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Monie Love – Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. – 7 Inch Vinyl Record

Love began her hip hop/BritHop career as a rapper in the British Jus Bad crew, which featured DJ Pogo, Sparki, and MC Mell’O’. The group released the single ‘Free Style/Proud’ on the indepedent Tuff Groove record label in 1988.

Love first gained critical and commercial notice in the United States 1989 for her cameos in Queen Latifah’s Grammy-winning and pro-feminist single ‘Ladies First’, in the Jungle Brothers’ well-received single ‘Doin’ Our Own Dang’, and in De La Soul’s hit single, ‘Buddy’. The acclaim led her to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, making Love one of the few British rap efforts released by a major label.

Love also has a place in hip-hop history as a member of the Native Tongues Posse, a positive-minded rap collective which included Queen Latifah, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers, and a number of other acts.

Love’s debut album, Down To Earth, spawned two, Grammy-nominated hits, ‘Monie In The Middle’ (a high school-set track dealing with a woman’s right to determine what she wants out of a relationship), and ‘It’s a Shame (My Sister)’ (which sampled The Spinners’ ‘It’s A Shame’ written for the band by Stevie Wonder). The album reached #26 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Love was featured on her brother Dave Angel’s remix of Whitney Houston’s dance hit, ‘My Name Is Not Susan’, in 1991. Love’s 1992 single, ‘Full Term Love’, from the Class Act movie soundtrack, reached #7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.

Love collaborated with Prince and Marley Marl for her 1993 second album, In A Word Or 2. In A Word Or 2 featured the Prince-produced single, ‘Born To B.R.E.E.D.’ (which reached #1 on the Hot Dance Music chart and #7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart), as well as a re-release of ‘Full Term Love’.

Love’s last musical release was the EP ‘Slice of Da Pie’ in 2000.

45 RPM single

Brand new, never played with some jacket wear from storage

Cooltempo / Chrysilis Records 1993

From the album pictured in this listing

Produced by Prince

Song Listing
Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. (Paisley Park Radio Mix)
Born 2 B.R.E.E.D.(Born 2 Funk Mix)