Black History Month: Required Listening
Get out your notes! This is required listening for 2024’s black history month.
Jazmine Sullivan. While already established, Sullivan’s husky contralto voice is reaching new heights. Her recent effort, "Heaux Tales," and a live performance of The Black National Anthem are essential texts of black female sexuality and love and Black American identity respectively.
Bibi Bourelly. Bibi Bourelly is a German-American singer-songwriter known for her raw and authentic approach to music. She penned “Bitch Better Have My Money” for Rihanna, as well as Thousand Miles on Miley Cyrus’ recent record.
Flyana Boss. The rap duo who changed the TikTok gain have garnered opening dates with Janelle Monáe and remixes by Missy Elliot. They’re brash and they’re fun and you can’t help but smile when you bump their tunes.
Jensen McRae. A guitar weilding singer-songwrter, McRae’s lyrics are bound to win a Pulitzer Prize someday, not unlike Kendrick Lamar. With her contralot voice and poetics, McRae is sure to break soon.
Kara Jackson. A folk artist and contrato vocalist, Jackson has been championed by artists at the forefront of culture like Solange. As we experience the folk revivals of led by acts like Noah Kahan, Jackson is primed to enter the mainstream fold.
Coco Jones. One of Def Jam record’s brightest stars, Coco Jones has recently collaborated with Renee Rapp and Justin Timberlake alike. Her voice is golden and her music recalls the magic oc 90’s RnB. When people talk about great vibrato, they’re talking about Coco.
