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Can I Get A Witness Ray Charles turned gospel into soul, but the divide between the devil's music and the Lord's legacy still has to be navigated by today's artists, as Say It Loud! investigates religion's role in black music.
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  Bobby Womack
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The Poet remembers how Sam Cooke changed gospel forever by driving the women wild.
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Al Green
The Southern soulman discusses how he's put the religion into R&B.
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Essential Music

Spirituality first gave African-Americans a vehicle to express their suffering, and it's informed the music ever since. Check out VH1.com's pick of those recordings that touch the soul.

-John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
-Al Green - "Take Me to the River"
-Lauryn Hill - "Everything Is Everything"
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