Jazzie B

[instrumental music] Oh my gosh, look at this one.

Soul II Soul, Jazzie B, Kiss FM, 1988.

That was before you were born, Marly.

[instrumental music]

One.

It featured the British R&B singer Caron Wheeler, plus production from Jazzie B and Nellie Hooper.

Reached number five, sold 200,000 copies.

Got to number 11 in the States as well, the original.

They were out of London, uh, and they had two major hits in 1989, one of which was the Muzak, uh, version that I heard the other day.

Um, basically a couple of DJs, uh, Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper, um, and they, these guys were really amazing in, in the way they would weave this tapestry of sound from different influences.

I mean, they had some Chicago house in there-

Yeah

Hmm.

You know, 125 beats per minute was kind of the standard, you know, on d- on the dance floors.

And they were getting into this more of this sultry, soulful vibe, channeling, and, you know, and I, and I talked to Jazzie B back in the day, and they were channeling, like, Barry White.

Yeah.