FUCK THE RADIO…and the music industry that it rode in on.
I am so in love with this Leela James album, “A Change is Gonna Come”. A CD by the way that I would have known nothing about if I would have relied on the radio to supply with me with new hot up and coming artists.
Now I wont get back up on my soapbox again, about how we allow the music industry to continually degrade us as a people. How there is a constant attack on our mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and girlfriends. I also will not say anything about how they continue to mislead our men on what it means to be a man or a father.
Instead I want to focus on the heat that Leela James brings on this CD. It is a very soulful CD, with some collaborations, but it is Leela’s deep smoky voice that carries you from the first track to the final one with no interruptions, fast forwarding, or pausing. If you want to party, listen to a nice ballad, or just chill, this is the CD that will cover all that.
For some reason I don’t hear any of this on the radio. Probably one of the hottest new artists out, but she gets no love.
Listenting now makes me think of all the other good music that I am missing out on.
Now I wont get back up on my soapbox again, about how we allow the music industry to continually degrade us as a people. How there is a constant attack on our mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and girlfriends. I also will not say anything about how they continue to mislead our men on what it means to be a man or a father.
Instead I want to focus on the heat that Leela James brings on this CD. It is a very soulful CD, with some collaborations, but it is Leela’s deep smoky voice that carries you from the first track to the final one with no interruptions, fast forwarding, or pausing. If you want to party, listen to a nice ballad, or just chill, this is the CD that will cover all that.
For some reason I don’t hear any of this on the radio. Probably one of the hottest new artists out, but she gets no love.
Listenting now makes me think of all the other good music that I am missing out on.
posted by The Sonflower at 7:57 AM
2 Comments:
i feel you.
when i was an intern @ Universal, i was working on the marketing of Bilal's project. i LOVED his music, dug his creativity, but they just let him fail by not giving his team proper resources.
just another example of the seemingly unstopable engine of radio/big labels/videos/tv. they don't care what is REAL and soulful and creative. they only care about making money. which is sad because GOOD artists get lost in the mix.
thank God for college radio, indie lables, and the internet.
Thank God for Neo Soul! What we do without it?
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