- Genre: R & B
- Influenced by: Funkadelic, The Ohio Players
- Similar Artists: Deniece Williams, Atlantic Starr, Anita Baker, Blue Magic, Bohannon, Brass Construction, Cameo, Champaign, The Delfonics, The Dramatics, The Emotions, Force M.D.'s, Heatwave, Miki Howard, Phyllis Hyman, The Jones Girls, Klymaxx, Kool & the Gang, Patti LaBelle, Stacy Lattisaw, LeVert, The Manhattans, Teena Marie, The Mary Jane Girls, Stephanie Mills, The Moments, Shirley Murdock, New Birth, Teddy Pendergrass, The Persuaders, René & Angela, Rose Royce, Patrice Rushen, Slave, The Stylistics, Tavares, Tower of Power, Lenny Williams, Betty Wright, Bobby Caldwell, The Independents, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Anquette, Black Ice, Chapter 8, Con Funk Shun, D Train, Delegation, Larry Graham, Skyy, T-Connection, One Way, Dreamboy, The Floaters, GQ, Leroy Hutson, Debra Laws, Alicia Myers, Rockie Robbins, Ray, Goodman & Brown, The Nights, Norman Connors, Dazz Band, Spoonie Gee, Michael Henderson, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Grover Washington, Jr., Robert Winters, The 21st Century
Based in Richmond, Virginia, the ten-piece soul and disco group Mass Production had a series of minor R&B hits in the late '70s and early '80s. Mass Production consisted of LeCoy Bryant, Kevin Douglas, James Drumgole, Agnes "Tiny" Kelly, Larry Marshall, Gregory McCoy, Emmanuel Redding, Ricardo Williams, Samuel Williams, and Tyrone Williams. Their best-known song, "Firecracker," hit number four on the R&B charts in the late summer of 1979. The group stayed together for several more years, scoring a string of small hits, before deciding to disband in 1983. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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