The !!!! Beat Vol 1 # Show 4 with Carla Thomas

Rock star Rick James Hires the A Team to protect and rescue his old friend C.J. played by Issac Hayes whos being terorized by the inmates under the pay of a corrupt Warden.

Cameo - Back And Forth
country of origin: Black America:New York City
Music Genre: BPM R&B 80s :Style: Funk
Back and Forth is the 1987 single by Cameo. The single was the third release from Cameo's, Word Up! album and became the group's twelfth top 10 soul single peaking at number three for two weeks and peaked at number fifty on the pop charts making it their fourth entry on the Hot 100. The single was released on February 24, 1987.Back and Forth" was also the group's third top ten on the dance chart, peaking at number six. Legendary Jazz musician Miles Davis makes a cameo in the song's music video

Carol Lynn Townes - Believe In The Beat
country of origin: Black America:Warrenton, North Carolina

Music Genre: BPM :Style 80s R&B Sync

Believe In The Beat was the second single released by soul singer Carol Lynn Townes. The song was produced by Ollie Brown for the film, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, in which Townes appeared at the end, performing the song. “Believe In The Beat” peaked at  #20 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, #25 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart,#65 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 6 weeks,and at #109 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and #56 on the U.K. Singles chart.

Tavares performs on SoulTrain. 

The Sylvers appear on Soul Train and perform Boogie Fever,Ain't No Good In Goodbye, Cotton Candy plus an interview with Don Cornilius.

Alexander O' Neal was a force to be reckoned with in BPM and R&B. Cherelle was the voice of eighties new wave R&B. Together they became an unstoppable team whoses careers would be forever linked while their lives had ups and downs. This is their Unsung story. 

Micheal Jackson performs Beat It  during the Jacksons Victory Tour with special appearence from gutairist Eddie Van Halen who appeared to perform the gutair solo on few of the tour dates. 

The Unsung story of R&B and Jazz Musician Patrice Rushen from her early life to Jazz Prodigy to BPM and R&B sensation...and some of the heights and lows that came along the way. 

Prince's video of single and album of the same name.

A Hip Hop version of Carmen Jones, Where a police man falls in love with a mysterious beauty. Starring Beyonce with Mos Def , Wyclef Jean, Rah Digga, Bow Wow,Jermaine Dupre and Da Brat. 

A concert film with theatrical staging, featuring live performances by Prince and his band

mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother in this musical starrying Brandy and Whitney Houston.

Short version of the Verzuz battle between Legends Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight. 

Gladys Knight and Patti Labelle will face off in what promises to be a classic night with the two legendary singers. With suprise guest Dionne Warwick.

As West Coast Hip Hop started to grow and dominate the rap scene an unlikely figure rises among the rappers from the west coast whose wasn't a rapper but his singing voice added a new dimension to the ever popular genre..The west coast crooner of hip hop known as Nate Dogg time on earth isn't long but his impact is still being felt today..this is his Unsung story. 

The tale of an music genre that rose from Black america which starts to dominant the mainstream and then the world and from it many superstars and legends were born but like Rock & Roll before it this genre is endangered in being overtaken by  white america and their hedonistic and decadent  culture with LBGT groups at home and in europe. Despite that the music still remained majority Black.. thanks to the arrival of a new star coming from europe but is it enough to save the music..from its detractors and itself? featuring two dozen musical performances, and commentary by legendary Disco artists Gloria Gaynor, Nile Rodgers, Thelma Houston, and many more talking about the rise and eventual fall of Disco.

Atlantic Starr dominated the early eighties with their BPM/R&B hits. But their story starts in the 1970s where a group of friends come tgether to acheive a dream which sees great heights...and some crushing realities. As members of Atlantic Starr recall their unsung story...

She was called the “Goddess of Love” and her sultry and passionate vocal styling of Jazz, Blues and R&B standards and originals made her the quintessential songstress. The Unsung story of Phyllis Hyman.

Donnie Simpson presents episode of Video Soul bringing you the music from artists DNA,SNAP,The Wooten Brothers,RUDE BOYZ,Gerald Albright,Ronnie Laws and Phyllis Hyman.

A special tribute to Miles Davis who just passed away before the airing of this episode of Video Soul, as well as the regular music news and videos at the time of 1992. 

Take a walk in the sky high heels of hip-hop's newest queen of all things bling, Nicki Minaj! This rap/pop superstar has created her own pastel pink empire and we are giving you an inside look at her over-the-top lifestyle.

See Kim in this behind-the-scenes, price-by-price guide; from the colorful wigs and extensive designer wardrobe to the MAC cosmetics in a day of a life of Lil Kim....

Bob and Marcia :Young Gifted and Black. 

Country of Origin: Jamaica. Music Genre Reggae. Style BPM.

Bob and Marcia were a Jamaican vocal duo, that consisted of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths. They had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black". They followed up with "Pied Piper", which peaked at #11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1971. Those two releases spent a total of twenty five weeks in that chart in a period of less than eighteen months. They discontinued their partnership in the mid-1970s, both feeling that it was not bringing them adequate financial reward. Marcia would later become part of the Wailers with Bob Marley as part of the I3s back up singers which included Rita Marley, Bob's wife and from there she would have a considerable successful career as one of the major women in the Roots genre of Reggae as well as the entire music genre itself.

New Edition - Cool It Now

The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away
country of origin Black America: Los Angeles
Music Genre: BPM. Style: Sunshine .

Is the 1967 single from the debut album of the same name by the pop group The 5th Dimension.
The single became a major hit in outside charts of white america, reaching No. 7 in July 1967 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart, and No. 9 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. In other countries, it reached No. 1 in Canada, and in Australia.
It cleaned up at the 10th Annual Grammy Awards in 1968, winning for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Best Performance by a Chorus and Best Contemporary Song.

PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
country of origin: Black america :Jersey City, New Jersey
Music Genre: Hip Hop: Style: Afro Conscious
Set Adrift On Memory Bliss is the 1991 second single from the debut album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience by hip hop alternative group PM Dawn.
This song peaked at position 16 in the US R&B and Hip Hop charts however it reached no 1 in the U.S Dance Charts,The main overall US Hot 100 charts and no 1 in Canada Urban Charts, it was P.M. Dawn's first number-one hit . Historically it became the first number-one song after the debut of the Nielsen SoundScan system, which monitored airplay and sales more closely than before, when Billboard had to rely on manual sales reports and airplay data. According to the test charts of the SoundScan system, Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" was at number one for at least three weeks but officially has a one-week reign at number one. Worldwide, it reached number one in New Zealand and top five positions in other international charts in other countries.

Jamelia - Money
country of origin: Black UK:Birmingham
Music Genre: RNB :Style: Hip hop/Dancehall

Money is the third single by Black British R&B artist of Caribbean descent, Jamelia and the second single from her debut album Drama both released in 2000.

Money is considered by many to be Jamelia's breakthrough hit as the song made the UK top 5 upon its release in February 2000, spending nine weeks inside the UK top 75. The song features Dancehall star Beenie Man who was collaborating with notable RNB and BPM artists in america during this period.

Gabrielle - Dreams
country of origin Black Britain: London: Hackney
Music Genre: Soul: Style:British Soul

Dreams is the 1993 first single of the debut album Find Your Own Way by Gabrielle.

The single hit no 1 in the U.S. Dance charts and the R&B charts of Canada while becoming a no 1 hit in the UK pop charts.
It was mostly a top 5 or top twenty performer in other charts in other countries across the world.

The Pointer Sisters -- Automatic
country of origin: Black America: Oakland, California,
Music Genre:R&B :Style: BPM Electro 80s RNB
Automatic" is the 1984 single from The Pointer Sisters for their tenth album Break Out released in 1983 by The Pointer Sisters.
Automatic would begin the early Eighties domination for The Pointer Sisters. The single would take key positions in the US Dance Club Songs and US Hot R&B Songs as well as get to no one in sever countries in europe and become a big hit in the UK.

Machel Montano x Ashanti - The Road

Country of Origin: Trinidad & Tobago

Music Genre:Soca ; Style: R&B Soca Dancehall

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
country of origin: Black America: St. Louis, Missouri,
Music Genre:Rock & Roll :Style: Rock & Roll, Rhythm And Blues, Big Time.
Released as a single in May 1956, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side by the Father King of Rock & Roll, Chuck Berry. It peaked at number two on the R&B chart and number 29 on the pop chart. The song has been imitated and covered by other artists and have become a legendary classic in its own right. Chuck Berry wrote the song in response to his sister Lucy always using the family piano to play classical music when Chuck wanted to play popular music. Inspired by the rivalry between his sister Lucy's classical music training and Chuck's own self-taught, rough-and-ready music preference. The lyric "roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news" refers to how classical composers would roll over in their graves upon hearing that classical music had given way to Rock & Roll.