“So many people like my music …and Hip-Hop has embraced me,” said legendary front man for the Gap Band, Charlie Wilson, when asked about the major Urban/Hip-Hop influence on his new CD project, “Uncle Charlie,” on Jive Records.

Charlie Wilson is also known as “Uncle Charlie” in the Hip-Hop world thanks to his God-son Snoop Dogg.

“(Uncle Charlie) Came from Snoop Dogg,” Wilson said. “So the reason why Hip-Hop calls me Uncle Charlie is because they respect me.”

Charlie, who is recovering from successful prostate cancer treatment, deserves a lot of respect for this CD recording because it is proof that age is just a number. It proves that no matter what your age is you can still be on top of what’s happening right now. Charlie Wilson does that on the album.

The single off the “Uncle Charlie” CD is “There goes my Baby” co-written by Babyface and Calvin Richardson. There is also one of my favorites, “Shawty come back,” which has an “Urban” R&B flavor, what R&B is today.

“Let it Out,” featuring Snoop Dogg is a handclapping dance number where Snoop free-styles. According to Wilson when he was letting Snoop listen to the song his God-son starting rapping and Charlie decided to keep it in.

“We recorded songs for every genre,” Charlie points out.

There is the song “Musta Heard” which has a European feel to it with its India influence track blended with Urban R&B/Hip-Hop vocals resulting in a very hot project, another one of my favorites. Then there is the sweet “Love, Love, Love” with its Urban R&B rhythm that makes you want to fall in “love.”

On “Thinkin’ of You” you get a throw-back from the “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” days with a twist of Contemporary R&B; “What You Do to Me,” another sweet love song, is another favorite of mine, along with, “Super Sexxy,” featuring T-Pain and Jamie Foxx., a hot collaboration piece that “has to be” included as a future single. Some other producers on the “Uncle Charlie” release are the Underdogs (“No Air,” Chris Brown) and Gregg Pagani (LeAnn Rimes).

For more on Wilson or to heard what’s on the album visit his MySpace at www.myspace.com/charliewilson