CP’s top 10 entertainment articles of 2018

1. David and Tamela Mann release R&B album offering Christian couples clean music to ‘make love’ to

Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and actress Tamela Mann teamed up with her husband, NAACP Image Award-winning actor and comedian David Mann, to release an album for believers who want to enjoy intimacy without tasteless lyrics.

Titled "Us Against the World," the album is a departure from Tamela’s staple gospel sound and celebrates their 30-year union using R&B grooves.

“It’s about music to make love, not to have sex,” David told CP in December. “This album was one that we wanted to give to our people because when you're having those intimate moments, you know we listening to something.”

He joked that people are probably listening to “R-Kelly or Ron Isley” when trying to get romantic. However, their music is coming from a different place. “You know what we represent, or who we represent. You know that our love for each other is 30 years strong and growing. So we wanted to make music that people can have those intimate moments with and not listen and be like, 'girl, let me slap you, bump you, pop you.' All of that stuff."

The album is based on the couple’s new memoir, Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family. The couple just finished touring for the record.

For more information on the book or the album, visit the website.