Our Favorite Black Sitcom Theme Songs

June is Black Music Month. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that the month of June could be devoted to celebrating the African American music and musicians which have helped the nation to bop, categorical their religion by track, march in opposition to injustice, and to defend the nation’s enduring promise of freedom and alternative for all.

It isn’t a shock that many individuals have a look at the mid/late 1990’s by the early 2000’s as a golden age for Black actors/comedians and Black tv general. Whether or not it was Will Smith fleeing bother in Philadelphia by transferring to dwell along with his rich relations in California on The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air or the late nice Bernie Mac taking in his nieces and nephew as a result of his sister was on medicine, we have been by no means with no nice Black sitcom throughout this period.

What made these exhibits so nice and memorable although? Properly after all we’ve got to provide props to the celebrities that carried the exhibits. A lot of the exhibits in the course of the time have been named after the principle characters (i.e.The Steve Harvey Present) in order that goes with out saying. The networks clearly seen one thing particular sufficient in these actors and actresses that they thought giving them their very own exhibits was the fitting resolution. They too deserve credit score for his or her contributions. The writers behind a few of our favourite scenes (and the solid members who introduced them to life) can also’t go with out being talked about.

A profitable TV present is constructed like a machine the place each little half performs a key element in making it run easily. Some of the ignored features of many of the legendary exhibits we beloved watching rising up have been the theme songs. Earlier than we have been capable of hearken to Brandy’s diary entries, we knew that we might hear “Mo to the…E to the.” After we heard the ad-lib “Oh that’s cayute” from one other room, all of us knew that it was time to observe The Parkers. A number of the stars of the exhibits confirmed their twin skills by recording the theme songs themselves (Queen Latifah, Countess Vaughn) and in another instances, legit superstars (Lil Romeo, Coolio) have been tapped to deal with the duty. No matter who graced the theme songs, there have been numerous very traditional opening tracks we have been blessed with.

In a time the place exhibits needed to be high notch, the music that accompanied them needed to be on the identical degree. To rejoice Black Music Month and a few of our favourite Black sitcoms, we put collectively a gallery of our favourite theme songs from the exhibits we grew up loving. Tell us which of them are your favorites and should you assume we missed any!