‘Got To Be Real’… This Cheryl Lynn Classic Just Turned 40!
There are classics and then there are CLASSICS! And one such monster of a hit just turned 40 years old! It’s Cheryl Lynn’s “Got To Be Real,” the ubiquitous No.…
Raheem DeVaughn and Wes Felton – as The CrossRhodes – Still Carrying a Torch for Real Hip-Hop/Soul
As far as mainstream consumption goes, good ol’ soul music hasn’t been a major factor since the mid-to-late 2000s, and even that assessment depends on one’s perspective on what’s considered…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians – Part IV
We’ve just completed Black Music Month, 2015, and with that comes the last of my special four-part series of the 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time. To recap, we…