Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 — June 30, 1995) was an American soul singer and Tony-nominated actress. Phyllis Hyman began her career as a silky voiced, jazz-influenced singer and gradually moved into slick, heavily produced urban contemporary ballads and light dance numbers. Hyman won a scholarship to music school and then began her professional career with the group New Direction in 1971. When they disbanded after a national tour, Hyman joined the Miami ensemble All the People. She also worked there with another local group, the Hondo Beat, and appeared in the film Lenny. That was followed by a two-year stint heading Phyllis Hyman & the P/H Factor, before relocating to New York. Hyman did background vocals on Jon Lucien's Premonition LP and built her reputation performing in New York clubs. Norman Connors made her his featured vocalist in the mid-'70s, and she was highlighted on a cover of the Stylistics' "Betcha By Golly Wow," which appeared on Connors' You Are My Starship LP. Hyman also sang with Pharaoh Sanders & the Fatback Band while cutting two singles as a lead artist. Buddah released Phyllis Hyman in 1977, but she really began making an impression when she was signed by Arista the next year. The songs "Somewhere in My Lifetime" and "You Know How to Love Me" both made the R&B Top 20. Hyman got her lone Top Ten hit in 1981 with "Can't We Fall in Love Again," but her albums did consistently well through the '80s. The production teams of Mtume/Reggie Lucas and Narada Michael Walden/Thom Bell gave her material that showcased her skill with sophisticated ballads. Hyman had more success when she left Arista for Philadelphia International in 1986, with the single "Living All Alone" putting her back in the R&B Top 20. She also sang on fusion and light jazz dates by Joe Sample, Ronnie Foster, and Grover Washington, Jr., a more conventional jazz session for McCoy Tyner, and a pop date with the Four Tops. Tragically, Hyman took her own life on June 30, 1995; Her final studio album I Refuse To Be Lonely was released three months after her death. Forever With You was issued posthumously in 1998.

Phyllis Hyman is one of the greatest singers of all time, but she was troubled by drugs and alcohol.

The short, pre-vocal interlude in the song "Loving You, Losing You" was sampled into a short musical theme for fights between two characters of Adult Swim's animated series The Boondocks in the episode "...Or Die Trying".

Socially conscious rap group, A Tribe Called Quest, spoke of Phyllis Hyman in their song, "Baby Phife's Return", by saying, 'Let me take this time to say R.I.P. to Phyllis Hyman/Who never got the props that she damn well deserved...'

The 1996 film Set It Off features "The Answer Is You" during a dinner scene with Blair Underwood and Jada Pinkett Smith.

The TV show Swingtown used part of the song "Kiss You All Over" in an episode.

The R&B group "ATL"'s song "Calling All Girls" has a rap section that contains the lyrics "...But still a diamond/Voice like Phyllis Hyman...".

Rapper Juelz Santana rhymes "I'm still grindin' still pitchin' that 'Phyllis Hyman' on the song "You Oughta Know"

by Fox "Misty" Wonderful August 8, 2009

Phyllis

Phyllis is the loyalist person you will ever meet.She will treat you like a king.cares for her family.a nerd and beautiful

Phyllis is so loyal.

by Phyllis Elizabeth October 4, 2019

Phellowship

Is a group of Phans who attend Phish shows clean and sober. They provide support for Phishheads who are attending shows clean and sober.

"Hey man I'm thinking about throwing away my clean time, there are people selling Yayo-meister all over place at this show," says Phan. "Dude, drugs will not make anything right if you play the tape all the way through you'll remember where you ended up," says Phellowship dudester.

by always stuck in the middle March 8, 2009

phallo up

When a woman decides to follow up a good fuck.

Hi Nancy, how was the date last night? Awesome, I will phallo up this guy.

by rperazag May 1, 2010

phallocentric

Envisioning, focusing and idealizing the IMAGE, CONCEPT, THEORY AND IDEA OF THE PHALLUS... BASING ALL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL, SEXUAL AND SPIRITUAL IN RELATION TO YOUR IDEA OF THE PHALLUS.. DEIFYING THE PHALLUS

LU'CRETIA HAD A DRIVE SO FIERCELY DRIVEN BY HER PHALLOCENTRIC VIEW, THAT NOTHING ELSE MATTERED

by TAU CETI January 18, 2018

phallo

Short for phalloplasty. A surgery that takes a skin graft and makes a dick out with the remaining skin. You get either because your dick was blown off while in the army or more likely you're trans masc/ftm.

"I'm getting phallo done in exactly two weeks!!"
"That's cool man now you won't have to use a packer!"

by offbrandcholera February 26, 2021

full body phallo

when a pooner gets surgery to turn his entire body into the neophallus to maximize gender euphoria

doods, i've been heckin dysphoric lately and i think full body phallo is the only thing that will affirm me. no i'm not on t needles are scary @_@

by stinky snail trail May 10, 2022