Cymande, Manchester

Cymande biography

Cymande were an eclectic band who released several albums throughout the early seventies. * "Bra" is featured on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1993 film Crooklyn. "Bra", "Dove", & "The Message" can be heard in his 2002 film 25th Hour. * "Bra" is sampled by De La Soul in the song "Change in Speak," from 3 Feet High and Rising. * The instrumental mid-portion of "Bra" was used at both the beginning and ending of John Leguizamo's stage production Sexaholix. * The Fugees sampled Cymande's "Dove" for the title track of their 1996 second album The Score. * The Message was resampled for Masta Ace's "Me & The Biz," notably featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and in 1991 on MC Solaar's "Bouge de là." * Solo.X sampled "Dove" for the first track on 2007s Limited Edition promotional EP Black September on the song Glass House Theory * The track "Brothers on the Slide" was featured in the background of the movie Dallas 362. * British reggae band Aswad covered "The Message" on their 1988 album "Distant Thunder". * "The Message" was sampled by Ruthless Rap Assassins on their 1990 single "And It Wasn't A Dream"

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