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She recounts, 'I finally left Def Jam in 1994 and a lot of people didn't believe I was really free from the label. Fortunately, her singing and acting talents sustained her as a result of constant touring with different gospel musical plays but a chance at making a brand new record eluded her until about a year or so ago. For a while, Def Jam actually made some great R&B records with folks like the afore-mentioned Oran â€˜Juice' Jones and Tashan, both of whom cut duets with Alyson and even ventured into old school territory with Blue Magic.īut we digress: the point is, that with rap and hip-hop dominating, many artists like Alyson found themselves without a record deal by the mid-â€˜90s. Her debut set for the label, 1989's 'Raw' did amazingly well at a time when rap and hip-hop were truly taking over the black music charts and as anyone in the know will tell you, label founder Russell Simmons was Alyson's prime champion, touting her soulful vocal talents to all who would listen. The native New Yorker hasn't had a new album on the market since 1991's self-titled set, her second of two she cut for Def Jam. In such an environment, it takes a lot of perseverance to hang tough and even more willpower to bring out a new record when radio play is at a premium and the opportunities for major label exposure for anyone over the age of thirty are virtually non existent.Īll of which leads us to Ms. As for old school proponents, we're still waiting for new product from Angela Winbush, Ashford & Simpson, Evelyn Champagne King and The Whispers along with a host of groups like Midnight Star, R.J.'s Latest Arrival, One Way and Cameo who all seem to be in varying degrees of existence. Simply put, there's a whole plethora of artists who haven't had records out in years - think Adriana Evans, Tashan, L.V., Lalah Hathaway or Oran â€˜Juice' Jones. Check back over the past five years or so and if you have even a passing interest in real soul music - the kind that has been the very fabric of black music for decades - and you'd have to agree that â€˜rough times, they are here,' as Angela Bofill, one of the very proponents of the kind of music we're talking about, once said.

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