and hitting like that speaks volumes. lot of these turkeys act like they know something about music, they play music listners on tv and like they can talk the talk and walk the walk, but alot of them can't.

Lionel B.Richie wrote standards which crossed a whole lot of line of people. the only other artist who could pull this off would be Ray Charles.

meaning his material fit right with country, however also R&B and Pop.

and just read about Lionel talking about his crib and on the first floor he has Slav shackles in every room on the first floor as a reminder of his people and where he came from. alot of folks don't know how deep Lionel. B.Richie is.

on the musical tip you can't front it and the brother got it like that.