Saints Row-Vice Kings-mission 2-…To Kingdom Come

Johnny wanted you to help out Aisha, Stilwater’s famous hip hop artist, who was signed with Kingdom Come Records, a company owned by the Vice Kings. In order to get Aisha out of her contract, you helped her fake her death by rigging her car to explode and causing an explosion at the recording studio. Everything wnt smoothly, despitethe fact that an over-eager stalker needed to be taken care of along the way.

I tremble with unmitigated pride as finally, after eight long years, we have a video, a proper beautifully shot video, to my unequalled BIGGEST Northern Soul record of this decade. The stunning Sidney Barnes, and the monster song we wrote together in 2001, “Standing On Solid Ground”. Sidney Barnes was an important part of early Motown, being part of their New York operation, with his partner George Kerr. He recorded solo stuff such as “Standing In The Safety Zone”, which didn’t come out till years later, and became a cult northern Soul favourite. In 1964, on the VIP label, he was the lead singer of The Seranaders, who recorded the Motown classic, “If Your Heart Says Yes”. But it’s his two Northern Soul smashes that he became most well known for, “You’lll Always Be In Style”, on Red Bird records, and “I Hurt On The Other Side”, on the Blue Cat label. My 2001 production of “Standing On Solid Ground”, however, became his biggest Northern record ever. Sidney was born in Welch, West Virginia in 1941 and grew up in Roanoke, Virginia. After forming several vocal groups in Junior High and High School (while living in Washington, DC) with school mates including a young Marvin Gaye, Van McCoy and Herb Feimster (of “Peaches and Herb” fame), Sidney felt ready for the big time. In order to increase his chances of success, the Barnes family moved to Newark, New Jersey – as close to New York City as they wanted to be. Sidney formed The Seranaders and landed a recording contract with …
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