Thursday 13 February 2014

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " THE MOVEMENT " COMING OUT OF THE EFFERVESCENT EARLY-90's LOS ANGELES RAVE SCENE : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                                           BLACK                    SOCIAL                 HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Coming out of the effervescent early-'90s Los Angeles rave scene, the Movement were a trio formed by producers Richard "Humpty" Vission and AJ Mora, and rapper/producer/dancer DJ Hazze. Producer and record industry figure Walter "Kandor" Khan signed the group to his Sunshine label in 1992; the trio hitting paydirt right off the bat, as their debut single, the anthemic "Jump!," became a dance floor smash that same year and even managed something of a pop crossover, thanks in no small part to its (still to this day) adoption as a sports anthem. However, both their self-titled album and subsequent singles failed to match "Jump!"'s impact, with the group quietly dissolving by the mid-'90's. Vission later emerged as a successful DJ and mu






ch sought-after remixer.

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