Arthur Baker - Give In To The Rhythm (1991)

Arthur Baker was among the most visible and widely imitated of the early
hip-hop producers, masterminding breakthrough experiments with tape edits
and synthetic beats before crossing over to introduce the art of remixing
into the pop mainstream. He began his career as a club DJ in Boston and
landed his first production work at Emergency Records, debuting with
Northend's "Happy Days." After relocating to New York in 1979, Baker
quickly immersed himself in the nascent hip-hop scene; there he was
recruited by the Salsoul label to helm a session for Joe Bataan that
yielded the rap novelty "Rap-O-Clap-O".

His stay in the Big Apple largely unsuccessful, he then returned to Boston,
producing a handful of singles which went nowhere, among them Glory's "Can
You Guess What Groove This Is?". On "Give In To The Rhythm", Arthur Baker
creates a state-of-the-art dance album that comes off, with its six
different vocalists (including Al Green, Lee John, Adele Bertei, and Tata
Vega), sounding like a various artists compilation. The tracks are
constructed for maximum dance floor efficiency (plus a few concessions to
rap), and the singers are suitably emphatic.

The clubs were impressed, and individual songs - "IOU", featuring Nikeeta
(a remake of an early Baker production), and the soulful "Leave The Guns At
Home", with Green - slipped into the pop and R&B charts.