I heard this on Black radio for DECADES before finding this out on the internet. It wasn't like seeing Teena Marie on Soul Train in the 80s or finally hearing a song by Boz Skaggs that isn't Lowdown, this capsule had a mad time release on it.
It almost sounded like a conspiracy for a sec, but I checked around, and no, not all his albums had silhouette art.
He did create the iconic cover for "What You Won't Do for Love" in order to find success on black radio, but that was due to the label thinking his image wouldn't sell the record.
The article goes more into detail than I could with 10 minutes of Google-fu, but it's quite remarkable considering that the black R&B audience has accepted him overwhelmingly.
The prejudices that existed back then really did necessitate a white lie to help get him and his act over.
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Man felt like he couldnt trust anything after that
He did create the iconic cover for "What You Won't Do for Love" in order to find success on black radio, but that was due to the label thinking his image wouldn't sell the record.
The prejudices that existed back then really did necessitate a white lie to help get him and his act over.