Dr. Dre Sampled Leon Sylvers' Song 'Misdemeanor'

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  • @alfredmuveestarrmickens6841
    @alfredmuveestarrmickens6841 2 роки тому +68

    Leon Sylvers deserves to be honored ASAP.

  • @starmariejackson3747
    @starmariejackson3747 4 роки тому +129

    I love the Sylvers they are a underrated family group.

  • @raymondwilson9038
    @raymondwilson9038 2 роки тому +84

    Misdemeanour possesses one of the greatest basslines in black music

    • @primeminister66
      @primeminister66 Рік тому

      Indeed

    • @amaradominique
      @amaradominique Рік тому +1

      Oh yes! I remember when song came out was I 10 and I loved it then.

    • @Blueyandbingo64106
      @Blueyandbingo64106 Рік тому +2

      Killer baseline even the parts Dr Dre didn't use are classic unmatched baselines Leon was on some other shit when he made that song and the drums were out of this world too funky funky 💪💪💪💪

    • @msays1275
      @msays1275 Рік тому +1

      Agree!.... Always loved that song....back then!!❤❤❤❤❤

    • @ShaneGuyton-mj1mv
      @ShaneGuyton-mj1mv Рік тому +3

      In music period.

  • @ericcraig6602
    @ericcraig6602 10 місяців тому +3

    i LOVE ALL THE PAST PRODUCTIONS OF "LEON SYLVERS" 🙏🙏🙏

  • @annoyingchannel8812
    @annoyingchannel8812 4 роки тому +153

    One of the greatest music producers the world has ever seen.

    • @boardmustang4551
      @boardmustang4551 3 роки тому +16

      Absolutely... and his songwriting is fire!!

    • @ucbx
      @ucbx 3 роки тому +9

      Yes, you are right. The industry has not fully given this man he recognition he deserves.

    • @danitapruitt-mcwhorter9544
      @danitapruitt-mcwhorter9544 2 роки тому +1

      Is he in ANY Hall of Fame?

    • @berrysweet2321
      @berrysweet2321 2 роки тому +1

      Okay! I had the biggest crush on him with that big Afro 😍

    • @RJNumber45
      @RJNumber45 2 роки тому +2

      100% FACT...also one of the greatest bass players the world has ever seen

  • @pooneyheat
    @pooneyheat 2 роки тому +72

    Mr. Leon Sylvers iii is one of the coldest producers this music game has ever had! The music he gave the Whispers, Shalamar, and Lakeside was next level!

    • @eddiewallace3362
      @eddiewallace3362 Рік тому +6

      Don't forget his group Dynasty too.peace

    • @BettyBeige
      @BettyBeige 8 місяців тому +1

      Dynasty! Here I Am still kills me.

    • @BettyBeige
      @BettyBeige 8 місяців тому

      @@eddiewallace3362 🥴

  • @eddiewallace3362
    @eddiewallace3362 2 роки тому +82

    He really need to be in the R&B HALL of Fame!!! Period.

    • @MrLawrence7777
      @MrLawrence7777 Рік тому +2

      I TOTALLY Agree My Brother, Leon Sylvers wrote Many, Many, Many GREAT HITS For his Family and other Artists Too. Shalom🙏🏾Fam

    • @ROMEEXODUS
      @ROMEEXODUS Рік тому +1

      Yes indeed

    • @andrewsteinberg7103
      @andrewsteinberg7103 Рік тому

      so many groups should have made it , and many that did shoulnt have had, War was rejected, shame

    • @elenaofavalormoanadisneypr6893
      @elenaofavalormoanadisneypr6893 4 місяці тому

      You mean they needed to be in The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

    • @eddiewallace3362
      @eddiewallace3362 4 місяці тому

      @@elenaofavalormoanadisneypr6893 No not really because we need a R & B hall of fame for US.peace

  • @miamiwax5504
    @miamiwax5504 3 роки тому +57

    He is a genius. Listen to the complex vocal harmonies and arrangements of those early Sylvers albums. Soul scientist 👍🏿

  • @bassistdc
    @bassistdc 4 роки тому +65

    I have huge respect for the talents of Leon Sylvers III.

  • @yolondaharrington5665
    @yolondaharrington5665 3 роки тому +31

    A real composer. So talented. The baselines on everything he writes is genius

  • @branbranshenanigans1693
    @branbranshenanigans1693 4 роки тому +130

    He is still fine and an extremely underrated producer😍❤️

  • @gl6996
    @gl6996 3 роки тому +67

    Leon Sylvers, the Sound of SOLAR Records

  • @dudepeep6429
    @dudepeep6429 Рік тому +5

    MR LEON SYLVER, your family are amazing singers, your an amazing song writer, there are soo many songs you have written, produced, like shalamar over and over, the sylvers - bizarre album, there are soo many, hats off to you, I can only just applaud all your gifted work

  • @curtismichael4703
    @curtismichael4703 2 роки тому +9

    He is the mastermind behind soooo many classic R&B/Soul jams!

  • @lonniesnow9584
    @lonniesnow9584 4 роки тому +32

    Highly underrated producer

  • @adonai71100
    @adonai71100 4 роки тому +76

    This man here is soooo UNSUNG ✊🏾🙏🏾

    • @MD-DLive
      @MD-DLive 4 роки тому +2

      They covered The Sylvers on Unsung, check it out!

    • @adonai71100
      @adonai71100 4 роки тому +8

      @@MD-DLiveyes fam i saw it, but on him there's so much more to him. 🥰

    • @MD-DLive
      @MD-DLive 4 роки тому +6

      @@adonai71100 I agree! One of the greatest producers of all time, in my opinion!

    • @clubhead433
      @clubhead433 3 роки тому +1

      @@adonai71100 WERD!!!!

    • @pascalmhadjou2455
      @pascalmhadjou2455 3 роки тому +1

      @@MD-DLive no doubt, hands down.

  • @LGKids
    @LGKids 4 роки тому +47

    Finally the history of a classic sample! Peace!

  • @lawrencenewton3496
    @lawrencenewton3496 3 роки тому +18

    LEON SYLVERS is the "Sound of Los Angels" records !!

  • @djcoolcliff
    @djcoolcliff 2 роки тому +7

    Two of the best producers ever!!!!! RIP to my uncle Wah Wah Watson!!!!!!!

  • @randygivens8421
    @randygivens8421 3 роки тому +16

    Ultimate classic! I still love 'Misdemeanor'!

  • @leroybigby5451
    @leroybigby5451 2 роки тому +9

    Just discovered who this Brother is. All i can say is musical genius. Great bass lines wonderful music.

  • @tspcocktail
    @tspcocktail 4 роки тому +46

    The drum beats on this song is tight and complicated

    • @Relias
      @Relias 3 роки тому +5

      It’s Harvey Mason on drums.

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 3 роки тому +6

      Wow Harvey had a Hella of a resume in the 70s. Herbie Hancock Cameleon, George Benson Breezin, Grover Washington Mr. Magic and Donald Byrd funky records like Places and Spaces. Wow what a resume!!!!

  • @gregwoolliscroft6255
    @gregwoolliscroft6255 4 роки тому +48

    Leon...A LEGEND.....

  • @MrThematrix1
    @MrThematrix1 3 роки тому +23

    What would have happened to the Sylvers if all the hits he ( Leon ) produced for the The Whispers, Dynasty, Shalamar, Lakeside, and others had been done with his brothers and sisters. The would receive much hype and still be in high demand. If you listen to a lot of the acts he produced, they sound eerily similar to the Sylvers in vocal characteristics !Leon a highly underrated producer !

    • @richardpayton9671
      @richardpayton9671 3 роки тому +5

      Possibly, but if those songs had been done by his family instead of the Whispers, Lakeside, etc., they might not have sounded the same and thus not been hits. Then again maybe the songs could have been bigger if his family sang them. We’ll never know. 🤷🏽‍♂️ All it takes is one difference in how a record is produced and it could be a hit or a dud.

    • @MrThematrix1
      @MrThematrix1 3 роки тому +4

      Richard Payton we are talking about a family that could sing 7 part harmony. The Sylvers were stronger vocalists than Dynasty, Shalamar, and the Whispers. Wait a minute, the jury is still out on the Whispers !

    • @rogerwhitsettdrummer2922
      @rogerwhitsettdrummer2922 3 роки тому +5

      I’ve always thought the same thing too....especially the Dynasty songs!!!

    • @rolanaguice7829
      @rolanaguice7829 2 роки тому +2

      U Said Everything I've Been Trying To Say All Of These Years.. Thanks For Putting where the goats can get it

  • @vincentestone5764
    @vincentestone5764 2 роки тому +4

    I had NO idea until watching "Unsung" on The Whispers. LEON SYLVERS 3rd IS A GENIUS ! And Solar Records Dick GRIFFEY knew it.

  • @Dvco33333
    @Dvco33333 Рік тому +2

    Thank you, thank you, thank you brother Leon especially for those Shalamar hits...you are our Hall of fame if no one else's.

  • @mwright80
    @mwright80 2 роки тому +4

    Misdemeanor is one of my favorite songs of all time! Leon Sylvers III is a beast!

  • @sonicfan1able
    @sonicfan1able 4 роки тому +33

    Do you think you'll ever get ask Mr. Sylvers about his working process with The Whispers on "And the Beat Goes On"?

  • @annettaharris5721
    @annettaharris5721 Рік тому +2

    I love it. I pray you are receiving royalties to all the samples. ❤❤❤

  • @mozmolloy1728
    @mozmolloy1728 3 роки тому +25

    That song gives me goosebumps even today.....the melody sounded nothing like any song at the time, or even now...

    • @mustafahajj
      @mustafahajj 2 роки тому +4

      I totally agree. Brings tears to me eyes it sounds so good. I feel funny even admitting it.

    • @sosexymagazinerobinwatkins8467
      @sosexymagazinerobinwatkins8467 2 роки тому +3

      TRUE, TRUE! I just sent this to my sister and I wrote I remember being a little kid and hearing this and your ears just your ears just RANG. MY JAW DROPPED! I Have always had a love affair with harmonies My sisters and I sang there were 5 of us and we all just have that natural ear and that natural sound so we would always listen to groups like this and try to sing with them. I remember that this song was so intricate so lush The harmonies are so tight.
      I had never heard anything like this PERIOD! We LOVED the Jackson 5 and we LOVED the Sylvers... you didn't even compare them because it just was like 2 totally different phenomenal sounds. But when we heard MISDEMEANOR wow🤯🥰🥰🥰

  • @sherloncloud6816
    @sherloncloud6816 2 роки тому +7

    The video of this song on Soul Train is vintage. I am big fan of The Sylvers....forever. They are talented and one of the best groups ever!

  • @monicamcneil9904
    @monicamcneil9904 4 роки тому +27

    Love this family💕💕

  • @livestreamsuk6004
    @livestreamsuk6004 Рік тому +1

    My word!! Sirius FM outdid itself with these two.

  • @leongreene3025
    @leongreene3025 3 роки тому +11

    Leon made hits for solar shalimar whispers dynasty the list goes on everything that came from that label he produced and all were freaking hits

  • @phillytnoize
    @phillytnoize Рік тому +1

    Two legends! I really need this entire interview.

  • @Simonewhitesim-1music
    @Simonewhitesim-1music 4 роки тому +16

    Right on. A great man Leon. and Jimmy!!!!!!

  • @harlemspeaks6921
    @harlemspeaks6921 2 роки тому +4

    Absolutely LOVE this song ...it is just too short ...

  • @lifecorebenefits6043
    @lifecorebenefits6043 2 роки тому +2

    Man, I still dance to this song from my childhood! It brings me such happy memories!

  • @lanettemccoy4690
    @lanettemccoy4690 2 роки тому +2

    Leon Sylvers! Haven't seen him in years, such a great producer, looking good.

  • @bettystephen5676
    @bettystephen5676 4 роки тому +9

    Amazing producer

  • @allen6924
    @allen6924 2 роки тому +2

    The beast of rhythm and blues/ funk. Man he should be in on the Hollywood walk of Fame. The ROCK Hall of fame. This man is the truth.

  • @WhizMitchell
    @WhizMitchell 2 роки тому +5

    This man is an icon in black music!!!

  • @berrysweet2321
    @berrysweet2321 2 роки тому +6

    Leon just have a special way his brain is wired to play bass like that it’s amazing 🤩

  • @marceloribeirosimoes8959
    @marceloribeirosimoes8959 2 роки тому +6

    Excellent! One of the most underated musicians ever!

  • @cedaledownes2665
    @cedaledownes2665 Рік тому +1

    I bet he was happy. That was the d.o.c's biggest hit

  • @renealexander2703
    @renealexander2703 3 роки тому +4

    Love Leon Sylvers. He is so handsome and so talented.

  • @jerryday9838
    @jerryday9838 2 роки тому +3

    I always liked that groove.get down Mr. Silvers.and may GOD bless you and your family.

  • @NoNo-ks4gg
    @NoNo-ks4gg 3 роки тому +12

    Wow --- didn't know the family was still around and good to see Leon doing well! Mom's . . . get your kids into musical instruments!

  • @clarkclarke
    @clarkclarke Рік тому

    I still play this song to this day .... I LOVE this song ... It is on perpetual repeat
    That bass line though minus the rest of the song and instruments ....wicked ....
    Even Acapella this song is amazing..
    Thank you Leon 🙏🏾

  • @unkolee
    @unkolee 6 місяців тому +1

    Leon is legend.

  • @basehead617
    @basehead617 2 роки тому +1

    Why has this man done almost no press EVER?? It's been impossible to find an interview with him in print or on UA-cam until this Jimmy Jam interview.. and he seems so friendly and open, it's surprising!

  • @thechineseway
    @thechineseway 3 роки тому +6

    Amazing bass player, great lines.

  • @prescriptionfunk93
    @prescriptionfunk93 2 роки тому +2

    This is the MAN!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌹💯🍷🍾

  • @andrewsteinberg7728
    @andrewsteinberg7728 2 роки тому +5

    Misdemeanor was a pure Sylvers harmony. They were not a Jackson five copycat> They were on Grouch Marx's show , You Bet Your Life very early

  • @boardmustang4551
    @boardmustang4551 3 роки тому +8

    Need to see all that classic Sylvers magic make a comeback! Remix! :)

  • @denniscarroll7696
    @denniscarroll7696 2 роки тому +1

    Also in a Grandmaster Flash short scratch diddy, way before Dre and D.O.C., in 1987 with "Tear the Roof Off", you hear it more in that one. The Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang album, you can find "Tear the Roof Off" here on UA-cam.

  • @igotyourback9175
    @igotyourback9175 2 роки тому +5

    Jimmy Jam and Leon Silvers on the same bill? This is super black culture and excellence personified!

    • @TheBlackUnfold
      @TheBlackUnfold 2 роки тому +2

      Jam and Lewis were mentored by Sylvers

  • @marrsmann5922
    @marrsmann5922 Рік тому

    One of my all time favorites!!

  • @johnsimms3693
    @johnsimms3693 4 місяці тому

    Bumpin this song during my family cook out , SUPER CLASSIC

  • @Kemet3.0
    @Kemet3.0 3 роки тому +2

    I saw the TV One Unsung: The story on the Sylvers.
    I hope the Sylvers now work on their teleplays ( Biopic) movie series ( Part 1 & 2) like the Temptations, New Edition, Jacksons, etc.
    Whereas you guys are the producers and make the money.
    As a producer, you have the ownership and syndication royalty rights. Those biopics could run for the next 20+ years and you still get paid.
    I'm watching all these biopics... I just saw the Temptations and New Edition (December 2021) in reruns.

  • @NkrumahTure
    @NkrumahTure 3 роки тому +6

    Leon Sylvers,III Respect.

  • @balletdancernj6894
    @balletdancernj6894 2 роки тому +2

    A musical genius. 🎶🙌🏿

  • @davidhill7071
    @davidhill7071 3 роки тому +8

    I could be wrong but if he didn't know Misdemeanor had been cleared for a sample. Sounds like the record label or someone else owns the masters to the song. He is probably getting song writer royalties.

  • @jackmeoff9116
    @jackmeoff9116 8 місяців тому

    2 of the greatest music producers in the last 40yrs!!

  • @rtp1968
    @rtp1968 2 роки тому +1

    Musical genius!

  • @moeanthony9308
    @moeanthony9308 3 роки тому +5

    Everymonth in the 70s Sylvers dawned Right on magazine and Tiger beat.

  • @Patois1959
    @Patois1959 2 роки тому +1

    Henry E Davis played on the recording but Leon wrote it along with many other favourite bass lines

  • @Demebeso714
    @Demebeso714 Місяць тому

    You loved her from the Start!. What you gonna doooo?...Never got over Misdemeanor .. Still listening in 2024..

  • @lamarsmith3268
    @lamarsmith3268 3 роки тому +3

    Legend for that

  • @newhopecanjieturner5424
    @newhopecanjieturner5424 2 роки тому

    They were mostly before my time but I was introduced to their music young; tv1 did a sylvers Unsung & Leon’s name would frequently come up w/other episodes

  • @pureheart7054
    @pureheart7054 4 місяці тому

    I’ve always loved Leon Sylvers! ❤ Great musician and family man.

  • @MisterTomcat
    @MisterTomcat 2 роки тому +3

    In addition to "It's Funky Enough", "Misdemeanor" was also brilliantly sampled by The Hitmen on Shyne's "That's Gangsta", by Run the Jewels on "Out of Sight", and by many others!

  • @andrewsteinberg7103
    @andrewsteinberg7103 Рік тому

    Love the beat in this , played on loud speaker in coney island playland in 72, or 73

  • @RecoveringMusicAddict
    @RecoveringMusicAddict 3 роки тому +3

    Genius composer

  • @CTSaints89
    @CTSaints89 3 роки тому +2

    🎶..Stop him in his tracks, show him that I am Ruthless!..🎶

  • @AprilBryant-s1y
    @AprilBryant-s1y 2 місяці тому

    “Misdemeanor” was before it’s time, great song 👍

  • @jaylene.turner6524
    @jaylene.turner6524 3 роки тому +15

    Leon was in a relationship with Jody Watley,
    an original member of Shalamar,
    and they have a daughter
    named Lauren born in 1982.

    • @anthonyrobinson6590
      @anthonyrobinson6590 3 роки тому +7

      I didn't know that. I knew she had a son with Andre Cymone. I tripped out when I found out the pornstar Midori is her sister.

    • @TheBlackUnfold
      @TheBlackUnfold 3 роки тому +4

      He was engaged to her and Nidra Beard from the group Dynasty at the same time

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 3 роки тому +6

      @@TheBlackUnfold Tough brother, lucky he is still here, LOL. Though there is probably more to it than is being said.

  • @ericturner7906
    @ericturner7906 3 роки тому +4

    One the Best and Dynamic music producers in the last 40 years. He only gets 3:26 of Q&A, in fact their are Two of Our Best and Dynamic music producers taking. We Value these Brothers Leon Silvers and James Jam Harris! Maybe part of this conversation was cut off? Just my opinion....

  • @Tristin1974
    @Tristin1974 4 роки тому +12

    Where is the rest of the interview??

  • @milowelms8169
    @milowelms8169 4 роки тому +5

    Leon Awsom

  • @ahmedbelton8139
    @ahmedbelton8139 2 роки тому +1

    DEFINITELY A TOP TEN SONG OF ALL TIME! WE IN HARLEM NY WOULD PLAY IT EVERY BLOCK PARTY

  • @reginaldbrownmusic8356
    @reginaldbrownmusic8356 3 роки тому +2

    2 LEGENDS

  • @leej2311
    @leej2311 Рік тому +1

    I wish I could’ve been there

  • @b.rodclark7349
    @b.rodclark7349 2 роки тому +2

    Technically 'Misdemeanor' was interpolated and not sampled... but it still brought in the royalties!

  • @ohheybih
    @ohheybih 2 роки тому +4

    It’s sad this man hasn’t been recognized. That SOLAR era produced so much good music!

  • @clem5251
    @clem5251 2 роки тому +1

    Legendary!!!!

  • @stevenettles5953
    @stevenettles5953 2 роки тому +3

    That's Jimmy Jam My Two Brothers Both Legends....

  • @prescriptionfunk93
    @prescriptionfunk93 8 місяців тому

    Love me some Leon silver III... One bad dude on that bass guitar. ❤

  • @TheMusicMan66
    @TheMusicMan66 9 місяців тому

    MR. LEON SYLVERS! ONE OF THE GREATEST PRODUCERS IN MODERN MUSIC HISTORY!

  • @earlcampbell7953
    @earlcampbell7953 2 місяці тому

    Jimmy Jam interviewing another super producer that's super DOPE

  • @marqueltucker5176
    @marqueltucker5176 Рік тому

    Leon and Legend and it’s dope he was cool with dre sampling his song 💯

  • @SS-ii6nz
    @SS-ii6nz 7 місяців тому

    We need a movie about the legendary Sylvers. I can not believe they never toured with the Jackson 5. Two black excellence legendary top black family groups.

  • @tavisbanks4781
    @tavisbanks4781 2 роки тому +1

    The doc it’s funky enough

  • @mostmost1
    @mostmost1 2 роки тому +1

    More Royalties!!!!!

  • @Kahweekah2o2f
    @Kahweekah2o2f Місяць тому

    His voice talking is golden

  • @SopranoSistah
    @SopranoSistah Рік тому

    Enjoyed this IMMENSELY!❤❤❤

  • @filmladyproduction
    @filmladyproduction 2 роки тому +2

    Is there an instrumental of Misdermeanor?

  • @TOMKHOMION
    @TOMKHOMION 2 роки тому +1

    A legend.....

  • @ginam.jackson9688
    @ginam.jackson9688 3 роки тому +4

    I #LOVE Leon Sylvers and The Sylvers - truly a part of my upbringing! Yes, he is still FINE ❤!

  • @Taytimethursday
    @Taytimethursday 14 днів тому

    One of the best to ever do it. I wonder how his siblings are doing now. I miss their music