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1. www.newyorker.com › culture › listening-boothThe Expansive Sounds of an Unsung Album Called “Black Music”

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   Mar 22, 2023 · This is where I first heard “Black Music,” a 1998 album by the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc., led by the New York-based musician Marc Anthony Thompson.

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   Chocolate Genius' first album, Black Music, on V2 Records, was released in 1998, and was considered part of the neo-soul movement. Chocolate Genius included guitarist Marc Ribot , cellist Jane Scarpantoni and other former members of the Lounge Lizards , keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood , guitarists Chris ...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Black_Music_(album)Black Music (album) - Wikipedia

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   Black Music (album) Black Music. (album) Black Music is the first album by Chocolate Genius. It was released on V2 Records on July 14, 1998. Track 5, "My Mom", is about a return visit to his childhood home and the mother he was losing to senility (" My mom, my sweet mom/She don't remember my name. ").

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6. genius.com › albums › Chocolate-geniusChocolate Genius - Black Music Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius

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   Jul 14, 1998 · Black Music Chocolate Genius. Released July 14, 1998. Black Music Tracklist. 1. Life Lyrics. 13K 2. Half a Man Lyrics. 3. Don't Look Down Lyrics. 4. Clinic Lyrics (Missing Lyrics) ...

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   View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Black Music" on Discogs.

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   Who is Chocolate Genius?

   • In the nineties, he began to perform under the moniker Chocolate Genius and recruited a collective of musicians from the New York scene. He’d known and played with some of them for years, like the cellist Jane Scarpantoni, of the downtown band the Lounge Lizards, and the guitarist Marc Ribot, an alum of the same group.

   The Expansive Sounds of an Unsung Album Called “Black Music”

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   Who were the members of Chocolate Genius?

   • Chocolate Genius included guitarist Marc Ribot, cellist Jane Scarpantoni and other former members of the Lounge Lizards, keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood, guitarists Chris Whitley and Vernon Reid .

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   Was 'black music' a good album?

   • “Black Music” was heralded in, among other places, Spin, Pitchfork, and a Rolling Stone album guide from 2004. But critics seemed eager to laud the project for what it wasn’t, or to position it as some kind of outlier, an answer to the Bad Black Music with its guns and gold.

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   Is black music a good confessional album?

   • (It doesn’t work that way anyway, or so the priest might say.) “Black Music” is one of the great confessional albums because it doesn’t shy away from the kind of self-loathing that comes with the realization that you want to be better than you have been but don’t necessarily know how to be.

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9. www.allmusic.com › album › releaseBlack Music - Chocolate Genius | Release Info | AllMusic

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   Jul 14, 1998 · Happily, Black Music found Thompson on top of his game thanks to his talent and wide-ranging tastes, which have a clear echo in the reach of the album. He may start with a Dixieland jazz-meets-folk number and end with a hidden acoustic rendition of the fantastic slow-burn soul "Half a Man," but in between he tries just about anything that takes ...

10. music.apple.com › us › album‎Black Music by Chocolate Genius on Apple Music

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    Jul 28, 1998 · Also available in the iTunes Store. Truth vs. Beauty. 2016. Swansongs. 2010. Black Yankee Rock. 2005. Listen to Black Music by Chocolate Genius on Apple Music. Stream songs including "Life", "Half a Man" and more.