Photo by By David Burke (cropped) (Wikipedia / CC BY 2.0). Redding and his band were used to playing for Black audiences in southern segregated venues—complete with colored water fountains—so performing for all-white English audiences in non-racist environments permanently changed his vision of who could appreciate him. 13 years after Houston's AstroWorld theme park closed, Scott opened his Astroworld Festival across the street from the original AstroWorld, thereby inventing "nostalgia trolling". With Girls Against God, avant-garde musician Jenny Hval gives us a semi-autobiographical text that, like the metalhead teen she describes, won't abide by any rules. The ongoing 30-year rollercoaster that is their career is ultimately a survival tale. Plus there's rare footage of a Biz Markie and Roxanne Shanté club performance from 1986! Fandom, powered by nostalgia, is gigantic, uncloseted and, unfortunately, argumentative. Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott are the most critically-lauded and top-selling female rappers in history, yet neither one has recorded a studio album in over 14 years. Ten years later and how hard is it for a female MC? Image: screengrab from official trailer for Betty: They Say I'm Different. The New Orleans-born Jackson brought a-rockin' nightclub energy to her gospel tunes with a commanding voice that could decimate sadness. He'd rather be anarchic than archaic. If chitlins and durian made sweet sweet love, their fragrant offspring wouldn't be half as funky as Betty Davis. Traditional choir arrangements divide specific song sections between men and women, with the expectation that each gender has a general vocal timbre. Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers called him "an amazing musician". When I was a kid every Black barbershop I went to had Teddy Pendergrass on the jukebox. Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? Founding CEO Berry Gordy modeled Motown upon the factory production processes of his hometown automobile companies, complete with a Quality Assurance department, and created one of the most successful labels of the 1960s with 20 #1 Billboard singles. Better Person's Something to Lose is mainly FM electropop through its straightforward presentation of mostly unadorned synths and pre-programmed tones. The compelling Betty: They Say I'm Different represents the closest she's come to breaking her silence in 35 years. Atlanta’s Organized Noize is a pioneering production crew who expanded the palette of hiphop with tasty live instruments and funk melodies laid back like a Southern drawl. Each group member picked a classic song and was bandleader for a day, resulting in a record that reveals Lambchop's core influences in striking new light. Pride's dream. Nowadays, that growth might be the result of YouTube lessons and consistent practice, but in 1938 most people believed Johnson went down to the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil to improve his musicianship. Osborne chronicles what she sees and challenges listeners to take action. She's the Queen of Soul to me," says Little Richard. on Netflix. Mayfield's Curtis (Curtom, 1970) was the first R&B concept album to tackle social consciousness, beating Marvin Gaye's What's Going On by a year. But like Carey herself "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is upfront and corny about its love of Christmas, and against all odds her joyous Phil Spector pastiche became the biggest Christmas hit in three generations, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" eventually became number #1 on Billboard's "Hot 100" a mere 25 years after its initial release. And you had to go for it," says Marty Stuart. Like a reverse autopsy, Mariah Carey's perennial "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is disassembled in this video to reveal how it came to life. WATCH as he absorbs the energy of 10,000 albums at Watch Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly on Netflix. PopMatters have been informed by our current technology provider that we have until December to move off their service. Amy Winehouse - "Cherry Wine" (video) - PopMatters ›, Nas: Life Is Good (take one) - PopMatters ›, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes: To Be True (Expanded Edition ... ›, Various Artists: Total Soul Classics - PopMatters ›, Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy! His Prince-like level of creative control allowed him to compose 50 hit singles, which is near Lennon-McCartney levels of prolificness, albeit without a songwriting partner to share the load. BOOM! Watch My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women and Hip Hop on YouTube. This career overview from her gospel roots to R&B greatness makes the case that Rolling Stone had a point. Prince was a notorious control freak, yet he was so overtaken with soul singer Sharon Jones’s groove that one day he paused his control-freakness just so he could sneak onto her stage and play guitar. If you're a hip-hop fan it's a documentary. She'd shout, sweat, flop her hair, clap on the backbeat and make the most joyful noise possible for her Lord, despite continuous commentary that her voice was "undignified". 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"I'd never heard a sense of humor quite like that before that was so full-on with [a] deliciously degenerate attitude towards the world," says Jello Biafra, ex-singer of Dead Kennedys. With Confetti, Little Mix have captured the best of both worlds: the beloved dance-pop that made them famous with newfound creative freedom and power. Now 26 years after their debut fans are still tattooing the Wu-Tang logo upon themselves in their honor. James Brown thought his album Live at the Apollo (King, 1963) was the catapult to his superstardom. "A voice like hers comes along once in a millennium," says Rev. As AFROPUNK is now a movement with international music festivals, I say it’s succeeded. Sculpted from unseen late ’60s German television documentary footage, Monk’s idiosyncrasies as a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader are on full display. We're adding a Black music documentary to this list each day of Black History Month 2020 -- that's 29 days this leap year. Overseen by rapper/producer/clan-master RZA, their grim and grimy "Protect Ya Neck" slashed open a ragged portal into the mainstream, one where prankster Ol' Dirty Bastard can croon with chanteuse Mariah Carey, suave Method Man can host a reality competition show, and brainy GZA can give a TEDTalk on science literacy. Since Sammy was the best in entertainment (singing, dancing, acting) he wanted to have the privileges that come with it (like dating white women, or not entering a Las Vegas nightclub through the back door). Occult on the dance floor tends to trigger the old folks. For far too long Teddy Pendergrass's most prominent headline was a variant of "Soul Singer Paralyzed in Car Crash with Transsexual", which salaciously reduced him to a rock star casualty. During Blue Note's zenith, they released groundbreaking albums such as John Coltrane's Blue Train (1958), Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch! And hey, there's Jamie Foxx! That stage-burning performance led to the cream of British music acts—The Fixx, Heaven 17, and Dire Straits, among others— contributing material to her 20-million selling Private Dancer album released by Capitol records in 1984. Since 1934, this 1,500-seat Harlem stage has showcased nearly every significant Black musical act in jazz (Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday), soul (Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder), gospel (Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers), hip-hop (Run-DMC, Doug E. Fresh) and rock (Prince, Parliament-Funkadelic), plus nearly every vital Black artist in comedy, dance, and spoken word. Watch Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? You had to want to get there. We're not finding a trailer for this doc., so we thought we'd share this with you to whet your appetite. Watch Grandmaster Caz concoct in real time sixteen brilliant bars about the art of rhyme. "Even though he can play like other people, there are other people that can't play like him," says Sly and The Family Stone bassist Larry Graham. If those two icons can't find a creative and mental support system within the ocean of machismo that is the record industry, imagine how toxic it is for other female MCs. This list is ordered by layering unknown artists around bigger names while mixing up the genre. Watch Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes on Starz. I Am Mariah: The Elusive Chanteuse - PopMatters ›, Rebirth in the Tremé: New Orleans Ascendent - PopMatters ›, Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body - PopMatters ›, Counterbalance No. For Black History Month 2020, we are showcasing films and videos featuring Black American artists. Watch Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield, where he talks with writer Carly Phillips, on YouTube.

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