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Randy & The Gypsys

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Back in the summer of 1989, I picked up this CD on the strength of Luv Thang, which was getting major play on the pirate radios, due to its retro old skool sound.
This CD proves that Randy has mad talent, and if this CD had been better promoted, who knows. The group consisted of the bad man himself, Pepe Tynes, Kris Kellow, Cece Worrall, Baba burns, Jara Harris, Jeff Harris, and Cornelius Mims. The CD kicks off with the poppy sound of `Perpetrators', with its high kicking, snares, and drums. `Luv Thang' follows soon after, and, as has been mentioned earlier, this slice of `rare groove, was big on the airwaves of London town, as Randy duets with Pepe.
`Love you Honey' follows. And this could easily fit into the `new jack swing' category, and is one of my favourites (being a new jack swing head).
`You got a lady' is next up to bat, and deals with Randy getting blanked by a Lesbian! This is a funky/poppy affair. `The love we almost had' is a slow ballad, which is quite beautiful, its haunting background vocals, over a piano base, with Randy displaying a mature vocal performance. I don't know what Randy was thinking when he recorded `Gigolo', with its horrible sounding keyboards, and off key vocals.
`I can't wait' is a very nice mid tempo affair, which has a very summery feel to it.
`I need you' is Light, sugary ballad that again, is done well, show casing Randy's strong vocal prowess. The CD closes, with 'Not because of me, which is a full blown epic ballad, that builds, and dip, to a final musical finish.
I enjoy this CD, and it shows the talent that Randy has, but which remains unfulfilled.

I was amazed when I got the album and got a chance to play it! I couldn't stop playing the album and enjoyed about every song expect for 2! I just wished more people could see the talent Randy had and possibly the rest of the Jackson family has besides Janet and the late great Michael Jackson! I truly admire the whole family but was truly amazed and shocked from what I heard from the youngest brother Randy! I wish he at least got to have success with his OWN music to the level that Jermaine had! Jermaine my not been the most successful or got as big as Janet was and of course Michael was the biggest of them all not just of his family but of music industry as whole! But I wished Randy would have had at least some hit songs and not be just looked at as another Jackson doing music-I persoanlly think he was more talented than Jermaine, plus Randy was able to make his own music at the level as the singer Prince is able to do. People always compared Michael to Prince-yes the similarities are there as far as being Unique and broke the steorotypes of black men-but Randy match the similarites of Prince with the talent in his music he created ALL himself! I hope more of you go check him out and support the other Jackson members (well...Im not too sure about LaToya)but I would support ones like Rebbie, Tito and Randy most defently!

I had been looking at videos on Youtube when I came across Perpetrators. I was like, "Oh snap! I forgot about this song!" I bought the single way back when (that was on cassette tape), so I thought I would search for the cd. Unable to afford the CD, since it's now a collector's item, I was pleasantly surprised when I found it here in mp3 format at a reasonable price. I'm telling you, this cd was slept on; BIG TIME!

The first track is "Perpetrators" and it has a sort of edge to it that I'm not used to seeing from the Jackson family. Luv Thang features the vocals of Karen White and it is very smooth and romantic. Love You Honey has a hint of New Jack to it. Although, I must say that I don't care for the song Gigolo, the whole cd is something that you can actually listen to while driving or working.

To whatever record company produced the CD, "What the heck happened?" They really fell down on the job when it came to promoting this cd. (Although I think this was when Randy got into that car accident.) This CD is worth buying and listening to.

surprisingly!!!....this is by far one of the better jackson albums of all the brother's and sister's....only mike's off the wall and thriller are better.....had he gotten more radio play and exposure he'd be right up there with the other two....lol

Randy Jackson is bad. the Brother can play. this Album showcases his talents. a good balance of up-tempo&slow jams. Randy is very versatile as a arranger and Producer. this album should get a fair overview because Randy is a very talented Cat. to me if Randy,Jermaine&Michael Jackson had formed a trio they could have been the Holland,Dozier&Holland of there time with there overall Talents. Randy has a strong ear for Groove&detail this Album showcases that&much more. tight Album.

Besides Micheal,Randy is one of the most talented song writer in the group, I bought this album when when it came out in 1987 and enjoyed every song on the album, I recently Transferred it to Cd and I have been playing it since.

Many may not have heard this CD by Randy Jackson, however it is one of the best albums produced by any of the Jackson family members, easily ranks behind one of my favorites behind the works of janet, michael, and jermaine.

I picked this album up on the strength of Love You Honey and Perpetrators which was getting major BET play on Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. This unit was tight and funky. A&M didn't promote this album like it should have. In 1989 A&M put their eggs in the basket of another Jackson who had a little album entitled Rhythm Nation:1814. But if you want an album that personified the sound of that era (only funkier), then this is a must have.

This album was very much an underrated Jackson album. My two favorite songs are "luv thang" which could have rivaled Bobby Brown's "Roni" and "I can't wait", a smooth track. Randy was also talented not only with his vocals but his ability to play multiple instruments and write/produce. Michael even described him as a genius. This album rocks hard. I have the record from back in 1989 and I also have the MP3 Download. But I would like to have the actual CD. Man, a lot of people slept on this one. It definitely rivals Jermaine Jacksons 1984 self titled album as the best album by a brother of Michael. If you watch a 1989 episode when Oprah interviewed the Jackson family Jackie mentions that he listened to this album and actually liked it better than Janet's very successful "Rhythm Nation" album. It was a great complement coming from the oldest brother and he sure was on the money with that one. Randy should have continued to make more albums and prolong his solo career after this one. By the way if you did not know he previously had an album already set for release back in like 1976 or 77 which would have been his debut solo. It has one of the songs titled "how can I be sure" which was the leading single off the unreleased album.

Steven Randall Jackson can sing! He has all the talent of all the Jacksons put together. If you want to listen to a combination of Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Barry white, Teddy Pendergrass and Michael Jackson voice listen to his Ballads. Randy has grown into his voice..he better start singing.He has got SOUL big time!
I love his Ballads like big brother Michael this guy can croon..! my all time favourites are "The Love we almost had" "I can't wait" "I need you" and the best is "not because of me". "Luv thang", "Perpetrators" and "I love you honey" are awesome songs. "you got a lady" is an amazing song in which the lady he fancies is Gay!

I am still looking for a copy of his first single "How can I be sure?" Amazon USA does not allow us U.K Customers buy MP3 downloads from their website. So the Audio CD and MP3 download of the above are not available in the UK.

I have a deep feeling that this is the next Jackson to be on the look out for his music has universal appeal and a maturity beyond his years.
Worth every Penny!