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February 27, 1998

Kool & The Gang Reunite To Open African Hotel

reunite in africa

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Ladies Night

Kool and the Gang's surprising reemergence on the pop and R&B charts comes at the expense of the unbridled raucousness that once characterized the band's sound. It's also the result of a seemingly unlikely alliance with Brazilian pianist-composer-arranger Eumir Deodato, the first coproducer the...

1995 RS: Not Rated

The Best Of Kool & The Gang (1969-1976)

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Biography

Like the quite similar Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang never enjoyed the critical cachet of James Brown or George Clinton but are sampled almost as often by hip-hop DJs and spun just as often by oldies DJs. Maybe Kool & the Gang didn't boast the conceptual innovations or iconoclastic lyrics that impress music writers, but they did have the funky grooves that rappers like and the juicy sing-alo...

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