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Minneapolis legends Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis take the spotlight as musicologist Duke Eatmon recounts their ascent from Prince protegés playing with The Time to a star-making run with the SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal and Janet Jackson.
DJs & GUESTS Professor Groove, DJ Static, Duke Eatmon / RECORDED April 21, 2017 / HOSTING Mike, Oliver, PJ & daduke. You can help too!
- time - the stick
- talk: intro, joining prince and forming the time (over time - the stick, prince - party up)
- talk: upstaging prince on tour, starting to write and produce for the s.o.s. band, getting fired by prince (over the time - the walk (live), s.o.s. band - no one's gonna love you)
- s.o.s. band - high hopes
- klymaxx - wild girls
- ice-t - the coldest rap
- talk: early rap production, opening doors with clarence avant and leon sylvers (over klymaxx - all turned out)
- cheryl lynn - encore
- gladys knight & the pips - when you're far away
- change - change of heart
- patti austin - the heat of heat
- talk: the iconic roland 808 drum machine, defining the jam & lewis sound with the s.o.s. band (over patti austin - the heat of heat, s.o.s. band - for your love)
- s.o.s. band - just be good to me
- s.o.s. band - just the way you like it
- s.o.s. band - borrowed love
- talk: princely perfection without sequencing, choosing singers to build with (over s.o.s. band - borrowed love, cherrelle - fragile)
- cherrelle - i didn't mean to turn you on
- alexander o'neal - innocent
- cherrelle feat. alexander o'neal - saturday love
- talk: helping janet jackson gain "control" (over cherrelle feat. alexander o'neal - saturday love)
- janet jackson - what have you done for me lately
- janet jackson - control
- talk: taking the minneapolis sound to mainstream success (over janet jackson - control, janet jackson - nasty)
- herb alpert - diamonds
- human league - i need your loving
- talk: outro (over human league - i need your loving)
- pia zadora - dance out of my head
- alexander o'neal - fake
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Nice show, with the whole side stories. I am Enjoying. This songs are meaning something to me..
Awesome show ! I grew up on all these tracks. They still give me goosebumps. And great to hear the historicale inject from Duke Eatmon. Nuff respect all WeFunk crew !
Musically you surprise any dj.
Loving the deep funk from Shanghai.
Longtime listener, Minneapolis native! Big Ups Wefunk!!!
Eatmon is right: a musical education every week!
bang!
Awesome as always guys, been listening for the last 10 years and loved every minute