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Episode #35: Is R&B The Jim Crow Section?
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Lezli chats with Dr. Jack Hamilton, cultural historian, Associate Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at The University of Virginia, Pop Culture Critic for Slate Magazine, and author of the award-winning book, Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination. The two explore the intersection of Race Records and the birth of contemporary pop music, why Adele gets placed in a different genre than Jazmine Sullivan, and what the movie TROLLS WORLD TOUR was talking about; beyond appropriation.
Relevant and Recommended Reads:
- How 'Race Records' Turned Black Music Into Big Business
- Music Industry Rethinks ‘Urban’ as a Genre for Black Artists
- As Labels Abandon 'Urban,' They Should Also Consider Ditching 'Pop'
🎧 Listen 🎧 on #applepodcasts, #spotify, or wherever you get podcasts
Have thoughts on this episode? Share them on social media using the hashtag #impoliteconversationpodcast. Also follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter and email [email protected] with feedback or questions! Please rate and review us.
Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer)
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46 episodes
Manage episode 336317920 series 2956682
Lezli chats with Dr. Jack Hamilton, cultural historian, Associate Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at The University of Virginia, Pop Culture Critic for Slate Magazine, and author of the award-winning book, Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination. The two explore the intersection of Race Records and the birth of contemporary pop music, why Adele gets placed in a different genre than Jazmine Sullivan, and what the movie TROLLS WORLD TOUR was talking about; beyond appropriation.
Relevant and Recommended Reads:
- How 'Race Records' Turned Black Music Into Big Business
- Music Industry Rethinks ‘Urban’ as a Genre for Black Artists
- As Labels Abandon 'Urban,' They Should Also Consider Ditching 'Pop'
🎧 Listen 🎧 on #applepodcasts, #spotify, or wherever you get podcasts
Have thoughts on this episode? Share them on social media using the hashtag #impoliteconversationpodcast. Also follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter and email [email protected] with feedback or questions! Please rate and review us.
Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer)
#podcast #IDEimpoliteconversation #IDEpodcast #IDE #production #culture #storytelling #producers #community #pop #music #artists #people #trolls #radio #r&b #racerecords #hillbilly #country #hiphop #spotify #urban #adele #jazminesullivan #hotgirlsummer #hotgirlbummer
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