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8 Troop Songs That Shaped Late 80s and 90s R&B.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...

The Mavericks Lead Singer Raul Malo Dead at 60 After Cancer Battle

Raul Malo, whose operatic, lush lead vocals led the eclectic musical group The Mavericks, died Monday (Dec. 8) at age 60 ...

Erykah Badu brings 'Mama's Gun' to Nashville. 'A lot of y'all weren't even born when this ... came out'

R&B legend Erykah Badu lit up The Pinnacle stage with an unforgettable performance during the Nashville stop on her "Mama's ...

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists ...