Season 1 · Episode 36 · Dec 18, 2019 · 37 min
Mary J. Blige
“My Life”
vs. Roy Ayers Ubiquity "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
Originally titled “Everybody Loves My Life”
From the Riffs archive First aired Dec 18, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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Roy Ayers Jr. has been called the Godfather of Neo Soul, and his Roy Ayers Ubiquity project was aptly named, as the track Everybody Loves the Sunshine has been a ubiquitous sample in hip hop history. Joe and Toby connect the dots to Mary J. Blige’s second album and its title track, My Life.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.