Release Date: 11 September 2020
Label: Mr Bongo
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7119691265575
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop Rap & Hip-Hop
Release Date: 18 December 2020
Label: Mr Bongo
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7119691265575
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop Rap & Hip-Hop
Description
Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue available on Limited Edition Blue Vinyl
Positive K was no stranger to unrequited love. A few years before this, his biggest hit, dropped, he'd tried to ply his labelmate MC Lyte with chat-up lines on the First Priority gem 'I'm Not Havin' It' – with little luck.
Fast forward to the 1990's and he's at it again. Whether up in the club or in the street, 'I Got a Man' sees him chancing his arm and getting the cold shoulder from women who are already spoken for. The difference this time is that it's actually Positive K delivering the brush-offs to himself, his voice changed with studio trickery to mimic a female's.
What propelled this to over 500,000 US sales? Perhaps it's the light touch, the sense of humour that doesn't cross the line and the insistently funky loop lifted from A Taste of Honey's 'Rescue Me' (1980). Not forgetting the sprinkle of Take 6's infectious 'Spread Love', which has improved every record it has ever been used on.
Produced by the unsung LG, as was the harder-edged flip 'Shakin', this is the perfect pop hip-hop record, showcasing Positive K's flamboyance. Fitting for a man who started out on First Priority Records, with its roster of characterful MC's.
This is the first ever reissue of this sought after 7", previously only available as a UK pressing from 1993.
Description
Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue available on Limited Edition Blue Vinyl
Positive K was no stranger to unrequited love. A few years before this, his biggest hit, dropped, he'd tried to ply his labelmate MC Lyte with chat-up lines on the First Priority gem 'I'm Not Havin' It' – with little luck.
Fast forward to the 1990's and he's at it again. Whether up in the club or in the street, 'I Got a Man' sees him chancing his arm and getting the cold shoulder from women who are already spoken for. The difference this time is that it's actually Positive K delivering the brush-offs to himself, his voice changed with studio trickery to mimic a female's.
What propelled this to over 500,000 US sales? Perhaps it's the light touch, the sense of humour that doesn't cross the line and the insistently funky loop lifted from A Taste of Honey's 'Rescue Me' (1980). Not forgetting the sprinkle of Take 6's infectious 'Spread Love', which has improved every record it has ever been used on.
Produced by the unsung LG, as was the harder-edged flip 'Shakin', this is the perfect pop hip-hop record, showcasing Positive K's flamboyance. Fitting for a man who started out on First Priority Records, with its roster of characterful MC's.
This is the first ever reissue of this sought after 7", previously only available as a UK pressing from 1993.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Terry Callier
Satyajit Ray
Novalima
Lula Cortes
20th Century Steel Band
Aratanha Azul
20th Century Steel Band
Various Artists
House of Pain
The Left & Apollo Brown
Run The Jewels
Philmore Greene
Kate Wolf
Coolio
Jesse Markin
Apollo Brown & Skyzoo
