D’Angelo’s organic sweet soul shook up modern R&B

Gil Scott-Heron is still the first name on the rhyme
scene

Funkstress Erykah Badu enlightens from a higher
ground

Melvin Bliss’s “Synthetic Substitution” helped pattern
the sound of hip-hop

Songwriter Ernie Hines instilled his music with
messages to the world

Inventor Del Casher and the innovative guitarists who
followed gave voice to the wah-wah pedal


Also includes:

Bilal
Spree Wilson
The Bamboos
Kings Go Forth
Record Rundown: Five fine artists let the vinyl speak
Analog Out: How Guitar Amps and Pedals Became
Virtual
Tito Ramos, Curtis Mayfield, Joi, Jeff Redd,
and D.J. Rogers Re:Discovered.