WHEN OLD THINGS BECOME NEW: NEO SOUL

We all know by now (I hope) that #MusicSermon is a B2K (before 2000)-centered ministry…

THE #MUSICSERMON INDEX

Looking for a specific #MusicSermon? Want to experience them in their original…

WE DANCED HARD AF IN THE 90s

I fell down a rabbit hole of 90s videos, and it inspired me to present…WE DANCED HARD AS F*CK IN THE 90s: A REVIEW

BEGGIN’ ASS R&B

Pride is kind of killing modern love, and arguably modern music. No one wants to stick their necks (or hearts) out and clearly, unabashedly decalre undying love. Subtweets and meme posts pass as love letters (but only if you catch that they’re about you). And in music, there are plenty of songs…

CAN WE TALK…ABOUT TEVIN?

As an unanticipated result of Aretha Franklin’s passing, Tevin Campbell has…

THE NEW (JACK SWING) TESTAMENT

It recently came to my attention that there had not yet been a sermon specifically on New Jack Swing.

UPTOWN! UPTOWN!

We need to talk about Uptown Records, because the legacy is worthy, but doesn’t get…

OSSÈ & WOODS: REST IN POWER

Remembering — and celebrating — two of the men instrumental to my career…

TV THEME SONGS THAT SLAPPED

Is ‘The Jeffersons’ “Movin’ on Up” the jammin’est TV theme song of all time? Let’s explore.

TV theme songs used to be serious business. They were real life compositions, with verses, chorus and…