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Beyonce
Today’s Artist
Beyonce 1981-
Got me looking so crazy right now,
your love's got me crazy.
Beyonce's father quit his job when she was a girl to manage her career. She slept in the car between shows in Houston. That girl became the most nominated artist in Grammy history. Her voice never forgot where it started in church, in competition, at the front of Destiny's Child. Everything after was paying that foundation forward. More on Beyonce →
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Who Did It Better
play Hit the Road Jack
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more
Ray Charles 1961
Ray Charles
Gladys Knight 1972
Gladys Knight

Hit the Road Jack 0:30 is a woman who has had enough telling him where to go. A breakup delivered as a command with no negotiation. She is done and his presence is no longer welcome.

The repetition of no more is a door slamming until he gets the message. No second chances. No maybe later. The road is waiting and he needs to be on it.

Today’s Record
Lately
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Album art
Jodeci

He wants her lately. The longing hits hardest at night. Lately is about patience wearing thin. He has been waiting. She knows it. The question is whether she will finally come around or leave him hoping for nothing real to hold onto.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 2008
Cameo
Word Up
Yo pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you
A command for respect delivered with funky authority. The bassline locks into an unstoppable groove. Language bends to make everyone pay attention and listen. Communication demands far more than just hearing sounds. Funk becomes a vehicle for demanding proper recognition and respect.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Rev. James Cleveland founded the Gospel Music Workshop of America in 1967. His gravelly voice and piano arrangements defined gospel for decades.
Soul in the Movies
Lean on Me 1989
Lean on Me Morgan Freeman's Joe Clark made 'Lean on Me' the anthem of Eastside High -- a song about community, delivered by Bill Withers with the steady certainty of a man who'd been carrying people his whole life. Lean on me when you're not strong. The film is about a principal who demanded community from students who'd never been asked before. Lean on me. The school did.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

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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.
Beyonce
Today’s Artist
Beyonce1981 –
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's got me crazy.
Beyonce's father quit his job when she was a girl to manage her career. She slept in the car between shows in Houston. That girl became the most nominated artist in Grammy history. Her voice never forgot where it started in church, in competition, at the front of Destiny's Child. Everything after was paying that foundation forward.
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Who Did It Better
play Hit the Road Jack 1961
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more
Ray Charles Gladys Knight

Hit the Road Jack 0:30 is a woman who has had enough telling him where to go. A breakup delivered as a command with no negotiation. She is done and his presence is no longer welcome.

The repetition of no more is a door slamming until he gets the message. No second chances. No maybe later. The road is waiting and he needs to be on it.

Today’s Record
Lately 1993
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
He wants her lately. The longing hits hardest at night. Lately is about patience wearing thin. He has been waiting. She knows it. The question is whether she will finally come around or leave him hoping for nothing real to hold onto.
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Today’s Theme
Foreign Phunk
Funk without the American passport. British bassplayers who learned from Bootsy and took it somewher......
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Soul in the Movies
Morgan Freeman's Joe Clark made 'Lean on Me' the anthem of Eastside High -- a song about community, delivered by Bill Withers with the steady certainty of a man who'd been carrying people his whole life. Lean on me when you're not strong. The film is about a principal who demanded community from students who'd never been asked before. Lean on me. The school did.
You’re Kidding, Right
Rev. James Cleveland founded the Gospel Music Workshop of America in 1967. His gravelly voice and piano arrangements defined gospel for decades.
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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