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SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nThis week is a mega mix of five FORCE-ful artists and eight LPs (and even more on the Spotify playlist \u2013 see below), so let\u2019s get to it.\n\nPop electro-funk was HUGE in the 1980s, a real force (expect to see this word often) in the music world. And as far as I\u2019m concerned it all started with Soulsonic Force, led by THEE HIP-HOP LEGEND, Afrika Bambaataa. \u201cPlanet Rock\u201d sealed the deal for me as far as electro-infused hip-hop, and almost singlehandedly started the electro-funk movement. Everything else you read about below you can go ahead and credit to Afrika, Soulsonic, and \u201cPlanet Rock\u201d.\n\nYes Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Yes OF COURSE Prince. But AS BIG A YES should be shouted out to the SEMINAL band/production team, Full Force. Not only did they have their own hits, such as the impossible to resist \u201cAlice, I Want You Just for Me\u201d, but they wrote & produced (for years after the 1980s) hits for acts small and large, such as The Real Roxanne, UTFO, Samantha Fox, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, La Toya Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Backstreet Boys, Rihanna & James Brown (the first four of which are in my Spotify playlist). So why are they not better known??? How many legendary production teams have kicked that much as for that many OTHER legendary performers and not been lauded and revered and lionized? Do NOT go a step further in reading this without listening to \u201cAlice\u201d and at least three of those other artists. Give them the props they deserve. They\u2019re still out there \u2013 all the original members \u2013 and still kickin\u2019 it.\n\nAnd finally you have the Force MDs, a band (from Staten Island of all places) that paved the way for all kinds of hip-hop infused r&b and slow jams like new jack swing, quiet storm, Boys II Men, Bell Biv DeVoe, and SO MANY other 1990s acts. Their hit, \u201cTender Love\u201d, was one of the prime prototypes, and a song I sang & played on the piano over & over. It\u2019s sad that most of the members are now dead. All the more reason to revisit this other vital pop electro funk band.\n\nHere's a Spotify playlist with tons of these songs, as well as several of my CLEARLY INFLUENCED songs: \xa0\n\nThe Unheralded FORCEs of Pop Electro Funk - Spotify playlist\n\nDo you remember these bands? The songs? Considering how 99% of pop music can now be classified as some version of pop electro funk, do you think these artists should be much better known? Discuss dammit!\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices