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The O'Jays
Today’s Artist
The O'Jays 1958-
People all over the world,
join hands, start a love train.
Gamble and Huff wrote for them, but the O'Jays became the voice of Philly soul on their own. They sang about love, money, and struggle with harmonies so tight they sounded like one person singing in five-part harmony. They kept the same lead singer for 60 years. That kind of stability is almost unheard of in popular music. More on The O'Jays →
Who Did It Better
play Before I Let Go
Before I let you go, I want to tell you how I feel
You're the only one I love, I want you to know that it's for real
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly 1981
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
Beyonce 2019
Beyonce

Before I Let Go 0:30 draws a line in the sand. He has made up his mind to walk but first she needs to hear what she is losing. Not out of spite. Out of needing to be truthful before the door closes.

But there comes a moment when holding on costs more than letting go. He is not bitter. He is final. Before he walks out, she needs to hear the weight of what she let slip.

You tell us. →
Today’s Record
Fallin'
Sometimes I feel good
At times I feel used
Album art
Alicia Keys

He gives her pleasure and pain in the same sentence. Never loved anyone this way. Confused does not cover it. Just when she decides she is done, she falls right back in. Love that makes no sense is still love.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1980
The Manhattans
Shining Star
Ooh, yeah
Honey, you are my shining star
He found his shining star. Made him believe in love again. When everything felt dark she brought light. A star guides you home when lost. She helped him find his way when he was wandering alone and did not know where he was headed.
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Today’s Theme
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Soul in the Movies
Mean Streets 1973
Mean Streets

Scorsese opened Mean Streets with the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby' and established a rule he'd follow for fifty years: the right song at the right moment is more powerful than any score. Harvey Keitel walks into a bar bathed in red light, and Phil Spector's Wall of Sound walks with him.

Be my baby. Scorsese's camera already was.
The Sunday Drop
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
The O'Jays
Today’s Artist
The O'Jays1958 –
People all over the world, join hands, start a love train.
Gamble and Huff wrote for them, but the O'Jays became the voice of Philly soul on their own. They sang about love, money, and struggle with harmonies so tight they sounded like one person singing in five-part harmony. They kept the same lead singer for 60 years. That kind of stability is almost unheard of in popular music.
More on The O'Jays →
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Who Did It Better
play Before I Let Go 1981
Before I let you go, I want to tell you how I feel
You're the only one I love, I want you to know that it's for real
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Beyonce

Before I Let Go 0:30 draws a line in the sand. He has made up his mind to walk but first she needs to hear what she is losing. Not out of spite. Out of needing to be truthful before the door closes.

But there comes a moment when holding on costs more than letting go. He is not bitter. He is final. Before he walks out, she needs to hear the weight of what she let slip.

Compare and vote →
Today’s Record
Fallin' 2001
Sometimes I feel good
At times I feel used
He gives her pleasure and pain in the same sentence. Never loved anyone this way. Confused does not cover it. Just when she decides she is done, she falls right back in. Love that makes no sense is still love.
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Today’s Theme
Foreign Phunk
Funk without the American passport to prove it. British bassists who learned from Bootsy Collins. Japanese drummers who found the one. African guitarists who made James Brown a global conversation.
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Soul in the Movies
Mean Streets 1973
Scorsese opened Mean Streets with the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby' and established a rule he'd follow for fifty years: the right song at the right moment is more powerful than any score. Harvey Keitel walks into a bar bathed in red light, and Phil Spector's Wall of Sound walks with him. Be my baby. Scorsese's camera already was.
Why We're Here
Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.
At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Take your shoes off. We got music on.
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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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