FEELING THE FORCE WITH THE LEGENDARY FORCE M.D.’s
Have you ever had your partner say “Baby Let Me Love U”? Well, there is a group called The Force M.D.’s, which is an American R&B vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Although the group has old school hip hop roots, it is perhaps best known for two tunes that are widely considered 1980s quiet storm classics, “Tender Love” and “Love is a House”. They are considered major forerunners of the new jack swing. The band was originally named The L.D.s, and then became the Force MCs, but ultimately preferred the name Force M.D.’s, which stood for Musical Diversity. Though the group was not quite always as recognizable as other New York R&B acts when it first started, they were among the first R&B vocal groups to intermix doo-wop-affected singing with and sometimes over hip-hop beats. The group was composed of brothers Stevie D., Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy, and Rodney “Khalil” Lundy, along with their uncle Jessie Lee Daniels. (Later, friends “Trisco” Pearson and Charles “Mercury” Nelson from the Marines Harbor projects in Staten Island, NY joined the group.) They performed at different venues such as BB Kings, and the Eve Ultra lounge until this day their hit songs are still being played on the radio. Three of the group’s members died within five years of each other: Nelson suffered a fatal heart attack in 1995; former collaborator DJ Dr. Rock died suddenly of natural causes in 1996; and in 1998, Antoine Lundy died of Lou Gehrig’s disease. Trisco Pearson died on September 16, 2016, of an undisclosed illness. But that does not stop the group from performing worldwide. The Force M.D.’s are still standing strong after all these years; you can see them at an up coming performance in June at BB Kings in Manhattan. Did I tell there is new music on the way? Check out their new single Don’t Rush now available on iTunes. May the Force be with you.
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Some recent stuff with a new twist on it and of course some old school too and rappers come to the reunion to perform and show love. Kool Moe Dee and L.A. Sunshine are the main ones who be at the reunions. To those who don’t know about L.A. Sunshine, he was a part of the hip hop group The Treacherous Three along with Moe Dee and DJ Easy Lee. They had joints like “Feel the Heart Beat”, “Action” and another joint they did with Spoonie Gee called “The New Rap Language.” Doug E. Fresh comes to the reunion sometimes too. When I met Moe Dee four years ago, he was extremely cool, like I expected and at that time, I wasn’t rocking a high top fade and a vintage/retro look, I was slowly getting to that point but not until a year after that. I loved going to those reunions growing up but lately it hasn’t been the same for the simple fact that it feels dead and doesn’t have the same exciting energy it used to have also, gentrification. All of these out of town white folk moving into the neighborhood are calling the cops at 8 or 9 o’clock at night when everyone is still rocking and having fun. They call the cops on us to stop the music because we’re “making too much noise.” Maybe I’ll be returning to the reunion this year just to see what’s it like and maybe I’ll run into Kool Moe Dee again, that’ll be dope forreal!