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Aaliyah's Age Ain't Nothing but a Number Ages 20 Years

Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 27 May 2014

THE LATE SONGSTRESS'S DEBUT ALBUM DROPPED IN MAY 1994, LAUNCHING A TOO-BRIEF CAREER THAT'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ...

Robin Thicke: The Blurred Lines of Blue-Eyed Soul

Essay by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 21 August 2013

ROBIN THICKE JOINS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELVIS ON THE SOULFUL WHITEBOY TIMELINE. BUT IS IT CULTURAL APPRECIATION OR APPROPRIATION? ...

Gil Scott-Heron: Shut 'em Down: Reflections on Ferguson and Gil Scott-Heron

Essay by Michael A. Gonzales, soulhead, 2 December 2014

AFTER THE Michael Brown decision in Ferguson, Missouri last week, amid the expected disgust about the so-called fairness of a legal system that allowed murderous ...

Alicia Keys: Shining Star

Profile and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, XXL Hip Hop Soul, Spring 2004

She bodied the sophomore jinx in one week, proving that ALICIA KEYS ain't goin' nowhere no time soon. Walk with the New York songbird through ...

Jaguar Wright: Denials, Delusions and Decisions

Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, soulhead, 19 October 2020

HAILED BY TA-NEHISI Coates as "an amazing singer," in 2002, artist Jaguar (Jacquelyn) Wright was destined to be the next big thang, but something happened. ...

Ephraim Lewis was 'Summer Lightning'

Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Maggot Brain, December 2020

30 years ago, the alt-soul singer's brilliant LP bridged the gap between trip-hop and neo-soul, before he died way too young ...

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