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Jul 11, 2023 · Editorial Reviews. 25th Anniversary of the trio's sophomore album, featuring labelmates Mase, Carl Thomas & Black Rob; plus Missy Elliott. Enjoy hit singles like "Sitting Home" and "Trippin'" on this Limited Edition Black & White Split Vinyl release.
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Nov 22, 2014 · Well what do we have here? R&B girl group Total disbanded around 1999-2000 after the release of their second album ‘Kima, Keisha & Pam’ and recently Kima and Pam reunited and have been doing performances as a duo and even appeared on stage with Lil Kim for her ‘Ladies Night’ performance at the Soul Train Awards a few weeks ago.
Oct 26, 2020 · Although Total was one of the first acts singed to the Bad Boy label by Diddy, Kima and Keisha say the ladies actually coming together to form a singing group was very much their own doing...
- Ex-Girlfriend
- Trina & Tamara
- Pure Soul
- Brownstone
- Zhané
- Xscape
- Sista
- Total
- Destiny’s Child
- TLC
Kimberly Davis, Julia Robertson, Monica Boyd, and Tisha Hunter began their recording career in the mid-80s as a group called Petite. The group released two singles before being spotted by R&B production powerhouse Full Force, and in 1989 re-emerged as Ex-Girlfriend. The debut album X Marks the Spot was released in 1991, and the group achieved minor...
Sisters Katrina and Tamara Powell’s smooth R&B vocal stylings first appeared in 1997 on Somethin’ for the People’s “My Love Is the Shhh!”. Two years later, the sisters released a self-titled album that showcased their SWV-lite sound, and produced the single “What’d You Come Here For?” Trina & Tamarawould be the duo’s only full-length release but it...
Howard University’s Pure Soul released its sole full-length album in 1993. Pure Soul infused old school R&B with gospel, featured production by Teddy Riley and Rafaal Saadiq, and included the single “We Must Be In Love”. Its cover of The O’Jays’ classic “Stairway to Heaven” was in heavy video rotation. Despite the group’s overwhelming talent, the s...
Brownstone was founded in Los Angeles in the mid-90s, and subsequently signed with Michael Jackson’s MJJ Music label. The group’s debut album From the Bottom Up (1995) showcased masterful gospel-influenced harmonies, and offered the hit singles “If You Love Me,” and a cover of The Eagles’ “I Can’t Tell You Why”. Brownstone’s second album, 1997’s St...
After providing vocals on DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’s “Ring My Bell” in 1991, Renée Neufville and Jean Norris stepped out into the world as Zhané. 1994’s Pronounced Jah-Nay produced the breakout singles “Hey Mr. D.J.,” “Groove Thang” and “Sending My Love”. True to formula, Zhané appeared on the Higher Learning and A Low Down Dirty Shame soun...
Atlanta’s Xscape burst onto the scene in 1993 with its debut album Hummin’ Comin’ at ‘Cha. The singles “Just Kickin’ It” and “Understanding” made radio waves but it was the hip-hop version of The Clark Sisters’ gospel classic, “Is My Living in Vain”, that really gave a glimpse of the group’s raw, soulful talent. Xscape would refine that sound by th...
Virginia-based Sista released its sole album 4 All the Sistas Around da World in 1994. The album spawned the single “Brand New,” and the track “Feel Your Lips” featured vocals by Mary J. Blige. Though the album barely made a ripple in the ocean of R&B releases, it boasted two historic introductions to the music industry. 4 All the Sistas Around da ...
Total had legend-level entry into the music game, recording vocals for The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut single, “Juicy”. The laid-back, TLC-inspired group was one of the first signed to Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs’s Bad Boy Records, and its debut album Total (1996) was certified platinum with singles “Can’t You See” and the Raphael Saadiq-produced “Kissin’...
Through sheer determination, discipline and devotion to its superb artistic vision, Destiny’s Child manoeuvred the pitfalls of the music industry in the 90s to rise from Texas teen sensations to the new gold standard for female R&B groups. The group’s 1998 self-titled debut album introduced the world to its jaw dropping vocal talent, and produced t...
TLC’s debut album Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip(1992) ushered in a modern era of new jack swing, and helped create the template for female R&B groups. With their signature blend of raps and vocal hooks, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas excited audiences with hit singles like “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” and “What Abou...
Jan 17, 2022 · Total was Diddy’s first female group on Bad Boy and helped define the legendary producer’s blend of hip-hop and R&B. Kima, Keisha and Pam sang hooks on the Notorious B.I.G’s breakthrough single, “Juicy,” and appeared on hit singles for LL Cool J (“Loungin’/Who Do U Love?”), Foxxy Brown (“I Can’t) and another Biggie smash ...
Jul 10, 2017 · Kima, Keisha and Pam were Bad Boy’s secret weapon, chiming in on the unsinkable hooks to The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize” and “Juicy” (and even Mase’s “What You Want”), as well ...
Groups that released the majority of their material in the '00s are included, as long as they had an album out in the '90s - artists who debuted in the '80s (or before) won't be. Anything too pop isn't featured on here (which means a lack of British artists like Eternal and Cleopatra).
