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"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. It features lead vocals by Tawatha Agee. The mid-tempo song is Mtume's most well-known, proving enormously successful on R&B radio stations when first released. The song is about oral sex. [4] [5]
The song "Juicy Fruit" is a staple hip-hop sample. It is sampled in the following songs: "Juicy" by Wrecks-N-Effect "Juicy" by Next "Do You See" by Warren G "This D.J." by Warren G "Loving You" by Jennifer Lopez "Faithfully" by Faith Evans "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G. "Let It Go" by Keyshia Cole
Mtume's R&B group, also called Mtume, is best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit", which has been repeatedly sampled, most notably by The Notorious B.I.G. on his hit "Juicy". [1] Mtume the band also had a top-five R&B hit with the single "You, Me, and He".
Mtume (pronounced em-tu-may) was an American funk and soul group that rose to prominence during the early 1980s and had several R&B hits during its career. Its founder, former percussionist James Mtume , previously played and toured with Miles Davis in the early 1970s. [ 1 ]
Tawatha Agee (born November 14, 1954) is an American vocalist and songwriter. Her voice has been described in The New York Times as an "acrobatic, gospel-charged soprano." [1] She was the lead singer of funk and soul band Mtume; her soulful lead vocals are featured on their 1983 R&B hit "Juicy Fruit".
[13] [14] The group Mtume gained its first number one with "Juicy Fruit", which had the year's second-longest run in the top spot, spending eight weeks in the peak position. [15] The song has gone on to be sampled by many acts and called "one of the most recognizable samples in hip-hop history".
The album featured an answer record to the Mtume song "Juicy Fruit" called "Sugar Free". [5] It peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart and #45 on the UK Singles Chart. [6] Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody but You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart. [7]
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