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First Choice

Love Thang

1979 · via Boogie Down Productions

First Choice’s 1979 recording of “Love Thang” is the earliest release on file. McKinley Jackson, Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals are credited as its writers. Boogie Down Productions’ “Word From Our Sponsor” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

First Choice – Love Thang
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KRS-One and Scott La Rock went digging and came up with a First Choice side from 1979, and "Love Thang" is the floor "Word From Our Sponsor" stands on. Play the First Choice record first, then the BDP one, and you'll hear what they were listening for.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: McKinley Jackson, Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.

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Boogie Down Productions’ “Word From Our Sponsor” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Boogie Down Productions' "Word From Our Sponsor" samples a record called "Love Thang." Which act had "Love Thang" on record before BDP got hold of it?First Choice
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