![]() Cooper wrote the song to a music track created by Pilate, which had different lyrics. Pilate II, and produced by Con Funk Shun. The song was written by Michael Cooper and Felton C. They just need to take the chance to come down and check it out. ' Love's Train ' is a song by American R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun from their tenth studio album, To the Max (1982). Just to make sure that people realize that there really is a lot of talent in Baltimore. "We're just trying to position ourselves to bring them up - develop them, produce them, write for them, what have you. "There are other artists that really have the talent, who do the same thing that we're doing, if not better," he says. Now that they're music has the nation's ear, Nokio and his bandmates hope they can open the way for other Baltimore acts to reach a wider audience. Because we never really closed our eyes and said, 'Well, I'm just going to listen to this type of music,' or 'I'm just going to listen to that.' There was so much different types of music coming into our households." "So a lot of the things that you hear from us are a combination of old school performers we liked, and a lot of new school performers. ![]() ![]() We've been listening to it since we were little kids, so we kind of got an appreciation for everything. "We were music majors in high school, so we were always put around different types of music," he says. Listen closely to such songs as "Satisfied," "Never Make a Promise" or "Love's Train." What you'll hear in the group's sophisticated harmonies and polished interplay is a sound that evokes the likes of the O'Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and Stevie Wonder.Īlthough there wasn't any conscious effort to imitate those older groups, Nokio points out that each of the quartet's members was well-schooled in music before joining the group. Despite the group's youth, the sound proffered by Dru Hill's debut has a decided old school slant. ![]()
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