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According to group founder James Mtume, he worked on the song while lead singer Tawatha Agee was out on tour with English band Roxy Music. He had finished the Juicy Fruit album while the other band members went home. Mtume then used the Linn LM-1 and was pleased at what he heard. He then called the other band members back into the studio to ...
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]
In 1994, Mtume created music for the show New York Undercover while also creating musical appearance opportunities for other artists on the show. [ 2 ] In July 2018, Mtume filed a lawsuit against Sony Music / Epic Records , hoping to reclaim the rights for two albums and his hit single "Juicy Fruit".
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
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".
You, Me and He is a 1984 album by R&B group Mtume. This was their fourth album released on the Epic Records label. The title track was interpolated by Aaliyah for her remixes of her cover of " (At Your Best) You Are Love ", originally by The Isley Brothers
"Juicy Fruit" written by James Mtume and performed by Mtume "Rigor Mortis" written by Larry Blackmon, Arnett Leftenant and Nathan Leftenant and performed by Cameo "In the Mood" written by Paul Richmond, Ruben Locke and Darryl Ellis and performed by Tyrone Davis "Good Times" written by Dave Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Loving You" samples Mtume's "Juicy Fruit" and George Benson's "Never Give Up on a Good Thing", while the ballad "I'm Glad" incorporates a part of Schooly D's "P.S.K. What Does It Mean? ". [ 20 ] The instrumentation of "I'm Glad" consists of a piano, guitar and classical harp runs, which are laced throughout a computer-generated beat.