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Article: The '90s finds its soul; With nods to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and others, new acts are filling an r&b void.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 3, 1998
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It had to happen. Someone had to fill the hole where soul used to be.
You don't have to worship the memory of Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye to feel that something is missing from the rhythm & blues charts, where two types of music predominate: rap and romance. There are rap's harsh tales of street life on one end, urban adult's heated declarations of love and lust on the other, and not much in between.
Now a new generation of soul men and women is riding to the rescue. They aren't threatening the reign of the rappers and the romantics - yet. But their emergence promises a new era where the urgency and relevance of rap can meet the melodies and ...