The Brief: I’ve said it before and I will say it again, I shouldn’t buy remixes done after the early 90s. They never sound like the original song and they just go on and on with seemingly no purpose. The standard radio version of this song is a really good song. These remixes alter the song [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1999, Columbia Records, Johnny Vicious, Pop, The Dronez 
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The Brief: The power of a great single can do wonders for album sales. There’s probably a clever saying for that but, I don’t know what it is. What I do know is that prior to the release of “Butterfly” as a single, Crazy Town had sold about 100,000 copies of their debut album ‘The Gift [...]
Posted in Crazy Town, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1999, Columbia Records, Jay Baumgarner, Jazzy Jim, Justin Warfield, Larry Funk, Ricky Brown, Rock 7 Comments »
The A Side: Unpretty (Album Version) 4:01 Unpretty (Don’t Look Any Further Remix) 4:26 Unpretty (Don’t Look Any Further Remix Acappella) 4:26 The B Side: Unpretty (Pumpin’ Dolls Club Mix) 8:59 Unpretty (Don’t Look Any Further Remix w/rap) 4:26 The Brief: TLC waited over four years after the highly successful ‘CrazySexyCool’ to release the ‘FanMail’ [...]
Posted in FWV, TLC Tags: 12 Inch, 1999, Jonathan Doncker, Juan Belmonte, LaFace Records, R&B 6 Comments »
The A Side: The Official Bootleg “Megamix” 8:03 The B Side: Give It Up (Club Mix) 6:27 The Brief: 1993 was the 20th anniversary of KC and the Sunshine Band‘s founding as a group. The record label ZYX released “The Official Bootleg “Megamix” in honor of that milestone. The 12″ being posted tonight is a [...]
The A Side: Cowboy (Neptunes Remix Radio Edit) 4:41 The B Side: Cowboy (Neptunes Remix Instrumental) 4:35 Cowboy (Neptunes Remix Acapella) 4:41 The Brief: The first time the Fun-wife and I ever saw Kid Rock was on the pay per view broadcast of Woodstock ’99. He had Joe C up on stage rapping and running [...]
Side A: 808 (LP Version) 4:15 808 (Instrumental) 4:13 Side B: 808 (Remix) 3:53 808 (Remix Instrumental) 3:53 The Brief: Blaque was formed in Altanta, GA in the late 90′s and consisted of three members, Shamari Fears-Devoe, Natina Reed, and Brandi Williams. Blaque is an acronym for Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest [...]