Hi-top fades, polka dots, shorts with socks, video girls fully clothed, and Heavy D and The Boyz dancin’ up a storm to that New Jack Swing beat equals ’80s feel-good perfection. “We Got Our Own Thang” went to #3 on the rap chart and #10 on the R&B chart. “We Got Our Own Thang”, from the platinum album Big Tyme.

Heavy D is back with a new Reggae joint, Vibe, on his new label, Stride Entertainment.  Haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but you can read more about it here.

In the meantime, let’s take it back for a minute.

We Got Our Own Thang, Big Time (1989), Uptown.

Gotta love the cameos in this one, “Money Earnin’ Mt. Vernon“, from the 1987 Album, Living Large (Uptown).

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