Black Music (album)
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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.").
The song "Life" was used in the final episode of season 2 of Breaking Bad.
Background and recording
Just prior to recording the album, Chocolate Genius had finished reading The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell.[1]
Critical reception
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| People | (positive)[5] |
Spin called it "a relentlessly somber, wryly confessional avant-folk-funk rebuttal to popular notions of what constituted African-American pop."[6] Many other critics have also highlighted the album's morose and starkly autobiographical sound.[3]
Track listing
- Life
- Half A Man
- Don't Look Down
- Clinic
- My Mom
- Safe And Sound
- A Cheap Excuse
- Hangover Five
- Hangover Nine
- Stupid Again
- It's All Good
- Half A Man (Acoustic Version)
References
- ^ Johnson, Martin (1 December 2010). "The Assorted Flavors of Chocolate Genius Inc". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Black Music". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b Brackett, Nathan (2004). "Chocolate Genius". Rolling Stone. p. 163. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "CG: Chocolate Genius". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Black Music". People. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "The Greatest Bands You've (Probably) Never Heard". Spin. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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