J.J. Fad Supersonic for Throwback Thursday

There was a lot of music from 1988 played this week. In that year, many people said it was the original Golden Era of Hip Hop. Eric B & Rakim, Slick Rick, N.W.A., EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, and many others dropped classics. The newest Westside Gunn and E-40 albums were also played along with a dope Heavy D Hits mixtape. For the featured track, we’re going back to 1988 and the group J.J. Fad. J.J. Fad began as a quintet in 1985.

They were comprised of Juana Burns (MC J.B.), Dania Birks (Baby-D), Anna Cash (Lady Anna), Fatima Shaheed (O.G. Rocker), and Juanita Lee (Crazy J.). Due to management and financial disagreements, Cash, Shaheed, and Lee quit the group, leaving J.J. Fad as a duo. The remaining original members (Burns and Birks) were joined by Michelle Franklin (Sassy C.) and DJ Train.

They re-recorded and released Supersonic, and it sold 400,000 copies independently before signing with Eazy-E and Jerry Heller. The single was followed by the album Supersonic, produced by Arabian Prince, who made J.J. Fad accessible to pop audiences. Both the single “Supersonic” and the album Supersonic were certified gold in 1988. By mid-1992, the album itself was certified double platinum in the United States. Supersonic was a huge hit and an all-time classic, and it’s my featured Throwback Thursday track for the week. The trio of J.J. Fad reunited after a couple of decades away to do old-school concerts. Check out the video for Supersonic. Below you can peek at the track listing and stream link for the Supersonic album.