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=== Whodini === Coming out of the fertile New York rap scene of the early 1980s, Whodini was one of the first rap groups to add a [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] twist to their music, thus laying the foundation for a new genre, [[new jack swing]]. The group made its name with good-humored songs such as "Magic's Wand" (the first rap song accompanied by a video), "The Haunted House of Rock", "[[Friends (Whodini song)|Friends]]", "Five Minutes of Funk", and "Freaks Come Out at Night". Live performances of the group were the first rap concerts with the participation of [[Breakdancing|breakdance]] dancers from the group [[UTFO]]. [[Russell Simmons]] was the manager of the group in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Def Jam at 30: The Declarations of an Independent β 1984β1985 |url=https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/defjam/exhibition/simmonsrush/index.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=rmc.library.cornell.edu}}</ref> The group released six studio albums. Fourteen of the group's singles hit the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts. Four of the group's albums were [[Platinum certification|certified Platinum]] by the [[RIAA]]. In 1984, the group released the second album ''[[Escape (Whodini album)|Escape]]''. The entire album was fully produced by [[Larry Smith (producer)|Larry Smith]]. From the laid back groove titled "Five Minutes of Funk" to "Friends", a cynical story of betrayal sampled everywhere from [[Nas]]' "[[If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)]]" to [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]'s "Troublesome '96", to harder edged singles "Freaks Come Out at Nite" and "Big Mouth".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best Rap Albums of the '80s |url=https://www.complex.com/music/50-greatest-rap-albums-1980s |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Complex |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326210733/https://www.complex.com/music/50-greatest-rap-albums-1980s |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1986, the group released a third album ''[[Back in Black (Whodini album)|Back in Black]]'', fully produced by Smith. A number of songs from the album received heavy local New York airplay, such as "Funky Beat" and the controversial "I'm a Ho". "Fugitive" was guitar-driven [[funk]] and "Last Night (I Had a Long Talk With...)" was introspective. Paul Kodish, the drummer of Pendulum, was featured on the album.
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