B ANGIE B???
Known for her earthy, big-voiced wails, this Mississippi belle started out as a dancer for Hammer's entourage in the late 1980s. He discovered she can croon, and wasted no time signing Angela Boyd to his short-lived label, Bust It Records, in 1990. Soon after, B Angie B released her self-titled lone album in the summer of '91. Her sound was urgent as displayed on the elegant remake "Sweet Thang," (remade a year later by Mary J. Blige) the polished "So Much Love" and the funky new jack reinterpretation of the Emotions' "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love." The latter became a minor hit, nearly topping the R&B charts and did considerably well for Pop.
As Hammer's popularity started to wane, so did his proteges, including Special Generation and B Angie B. She would record the title track for Kid'N'Play vehicle Class Act in early '92, but as since, faded into obscurity and has yet to record again.
Im kinda pissed that I couldn't find any video or audio on B Angie B. What makes it worse is that I have the music video that was on BET's Video Vibrations in 1991, back when I was recording videos on the VCR after school. I just don't have the technology to squeeze it on YOUtube.
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Ok so me and a friend are sitting in Oakland looking at 90s hip hop songs and said to ourselves.. Where the Hell is B Angie B. Check out her wikipedia page. Says she's back in Miss. with a daughter and her album was reissued in 2005
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