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| Artist : Heavy D |
| Album : Vibes |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
| Label : Universal |
| Year : 2008 |
| Genre : R&B |
| Rip date : Dec-11-2008 |
| Store date : Dec-16-2008 |
| Size : 50,2 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Long Distance Girl 04:18 |
| 02 - No Matter What 04:12 |
| 03 - Queen Majesty 03:52 |
| 04 - Love Me Like This feat. Barrington Levy 03:44 |
| 05 - My Love Is All I Have 03:45 |
| 06 - Hugs And Kisses 03:34 |
| 07 - Private Dancer feat. Sizzla 03:32 |
| 08 - Delilah 03:34 |
| 09 - Chasing Windmills 03:27 |
| 10 - Sincere 04:22 |
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| 38:20 min |
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| Hip-hop's original overweight lover, Heavy D parlayed an eminently |
| likable persona and strong MC skills into a surprisingly lengthy career, |
| in tandem with his backing group the Boyz. Weighing in at over 250 |
| pounds, his girth could easily have become a one-note premise, but he |
| varied his lyrical concerns to include positive message tracks and fun- |
| loving party jams, and exuded a genuine warmth and respect for women |
| without getting too graphic or sentimental. Musically, his appeal was |
| just as broad ù he was able to mix elements of R&B, reggae, dance, and |
| pop into his music, but his raps were quick-tongued enough that he |
| avoided the accusations of selling out that dogged many other crossover |
| successes of his era. Moreover, he was an all-around talent ù an agile |
| dancer, a naturalistic actor, and an astute businessman who eventually |
| became a label executive. Even after his tenure as a pop hitmaker had |
| effectively ended, he maintained a solid, steady level of popularity all |
| the way through the '90s, and his albums kept on going gold. |
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| Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers in Jamaica in 1967 and moved |
| with his family to Mt. Vernon, NY, as a young child. He discovered rap |
| music at age eight and by junior high was making his own demo tapes. He |
| later formed the Boyz with high-school friends DJ Eddie F (born Eddie |
| Ferrell), Trouble T-Roy (born Troy Dixon), and G-Wiz (born Glen |
| Parrish). Their demo tape found its way to Def Jam executive Andre |
| Harrell, who was in the process of forming his own label, Uptown. |
| Harrell made Heavy D & the Boyz the first artists signed to Uptown in |
| 1986, and they released their debut album, Living Large, in 1987. The |
| singles "Mr. Big Stuff" and "The Overweight Lover's in the House" |
| established Heavy D's image among rap fans, and "Don't You Know" was a |
| crossover hit on the R&B charts, narrowly missing the Top Ten. All told, |
| Living Large was a gold-selling hit. |
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| The follow-up album, 1989's Big Tyme, was the group's real breakthrough, |
| however. Like its predecessor, it featured production from both Marley |
| Marl and new jack swing guru Teddy Riley. By this time, though, there |
| was a bit more depth to Heavy D's persona, and he was also hitting a |
| peak of consistency as a songwriter. "Somebody for Me," "We Got Our Own |
| Thang," and "Gyrlz, They Love Me" were all significant R&B hits, with |
| the former two reaching the Top Ten; plus, "We Got Our Own Thang" |
| attracted some attention from MTV. Big Tyme went all the way to number |
| one on the R&B album charts and made the Top 20 on the pop side; it was |
| also certified platinum. Unfortunately, tragedy struck on the supporting |
| tour: Trouble T-Roy was killed in an accident on July 15, 1990. He |
| became the subject of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's elegiac hit "They |
| Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" as well as a tribute cut on the next |
| Heavy D & the Boyz album, 1991's Peaceful Journey. |
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| Peaceful Journey was another platinum-selling hit, thanks to the single |
| "Now That We Found Love," which made Heavy D a full-fledged mainstream |
| success; it reached the R&B Top Five and just missed the pop Top Ten. |
| "Is It Good to You" and the posse cut "Don't Curse" were also popular |
| with hip-hop fans, and he was also a weekly television presence via his |
| theme song for the sketch comedy series In Living Color. 1992's Blue |
| Funk was a tougher effort that broke somewhat with Heavy D's well- |
| established image, and perhaps as a result it suffered from |
| underexposure; nonetheless, it managed to go gold, and the singles |
| "Truthful" and "Who's the Man?" scored with rap audiences. In the |
| meantime, Heavy D had been working on establishing a concurrent acting |
| career and landed his biggest role yet as a recurring supporting |
| character on the Fox sitcom Roc in 1993; around the same time, he became |
| the vice president of A&R at Uptown. Over the next few years, he would |
| also appear as a recurring character on another Fox sitcom, Living |
| Single. |
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| Heavy D & the Boyz returned to platinum status with 1994's Nuttin' but |
| Love, which spawned hits in "Black Coffee," the R&B Top Five "Got Me |
| Waiting," and the title track; it also became their second album to top |
| the R&B charts. 1996 was a big non-musical year for Heavy D; he briefly |
| served as president of Uptown Records and made his off-Broadway |
| theatrical debut starring in the one-act play Riff Raff, which was |
| written and directed by Laurence Fishburne. In 1997, he returned to |
| music as a solo act, releasing Waterbed Hev to surprising commercial |
| response; it made the Top Ten on both the pop and R&B charts and |
| produced a Top Five R&B hit in "Big Daddy." His seventh album, 1999's |
| Heavy, became his seventh straight to reach the R&B Top Ten. In the |
| meantime, he appeared in the 1999 Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence comedy |
| Life and landed a prominent supporting role in the Oscar-nominated drama |
| The Cider House Rules. In 2000, he landed a recurring role as a |
| counselor on the Fox high-school drama Boston Public, which lasted for |
| the next several years. |
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