SOUL 2 SOUL - Back 2 Life [Accapella] + Jazzie's Groove. (1989)

1. Vocals - Caron Wheeler.
2. Vocals & Music Arrangement - Jazzie B.

[@blissbombseventeen8114]

Who’s still listening to this in 2024? 🎉

[@misterscott4038]

Who's playing this today.

[@DonVitoHLong]

Just now!

[@ramadhanihayeshi]

right now & always

[@handsomejerk]

I am. 7.6.24

[@byronprevost357]

We in this bih! lol

[@multinaire]

The best version ever, and still listen for 2023-2024 !

[@3statesb_low989]

Who still playing this in 2020?

[@missj3434]

🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EzeUba]

I am, and even beyond.

[@hymonknight4641]

STILL BANGS!!! #TIMELESS

[@lissettelopez7779]

Me

[@colinhaywood5470]

yes mate good tune a classic

[@starfire9328]

2022 and the beat drop still hits hard af !!!

[@SunTzuMedia]

Yeah it does! Have a good new year out there! Respect from Boston

[@AB-nb2ic]

THE HARDEST Drop in musical history.

[@clintmanuel2954]

​@@AB-nb2ic One time..

[@suri-wg1fz]

Straight up! Gives me chills errrtime!

[@suri-wg1fz]

Straight up!!!! And the part where she sings, 🎵 “cold fresh air, feeeel the melody that’s in the airrr, oh yea,” gets me every single time!

[@sunnybearbuds]

Oldster here...I don't know if anyone under 50 understands just how HUGE this album was back then. Yes; Soul II Soul was WAY ahead of their time. I know there is still great music around of course...but...they didn't have to attract with a gimmick or shock; they were simply talented.

[@moralfortitude...2217]

Belly...brought it back to the spotlight...🤩🤩🤩

[@misterhappy5462]

well technically i'm under 50 (45 lol) and i'm right there witcha!

[@misterhappy5462]

@@moralfortitude...2217 damn right...the opening scene gave me chills.

[@sgrobbie718]

Facts.....Oldster here!

[@moralfortitude...2217]

You know it... so sad no middle age mature singers, groups, & bands 2023 & many years b4 that...wth, happened... like these ppl weren't profitable. But more than that, they do have a very active listening, buying & concert audience... thx for recordings...

[@AirBudd2k]

Who still playing this in 2023🎉🎉

[@theterryhollimon]

Checking in from 2024.

[@stevenbell-smbmuziconinsta6469]

This version is a gem to find

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

;-)

[@eles2147]

​. This was on the cassette tape. But DJs played over the drop part for dramatics. That was good

[@eles2147]

​This was on the cassette tape. But DJs played over and over the drop part for dramatics. That was good.

[@robkenner5456]

The whole piece is a masterful. The crescendo at 2:16 delivers big. I remember when this came out in '89. I used to rewind this for this song so much, the tape wore out.

[@munyamubaiwa4313]

This song sends a chill down my spine. By the time the drum comes in Im like dammit come on come on bring the beat. It comes to an absolutely smashing climax when the drums kicks in.

[@nakitapalmer656]

YESSSSSS!! IT GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS!!!!

[@imari2305]

The acapella version leading into Jazzie's Groove is my all time favorite version. I love it more than the original.

[@nishapeach1]

Same! I'm havinh this version played at my wedding. Accapella to that beat drop!🔥🔥🔥

[@imari2305]

@@nishapeach1 Congratulations and blessings on your wedding

[@sunnybearbuds]

AGREED!

[@sunnybearbuds]

Hell yes.

[@marlonchandler5318]

Over 30 years old,still greatly relevant! Caron Wheeler is still a better vocalist than ALOT of female artists doing it right now! The vocal arrangement is impeccable!

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

👌🙂

[@FazioFortnite]

Very true . Her execution is second to NONE

[@TheMryou2tube]

no other song builds up to a beat droppin' like this one!

[@tamideethomas]

That beat drop in is insane.

[@makaylacree2965]

Right!

[@mucho1966]

like at the top of a rollercoaster. I'm 50, and I was clubbing hard in '89 (23 y/o) but, when I saw "Belly", I thought of this song in the club. The illest scene in the movie. But, they knew that while editing the score.

[@resko74]

ROVY ROV you ain't never lied

[@twinrivers6200]

Sho ya right

[@thehoneyeffect]

CARON WHEELERS VOCALS #ICONIC AND UNDERRATED

[@kodo988]

Facts!

[@edwardgarrett1438]

So underated!!!!!!

[@ricobigbronxbeard2759]

For Sure! She go hard!!!!

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

Grossly underrated!!!!!

[@4renzicfiles92]

YASSSSSSSS! She made this band

[@Omari1125]

You can't beat the voice of a black woman.

[@kevineleven6698]

That’s facts

[@missj3434]

💯💯💯💯

[@Kerisa.Aleman]

Okaay, facts! 💯

[@chinsymcgee1327]

Weird way to spell vagina

[@AboveOmnipotence]

They're actually MTF industry gender-deceivers. *They Live*

[@tenebos3378]

OUCH!!! When that beat drops, it hits harder than my dads belt buckle

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

Ah ah ah ah

[@DJ_RickyB]

:-)

[@moralfortitude...2217]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@moralfortitude...2217]

Smh... Balloons 🎈 Lmbo... Could have sworn your next word would be: Groovy 🤣 Like a prep going off to his yr of college in a 3pc suit w/ an ascot...after tagging with some friends at Woodstock when you come home for your first college break you looking like Greg Brady of The Brady Bunch when the dad gave up his study so Greg can have his own... your parents pass out when you call them by their first name Mike and Carol saying you're living there now you living the Bohemian lifestyle 😂😂😂

[@ericramsdell4671]

I can listen to this accapella 10,000 times, the harmony, the highs, the lows, and crisp voices, deliberate vocals with a blend that hasn't been duplicated,....and won't ever be...spectacular!!!!#

[@michaeldwyer1566]

When I first heard this acapella version in the Tunnel nightclub 30 years ago, the crowd lost their mind, especially when the break came. Stand up NYC!!!

[@shesallaboutthebusiness316]

they need to do a documentary on this nightclub

[@chrissylovinglife9500]

The Tunnel was the best club.❤❤

[@juanhenry0]

one of the most massive, MASSIVE club tracks ever. clarity of vocals, complete warehouse vibe, open echo, rounds, clarity, perfect claps, clean bass, pitch, perfection.

[@vincenthannah7209]

I completely agree. Jazzie B tried to replicate this but he could not. I bought the second album and no track came even close to the brilliance and innovation of this one. Still bumps 30 years later.

[@junjungatbos3548]

Fo that azz!!!

[@amateurstanding]

@@vincenthannah7209 one of the top tracks of all time

[@twinrivers6200]

@@vincenthannah7209 that first album you have however much time you need, that second album though you are on a time table lol...aint so easy

[@kennymann3305]

Had to comment again...had a comment on this classic earlier nothing but straight ♨️🔥♨️🔥♨️🔥 a classic in every sense of the word!!!🤣🤣🤣lol if you not party ready o. This one just listen for the first few moments and you will get it rockin ...lol🤣🤣🤣

[@ladygirl99]

That beat is so dope omg, I always loved the acapella version.

[@Quiestagirl]

Absolutely!

[@d.elizabethharper6603]

The scene in BELLY comes to mind everytime I hear this version. It made the scene so much more engaging and her voice came thru so powerful. Whoever thought to put the song with that scene was genius.

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

😉

[@AB-nb2ic]

It was Hype Williams. And with all due respect Fuck Belly. I was definitely a SIIS fan but by the time the movie came out we were all tired of this song already. It played in clubs All The Time. That scene was a cheap and obvious gimmick. I still love this song and come back to it because it's a classic

[@moralfortitude...2217]

Well back N the DAYZ reminds me of Detroit...@ raves & house parties...now, yep: BELLY !!! one of my top 5 movies, ever... belly state property 2 Shottaz half~baked purple rain

[@moralfortitude...2217]

@@AB-nb2ic it was dope when it came, if your of an certain age...

[@moralfortitude...2217]

Hype Williams, made the movie, BELLY w/ this intro, HYPE !!!

[@spencerdavis3794]

One of the hardest beats ever made!!!that bass drop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blknpinay25]

This song MADE Belly's opening sequence. Club Banga always.

[@naeemmarjaui8045]

FACTS!!

[@KishBish]

YESSSSSS! CLASSIC!!!

[@patwilliams8973]

#YAAAAAAASSSSSSSS

[@19love14]

Yes in deed 🙌😌😎👏

[@mr.hurtface6964]

Shout out to Hype Williams for using this epic intro in a movie 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@KishBish]

maaaaaan Hype was the ISH back then! this was so damn hot!!!

[@oskamadison]

When that beat drops, though...

[@twinrivers6200]

Yep

[@marcusbryant777]

I swear

[@rinnemichelle946]

100

[@rinnemichelle946]

💯

[@plightoftheblackwoman6835]

Sadly they don't make music like this anymore -- I love this CD -- I remember the 80s baby -- I used to BLAST this!

[@novajean5274]

💯

[@paulgroen7540]

80s ? really? only on VHS baby

[@Sorceress_Blackmoon]

Every time that beat comes in after the acapella......I lose my fucking mind. Still dope. 💯

[@truthbetold9781]

best version hands down!

[@karenjadiesteinhards]

Truth Be Told amen🙏🏼💃🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️

[@stuartwilson2123]

Album version

[@kennylee5621]

Caron Wheeler delivers some really great vocals.

[@veverettm]

This still goes hard. So glad I grew up in 90's.

[@4renzicfiles92]

Caron Wheeler made Soul 2 Soul, PERIOD!!

[@Lorraine315]

Best bass drop ever! The Tunnel 1990

[@michaelwatson5747]

#BASSDROP indeed! Date song for my wife and I. I used to design and build really BIG systems in cars. We would ride around NYC with this playing. The look on her face every time that #BASSDROP hit was priceless!

[@talenruth1]

Lorraine Wilkinson i sought this out to school my 15yr old on a real "beat drop"

[@bryanjackson1923]

The Tunnel lives on..

[@gina72916]

Oh yeah, that bass was killer!

[@pastormike71]

The Tunnel! Now you talkin!!

[@mattterranova2654]

This womans voice STILL gives me goose bumps!!!

[@sonnyblack71]

One of the greatest movie opening ever!!! R.I.P. DMX!!!!

[@derrickchambers3271]

This song was a staple in my childhood ❤

[@ibukanibu]

The WHOLE Album was a CLASSIC!

[@sunnybearbuds]

Say that again!

[@leesyloo131]

UK Soul at it's finest and funkiest :)

[@lewicindabaker4032]

WE WANT MORE!!!!!!

[@aprilsharice3904]

The music back in the Day.🔥🔥🔥🔥. I miss it like crazy

[@iveywebb]

💯💯💯

[@KeiaJohn4-15]

Belly brought me here!!!! Soul II Soul definitely needs an Unsung... Classic with or without a Beat, 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@jcbirdman74]

In the 80's my uncle had one of the best car systems around, you could hear it coming from 8 blocks away. We would drive around pumping this song. This was a hot joint back then and still is today.

[@ricobigbronxbeard2759]

Caron had Angelic Vocals!!!! I love her!

[@wandaromain8488]

(1989): For Soul II Soul to be MILES-and-MILES SUPERIOR in Talent -- but lose to Milli Vanilli -- is a Crime against Musical Humanity. (2022): Soul II Soul's Music has stood the Tests of Time and EXCELLED. Caron Wheeler is an Angel of Singing.

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

👍🙂

[@oskamadison]

All of the above, FACTS!!$

[@chereeangel8168]

If you don't get chills from this, I don't know... 🤔

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

🤭

[@an-deskitchen21]

Facts

[@SlimSuspect]

I used to play this to try out my new speakers - popped a good few lol well worth it though! ❤️

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

:-D

[@tyqualewis3038]

born and raised in brooklyn and this right here is 89 coney island,parties in the p jays decepticon 4ever i was there !!!!!!

[@brooklynstudent73]

Peace!!! I was there too!!! LoLifes and the gods/5 Percenters as well!!!

[@Kitu74]

That's what's up

[@kishafowler9278]

I remember the block parties from my childhood. When that beat drops in….. man we used to go crazy.

[@shannonmartin107]

My mother threw me a surprise 17th birthday party (February 23, 1990), and all of my friends came. They all kept the secret well, and my surprise was genuine. One of my friends gave me this CD as a gift, since it's all I listened to anyway.

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

👍😉

[@ThothTheAtlanteanK]

Ay yo! Black Brotha's from across the Atlantic laying it down!

[@tiffany2416]

I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this song, the hair sticks up on the back of my next, when her beautiful voice breaks the ceiling at 2:19. Im obsessed how they force the different sounds to climax together all in perfect harmony. If I only could keep one of my senses and lose the rest, it would def be my ability to hear. I never want to lose my addiction to the feeling that washes over me when I listen to music.

[@sonnyking2167]

however do u want me,,,, I wonderrr 💯

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@sonnyking2167 I know right I still wonder that question hasn't been answered since 89 for me 😁💀.

[@swarren400]

I think this came out in1989... everybody in Jersey was bumping this that summer!!

[@MrBrown-sk9be]

"The future? Ha! Ha! Ha! The future for Soul II Soul? A happy face...A thumping bass...For a loving race...Peace!"

[@JACKINBENCAP]

Best opening track ever!!!

[@lewicindabaker4032]

Thumpbathumpbumba

[@tiffanyfleetwood2349]

This will always be one of my number 1 jamns of the 80's. Kids now a days have no idea what good music is!!!

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

😉 Totally agree

[@racquellhunt5870]

I will never forget seeing Soul Il Soul @ the Horden Pavilion. Jazzy B is the koolest of the kool.. "A happy face, a funky bass for a loving race"

[@shelleygomez772]

This was my mother jam. Her birthday was January 1. We would sing Happy birthday. Then this would follow. Damn I miss my mother.

[@justintime8922]

Classic !!! 1989 the number ,another summer, get down , sound of the funky drummer.

[@vincenthannah6556]

Let me share my memory of when i first heard this like everyone else.Springtime i think it was 1992.At the SoundFactory here in NYC on a saturday night.We had been partying into the wee hours.It was 3 or 4 in the morning.Junior Vasquez played this acapella version.We were standing in the middle of the dance floor wondering what this sound was.THEN THE BEAT DROPPED! The rest is history.The song still bumps after 20 years.

[@autumnleaves8553]

No words just one continuous whooop of joy!!

[@KishBish]

💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

[@jmpadilla1241]

Reminds me of DJ Roman Ricardo, rocking this at The Tunnel NYC......can't touch it!!!

[@TheTVs]

Can't get past that drop. I keep bringin it back to the beginning! CLASSIC!

[@paracleteconsult8677]

Yup!

[@Cardio1027]

I either think of Belly when I hear this or just the summer of the 90's with cook-out parties and going to the club.

[@hottubtony77]

+Miss Jaye Last I was thinking the same thing

[@Cardio1027]

hottubtony77 👉 in my 2"chainz voice "True".😊

[@Cardio1027]

***** u got that right 😉

[@vivectelvanni]

Yep!

[@DougglesMagnificent]

LOL I have great memories to this song, but also bad ones. I once spent a week doing WAY too much cocaine with a friend and Belly was like the only DVD we had playing the whole time. Started gagging up blood at the end, not good.

[@vanrogers7446]

Belly says it all the best intro I ever saw

[@04jkaz9]

For the jeeps with the boomin' systems...awash memories.

[@chynawicks9648]

This song takes me back to 1989 just graduated high school on my way to Jones Beach Greek fest in a Wrangler truck with Roxanne Roxanne jamming.... WOW those were the good days

[@staceybrown3161]

you ain't neva lied

[@celetasmith]

+Chyna Wicks THIS BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES AND YOU JUST BROUGHT BACK MORE WHEN YOU SAID JONES BEACH #GOODTIMES

[@bemyguestwithdenisedenisec7271]

I'm feeling you on that! I'm from Long Island! Those were the good old days! 🙋🏾

[@staceybrown2594]

Chyna Wicks now you talkin

[@staceybrown2594]

jones beach hollis queens ac dc philly va atl mad good times

[@Steve_2011_]

Queens laying down mad vocals on this track!

[@jamesfitzgerald6129]

The baseline drop in this is hard as hell. This is the song that I use when checking out my car's system...

[@manuelgutierrez6471]

IT'S CALLED PERFECTION!

[@SuthenGirl]

When that beat drops it’s so cold blooded. The photos here are undeniably Soul II Soul!

[@itsAmera]

This music will never die out

[@coreyoliver3653]

‘Absolutely never gets old... I, still, see myself cutting-up (in, mid-1980’s, Germany at; The Upstairs Downstairs Club (Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt) The Plantation Club (Frankfurt) The Resound (Hanau) The Pioneer Club (Hanau) Local, Gelnhausen, nightspots & Moef Gaga (Lloret de Mar, Spain) What times.... Powers, that be, please take me back.

[@Bingbangxox]

Belly made me appreciate this song so much more. 🔥

[@juneclemons7657]

Beautiful when it was first released, it's beautiful now.

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

so timeless? :-D

[@jaywest320]

Anyone with a "system" in the car,this song was a must. New Brunswick,NJ everyone rocked this.

[@Sai-jo4gz]

jay west OK? Even in the Midwest, this wrecked soundsystems...

[@oRuTRa45]

Few minutes down the road in Trenton too. I was a shorty, but I remember it vividly.

[@lisacarol610]

Love this song.... when the beat drops in... classic.

[@3statesb_low989]

One of the greatest songs and classic album of 89

[@leonwhite864]

Man it's 2023 who's still listen to real soul music

[@VossenWheels]

Bomb!!!!

[@cptight88]

This is the best mix, by far.

[@tanyamayfield6443]

The First Born Fruits in Kwanzaa, Inc. God bless you and your family and friends too. Amen. 💕, Mustard.

[@ShawnC.-83-23]

💯🤎🖤💙🤎🖤💙🤎🖤💙💯 I've never heard this before, but this was 🔥 changing my taste of music from rap to these O' School Jamz that makes our heart thrive for who we are as a Nation of people's.

[@VirgoAsphyxia]

A Classic! How does this not have millions of views??

[@iluvmyboba]

"Cold fresh air, feel the melody that's in the air. Oh yeah." I have always liked the way Caron Wheeler sings those words. Seriously, though, 1:25, 2:18, 2:33 and 2:53. I can remember being on The A train in NYC going from Far Rock, Queens to Downtown Brooklyn and listening to this song. Those times that I listed really made me take notice. I realized then that Soul II Soul would be timeless.

[@TheSupremeDunk]

it was sampled in Dominoe-Sweet Potatoe Pie

[@stolenfrmafrica3644]

Yeeeessss NYC IN THE BUILDING

[@alecduguid7270]

Who ever the African Centre in Covent Garden??.... "The centre of the world", those were the dayz good vybe good people 😃😃😃😃 Who's still pumpin this boombastic tune? 2020 Those covid blues have just been blown away by this smooth funky classic. STAY SAFE PEOPLE 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

;-)

[@amirablue.b186]

I love this shitt and especially when the bass kicks in that's when shit pops off

[@carltonrandom]

As beat drops go, this is the best that I know of.

[@WaterfrontEnt]

Who ever gave THISSS a thumbs down .... HASSS to be upside down in China ... actually giving it a Thumbs up!!!

[@robinhawkins5861]

Right.. 👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@edwardgarrett1438]

Fuck them they are the weakest mutha fuckas to walk this Earth this is one song made that has stayed lit since 87

[@nawachdanyaahla25]

Lmao, truth

[@marcusward6200]

Hahahahah You crazy!!!!

[@marcusward6200]

Edward Garrett 1989 Pahdnah! But you are right!!!!

[@jeannettemiller9275]

A SUPER SUPERB MAGNIFICENT OUTSTANDING CLASSIC ❗️💪🏾 / ANCHOR 💋💋ANCHOR 🏆🏆🏆🏆🙏🏽

[@keanelab]

BOOM! Crystal Clear & Smooth,, then the Bass kicks in!! Massive!! Thank you ECLEKTIKMAN

[@ECLEKTIKMAN]

😉

[@olethawhite2002]

ggghhh

[@boderrick8888]

Mark Keane is

[@MOTORSPORT401]

Jazzie b has a voice that is so cool , you would always have time to listen to what he had to say , Timeless Quality

[@sunnybearbuds]

My college buddies and I always imagined him at the bar with a ciggie and a drink being interviewed.

[@lebradavis8447]

I miss & love this group

[@an-deskitchen21]

Am I the only one that keeps taking it back to when the beat drops over and over.

[@AaronWillsInc]

1 of the Best 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤✅✅✅✅ groups of all time ⭐️🌎🌎🌎🌕🌪️🔥Brooklyn in the house

[@mslonie2844]

entrance music at my wedding reception! when the beat drop here I come!

[@spencerdavis3794]

Has got to be one of the hardest beats in history!!!when that bassline drops!!

[@bobbyblackwell1801]

WHEN I 1ST HEARD THIS I WAS A GUEST DJ IN CLUB IN TORONTO CANADA AND I STILL LOVE SOUL TO SOUL

[@moralfortitude...2217]

A Precious voice soooo, Smooth... (Ms. C. Wheeler) then the Rhythm soooo, hypnotic... (Soooo underrated)

[@aviannaguerrero3923]

me and my cousin was in high school, but use TO BUMP THIS IN MY DODGE DAYTONA! THE SYSTEM WAS BOOMING!!

[@rogerb1031]

Great post. --TR7 for me

[@MamaPunkin]

The opening of Belly brought me here!! The best EVER!!..... When the beat drops, EPIC!!!

[@darlenedeloney]

This was a game changer...period! 1989

[@urbanlogic6416]

My Brother and I Bumped this from NY all the way to the Virginia Beach Greek fest back on Labor Day weekend 89’... then the riots happened!!!