Meshell Ndegeocello—I Am The Funk

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

She is one of the great musicians of her era, a woman who Ava Duvernay calls “a goddess.” She’s a brilliant funk and soul singer/songwriter/bass player who’s also now scoring Queen Sugar. She started the neo-soul movement that gave you D’Angelo, Erykah, Lauryn, Maxwell, and them. And she’s an amazing person who’s been through a lot. She’s a phenomenal woman who I’m proud to call a friend. Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 65 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Associate Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus Production House: DCP Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1992 I left college and moved to New York City and my first night out in the Big Apple
0:15.8	I wandered around Soho until I stumbled on to the new music cafe, a club at the
0:21.8	corner of Canal Street and West Broadway that's been gone for a long time
0:25.0	but that night there was a hip looking crowd outside so I went in and the band on
0:31.2	stage was killing it.
0:33.0	They were doing funk and soul and their leader
0:36.0	was a short bald badass black woman
0:40.0	who I would later learn was the legendary Michelle and Deggio cello. A year later she put out her
0:46.3	debut album Plantation Lullabies, including the unforgettable hit, if that's your boyfriend,
0:52.2	he wasn't last night.
0:53.7	Her music was smart, soulful, funky, fun, and it was a key spark for the Neo Soul movement that
0:59.9	propelled De Angelo, Erika Badu, Lauren Hill, and Maxwell.
1:05.4	Michelle and I became friends.
1:07.0	I interviewed her and I watched her grow
1:09.8	as an artist and as a person.
1:12.1	She's released 12 studio albums and emerged as a deep thinker
1:16.6	about what funk and soul could and should be. Michelle's now scoring Queen Sugar
1:22.1	on own because Ava Duvernay thinks Michelle is a goddess.
1:27.7	And I agree.
1:29.0	We met recently in her recording studio in Dumbo.
1:32.6	It's Michelle and Deggio Cello on Torrey Show.
1:36.2	Why do you make music?
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