Pour out a little Champagne for the Gordon Gekko of Rap/Berry Gordy of Rap & Bullshit Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell. The rapping era of Harrell's career usually gets brushed aside as a mere footnote to his A&R powermoves, but Jeckyll & Hyde were one of the best groups of the early 80s. They talked shit to Vanity 6 on The Challenge; they got the best beat of Pumpkin's tenure with Profile Records on Gettin' Money; they were ideal foils for Davy DMX (ghost)production on Fast Life and Yellow Panties; and they recorded the most underrated song of Rap's Disco-Band era with Doing The Do. Most of yer self-styled Hip Hop historians will never admit it, but Harlem bodied the Bronx on wax from 1979 to 1982 and this song is one of the key examples of Uptown's superiority:
(From Jeckyll & Hyde Dance/Doing The Do 12" single; 1982)
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Little Richard's just Mother Teresaed Andre Harrell.
Timing is everything innit?
https://youtu.be/JE_bgIJNPuc 40 & Suga Free slap!
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https://youtu.be/CpTlzt2NGpo my bad about the first link
Ohhhh that's good.
Andre Harrell, Little Richard and British rapper Ty. And Ty was only 46.
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