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Ol' Skool was an American new jack swing and urban R&B group from St. Louis, Missouri that consisted of Jason Little (vocals), Jerome "Pookie" Lane (vocals), Tony Herron (vocals), Curtis Jefferson (vocals, bass) and Bobby Crawford (vocals, drum programming, keyboards).
It peaked within the top five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, becoming Norwood's tenth top-ten single on the chart and her first in a decade. It peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 . " Wildest Dreams " was released as the second and final single in August 2012, failing to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and peaking at number 68 on the Hot ...
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "the soundtrack to a lightweight comedy co-written by Ice Cube, the record conveys all the strengths of hit urban radio. Keeping all the good elements of the format -- including the G-funk of Dr. Dre, old-school soul, contemporary R&B, and gangsta rap-- the record sounds like a "Best of the '90s" collection". [2]
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the African-American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
In 1960, Billboard published the Hot R&B Sides chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1]
Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984).
"Stranded" was sent to US Urban AC radio on November 23, 2009 [16] In January 2010 the song entered on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs peaking at number 84. [17] Mario recorded a music video in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for the song "Ooh Baby" and was released on January 21, 2010. [18] [19]
The song topped the Adult R&B Songs chart for two weeks on December 19, 2009, and December 26, 2009. [17] [18] The song appeared at the year-end lists of both the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Adult R&B Songs lists at numbers 81 and 20 respectively. [19] It lasted 12 weeks on the Dance/Club Play Songs chart, topping the chart on November 7, 2009 ...