Should a 2007 baby boom hit the record books, you know who to blame. Discover all The Isley Brothers's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Kelly doesn't make "Blast Off" blast off so much as sail, and between Jermaine Dupri and Tim and Bob (the team behind Bobby Valentino), velvet-vibed sparks fly off of every track. The Isley Brothers - Samples, Covers and Remixes on WhoSampled.
It wouldn't be a 2006 disc, of course, if there weren't a long list of collaborators to name-check, but here the all-star assemblage actually adds up to something. Biggs' legendary voice is amazingly well preserved, and even when he's tackling a song that could get him kicked out of church-the baldly libidinous "Show Me" or the downright lecherous "Give It to You," say-he works it with such genuine emotion that even those for whom baby makin' is a long lost pursuit will want to croon woozily, wistfully along. There it is, flowing in a warm, sexed-up cascade through "That Lady," and there it is again, reeking of need, longing, and romance on "For the Love of You." So why he allowed this long-awaited follow-up to "Body Kiss," the 2003 disc that proved the Isleys have still got it, to be titled so cheesily is anybody's guess. 2006.įor five decades, nuance has been the name of Ronald Isley's game. The Isley Brothers perform soul, R&B, funk, gospel, Motown soul, doo wop and rock and roll. Sure, it's career-spanning, starting off with their 1959 classic 'Shout' and going all the way up to their most recent R&B hit at the time this CD was released. The Isley Brothers (/ a z l i /) are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that started as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. Rudolph Isley, the 74-year-old founding member of the R&B and soul group the Isley Brothers, and his wife, Elaine, have purchased the compound, which Kelly had owned from 1997 until he lost it to foreclosure in March. This 17-track anthology might have a bunch of Isley Brothers hits, but it sure as heck isn't The Definitive Collection, no matter what the title says. Features the first single 'Just Came Here To Chill'. The beat goes on at the 14,525-square-foot former R. Biggs, their first album for Island Def Jam's Def Soul Classics imprint. The long-awaited return to center-stage for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Ronald Isley has finally arrived, with Baby Makin' Music by The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley a.k.a.