Posh is a 1980 album released by R&B singer Patrice Rushen

Patrice Rushen

Patrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...

, her third album for Elektra Records

Elektra Records

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 and sixth album overall. The album was recently re-released on Wounded Bird Records, as were several other Rushen albums from the time. Following the Pizzazz

Pizzazz

-Reception:While she was attacked for leaving the jazz genre, Rushen was able to get a good fan base with R&B/Pop audience. Rushen's profile in the R&B world continued to increase with Pizzazz, her second album for Elektra Records and fifth overall....

album, Posh was the continuation of a string of R&B/pop albums that would establish Rushen as an R&B singer.

"Look Up!," "I Need Your Love," "The Funk Won't Let You Down," "Time Will Tell" highlighted Patrice's reach into R&B territory. Whereas, songs such as the Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

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-esque "I Need Your Love" and the rock-leaning "Time Will Tell" were representative of her new progressive sound.

This album was released just before her breakthrough 1982 album, Straight from the Heart.

Track listing

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Go)" (Patrice Rushen
   Patrice Rushen
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   , Freddie Washington
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   )
2. "Don't Blame Me" (P. Rushen, Angela Rushen, Clarence Bell)
3. "Look Up!" (P. Rushen, Charles Mims Jr., Sheree Brown)
4. "I Need Your Love" (P. Rushen, Mims, A. Rushen)
5. "Time Will Tell" (P. Rushen, A. Rushen)
6. "The Dream" (P. Rushen, Washington, Brown)
7. "The Funk Won't Let You Down" (P. Rushen)
8. "This Is All I Really Know" (P. Rushen, Lynn Davis)

Later Samples

• "This Is All I Really Know"
  • "These Are Our Heroes" by Nas
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• "The Dream"
  • "Lucky Me" by Danny!
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     from the album Dream, Extinguished
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