Basic Black

E620361

musical group

Basic Black is an American R&B group from the late 1980s and early 1990s known for their new jack swing sound and association with producer Gene Griffin.

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Label	Occurrences
Basic Black canonical	4

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical group ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
associatedWith	Gene Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	circa early 1990s ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ
hasMember	Darryl “Dezo” Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard “Rich” Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony “G-Man” Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic	R&B vocal harmonies ⓘ hip hop–influenced production ⓘ swingbeat rhythms ⓘ
influencedBy	Teddy Riley’s new jack swing sound ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locationOfActivity	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	association with producer Gene Griffin ⓘ new jack swing sound ⓘ
notableSong	Nothing But a Party NERFINISHED ⓘ She’s Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Basic Black (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	performing artists ⓘ
partOf	late 1980s new jack swing movement ⓘ
producer	Gene Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	circa 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gene Griffin → notableWorkWith → Basic Black ⓘ

Gene Griffin → associatedAct → Basic Black ⓘ

John Black → associatedWithOrganization → Basic Black ⓘ

Salem → hasFictionalBusiness → Basic Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Salem (Days of Our Lives)