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“I Got the Blues of a Fallen Teardrop”: An Original #BlackEphemera Mix by Lynnée Denise      
                 
“What is there to be heard in the music, lyrics, and voices of early Black blues women singers like Clara Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sippie Wallace, and Edith Wilson, and how does the archive of their work animate and inform the life of a late twentieth-century-character who is navigating much of the same terrain?”
 
–- Mark Anthony Neal, Black Ephemera: The Crisis and the Challenge of the Musical Archive | Chapter Two: “I Got the Blues of a Fallen Teardrop”: Erasure, Trauma, and a Sonic Archive of Black Women (NYU Press)
    
Lynnée Denise is an artist, scholar, writer, and DJ whose work reflects on underground cultural movements, the 1980s, migration studies, theories of escape, and electronic music of the African Diaspora. Denise coined the phrase “DJ Scholarship” to re-position the role of the DJ from a party purveyor to an archivist, cultural custodian, and information specialist of music with critical value. Through interactive workshops, lectures, and presentations at universities, conferences, and performance venues, Denise harnesses music as a medium for vital public dialogue on how to transform the way that music of the Black Atlantic is understood in its social context and beyond entertainment. Lynnée Denise is the Sterling Brown '22 Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College and lives and works in London.

Tracklist
1.     Intro—Black Kold Madina
2.     Livin’ Humble, Clara Smith
3.     Trouble of the World, Mahalia Jackson
4.     The Party Don’t Stop, Mia X (No Limit)
5.     Who Dat Called Da Police, New Birth Brass Band
6.     Ain’t I Gonna Win Your Love, Rita Wright
7.     I Love Every Little Thing About You, Syreeta
8.     Give My Love a Try, Linda Jones
9.     No Headstone on my Grave, Esther Phillips
10.  Mr. Blue (The Song of Communication), Laura Nyro
11.  Killing Me Softly, Luther Vandross
12.  Let me Have it All, Sly and the Family Stone
13.  Do Lord, Billy Preston
14.  A Foggy Day, Lyn Collins
15.  I Need Somebody to Love Tonight, Sylvester
16.  A Woman Needs to be Loved, Jackie Wilson
17.  A Woman Needs to be Loved, Denise LaSalle
18.  Carrie Mae Weems on the Kitchen Table series accompanied by Billy Preston on the organ (Praise the God From Whom All Blessings Flow)
19.  Over the Rainbow, Patti Labelle and the Blubelles

“I Got the Blues of a Fallen Teardrop”: An Original #BlackEphemera Mix by Lynnée Denise

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The Struggle is Beautiful In Every Shade.
The Social Justice Hustle Mixtape.
The Soundtrack for a Global Movement for Social Justice.
Curated and Mixed by Kwame Phillips
Cover Art Design by Christy Namee Eriksen
Co-Produced by Carlton Mackey

Social Justice Hustle Mixtape

This is dedicated to all of the black lives that have been lost due to America's continuing system of White Supremacy. 

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Copyright 2015 Moors Blackmon

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Carlton and I sat outside a coffee shop on one of the days Atlanta decided to have good weather, drinking Earl Grey to indulge my British roots. One of us said "there should be a 50 Shades of Black Mixtape." Then there was one of those moments where an idea starts to germinate in your head so quickly that it is represented in your face -by eye squints and furrowed brows of concentration and chin rubs and hands drawing shapes in space. Or in Carlton's case by running around the coffee shop shouting "OH SNAP!"

And so a mixtape was born. 

The mixtape itself is two 50 minute sets (a side A and side B, if you will) that roughly follows a historical timeline. I tried to let the music speak for itself and left any manipulation subtle. I was guided by genre and then selected key songs or pioneers from within those genres, starting with the work songs of enslavement and ending with then contemporary representations in hip hop.

As with any retrospective, some tough choices had to be made for time and fit, so the absence of a particular artist is not a slight or an oversight (it was a rough afternoon when I decided I had to cut Billie Holiday and John Coltrane). Also, with the decision to emphasize diversity of genre, the result is a(n unfortunate) sacrifice of diversity in other areas such as gender. Where it was possible I opted for variety, but with each genre explored, the pioneering voices were predominantly male and predominantly heterosexual which speaks to larger issues of the nature of access in music more so than it does about tracklisting decisions.

In making those tough decisions, I wanted the mixtape to accomplish three things. Firstly, I wanted it to be a showcase of the history and diversity of 'Black Music' in America, highlighting all the forms and styles that have stemmed from black experiences, including some of the international influences. In this regard Dr. Portia Maultsby's "A History of African American Music" which traces the development of African-American musical styles was particularly useful. Secondly, much in the tradition of the medium, I envisioned the mixtape as a gift, from older generations to new, between friends, from parents to children, particularly for Carlton's son, Isaiah, whose voice is heard throughout the mix.

I used to sit in the living room, headphones on my head, digging through my father's vinyl albums as a kid, learning about older music, seeing where modern music got its influences and it is my hope that the listener understands my intent and shares widely. Lastly, I wanted this to represent an intersection between hip hop tradition and scholarship, an academic mixtape, where you could both nod your head and feed your mind, might I say, at the same damn time.  

50 SHADES OF BLACK MUSIC - THE MIXTAPE (2013)

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