Soul Train
Next/ MC Lyte featuring Gina Thompson/ Sparkle
TV Flash files “Next/ MC Lyte featuring Gina Thompson/ Sparkle” as hour 913 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 28, episode 8, aired 1998-11-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E08: listed hour 913 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 9 of 33 in season 28. It aired 1998-11-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tamia/ Link/ Pee Wee's Mag 7” (S28E07). Next is “Jermaine Dupri featuring Slick Rick/ Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz/ Nicole Renee” (S28E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Next/ MC Lyte featuring Gina Thompson/ Sparkle sit in the Soul Train guide?
S28E08 is listed hour 913 of 1134 — hour 9 of 33 in season 28, season 28 episode 8.
When did Soul Train S28E08 air?
Next/ MC Lyte featuring Gina Thompson/ Sparkle aired 1998-11-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
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- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…
Also in season 28
- S28E00 The 4th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
- S28E01 Nate Dogg featuring Warren G/ Montell Jordan/ TQ
- S28E02 Kenny Lattimore/ Monifah/ Nicole
- S28E03 Regina Belle/ Jesse Powell/ Tatyana Ali
- S28E04 Deborah Cox/ Tyrese/ Voices of Theory
- S28E05 Shaquille O'Neal f/ Peter Gunz/ Kelly Price w/ Ron Isley & R. Kelly/ Levi Little