- Oh Lord!
Oh goodness!
Let's get 'er done
I'm joking (laughs)
- This is Ricky Dillard.
- I'm Melvin Crispell III
I'm Warryn Campbell, and you're watching,
"Who Ran That?"
♪ Who ran that ♪
- [Producer] So we are playing a game,
the game is called, "Who ran that?"
- I love it, I love it, I'm nervous (laughs)
- [Producer] And so basically I'm gonna play a little clip
of a gospel run, and you're gonna tell me
who ran that.
- All right then, there it is.
- I'm aware that my wife played his game last year
and I'm fairly certain
I'm not gonna do better than she did.
- [Producer] Ready?
- I am, I am , I am.
(ministering gospel music)
- That's Kierra Sheard.
(buzzer dinging)
- Okay, I know my Kiki now.
Yes sir, I know my Kierra Sheard.
- Man, I'm so proud of Kierra,
cause Kierra is so much not just her family's style,
but she created her own
lane in the family of the Clarks.
- So many people, will try to compare her
to her mom, which is one of the greatest,
the Karen Clark Sheard,
but she has a voice of her own
that just transcends like so many generations.
- She's a little bit of Kierra,
a little bit of Dorinda,
a little bit of Twinkie,
little bit of Jackie,
all of them in the one.
And she created this monster singer in her.
She's phenomenal.
(ministering gospel music)
- Goodness!
Wait a minute.
(ministering gospel music)
- That sounds like Karen Clark.
(buzzer dinging)
- Yeah (laughs).
See that voice is from my time.
- She is probably one of the most imitated singers
of all time.
I mean, you can go from hip hop to R&B down the line.
There's nobody who is not imitated
or tried to do some of the vocal acrobatics
that Karen has done.
She is the gold standard.
- Karen's voice I've seen shift to it's greatness
throughout time and she is
in her glory right now,
as a singer as also a legendary
soprano singer.
I don't know, it seems like in her older age,
her range got higher.
- She's come up with so many just unique vocal trends.
If that makes sense, like her echo,
she'd do something like (sings)
Nobody can do that but her, who else is gonna do that.
Nobody but Karen Clark Sheard.
(ministering gospel music)
Whoa, one more time.
(ministering gospel music)
(buzzer dinging)
Brandy, what!
Oh my God!
- It's funny cause people
are now calling Brandy the vocal Bible.
Which is apropos I think.
- For her to rise to the type of vocal respect
that she has gotten in the last 10 years.
- For so many years,
like I learned so much from Brandy.
Her tone, her vocal arrangements, like her,
just her finesse on things.
It makes you think about music in a whole different,
a whole different way.
- She dope, I can say about her, she is really dope.
(ministering gospel music)
- That can't be nobody else but Keke Wyatt.
- [Producer] Nope.
- What?
(ministering gospel music)
- Whitney Houston
- The way she approached different songs,
different genres.
Like going from I Love the Lord to,
♪ I wanna dance ♪
like that is and you can like effectively,
nail both of those, is incredible.
Whitney Houston literally can grab
every heart in a room.
- You cannot deny the greatness in the voice
and gifted talent of Whitney Houston.
- She was the closest thing,
in terms of not just voice,
but in terms of her stature as an artist,
her elegance she's the closest thing in the black community,
that we had to a Barbra Streisand.
(ministering gospel music)
- That's Marvin Sapp.
(buzzer dinging)
Yes sir!
- Ain't no dudes out here with that kinda range.
- He's always been one of those singers,
who when you think that he's plateaued
he has one more gear, every single time.
- He painted such a picture,
like not even just with that song,
but like in my childhood,
of just coming to a closer relationship with God,
incredible, incredible.
(ministering gospel music)
- Do it again.
(ministering gospel music)
- Do I really have to, do I really?
- Le'Andria Johnson.
(buzzer dinging)
Le'Andria Johnson's one of my favorite voices.
I mean, when I saw her come out on Sunday Best,
her first performance, I rose up out of bed,
because I could not believe what I was listening to
that had never been seen
or heard by the world before.
- She is so creative in whatever she does.
And she's so churchy.
- I don't think there's a singer
that's ever heard or anybody who's ever heard
Le'Andria who said, I don't like that singer, no.
She's one of these, I mean, she can do it all.
I mean, she literally can do it all.
- To have that kinda faith,
to walk into a studio with house shoes on,
and say I can sing.
And I got something to tell y'all,
I'm anointed and God called me,
let me sing for ya'.
(ministering gospel music)
Le'Andria again?
(ministering gospel music)
- Kinda sounds like Johnny Mac, to me.
(buzzer dinging)
- That's my guy, man.
Jonathan McReynolds.
Oh my God!
He's like, the black sheep
of the Jonas Brothers family.
Like literally.
- There's not been a male voice,
that I have loved other than Donny Hathaway.
Now there's Jonathan McReynolds
whom I love, I could sit and listen to him all day.
I can listen to his records all day,
his music all day and be satisfied.
- This guy, even he fools me to think I gotta wait
till he gets to the bottom notes,
to see if he's a guy cause he can sing so high.
I don't think I've ever heard Jonathan,
sing a bad note.
Like ever.
I think he's one of the most perfect singers,
that I've come across.
- His range, his gift of runs, his talent to run,
he hears it, he do it, he executes it with
intention and on purpose.
And when I get through with you,
you gonna be blessed.
That's Johnathan McReynolds.
♪ I will ♪
- Jonathan McReynolds
(buzzer dinging)
All day, every day, Jonathan McReynolds.
Try'na trick me, oh see okay (laughs)
- That's what I'm talking about.
Ain't too many brothers that
can sing like that.
♪ God ♪
Brian Courtney Wilson?
- I think I know who that is.
♪ God ♪
- Smokie Norful?
♪ God ♪
- Sounds like PJ
(buzzer dinging)
Anybody that knows me, like knows me
I am PJ Morton's biggest, biggest, biggest, biggest fan.
- He synthesizes gospel's soulfulness,
Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder and
puts it all in this, you know
down home New Orleans style package.
- PJ Morton I never knew PJ had that in him.
I'd already seen him play,
but then all of a sudden he just blossomed
as came out singing more.
We used to have D'Angelo,
now we got PJ Morton.
That's all I can say.
- His melodies; the way he passes lyrics
into how he moves throughout the song
like on many occasions like
it is so incredible.
It's unexplainable.
(ministering gospel music)
- That was a cute run (singing)
One more time.
(ministering gospel music)
- There's a miracle in this room.
(buzzer dinging)
Tasha Cobbs, Tasha Cobbs, Tasha Cobbs, Tasha Cobbs.
Oh my goodness.
- Tasha Cobbs, she's like a airplane.
- She can shake an entire atmosphere.
Like nothing.
- I think her element to
create this praise and worship moment
and inject her style,
has made her a real signature in gospel.
- Whatever she puts her mind to do in a song,
It's accomplished.
Her range, out of this world.
I love Tasha Cobbs, so much.
(ministering gospel music)
- Play it one more time.
(ministering gospel music)
- Man
(ministering gospel music)
- I don't know...
(buzzer dinging)
- Jonathan Butler?
Oh my goodness.
- Jonathan's a beast - he's a guitar player and singer.
Not just gifted but you can tell
he worked at his craft to perfection.
You know what I mean?
- He has a very peaceful, you know,
very peaceful vibe
but he's still giving you that message.
- His voice, he reminds me of Donnie a lot.
Donnie Hathaway that is.
It comes from a very hearty place.
And when he's sings whatever word or words,
they sit on your heart,
and they kinda break your heart down
just from the tone of his voice.
(exciting upbeat music)
- Gospel music is the lifeblood to all music in my opinion.
Without gospel music, you don't have rock n roll,
without gospel music, you don't have blues.
Gospel music is basically the thread
that ties all music together. It may not be the most popular
in terms of numbers but I guarantee you,
that gospel music has changed the most lives.
- Make sure you tune into season 10 of "Sunday Best"-
- Sunday, July 5th.
- Get it here.
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