The Brand New Heavies
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(1985 – present)
The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist “Minister of New Super Heavy Funk”. As The Brand New Heavies they gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid jazz replaced rare groove in clubs. The band issued a debut recording for Eddie Piller’s Acid Jazz label in 1990 with Jay Ella Ruth as lead singer.
A single, “
Got To Give”, came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N’Dea Davenport (who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl) joined the group. A revamped version of the first album with vocals by N’Dea Davenport was then released, and the singles “Dream Come True”, “Never Stop” and “Stay This Way”, all with Davenport on lead vocals, became hits on both sides of the Atlantic, with the latter becoming a music video directed by Douglas Gayeton that saw heavy rotation on MTV.The group’s appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City, inspired the group to incorporate elements of hip hop music. Their next album was the critically acclaimed Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, which included collaborations with Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde, among others, but lacked any female vocals.
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babyluigi_n-o
Didn't know until recently that they were making a new album. Still need to wait a few days until I can have it. BUT I TOTALLY CAN'T WAIT <3
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BALESTRINI
1st Place: Brother Sister; 2nd Place: Shelter. These guys and Incognito are realy good.
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LOVES-DESIRE
Interesting ....
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syugenbou
my favorite
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pablovidal85
Great music
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lucassalgado
Muito bom ..
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crownanchor
21 years.....that's s long time together...FUNK ON:):)
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Abello966
quick question, are they instrumental?
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SirPsychoFlea
http://blog.pedigreecuts.com/?p=1740 free download of 13 new instrumental tracks by the brand new heavies
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MusicProducer70
Hi Friends! See now the video of Tina Still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7y5RSh3qj0 Tks! Thiago
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dee_jay_boo
Please join my group :) http://www.last.fm/group/Funky+Funk ... Cheers :D
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Dearty
Alguien del concierto de la Sala Apolo? Ha sido increíble! Lástima que la voz de N'Dea no se escuchara apenas! El técnico de sonido la ha cagado vilmente. Un directo impresionante. A ver cuándo vuelven ^^
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rizky89_bassist
yeah! they come to Indonesia at 5 June 2011!! i should be there!!!
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destriaaryani
"You Are The Universe" is really good! come on to Indonesia sometimes please! :D
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podgethebastard
fckn good shit
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RamonBernabeu
The Brand New Heavies es una banda que a mi particularmente me gusta. Os la recomiendo
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Corso6
Hello, I need "I Feel Right" lyrics. Help please )
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crey_91
"Get used to it" is amazing
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babyluigi_n-o
Man, I just listened to "Allaboutthefunk" for the first time and the ending at "How We Do This" really disturbs me o_o"
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paulonleao
hello from Brazil, Amazon, Manaus. are they good? Yes!
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