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Infobox musical artist|name = Monie Love|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Simone Gooden|alias = Monie Love|birth_date = birth date and age|1970|7|2|df=yes|death_date =|origin = London , England |genre = Hip hop British hip hop|BritHop New jack swing |occupation =|years_active = 1989–present|label = Warner Bros. Records Cooltempo Records|Cooltempo / Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis / EMI|EMI Records Tuff Groove|associated_acts = Native Tongues Dave Angel |website =|notable_instruments = Simone Gooden (born 2 July 1970), better known by her stage name Monie Love , is an English people|English rapping|emcee and former radio personality in the United States . She was a well-respected figure in British hip hop , and made an impact with American hip hop audiences as a Mentorship|protégé of female American emcee Queen Latifah , as well as through her membership in the late 1980s/early 1990s Native Tongues . Love was one of the first BritHop artists to be signed and distributed worldwide by a World music market|major record label .
Early years
Love was born in the Battersea area of London. She is the younger sibling|sister of techno music|techno musician Dave Angel , and was a daughter of a London-based, jazz musician father.
Musical career
Love began her hip hop / British hip hop|BritHop career as an emcee in the British Jus Bad crew, which featured DJ Pogo , Sparki , and MC Mell'O' . The group released the single "Free Style/Proud" on the Independent record label|independent Tuff Groove record label in Music of the United Kingdom (1980s)|1988 .
Love first gained critical and commercial notice in the United States in 1989 for her Cameo appearance|cameos on Queen Latifah 's Grammy Award -winning and pro- woman single "Ladies First," on Adeva 's "Ring My Bell," on the Jungle Brothers ' well-received single "Doin' Our Own Dang," and on De La Soul 's hit single "Buddy." The acclaim led her to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records , making Love one of the few British hip-hop efforts released by a major label.
Love also has a place in History of hip hop music|hip-hop history as a member of the Native Tongues , a positive-minded hip-hop collective that included Queen Latifah , De La Soul , A Tribe Called Quest , the Jungle Brothers, and a number of other acts. Her versatility was demonstrated with her involvement in the emerging popularity of House music, with her own single Grandpa's Party as well as providing rap for the The D-Mob|Dancin' Danny D Remix of Adeva|Adeva's house hit Respect.
Love's debut album , Down to Earth (Monie Love album)|Down To Earth , spawned two, Grammy-nominated hits, "Monie in the Middle" (a high school -set track dealing with a woman's right to determine what she wants out of a relationship) and "It's a Shame (My Sister)" (which sampled The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners ' "It's a Shame" written for the band by Stevie Wonder ) and featured house-music vocalist and then-labelmate Ultra Naté . The album reached #26 on the Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.cite web | url = Allmusic|class=album|id=r28134|pure_url=yes | accessdate = 2006-11-18 | author = Henderson, Alex | title = Allmusic Down To Earth Review | publisher = AllMusic.com | date =
Love also appears on the song titled "United" from Inner City (band)|Inner City 's third album, Praise .
Love was featured on her brother Dave Angel's remix of Whitney Houston 's R& B hit " My Name Is Not Susan " in 1991, and appeared in the music video alongside Houston. Love's 1992 single, "Full-Term Love," from the Class Act movie soundtrack , reached #7 on the Hot Rap Tracks|Hot Hip-Hop Singles chart.cite web | url = Allmusic|class=album|id=r169246|pure_url=yes | accessdate = 2006-11-18 | author = Henderson, Alex | title = Allmusic In A Word Or 2 Review | publisher = AllMusic.com | date =
Love collaborated with Marley Marl on her second album, In a Word or 2 (1993), which featured the Prince-produced single "Born To B.R.E.E.D." (which reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play|Hot Dance Music chart and #7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart), as well as a re-release of "Full-Term Love." The same year, Prince asked her to write lyrics for a few songs on a side-project, Carmen Electra 's eponymous album, Carmen Electra (album)|Carmen Electra .
Love's last musical release was the Extended play|EP "Slice of Da Pie" in 2000.
Radio career
From 2004 until the week of 11 December 2006, Love was the Drive time|morning drive host on Philadelphia 's WPHI-FM 100.3. The 22 December 2006 edition of the Philadelphia Daily News confirmed that Love left WPHI-FM on amicable terms after contract negotiations stalled.cite web | url = http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/16296557.htm | accessdate = 2006-12-25 | author = Conrad, Laurie T. | title = Tattle: No mo' Monie | publisher = Philadelphia Daily News (philly.com) | date = 2006-12-22 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071024034627/ http://philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/16296557.htm |archivedate = 24 October 2007 Love's departure from WPHI followed soon after her December 2006 interview with Young Jeezy , where the two argued over whether Hip Hop Is Dead|hip hop is dead .cite web | url = http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/10524 | accessdate = 2007-05-29 | author = Bolden, Janee | title = Monie Love Gets None, Officially Off The Air In Philly | publisher = SOHH.com | date = 2006-12-22
Love is also an Official MySpace.com disc jockey|DJ , according to her MySpace page.
Love currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the Single parent|single mother to four children.
Currently, she has a radio show on XM Satellite Radio called Ladies First Radio with Monie Love. It airs Thursdays 6PM ET and Sundays 8PM ET.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Monie+Love Monie Love Discography on Discogs
http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk A site focusing on the early days of Hip Hop development in the UK
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