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GAP BAND IV: A POST-SOUL CLASSIC DROPS DURING THE DAWN OF THE GREAT BLACK POP TAKEOVER

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                                                                    "One nation under a groove/nothing can stop us now"                                       ----Funkadelic (1978) Charlie Wilson is R&B’s ultimate ironman. One year shy of 70, he’s still bobbing and weaving between post-modern R&B and adult contemporary weight classes selling out arenas on The Culture Tour with New Edition and Jodeci. Wilson's latest  single Ain’t No Stoppin  Us featuring Ki-Ci, Babyface, and Johnny Gill----arrived last month.  Less you think that Wilson's  string of 13 #1 adult contemporary R&B hits (from 2000 to 2018) and numerous Grammy nominations  were built on his Snoop Dogg/R. Kelly...