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“Out popped a new group, Body and Soul, two women from Los Angeles…and the crowd turned right around.” —The New York Times, July 18, 1988.

Rose Hutchinson and Dee Barnes founded the group Body & Soul and signed to Delicious Vinyl in 1988. They released one wonderful single “Dance to the Drummer’s Beat” featuring Trouble Funk. From their peak flurry of recording activity, two other tracks — “High Powered” and “We Can Do This” — appeared on Delicious VInyl’s UK-only ‘Eat to the Beat’ comp in 1989. Their album, More Than a Pretty Face, remains unreleased.

The story of Body & Soul is told in the book Bust a Move: Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl & the Hip-Hop Hits that First Conquered Pop (Kensington Books, 2026).

1. Photo of Rose and Dee with dancers Kenny and Kimball and DJ Tray-Ski by Salomon Emquies @salomix

2. NYT review by Peter Watrous; clipping from the collection of Rose Hutchinson.

3. Photo of Rose and Dee with Mike Ross (in Trouble Funk T-shirt); a beret-wearing Matt Dike is reading in the background. Courtesy of Delicious Vinyl.

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#BodyAndSoul👑🔥1989 📸 by @salomix @deliciousvinyl @purpleroseh23 @sista_dee_barnes #HiPowered💥 TNT💣 Hip-Hop Join us on Spoutible, a black owned social media site. We’re hosting a live audio pod Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT. This will be Part 2. Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday, June 7th for Part 1.

Tune in for Part 2 of our conversation about the history of the group - from the origins to present day. What are we planning next? You can join the conversation or ask questions in the live chat. Travel back with us to when we first got this thang started.
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Sign up on spoutible.com or join us on the Spoutible app.
To join live chat you MUST have a Spoutible account for at least one week before the live pod. Sign up soon and become active in this positive community.
The QR Code (bottom right corner of the flyer) will also take you directly to the live pod on the date/time.
Direct link to the pod is in the bio.

https://spoutible.com/pod/6a83cf4373a62a9e03ca7160

#BodyandSoul Spoutible #DeliciousVinyl 🎶Dance To The Drummers Beat🎶 HipHopHistory LiveAudio OldSchoolHipHop HipHopCulture BlackOwnedSocialMedia #WomenInHipHop

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This week I completed my final surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer on December 31, 2025.

Seven months later, I can finally say fuck cancer. I did it 🩷

When I was 23, I found out I carry the BRCA2 gene, which runs in my family. Because I knew my risk, I started screening early. During my annual breast MRI in December, an area of concern led to an ultrasound, biopsy, and ultimately a breast cancer diagnosis. We caught it early, and I am forever grateful.

The last seven months have been filled with an egg retrieval, double mastectomy, TC chemotherapy, reconstruction surgery, more appointments than I can count, cold capping, limb icing, freezing cold hair washes, brain fog, and learning to surrender control.

Cancer is hard. Chemo is hard. And you really don’t feel like yourself.

But somehow, through it all, I found a new version of myself that is stronger, more patient, and more grateful than I was before.

I decided to share this journey, because if even one young woman receives this diagnosis, I want her to know she’s not alone. Having someone your own age to chat about the process with is invaluable. If this is you, my inbox is always open.

If there’s one takeaway from my story, it’s this: talk to your doctor about genetic testing.

To my incredible family and friends- thank you for carrying me through this, especially my parents @moiseem and @carolannblinken. Thank you for flying back and forth between NY & LA countless times with me, sitting through every appointment, making me laugh, and taking care of me when I couldn’t take care of myself. You made even the hardest days feel full of love.

@leannecitrone thank you for being my hair fairy. @drelisaport thank you for holding my hand before surgery and telling me everything was going to be okay. To the incredible teams at Mt. Sinai, The Angeles Clinic, and 740 Park MD- thank you for taking such extraordinary care of me.

Here’s to health, healing, and never taking an ordinary day for granted 🩷

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#wesh weshcoast S/S 26

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Did I just come out of DJ retirement? 💃💃💃
Amazing time was had @farmsanctuary 40 year celebration with so many other friends that came out for a great cause! I love you and thank you so much!!!
Moby is doing a $40K double match so if you want to support this fantastic cause for animals -it’s a great time to double your impact!

#farmsanctuary #vegan #plantforward #foodismedicine #healingwithanimals

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Gorgeous Pic of our Annabel Schofield by dear Salmon Emquies @salomix . We don’t have a date yet for her celebration of life , but are planning to do a beautiful tribute to her . If you have any tear sheets , pictures or videos, PLEASE SEND TO: annabelschofieldforever@gmail.com

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#wesh S/S25 Pt.2

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Honor to have Hosted this Legend #RIPRoyAyers 1990’s
May seem cliché ,
BUT We Always Ended Our nights with the song “Everyone Loves The Sunshine “ It Just Felt Right 🤍
#Brass #BrassMassive

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This chapter is closed, time to let go. If you are interested feel free to to DM! Or come by Saturday!! 🫶#vinyl #deephouse #rap #reggae #chill #electronic #music #classics more more more

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Recent work on paper.
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3 works on paper, March-April 2024
oil pastels on paper, 11.7 x 16.5 in. _________________
#worksonpaper
#salomonemquies
#salomix
#kohngallery
#michaelkohngallery
#abstractart
#oilpastelsonpaper
#complexsystems
#complexity

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Some of my photographs and clips of my video“Rammellzee, Toxic, the Rhythm Lounge, 1983 shown at Gagosian Beverly Hills 4/2/2024 during a talk about Jean-Michel Basquiat’s time in Los Angeles with Bdub @bossanovasurfer , @tamradavis1, Larry Gagosian @gagosian and @frederichoffman
-the music here is not the soundtrack to my video-
#gagosianbeverlyhills
#jeanmichelbasquiat
#madeonmarketstreet #gagosian #bdub #tamradavis #rammellzee #toxicC1 #fredhoffman #salomonemquies #salomix #therhythmlounge #mattdike #venicebeach

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