J.J. Fad - Not Just a Fad

In the late '80s, J.j. Fad was one of the pop-rap acts that hip-hop's hardcore loved to hate -- the same hardcore rappers who complained about Mc Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and L'Trimm were every bit as critical of J.j. Fad. But then, the female trio wasn't supposed to be a hardcore rap group; J.j. Fad made music for people who liked their rap laced with a lot of dance-pop and R&B. Not Just A Fad is a rather ironic title for the L.A. residents' second and final album; by the time this CD came out in 1990, the dance-pop and urban contemporary fans who bought 1988's Supersonic: The Album had seemingly lost interest in the threesome. Read More