ABOUT THIS ITEM

D’Angelo and Barry White or Erykah Badu and Gil Scott-Heron are our split  cover stars for issue 42. In-depth features on Barry White, D’Angelo, Gil Scott-Heron, Erykah Badu, how Melvin Bliss’ "Synthetic Substitution" helped pattern the sound of hip-hop, songwriter Ernie Hines, wah-wah pedal inventor Del Casher and the innovative guitarists who pioneered its use, Bilal, The Bamboos, Curtis Mayfield, and a whole lot more.