Finding a song that protests something menaigful in my opinion took a moment….i didn’t wanna do the normal songs like aretha’s Respect or Marvin Gaye’s Make me Wanna Holler….those were my obvious choices.  For this i had to dig and by Golly I think i got one for ya….it was released in 2002 by Donnie ? …titled “Big Black Buck”.  Huh? you say?/ I know right it sounds some old back of the woods slavery anti-racism song.  But know its actually talking about modern-day blind consumerism.  An issue that still affects our society today.  This song sends a strong message on this hot button topic: Lyrics like: ‘On your town/look around/it’s the first of the month/U.S. will get its usual jump/we’re creatures of habit/modern slaves/guaranteed to spend it all in one place

Unfortunately i couldn’t find that video but i found another from his album Colored Section titled ‘911′ this song speaks on the issues that affect our social world and how its a state of emergency and time for a change…..Hope u enjoy the video and be encourage to read more about Donnie…http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/donnie/bio.jhtml

“sLEEP dON’T eASY….sINcE YOU’VE beEN gONE eVERYtHING gOING wRONG…lOOk WhaT YoU’VE dONE tO mE…i CaN’T STOP tHESE TEARS FROM fALLING FROM FROM MY EYES…ooH bABY…I’M GOING DOWN”

gWEN dICKEY AND mARY j. bLIGEHAVE A SONG IN COMMON THAT MANY WOMEN CAN RELATE TO…i’M gOING dOWN.  nOW I CAN ADMIT WHEN I FIRST HEARD HTIS SONG i JUST mARY j. HAD WROTE IT BECASUE i COULD FEEL THE PAIN BEHIND BEHIND HER SOULTRY NOTES.  hOWEVER IT TOOK MY FATHER TO LET ME IN ON THE SECRET THAT mS. mARY j IS THE ‘rEmaKE qUEEN OF r&b’  nOW THIS CAME AS A SHOCK TO ME AND RAISED THE QUESTION OF AUTHENTICITY.  gWEN dICKEY DIDN’T WRITE THE LYRICS BUT WHEN SHE SUNG THAT SONG MY DAD AND ANYONE ELSE THAT HEARD THOSE LYRICS FROM THAT GENRE FELT WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM.

fOR ME WHEN mARY SANG THAT SONG MY WHOLE SPINE TINGLED…TEARS RAN DOWN MY EYES…JUST BECAUSE I FELT HER PAIN.  aS HER fAN I fOLLOW HER CAREER AND hER PERSONAL LIFE TO KNOW THAT HER BOYFRIEND WAS ABUSING HER AND EVERYONE AROUND HER WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE AND SHE WAS ON THE VERGE OF SUICIDE.  aS HER FAN, i KNEW th AND fELT HER WRDS BEAT AND ECHO THRU MY SOUL. 

SO WHEN THE QUESTION OF WHICH SONG OR ARTIST IS MORE AUTHENTIC, I SAY They both are in their own right.. ms rose royce may have grabbed her audience cause it was a different sound than the normal disco everybody was used to and Mary grabs her audience by singing from her soul and and opening it up so you can see what she feels.

If that ain’t Authenticity, then Tell WhaT IS??

D’Angelo happens to one of my favorite forgotten artists.  He takes me back To My NEO-for-the-Soul DayS…This song Cruisin comes from his debut album  ’Brown Sugar’.

This album comes to you through EMI Records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI.  EMI (EleCtrIc and MuSiCal InDusTries LTD.) was founDed In 1931.  They later becAme inVolveD in TelevIsion Taking Part in BBC. AfTer tussling with Several other labels they became a dominant shareholder of CaPITOL rECORDS.  tODaY EMI ConTinues A battle with Warner Bros.  to drop the Big Four Down to three. The British Label won’t go doWn without a fight .

Music in my ♥.  Music is everything to me.  It EvoKes So MAny MemOries, FeeLings And IdeAs.  I Use MUsic To Rev My creatiVe JuICes, tO keeP mY hOuSe cLEan and JusT to MEllow OuT.  SonGs REmiND me OF PaSt and PrEsent RelAtiOnShips.  When i’m In THe Car, LisTening to thOSe first 8 MelOdic nOtes, and Saying” Hey That’s MY JAm”

I’m so glad that I decided to not drop this class.  When I think of MuSiC and The typeS of MuSic I like; i think I’m BlindIed to what I’ve Been aCcUstomed to growIng Up, BuT What I’m Excited For is THAt in This Class EvrYone AlreaDy has A GenRe thEy’re Into so In a sEnSe we r all LikE spongeS that Get to Soak Up eacH other’s MuSic tHus BeCOminG mOre ElecTIc @ the CloSe oF this QuarTer.  I’m ReallY eXcitEd to SEe whT I wIll B DownLoadIng on LiMewIRe neXt..lol