A brilliant idea for a compilation, beautifully executed: 16 recordings of music and spoken word — and sometimes the places where they overlap — from the heyday of the American black-power movement. Some of it is great on its own (Gil Scott-Heron’s “Winter in America,” or Stokely Carmichael’s 1968 speech on behalf of Huey P. Newton); some of it is made fascinating by its context (like John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s earnest, clunky “Angela”). The art book of the same name is equally riveting.
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7. Various Artists, Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967–74
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- 9. Azealia Banks, 1991 EP
- 8. The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth
- 7. Various Artists, Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967–74
- 6. Swans, The Seer
- 5. Getatchew Mekuria & the Ex & Friends, Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
- 4. Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan
- 3. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
- 2. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city
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