It's Friday! An R. Kelly song comes to mind, but we won't talk about that. Instead, let's celebrate Black History Month at the Tiny Desk!
There's an official playlist I'll link below, but it's short, so I'll start with some of my favorite Tiny Desk concerts. Like most people eight years ago, I mostly knew T-Pain as one of the first to really push Auto-Tune to the limit. So this Tiny Desk concert was a revelation.
He demonstrates clearly that he never needed Auto-Tune, not even a little bit. It was always all about style.
Another favorite of mine from six years ago was Anderson .Paak. How he manages to play the drums perfectly while singing is amazing to me.
Both of those videos start with an "explicit language" warning, so listen at your own risk.
The official NPR playlist seems to include only concerts released during February, and it's growing this month! Lady Wray and Lee Fields have both been added for 2023, and the playlist should keep growing.
Celebrating Black History Month At The Tiny Desk
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2PCKGkKRVZuSGgyxGCqQnEH6gNjnAcq
Lee Fields is a very worthy addition, in my opinion. Great stuff!
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@pwinn you have guts to start a post like this with R. Kelly 🥴
@davidbruchmann But it's the freakin' weekend! 😅
@pwinn Hope you know how freakin' R. Kelly is.
@davidbruchmann Yeah. 😢
So many young girls suffered for so long. It's hard to believe that would have gone on for as long as it did if any of the girls had been white.
But it's Friday! Better to focus on Black Excellence, not some pervert abuser!
@pwinn that's the right words!