DEBATE: WAS THERE A "NEO SOUL" HEADQUARTERS??? MUSIQ SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT
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Always assumed it was Philly. Also
Always assumed Philly being the neo-soul capital was an unspoken thing amongst fact amongst black people
Always assumed Philly being the neo-soul capital was an unspoken thing amongst fact amongst black people
Philly took the whole soul genre from Detroit since the 70s & ran with the crown….crazy how the most violent places in America are known for some of the greatest love making songs of the last few generations lol
EastsideRio
You Can’t Stop The Rain ☔️
Dilla’s House on Conant and Nevada? 
EastsideRio
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Philly had the Roots, Bilal, Flowetry, and Jill Scott. Detroit got Dilla, Slum Village, Elzhi, Dwele, Kem, Amp Fiddler, Foregin Exchange, Black Milk, Binary Star, Kareem Riggins, etc
Good Matchup
Jean Jacket
NOPE
Philly, then Chicago, then NYC.
African Peasant
Veteran
What about Detroit?
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
That Dilla book expands on it. Jay worked with DJ Jazzy Jeff for a minute and that had a huge influence on all the musicians coming out if Touch of Jazz studios like Musiq and Jill Scott. That movement was Jay Dee's baby
zayk35
Superstar
The Philadelphia sound has always been top notch from then to now
Jean Jacket
NOPE
Facts.
Amo Husserl
Superstar
@Complexion peep the OP.
Always felt like a Black Mecca link up: Chicago, Detroit, Philly, NY.
No coincidence those cities was deep in black history. The south definitely had some influence.
I don't recall the West being part of neo-soul. The neo-soul movement grew up on the music Musiq talking about.
No surprise... hindsight, it was a cultural hook up for a generation that grew up in Black Meccas with the soundtrack of the CRM and Black Power.
Always felt like a Black Mecca link up: Chicago, Detroit, Philly, NY.
No coincidence those cities was deep in black history. The south definitely had some influence.
I don't recall the West being part of neo-soul. The neo-soul movement grew up on the music Musiq talking about.
No surprise... hindsight, it was a cultural hook up for a generation that grew up in Black Meccas with the soundtrack of the CRM and Black Power.
Not taking anything away from your argument, but if we're referring to the same Foreign Exchange, that's Phonte from Durham NC and Nicolay from the Netherlands. They linked up via Okayplayer back in the day. Right around the same time I got into college and stumbled upon
