…there to here. But when people talk about the genres that led into (and fed into) hip-hop, they usually look at '60s soul and '70s funk…
Band. And then there was the toothless soul overseen primarily by white producers (the Pointer Sisters with Richard Perry). Still…
Kool Keith, in “When I Burn”: Yo I'm on with the freaky style When you wait debate and rate my rhythm expansion Dimension lyric…
…and the irrelevancy of the album as an economic entity. I am not one of them. In my opinion, the value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the amount of heart and soul…
…the possibility for this kind of bond, the one my father has with the Beach Boys and the one my mother has with Carly Simon I think forming a bond with…
I brought out dozens of special guest performers to sing their hits with me. My generation was raised being able to flip channels…
On album Sleeping In Traffic: Pt. 2 (2008)
…am on the edge of sanity Far out in a hazy, troubled dream Time and time over It's always the same Reckon you know me Are you playing my game? Me is my…
…guitar song Scratching strings with tones too long They see me with tired eyes Hidden coughs: "he's full of lies" Cigarette smoke…
…save me ... III. Invitation to Love Lady in the doorway With a face that's so kind Caressing smells Twisting my mind Magical…
…was written in the stars/but I never paid attention to my charts". Not one for horoscopes, our Joseph, whose lovelorn lyrics…
…on 'I'm Aquarius' – released as a single in late 2013 – are pitched upon a backdrop of sad organ drones, cheap keyboard beats and '60s soul…
…but for the track's wistful guitars. The song starts off with a dirty electronic beat and gritty picked guitars, sort of like what you'd…
On album December 1994
…from where I eventually sit. The names Marx, Mao, and the Panthers are intermingled. “Who shaped your reading tastes…
A lot of hip-hop vocals are turned up really loud, rappers ride off the appeal and novelty of the lyrics…
…on “Rebirth,” she's streamlined her leftist posturing with ‘70s styled Black nationalism: I raise every day for the mass/ pump my fist…
…in the premises/ Unleashing Godly bars like am arresting with the heavenlies/ Your best bars woulda been deserving in the 70s/ Blending with…
…the penalty/ For trynna flex muscles with me, i bless the gee with Tetany/ Can't believe yee eff with me/ Effing with mi specialty?/ Rapping is my…
…the Ball back if you messing with the Lebanese/ (Baalbek) And if your thinking too bright I burst your bulb of ideas, im messing with…
On album Give Me More Love (2021)
…"Gen'lmen, we just havin' church here." Six words which - directed at me and a fellow soul buff at the Full Gospel Tabernacle…
…to worship in Memphis because I too had succ*mbed to the spell of those records, lost myself in both the breathlessly sexy curlicues…
…and whipped-cream Philly topping. It was a key sound of the early '70s, as intrinsic to my adolescence as T. Rex. Green, like Sam Cooke…
On album November 2000
…"Gen'lmen, we just havin' church here." Six words which - directed at me and a fellow soul buff at the Full Gospel Tabernacle…
…to worship in Memphis because I too had succumbed to the spell of those records, lost myself in both the breathlessly sexy curlicues…
…and whipped-cream Philly topping. It was a key sound of the early '70s, as intrinsic to my adolescence as T. Rex. Green, like Sam Cooke…
On album The Berlin Sessions (2001)
…the genius of Curtis Mayfield. The simple fact remains that he is one of the few genuine innovators of modern soul music…
…: as one of the most obvious bridges between R&B and funk; as a writer who brought a new dimension to the ghetto love song; and as someone who was down with…
…gospel and deep roots R&B, or the fiery funk of the early '70s. For tempting as it might be to cram the discs with…
On album March 1996
…the genius of Curtis Mayfield. The simple fact remains that he is one of the few genuine innovators of modern soul music…
…: as one of the most obvious bridges between R&B and funk; as a writer who brought a new dimension to the ghetto love song; and as someone who was down with…
…gospel and deep roots R&B, or the fiery funk of the early '70s. For tempting as it might be to cram the discs with…
On album Todo Lo Que Tocamos Es Oro (2020)
…[Intro] [Spoken: Producer] What You Want The Next Song To Be About? [Spoken: Unappreciated Jr.] I Want It To Be About Me…
…[Spoken: Producer] Are You Sure Jr.? [Spoken: Unappreciated Jr.] Trust Me... [Spoken: Producer] Okay... [Verse 1-Unappreciated Jr…
…you Use to get writers block but that block breaks once I think about you I'm very f*cked up, you can tell by my lyrics You may…
…[Intro] [Spoken: Producer] What You Want The Next Song To Be About? [Spoken: Unappreciated Jr.] I Want It To Be About Me…
…[Spoken: Producer] Are You Sure Jr.? [Spoken: Unappreciated Jr.] Trust Me... [Spoken: Producer] Okay... [Verse 1-Unappreciated Jr…
…you Use to get writers block but that block breaks once I think about you I'm very fucked up, you can tell by my lyrics You may…
…[Intro] I wanna get somethin straight right off top This song is not about all women This song is about my woman You give me…
…everything You give me everything And I'ma hold you down [Verse 1] I wanna hit the mall, buy my woman every bag Take care…
…be I'll always be around [Verse 3] I wanna take my woman all across the seven seas Playin' music that was made in the '70s…
On album The Dream Wheel (2024)
…a filthy white lie You gave them all the bullshit and baloney And now my brother and my father are gonna have to die" Strangest…
…the balls of sound And bind my world to soul" The Stooges were a Freak Out band In Detroit and folks ignored them Until Danny…
…was in Television, The Neon Boys The Heartbreakers, The Voidoids And he wrote the song that gave the new '70s punk generation it's first anthem yell…
On album The Soundcloud Files (2022)
…the nigga in me (x4) They gon' read it and weep They wanna wake a sleepin' giant that ain't even asleep Playin' w/ my 70s, and my PS3 I…
…kept hearin' my name, I said let me see "The bitch might be a nigga, for reala, she Rah Digga" [Verse 1] What the fuck man…
Gabba Gabba, this no laughin' matter This grown woman swagger, to you monkey rap bastards Keep it in your own bracket, don't get…
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