I’ve become very good at buying music these days. I rarely dislike anything I purchase, but that is a problem. With the ability to sample nearly anything and everything before I buy, my taste has become so narrowed down. Thus, my list is probably the most predictable list of all. But I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. The great thing about music is that it’s so subjective. You like what you like. I don’t listen to music as much […]
Posts tagged "Johnny Gill"
The Popblerd Chart Report 10/20/11: People Still Like Evanescence, Apparently
Absence may not necessarily make the heart grow fonder, but being away apparently doesn’t mean your fans totally forget you. What brings me to this conclusion? The fact that after a lengthy absence, Evanescence bows atop the Billboard album chart with their self-titled third album. Amy Lee and…and…who the hell else is in Evanescence these days?…bow with 127,000 copies sold. It’s a far cry from the 447,000 that greeted their last album, The Open Door five years ago, but it’s […]
Spin Cycle: Johnny Gill’s “Still Winning”
If you were born around the time Johnny Gill last released a solo album, you might be thisclose to starting driver’s ed classes. It’s been fifteen years since the soul singer released Let’s Get the Mood Right, which is a ridiculously long time to go between albums. Not to say JG has been sitting around letting the grass grow under him. He’s toured the country and released an album as 1/5 of New Edition, released another two albums with his […]
The Viewfinder: Johnny Gill’s “In the Mood”
JG is officially back, y’all. After a FIFTEEN YEAR absence, the lusty-voiced singer is back with a new single, “In The Mood” and an album called Still Winning. His seventh studio album overall, it arrives in stores and online on September 20th. The video for “In the Mood” is romantic and mellow, keeping in tandem with the song’s theme. Nice to see JG not trying to keep up with the (younger) Joneses by swathing his voice in Auto-Tune or hiring […]
Johnny Gill Hits the Comeback Trail with “In the Mood”
Guess what? JG still wants to rub you the right way. It’s a shame that someone as vocally gifted as Johnny Gill has such a small discography. His last solo release was 1996’s Let’s Get the Mood Right. Again, Johnny Gill has not released a solo album of new material in FIF. TEEN. YEARS. Granted, there have been two LSG albums and a New Edition album in that time period but, come on. T-Pain can put out an album every […]
Award Show Sundays: Can You Stand the Rain?
I could write an entire article about the disappearance of the R&B group (matter of fact, I think I will at some point), but back in the late Eighties, there was no shortage of solid multi-member units. Check out the list of nominees for Best Album by a Duo, Group of Band at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. You had Guy’s influential debut album, which set the stage for the burgeoning hip-hop/R&B fusion. There was “Who?”, the solid debut […]
Hump Day Flashback: “Can You Stand the Rain”
In light of my previous idea for a Hump Day Flashback turning into an actual article, I had to rethink my idea for this week’s column. Then inspiration hit via the emptying of the skies. I could probably fill a book with great songs about rain, but New Edition’s 1988 hit “Can You Stand the Rain” will always be at the very least in my Top 5, if not my favorite all-time. A song doesn’t have to be particularly deep […]
Chart Stalker 5/20/10: We've Had Better Weeks
Dubious distinction time: the total that sends Justin Bieber back to #1 on this week’s Billboard album chart is the second lowest since Soundscan began collecting data in spring 1991. In a week especially light for new releases, the Bieb reclaims the top spot with only 60,000 units sold. The only #1 album to have sold less is the “Dreamgirls” soundtrack, which topped the charts with a slightly smaller number a little less than four years ago. Four albums debut […]