Why is it Genius when they do it? Listen to Kenny Lattimore’s latest record and it’s like “wow that’s dope!” but if it was a white cat who came out with that record he’d be at the Grammys. You can't discredit a White artist for being dope. Josh: This week: what the hell is Blue-Eyed Soul? And we're going to learn what they can teach us about where we are collectively today as a people right now at this moment. Tracy: Each week we're going to go back to the past and revisit unforgettable moments that we all think we remember. Josh: and other moments in pop culture that we still think about. Josh: Welcome Back Issue, a weekly podcast that revisits formative people, Voice: We were rooting for you, Tiffany, we were all rooting for you. Voice: Y'all not gonna get no sleep cause of me. Voice: But you ain't heard that from me. Voice: Beyoncé ? You look like Luther Vandross. Production Music courtesy of EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION Ford joins us to tackle these questions, explore blue-eyed soul's cousin: yacht rock, and share a Michael McDonald impression that will make you laugh loud enough for your neighbor to hear.Īdditional Material By: VLADTV, Warner Bros., Loud Speakers Network, Urban One, TK Records/Clouds, Arista Records, Yab Yum/550 Music, John Van Druten, RCA, BMG, Stone Dwarf, Apple, Philles Records, Don Cornelius Productions, Motown Records, Columbia Records, Sony Music, Capitol Records, Death Row Records/Interscope Records, A&M Records, First Priority Music/Atlantic Records, Kedar Records / Universal Records, Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam, South Coast Music Group / Interscope Records, and K. Is there a proper way for a white artist to exist in a genre that Black artists originated, perfected, and sometimes weren’t allowed to escape? Is it problematic to call this trend “blue-eyed soul”? Writer, host, and podcaster Ashley C. Elvis, Bobby Caldwell, Teena Marie, Kenny Loggins, Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse, and Justin Timberlake have all made careers in music steeped in the sounds of blackness. This week, Josh and Tracy revisit musical white folks who somehow scored an invitation to the cookout.
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