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Royal Rappin's certainly looks great on paper - it's the pairing of two of music's most loquacious and sexually geared acts, Millie Jackson and Isaac Hayes - but despite all its potential, the album doesn't impress quite like it could have. A few years earlier, Hayes recorded a live double album with Dionne Warwick and the sparks were more than genuine. With Jackson and the declining Muscle Shoals sound though, it seems more like a terrible blind date that can't end soon enough. Part of the problem is that Hayes doesn't have any production duties and is basically dropped into a Millie Jackson album. There are a few good moments, however.
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'Sweet Music, Soft Lights and You' manages to capture a groove that complements their styles. Still, the pointless covers and underdone originals sink this like a stone. The slightly perked-up 'You Needed Me' is weird and the disco-fied 'Feels Like the First Time' is surreal. Although Hayes and Jackson's legend of gab preceded them, the chatter here is forced and annoying, especially on 'If I Had My Way' and 'If You Had Your Way.' Unfortunately, Royal Rappin's captures the worst of two great soul artists. Jason Elias.
's first taste of singing in front of an audience occurred one night at the famed nightclub Smalls Paradise. Sitting in the audience with friends, heckled the lady onstage and, when dared to do better, she stepped up to belt 's 'Don't Play It No More.' Was hired for another gig within two weeks, but didn't get paid. A gentleman by the name of took her to a venue in Hoboken, NJ, a couple of weeks later and then on to Brooklyn, NY, to perform for a nominal fee.
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Born in Thompson, GA, lived with her grandmother prior to moving to Newark, NJ, to live with her father in 1958. She grew up influenced by the sounds of, and later,. Her first single to chart was 1971's deceptively titled 'A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe),' which many thought was a gospel track.
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Due to its heated lyrical content, the single was canceled, but still managed to peak at number 22 on the R&B charts. In the spring of 1972, had her first R&B Top Ten single with 'Ask Me What You Want.' She kept busy performing in nightclubs and enjoyed her second consecutive Top Ten single with 'My Man, A Sweet Man' in August of 1972; it peaked at number seven. (Ironically, the song was not one of 's favorites.) A year later, whose vocal texture is similar to one of her idols, had her third Top Ten single with the moderately paced 'Hurts So Good,' which peaked at number three on the R&B charts and made the pop Top 40. The single bore the title of her album and was also featured on the movie soundtrack for Cleopatra Jones.
Produced the album with. However, she was only given credit for the album concept. In 's own words, '.that's when they (label owners) met the real.' Thereafter, she was given credit for her efforts. In January of 1975, released the album that would introduce what would later become her trademark rap style of racy, raunchy language; her audience loved it.
The album was and the featured release was 'If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right,' for which she received two Grammy nominations. Openly admits that she never had singing lessons and never thought she could sing. Consequently, she began to talk (or what was commonly known at the time as rap) on her songs in a blunt, candid manner to make up for the shortcoming and had her fourth Top Ten single with country singer 's 'If You're Not Back in Love by Monday' (Billboard country charts number two). 's version peaked at number five on the R&B charts. Over the next ten years, had numerous Top 100 singles for Spring Records. In 1986, she signed with Jive and released her fifth and sixth Top Ten singles in 'Hot!
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Crazy Love' and 'Love Is a Dangerous Game, both respectively peaking at number nine and six on the R&B charts. In addition to her impressive music career, wrote the play Young Man, Older Woman; the play toured for four years. Her attention, though, has turned to the broadcast booth as a radio program host on the afternoon radio show in Dallas, TX. According to Billboard, is one of the top R&B acts to ever record or step onto a stage and is still giving her fans what they want as a radio host and a performer.