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| Bachelor Pad Boogie
I know everyone is waiting for the next instalments of HARDKUISS and JAZZKUISS, but unfortunately Iāve had something else come up that, along with work and my masters, been taking the majority of my time. Keeping it quiet irl lest I be labelled a class traitor, but I bought my first apartment. Grateful Iām lucky enough to have a decent stable job but still wouldnāt be able to do this without the little bit of money my moms left me when she died. This dumb site was a really big support for me during that tough time though so thought Iād share the good news with yāall. List is boogie albums Iāll be bumping in the new place, because sput seems to completely disregard this treasure trove of a genre for no good reason. Have we even ever had a boogie list before? We do now. | | 1 |  | Patrice Rushen
Straight From The Heart
For those who remain unenlightened; āBoogieā is a retrospective term for a style of dancefloor-oriented R&B that sprung up around the late 70s and early 80s in the wake of discoās demise, but before Minneapolis Sound or New Jack Swing really took over. Itās characterised by slower tempos than disco, syncopated shuffle grooves, funky basslines and soulful vocals. | | 2 |  | Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
Coming in the immediate post-Steely Dan era, boogie benefited from both the healthy label budgets of the early 80s, and a high level of interest in high-fidelity audio. As a result, the genre is typified by crisp, sleek, highly professional sounding production and mixing. Many of these records have become regular references when testing audio equipment for me - especially this one. | | 3 |  | Evelyn King
Get Loose
Technologically, boogie was probably one of the first forms of R&B to incorporate what are now considered hallmarks of modern pop music: digital synthesisers, samplers, sequencers and drum machines. Combined with the high production values endemic to the genre, itās quite easy for a lot of boogie to sound fresh and contemporary, even today. | | 4 |  | Howard Johnson
Keepinā Love New
Despite the use of cutting edge (for the time) technology, however, boogie came early enough in the game that session players hadnāt been completely replaced by synths and samples. The rest is that a lot of boogie records feature a host of well-known session cats tearing their way through these compositions and having audible fun while doing so - just check out Marcus Millerās many appearances on numerous hallmark records of the time. | | 5 |  | Teena Marie
It Must Be Magic
In the same way, boogieās cultural context, with many of its biggest names cutting their teeth in church choirs, along with a lack of of widespread pitch correction technology meant that many of the genreās vocalists had PIPES. I get it, wide dramatic vibrato might not be for everyone, but thereās a certain joy to be had listening to these vocalists absolutely let loose with the euphoric belting. | | 6 |  | Bernard Wright
'Nard
Though a lot of boogie artists were essentially pop vocalists, at the other end of the spectrum, artists like Bernard Wright took the pop idioms of the day and applied them to jazz to create daring fusion successes. And the jazz influence didnāt stop there, with many of boogieās most prolific session players and arrangers (see: Marcus Miller) being jazz cats themselves. Scratch the surface on a lot of boogie records and there are some really gorgeous, tasty brass and string arrangements. | | 7 |  | Sharon Redd
Redd Hot
One thing I really appreciate about boogie is the earnest levity it comports itself with. Though its lyrics usually stay fairly close to tried and true R&B tropes (love, heartbreak, cheating, and shaking oneās booty), boogie saw a shift to an aesthetic that was bit more urbane and less fantastic than what disco eventually became. Even in many of its ballads, boogie stuck to a single-minded mission: giving you something to groove to at the end of a long work week. Itās a sentiment I can get behind. | | 8 |  | Steve Monite
Only You
Where regional disco scenes were focused mainly on North American and European cities, boogie saw regional adoption as far afield as Brazil, Nigeria and Japan, with influences as disparate as reggae, samba, middle eastern music, and afrobeat incorporated into its sound along the way. International boogie artists really deserve their own list, but the global reach of this music is something I find eminently fascinating. | | 9 |  | Melba Moore
What A Woman Needs
Boogieās advent was right in the middle of the golden age of the album (before extended CD runtimes killed the art of quality control!), so the fact that boogie records so often incorporate different mixes of songs into a single tracklist might seem a bit odd at first. Something Iāve really come to love though is how boogie artists often inserted an extended mix, or an instrumental, or even a dub remix of a song into an albumās runtime to act as a reprise or leitmotif, like a club DJ spinning back and replaying a banger later in the night. If thereās a way to make including multiple mixes of a song into a single tracklist feel cohesive and not superfluous, I think boogie mightāve got there first. | | 10 |  | Kid Creole and The Coconuts
Tropical Gangsters
Of course, the best part of boogie is the nose beers. Can you imagine how much coke all these folks had to have been snorting to make music that sounds like this? Heroic doses. Insane results. Bring back cocaine chic, I say, and remember to say:
āIāM SORRY MAāAM, NO FISH TODAY!ā | |
Butkuiss
04.26.25 | Is there anything more endearingly camp than hearing Luther Vandross attempt to convince people he really has a girlfriend by calling her a āsuper ladyā?
https://youtu.be/Bc7vBEdYfbA | jrlikestodance
04.26.25 | 1 and 2 rule. Thank you for being a fellow R&B/Soul lover | NexCeleris
04.26.25 | Secured housing achievement unlocked. Congratulations! Also, love! | normaloctagon
04.26.25 | Yessss happy to see this featured | ArsMoriendi
04.27.25 | You're drivin' me crazy with that boogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie | Butkuiss
04.27.25 | Thank yāall for the love š§” | ArsMoriendi
04.27.25 | It's honestly super based that you have soul on your pie chart | Butkuiss
04.27.25 | Now if only I could get Rock to disappear in favour of Funk consistently instead of it switching every time I refresh ššš | ArsMoriendi
04.27.25 | I see you haven't rated total classic Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder, that could be a good step, easy 4.5 or 5 |
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