Full Force....

Strap in, kids, there is a lot to tell here....


Let me tell you about Full Force.

I have always been the guy who read every single liner note on albums. I don't know why that was important to me. Why did I need to know who Questar Welsh or Andre Debourg is? Why does it matter who "Easy" Steve Salem or Fred Munao is? I don't have the slightest idea. One of the first hip-hop albums I ever owned was the first UTFO album, and it was produced by Full Force. Then there was Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force, The Real Roxanne produced by Full Force

Who the hell were these guys? I mean I knew their names from the album liners. Bowlegged Lou, Paul Anthony, BFine, Shy-Shy, Baby Gerry, and Curt-t-t. But WHO were they? Then one day i was over at the house of a family friend, Dan Jauregui, and looking through his records, and there it was. The debut album of Full Force.  I "borrowed" it (pretty sure it never got back to him), and immediately fell in love with the music.  They had hits on their album, "Unselfish Lover" and "Alice i Want You Just For Me", but the songs I loved were "Let's Dance Against The Wall", "United", and most of all "Please Stay". I learned that album front to back. I could sing ever word and hit every note PERFECTLY. This was the beginning of my love of Full Force's music. This album was followed by "Get Busy 1 Time" ("Chain Me To The Nigh"t is my JAM!, then "Guess Who's Coming To The Crib" ("Katty Women" and "Low Blow Brenda" were a couple of my favorites, but "Your Love Is So Def" took the cake). Then came "Smoove". The sound was maturing, as was the band. gone were the Gheri Curls, and the catchy signature shit like Gerry and his teddy bear, Paul and his headbands, etc...My love grew even more as "Don't Sleep" came about, followed by "Sugar On Top" (note: In 1999 when I opened True School Management & Productions, which in a year became True School Entertainment, I got the name from track #6 "True School Medley").