The Signifyin(g) Review
J.D. HousleyAesthetic responses to contemporary Black Music. Published weekly.
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Robert Glasper, the “F” Word, and the Fight Against the Genre Police
Nick Dahlen, Unknown. Source.
Robert Glasper
Let Go
Let Go
Loma Vista Recordings
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2 AM
New Game Plus
Tuma Records
“They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But man, there’s no boundary line...
ASTN and a New Groove Theory
Fritz Von Eric, Good Time, 2025. Source.
Kenji
Treat Me
KENJI555
ASTN
More and More
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ASTN
“A Funk song will not offer a funk experience until its groove is experienced as a groove. The song in this resp...
Two Astronauts Floating in Space: J Dilla, Pi’erre Bourne, and the Pursuit of Negative Space
Clintel Steed, Two Astronauts Floating In Space, 2022. Source.
Pi’erre Bourne
En été
Made In Paris
SossHouse/Interscope Records
Pi’erre Bourne
Toot it Up
Made In Paris
SossHouse/Interscope Records
The title o...
Terrace Martin and The Modern Orthodoxy
Romare Bearden, Three Folk Musicians, 1967. Source.
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
211
Come As You Are
Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE
Sally Green & Kazzey
Up & Dow
Love, Funk
Tight Ship Music
“Black people create, i...
BNXN: A Case for the Compensatory Songwriter
Amy Sherald, The Rabbit in the Hat, 2009. Source.
BNXN
Cutesy
The Only Love We Know
T.Y.E./EMPIRE
“See, I know a song’s gonna be aiight if I sound good singing it—like I say, ‘I ain’t no vocalist like that.’”
Jasper Cameron...
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