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Title: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: BigNeckBone on March 08, 2010, 10:35:26 AM: [(AllHipHop News) Ron Banks, the legendary lead singer of soul group The Dramatics has died at the age of 58.

The Dramatics are best known for their string of R&B hits starting in 1971 with their smash single “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get,” a #3 hit single for Stax/Volt Records.

They followed with the #1 R&B classic “In the Rain,” which topped the charts for four weeks in 1972.

Other songs like “Get Up and Get Down” “Hey You! Get Off My Mountain,” “And I Panicked” and “The Devil Is Dope” were all popular releases by the group.

The Dramatics placed seven hits in the Top 10 between 1970 and 1980. That year, they hit the Top 10 again with the single “Welcome Back Home,” before Ron Banks broke off for a solo career in 1980.

Hip-Hop artists have extensively sampled The Dramatics catalog and their song “Get Up and Get Down” was prominently featured in the movie Dead Presidents.

Rappers like NWA, Gangstarr, Coolio, Ice Cube, 40 Thieves and Ghostface Killah have sampled or collaborated with Banks and/or The Dramatics.

Snoop Dogg was perhaps The Dramatics biggest supporter, featuring the group on his 1993 Hip-Hop song “It’s A Doggy Dogg World.”

“Dr. Dre was getting ready to sample us,” Bank said prior to his death. “Snoop said, ‘No. This is my first album. Them cats still around, man.’ I didn’t even know what a Snoop Doggy Dogg was.”

The Dramatics were touring about seven months out of the year when Banks died.

Banks is survived by a wife and six children.

RIP to the man. The group had some smooth songs and well known for their work on Snoops' Doggy Dogg World
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Shango on March 08, 2010, 10:43:56 AM: Damn....RIP
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Dogg Ly Dogg on March 08, 2010, 10:52:29 AM: R.I.P. and I can't forget their amazing performance on Snoop's Paid The Cost "Ballin"
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Muhfukka on March 08, 2010, 10:53:54 AM: that sucks. doggy dogg world is probably my favorite song on doggystyle. rip
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E. on March 08, 2010, 10:55:47 AM: Quote from: 64 Impala on March 08, 2010, 10:43:56 AM
Damn....RIP
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: EFFeX on March 08, 2010, 03:36:37 PM: Damn that's sad...

RIP
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: chunkc85 on March 08, 2010, 03:58:36 PM: Quote from: George Brown on March 08, 2010, 10:52:29 AM
R.I.P. and I can't forget their amazing performance on Snoop's Paid The Cost "Ballin"
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: LONDON!! on March 09, 2010, 12:17:48 AM: rip
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Soopahigh on March 09, 2010, 02:30:25 AM: Quote from: LONDON!! on March 09, 2010, 12:17:48 AM
rip
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Citizen-Y on March 09, 2010, 04:52:12 AM: Tadow must be in tears
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Mista Rosa on March 09, 2010, 05:34:17 AM: Quote from: Soopahigh on March 09, 2010, 02:30:25 AM
Quote from: LONDON!! on March 09, 2010, 12:17:48 AM
rip
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: The Predator on March 09, 2010, 10:10:35 AM: Snoop and Dre should throw a song in a Dramatics tribute, R.I.P.
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Detox Iz Not Active on March 09, 2010, 10:12:02 AM: Ballin', wonderful track

RIP
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: 2euce 7even on March 10, 2010, 12:25:14 AM: damn that sucks.
RIP.

i wanna hear their "farewell 2pac" joint. interesting what dramatics had 2 say about makaveli.
Title: Re: Dramatics Hip-Hop Friendly Lead Singer Dead At 58
Post by: Trip Dee on March 10, 2010, 02:22:11 AM: R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RACIhmZuilA&hl=pl_PL&fs=1&