Angela Johnson

Called "the First Lady of Purpose Music Group," songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Angela Johnson was a member of Cooly's Hot Box, a New York band active from the mid-'90s through the mid-2000s. Frequently categorized as acid jazz, the band scored a handful of club hits and released three albums, including a pair of full-lengths for the U.K.'s well-regarded Dome label. The 2002 album They Don't Know established her remarkable catalog of mature solo R&B for Purpose (and for Dome in the U.K.). It was followed by 2005's Got to Let It Go, 2008's A Woman's Touc...