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Jazmine Sullivan and the ‘Injustice’ Paid To Black Soul Singers

I love black people. I love black music. I love that Motown sound, that in the pocket, that slow groove, that bass, and that flow. I love the riffs, the runs, the scats, and the growls. I love it all. As such, I am a fierce defender of the art that we produce and of the artists that do it best. That's why Jazmine Sullivan's recent comments on the state of the music ...

‘Soul Singing While White’ Is Killing the Legacy of Soul Music

GQ magazine lauding UK singer Sam Smith as the new face of soul pushed me over the edge recently. White faces are never the faces of soul music. White soul singers are given inordinate amounts of praise by the masses. There is just something about a White person treading into soul singer territory that gives them all the “street cred” in the world (at ...