The Isley Brothers’ Baby Makin’ Music was their 30th album and they were still as excited about making music as they had always been. It was five years after Ron Isley was reinvented as Mr. Biggs on their 2001 Eternal album with the help of R. Kelly and they hadContinue Reading
The Isley Brothers are starting the Spring season with a new song just after an epic appearance Easter Sunday during their Verzuz battle with Earth, Wind & Fire. “Family And Friends” features Ron Isley and Snoop Dogg and the video has a bunch of cameos from Lisa Raye McCoy, SherriContinue Reading
Ernie Isley wrote “Fight The Power (Part 1 and 2)” in response to what he was seeing on the news. In 1975 America was dealing with the Watergate scandal and the ending of the Vietnam war. The message and strong funk grooves won over their fans and became one ofContinue Reading
[youtube id=”M-uqxiE_qYc”]The Isley Brothers were in their second decade when the Showdown album was released in 1978. They had moved away from their gospel and doo-wop-influenced style of the ’60s and invented their brand of smoothed out funk. “Groove With You” was a Quiet Storm radio essential and contributed toContinue Reading
