Classic or Dud – Johnny Kemp, "Just Got Paid"

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One of the first new jack swing singles. Still the best?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

does this have anything to do with "Another Sunday Night"?

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

If you don't get paid, then it's just another Sunday night.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Not as good as the Takin Your Business early '90s parody "Just Got Laid" on Warlock Records -- possibly of the most '60s frat-garage-rock-sounding hip-hop record ever made.

Also possibly not as good as "Teddy's Jam" by Guy, I'm not sure.

― xhuxk, Friday, 23 September 2005 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.discogs.com/release/315915

― xhuxk, Friday, 23 September 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

T/S "Just Got Paid" vs "Teddy's Jam" vs "I Like"

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, Idlers apparently not Warlock per se, oh well

Either way, the Swingin Medallions would be totally impressed.

― xhuxk, Friday, 23 September 2005 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Weren't Idlers & Warlock distributed by the same company? My old copy of "I'll House You" was on Idlers, but the sleeve was a generic 12" sleeve with the Warlock logo.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought Johnny Gill did "Just Got Paid." Maybe I'm just being a tard there. Either way, "Teddy's Jam" wins.

― Chris O., Friday, 23 September 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link

If someone's got an mp3 they wanna share with me of Kemp's song, I'd be most appreciative.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Also: N'Sync did a not-bad version on No Strings Attached.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Anyone who says "Dud" should get kicked in the crotch. ("Teddy's Jam" does pwn it, though.)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Classic.

― matt2 (matt2), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link

"I Like" was my fave of the three (especially the club mix, which had more, well, swing), but they're all excellent. See also: "Why You Gettin' Funky On Me?" by Today.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link

>Weren't Idlers & Warlock distributed by the same company? My old copy of "I'll House You" was on Idlers, but the sleeve was a generic 12" sleeve with the Warlock logo. <

Mine too. That's why I got confused!

I would also like to put in a word here for "Every Little Step" by Bobby Brown and "Nite and Day" by Al B. Sure.

But not Keith Sweat. He totally sucked.

― xhuxk, Friday, 23 September 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I Want Her by Keith Sweat soundtracked many childhood crushes for me. Also classic.

― matt2 (matt2), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

"Nite and Day" is GREAT, and pwns all over anything Keith Sweat ever did.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, "Nite and Day" is amazing.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

1988 was a great year in Urban/R&B/Hip-Hop

The Breakout hits that created New Jack Swing

Keith Sweat: Something ain't right/Don't Stop the love/Make it last forever.
Guy: Groove Me/I Like/Piece of My Love
Johnny Kemp: Just got payed.
Mac Band: Roses are Red
Karyn White: The way you love me/superwoman/love saw it
Paula Abdul: Straight up/Opposites Attract
Bobby Brown: Dont Be Cruel/ Every Little Step/ Rock with Ya.
Vanessa Williams: Dreaming/Right Stuff/Darling I
Micheal Jackson: Smooth Criminal

― startrekman, Monday, 26 September 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Al B Sure: Nite and Day/Rescue Me/Of your Own

― startrekman, Monday, 26 September 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

http://news.yahoo.com/bahamas-r-b-singer-johnny-kemp-just-got-223039476.html

"Jamaica police said Friday that Kemp was found floating at a beach in Montego Bay on Thursday morning. It had not yet been determined how he died. Police said Kemp arrived in Jamaica on a cruise ship but added that they did not have further details."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link

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