Riding High (Faze-O album)
Encyclopedia
Riding High is the first album by the Chicago
, Illinois
funk
band Faze-O
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subsidiary label, She Records. Produced by The Ohio Players
, they would chart in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, Riding High. Riding High would be also be an often sampled song in a lot of Hip Hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s and on.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
band Faze-O
Faze-O
Faze-O were a late 1970s funk group produced by Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players, and were the group's front band during many live performances. Their 1977 song, "Riding High", has been sampled by Hip Hop artists.- Discography :* 1977 Riding High...
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Reception
Released in 1977 on Atlantic RecordsAtlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
subsidiary label, She Records. Produced by The Ohio Players
Ohio Players
The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
, they would chart in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, Riding High. Riding High would be also be an often sampled song in a lot of Hip Hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s and on.
Tracks
- Riding High - 5:21
- Funky Reputation - 5:10
- You And I (Belong Together) - 5:20
- Toe Jam - 4:59
- True Love - 3:19
- Get Some Booty - 2:49
- Test - This Is Faze-O - 4:44
Personnel
- Keith Harrison - Arp, Clavinet, Composer, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Mini Moog, Percussion, Piano, Piano (Electric), Lead and Backing Vocals
- Ralph "Love" Aikens - Guitar, Talk Box, Lead and Backing Vocals
- Tyrone "Flye" Crum - Bass, Backing Vocals
- Roben Neal Jr. - Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
- Roger Parker - Drums, Percussion
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1978 | Riding High | 98 | 19 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance |
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| 1978 | "Riding High" | — | 9 | — |
Samples
- "Riding High"
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- "Please Listen to My Demo"" by EPMD
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- "Tonite's Tha Night"" by Kris Kross