White, black, and Puerto Rican, the men of Uptown Talk — Robert Cass, Blerd, and Cristóbal Tracy, respectively — started a-freakin’ about the Sylvers, Stylistics, and Spinners one day last month in an e-mail conversation. Then Cristóbal told Robert and Blerd about Akoto Ofori-Atta’s article for TheRoot.com on the scarcity of vocal groups in the current R&B landscape. Then all three decided to turn their e-mails into a feature for Popblerd. Cristóbal: If you pushed me to choose the Stylistics or the Sylvers, I’d have […]
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