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Force M.D's - Let Me Love You: The Greatest Hits

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This underrated group was combining street raps, doo-wop harmonies and hip-hop beats five years before the official developments of New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop Soul. It's as if 1950's act Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers were sent through a time machine to the mid-80s. Although some of the music here is slightly dated, this compilation is still entertaining due to songs featuring stellar harmonies, clean and intelligent lyrics, and dreamy melodies (especially on the ballads). Includes the 1985 hit "Tender Love", which became the first pop top-10 hit for then up-and-coming producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Hip Hop history never sounded so good.

I knew I had to buy this CD. I was 20 when Force MDs came on the scene in '84, and their music was the soundtrack of my young adulthood. Listening to their beautiful voices remind me how much I detest post 1990 music. This CD is a must for anyone who wants to hear what great harmonies sounded like back in the '80s.

Don't sleep on this CD or this group. I recently saw the Force MD's in Columbus, OH and they reminded me what true R&B really is. I was literally brought to tears. I was an adolescent when they first came out, but I'm grateful I had the opportunity to enjoy them as an adult. The passion these artists have for their craft comes through beautifully in their voices. Their place in the music industry cannot be denied. Current artists could learn a few things from this group. Thank you for blessing us with your music.

Not a bad overview. The Force MD's, whom I've seen perform twice in the 80s, became a minor success at the time because they were one of the few groups (along with their friends the New Edition) doing vocal harmony during the dismal days when synthesized histrionics ruined R&B music for a long time. This has most of the good stuff, like "Tears," "Tender Love," "Love Is A House" and the pseudo hip hop "Auld Lang Syne" and "Itchin For a Scratch." Sadly, R&B music was not as well promoted as it is now, so even good acts like the Force MD's got lost amidst the junk. But check out this CD to learn more about the few bright lights from the dark ages of Black music.

In this day and age when every "R&B" song has to have a rapper an hip-hop DJ to make a 'track,' this what music was all about. Too bad people don't make it like this anymore. Those who try don't get heard unless they pay the urban radio station monopolies cash to put them on their p(l)ay lists.

The Force MD's goes way back. Many people think they got their start as singers, but they were also a part of the first hip-hop rappers when they were known as the Force MC's. So they go back.

I am just waiting for the return of the day when ANY R&B singer can come out with their vision and play actual instruments. I hope I won't be 50 when that happens!

I stumbled across this CD when I was looking for something else, and instantly forgot about what I was looking for and bought this one instead. I forgot how different music seemed way back when. And definitely forgot how good these guys were.

My younger brother put me on to this to this CD, as I had most of there hits. On different tapes and disc. I think this puts there 5 to 6 year gathering into a good perspective. Right up to track 11 or 12 it's straight butter. It loses its zest after that. But Auld Lang Syne. Puts the end into the right perspective. As a real talented crew ran its coarse, although you can't put them into any one category there place in black music history is niched. Whether Hip Hop, R&B, or quiet storm. There music was influential. I liked it then and I love it now.

this one takes the cake. Most greatest hits albums are hastily thrown together grab bags of a bands most famous songs. But this one, it really gets ya. I don't know what it is but every time I here tender love i think back to 1990 when me and my friends sat on the porch of my friend A's house, snapping our fingers and trying to be the FMDs so we could get the girls (lol). Love is a House is also very nostalgic... That song embodies what I think of when I think back to the good ole days in NYC. It is upbeat with a great tempo and the vocals go without saying. It is also a timeless story that we have all been through before, unfortunately. The track with the fat boys is another all time classic that will get any party jumpin. All in all, it is a great buy. A lot of people compare them to Full Force, Jammin' TA, or New Edition but once you really listen to the FMDs you'll appreciate how different and ahead of their time they were. Sadly, the story of the FMDs is another story of genius and talent that left us far too early.

If you like the song Tears do not by this cd. There is LOUD static in the begining of the song.

I am a big fan of music from the 1980s be it soul, R&B, hip-hop and rock music. The Force MDs was a great band with all their harmonizing. The late Charles "Mercury" Nelson (God rest his soul) was essentially the spirit of this group. May his soul sing and guide all his buddies in the group forever!