I recall Jada Pinkett-Smith saying in a Vibe article some time ago, “For black audiences, I think it’s important that we start expanding ourselves.” She continues, “You know, black people say, ‘Oh, rock ‘n’ roll is our music.’ Yeah, but you don’t listen to it. Why’s that? Sometimes I feel like we’re our own worst enemy, because we limit ourselves more than anybody.”
Do you agree that black audiences limit their musical tastes? Listen to this week’s Sunday Share and let me know what you think.
Listen*: Sowing Season (Yeah)
Artist: Brand New
Album: The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Brand New’s major-label debut, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me,
includes dark drama with shadowy, shimmery textures, agonized choruses
and Jesse Lacey yowling away, dropping ponderous poetry like a guy with
his heart on his sleeve and a few philosophy books on his shelf.
- Christian Hoard
Listen*: Xerxes
Artist: Deftones
Album: Saturday Night Wrist
The artiest of new-metal bands, the Deftones present, Saturday Night Wrist,
which is slightly cleaned-up but dark as they have ever gotten. With
sludgy stoner-rock bumping against prog-metal chops and scorched-earth
atmospherics, it’s a blend of viscerally shaking, artfully alluring,
unfocused oblivion.
- Christian Hoard
Listen*: How Come
Artist: James Morrison
Album: Undiscovered
James Morrison’s debut album, Undiscovered, is an
extremely confident debut album, a spellbinding collection of raw,
bittersweet, bluesy-soul songs. Morrison is also the owner of
probably the most astounding, charismatic soul voice (somewhere between
Al Green and Otis Redding) to emerge from a white Englishman.
- Tony Wright
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Commentary (3)
5 days, 1 hour ago on Sunday, December 31, 2006
not only do i think that we are limited, but there’s also a stigma to those people that do listen to different types of music. i can’t tell you how many times i’ve been made fun of (by friends and family) because of the music i listen to. it’s sad.