Should Christion have been bigger? Full of Smoke is Classic.....

[Rapmastermind]

Back in 96, the 1st RnB act singed to Jay's Roc a Fella dropped a Classic RnB song called "Full of Smoke". These two twin singers had amazing voices and so much soul. Sadly their careers didn't take off. I personally thought their debut album Ghetto Cyrano was pretty good. But I felt Jay should of pushed them more but the rap aspect of the Roc took over. Jay was obviously trying to do a Puffy thing with RnB but he didn't do it right. Christion should be bigger to me:

"Watching my life go down like Christion" - Puffy (What you gonna do)

"Like Christion, watching my life go" - NaS (Drunk by myself)

 

[Rapmastermind]

Even Snoop knows that joint is Classic:

 

[CSquare43]

Snoop agrees with you:
[ame=http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhZJS71nv6z3c4PKbZ]Video: Snoop Dogg - The Way Life Used To Be[/ame]

Allen is my man.....super talented. Here's something more recent from him:

ALLEN ANTHONY - DO 4 U

 

[Rapmastermind]

This song from Backstage was dope too:

 

[DANJ!]

Yeah... Roc-a-Fella wasn't strong at pushing R&B acts, at all.

If they had been on another label, it coulda happened. Especially since they came around just when the early "neo-soul" movement started kicking off with D'Angelo, Maxwell, Erykah, and others. They woulda had a much better shot on a label that was more established and able to work a group like them.

 

[re'up]

This song from Backstage was dope too:

Christian - Just Leave Your Love - YouTube

'Just Leave Your Love'....that's a personal classic, I remember listening to that serious as hell when I was 14 or 15, 'you can have the clothes, the house, the jewelry, the stereo, () like I had any of that shyt....I still can't REALLy relate, I have no shared assets with women, but I still love that song, playing it now.

 

[jadillac]

Anybody have that whole abum?

 

[Rapmastermind]

'Just Leave Your Love'....that's a personal classic, I remember listening to that serious as hell when I was 14 or 15, 'you can have the clothes, the house, the jewelry, the stereo, () like I had any of that shyt....I still can't REALLy relate, I have no shared assets with women, but I still love that song, playing it now.

It was their voices man, I get what you saying. You felt how much they loved that chick through their voices. Dudes were talented.

Yeah... Roc-a-Fella wasn't strong at pushing R&B acts, at all.

If they had been on another label, it coulda happened. Especially since they came around just when the early "neo-soul" movement started kicking off with D'Angelo, Maxwell, Erykah, and others. They woulda had a much better shot on a label that was more established and able to work a group like them.

Yea, Bad Boy was the best Rnb/Hip Hop fusion label ever. I wish Jay would of asked Puff for some help with Christion, they were to talented. I know the 1st album didn't do well but I think with the right production they would of succeeded.

 

[Yung Yogurt]

lol my pops used to have this cd and I thought it was garbage being young... Imma give it a spin now.

 

[Mr. Negative]

CLASSIC song, DAMN NEAR classic album....

but like Rell at the time, The Roc had no idea what to do with an R&B group.

If Hov really wanted to put them dudes back on the map, he woulda brought 'em on stage, had 'em stand on either side of him and

 

[Rominati]

Yes!!!

 

[JulesWinfield]

2 chainz sampled em
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAzP0sjfF6w]Tity Boi - Up In Smoke [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[YBE]

Rell was nice too

 

[Awesome Wells]

The album was dope too, but R&B was still crazy when they dropped. So I don't think they could've really competed with the artists back then.

 

[Rapmastermind]