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Norman Whitfield RIP

DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
One of my favorite producers ever.
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  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    r.i.p. indeed.b,121peace, stein. . .
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Totally underrated Motown producer, every bit as good as Smokey or HDH. Rest in peace, bro.
  • roistoroisto 880 Posts
    RIP
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121One of my favorite producers ever. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121b,121His work on the Temptations- Solid Rock LP still blows me away... b,121b,121Damn...all my favourites are dying. RIP to a talented muthafunka.....
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,025 Posts
    This was my dude.b,121b,121If his name was on it, I bought it. b,121b,121R.I.P.
  • UnconSciUnconSci 824 Posts
    Damn... I was just talking about dude like 15 minutes ago. Did he produce the car wash soundtrack?
  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Damn... I was just talking about dude like 15 minutes ago. Did he produce the car wash soundtrack? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121yes!b,121b,121rose royce was his pet project...b,121b,121it's funny, he is HOF material just for being the dude who had the balls to drag motown into the heavy funk/psych era with shit like Cloud 9 and I can't get next to you, but he also did shit like I heard it thru the grapevine and Ain't too proud to beg... b,121b,121but, yeah, he was the only dude at motown who really understood the late 60's on a musical level... he made records as freaky as george clinton, but on motown... i am sure berry gordy had a puzzled look on his face plenty of times hearing shit like the Undisputed Truth's 10 minute version of Ball of Confusion...b,121b,121but, yeah, a true fusking american legend...
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Does anyone know the cause of death?
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121One of my favorite producers ever. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121For me, the great forgotten giant of post-WWII black pop music. An absolute titan. RIP.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    RIPb,121TO ANOTHER LEGEND!
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    I was really, really, hoping that I had misread the thread title when I clicked on it. His work with The Temptations alone is enough to solidify his status among the greats.b,121b,121RIP.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Big fan of his production and songwriting.b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121If his name was on it, I bought it.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121R.I.P.
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121One of my favorite producers ever. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Seconded.b,121b,121Another great lose. R.I.P.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Damnit
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
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  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    So this appears to have totally disappeared from the news in Google. Is this definitely verified?
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Does anyone know the cause of death? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Diabetes, I believe.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,174 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121One of my favorite producers ever. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121A genius producer, songwriter. Responsible for some of my favorite records.b,121b,121b,121 img src="http://helium.lunarpages.com/~funky4/pictures/temps_web.jpg"1 b,121b,121b,121 img src="http://funky16corners.tripod.com/images/13_45s_velvelettes.jpg"1
  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121One of my favorite producers ever. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121A genius producer, songwriter. Responsible for some of my favorite records.b,121b,121b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121R.I.P.
  • groove70sgroove70s 168 Posts
    R.I.P. Mr. "Psychadelic" Motown
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    It's too bad he didn't give interviews (or so they said). I would have loved to have heard his side of the Motown story.
  • kalakala 3,362 Posts
    the world just got a little less funkier and soulfulb,121FFUCKb,121b,121RIP to a legend
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    He produced some of my favorite songs and is one of the reasons why I have my screen name.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,163 Posts
    RIP. A Giant.b,121b,121if anyone is interested, Ill be using a portion of my radio show tonight to pay tribute to Mr. Whitfield...Ill be playing some of my favorite Whitfield tracks..b,121b,121"In The Basement" 10 to Midnight (CST)b,12189.9FM Memphisb,121wevl.org
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,526 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121This was my dude.b,121b,121If his name was on it, I bought it. b,121b,121R.I.P. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121b,121Fusk.b,121b,121i swear to god, go grab that carwash album you have sitting on your shelf and put on the track Sunrise.b,121b,121the man was a goddamn genius.b,121b,121that is two of my favorite musicians and my stepfather in two months. b,121b,121now i am bummed.
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    RIP to one of the greats.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121i swear to god, go grab that carwash album you have sitting on your shelf and put on the track Sunrise.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Sunrise was a secret weapon for years.
  • funkfromthesunfunkfromthesun 212 Posts
    RIP.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121RIP to one of the greats. b,121b,121h,121
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  • SmallAxeRickSmallAxeRick 497 Posts
    incredible.b,121b,121here's one of my favorites:b,121b,121object width="425"1height="344"1param name="movie"1value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen"1value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425"1height="344"1/embed1/object1
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