Episodes

  • #HoldOnToYourLove by En Vogue

    #HoldOnToYourLove by En Vogue
    Dec 14 2019

    Foster/McElroy were looking to build a Girl Group based out of the San Fransisco Bay Area/Oakland back in 1988

    They held an audition and over 3.000 girls showed up.


    Maxine, Dawn, Cindy and Terry were the last 4 standing, and they became En Vogue.

    The rest is music history...


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    15 mins
  • #MoreBounceToTheOunce Zapp feat. Roger

    #MoreBounceToTheOunce Zapp feat. Roger
    Dec 7 2019
    This may be the Funkiest Song Ever… Hear the story behind Zapp feat. Roger. Just another band from Dayton, or is Dayton Ohio the Funk Capitol of the World? Listen to this Podcast and you decide...

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    14 mins
  • #KillingMeSoftly by Roberta Flack

    #KillingMeSoftly by Roberta Flack
    Nov 30 2019

    Roberta Flack was the quiet girl from Black Mountain North Carolina. A Classical Pianist turned Teacher... 

    She would go on to become the only Artist to ever win "Grammy Song of the Year", two years in a row - 1972 & 1973.

    and she had a string of Hits with Donny Hathaway.


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    15 mins
  • #On&On by Erykah Badu

    #On&On by Erykah Badu
    Nov 23 2019

    You may think that you know this song, but have you ever really paid attention to the lyrics.

    There is a message in Erykah’s song. That message is connected to the Five Percenters, and/or the Nation of Gods and Earths…

    Who are they and what is the message?


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    12 mins
  • #Fallin´ by Alicia Keys

    #Fallin´ by Alicia Keys
    Nov 16 2019

    Born and raised in Hell’s Kitchen New York, it doesn’t get any toougher than that.

    She grew up on Classical, Jazz and Hip Hop… And she would go on to become one of the biggest Artist of her Generation.


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    12 mins
  • #Sunny by Bobby Hebb

    #Sunny by Bobby Hebb
    Nov 9 2019
    Bobby Hebb was a unique One Hit Wonder…In 1963 he was hit by a double tragedy. John F Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, and his brother Herold was stabbed to death on November 23rd. He was down and out and looking for solace. He would write one of the most recorded songs in music history 

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    12 mins
  • #PapaWasARollingStone

    #PapaWasARollingStone
    Nov 2 2019

    It was 1972 and Motown was in transition. The new buzz was Psychedelic Soul.

    The Temptations were working with Producer Norman Whitfield and he was being inspired by Sly & the Family Stone and a new band called Funkadelic.

    Papa was a Rolling Stone would go on to win 3 Grammy’s, and would become one of the greatest recordings of all time…


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    13 mins
  • #Right Here(HumanNatureRemix)

    #Right Here(HumanNatureRemix)
    Oct 24 2019

    SWV got their start in 1992…

    Their biggest Hit to date is Right Here (the Human Nature remix). The Producer and Remixer was New Jack’s Teddy Riley… But it was also the world premier of a little known kid, who’s High School just so happened to be right next to Teddy’s studio. This is the story of how this song came to be...


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    11 mins