Switch
During the early to mid-'70s, Bobby DeBarge, Eddie Fluellen, Phillip Ingram (brother of James Ingram), Jody Sims, and Gregory Williams were in the Ohio-based White Heat. The band backed Barry White and recorded a self-titled album -- released by RCA in 1975 -- produced by the maestro. Budgetary constraints forced White to cut ties with the band, which subsequently morphed into Hot-Ice, an outfit that featured DeBarge, Sims, and Williams, as well as DeBarge's brother Tommy. That band released an album on Polydor in 1977. Jermaine Jackson helped them secure a contract with Motown offshoot Gordy. As Switch, the band proved to be popular in clubs, as well as within the quiet storm radio format. Their singles "There'll Never Be" (1978), "I Call Your Name" (1979), and "Love Over and Over Again" (1981) reached the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B chart. After Switch's fifth and final album for Gordy, the DeBarge brothers departed to support sibling group DeBarge. By the time Switch released Am I Still Your Boyfriend? (1984) on Total Experience, Sims and Williams were the only original members, along with Fluellen (who had joined for the third album), Renard Gallo, and Gonzales Ozen. That album sold poorly, and Switch broke up. Bobby DeBarge passed away due to AIDS complications in 1995. Throughout the 2000s, the band's recordings were sampled by the likes of De La Soul ("A Brighter Tomorrow"), Ne-Yo ("It Just Ain't Right"), Rich Boy ("Throw Some D's"), and Erykah Badu ("That Hump"). Ingram, Williams, and Fluellen reunited, added new members, and toured during the same decade. Bassist Tommy DeBarge died on October 21, 2021 due to kidney and liver failure; he was 64 years old.
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Snapped (feat. Prada West)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Revel Distro on 10 jun. 2022
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Mentally ILL
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Revel Distro on 21 jan. 2022
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Too Late (feat. Young Stitch)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Switch Music on 26 nov. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Straight Jacket
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Revel Distro on 15 apr. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Another Way
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Revel Distro on 14 aug. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Smoking My Life Away
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by switch on 18 jan. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Church Bells
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Independent on 28 okt. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Built 4 This
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Underground Universal on 23 jun. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pour Somethin'
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by SwitchItUp Inc. on 22 sep. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Memorizing Strangers
Alternative en Indie - Released by 3035285 Records DK2 on 24 sep. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sausage
Electronic - Released by Advance Music Russia on 20 okt. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It's Your Life / Vibes from the Tribes
Drum 'n' bass - Released by Innerground Records on 22 mrt. 2010
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