Ep. 138 Celebrating Black Artists with Marcus J. Moore
Marcus J. Moore is a music journalist, the author of our November pick for The Stacks Book Club, The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America, and today’s guest. Marcus shares why he felt it was important to write about Kendrick Lamar now, how this book is more than just biography, and what music he recommends we all check out. There are no spoilers on this episode.
The Stacks Book Club selection for November is The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore. We will discuss the book with Cole Cuchna on November 25th.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By (Kendrick Lamar, 2018)
Alright by Kendrick Lamar
LOVE. ft. Zacari by Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Kendrick Lamar, 2012)
Fight the Power by Public Enemy
In a Silent Way (Miles Davis, 1969)
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis, 1970)
Universal Beings (Makaya McCraven, 2018)
Everything's Fine (Jean Grae & Quelle Chris, 2018)
Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder, 1976)
Wisdom of Elders (Shabaka and the Ancestors, )
Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
Sula by Toni Morrison
Greene Grape Provisions (Brooklyn, NY)
Ikigai (Nairobi, Kenya)
3 Feet High and Rising (De La Soul, 1989)
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)
Mwandishi (Herbie Hancock, 1971)
SOURCE (Nabya Garcia, 2018)
Random Acts of Flyness (HBO)
Empire State of Mind by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Dapper Dan; Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day
My Beautiful Dark Twister Fantasy (Kanye West, 2010)
Runaway [feat. Pusha T] by Kanye West
Late Registration (Kanye West, 2005)
Monster [feat. JAY-Z & Rick Ross & Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver] by Kanye West
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John, 1973)
Thriller (Michael Jackson, 1982)
Falling Into You (Celine Dion, 1996)
Spice (Spice GIrls, 1996)
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