From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With that said, few eras have been mined more heavily than the 1980s. With ...

No one ever said it was easy to write a hit single. The British group T’Pau made it even harder on themselves with the 1987 song “Heart And Soul”. The track feels like three songs rolled into one ...

Welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games. The Eighties are one of the weirdest eras ever for music. It’s a decade of excess. It’s also a decade of INXS. It’s got big hair, big drums, big shoulder ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Bobby Womack’s voice that hits you in the soul before you even realize what he’s saying. Maybe it’s the grit, maybe it’s the honesty—but whatever it is, it ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

Many of the bands of the British New Wave developed a passion for American soul music. After Spandau Ballet’s popularity as a dance band started to wane, Martin Kemp decided to lean in a more soulful ...

Everyone recognizes the 1967 mega hit “Sweet Soul Music” but many people know nothing about the man behind the music. Or that he was gay. Arthur Conley was born on January 4, 1946, in McIntosh County, ...