Show Notes

Show notes for Show #249: the stories behind six golden era hip-hop album covers, with FAQ and references.

Show notes for Show #248: Christopher R. Rogers on My City Need Something, PnB Rock, Karim Brown's photographs and Chester's Southern roots,...

Show notes for Show #247: Shannon's "Let the Music Play," Chris Barbosa, Ann Godwin, Jimi Tunnell and the Shannon Sound, with FAQ and refere...

how notes for Show #246: the Chester Gifted Program on Engineered Grace Vol. 1, memory, sound systems and environmental justice, with refere...

Celebrating Freddie Jackson’s enduring Quiet Storm legacy, this episode highlights his Harlem roots, gospel training, and unwavering artisti...

This episode uses The New York Times’ list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters to question how we define musical greatness, debat...

Show Notes: Explore the evolution and shrinking mainstream space for Black protest music, from Vietnam-era soul to contemporary hip-hop, and...

Show Notes: This episode with DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray honors photographer-archivist John Crooms, tracing three decades of Atlanta’s Black ...

Show Notes: This episode uses Fat Joe’s defense of using the N-word to examine how urban upbringing, Afro-Latino identity, and audience acco...

This post presents show notes for the episode featuring Krate Digga and director Dominic Lawson on The Krate Doc Film, detailing how Lawson ...

Show Notes: This episode explores Kim Wayans’ music parodies on In Living Color, focusing on her impersonations of Salt-N-Pepa, Crystal Wate...

Show Notes: This episode shows how MTV Unplugged shifted from reacting to the Milli Vanilli scandal into a credibility test for Black artist...