Bryan O’Quinn was one of the few underground dance music artists to enjoy negligible mainstream exposure during the late '80s and early '90s heyday of hip-hop soul. O’Quinn’s smooth seductive crooning style and erotic dance moves earned him a significant female following and made him a presence on the up and coming R&B dance and underground house music scene. Even after the industry’s grimier brand of output eclipsed the ultramodern love stories he favored, O’Quinn transitioned his music into the more retro-leaning neo-soul movement as it was a honest and inevitable.


“Main stream record stores often did not always carry my 12 inch vinyl singles back in the day, as they were not available through the major record distributors Mr O’Quinn stated. When I was in Chicago, records stores such as State Street Records, Importes Etc., Gramaphone Records ,and JR’s Music shop were the primary suppliers of the House music back then. As far as New York I relied a lot on the club D.J pooles , the true club kids word of mouth and Black College Radio in other locations.”

"Looking back I am really proud of what we created and today I realize that I really did develop an nice fan base. The record-store Importes Etc, is believed to be where the term “house” was introduced as a shortening of "Warehouse".

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