The ’90s was a good decade regarding R&B — and a freaky decade, courtesy of the genre. If you are a ’90s baby, it could be because of Silk and H-Town’s Lose Control and Fever for Da Flava, respectively.
Discovered by Keith Sweat, Silk dropped Lose Control first in 1992. Back then, it was ideal for an artist or group to release an up-tempo song to build momentum. “Happy Days,” the album’s first single which featured Sweat, was designed to do that. Though it did get airplay, the album didn’t take off until the release of “Freak Me,” the second single.
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“Let me lick you up and down till you say stop,” the 5 guys from Atlanta sing.
“Let me play with your body, baby, make you real hot. Let me do all the things you want me to do, ‘Cause tonight, baby, I wanna get freaky with you.”
Timzo, Jimmy, John-John, Big G, and Lil G kept the freaky vibe going in the album’s title track.
Silk did take a break from love-making to songs about love in general with tracks such as “Girl U For Me” and “It Had to Be You.”
Lose Control peaked at the number 1 spot on Billboard Top R&B Albums and number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album reached Double-Platinum status.
H-Town’s Fever for Da Flava came the following year. Like Silk, the trio had a kinky side they wanted to show off. They were signed to Luther Campbell’s Luke Records so it should not have come as a surprise.
“Knockin’ Da Boots,” the album’s first single, found the guys from Houston reminiscing of a wonderful night of pleasure with the significant other.
“Last night, I thought to back when we made good love,” Dino sings.
“Listenin’ to some Marvin Gaye all night long. Now, I want that old flame back. Make these moments once again a fact. So won’t you, so won’t you, do it for us babe.”
Dino, Shazam, and GI kept the freak fest going in “Lick U Up,” the group’s follow-up single.
Unfortunately, H-Town didn’t go away from the hyper-sexual cuts, which left the album unbalanced. Even in “Won’t U Come Back,” a track about repairing a relationship, they still use sex as a sales pitch.
Fever for da Flavor peaked at the number 1 on Billboard Top R&B Albums and number 16 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Again, if you are a ’90s baby, it could be because of Silk and H-Town’s Lose Control and Fever for Da Flava, respectively.
RIP Keven “Dino” Conner
Silk’s ‘Lose Control’ or H-Town’s ‘Fever for Da Flava’?
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