Foster Sylvers - “Misdemeanor”
Foster Sylvers - “Misdemeanor”
So musically this comes over like a ‘99 era Irv Gotti/Ja Rule track (you know, when they were good): stop-start rhythm, lotsa chimes, pizzicato xylophone(?). Only the dippy-dippy-do funk bass maroons it in the 70s. It’s fucking great. I must have listened to it 20 times on the bus ride home Friday night. (That last bit of sunlight-at-night before the creeping horror that is Daylight Savings.)
My pal Arthur (who tipped me off to the song in the first place) had this to say: “The song is Foster Sylvers’ ‘Misdemeanor.’ He was the youngest (I think) of family group, the Sylvers, who also did ‘Boogie Fever.’ They were supposed to be a southern Jackson Five; they were from Memphis. And they tried to make him their Michael. I think it’s better than any Michael solo single from the pre-Off the Wall era.”
It’s probably too short to make it onto pop radio today (just a hair over 2:30), and we don’t give hits to fey pre-pubescent pop stars these days anyway. But the vocal style is so great - laconic, ebullient - and the groove so invisibly springheeled, I’d pay cash money to hear this covered by, say, Amerie today. (And in this day and age of mp3, that’s the highest compliment I can give.)
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Doogie from New Orleans on October 25th, 2006
Yo man I couldnt agree more that song has a groove to it that just gets your mind right.
I think one of his older brothers wrote the song for Foster.
But anyway I have searched in vain for a cd with that Misdemeanor song on it.
If anyone knows where I can find this cd dont hesistate to email me at Jmpoutboi@aol.com
just subject the mail Misdemeanor…..
P.s. yo, I complement you on your appreciation of music, cause it’s 2006 and that track is still HOTT!!!
BetsyB on February 13th, 2007
do you have lyrics for misdemeanor? please post on your site.