Quincy Jones' Back OnThe Block album sits at #21 on Yahoo! Music's 30 Most Significant Albums InThe History Of Black Music list. Jermaine Dupri and Luther Campbell share howJones has influenced their careers. Dupri rerecorded the Back On The Block song "Secret Garden" for Jones'forthcoming Q: Soul Bossa Nostraalbum.

Quincy Jones
Back On The Block
Qwest Records (1989)

With Back On The Block,Jones brought together the biggest names in jazz, R&B, and hip-hop for aseamless collaboration that yielded several hit singles and awards. The song"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" is a sensual ballad featuring BarryWhite, James Ingram, Al B. Sure, and El Debarge. Other standout records include"I'll Be Good To You" performed by Ray Charles and Chaka Khan; the title trackby Big Daddy Kane, Siedah Garrett, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, CaiphusSemenya and Rod Temperton,  and"Tomorrow," the debut from then teen sensation Tevin Campbell. The album isalso remembered for featuring the last

The #23 album on Yahoo! Music's 30 Most Significant Albums In Black Music History countdown belongs to Diamond Life, the debut album from the English band Sade.

Sade
Diamond Life
Epic Records (1985)

Named after its Nigerian-bred lead singer Sade, the Englishband was quickly embraced in the US with its first release, Diamond Life. The lead single "Hang OnTo Your Love" both musically and lyrically comforted troubled lovers. Sade'spiercingly, sharp vocals and the track's funky mid-tempo undercurrent clearlydistinguished their sound from bands dominating the US charts. The song made way forequally compelling singles, "Your Love Is King," and the infectious standout, "SmoothOperator," the later peaking at #5 on both the pop and R&B charts. Thealbum earned the group the 1986 Best New Artist Grammy Award.

About Sade: Thegroup Sade emerged from a Londonfunk band called Pride. The 8-piece act included several subsets that performedindependent of the entire group. One of those variations was a

Earth, Wind & Fire's All 'N All falls into the #25 position on Yahoo! Music's 30 Most SignificantAlbums In Black Music History ranking. Big Boi of OutKast explains why they areone of his favorite bands.

Earth, Wind & Fire
All 'N All
Columbia(1977)

Earth, Wind & Fire's triple-platinum fourth album wasthe best-selling soul record of 1978. The set includes some of the genre's mostsincere ballads, the slow-grind "Love's Holiday,"string-guitar driven "I'll Write A Song For You," and "Would You Mind." "Fantasy"is the album's comforting mid-tempo entry, and the album opens with the funky,wah wah guitar encompassing "Serpentine Fire."

Inspired Boi ofOutKast: One of the reasons why I digEarth, Wind & Fire so much is because one, my uncles used to listen to itall the time. Alls I can remember is that they had one of the baddest brasssections in the game. The horns were ridiculous. It was definitely power music.Phillip Bailey and the falsetto. You got Verdine. Just a cast of characters.Man, it's

Luther "Luke" Campbelland the 2 Live Crew membersMr. Mixx, Brother Marquis and Fresh Kid Ice reunited on stage last Thursday forthe first time in more than 13 years. They performed their hits "Me So Horny"and "Banned In The U.S.A." for the 2010 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South whichairs Monday at 9/8 c on VH1.

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Group leader Campbell said the Hip Hop Honors producers are responsiblefor reuniting the estranged members.

"It was the show," Campbelltold Yahoo! Music. "We basically ended up in the same room at the same time andeverybody didn't know what was going on. We all grown men. Everybody wasrespectful of everyone."

Campbellsaid it was the first time they were able to talk without "a bunch of peopleinvolved."

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Campbellhad not spoken to his former group since they broke up in the mid-1990s. Buttheir Hip Hop Honors meetings resulted in talks about launching a reunion tour.

"So many people have