SoulMusic Records is very proud to present Prime Time: The Epic Anthology, from the pioneering funk/R&B band Mtume, featuring the groups eleven US charted singles including the classic, Juicy Fruit along with selected album cuts from the teams five Epic LPs as well as three bonus tracks from the sole solo album by female lead vocalist, Tawatha. Formed by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, two former members of the touring band for the legendary Miles Davis, the group known as Mtume emerged after the pairs stint on the road and in the studio with Roberta Flack, who had recorded one of their songs, The Closer I Get To You as a duet with Donny Hathaway. Signed to Epic Records, the original line-up included other Flack alumni, drummer Howard King, bassist Basil Fearington, keyboardist Hubert Eaves III, with Reggie on guitar, Mtume on percussion, congas and lead vocals and Tawatha (who first began working with Mtume & Lucas a few years earlier) on lead and background vocals. Included on this stellar anthology is a specially-sequenced mini-opera drawn from tracks recorded for 1984s You, Me And He LP, with the rare non-album cut Its Non-Functional making its CD debut along with the A&G mix of the 1986 charted single, Breathless. Three tracks from Tawatha include the six-minute Thigh High Mix of the single, Thigh Ride.