Full Force

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Full Force is a group of R&B and hip hop performers and producers from Brooklyn, New York, calling themselves "the original hip hop vocal band".

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Members

B-Fine (Brian George) - drums and drum programming
Shy Shy (Junior Clark) - bass guitar
Paul Anthony (Paul Anthony George) - vocals
Bowlegged Lou (Lucien George, Jr.) - vocals
Curt-T-T (Curt Bedeau) - guitar
Baby Gerry (Gerry Charles) - keyboards

B-Fine, Paul Anthony, and Bowlegged Lou are brothers, and the other members are their cousins.

[edit] History

They have produced and written music for such diverse artists as UTFO, Doctor Ice, Samantha Fox, Jasmine Guy, Britney Spears, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, La Toya Jackson, and Selena. Full Force received their first record contract thanks to their production of UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne" (1985), a record that lead to countless answer records, most notably by Roxanne Shanté. Two greatest hits compilations are available, one by Thump Records and the other by Collectables. They produced singer/songwriter Rihanna's 2005 hit, "Let Me" which appears on her debut album Music Of The Sun. The Black Eyed Peas' worldwide hit "Don't Phunk With My Heart" was also written as a collaboration between Full Force and will.i.am of the Peas.

Full Force provide backing vocals on two Bob Dylan songs recorded during sessions for Infidels: "Death Is Not the End" (released on Down in the Groove (1988) and "Tell Me" (released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991).

They also showed a talent for comedy acting in the 1990s comedy film House Party and its sequel as the gangster-nemeses of Kid and Play.

Retrospectively, Full Force should be viewed as pioneers of freestyle music. Not surprisingly, Thump Records, a label known for its freestyle compilations, released their first greatest hits compilation.