Goapele Talks About her Activist Upbringing, the Bay Area Music Scene, Collaborations with E-40 and More

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Goapele is a true songstress. Her albums Closer, Even Closer, Change It All, Break of Dawn, Strong as Glass, and DreamSeeker are a combination of ethereal and straightforward – with soaring vocals, strong rhythms, and direct lyrics. That directness is one of the joys of this interview with the Bay Area native. She discusses everything from her upbringing, music, and collaborations, to her experience as a parent--all with equal levels of candor. If you know Goapele’s music, this is a must-listen. If you’re not switched on to this deeply talented artist yet, now’s a perfect chance!

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented
0:08.0	co-host, Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our
0:12.8	episodes with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattich,
0:18.4	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcast. 2001 is that when closer comes out?
0:24.6	Yes. The impact of this song cannot be overstated on the music business, on the world, on your life,
0:34.0	I'm sure. Your story is unique because you come with this song that's just this perfect piece of
0:44.9	music to a lot of people. That's undeniable when you hear it. The first time you hear it,
0:50.6	you feel like you've been listening to this song your whole life and becomes your free bird.
0:56.8	You know? I love that. You love that reference? Yeah, I love that. Yeah, it's your free bird and
1:02.4	it's on a honey soundtrack. And man, tell me about writing that song and creating that song and
1:09.2	putting that song out. I think the most interesting part of that is that it didn't feel like when
1:20.4	you say undeniable, it didn't feel that way at all to me when it was being created. And I think like
1:27.2	when some people in the industry heard it, they didn't get it. It's kind of, it's not a
1:33.1	traditionally written song. It was just one of those things. It was just going to be the intro
1:40.8	of my first project because it was like, let me introduce you to the vibe. And I think
1:46.6	it was the last thing that I did on that EP on the closer EP. And then how would always go?
1:52.4	Right, that it come. It's like you're working, working, working. And then it just kind of starts
1:56.1	coming together. The last is the last song I did for reflection eternal. Get Bies. The last song I did
2:00.9	for quality. Wow. It's always the last song. Yeah. That's for last. Yeah. It's like what they
2:07.9	say about like how your whole life prepares you for certain moments. Yeah. And on an album,
2:13.2	it kind of has that same kind of vibe. You know what I mean? Like I don't know, my songwriting
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