You forgot how incredible SWV were...

Ok I love Electrik Red as the next man, but I'm surprised that SWV have not gotten that much love on this website. They were the perfect synthesis between En Vogue and TLC. I just listened to their song "Release Some Tension" featuring Foxy Brown and Coko sounds hot as hell with the upright bass playing beside her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjZYY8FWMo

Also have to point out "Use Your Heart" with Coko's and Taj's lush soulful voice against a pre-weird Neptune beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRc6YCUQBE

they were three sistas with voices iirc

Yo was that r1ch juzw14k upthread???

don't know who either of them is but calling weak 'trashy' is weird, i think the shanice-ey innocence makes it, and the chorus vocals are super gospel, we agree it is v. v. beautiful

I think the poster was referring to Coko's nails which were very long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JqqyBIBhao

Yeah the remix is classic, but I saw the original on VH1 soul and I think it's better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNeI_kgPnF0

Maybe because I've heard the Human Nature one toooo many times. But the remix did sort of predict the mash up thing would hit big in the 00s.

the bam jam extended jeep mix of 'weak' is one of the greatest records ever made.

the uk back to black mix of 'right here' is a surprisingly hardy alternative to the overplayed original, especially if you like upright bass and the toto bit replucked on guitar.

agree that 'use your heart' is wonderful. "real loooove - purified".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdebfcScL2U&fmt=35

still funny how much timba re-used this for more than a woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3vlOAc71o

someone remind me where the brass sample on this originally comes from plz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL1Z7ccY-JY

all starz drop mix of 'im so into you' not on youtube?! :[

"you're so tasty like pastraaaaayyyyyy".

drop mix apparently not on the tube, no - weird! allstar was a fucking underrated super party genius in general though, i was doing a comp of all his stuff the other day.

I think the poster was referring to Coko's nails which were very long.

yeah i know but he said the video and the track, not a big deal i just always thought of them as being on the chaste(r) end of that era of r&b

someone remind me where the brass sample on this originally comes from plz

get up and dance by freedom

i think i know it from 'freedom' by sugar hill gang, don't know where it came from before that

oops i thought you were asking again lol

got you weak in the knees like swv

I was listening to their last album, "Release Some Tension" and remembered that they performed on the Monique Show this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axd7AKv8gEs

I also remember reading an article on Vibe about 90s singers, and that Kanye yelled to the audience that Coko was one of the best singers of all time and that we (i.e. the youngings who love Beyonce) weren't appreciating her.

Oh ok. I stand corrected, Kanye West was telling that to Coko's son that she was an icon.

http://bit.ly/dx0ZET

their new album is really getting under my skin. it's a consciously retro affair, i'm constantly picking up sonic and lyrical '90s references, but it doesn't feel like a nostalgia fest - reminds me of the kandi album in the way it covers emotional issues from a grown-woman perspective, that same bittersweet undercurrent that comes from having the assumption that you finally had it figured out overthrown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rpw7gh9esw

coko's voice is kinda reminiscent of fantasia in places!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdLMlYkaXVY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAmJpY7DGQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3EQo2f1pes

the lack of anyone caring about this saddens me :(

wow, missed this completely - ty

i care!

me too! eagerly waiting for it to appear on Spotify...

Yeah the new album is really good. It's really smart about the way its contemporarizes '90s sounds, and finds a smart mix between modern and retro w/o feeling desperate or obvious. And the songs have real weight to them.

i need to listen to this. so far i only heard the title track

their new album is really getting under my skin. it's a consciously retro affair, i'm constantly picking up sonic and lyrical '90s references, but it doesn't feel like a nostalgia fest - reminds me of the kandi album in the way it covers emotional issues from a grown-woman perspective, that same bittersweet undercurrent that comes from having the assumption that you finally had it figured out overthrown

^^ just listened to the album once - and not very attentively - but this seems totally otm.

Yeah really looking forward to this.

So what is SWV's best album? Is there a consensus choice?

This thread is based on a false premise. No one has ever forgotten.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9yJb4zoc0