The polemical utterances of dead white male intellectuals/poets have their
place, but give me the home truths of living black musicians anyday, thanks.
Moodymann's props (+ controversial words of advice to those like m***y)
from 1997 tell it like it really is: "to all the unknown artists,
producers and djs from around the globe, believe it or not, you're the
ones keeping it live and real, all of the older brothers and sisters that
are musicians that have never really made a dime but have more talent than
most of the people in the business, and to all you white suburban kids,
sampling black music all the time, try some rock 'n roll for a change,
you're making black music sound silly, weak and tired and most of all a
stranger."
Wes {still reeling from a phenomenal performance by Octave One/RNG on Sat.
nite. Thank you, Burden brothers...such sweet tinnitus! :-)}
