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| Artist : Heavy D |
| Album : Vibes |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
| Label : Universal |
| Year : 2008 |
| Genre : R&B |
| Rip date : Dec-11-2008 |
| Store date : Dec-16-2008 |
| Size : 50,2 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Long Distance Girl 04:18 |
| 02 - No Matter What 04:12 |
| 03 - Queen Majesty 03:52 |
| 04 - Love Me Like This feat. Barrington Levy 03:44 |
| 05 - My Love Is All I Have 03:45 |
| 06 - Hugs And Kisses 03:34 |
| 07 - Private Dancer feat. Sizzla 03:32 |
| 08 - Delilah 03:34 |
| 09 - Chasing Windmills 03:27 |
| 10 - Sincere 04:22 |
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| 38:20 min |
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| Hip-hop's original overweight lover, Heavy D parlayed an eminently |
| likable persona and strong MC skills into a surprisingly lengthy career, |
| in tandem with his backing group the Boyz. Weighing in at over 250 |
| pounds, his girth could easily have become a one-note premise, but he |
| varied his lyrical concerns to include positive message tracks and fun- |
| loving party jams, and exuded a genuine warmth and respect for women |
| without getting too graphic or sentimental. Musically, his appeal was |
| just as broad ù he was able to mix elements of R&B, reggae, dance, and |
| pop into his music, but his raps were quick-tongued enough that he |
| avoided the accusations of selling out that dogged many other crossover |
| successes of his era. Moreover, he was an all-around talent ù an agile |
| dancer, a naturalistic actor, and an astute businessman who eventually |
| became a label executive. Even after his tenure as a pop hitmaker had |
| effectively ended, he maintained a solid, steady level of popularity all |
| the way through the '90s, and his albums kept on going gold. |
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| Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers in Jamaica in 1967 and moved |
| with his family to Mt. Vernon, NY, as a young child. He discovered rap |
| music at age eight and by junior high was making his own demo tapes. He |
| later formed the Boyz with high-school friends DJ Eddie F (born Eddie |
| Ferrell), Trouble T-Roy (born Troy Dixon), and G-Wiz (born Glen |
| Parrish). Their demo tape found its way to Def Jam executive Andre |
| Harrell, who was in the process of forming his own label, Uptown. |
| Harrell made Heavy D & the Boyz the first artists signed to Uptown in |
| 1986, and they released their debut album, Living Large, in 1987. The |
| singles "Mr. Big Stuff" and "The Overweight Lover's in the House" |
| established Heavy D's image among rap fans, and "Don't You Know" was a |
| crossover hit on the R&B charts, narrowly missing the Top Ten. All told, |
| Living Large was a gold-selling hit. |
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| The follow-up album, 1989's Big Tyme, was the group's real breakthrough, |
| however. Like its predecessor, it featured production from both Marley |
| Marl and new jack swing guru Teddy Riley. By this time, though, there |
| was a bit more depth to Heavy D's persona, and he was also hitting a |
| peak of consistency as a songwriter. "Somebody for Me," "We Got Our Own |
| Thang," and "Gyrlz, They Love Me" were all significant R&B hits, with |
| the former two reaching the Top Ten; plus, "We Got Our Own Thang" |
| attracted some attention from MTV. Big Tyme went all the way to number |
| one on the R&B album charts and made the Top 20 on the pop side; it was |
| also certified platinum. Unfortunately, tragedy struck on the supporting |
| tour: Trouble T-Roy was killed in an accident on July 15, 1990. He |
| became the subject of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's elegiac hit "They |
| Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" as well as a tribute cut on the next |
| Heavy D & the Boyz album, 1991's Peaceful Journey. |
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| Peaceful Journey was another platinum-selling hit, thanks to the single |
| "Now That We Found Love," which made Heavy D a full-fledged mainstream |
| success; it reached the R&B Top Five and just missed the pop Top Ten. |
| "Is It Good to You" and the posse cut "Don't Curse" were also popular |
| with hip-hop fans, and he was also a weekly television presence via his |
| theme song for the sketch comedy series In Living Color. 1992's Blue |
| Funk was a tougher effort that broke somewhat with Heavy D's well- |
| established image, and perhaps as a result it suffered from |
| underexposure; nonetheless, it managed to go gold, and the singles |
| "Truthful" and "Who's the Man?" scored with rap audiences. In the |
| meantime, Heavy D had been working on establishing a concurrent acting |
| career and landed his biggest role yet as a recurring supporting |
| character on the Fox sitcom Roc in 1993; around the same time, he became |
| the vice president of A&R at Uptown. Over the next few years, he would |
| also appear as a recurring character on another Fox sitcom, Living |
| Single. |
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| Heavy D & the Boyz returned to platinum status with 1994's Nuttin' but |
| Love, which spawned hits in "Black Coffee," the R&B Top Five "Got Me |
| Waiting," and the title track; it also became their second album to top |
| the R&B charts. 1996 was a big non-musical year for Heavy D; he briefly |
| served as president of Uptown Records and made his off-Broadway |
| theatrical debut starring in the one-act play Riff Raff, which was |
| written and directed by Laurence Fishburne. In 1997, he returned to |
| music as a solo act, releasing Waterbed Hev to surprising commercial |
| response; it made the Top Ten on both the pop and R&B charts and |
| produced a Top Five R&B hit in "Big Daddy." His seventh album, 1999's |
| Heavy, became his seventh straight to reach the R&B Top Ten. In the |
| meantime, he appeared in the 1999 Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence comedy |
| Life and landed a prominent supporting role in the Oscar-nominated drama |
| The Cider House Rules. In 2000, he landed a recurring role as a |
| counselor on the Fox high-school drama Boston Public, which lasted for |
| the next several years. |
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Product Description
2008 Reggae-influenced album from the long serving rapper. Heavy D is best known for fronting Rap group Heavy D & The Boyz, the first music group signed to Uptown Records in the late 80's. On Vibes, the D goes back to his roots which takes you to his birthplace of Jamaica. Currently Heavy D's single, 'Long Distance Girlfriend,' is stated to be the most requested Reggae song since it's release. ''You can't fake this stuff,'' says Hev. ''I learned a long time ago you go with the music that's in your heart or you don't go at all.''