Today’s Artist
Skip James 1902 - 1969
I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm glad this evening.
Skip James
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Skip James sang and played guitar with a high, haunting falsetto and a minor-key style that made his music sound like it came from another world. "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" is one of the most chilling records ever cut.     ○○○
Today’s Record
U Got It Bad 2001

"Every time I close my eyes, I wake up feeling so horny."

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Jermaine Dupri sat in the studio and looped a single chord progression until it felt like regret. came out of that repetition -- a song about wanting someone so badly it embarrasses you to admit it. Usher sang it like he was confessing to a friend, not performing for the radio. That's why it hit.

Number one on the Hot 100 for six weeks. The sound of a man singing exactly what he felt, no armor, no second takes.

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