SWV’s ‘Release Some Tension’ Became An Underrated Classic During The Golden Age Of R&B

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On August 11, 1997, Cheryl “Coko” Gamble, Tamara “Taj” Johnson and Leanne “Lelee” Lyons – collectively known as SWV – unveiled Release Some Tension. Nowadays, the word “classic” is used much too loosely, and should only be designated for art either bordering, or landing, on the line of perfection. What these women did with their third studio

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