Stevie Wonder

[The NZA]

Hondo's: how come we never talked about how awesome Stevie is? shoooooo.

 

wiki:

 

Wonder's success as a socially conscious musical performer influenced popular music. Some major musicians and other public figures who cite Wonder as an idol or a major influence on them are Stevie Ray Vaughan, India.Arie, Barack Obama, Blackstreet, Gloria Estefan, Musiq Soulchild, George Michael, The Neptunes, Luciano Pavarotti, Tupac Shakur, Will Smith, Coolio, Snoop Dogg, Kirk Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Babyface, Kelis, Donnell Jones, Jermaine Jackson, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross, N'Sync, Glenn Lewis, Dru Hill, Boyz 2 Men, Alicia Keys, Eric Hutchinson, Carrie Underwood, Elton John, John Legend, Prince, Anthony Kiedis (lead vocalist of Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Sting, Beyoncé Knowles, Aaliyah, Brandy, Justin Timberlake, Ashanti, Shogo Hamada, Jason Kay (lead vocalist of Jamiroquai), Utada Hikaru, Ken Hirai, Whitney Houston, Wang Leehom, Lenny Kravitz, Glenn Hughes and Erykah Badu.

 

here he is at 12. twelve years old.

 

 

 

por le kertins

 

 

fun MJ cover

 

 

(the following is likely playing on an easy listening station, somewhere, right now)

 

 

more to come. jax has a forthcoming offering of where stevie bit off of coolio...in the past.

[Iambaytor]

Jamie Foxx did an awesome job of playing Stevie Wonder in Ray!

[The NZA]

 

you know what you did, ryan. you know damn well.

[Reverend Jax]

I don't know how Stevie got away with ripping Coolio off so very completely with out at least calling it a "cover with a slight twist."

 

 

Also, great lyrics right here.

 

 

Also, the full album version of Living for the City, from the album Innervisions, on which he played virtually all the instruments.