By Jon Pareles James Mtume, the musician, songwriter, producer, bandleader and talk-radio host whose 1983 hit “Juicy Fruit” has been sampled in more than 100 songs, died on Sunday at his home ...

“My late fathers partner in crime, the co-creator of the songs of ... “Juicy Fruit,” which was sampled for the Notorious B.I.G.’s classic joint “Juicy” in 1994. Mtume also played ...

James “Mtume” Forman, who is best known for writing and producing the intergenerational smash hit “Juicy Fruit,” has died. He was 78. No cause of death has been revealed. Forman, who ...

(Nas eventually used “Juicy Fruit” for a remix of his song “One Mic.”) Mtume’s survivors include his wife, Kamili; his brother, Jeffrey Forman; two sons, four daughters and six ...

Over the years, R&B and hip-hop artists have sampled Mtume’s beats and “sophisti-funk" sound. "Juicy Fruit," reached a new generation when the late The Notorious B.I.G sampled the song in 1994 ...

Working with musical partner guitarist/songwriter Lucas, Mtume also produced songs and albums for Stephanie ... of the Rainbow Seekers and 1983’s Juicy Fruit.

Mills — who lifted “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” the 1980 song Mtume and Lucas wrote, to radio heights across America — shared on Twitter: “I am saddened to hear of the passing of ...

Mtume formed the R&B group bearing his namesake. The group had five best-selling albums and eleven R&B hits. Featuring Tawatha Agee on lead vocals, the band's salacious 1982 song "Juicy Fruit ...

including the much-sampled “Juicy Fruit.” Watch on Deadline During his time with his own group, Mtume also wrote songs for an assortment of artists, including Stephanie Mills’ hit single ...

He was remembered for 1983′s “Juicy Fruit,” sampled by ... to help celebrate the song’s 35th anniversary. Born James Forman in 1946, Mtume was surrounded by music and musicians throughout ...

the moment was just there” said Mtume of creating his song. “It just immediately grabbed everybody, everybody started rocking,” said Evil Dee after hearing “Juicy Fruit” for the first ...