Verzuz has been bringing out the R&B legends to the fore, and last night, Carl Thomas and Case went song-for-song. For a younger audience, it was a means of introducing their catalog to a new generation, which meant that they revisited massive records that defined a generation, as Case mentioned to Complex.
Held at Apple Music Studios in Los Angeles, Carl Thomas and Case delivered unforgettable performances while bringing in a handful of special guests. Case brought out RL to perform his 1999 collaboration, “The Best Man I Can Be.” Meanwhile, Carl Thomas brought one of the Bay Area’s finest to pay homage to a New York legend. Too Short popped up on stage to perform “The World Is Filled,” a collaboration alongside Diddy that appeared on Life After Death–an album that’s been at the center of debates recently, thanks to Jadakiss’ son, Jaewon.
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Carl Thomas also dropped some gems on the crowd during his performance, explaining the sacrifices and struggles that many artists go through behind closed doors.
“What you don't understand is that everybody that you've seen accomplish anything pays two prices,” Thomas said. “There's going to be a public price. Everybody's going to see. And then there's going to be that private price. When nobody sees you on your knees in your closet. Asking God to do it for you. Like he did it for them.”
Meanwhile, Case closed out the evening with a heavy hitter, “Missing You” from his 2001 album, Open Letter. That song in particular had the crowd in a stronghold and proved that both his catalog and Carl Thomas’s are timeless.
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