All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. — Ellen Glasgow R&B is a very, VERY tricky genre in black music. The younger singers tend to swim comfortably in the twin lakes of love and sex, where older singers tend to wade in the waters of love and relationships. All three territories […]
Track Review: William DeVaughn’s “Be Thankful for What You Got”
Album: Be Thankful for What You Got (1974) I promise you that you’ve heard, at some point or another, the infamous chorus of this song: Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin’ the scene with a gangsta lean, woo-who-ooooooh William DeVaughn wrote this song back when he was a government worker, and it was originally […]
Weight in Words: Redux 