Ohio Players - Singing In The Morning

[buckeyefan05]

9th Wonder is a fuckin' genius!

[nighttrain334]

first beggining sounds like granny from the squidbillies!

[TheSkreachxorchestra]

5:30 A little bit of Jazz, I can't take it no longer....

Then the rest is history.

[mjhoward96]

Starting @ 2:33-2:38 is da background chorus for Biggie-"Ready To Die"

[GrizeldaGrundle]

Ohio Players are also sampled in Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls "Brooklyn's Finest" (Original Song: "Ecstasy")

[JovonTLC]

On March 19, 2006, a judge ordered that sales of The Notorious B.I.G.'s album Ready to Die be halted because the title track sampled a 1972 song by the Ohio Players, "Singing in the Morning", without permission.

[SAXYRIC359]

I got my copy of Pain and proud Mary too on the local label Top Hit Records which I drew in the sixth grade. 806 Chalker street was my address. Only Jessie 7 The mell-o-tones and the Players were on that label. I loved you too much, and give it up were jessie's cuts.

[Pirate7X]

Again the arrangements, killer. They might have been one the most technically adept funk units of the time along with Mandrill.

[jody808]

i love love love this cut!!!

[Earlbein]

yeah, junie does the howard codsell character on the motor booty affair song. and he did the not just knee deep track, one nation & other stuff. check out his when the city track he put out in 04. just google junie morrison when the city vox. it should come up. its a jam!

[nickwlover1]

not cool

[cindish11]

I still have the original Pain album from 1971 of this in excellent condition. funky worm, never had a dream..excellent stuff. they did a set of three albums...Pain... Pleasure... Ecstacy and i think Pain is the best, just love it even after all these years. the ending of this is so cool

[Blacksungod]

Funky!!!

[Groovingfool]

This was the shit! I got the demo from Akron of Pain. 45 baby! B side was Proud Mary. The Westbound Stuff was the groove! This pocket is wide as the Highland Tunnel (and deep too!)

[Skydigibeef]

1994 READY TO DIE MOTHERFUCKER

[Hydro44]

haha did you notice too

[Mischtchratzer]

Am I wrong or do I hear some Lenny Kravitz in this song...... and yes I know that this was produced when Lenny was still at school.... heheheeee if ever.....

[AyatollahWatts]

@Mischtchratzer I hear absolutely no Lenny in this song..... zero

[Mischtchratzer]

@AyatollahWatts pease, don't get me wrong, I like this tune here and of course I like lots of Lenny's music, maybe my speakers to not work really good ...hehehee, and after listening to this track again, I think you're right... maybe I was much too stoned when I wrote my first comment... so please, forgive me, although I think the main vocal voice... hmmm.....

[eastbrookmusic]

On their Westbound releases you can really hear the caliber of their musicianship. I missed that from them during the Mercury years later on.

[bluebudgie21]

hemp hemp hemp

[Mischtchratzer]

Am I wrong, or am I hearing some Lenny Kravitz out of this???? What the funky you mean ????

[eversley55555]

played on same stage with these guys.1969 albany new york at the U T. you have to be old school and from albany to know what im saying!!!!!

[broncofangj]

boy they was rockin those afros heyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

[carlj28]

Theyre from Dayton,Ohio.

[jody808]

great album on Westbound label, also the home of Funkadelic

[Blakkmajic82]

anybody know where in ohio they from?

[lector124]

biggie had this sample in ready to die

[binnothe1]

@lector124 suuure did, costly as well.... bout $500k diddy had to pay out

[RalphNelson]

I love that granny voice they use.

[eastbrookmusic]

That was Junie Morrison. He brought a real comedic spin to the OP along with great production ideas and writing. He left to go solo at first but his career never took off.

[jlsgroup295]

Junie ended up with Funkadelic and Parliment - check him out on Free Your Mind...

[Kaejae75]

Yeah when Junie left the Ohio Players he went on to become a writer and producer for Parliament/Funkadelic. Aquaboogie and One Nation Under a Groove on of his great P-funk credits!

[Kaejae75]

This song is funky, and I love Junie Morrison (Granny's Voice) on this song. You can also check out Junie in Parlaiment/Funkadelic

[sodr2]

nice, i never knew that

[CJLaity]

If you want to read a great book with a lot of disco nostalgia in it, check out the book Disco Hypnotic.

[Smokeweezy]

another great one from the ohio players, thanks for posting this one.