Friday, December 19, 2008

Three Shades Brown

First off sorry for the lack of updates. To say I've been neglecting this blog is an understatement. But I know there are peeps out there that actually care about this kinda stuff so I must comply :) Without further a do I present the following.

Now this next group I know absolutely NOTHING about. They are called Three Shades Brown and they seem to have released but one album in 1992 on Interscope Records. I found their cd at a used cd store for a $1 and could not pass it up. They had me at the early 90s fasions. Their sole album was entitled Stronger Than Strong and was produced by The Funky Mercenaries (better known as Jesse Johnson of the Time). It peaked at #98 on the Billboard R&B album charts. Let me tell you this is album is an early 90s R&B dream come true!! Very New Jack Swing (so you know I love it). The group itself was comprised of former Jesse Johnson backup vocalist Kim Cage on lead vocals, Christi Thornton was the lead rapper and Leah Johnson was the backup vocalist. From what little info I was able to find it seems they released one single entitled Nasty Bass. From searching Billboard's datebase it did not chart...but if someone knows otherwise please tell! I tried searching on the members to see what they're up to now and came up w/ nothing. So I am hoping some of my faithful readers can help me out.


(L-R: Strong Than Strong CD; Nasty Bass 12")

I could not find any video footage either, just this fan made clip. At least you can hear what they sound like...

4 comments:

Nasty G said...

Wow! I like! And the song you posted samples both Hall & Oates AND Shalamar! And Jesse Johnson produced!? How have I not heard of them before?

Anonymous said...

wow. 3 shades brown.. i had their single on Vinyl "nasty bass"! but forgot all about them till seeing ur blog. thanks for the memories

Anonymous said...

I've been dieing to find the Nasty Bass video for years because a friend of mine and I were in it. I suppose its locked away somewhere since the group didn't make much of a splash here; although I heard they had slightly more commercial success in Europe.
-D

Anonymous said...

Can you pls upload this one .
thanks in advance

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