The first sound you hear on Angie Stone's fifth album, Unexpected (Stax/Concord), is a sample of Sly & the Family Stone's "Family Affair," the hit single from that band's fifth album, There's a Riot Goin' On (1971). Read More
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Ever since Rakim and Jody Watley teamed up on "Friends" the collabo between the MC and the singer has become commonplace. Read More
In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups. Read More
Coming on the heels of the world-destroying OK Computer , Kid A appeared, at the time, to be at the very least a timid backing away from what Radiohead had already accomplished and at best a moody, introverted sidelight, but time has show otherwise. Read More
D'Angelo was one of the founding fathers and leading lights of the neo-soul movement of the mid- to late '90s, which aimed to ... Read the full D'Angelo bio.