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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
American rapper
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Rappin' 4-Tay
Rappin' 4-Tay
African-American rapper
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Full Force
Full Force
American R&B and hip hop singers
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The Fat Boys
The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio
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The World's Famous Supreme Team
The World's Famous Supreme Team
American hip hop radio show crew and recording group
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Spyder-D
Spyder-D
American rapper
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
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K-Ci & JoJo
K-Ci & JoJo
American band
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Mantronix
Mantronix
American hip hop band
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Whodini
Whodini
American hip-hop group
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Larry Smith
Larry Smith
American musician and record producer (1952-2014)
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
American hip hop group
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Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd
American musical group; R&B boy band
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The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
American hip hop group
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Next
Next
American R&B musical group
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Gza
Gza
American hip hop artist
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Easy Mo Bee
Easy Mo Bee
American record producer
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Crime Mob
Crime Mob
band
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Lloyd
Lloyd
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor from Georgia
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Static Major
Static Major
American recording artist
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Amerie
Amerie
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress
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IMx
IMx
American R&B group from California
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Tracie Spencer
Tracie Spencer
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Busy Bee Starski
Busy Bee Starski
American rapper
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Zhané
Zhané
band
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Guy
Guy
American R&B band
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Ghostface Killah
Ghostface Killah
American rapper from New York
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Fresh Kid Ice
Fresh Kid Ice
Chinese Trinidadian-American rapper and co-founder of rap group 2 Live Crew
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A Lighter Shade of Brown
A Lighter Shade of Brown
Mexican American hip hop duo
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
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Angie Stone
Angie Stone
American singer and actress
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Run-DMC
Run-DMC
American hip hop group
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OutKast
OutKast
American hip hop duo
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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
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The Neptunes
The Neptunes
American record production duo formed by Teddy Riley
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The Futuristiks
The Futuristiks
production duo
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Too Short
Too Short
American rapper and record producer from California
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Luther Campbell
Luther Campbell
American rapper
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Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson
American musician
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Lovebug Starski
Lovebug Starski
American rapper
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Olivia
Olivia
American R&B singer
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The O'Jays
The O'Jays
American band that plays rhythm and blues
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B2K
B2K
American R&B music group
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Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature
American hip hop trio
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire

The Force MDs are an American R&B vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Although the group has old school hip hop roots, it is perhaps best known for two tunes that are widely considered 1980s quiet storm classics, "Tender Love" and "Love is a House". They are considered major forerunners of the new jack swing movement.