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The Jonzun Crew

The Jonzun Crew

The Jonzun Crew has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 19 episodes and was first played on 2 August 2014.

Jonzun Crew was a seminal electro and early funk hip hop group from Boston, Massachusetts.

Florida-born brothers Michael, Soni, and Larry Johnson (better known as Maurice Starr) formed Jonzun Crew in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981, with Gordy Worthy and Steve Thorpe filling out the lineup for different stretches of the group's existence. Starr and Michael would gain further notoriety for helping to bring New Edition and New Kids on the Block to the world; Michael (who continued using Jonzun as his last name) also went solo for a brief period on A&M, in addition to working on several other artists' releases.

Jonzun Crew's most famous tracks, “Pack Jam”, "Space Is The Place" and “Space Cowboy” are from the group's debut album Lost in Space (1983). Other notable tracks include “We are the Jonzun Crew” and “Ground Control.” The Jonzun Crew sound was particularly unique due to the fact that all the synthesizer parts were played live as opposed to sequence, and despite using drum machine hits in their tracks, most of their songs used a live drummer as the main drum track, giving their songs a unique groove and swing compared to most electro music of the era. Their last album was Cosmic Love in 1990.

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The Jonzun Crew

The Jonzun Crew has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 19 episodes and was first played on 2 August 2014.

Jonzun Crew was a seminal electro and early funk hip hop group from Boston, Massachusetts.

Florida-born brothers Michael, Soni, and Larry Johnson (better known as Maurice Starr) formed Jonzun Crew in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981, with Gordy Worthy and Steve Thorpe filling out the lineup for different stretches of the group's existence. Starr and Michael would gain further notoriety for helping to bring New Edition and New Kids on the Block to the world; Michael (who continued using Jonzun as his last name) also went solo for a brief period on A&M, in addition to working on several other artists' releases.

Jonzun Crew's most famous tracks, “Pack Jam”, "Space Is The Place" and “Space Cowboy” are from the group's debut album Lost in Space (1983). Other notable tracks include “We are the Jonzun Crew” and “Ground Control.” The Jonzun Crew sound was particularly unique due to the fact that all the synthesizer parts were played live as opposed to sequence, and despite using drum machine hits in their tracks, most of their songs used a live drummer as the main drum track, giving their songs a unique groove and swing compared to most electro music of the era. Their last album was Cosmic Love in 1990.

Original source: Last.fm

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Pack Jam (Remix)
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Tommy Boy1983
Pak Man (Look Out For The OVC)
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Boston International Records1982
Space Is The Place
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Tommy Boy1983
Electro Boogie Encounter
Jonzun Crew
Tommy Boy1983
We Are The Jonzun Crew
Jonzun Crew
Tommy Boy1983
Pack Jam (Look Out For The OVC) (Vocal)
The Jonzun Crew (John "Jellybean" Benitez mix)
Tommy Boy1982
Pac Jam (Look Out For The OVC) (Vocal)
The Jonzun Crew (John & Jellybean & Benitez mix)
21 Records, Polydor1983
Space Cowboy
Jonzun Crew
Tommy Boy1983
Ground Control
Jonzun Crew
Tommy Boy1983
Space Is The Place (Vocal)
The Jonzun Crew
Tommy Boy1983