Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”

“All mouth, no action.” “Talk is cheap.” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hear me.” Quotes like these are easy to say…..until you’re wounded by someone’s carelessly-spoken words. Sometimes it’s an ill-timed joke, other times a piercing verbal barb wrapped in the guise of “bless your heart.” And then there… Continue reading Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”

Bobby Brown’s “The Masterpiece,” The MOC Preview & ST Review Link (2012)

There’s a popular cliché that posits rats, cockroaches and Cher as the only three life forms capable of surviving an apocalypse, but if the last twenty years have been any indication, Bobby Brown needs to be added to the list. As mesmerizing as he is mercurial, the 43-year-old Boston native and Grammy-Award-winner and former teen… Continue reading Bobby Brown’s “The Masterpiece,” The MOC Preview & ST Review Link (2012)

Johnny Gill’s “Game Changer,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link

Easy on the eyes, honey to the ears and blessed with a vocal range that can go from the dance floor to a devotional, Johnny Gill has been an R&B mainstay now for three decades. Whether he’s crooned alongside Stacy Lattisaw, buttressed the adult era for New Edition or enriched the cool carnality of LSG,… Continue reading Johnny Gill’s “Game Changer,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link