I Gotta Stop Vaping (1980)

🎵 Learn to make A.I music → https://aifortheculture.gumroad.com I Gotta Stop Vaping (1980) 🔔 Subscribe to AI For The Culture's channel: https://bit.ly/AIFTCYT Larry Baxter (born 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) was one of the most colorful soul singers of the late 1970s, known for his silky baritone, sharp suits, and a sense of humor that set him apart in the serious world of heartbreak ballads. But his strangest (and most cult-famous) hit didn’t come until 1980: “I Got to Stop Vaping.” The song’s origin is pure comedy. Larry claimed he wrote it after a long studio session where he and his band were smoking everything they could get their hands on. At one point his sax player handed him a strange homemade contraption (an early proto-vape made from a soldering iron, a mason jar, and a prayer), and Larry took a huge hit, coughed for five minutes straight, and dramatically declared: “That’s it—I GOT to stop vaping!” The band couldn’t stop laughing. Producer Marvin “Big Ears” Washington made them lay it down right then, recording the first take while Larry was still wheezing and wiping tears of laughter from his face. The resulting track was a funky, tongue-in-cheek PSA with lines like: Though radio stations didn’t know what to do with it, the song developed a cult following in college towns and among DJs who loved the absurdity of such a “modern” message in a classic soul package. Larry kept recording into the mid-80s before retiring to run a barbecue joint in Cleveland, where he was known to greet customers with: “Don’t vape in here, but you can smoke these ribs all day.” Today he’s remembered as one of the true characters of the soul era—talented, funny, and always one hit ahead of his time. #aifortheculture #aimusic Vintage 1970s soul, old-school R&B and AI For The Culture original music. AI-generated soul in the spirit of classic Motown and 70s funk. #AIForTheCulture #SoulMusic #VintageSoul