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Usher
Today’s Artist
Usher 1978-
Yeah! Shorty got down
to say she gave me the eye**FIXXXXX**
Usher was 14 when L.A. Reid signed him to LaFace Records. He went from child star to the king of 2000s R&B, selling over 80 million records worldwide. Confessions sold 20 million copies and remains one of the best-selling R&B albums of all time. He taught a generation of men how to dance and how to apologize in song. More on Usher →
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Who Did It Better
play After the Love Has Gone
Now that the love has gone, what's left of us?
Just a memory of what we used to be
Earth Wind & Fire 1979
Earth Wind & Fire
Whitney Houston 1996
Whitney Houston

After the Love Has Gone 0:30 stares at the hollow space where something beautiful used to live. Two people who once burned bright wake up next to strangers they once chose. Nobody knows when the fire died. Love does not announce its leaving.

The hardest question is not where the love went but what you do with the empty space. How do you fill a room that still has her furniture in it?

Today’s Record
Let's Wait Awhile
There's something I want to tell you
There's something I think that you should know
Album art

A gentle plea for patience in young love. The speaker values emotional intimacy over physical urgency. She asks her partner to slow down and savor the deep connection forming. True love does not rush. It builds lasting trust over time.

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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
The New Mastersounds started as a house band in a Leeds nightclub called The Cooker. Eddie Roberts needed a band between DJ sets. That band became a premier British funk export. They were just the filler between DJs. Now they headline worldwide. The between-sets band became the main event.
Soul in the Movies
Charlie's Angels McG's Charlie's Angels is a candy-colored action film from 2000, and Destiny's Child's 'Independent Women Part I' opens it with the declaration that the shoes on my feet, I bought 'em. The song spent eleven weeks at number one. The film knows exactly what it's borrowing from. Independent women. The Angels already were.
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.

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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).

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We are a music discovery project.
Usher
Today’s Artist
Usher1978 –
Yeah! Shorty got down to say she gave me the eye**FIXXXXX**
Usher was 14 when L.A. Reid signed him to LaFace Records. He went from child star to the king of 2000s R&B, selling over 80 million records worldwide. Confessions sold 20 million copies and remains one of the best-selling R&B albums of all time. He taught a generation of men how to dance and how to apologize in song.
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Who Did It Better
play After the Love Has Gone 1979
Now that the love has gone, what's left of us?
Just a memory of what we used to be
Earth Wind & Fire Whitney Houston

After the Love Has Gone 0:30 stares at the hollow space where something beautiful used to live. Two people who once burned bright wake up next to strangers they once chose. Nobody knows when the fire died. Love does not announce its leaving.

The hardest question is not where the love went but what you do with the empty space. How do you fill a room that still has her furniture in it?

Today’s Record
Let's Wait Awhile 1987
There's something I want to tell you
There's something I think that you should know
A gentle plea for patience in young love. The speaker values emotional intimacy over physical urgency. She asks her partner to slow down and savor the deep connection forming. True love does not rush. It builds lasting trust over time.
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Today’s Theme
E. Mojo
E. Mojo -- the hybrid zone where P-Funk's mothership collides with Kraftwerk's computer world and th......
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Soul in the Movies
McG's Charlie's Angels is a candy-colored action film from 2000, and Destiny's Child's 'Independent Women Part I' opens it with the declaration that the shoes on my feet, I bought 'em. The song spent eleven weeks at number one. The film knows exactly what it's borrowing from. Independent women. The Angels already were.
You’re Kidding, Right
The New Mastersounds started as a house band in a Leeds nightclub called The Cooker. Eddie Roberts needed a band between DJ sets. That band became a premier British funk export. They were just the filler between DJs. Now they headline worldwide. The between-sets band became the main event.
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.

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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