As the song grew popular through DJ Jonathan Fearing playing it on weekends on WBLS. "Jam-On's Revenge" was re-recorded in 1982 which Webb released the song on his own label May Hew Records, where the song was mistitled as "Jam-On Revenge" in 1983. As "Jam-On's Revenge" did not reflect Positive Messenger's themes, the group decided to re-name themselves Nucleus as the members of the group all lived in the same house. Cenac recalled that Webb enjoyed both songs, but particularly "Jam-On's Revenge". Ĭenac sought out Webb again, only to find that Reflection Records had folded, but found Webb through a phone book. "Jam-On's Revenge" was only included on the groups demo work as they had space to fill in at the end of their tape. Cenac was not a big fan of hip hop music of the time, finding it corny, but stated that he was going to make a record similar to that of Parliament and Funkadelic which was an "anti-rap" record that made fun of hip hop, which led to recording "Jam On's Revenge". The group was encouraged by Salvadore Smooth, a member of Jam-On Productions, to have the group record a hip hop track. Two years later, the group had recorded "Computer Age", and felt they had a hit song on their hand, especially after hearing the success of " Planet Rock". This led to the origination of the group, Positive Messenger, a group Cenac described as "all deeply Christian, although in a much more spiritual than religious sense." Production įollowing the response from Webb, Cenac borrowed money to buy a Tascam Portastudio, which led to collaborations with Bob Crafton who also went by the name Chilly B. Cenac eventually went to a label called Reflection, where Joe Webb listened to the recording, stating that he heard something in the song, but it needed better sound quality. Cenac sent the release to various labels who all ignored the tape as they had to leave it for them to listen to, which Cenac did not do as it was his only copy of the song. (aka MC Harmony) joined Cenac and Cook and a few others to make a hip hop recording called "Freak City Rapping". These shows began ending around late 1979, which led to group member Ben “Cosmo D” Cenac to buy a cheap synthesizer and began working on songs with Lady E (Yvette Cook)). Prior to producing music, a group called Jam-On Productions were doing music shows in Brooklyn performing DJ shows playing funk and disco music.
As the records were developed, the group was locked out of the studio mixing sessions which were handled by Jonathan Fearing. Cenac and his crew signed a contract which led to them not getting any royalties from the record, while Cenac still managed to get publishing. Following the commercial success of both single, Sunnview then suggested to record an album. The group's music was then brought to Sunnyview Records by Webb, who requested a second rap song from the group, which led to them making another hip hop song titled "Jam On It". Following the lack of success, he was encouraged by a member of Jam On Productions to make a hip hop song, which led to the song "Jam-On's Revenge", a song Cenac described as an "anti-rap" song, as he felt hip hop music of the period was corny.Īfter bringing the songs "Computer Age" and "Jam-On's Revenge" to Joe Webb, The group then renamed themselves Newcleus and Webb released the single re-titled as "Jam On Revenge" which was released on Webb's label May Hew Records in 1983. Group member Ben “Cosmo D” Cenac attempted to bring some recordings made with Positive Messengers to music labels with little success. Positive Messengers' members were all Christian, which led to them creating songs with a message. The group was formed originally as Positive Messengers following DJ shows in parks and blocks as Jam-On Productions. It was released in 1984 by Sunnyview Records. Jam on Revenge is a studio album by the American group Newcleus.
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