Description
‘Pop music is what white poeple have cherry picked from Black culture and a lot of times it’s detrimental to Black culture.’ Music journalist and theGrio writer Matthew Allen and Michael Harriot discuss the formula that is used to create pop music and highlight the Black people who pioneered the sound.
Music Credits:
Song: “Black Steel in The Hour of Chaos”
Artist: Public Enemy
Label: Def Jam Recordings
Producer: The Bomb Squad
Song: “What’s Going On?”
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Label(s): Universal Music Group, Motown Records, Tamla Records
Producer: Marvin Gaye
Additional Music Provided By Transition Music
