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tishaLA

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3. I was reading this twitter thread yesterday

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Sun Dec 15, 2019, 10:10 PM

Dec 2019

I was surprised at some of the suggestions--Slick Rick, Too Short, Phyllis Hyman, Teena Marie (!), and even Luther. But some of it was, sadly, right: stuff like Lift Every Voice and Sing, Tom Joyner, etc.

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Famous v black famous...Frankie Beverly and Maze. [View all] brush Dec 2019 OP

You're painting with a very broad racial brush there, my friend. I'm a musician and I know there's abqtommy Dec 2019 #1

Who said anything about racism? It's about culture. Some groups are well known... brush Dec 2019 #2

I was reading this twitter thread yesterday tishaLA Dec 2019 #3

You'll also hear it at every..... spicysista Dec 2019 #4

If you wanna get folks up and dancing, just play it. It gets me up. brush Dec 2019 #5

OH, MY!!!! Earlier this month, as I've done ad infinitum, told my sister as we listened Kind of Blue Dec 2019 #6

Kind of Blue, thanks so much for sharing your story of your mentor... brush Dec 2019 #8

Oh, just one correction after telling sis of this OP. Kind of Blue Dec 2019 #9

I can't leave without posting Beverly's We Are One. Kind of Blue Dec 2019 #7