is best known for his friendship and collaboration with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince was an American hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Don't Take It Personal (Jermaine Jackson song)

"Don't Take It Personal" is a 1989 single by Jermaine Jackson.

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Dynasty (band)

Dynasty was an American band, based in Los Angeles, California, created by producer and SOLAR Records label head Dick Griffey, and record producer Leon Sylvers III.

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Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin, and Afro pop.

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East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional sub genre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Ernie Isley

Ernest "Ernie" Isley (born March 7, 1952) is a member of the American musical ensemble The Isley Brothers.

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Eumir Deodato

Eumir Deodato de Almeida (born 22 June 1942) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as pop, rock, disco, rhythm and blues, classical, Latin and bossa nova.

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Forget Me Nots

"Forget Me Nots" is a song by American singer-songwriter Patrice Rushen, co-written by Rushen, Freddie Washington and Terri McFaddin.

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Freddie Washington (bassist)

"Ready" Freddie Washington is an American session bassist who has played with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, Aaron Neville, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, B.B. King, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston, to Donald Fagen, The Crusaders, George Benson, Deniece Williams, Johnny Mathis, Burt Bacharach, Aaliyah, Kenny Loggins and Steely Dan.

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Gettin' Jiggy wit It

"Gettin' Jiggy wit It" is a single by American actor and rapper Will Smith, released as the third cut from his debut solo album Big Willie Style (1997).

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Good Times (Chic song)

"Good Times" is a song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979).

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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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Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance was awarded from 1991 to 2011, alongside the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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He's the Greatest Dancer

“He's the Greatest Dancer” is a 1979 song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge.

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HipHopDX

HipHopDX is an online magazine of hip hop music criticism and news.

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Independence Day (1996 film)

Independence Day (also known as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich.

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James "J.T." Taylor

James "J.T." Taylor (born August 16, 1953, Laurens, South Carolina) is an American singer and actor best known as the former lead singer of the R&B/funk band, Kool & the Gang.

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Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, and comedian.

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Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and member of the Jackson family.

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Joe Farrell

Joseph Carl Firrantello (December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986), known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

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Just Cruisin'

"Just Cruisin'" is a single by American rapper Will Smith.

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Just the Two of Us (Will Smith song)

"Just the Two of Us" is a song by American rapper Will Smith.

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Ken Duro Ifill

Ken "Duro" Ifill is the CEO of Desert Storm Records and a six-time Grammy Award-winning mix engineer.

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Kenny Greene

Kenny Greene (January 17, 1969 – October 1, 2001) was an American singer-songwriter who was also a member of the R&B group Intro.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West.

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L.E.S. (record producer)

Leshan David Lewis, better known as L.E.S., is a hip hop producer commonly associated with Nas and grew up with Nas in the Queensbridge housing project.

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Lakeside (band)

Lakeside is a funk band, best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit, "Fantastic Voyage".

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Larry Blackmon

Larry Ernest Blackmon (born May 24, 1956) is the lead singer and founder frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo.

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Leon Sylvers III

Leon Frank Sylvers III (born March 7, 1953, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Lisa Lopes

Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American hip hop singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer.

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Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Jane Stansfield (born 11 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marvin Isley

Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010) – accessed June 2010 was the youngest member of the family music group the Isley Brothers and its bass guitarist.

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Maurice White

Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Men in Black (1997 film)

Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald.

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Men in Black (song)

"Men in Black" is a song by Will Smith from the movie Men in Black, in which he also starred.

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Men in Black: The Album

Men in Black: The Album is the soundtrack to the film Men in Black.

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Miami (Will Smith song)

"Miami" is a 1998 single from Will Smith's debut solo album Big Willie Style (1997).

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Monogamy

Monogamy is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during their lifetime — alternately, only one partner at any one time (serial monogamy) — as compared to non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory).

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MSR Studios

MSR Studios was the largest full-service recording facility in New York City.

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MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice

The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was first awarded at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in a Video is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and choreographer of the music video.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography in a Video is a craft award given to both the artist as well as the cinematographer/director of photography of the music video.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video was first awarded in 1989, and it was one of the original four genre categories that were added to the MTV Video Music Awards that year.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the very first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video was first given out in 1989, and it was one of the four original genre categories added at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film was first awarded in 1987, recognizing the best videos whose songs were a part of a movie soundtrack or featured in a film.

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects in a Video is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the visual effects artists and/or visual effects company of the music video.

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MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious competitive-award and final award handed out at the annual MTV Video Music Awards.

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Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is a term with a range of meanings in the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and in colloquial use.

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Music Canada

Music Canada (formerly Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)) is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, promote and distribute music in Canada.

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Music executive

A music executive or record executive is a person within a record label who works in senior management, making executive decisions over the label's artists.

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Music video

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes.

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NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year

The NAACP Image Award winners for Entertainer of the Year.

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video

This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video.

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NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP Image Award is an annual awards ceremony presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

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Nas

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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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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Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist.

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O'Kelly Isley Jr.

O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986) was an American singer and one of the founding members of the family group The Isley Brothers.

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Pacifique Recording Studios

Pacifique Recording Studios is an award-winning mixing and recording studio based in North Hollywood, California.

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Patrice Rushen

Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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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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Pop-rap

Pop-rap or hip-pop is a genre of music fusing the rhythm-based lyricism of hip hop music with pop music's preference for melodious vocals and catchy tunes, which gained mainstream popularity during the 1990s.

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Programming (music)

Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, such as sequencers, to generate sounds of musical instruments.

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Ralph MacDonald

Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, song-writer, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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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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Ribbon in the Sky

"Ribbon in the Sky" is a hit 1982 R&B single released by Tamla/Motown star and American singer Stevie Wonder.

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Rob Chiarelli

Rob Chiarelli (born January 13, 1963) is an American record producer, mix engineer, musician, published author and multiple Grammy Award winner.

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Robert "Kool" Bell

Robert Earl "Kool" Bell, also known by his Muslim name Muhammad Bayyan, (born October 8, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Ronald Bell (musician)

Ronald "Khalis" Bell, (born November 1, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, and a co-founding member of Kool & the Gang, one of the most successful bands in music history worldwide.

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Ronald Isley

Ronald Isley (born July 21, 1941) also known as Ron Isley and Mr.

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Rudolph Isley

Rudolph Bernard Isley (born April 1, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.

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Ryan Toby

Ryan Toby (born November 26, 1978) is an American soul singer, songwriter, producer, and actor.

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Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Sister Sledge

Sister Sledge is an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Somethin' for the People

Somethin' for the People was a contemporary R&B group from Oakland, California, who scored several hits in the US in the late 1990s.

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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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Spoonie Gee

Gabriel Jackson (born May 27, 1963), better known by his stage name Spoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of the few rap artists to release records in the 1970s.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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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 Emotions

The Emotions are an American Grammy Award-winning soul/R&B vocal group from Chicago, Illinois.

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The Gap Band

The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s.

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The Hit Factory

The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele.

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The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that started as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley.

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The Whispers

The Whispers are an American group from Los Angeles, California, who have scored hit records since the late 1960s.

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Tichina Arnold

Tichina Rolanda Arnold (born June 28, 1969) is an American actress, comedian and singer.

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Tony Maserati

Tony Maserati (born Tony Masciarotte) is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in mixing.

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Trackmasters

The Trackmasters (also known as Poke & Tone) is an American hip hop production duo, composed of music producers Poke (Jean-Claude Olivier) and Tone (Samuel Barnes), best known for their commercial hit records in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Trey Lorenz

Trey Lorenz (born Lloyd Lorenz Smith; January 19, 1969) is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Turntablism

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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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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Valvin Roane

Valvin "V" Roane birth name given as Valvin Roane II, was born May 28, in Paulsboro, New Jersey is an American R&B/Soul singer and Songwriter who has set a solid foundation in the music industry.

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VH1

VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American cable and satellite television network based in New York City operated by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom Media Networks, a division of Viacom.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper, comedian, and songwriter.

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Willennium

Willennium is the second studio album by American rapper Will Smith.

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Yearning for Your Love

"Yearning for Your Love" is a quiet storm ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records.

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1997 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 4, 1997, honoring the best music videos from June 17, 1996, to June 16, 1997.

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1998 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, honoring the best music videos from June 17, 1997, to June 12, 1998.

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1999 Kids' Choice Awards

The 1999 Kids' Choice Awards was the 12th annual edition of the awards on May 1, 1999.

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1999 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1999, honoring the best music videos from June 13, 1998, to June 11, 1999.

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40th Annual Grammy Awards

The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City.

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41st Annual Grammy Awards

The 41st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

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References

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

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