Unsung (2008)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United States

Length

16 seasons, 189 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the stories of R&B and hip-hop artists who had a string of hits but then faced a crisis that made them forgotten by later listeners. Each episode focuses on one artist or group and explains what happened to derail their career.

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What happens

Unsung is an hour-long music documentary program that airs on TV One which premiered on November 27, 2008. It uncovers the stories behind well-known R&B and hip-hop music artists, bands, or groups which were ranked on the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis that caused them to be essentially unappreciated by later generations of contemporary R&B and soul music listeners. The series is produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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