EmpressJess
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I love this album so much!
One thing I really love about it is the way that it brings African griot spoken word traditions into the 21st century and captures different parts of African music's journey through the evolution of African American music.
There are tracks that sound like contemporary updates of traditional African vocal choirs, of African drumming and of Kora music. It seems to me that Yatta's hearing genres like techno and footwork through the lens of her African heritage.
It's so clever the way that she's reimagined griot storytelling as modern day gossiping because it makes these traditions seem so relatable and normal.
Then there are all these references to African American traditions such as the song titles 'Blues' and 'Cowboy' and her New Orleans voodoo look on the album cover.
I love, love, love this album!
What do you guys think?
One thing I really love about it is the way that it brings African griot spoken word traditions into the 21st century and captures different parts of African music's journey through the evolution of African American music.
There are tracks that sound like contemporary updates of traditional African vocal choirs, of African drumming and of Kora music. It seems to me that Yatta's hearing genres like techno and footwork through the lens of her African heritage.
It's so clever the way that she's reimagined griot storytelling as modern day gossiping because it makes these traditions seem so relatable and normal.
Then there are all these references to African American traditions such as the song titles 'Blues' and 'Cowboy' and her New Orleans voodoo look on the album cover.
I love, love, love this album!
What do you guys think?