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Monthly Archives: February 2019

The Hip-Hop Generation’s Minister of Music

Kirk Franklin is the Minister of Music for the hip-hop generation (and the best hype man across any genre with the exception of Spliff Star). His music was groundbreaking — and sometimes scandalous — and changed the relationship between gospel and secular music forever. For Vibe, I wrote about how Kirk Franklin changed gospel music (and the gospel musicContinue reading “The Hip-Hop Generation’s Minister of Music”

Posted byNaima CochraneFebruary 12, 2019June 10, 2022Posted in90s, Bylines, Game Changers, GospelTags:Gods Property, Gospel, Kirk Franklin, StompLeave a comment on The Hip-Hop Generation’s Minister of Music
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The Divinity of Luther Vandross

The Divinity of Luther Vandross

“There are voices in this world and once they sing, it’s a stamp on everybody.” Bravo producer and personality Andy Cohen was asking Patti Labelle about her dear friend Luther Vandross on talk show Watch What Happens Live. “Luther’s done that.”

April 20, 2023
Y’all Ready to Argue? It’s Bracket Time!

Y’all Ready to Argue? It’s Bracket Time!

Long time #MusicSermon congregants know we do our own version of #MarchMadness over here – with music brackets, of course! Since we’re running back content from the last five years of #MusicSermon, we’re revisiting the very first #MusicSermonMadness bracket – the 90s R&B Tourney. In fairness, I messed up the seeding the first time, so…

March 16, 2023March 27, 2023
The Undersung Women of ’80s and ’90s  R&B PT I

The Undersung Women of ’80s and ’90s R&B PT I

In 1990, singer Phyllis Hyman complained to Donnie Simpson during a BET Video Soul interview about record labels shifting their focus from talent to artist “packaging,” using production to supplement raw talent. “They’re picking up kids off the street, pretty much, and producers are producing these albums. These kids have literally no talent. But they look right. I’m telling…

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

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