Brandon Ousley
@brandonousley
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Music enthusiast. Writer. Creator. Student. Bylines (so far): @discogs, @bandcamp, and others. Inquiries/contact: [email protected]
Chicago, Illinois
Joined January 2011
My second for @discogs, I wrote on ten (in a perfect world, I wish it was 50) essential albums that sparked a smooth, romantic R&B movement during the mid-to-late '70s into the '90s. This is for those, like myself, who grew up on late-night R&B radio.
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@blkgoldofthesun Her rangy voice is a force of nature for sure. She can turn the most mundane or ordinary songs into something valuable.
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Ledisi deserves more flowers. One of the most versatile singers and catalogs in modern R&B/soul.
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Man, forget a documentary. Bring on the super deluxe edition of Around the World in a Day.
Now that the Netflix Prince doc is done, I think we should highly consider bringing @questlove on as director. Award winning documentarian that has seen the original 9-hour doc and can bring over the bits that he knows Prince fans would want to see.
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15 years already? "The Moon and the Sky" and "Skin."
15 years ago today, Sade released their album "Soldier of Love." What are 2⃣ of your favorite songs?
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@nostrabombus @Slangdini I remember how everyone was shocked when Leif Garrett's Behind the Music episode first aired.
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@curtisalvin Yes. Those reruns of The Midnight Special were straight education. Also, VH1 had the documentary game on lock before its programming totally nosedived into the reality television genre.
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@JayReddy Wow. That's a lot. But I'm not surprised. The international prices for vinyl records are beyond outrageous.
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@JoELmusicmuse Right. These large-scale shows just don't complement her voice well as of recent. But overall, we just should be happy that she's still with us. Her longevity and the strength of her catalog alone justify her place in the music game.
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@itsbluesatch @RocxJets Yes, I added those two in my response to the original tweet. The criminally underrated Where I'm Coming From and Hotter Than July are inevitably the true bookends of Stevie Wonder's classic period.
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@itsbluesatch @RocxJets I hope you don't put Characters and Conversation Peace in the same class with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life.
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@5bladez Plus, it's widely acknowledged that Hotter than July is the true follow-up to Songs in the Key of Life, not Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants.
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