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Soul II Soul - 'Back To Life' - classic 80s soul funk anthem

submitted by gwaan

1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago

One of my favourite tunes!!! The Soul II Soul sound system was founded in 1988 by Jazzie B. The group began life hosting house and street parties in North London. They were also renouned for their clothing style - dubbed "Funki Dred". Taken from their debut album 'Club Classics Vol. 1', the song featured British R&B singer Caron Wheeler and reached number one in Britain (and number 4 in the States). The influence of Soul II Soul on the development of British dance music cannot be overestimated.

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this is such an insanely classic classic. notice how the video really isn't so dated even after 20 years... these people were the real deal, they knew what they were doing. Still sounds so fresh.

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