tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109565953928298812011-09-01T07:05:11.789-07:00Breaking RecordsKrankbeatzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453406363476870882noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310956595392829881.post-24072509717902923162010-12-04T19:34:00.000-08:002010-12-04T19:34:32.444-08:00The Blackbyrds - Unfinished Business (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f1cdmcdc8vwdecb"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLFnNmSDiLg/TPsHceaZYUI/AAAAAAAAAAk/CASClQRi2-8/s320/P1010310.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Blackbyrds</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> was an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="United States"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">American</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhythm and blues"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">rhythm and blues</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz-funk" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Jazz-funk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">jazz-funk</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> fusion group, formed in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Washington, D.C."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Washington, D.C.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> in 1973.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The group was inspired by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Trumpet"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">trumpeter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Byrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Donald Byrd"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Donald Byrd</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and featured some of his </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Howard University"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Howard University</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> students: </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Toney" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kevin Toney"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Kevin Toney</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Keyboard instrument"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">keyboards</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">), Keith Killgo (</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Singer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">vocals</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Drum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">drums</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">), Joe Hall (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Bass guitar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">bass guitar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">), </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_C._Barnes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Allan C. Barnes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Allan C. Barnes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Saxophone"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">saxophone</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Clarinet"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">clarinet</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">), and Barney Perry (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Guitar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">guitar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Flute"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">flute</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, saxophone) were later members of the group. They signed to</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Fantasy Records"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Fantasy Records</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> in 1973. They are best known for their 1975 </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_record" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Hit record"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">hit</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_Rhythm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Walking in Rhythm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Walking in Rhythm</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">", which received a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy Award"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Grammy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">nomination, sold over one million copies by May 1975, and was awarded a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Music recording sales certification"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">gold disc</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">With eight successful </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Album"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">albums</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> released for Fantasy from 1974 to 1980, The Blackbyrds became an inspiraiton to late 1970s and early 1980s </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">British</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> jazz-funk acts such as Light Of The World and Hi-Tension. While, with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Starr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gang Starr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Gang Starr</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, Da Lench Mobb and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Force" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Full Force"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Full Force</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sampling (music)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">sampling</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> their music, they have also more recently made a significant impact on the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip-hop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Hip-hop"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">hip-hop</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">generation.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">In particular, their 1975 </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Song"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">song</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> "Rock Creek Park" from the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">City Life</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> album has been sampled numerous times by groups such as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Soul" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="De La Soul"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">De La Soul</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_B._%26_Rakim" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric B. & Rakim"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Eric B. & Rakim</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kane" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Big Daddy Kane"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Big Daddy Kane</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="NWA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">NWA</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Massive Attack"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Massive Attack</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Ice Cube"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Ice Cube</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Heavy D"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Heavy D</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Nas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Nas</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_%26_the_Furious_Five" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. The song has also appeared on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Soundtrack"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">soundtrack</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> to the video game </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3310956595392829881-2407250971790292316?l=breakingrecords.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krankbeatzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453406363476870882noreply@blogger.com0