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This DOPERAD Throwback Thursday is brought to you by Hi-Five. Nothing gets me through the day like a quick New Jack Swing session. R.I.P. Tony Thompson.

A Southwestern teen R&B ensemble, Hi-Five found success with a sound that updates elements of the Jackson 5 and New Edition. Tony Thompson, Roderick Clark, Russell Neal, Marcus Sanders, and Toriano Easley were the original members. Treston Irby replaced Easley on their second release. Hi-Five debuted on Jive in 1990 with Hi-Five. They scored a Top Ten pop hit with “I Can’t Wait Another Minute” and also landed a number one pop single in “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game).” Their 1992 LP Keep It Goin’ On had another Top Ten pop hit in “She’s Playing Hard to Get.” After disbanding in the mid-’90s, Thompson re-formed Hi-Five with new members and released the album The Return in 2005. Tragically, Thompson died of an apparent drug overdose on June 1, 2007, in his hometown of Waco, TX.

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The hype for the Christopher Wallace/Notorious B.I.G. bio-flick Notorious has finally hit me.  I’m totally amped to see the portrayal of the Brooklyn’s G.O.A.T., and I’m especially curious to see the reincarnation of Tupac on the silver screen.

Notorious is up for wide-release this Friday, January 16th.

Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”

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I’ve been slacking off on the Thurs. series, considering I’ve only had one.  That being said, check the classic video from Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker.  I think the kid is Jason Weaver, right?

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I think the year was 1995.  I was still bumpin’ Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggystyle in my cassette tape deck.  And then something cool happened – my mom bought me my first CD boombox.  A little behind on the times, I know, but we were never really made out of money.  As hot as the Doggystyle was – it’s on my list of greatest albums EVER – I wanted more G-Funk.

And then came Dogg Food.  It was a highly anticipated album advertised in the Doggystyle booklet as “coming soon” that seemed like an eternity to be released – hey, Deathrow, you still owe me a Sam Sneed album – and it was among one of the first CDs I bought for myself.  “Recognize” was getting heavy airplay in LA and the follow-up “Let’s Play House” is what ultimately had me cop the album (you gotta be choosey at 13 years old and no substantial income, right?).

Here’s Tha Dogg Pound’s “Let’s Play House.”  Enjoy.

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