From Bessie Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, Southern Black women have built on a long legacy of giving their bodies a voice through the blues. On this week’s Call & Response, hip-hop scholar Dr. Regina N. Bradley makes it clear that Southern Black culture is not frozen in time, but instead embracing and challenging the issues connecting younger generations. For the playlist of songs curated for this week’s episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-regina
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Rapsody, “Nina”
Victoria Monét, “Ass Like That”
Janet Jackson, “The Pleasure Principle”
Angel Olsen, “Lark Song”
The Chicks, “Gaslighter”
Tweet feat. Missy Elliott, “Oops (Oh My)”
Megan Thee Stallion, “Body”
Nina Simone, “Feeling Good”
/ Show Notes /
Dr. Regina N. Bradley’s latest book is “Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South,” out now from UNC Press. She also just edited a collection of essays from other music scholars, “An Outkast Reader,” available now from UGA Press.
Regina says “Call Me” by Tweet is the song that’s giving life and light right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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