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The Front - The King: Michael Jackson (Part 1) - Off the Wall

A long-overdue conversation about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. People are beginning to forget just what an immense impact he had on music and culture. He affected the world on a GLOBAL scale in a way that no artist ever will again. Here, we begin exploring his impact - starting with the 1979 classic, "Off The Wall." We had a GREAT time with this one. Part 2 is coming in HOT! Also joining us this week is none other than Ed Bowser - proprietor of SoulInStereo.com and panelist on YouKnowIGotSoul's SoulBack - The R&B Podcast.

Ed Bowser's website: soulinstereo.com

Ed's podcast home:  @YouKnowIGotSoul ​

The Front - The Compact Disc: Part 4

At last, the fourth and final part of this chat about CDs. We finally get to CD-Rs here. Watch as Dre nearly dimes himself out here...and he would have if not for editing...LOL!

To be clear: The "Dre/criminal activity" bit is just a joke. I listened back at it and it sounds kinda serious. I promise it wasn't. I saw the opportunity for comedy and couldn't pass it up.

The Front - The Compact Disc: Part 3

In our third installment, we talk about all the other media that tried to take the cassette's place...and failed. We're winding our way to the end. Part 4 is coming very soon.

The Front - The Compact Disc: Part 2

This part gets a little granular in talking about the limitations of records and uses some real examples to do it. Ed does a lot of the talking here but this is pretty informative if you're into the technical aspects of record-making.

The Front - The Compact Disc: Part 1

Our discussion about the beginnings of CD in our lives (and in general) starts here. Pretty interesting to discover how different our first contact with CDs really was. The difference in our ages really surfaces here in a fun way!

The Front - When R&B Became Hip-Hop

Remember when we started to see R&B artists diluting their music with Hip-Hop? Remember the artists who dabbled in Hip-Hop that shouldn't have? Can we ever go back to pure R&B being accepted by the masses again? Dre and I talk about all of that here!

The Front - Verzuz Battle: Omarion vs. Mario

Dre and I decided to go in on this and unravel all that went wrong on the most lopsided Verzuz ever!

The Front - Top 10 R&B Groups of the 90s - Part 3

The conclusion of our 90's chat. We were really warmed up here and had even more fun!

The Front - Top 10 R&B Groups of the 90s - Part 2

Here's part two of our discussion. Hint: Dre starts in on Brownstone!

The Front - Top 10 R&B Groups of the 90s - Part 1

Here on our brand new podcast, Ed & Dre talk about their Top 10 favorite R&B groups. We feature our opinions as well as behind-the-scenes facts about how the groups formed, information on their albums, as well as what caused their demise. This conversation went on a while so we had to split this up. Please let us know what you thought in the comments below!

P.S.: Forgive my very occasional bad singing. I'm still on the afterburners of COVID-19.