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Back Stabbers: Just Because You Can't See Them...

Posted over 2 years ago
..."doesn't mean they're not after you," as the old adage goes...I've been feeling the soul cuts about this time every night for some reason...no need to dive too deeply into this jam, it's the title track off of the LP Back Stabbers which also held the super-solid "Love Train" and "992 Arguments"...it's a classic that you don't hear much about now " but "*they blew up because of it*":http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fwxqe5ld0e ...Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were behind the mixing console, the O'jays were in the booth, singing their hearts out and they were all cutting the records back in the early 70s that would set the template for what would become known all over the planet as TSOP (the sound of Philadelphia)...these were the guys who hooked it up first, it was pumpin' and pulsing back then and it seems ever-prescient now-- if you think the messages they were speaking didn't stand up over time, well keep your hand on your wallet and bust this...

Comments (7)

  1. nicki says Perfect thing to hear for my "Friday" (off starting tomorrow and having a loooong weekend for the birff-day).
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  2. Lyrikhan says What can I do to get on the right track I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  3. Hattie says I didn't know "Back Stabbers" was the song that made them big; I guess since I grew up on the O'Jays and the likes. Nobody sings as hard as soul singers did in the 60s' and 70s.' Today's singers barely break a sweat when they're performing (some exceptions, of course). Gerald Levert sure did perform, though, didn't he?
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  4. Cody B says Philly definitely had it going on, still does really w/Roots, 611, and other soulful things. Damn, they could sing though.
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  5. MonkeyKnifeFight says Classic. Period.
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  6. deadmandeadman says Man, does this bring back memories! Thanx!
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  7. qwest4x says

    dope on wax...to all the real souljah out dare...rockin eternaly

    Permalink posted 09/13/2008

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