News: the Carman and Kirk Franklin 'Glory B' duet that never released
From the news desk: producer Mike Davis paired Carman and Kirk Franklin for an 'Ebony and Ivory'-style duet that instead became an unreleased underground oddity called 'Glory B' — mostly silence, random hallelujahs, and Carman rapping while Franklin answers 'praise the Lord.' The hosts joke they could pull it off themselves, riffing Jesus phrases over dead air.
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