Kashif - Lover turn me on ( I just got to have you) 1983

[jonesds11]

This is an ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT composition by this truly soulful vocal stylist!

I loved his work with Kenny G on the "G Force" recording with his special vocal talent in "Do Me Right." So funky!! His production effort knows no bounds!

[stoney3768]

QUALITEEEEE

[MrMzlindsey2012]

I remember this song!! My mom's crack head boy-friend use to bump this.. He was a crack head but did he have some jams back then!! 30years ago...... wow where did the time go!

[MrVicnash]

circus tavern circa late 80s !

[MyScorfield]

wow this is cool

[MrMallymal68]

13 people who didn't experience the 80s!

[sanbugg]

I agree 100% Themuzy786

[sanbugg]

This is my jam

[TheMUZY786]

this is what i call music, not the crap of today. no era will beat 80s and 90s

[thegroove2000]

Press the dislike if you cant groove.

[MrVicnash]

another " tune" i have not heard for years, until i" tuned" in to house fm today 100.3fm uk, nice one !

[missstarmag]

@MrVicnash Yea, gotta big up the House FM Crew! Quality.

[SnakeFunk]

not entire!! makes me sad. I was enjoying with max volume and boom the end cames....

[singingisahabbit55]

Kashif, I have been an avid fan your's, Since hearing your first album,I fell in love with the voice. Your age and mine is in tune and I have always look for your recordings. I have a brother that has given me a cassette donated by a co worker. I am not computer smart but today, I have found you again, goooooood listening and please don't change.

[TheWebsiteBiz]

This is whooo...schfffffffffffffffffff Thanks.

[BogusJesus]

The 70's, 80's and 90's where the decades of the best music. I am so glad to experience it. I would rather listen to this than the crap they are making nowadays.

[honeyrain35]

I love this song! reminds me of cleaning up my room when I was a teenager

[funkytina1]

timeless music we have had the best thank god i was born in 1967 i wouldnt survive with todays music jazz funk lives on

[rachelbell97]

can't we get this played the bars and clubs? who'd think this was in the eighties, not enough of this around, just makes me feel gooooooood

[philgreen5ges]

great track

what a tune this was and still is ,may i add

great mems

[mymobali]

GREEEAT! When muzik waz muzik! Forget these.......

[ceneal5218]

Im 43 i, and i wish i could go back to that age, just for a week! lol go to all the clubs, and do all the stuff we did at that age, listening to this music! jacksons in staines, queens, chertsey lock, al little later in life maybe! Laura

[matadworf]

I used to listen to this lp (recorded to cassette) repeatedly as I drove back and forth to work in the early 80's.

[gyamfio]

Wow, this takes me back....

[scientrophic]

Sad that most people's perception of the 80's is hair bands, flock of seagulls, Madonna - like the whole decade was a joke; thanks VH1 and MTV. Such a productive musical era in synth R&B, funk, jazz fusion...

[kinstube]

N!!!!CE

[Getrealpeeps]

I could NEVER get TIRED of hearing this song, sooooo many GREAT MEMORIES, DAAAAAMN

[Getrealpeeps]

He kind of looks like Michael Beach (In this Picture) Michael Beach played in the movie "Soul Food" and some OTHER movies after that.

GOD, THIS SONG TAKES ME BACK... I was all of 17 YEARS OF AGE :)

I had this album back in the day... (I don't know what happened to it I think it got "lifted" (Stolen) What happened to Michael Jones? AKA Kashif?

[tboyosborne]

lover girl let turn your mind on by phone .... i must have you ...gotta have is not good enough....believe it....

[soulsupremeful]

Timeless choon :D

[Getrealpeeps]

@soulsupremeful SOOOOOO TRUE

[Sal1675]

Everytime I hear this tune it always reminds me in parts like he is reciting poetry

[omarG19100]

@ArchieGe Damn it they don't make music like this anymore.

[omarG19100]

this song fire man.

[Darkice253]

man back in the days i was in Canada living the life ya digg. and i always rolled with this in my shit lol

[purplereaf]

you know i was never a fan of you tube but after going back and forth with this i like this all the old music i grew up on

[Rottie2daStrut]

Classic track...........

[thecrutel]

My jammmmmmm!

[thecrutel]

MY JAM IT REMINDS OF THE COOK OUTS IN HARLEM.



[MrDog712]

this is real music !

[Alex47funky]

My favourite!!!!

[Musicnut4ever]

This is the Jam!

[chris9930]

sheer class music......fell the beat...

[nppoundsy]

got this,offers

[widowedvirgo09]

this takes me back 2 2nd grade. my aunt used 2 blast this in her 1983 buick regal with tha t-tops off.

[philipbourne]

My Mom's fav jam

[LionBeatsProductions]

Kashif!! this man right here inspires me to make beats

[promiseharvest]

@ArchieGe Thank for that insight, I did know all the great singers that sang background on this track, I guess that why this song has a love come down feel to it cause Evelyn King sing on this track!

Also B.J Nelson, Fonzi Thornton and Michelle Cobbs sang background vocal for Duran Duran as well as Robert Palmer in the 80's in the 90's too.

[MIMI88998899]

Maybe Kashif can write some songs for these non talented non soul singers today.

The music today is so wack. There is no soul or rhythm to the music. No good beats. Just a lot of stupid lyrics.

All of the singers like Beyonce, Rihanna and the others that no one really knows their names All of them sound the same. Their voices are so shaky.

Their brand of singing is generic. The songs they make can be sung by anyone.

Jennifer Hudson is really letting me down. Where's the soul?

[IRON5]

@MIMI88998899 I feel ya but it wouldn't help. Today artist don't have passion to cookie cutter...

[A86]

LOVE THIS!

I love the "Kashif" sound and I love the fact that the way the word "lover" is enunciated in the chorus when they say "Lover turn me on!" sounds reminiscent of the way Michael Jackson would sing that in high note if he was in the song. It's like an extra bonus.

[kdemonde]

1983 was a breakout year for Kashif , Mtume & Lillo Thomas and a great year for R&B music in general

[DocDude33]

One of the first cassettes i purchased.

[dingalo64]

the MAN STILL SOUNDS WONDERFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­LLLLLLLLLL

[OmegaLara685]

Dnload the audio from this video at thetunify doht cohm.

[zsazsaz]

STILL  my number 1 musical genius!!!

[bornin1968a]

Yeah, it's the quintessential 80s sound, but this man came by it honestly, because he helped define the decade. Really listen to this song, and appreciate the production value; he thought out every note and beat from the synthesizers, drum machines, authentic instruments, etc. Evelyn and Lilo are there to enhance this track, but it's clear this was Kashif's record! THIS is the man at his best!

[2maxxjazz]

Desmond and Trevor Shakes ...upstairs the Ronnie Scotts [the maze ] first timeI heard this song and the they played the whole L.P. I  bought it the next day ,!!!

[shalamar07]

Love these bass lines...I Just got to have ya...come turn me on.

[sjr10011]

Turn it up!!!

[trauth100]

que du bonheur

[FloTriXia]

Move With The Funk By FloTriXia :-)

[thasco]

Kashif is the man. Love the old tunes bringing me back..

[winstone64]

sweeeeeet proper music

[blksrver]

can someone please post the rest of the album

[DarrylM65]

EEEE!

[QuindaHayes6]

Wow I wish he would do something else. We need more artists like him. His voice is so smooth. I just saw him on Unsung with Evelyn "Champagne" King. Wow I miss his voice so much.

[nerdotv]

so good

[feeleffect1]

OH! the good times of the 80's!!!!! This song got an infectious groove and vocal arrangements that makes it a Masterpiece 80''s Gem. This should have been a BIG crossover for Kashif. Many great R&B 80's songs with crossover appeal never were heard outside of the Black Urban market and this was one of them.

[nekrataal7]

I like the emotional buildup that starts at 3:25 and then he releases it and comes full-force at 3:41.

He really drops it at 4:30 and 4:46 too. Very nice!

[nekrataal7]

I really like this song. So far the play count on my itunes is 205 and counting; that doesn't even count the times I've listened to it on youtube and in my car!

[Hitomashu]

this jam is still hot.........i remember this song way back when i was 18!! WOW!!

[LASTMAN024]

K. wzup ik ben het, alles gaat down met parnoiassia.

[n11soprano]

drove down wood green with this playin all the heads were bobbin up and down pure smiles

[ArchieGe]

I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)

Written Produced - Kashif

Backing Vocals - Evelyn King , Lillo Thomas, Kashif

Backing Vocals [Additional] - B.J. Nelson , Fonzi Thornton , Michelle Cobbs

Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Lead Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer [Moog Bass, Obxa] - Kashif

Drums - Leslie Ming

Guitar - Ira Siegel , Ronnie Drayton

[BlackPride1000]

@ArchieGe Didnt Kashif Play With BT-Express.

[WorldEntGrp]

Was a DJ in Hawaii back then.... this was in my top 10 playlist !!! still great...

[jibsmokestack1]

One of my all time personal favs. Legendary track to me!

[jwjh1269]

classic 80's jam

[MIMI88998899]

THIS IS MY JAM. LOVE IT!!!

[pererkul]

Kashif is the name of my friend...

[xJesuslovesUx]

There is nothing quite like the eighties we had some tunes thank god for these great artists these songs never grow old

[victorogunbusola]

@ecnirp319, thanks for the info man

[ArchieGe]

For a full story on Kashif's past present and future watch my comments at the Stone love vid > watch?v=ZBSxtLCMKKw

[victorogunbusola]

how did they get that sound then, was it the bass guitar, rock guitar or keyboard, whatever it was it worked and it still does...love this jam too much

[ecnirp319]

@victorogunbusola back then they actually used real instruments and remember Kashif is a master keyboardist. Kashif played Fender Rhodess, OBXa Synthesizer, Moog Bass, Percussion, and Drums on this song. Guitar was played by two other people hope this info was helpful.

[ArchieGe]

u can find crredit listing at disogs

I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)

Backing Vocals - Evelyn King , Lillo Thomas

Backing Vocals [Additional] - B.J. Nelson , Fonzi Thornton , Michelle Cobbs

Backing Vocals, Drums, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Lead Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer [Moog Bass, Obxa], & Written-by - Kashif

Drums - Leslie Ming

Guitar - Ira Siegel , Ronnie Drayton*

[ecnirp319]

@ArchieGe Thanks I actually have the album.

[ArchieGe]

@ecnirp319

:-) I do too

but just in case

and Discogs is always handy

when u or anybody else wants to know who did what on an a song :D

[mawishe]

Classic track - can't believe it's 27 years since its release...loved it then, love it now!

[Getrealpeeps]

@mawishe SAAAME HERE!!

[hollowmenrule]

what an amazing guy. producer, musician, singer, songwriter. real african-american talent. not this new crap. they used the new technology back then, but they put real SOUL into the electric sound, which just hasn't been done well since, that's why we keep coming back to it. this is the sound that should of kept going in the urban market, but it got so computerized and fake. funny that's the stuff the kids like, morons.

[powerlord100]

one of favs  big tune

[andreassavvas4433]

kashif a legend good music lives for ever

[goldencraft]

Fantastic Old Skool

[rebeccalee5]

Still got me 12" love it!!

[johnnypick]

Quality

[paddyjo10]

i love it...

[CreoleNag]

Love this 80's jam!!

[KatrinaMatusek]

I listened to him back then... so smooth! glad to find it here!!

[darkuk1970]

Smooth soulful grooves for your sunday Morn...

What afantastic voice this guy had.

One of the unsung heroes of the golden soul era of the 80's

[KONKDUBLIN]

BANGIN ON THE WAY TO WORK!!

[thegroove2000]

So good so good. Quality thu and thru.

[parperlou]

first floor club ipswich. man that was a long time ago.. quality

[bilbodog40]

proper song..proper times...play this alongside sherrick..just call...and we got an 80's mix going on..!!!!:):)

[VALlewellyn]

damn this song was so good!! Memories!!

[MyNatboy]

thx god for the musician from back inthe days. im still feeling this KASHIF

[NIXYSKILLA]

where do i find the lyrics 2 this song??

My names kashif aswell lol

his voice is so angelic :D

[MrMrexcitement69]

Great song!! I thought Kashif was one of the best singers and producers from the 80s!! Real Rand B at its finest!! Underrated by far!! He produced some great music from back in the day!! You knew a Kashif song when you heard it!!

[KONKDUBLIN]

SONG OF THE DAY PEOPLES ABSOLUTE F U N K !!!!! PLAY THIS AS LOUD AS U CAN!!!!!!!!!

[WaveyReynaldez]

jheeeeeeeeeeeeze such a banger

[davenight]

Wow this is one cool mutha of a tune! Times when you could walk down the street with your girl on the arm no worries, remember going to all the souls clubs in Manchester. No mortgage then no kids and lots of hair!

[Virgo912Lady]

This is another (for me) smoothly funky song. Excellent post.

[rodeoxxx]

The lyrics pleeeeeeease!

[ronpc]

80's forever, I love Evelyn King and Lilo Thomas background vocals. It amazes me the talent that came from these artist and groups around this era.

[dbastard1977]

OMG, this song was so hot back in the day!!

[MSMARYJANE714]

bad ass jam....

[topcats78]

Brilliant dance track, forgot all about this one till my mate 'Southend John' reminded me how cool it was. Yeah! get down and make it funky.

[MyNatboy]

omg!!! alot of ppl dont know about kashif. well if they really love music they better do their research.the boy was baddddd.CLASSIC THE 80'S WER E KICKIN

[Kenyanalphakilo]

Memories are made of this!!....when i was in school!!

[indya38]

fantastic tune :)

[FunkSoulClassic89]

brilliant love the 80's even tho born in 89 lol

[OjBlack100]

Tuuuuuuuuune!!!!

[frontosa15]

great music, Kashif thanks for my memory's.

[msOctober12]

Kashif changed the game!!!!!1

[sorsolar]

Faaaaantastic tune...brings back good old memories back in time when all we had was quality classic music all around us, I ain't hating, but this generation have simply missed out on good quality music!!!

[bladerunner768]

when u hear kashif u will hear Evelyn champange King doing the background vocals

[47nassim]

la trike se son

[jacqueolina]

eeeeeeee eeeeeeeee

[tag1989]

lolol omg my dad named me after this guy. my name is kashif. :)

[Wolfsky9]

Summer of '83, KDIA in Oakland CA, playing this awesome hit! How I loved this song, & still do. Wolfsky9

[TinaEltham]

hmmmmmm...do like these oldies....

[cheekzyp]

This song was the boom!! I get goose bumps listening to this again.

[blackclassics]

@sassygirl345 Wow! LOL. Damn sassygirl. You take care.

[13135505615]

rlumpkin sends me back to my teen age years great song

[csebrigh]

music from the past............don't make em like this anymore

[kingscrewme69]

GREAT!!!!!!



[jvanclief]

Again, the master of the Moog. Again, unbelievable...If you don't know what Moog is and what it means to music, go to WIkipedia...

[Hotnycguy]

This one is my favorite from him. Bring back memories from my senior year in high school! Thanks for posting!!!!

[MrBelaFunk69]

very good funk

[DJ80TOMTOM]

Classic Funky Diamond !

[vnuwaifo]

There is no Skool like old Skool!!! I was thinking about this song yesterday, could not remember who sang it, so came on and did a search, took a few attempts and voila! :) All the trademarks of classic old skool, great lyrics, tight arrangements and a chorus you just want to sing to.

They don't make them like this anymore

[madiwaz]

One of the few who could sing the real FUNK> rare talent truly one of my favourites.

Reminds me of my high school days {EHS KENYA}

KEEP THE FUNK ALIVE KASHIF REAL CHAMP!!!

[saimaashary]

Tune!! Man, I feel truly privileged to have grown up during the 80's!

[claybornwilliams]

this one will get off the wall. Eye see you.

[deep71483]

I love this song.

[tfaqir1]

makes my head bounce everytime i hear this song. it was the s*%t in the day.

[malikrthr1]

songs from 70s,80s, and 90s forever.

[ArchieGe]

live version 2010 in belgium here

/watch?v=xY5rN0ObBS4

[techgal83]

This was my song - I killed it!!!! I remember begging this DJ at this roller skating rink place I used go to when I would visit my family in upstate N.Y. for the promo poster (he didn't know who the hell Kashif was anyways - lol). Kashif definitely had one of the best sounds of the 80s besides JImmy Jam & Terry Lewis & Teddy Riley/New Jack Swing....

[adangme]

I heard that Kashif is Atlanta's new mayor!?!

[CreoleCW]

Whitney Houston, "You Give Good Love"

George Benson, "Inside Love (So Personal)"

Evelyn "Champagne" King, "Love Come Down"

And songs by Melba Moore and others ...

All from this smooth R&B hitmaker with his distinctive '80s "cool soul" sound. :)

[StellaHuhs]

I heard mp3iifffy is the best site to download songs like this. Google mp3iifffy.

[aba2185]

@StellaHuhs lmao spamers fail

[AyushmatiAysegul]

I heard mp3iiiiify is the best site to download songs like this. Google mp3iiiiify.

[Sonicmanash]

this toons a classic nuth said

[Tonedef67]

Wicked Track. Always Played this when i was a DJ and the 12 inch too. Awesome stuff

[barbarapapelianmulle]

Kashif has got to be one of the greats in R&B. The first time I heard his music, I was hooked. *****Stars to a remarkable musician.

[Twigra]

I didn't know who sung this song until my fiance say Kashif. I didn't know that, but I remember this song. This was popular on KPRS 103.3 in the 80's.

[starfly7]

As far as producers of danceable RnB, first it was Kashif, then Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, then Babyface, what a great era of music................

[frontosa15]

Kashif was great in Holland.

sounds still very nice.

Ashley Holland

[Zoetezoen]

this Kashif is somewhere between Steve Arrington and Luther Vandross - great place to be...

[historian186]

The highly influential Kashif - the music still rocks!

[MyCarlos1963]

This album was the bomb when it droped and it featured Kenney G, La La, Ms Magee, and a host of others.He also produced Kenney Gs 1st solo project G Force, he produced an album for George Benson, Ms Evlyn C King, this was the baby face of the 80's.

[kac1962]

Man, I loved this guy!

[fringbenefit]

Where has all the good music gone, this tune take me back to the 80's

[woodfordfunkhunter]

love this choooooon!!!!!!

[djmegalopolous]

This kind of funky upbeat soul music was inducive to the feet and rump getting up and getting with it. Then and now,

[AmeliaJustinBieber]

this is a tuneeee!! (:

[hardcorehouse]

Remember hearing this over NYC back in the day like it was yesterday. At that time, good dance music was all over, now you have to go to europe to turn on the radio and easily find a ton of good music. I also have a good Kenny G album from the early 80s by this same producer, Kashif, was a good LP.

[usnpp]

wicked tune! keep it coming!

[2maxxjazz]

First heard this Album upstairs Ronnie Scotts in London Town Desmond the D.J. at the time played the whole L.P. I could not wait to buy it !!! Long live Groove Records and Blue Bird Records and what ever happened to Gregg Edwards !!!

[maiaefua]

u kno thats my god daddy. all seriousness! I just saw him for his bday. he was in nyc w/ mi dad whos also a musician. His name is bashiri johnson. U think im lyin? call him up! im maia.

[KALABULE3000]

To be honest  I do not listen to most songs made after 1990...Kashif was my main musician

[scope1960]

This was the jam in 83.jam n at a house party or the beace here in san diego

[donn04]

I think I was like 9 when this hit came a live but I began to appreciate kashif in my teenage days.All because that was all my Brothers played.This is great music I tell u.Its so hard to compare present day music to this.I dont know somebody please ague with my point.

[ristobenjie]

You know I've got to have Yaaa (know I got to have yaaa). I got my first kiss off this song

[oleskool61]

I just looked thru my old crate, I thought I had this song, (did Not) but I do have two of his albums, kashif had much skills back in those days... Long Live the eighties.

[ragolis]

Whao! Just listened to this and I got transported back to school. What a musc, great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[Lisalmenez]

Ai que delícia de música!

[wilks444cru]

Magaluf 83...Sinartra's......good times......

Magaluf, shit i was there too man in 83.Whoaaa Big Memories, Alexandra&