The Cool Aid » most influential http://thecoolaid.com Culture. Community. Media. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:13:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 © andrea.v.boston@gmail.com () andrea.v.boston@gmail.com() Just another WordPress weblog andrea.v.boston@gmail.com No no http://thecoolaid.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg The Cool Aid http://thecoolaid.com 144 144 The Most Influential Albums by African-Americans http://thecoolaid.com/culture/the-most-influential-albums-by-african-americans http://thecoolaid.com/culture/the-most-influential-albums-by-african-americans#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:37 +0000 TheCoolAid http://thecoolaid.com/?p=702 TheGrio.com, a “video-centric news community” documenting the African-American experience in partnership with NBC News, published a slideshow of the 25 most influential albums created by African-Americans. The feature spotlights Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, and Rick James’ Street Songs among others.

Here’s a sample (along with some tunes from featured album, Kind of Blue):

Some exciting and groundbreaking records are mentioned, but where’s Prince’s Purple Rain? That album was a definite game-changer, and anything highlighting Tina Turner as the rock-and-roll goddess that she is should have been included.

What do you think of the writer’s compilation?

]]> http://thecoolaid.com/culture/the-most-influential-albums-by-african-americans/feed 0 00:01:01 TheGrio.com, a "video-centric news community" documenting the African-American experience in partnership with NBC News, published a slideshow of the 25 most influential albums created by ... TheGrio.com, a "video-centric news community" documenting the African-American experience in partnership with NBC News, published a slideshow of the 25 most influential albums created by African-Americans. The feature spotlights Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, and Rick James' Street Songs among others. Here's a sample (along with some tunes from featured album, Kind of Blue): [nggallery id=5] Some exciting and groundbreaking records are mentioned, but where's Prince's Purple Rain? That album was a definite game-changer, and anything highlighting Tina Turner as the rock-and-roll goddess that she is should have been included. What do you think of the writer's compilation? Culture andrea.v.boston@gmail.com no No