Friday Feel Good Quick Mix for May 3rd

For this Friday Feel Good Quick Mix, we got inspired by the 1990 blockbuster movie “House Party”. Fry and I were talking about the good times we had DJ’ing house parties in the 80’s and 90’s. No one stood around holding up a wall. Everybody was dancing, thanks to the music of that era.

Among the first groups to tame rap’s hardcore mentality into a positive, message-oriented music suitable for teens and mass audiences, Kid ‘n Play debuted in 1988 with the platinum album 2 Hype, which the duo later spun into a deal involving films and a Saturday-morning cartoon show, the first involving a rap act. Though their recording activity became limited during the gangsta-dominated ’90s — 1991’s Face the Nation was their last album — the group managed two sequels to their original House Party film, as well as the 1991 teen flick Class Act.

Artist Include: Kid n’ Play, Today, Bobby Brown, LL Cool J, BBD, Full Force, Johnny Gill, and many more…

House Party Facts:

• Play and Comedian Martin Lawrence are cousins
  
• The film “House Party” grossed $26,385,627
• The lead roles were originally written for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.
• Kid n’ Play were originally background dancers for Salt-N-Pepa
• Rumors of “House Party 5” are in the works with Kid n’ Play labeled as a New School vs Old School House Party

Enjoy the Mix and Party Responsibly.

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