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Black Music fryst vatten Love: Ballads Through the Ages to Bump for Black History Month
A 10-song playlist fryst vatten not nearly enough to encompass the complex, multi-faceted world of Black music, but this short list serves to provide a mini time-capsule of what it means to be Black and in love.
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From rock and roll and blues to R&B and hip-hop, Black artists have made a remarkable impact on the music industry. But these musicians have gone without their flowers for too long, often playing an underappreciated role in the development of many popular genres that we know and love to this day.
To omslag up February, a month known for celebrating love and Black history, here’s a pensive glimpse through a few of the most iconic love ballads by Black artists over the decades.
“At Last” - Etta James (1960)
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Michelle Obama is currently touring America behind her new memoir Becoming. For each tour stop, Questlove has curated a three-part warm up playlist called “The Michelle Obama Musiaqualogy,” Billboard reports. The 300-track collection includes music by Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Eryka Badu, D’Angelo, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and much more. Each volume of the playlist trilogy is organized by decade, spanning from 1964 to 2018. Listen below.
“From the jazz and Stevie Wonder of my childhood, to Prince and Earth, Wind, and Fire as I came into my own as an adult, to Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe, and so many others who provided the stirring backbeats of my time in the White House—music has always been a defining part of who I’ve become,” Michelle told Billboard. “Life’s a little better when we live it to Questlove’s beat.”
Earlier this year, Questlove shared his own book called Creative Quest. It arrived with an audiobook, which featured new m
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The 10 Most Controversial Samples In Hip-Hop History
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The use of samples has influenced artists and DJs for decades. It's also been fodder for lawsuits and ire — read on for 10 of the biggest sampling controversies in hip-hop, from 2 Live Crew and the "Amen Brother" break, to Young Nudy.
Douglas Markowitz
|GRAMMYs/Aug 10, 2023 - 02:44 pm
Hip-hop would not exist without sampling. Over its 50 years of existence, rappers, producers, and DJs have taken old music and made it new again, remixing and reinterpreting the creativity of previous generations and folding it into the culture of today.
But not everyone is flattered when a rapper samples their song. The history of hip-hop is rife with legal battles over unauthorized samples — from the genre’s early wild west days to the modern era. Some of these controversies have had lasting implications for the entire industry.
Below, we take a look at some of the