I posted a playlist for one of my main characters in When Rain Falls last week. Of course, I wanted to share the type of music Detective Darnell Jackson would enjoy. Darnell was a bit of a bad boy when he was younger. He would have been heavy into hip hop. Later, he mellowed out. Some of his favorite singers are Luther Vandross and Maxwell. As a Christian, he has some favorites like the Canton Spirituals and Smokie Norful. I had fun with this playlist! Enjoy!
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I’m exploring and researching as I develop the characters in my second novel, When Memories Fade (March 2013). A few of the characters from When Rain Falls will return, one being Candace Johnson. I’m really excited about Candace’s role in this second novel as a mentor to the main character Angel Roberts.
Angel loves music and comes from a family of entertainers. While putting together a playlist of songs for her, I went back and put together a playlist for Candace. Candace likes powerful emotional singers like Yolanda Adams, Karen Clark Sheard, Martha Munizzi and CeCe Winans. She is a huge Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross fan. Enjoy some of Candace’s favorites below.
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I love listening Holy Hip Hop music. It has grown so much over the years. At such a time as this, I believe the music definitely reaches out to the generation who have grown-up knowing nothing else but the Hip Hop culture.
Trip Lee is one of the artist I’ve discovered through my iTunes searches last year. The Invasion (Hero) is a great track from his latest album Between Two Worlds.
Check out some of the Holy Hip Hop artists I follow on Twitter.
I’m working on the SistahFaith Blog Tour next week. I’ve really been blessed editing the video for the tour. Some of the contributors have videos out on the web and I was especially blessed by the voice of my writing buddy, Naima Johnston.
