19: Our Music Our Stories w/Grammy Nominated Artist Dwele - Soul Music … While Black

While Black

REVOLT

Self-improvement, Education

4.1 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This episode was recording on location in Dwele's Atlanta Airbnb so the sound is slightly different from our normal - but its still AMAZING!!! This is a side of Dwele that you have not seen in interview before so take it in and enjoy it! The interview was simply DOPE!! Today we chat with National Recording Artist Dwele about the role of black music today as well as his music and its role in the culture. We touch on the history of music's relationship with black folks from songs like Strange Fruit to What’s Going On all the way up to todays music. We honestly have a great time talking good music. We learn whose entire musical catalog Dwele would erase if he had to and believe me the choices was gave made it an impossible question. Dwele also tells us what he thinks black folks need to create a better country for ourselves and has some dope advice for our community to “build a window” toward greater opportunity. For you Dwele fans this is a very different glimpse into one of the dopest soul music artists around today. Check this episode out now!!! Hit the download button now to join this conversation and have a great time learning about Soul Music, Dwele, and our culture. This is a great episode that you dont want to miss. We also want to know whose musical catalog you would cut...While Black Isht!!! Follow Dwele on his social channels below IG:@therealdwele; FB: @Dwele; Official Website: www.Dwele.com Don't forget to follow and interact with While Black FB: @whileblackpodcast; Twitter: @whileblackpc; IG: While_Black; Email: whileblackpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	Welcome to Wow Black. Wow Black.
0:16.0	A seriously opinionated podcast bringing you the real and raw on anything happening while black. If black culture is there, we are there.
0:27.2	If you're pissed or empowered, then let's talk about it. Write with us on this all black everything.
0:34.0	Everybody welcome back to Wild Black one more time.
0:40.0	Welcome, welcome. We're here again season two. You got Vince with you and
0:45.6	art still in the building. We here as always listen. We always talk about
0:50.0	amazing topics today is no different. We're talking about black music, storytelling, the role
0:56.7	is played in our culture from really the beginning, right? All the way back to slavery, the civil rights, ups and downs,
1:04.0	everything.
1:04.5	Music's been right there's like a best friend at times.
1:07.2	So we got a dope-ass guest, like we always do.
1:10.2	I'll tell you more about him in just a second but before it do that I want to I want to ask
1:14.8	art one quick question bro what is what does music mean to you man what does it mean to you
1:19.0	what does it mean to the community it's funny so I was sitting in my desk today and man I said gossed right behind me and we're talking about music and we this topic popped up around
1:29.4	R&B and who the king of R&B. I laugh and I was like, man, y'all.
1:34.0	It's crazy.
1:35.0	The Bobby is the King of R&B.
1:37.0	What?
1:38.0	Nothing witnesses, I don't know.
1:40.0	I don't know.
1:41.0	But back to that question, man, we have had like a time as black people and
1:47.2	music has been some comfort, music has helped us get through so many different things,
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