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I first brought to light the wonderful essence of R&B boy/guy groups that emerged & made a presence, spark a mainstream interest in R&B/Soul music back in the 90's. I last spoke of a group called NIIU & ran reference to much of the music or productions from their self titled LP sounding a little bit like another group - 3 guys - that formed "Intro" back in 1993. And you know, these fellas was on hit. Their self titled LP from Atlantic Records was strong. For real...
Led by wonder vocalist Kenneth Greene, these guys made a tremendous splash on the scene when they broke out with a cover of Stevie Wonders' love hit "Ribbon In The Sky" (video above). But that was not the only jam they created & dropped on young listeners back then.
They mustered up enough sauce to keep the groove steady with hot joints like the beat bangin' "Let Me Be The One", "Love Thang", "Why Don't You Love Me" & so on. A noticeable trademark to their sound is the vocal arrangements centered around lead man Kenny Greene's voice. There were times in the playback that I wondered if the other 2 guys, ever graced the mic. I'm sure they did. And its not something to look back into. What Intro had was a niche. You KNEW when they performed by simply hearing the vocal arrangements.
One of the bigger singles off the self titled album, "Come Inside" (see video below) had to be a love jam for a mixtape in a hurry. A bit spicy & provocative, it wasn't so much the gimmicky lyrics that moved you, but the overall melody & groove that hypnotized ya'. Yes it did.
These cats perfected a love album well done. Very creative compositions & lyrics. 2 years later, they came back with another offering in "New Life" (1995). It's kinda sad to see their career shortened after the passing away of Mr Greene in 2001. I felt these brothas' had something different & special. No telling where Intro could have gone from there. And the one thing that stuck with me: They did it from the corner of the block. Straight up. With their Timberland's' strapped.
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The Urban Music Scene
Recent update (5/14/09) Anthony Maurice was all over us about this:...."What up with 'Let me Be the one', urban music scene?"
OK Cat: And??
Intro - Let me be the one
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Now you are talking ums. Anthony
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