![]() R&B music is with emotions and your emotions sometimes show up in the music. Everything sounds great, everything is put together nicely, and it shouldn’t be that way. See, R&B to me is not perfect, and these kids like to make perfect records now. I think there is a place for these kids which is hip-hop and R&B. The younger kids are taking it to a different level that’s not too say our music is obsolete and it shouldn’t be heard. ![]() I think we as a people must evolve, and music must evolve. The Evolution of R&B Music:I’m not one of those people. I didn’t do it for awards, but I would love to have a Grammy. I’ll probably be one of those artists who was nominated 15 times and never won. Look, I am happy and I am proud that it happened for a body of work that I was involved in, but I would still like to have the Grammy for myself. I sang the song, that song didn’t sing me. It’s terrible because I deserve that Grammy, not the song. But they would give the song a Grammy, and not me!? (laughing). He’s on the board for the Grammys and so he sent me a post on my Facebook page, stating that we were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.īut my thought process was this…now I have to be honest with you about my reaction: they nominated The O’Jays about four or five times and we haven’t received any Grammys. I found out from Joseph Tarsia, who ran the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. You don’t know what they’re saying half of the time.īeing Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame: I was at home when I heard the news. I still think people like to play a song where people can say, “Baby, that’s our song.” Most of the songs that the younger artists are coming out with, people can’t really say that after listening. I like the new music that is out today, but I still think there is a marketplace of our kind of music. ![]() The self-titled single has an old school sound to it, and that was my goal. And that’s how I came up with the title for the album. I can never write a song that I couldn’t relate to I always have to put myself in that position. So this album touches on some of those things. You just think about what good women are talking when they are not with their man. Then you’ll come up with another song, “Say It Ain’t So,” or “You Don’t Want My Lovin,” because you ain’t feelin’ me at that time. She doesn’t like to gossip, but her friends gossip. She gets mad at me because I am send her through changes, like I always have to ask her “Do you really love me,” and then Raquel would tell me “I do.” And then I’ll come up with a song like “I Ain’t Going for That.” From Raquel’s relationship with her friends, I’ll come up with an idea or song about gossip. Solo Project ‘Did I Make You Go Ooh’, And How Your Wife Raquel Influenced It: Like I tell people all of the time, I use her for my road map to writing songs, so I make her play out the roles of each song. Check out our exclusive interview with the one and only Eddie Levert! spoke with the R&B icon about his project, Grammy Hall of Fame, his sons, the evolution of soul music and more. It is imperative for Eddie to continue to write and record songs for the grown and sexy. As a solo artist, he released his new record Did I Make You Go Ooh, which still demonstrates his ongoing mission to keep soul music alive. The book highlights the intimate bond Eddie had with his sons and their musical legacy as vocalists.Įddie is still touring all over the world with his band-mates. ![]() He co-wrote the book I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real about Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship with his late son Gerald Levert. Outside of singing and songwriting, Eddie is also an author. The O’Jays were also inducted into The Official R&B Hall of Fame back in 2013. The group’s 1973 single “For The Love of Money” was recently inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Some of the themes the trio touched on in their songs were love, loss, family, the highs and lows of friendship, and celebrating life. As co-founder of the legendary R&B group The O’Jays, Eddie and the group have released several classics over the past five decades that we all can still listen to in 2016. Singer, songwriter, and producer Eddie Levert, is known for his prominent, raspy voice and incredible dance moves. ![]()
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