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Genres & History
1/25/2011
When it came to R&B, the '70s saw a spike in social consciousness, the '90s an explosion of hip-hop crossover hitmaking, but the '80s? The '80s was a time for finding new voices, for stretching out and …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
"Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)," cajoles Ella Fitzgerald, and when it comes the persuasively perfect pipes of the ultimate jazz songbird, how could we refuse? And, now that we're in the mood but goo …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
Even hep cats have hearts - just feast your ears on "Someday My Prince Will Come," the waltz-time wonder from trumpet titan Miles Davis, or the sonic shimmer of Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond's intimate s …
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Artist Essentials
1/25/2011
Our Neil Diamond Basics are the ABCs of pop music. Theatrical, personal, rockin', sentimental - they're the songs that have colored our lives since before we can remember. From his days as a Brill Buil …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
Decades after the fact, the alluring sounds of Regina Belle's late-night love call "Baby Come to Me," still pack the power of romantic persuasion, and that's the point of our '80s Slow Jams Essentials, …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
They've been with us for decades, these long-loved songs of yearning, burning romantic abandon, and they've only gotten better with time. They're '80s slow jams - the best of a decade's mood-makers in …
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Artist Essentials
1/25/2011
DJ Premier's minimal productions left quite a stamp on hip-hop. By carefully sliding simple loops over heavyweight breaks, he helped ensure the classic status of records by Nas (the persistent piano me …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
REO Speedwagon have found a quick route out on their classic-rock fare-thee-well "Time for Me to Fly;" but after spending so much time luring loved ones into his boudoir d'amour, Teddy Pendergrass just …
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My Groove
1/25/2011
"I Will Survive," proclaims disco diva Gloria Gaynor on her legendary live-strong smash, and in a way, that's the message behind all of our Break Up Songs Essentials. After all, even the saddest smash- …
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