I thought this was Martin Luther King

She’s better tbh. Taylor could do “Smooth Criminal” but could Michael do “Shake It Off?” Nuff said.

Even her vocal power.... I mean could Michael Jackson belt like this?

This is why she’ll always matter.

It really isn’t. Bad is still great, nonetheless.

The piano solo in Joni’s “Down To You” is stuck in my head.

That doesn’t matter. It’s still black music. Made by and owned by us. So it really doesn’t matter what you think ❤️ IDK where you get it implies we’re monolithic, when the term is “black music”, not “a black music”.

They were called "race records" and then the term transitioned to "rhythm and blues", then "soul", then "black". Whatever the case, white people using the term to limit and segregate makes them racist. It doesn't make the term "black music" limiting. Abeg.

Eric Billboard literally renamed the race record chart as the rhythm and blues chart in 1949. And no, using a term is not adopting an ideology. And the "ideology" was to limit black music, not that black music itself was limiting. Let's put our thinking caps on.

Eric Wrong again. The term was coined by Ralph Peer of Okeh Records, who was signing and marketing black artists to the community and the term "race" as an adjective was initially a source of pride for the community.

This straw man argument. If that’s the case, then why are you only advocating for the word “black” as a descriptor to stop being used for music and not anything else? Do better than this please lol.

Janet Jackson is absolutely a songwriter and producer, hence why her name is credited as such. And where Whitney wrote and produced, her name is credited as such.

Yall be so LOUD and so wrong! and lying too at times to discredit others just cos you want to lift others up..

The British Museum Ball Dress: Stéphane Rolland Styling: Robert Behar Makeup: Bernicia Boateng Hair & Color: Chris Rios

I can see Questlove being Chewbacca. D’Angelo kinda gives me Kanan Jarrus.

Silly blacks and the concoctions they come up with.

You must be confusing Madonna with Prince.

Duck Hunt lol

Meanwhile, Ari Lennox and her fake outrage.🙄

The Powerpuff Girls.