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Essence spoke with the O'Jays about new music, new generation and most iconic record
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00:00He's the king of R&B.
00:02What's his name?
00:04Doc Who?
00:12Forever Mine
00:16I think
00:20the producers,
00:22the writers,
00:24that was their intent
00:26in the music to keep
00:28to stay true to the sound
00:30of the OJs.
00:32I know that I can't be the only one
00:34that wants to know
00:36If there's an order
00:38now, stand up
00:40stand up
00:42When we sung those early songs
00:44with Gambling Up, they used to put them
00:46at the peak of our vocals
00:48and they
00:50did the same thing here.
00:52So they wanted to hear the stress
00:54in our voice. Okay.
00:56That sounds reasonable
00:58but
01:00I don't think
01:02stretching my neck got it.
01:04She used to be
01:06my girl
01:08She used to be
01:10my girl
01:12I feel like if
01:14you get the two of us
01:16and we're splitting a song
01:18you're gonna get the OJ sound
01:20because that's who we are
01:22what we sound like.
01:24What I find, it's really a young
01:26people's game now.
01:28The people that they are catering to
01:30it's like this
01:32You don't agree with them?
01:34Well, some of them
01:36it's just weird
01:38Back when I came up
01:40we looked at that stuff
01:42and said, that's a lot of
01:44buffoonery, you know what I'm saying?
01:46And then some of it is
01:48Why would you wear your pants all the way down
01:50under your butt?
01:52Maybe I'm just old
01:54and that's probably what they'll say
01:56Eddie's old
01:58but I'm never gonna wear my
02:00Look, they need to buy some shoes like this
02:02If you're a new artist
02:12you really do have to establish
02:14who you are
02:16and what you're gonna be like
02:18when you do live
02:20and live is very important
02:22especially if you get a hit record
02:24then you have to come out
02:26and be as good as that hit record
02:28Love Train is a song that has
02:30stuck with us
02:32and really been the mainstay
02:34in our career for the longest
02:36People
02:38People have chosen that song
02:40Day one
02:42We can do that song
02:44four or five times in a row
02:46and they will react the same way
02:48We have done that song for 30 minutes
02:5230
02:54and they would dance all the way around
02:56the arena
02:58and back
03:00and then want more
03:08Actually, we've done it for 30 years
03:12and it still gets the same response
03:14It speaks of love
03:16The Bible speaks of love throughout
03:18and this speaks of love
03:20and it talks about all of the countries
03:22overseas as well as here
03:24and it's the right thing to say
03:28that is very helpful
03:30to be part of the country
03:32where there are countries
03:35While there are any injuries
03:36who would be the same
03:38as there as some other things
03:40that are in the nation
03:42the people that are forced in Ohio
03:44as soon as they feel
03:46They've done things
03:48even though one no
03:49a과�my theory
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