Episode #141: Word Up!

It's an '80s Atonement episode! For those of you new to the whole Star Time mythos, twice a year I do a two-hour episode of 80's R&B to make up for the sub-genre's relative absence in favor of '50s, '60s and '70s R&B the rest of the year. Since the tagline description of Star Time is "R&B History from the '50s through the '80s," I have an obligation to play '80s R&B every once in a while. Why don't I just change the tagline? I don't know! Why don't you change your tagline, how about that??

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Mary Jane Girls	In My House	1985	Gordy
Ready for the World	Digital Display	1985	MCA
R.J.'s Latest Arrival	Work	1985	Atlantic
Janet Jackson	Nasty	1986	Control
Betty Rocker feat. Yolanda	Love You Boy	1986	Saturn
Cameo	Word Up!	1986	Atlanta Artists
Set 2
Jesse Johnson feat. Sly Stone	Crazay	1986	A&M
Charlie Singleton & Modern Man	Nothing Ventured—Nothing Gained	1987	Epic
Franchise	Inside Out	1987	Panoramic South
Midnight Star	Get Dressed	1986	Solar
Loose Ends	Slow Down	1986	MCA
Terence Trent D'Arby	Wishing Well	1987	Columbia
Prince & the Revolution	Kiss	1986	Warner Bros.
Set 3
Gladys Knight & the Pips	Love Overboard	1987	MCA
LeVert	Pull Over	1988	Atlantic
Bobby Brown	My Prerogative	1988	MCA
Joyce 'Fenderella' Irby	Mr. D.J.	1989	Motown
The System	Don't Disturb This Groove	1987	Atlantic
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler	Back to Life	1989	10 Records
Set 4
De La Soul	Me Myself & I	1989	Tommy Boy
Neneh Cherry	Kisses on the Wind	1989	Virgin
EPMD	So Wat Cha Sayin'	1989	Fresh/Sleeping Bag
Salt-N-Pepa	A Salt With a Deadly Pepa	1988	FFRR
Sir Mix-A-Lot	Posse on Broadway	1988	Nastymix
Ice-T	I'm Your Pusher	1988	Sire