New Birth-Honey Bee(1971)

[iluvmyboba]

Ann Bogan is Amazing!!!!

[LIsMRMOTOWN]

Typo: Bobby Downs. Harvey Fuqua's assistant Vernon Bullock was very instrumental in their career.

[LIsMRMOTOWN]

NEW BIRTH was from Louisville, Kentucky, and, at this point, consisted of The Nite-Liters, the Mint Juleps and the New Sound. They would soon cut down to include Love, Peace & Happiness, which included Leslie Wilson ( the lead on "I Can Understand It" and "Wildflower"), his brother Melvin and former Marvelette Ann Bogan along with the Nite-Liters + Londee Loren, Alan Frey and Booby Downs. In any combination, they were one dynamic act!

[bftiger75]

WU TANG CLAN aside, this original music is from The New Birth, some Jersey-based brothers and sisters from back in the day. Thanks GStrongRaw, nice post. With a little research, we find that New Birth had some ties to a band called The Nite Liters, who also had some connects to Kool & The Gang. The primary thread here is Mr. Harvey "Moonglow" Fuqua, who discovered Marvin Gaye. The photo above shows New Birth and Nite Liters as an ensemble. Nite Liters' hit was called Kay-Gee. HipHops' roots.

[iampsalmbody]

Fresh classic upload, G ...like the Rock of Gibraltar...

[brokenresearch]

x-clan sampled this three years before the wu. just sayin'.

[kinstube]

THANK YOU !!!

[Candygirl820]

dude on the middle left looks like "sexual chocolate" from coming to america...LOL I love New Birth!!! Fav group from the 70's

[LIsMRMOTOWN]

Great lead from the incomparable Ann Bogan (formerly of The Marvelettes) of the New Birth sub-group Love, Peace & Happiness. Also leads on "I Don't Want To Wrong" with L.P & H and "I'm Gonna Hold On Long As I Can" and "Everybody Knows (But You)"with The Marvelettes.

[oldirtygrza]

I finally know where that sick bass was sampled from! Can't believe The RZA could transform such a soulful track into something that menacing. Let ya feet stomp...

[MrCocky]

The RZA is the ILLEST sampler of ALL TIME!

[MasterAmbassador]

Wu-Tang Killa Beez, we on the swarm!

[daprincess39]

THATS RZA DIGING DEEP YOU FEEL ME!

[megatron0357]

God Bless the 70's!!!

[gropegrape]

it's the guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JayTronik]

Damn!! This lets me know how funky the 70's were and how we need to go back to live music.

[MENSOERR]

WE ON DA SWARM

[DBLUEDEVILS44]

UP FROM THE 36 CHAMBERSSSSSSS

[papaproduction]

360 DEGREES OF PERFECTED STYLES

[mastermillo86]

excelente!!

[geeman856]

This is dat oldskool shit rite here.. Even rappers sample it to put on there songs... Classic. Strickly classic

[ShelterRecords213]

wu tang killa bees we r the swarm 

[MemphisGrooves]

Fab Song.

Many Thanks for this post.

[RunawayTrane]

49 years old but this is new to me. LOVIN IT

[jlsone73]

X-Clan sampled this on To the East Blackwards

[precisethoughts]

wutang "killa bee's"

[dondomaco]

wu tan clan intro clan in da fromt ....haahhah rza is the shit

[SuperXavier30]

Feels Like Church!!!!

[oldschoolbbass]

Man this great,Havent heard this one in along time.Young cats dont realize who did these jams earlier. that the rappers and others are sampling and remaking.

[soulfinger87]

I don't listen to the Wu. New Birth and Nite-Liters is where it's at!

[sjukgymnast]

@soulfinger87 hey why be hatin on other thangs? hip hop is soul to, why not litsen to both and just dig

[dgomesman]

how did the rza kno to sample all these old school jams

[depechemodevilla]

sick old skool jam

[Robanzee]

Suwuuuu

[MsTexas73]

I'm all over this one...a groover!

[marcs114]

on each song fron shaolin soul album there are comments linked to wu tang!

crazy

[B5Google]

as i can see from the comments everyone reconizes this song from wu-tang too!

[beyo2120]

up from the 36 chaaaammbeeerrrs!!!!!!!1

[byakuganhardy23]

wu tang killa beez we on a swarm!

[hvylobster]

clan in the front let you feet stomp

[GStrongRAW]

The Wu indeed! Was waiting 4 some1 2 catch dat!

[bigcypg]

@hvylobster man my son 9years old he love that wu-tang song...lol