L.T.D.-Love Ballad
Let me just start off by saying, I loved growing up in a Soul music household. I remember those Saturday mornings doing my chores with the local R&B/Soul station on from morning to evening and not ever getting the slightest urge to change the station. Soul music is a huge part of my culture and is a main reason for my love of Hip Hop as well. One of my favorite soul groups will always be L.T.D. They are a 1970s R&B/Soul band formed by Jimmie Davis and Abraham Miller. Later on they recruited more members, the most known probably being Jefferey Osbourne, who was the vocalist and also a drummer.
“Love Ballad” is one of their more commercial hits (since it broke into the Billboard Pop charts) but it’s because of how influential this track is in hip hop sampling is the reason why I posted it. Many artists have paid homage to the band and “Love Ballad” but what made me appreciate the value and greatness of this song was how late producer, J Dilla, flipped the sample for De La Soul’s “Much More.” It’s actually awe inspiring to just imagine how much Dilla him self must have loved this song to utilitize it flawlessly. I guess what I’m trying to say is that what makes this song so special is that not only did it entertain but it inspired future artists and continues to prove that it is a timeless song.
Lyrics
I Have never been so much
In love Before
What a difference
A true love made in my life
So nice
So right
Loving you gave me something new
That I’ve never felt
Never dreamed of
Something’s changed
No it’s not the feeling I had before
Oh it’s much much more
Love
I never knew that a touch
Could mean
So much
What a difference
And when we walk hand in hand
I feel
So real
Lovers come
And then lovers go
That’s what folks say
Don’t they know
They’re not there when you love me, hold me and say you care
And what we have is much more than they can see
-michi
