Show Notes

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...

The episode uses Questlove’s Sly Lives! as a springboard to examine who gets labeled “Black genius” and what that label costs artists like S...

Show Notes for the episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray celebrate the 30th anniversary of Faith Evans' debut Faith and pose the question of wh...

Show notes for an episode using the 45th anniversary of Chaka Khan’s What’cha Gonna Do for Me to trace her deep, ongoing ties to rock—from h...

Show notes for the episode tracing Dame Dash’s rise from a Harlem hustler to Roc-A-Fella’s most visible figure, showing how his flashy perso...

Show notes for our episode honors Sparky D by tracing her rise from Brownsville to The Playgirls and her pivotal role in the Roxanne Wars, w...

Show notes for the episode that dives into Cold Chillin’ Records and the Juice Crew, tracing how Marley Marl’s production and Fly Ty’s leade...