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Journey N 2 Sound Episode 7: What Is Black Music, Pt. 2?

We weren't intending to take the whole summer off, but...shit happens.
We're back, though, with a continuation of Episode 6, where we celebrated Black Music Month and essentially posited the theory that ALL music is Black Music.
For this episode, we are joined by Sandy Loam, a multi-disciplinary musician and a member of several bands. She offers her unique perspective on Black music and her experience as a performer of multiple genres.
Show notes are below, and we SWEAR we won't keep you waiting so long in the future!!
Follow Sandy Loam and her various projects on Instagram
@sandyloamsandy 
@thaauntiediaries 
@myabyrne
@swanrealmusic
 
Re:Set Festival
https://www.resetconcertseries.com/
 
Philip Glass - Akhnaten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhnaten_(opera)
 
Steve Lacy Disaster Tour
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/steve-lacy-disaster-tour
 
Mya Byrne - Come On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epoGg2_dNlU
 
Dear Culture Podcast - (Episode 52 w/ Rissi Palmer)
https://thegrio.com/podcasts/dear-culture/rissi-palmer-explains-the-highs-the-lows-and-the-racist-undertones-in-country-music/
 
“Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music” by Nadine Hubbs
https://www.amazon.com/Rednecks-Queers-Country-Music-Nadine/dp/0520280660
 
Amanda Marie Martinez -The Industry is Playing People Cheap:Race and the Country Music Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkDhbdNObQ&t=628s
 
How Racism Became a Marketing Tool for Country Music w/Amanda Marie Martinez
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191405789/how-racism-became-a-marketing-tool-for-country-music
 
For Love & Country Documentary
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Country-Mickey-Guyton/dp/B09RQPZ5VT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=334PMBEJP6NRR&keywords=for+love+and+country&qid=1654200725&s=instant-video&sprefix=for+love+and+country%2Cinstant-video%2C228&sr=1-1
 
“Still So Excited” by Ruth Pointer
https://www.amazon.com/Still-So-Excited-Pointer-Sister/dp/1629371459#:~:text=Editorial%20Reviews-,Still%20So%20Excited!%3A%20My%20Life%20as%20a%20Pointer%20Sister,to%20their%20long%2Dheld%20prayers.
 
Whitney Houston Boo’d @ Soul Train Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHtJu19qPhg
 
https://www.gawker.com/remember-when-whitney-houston-got-booed-for-being-too-w-1660783143
 
Witch House genre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_house_(genre)
 
Meshell Ndegeocello latest album
https://store.bluenote.com/collections/meshell-ndegeocello/products/meshell-ndegeocello-the-omnichord-real-book
 
Rock the Bells Lawsuit
https://pitchfork.com/news/ll-cool-j-wins-rock-the-bells-trademark-lawsuit/
 
Guerilla Union “Rock the Bells” Documentary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800181/
 

Journey N 2 Sound Episode 6: Q: What Is Black Music?

A: All music is Black music.
In honor of Black Music Month, two Black music nerds (Jermaine & Mike) discuss how musical genres have become racialized over the years--and why those restrictions are slowly falling apart in the 21st century. We talk about everything from discovering seminal Black rock bands like Bad Brains and Living Colour to finding out that the banjo and fiddle (among many instruments) have roots in Africa. Along the way, we discuss cultural appropriation and what that means, talk about the increasing number of Black faces in country music, and we pay tribute to the genre-bending Queen of Rock and Roll, the late, great Tina Turner.
Show Notes:
Tina Turner
https://www.the-world-of-tina.com/story.html
 
Black people invented every American Music genre
https://vincedixonportfolio.com/app/black-music-history/#:~:text=Family%20Tree%20of%20American%20Music&text=The%20research%20shows%20that%20nearly,is%20a%20very%20flexible%20genre.
 
KISS-FM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS-FM_(brand)
 
Frankie Crocker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Crocker
 
Country vs. Western
https://jagannathr.medium.com/what-is-the-relation-between-country-and-western-music-8439052b1f85
 
Black History of the Banjo
https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/black-banjo-reclamation-project-african-roots
 
History of the Harp
https://www.harp.com/history-of-the-harp/
 
Zeal and Ardor - “Row Row” Live from 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PTAOBHBKA
 
Origins of “Zeal and Ardor”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/6wqvnb/zeal-and-ardor-interview
 
Bristol Music Scene and Trip Hop
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/01/31/142607358/local-groove-does-good-the-story-of-trip-hops-rise-from-bristol
 
How Babe Ruth’s “The Mexican” became a b-boy anthem
http://jesse-serwer.com/babe-ruth-the-mexican/?utm_source=pocket_mylist

Journey N 2 Sound Episode 5: A Native Tongues Decision

Sure, we just did a Queen Latifah episode. But who's to say when and how often we wanna go to the well?
For this episode, Jermaine and myself (joined by fellow music nerds Ali Elabaddy and Woody Black) get into a wide ranging discussion about the Native Tongues posse, the Afrocentric rap collective that counted Latifah amongst its ranks. It also includes the legendary groups De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, the under-heralded Jungle Brothers, and a sea of other emcees and groups.
And here's your show notes!
Journey Into Sound #5 Show Notes
 
History of the Native Tongues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhBWa9ogDU
 
The New York Times Presents: The Legacy of J Dilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8jnNE5fMgg
 
Mobb Deep - Trife Life (actually produced by Havoc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IEnYwGSIG0
 
Norman Conners Sample - You Are My Starship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S2HNjfeaj4
 
“Got ‘Til It’s Gone” Controversy
https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2946883&mode=full
 
Jungle Brothers breakdown Native Tongues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPQGDxIQIA
 
De La Day from Webster Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsxrG31XAk
 
Bonita Applebaum (Hootie Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8cbzERFuBo
 
Project Blowed Documentary Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOv0v_fxJKc
 
This is the Life Documentary Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNrb3Bln9A
 
Nas, De La Soul and the start of Underground HipHop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycXyyA8-K4
 
The Whatnauts - Help Is On The Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nJMgexFopg
 
Fat Larry’s Band - Act Like You Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImRXjgr4dbs
 
This is not the Real Native Tongues
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Wx06JBjcDsBtBFLOuqZhW
 
BET refusing to air videos
https://thegrio.com/2011/07/21/is-bet-in-the-business-of-silencing-smart-hip-hop/
 
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
https://www.amazon.com/Beats-Rhymes-Life-Travels-Called/dp/B005LM7KP0
 
Seaman’s Furniture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-bjcccnhI
 
DJ Maseo presents The Dugout
https://www.twitch.tv/djmaseo
 
RapCaviar Presents
https://www.hulu.com/series/rapcaviar-presents-70051bf5-0c01-4d92-8e3d-48f14533fb5b
 

Journey N 2 Sound Episode 4: For The Concert Junkies

Mike and JC are back with a new episode of Journey N 2 Sound, and the weather is warming up and concert season is about to be LITTY.
Even as concert tickets rise into the near-unaffordable, we still are itching to check out our favorite artists on the road. We share our fun concert experiences and also examine the plight of the touring musician, especially in 2023. To top it all off, we are joined by our friend Tamara as our very first guest.
She is also a certified concert junkie, AND Tamara went to the infamous Woodstock '99, y'all! She has a lot to say about that experience.
Show notes below!
Madonna and Aging Gracefullyhttps://time.com/6253977/madonna-face-grammys-2023/
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (Music Box Documentary)https://www.hbo.com/movies/woodstock-99-peace-love-rage
 
Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99 (Netflix Series)https://www.netflix.com/title/81280924
Metallica/ Guns N’ Roses Riot (Montreal not Red Rocks)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjnb3oaCGvM
Woodstock 99 Bus Schedulehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GlIrPNPFFbyz58yG32Z9VAoInmEze1rv?usp=sharing
Santigold Explains Her Tour Cancelationhttps://variety.com/2022/music/news/santigold-canceled-tour-independent-artists-1235403290/
33⅓ Book Serieshttps://333sound.com/

Journey N 2 Sound Episode 3: All Hail the Queen!

Rapper. Singer. Actress. Mogul. Queer icon. Queen Latifah (who celebrates her 53rd birthday this week) is all of that and more. She's lasted in the entertainment biz for three decades, blazing a trail in multiple disciplines. In this episode, JC and Mike break down the Queen's accomplishments, from becoming the first solo female rapper to win a Grammy to her Oscar-nominated achievements in film and her current run as the lead on one of network television's highest rated shows.
And hey, here are some show notes:
 
Does Calvin have a link?
Indeed he does! Calvin Williams composed the show's theme, and you can follow him on IG right here.
 
Arabian Prince talks about JJ Fadhttps://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2ZyZXNoLWVyYQ/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwLzFYWkZER1kwTzZEcTZ4SGp0QUtNbEtDbmt6MTNXdGxqMGVVSHdBT0dqM0E?ep=14
 
Latifah’s boyfriend shot in carjackinghttps://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/18/nyregion/two-teen-agers-arrested-in-carjacking-involving-rap-star.html
What happened to the golden age of black sitcoms?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiXGrqoFMs
 
The history of gay rappers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWM25n3ZwCg
 
Rappers from Newark, NJhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rappers_from_Newark,_New_Jersey
 
Gucci Ad with Iggy Pop, Tyler the Creator, and A.S.A.P. Rockyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psyCXr9uqaQ
 
Jermaine was definitely wrong!!! It’s not Lauryn Hill…https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/videos/queen-latifah-admits-that-she-wishes-she-collabed-with-lauryn-hill-in-a-minute
Oh, you can follow Mike on IG, too.
 

Journey N 2 Sound : Who Gives a F*** About a GD Grammy?

We're back with an episode that focuses on the institution that is the Grammy Awards (quick note: this episode was recorded before last week's ceremony). We talk about our histories as award show consumers, and we go into detail about what we feel are the three most egregious errors made by the Recording Academy voters over the years.
 
We also sidetrack/tangent into topics including the Beastie Boys' early 2000s VMAs win, KRS-ONE's often contradictory opinions (about everything really, but in this case, specifically about what constitutes hip-hop), and the Hot Mess (TM) that is Kanye West in 2023.
 
Don't hesitate to leave feedback and subscribe!
KRS-One: Is it hip-hop? - https://youtu.be/m0fyYQO1L-U
Intergalactic at 1999 MTV music awards - https://youtu.be/WJOR0dnR3ww
Most nominated and winning artists at the BET Awards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET_Awards#Most_nominated_and_winning_artists
Cam’ron – Dead or Alive (Produced by Kanye) Content warning for homophobic language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNxsJ1uiHek

Journey N 2 Sound 01: Where It All Started

What was the first album you owned? Now, it may not necessarily be the first album you bought. This is the case for JC and Mike, who talk about their childhood experiences as music fans with assistance from, respectively, Whodini's seminal hip-hop classic Escape and Stevie Wonder's groundbreaking Grammy winning Album of the Year Innervisions. 
Here are links to some of the stuff we cover on the pod:
Here Comes the Judge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDl_hEue0-M
Whodini Live w/Grandmaster Dee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NokLzgqBQU
Mr. Magic’s Wand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGNVeLeO78
Stevie drum solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBA4vWQRBA0
Stevie surprise appearance at Wonder-full w/DJ Spinna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCoXNyoPCgs
Stevie on Musikladen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmJ3Q7SfHE