David Ruffin – Gentleman Ruffin
Featuring a classic breakbeat that’s been used by Madlib, Big Daddy Kane, Rodney P, The D.O.C, Pete Rock, and countless others, Foster Sylvers is the self-titled debut LP from the youngest member of the LA-based funk / soul family band The Sylvers. The comparisons to Michael Jackson are obvious and mostly uninteresting as this is a truly special record in its own right with incredible songwriting from Leon Sylvers and production from Jerry Butler (played on Donald Byrd’s Street Lady and Bobbi Humphrey’s Blacks and Blues) and Keg Johnson (worked with Brothers Johnson, Bobby Womack, Gladys Knight, Freddie Hubbard, and many others).
Recommended – A1 Misdemeanor, Full Listen
Tags: Cult Classic / Drum Break / Samples
Tracklist:
A1 Misdemeanor
A2 Big Things Come In Small Packages
A3 I’m Your Puppet
A4 Mockingbird
A5 I’ll Get You In The End
B1 Hey Little Girl
B2 Happy Face
B3 Swooperman
B4 More Love
B5 Only My Love Is True
Lullaby / Uncle Albert
B6a Lullaby
B6b Uncle Albert
Credits:
Arranged By – Dave Crawford (tracks: A2, B4, B5), Jerry Peters (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B3, B6), King Errisson (tracks: B1)
Arranged By [Percussion] – Havey Mason* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B6), King Errison* (tracks: B1)
Engineer, Mixed By – Jim Shifflett
Executive-Producer – Michael Viner
Producer – Jerry Peters, Keg Johnson (2)
