Juicy Fruit
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"Juicy Fruit" is a 1983 R&B/funk song by Mtume, best known for its smooth groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop and R&B tracks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juicy Fruit canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Juicy Fruit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
James Mtume
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tawatha Agee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 45 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSR&B | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| era | 1980s R&B ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
funk ⓘ |
| hasBside | Ready for Your Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Juicy Fruit single cover ⓘ |
| hasHook | “Juicy fruit, juicy” refrain ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | sensual vocals ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
1990s R&B
ⓘ
1990s hip-hop ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Epic 34-03758 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | Tawatha Agee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 5:53 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heavy sampling in hip-hop
ⓘ
smooth groove ⓘ |
| partOf | album Juicy Fruit ⓘ |
| performer | Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | James Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-05-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| sampledIn |
Freak Like Me (Adina Howard song)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tha Shiznit (Snoop Dogg song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trouble (Keith Sweat song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfaithful (The Notorious B.I.G. song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideA | Juicy Fruit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-to-mid tempo ⓘ |
| weeksAtNumberOneUSR&B | 8 ⓘ |
| writer | James Mtume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.