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Death, Sex & Money

Meshell Ndegeocello Thinks Authenticity is Unsustainable

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.67.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The artist reveals how music helps her stay present to who she really is, moment to moment.

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I am more of a visual auditory person. I'm learning still to use words. I've been

0:10.1

described like as a feral person, especially when I was young and you have

0:14.6

youth and you have collagen and you have

0:20.9

you know. You don't need words. You have adrenaline, you don't need no work.

0:27.0

You have adrenaline.

0:28.0

You don't need no.

0:29.0

This is death, sex and money.

0:37.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot

0:47.0

and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Sale. Michelle and De Gecello has been a working musician since she was a teenager.

0:57.0

She's 55 now and just put out her 11th solo album, her first in five years. It started as a kind of personal pandemic project, and

1:06.7

now she's sharing it with the world. When we talked, she was just back from a quick European

1:11.8

tour.

1:12.8

Yeah, Romania, Berlin, London, I've lost, yeah.

1:18.4

But those are the things.

1:19.7

Standouts for Switzerland, yes, standouts for me.

1:23.0

Yeah.

1:24.0

Oh, that sounds like a whirlwind jaunt, yeah.

1:28.0

Oh, yeah.

1:30.0

I've been shaken, I fear here I've lost my way

1:39.0

Speak I listen. I won't hear every word just say This is a song an invitation from her latest album which is called the

1:48.0

Amnacord Real Book. Michelle's music is jazz, funk,

1:53.0

sometimes folky, ethereal, always with a groove.

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