Retro Dump

🎵 Mary J. Blige - Sweet Thing 💿 Album: What’s The 411 ❤️ Label: Uptown Records / MCA Records 📆 Release Date: July 28, 1992 ✍🏾 Written By: Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden 🎚️ Produced By: Mark Morales (AKA Prince Markie Dee) 🕊️ , Cory Rooney #MaryJBlige #90sMusic #90sRnB

📺 Saturday Night Live: S18:E15 (Ep. 341) • March 13, 1993 @Maryjblige delivers a powerful rendition of the Rufus & Chaka Khan classic “Sweet Thing.” #MaryJBlige #SNL #90s #Nostalgia #RnB #90sNostalgia #90sMusic #90sRnB

@JacksonBrittsny LOVED This show growing up. It definitely needs to be celebrated more

While Y'all are here, Did any of you see #TheJersey when you were growing up. That show is another one that needs to be in conversations about the foundation of #Disney shows imo.

@random_weighs Here’s Lee Thompson Young doing a Freestyle rap in those old “express yourself” promos the Disney Channel used to do with some of the actors from their popular shows at the time.

🎵 Patti LaBelle - Yo Mister 💿Album: Be Yourself 📆Release Date: June 26, 1989 💜Label: MCA Records 🧵 ✍🏾 Written By: Prince 🕊️ 🎹 Produced By: Prince 🥁 Instruments: Prince 🎤 Lead Vocals: Patti LaBelle 🗣️ Background Vocals: Prince, Margie Cox (Uncredited) #80s #80sMusic

A departure from her usual style, “Yo Mister” became one of Patti’s biggest hits of the decade, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

🚂 #SoulTrain Saturday: S18:E30 (Ep. 604) • June 10, 1989 When Patti LaBelle (@MsPattiPatti) teamed up with #Prince for her 1989 hit “Yo Mister,” the music legend briefly swapped Philly soul for the #MinneapolisSound. #Prince4Ever #80sMusic #80sNostalgia

📺 #VintageAd: Luster’s Pink Oil Moisturizer “For Pink Protection” 🧴 • 1989 If you grew up in a Black household, this bottle was non-negotiable. The pink packaging? Iconic. And the scent? Unforgettable. Was this part of your routine growing up? #80s #80sAds #Nostalgia

Missing Juvenile Melanie Muir from the 35th District phillypolice.com/news-blotter/m…

A premiere for a commercial.... in 1984... not Super Bowl connected. #MJFOREVER #Jacksons This version makes me sad knowing what happened when it was filmed 🥹

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📺 Video Soul: @PaulaAbdul Breaks Down Her Work With @JanetJackson • 1986 Before the videos became iconic, they were just ideas in rehearsal. Here, Paula walks through the moves that set the tone for the “Control” era. #JanetJackson #80s #80sMusic #80sNostalgia #Nostalgia

📺 #VintageAd: @NewEdition for Coca-Cola “Catch the Wave” 🌊 • 1986 When New Coke flopped and #NewEdition lost Bobby Brown, both had to reset. By ’86, both were back with a new look and a new wave. Two reinventions. Straight 80s vibes. #NE4Life #80s #Nostalgia #Throwback

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🎵 #MinneapolisMonday: @JanetJackson – The Making of “Control” • 1986 #JanetJackson talks acting, Minneapolis, and collaborating with @flytetymejam & @flytetymelewis on “Video Soul.” #Janet #JanFam #Control40 #80sRnB #MinneapolisSound #80sNostalgia

Happy 40th Anniversary “Control”🥂 • February 4, 1986 #Control40 @JanetJackson #JanetJackson #Janet #JanFam

🎤 Lead Vocals: Junior 🗣️ Background Vocals: Junior, Lucia Newell, Monte Moir, Tami Day 🥁 Drum Programming: Monte Moir 🎹 Keyboards: Monte Moir 🎸 Guitar: Oliver Leiber 🥁 Percussion: Gordy Knudtson 🎷 Saxophone: David Eiland

🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S17:E29 (Ep. # 571) • May 28, 1988 🎵 Junior - Say That You Care 💿Album: Sophisticated Street 📆Year: 1988 🇬🇧Label: London Records ✍🏾Written By: @JuniorGiscombe, Monte Moir 🎹Produced By: Monte Moir #SoulTrain #MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB

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📺 Fox Thursdays🍗 • November 24, 1994 Happy #Thanksgiving! Check out this classic triple-header: 🍗 “Martin” • S3:E11 — Feast or Famine 🍽️ “Living Single” • S2:E12 — Thanks for Giving 🕵🏾‍♂️ “New York Undercover” • S1:E11 — The Eyewitness Blues #ClassicTV #90sTV #90sNostalgia