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I assumed Mint Condition was popular in their time...
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Lucky_Lefty
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put some respect on the voice of Uncle Ruckus brotha
i think the big problem is that mtv never gave them the support to make them extremely popular
Because it was jimmy jam & terry lewis label, the reach was limited. Perspective records was not a powerhouse like Columbia records.
The fact they didn’t leave minnesota is likely part of the reason they didn’t obtain success
in comparison they were kinda like the roots
tour based
album driven
musically inclined
well versed in musicology
understood their audience
were fully aware of their sales radio play challenge
MC didn’t have the lifeline like the Roota with the talk show gig
What they did have were co-signs from many highly successful artists including Prince Toni Braxton (she would marry & divorce a keyboardist from the band)
But they had to do take other career paths being a black band on a major label.
Their last album was 2015, this gives us an idea how difficult it is to record a follow up with their schedule
But this was one of the only bands where Prince would stop his day to go see perform at a club in MPLS.
And if you could get his attention to watch a full concert, i’d say you were a highly successful band.
Their band catalog is underrated and hell of a group of songwriters. There is so many more bangers than Pretty Brown Eyes or Swingin or What kind of man would i be
this is an example of how dope they were on stop by at a music show
from 26 years ago -
Stokley has it all the charisma, that one take ability as a vocalist and musician no instrumental backing tracks needed. Not to mention he’s in another great band called Ursus Minor as the co-leader with a few lp’s
and his solo lp’s are great as well
the way they kill this set on live tv
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JayStarwind
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Same. Everything that played in my mom's car when I was little was a hit as far as I was concerned.
If you have the time, check out this interview with Stokley. He started as the band's drummer then became the lead singer after the guy they were renting space from quit. Really cool guy
If you have the time, check out this interview with Stokley. He started as the band's drummer then became the lead singer after the guy they were renting space from quit. Really cool guy
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off top of my head, as far as a band, and a actual band not just a group of singers. I can think of Tony Toni Tone.
they are the first ones i can think of, off the bat who sold more and who I imagine overshadowed them in the 90s
and aint nothing wrong with that TTT is some beast
i think the big problem is that mtv never gave them the support to make them extremely popular
Because it was jimmy jam & terry lewis label, the reach was limited. Perspective records was not a powerhouse like Columbia records.
The fact they didn’t leave minnesota is likely part of the reason they didn’t obtain success
in comparison they were kinda like the roots
tour based
album driven
musically inclined
well versed in musicology
understood their audience
were fully aware of their sales radio play challenge
MC didn’t have the lifeline like the Roota with the talk show gig
What they did have were co-signs from many highly successful artists including Prince Toni Braxton (she would marry & divorce a keyboardist from the band)
But they had to do take other career paths being a black band on a major label.
Their last album was 2015, this gives us an idea how difficult it is to record a follow up with their schedule
But this was one of the only bands where Prince would stop his day to go see perform at a club in MPLS.
And if you could get his attention to watch a full concert, i’d say you were a highly successful band.
Their band catalog is underrated and hell of a group of songwriters. There is so many more bangers than Pretty Brown Eyes or Swingin or What kind of man would i be
this is an example of how dope they were on stop by at a music show
from 26 years ago -
Stokley has it all the charisma, that one take ability as a vocalist and musician no instrumental backing tracks needed. Not to mention he’s in another great band called Ursus Minor as the co-leader with a few lp’s
and his solo lp’s are great as well
the way they kill this set on live tv
rep for the info, @bold thats dope and powerful,
Okay and? Are you really using this story to illustrate that white people in general listen to Mint Condition?