RANKED: The Faking the Funk Edition

For Colored Nerds

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week, For Colored Nerds brings back RANKED. To honor the 31st anniversary of Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats, Brittany and Eric rank the best Black Fictional Music Acts of ALL TIME. This is RANKED: The Faking the Funk Edition. You won't wanna miss this.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Eric.
0:04.5	And I'm Brittany.
0:06.0	And this is for Colored Nerds.
0:08.0	The weekly show where we peel back the layers of black culture we rarely discuss in mixed
0:13.5	company.
0:14.8	Sometimes the music performed in TV and film is frankly better than what you can find on
0:19.3	your favorite streaming app. From Dreamgirls to CB4 to Queens, you know, it's time to celebrate those acts
0:26.6	who never got their shot at real-life hits.
0:31.0	That's right, this week we're taking a look back at the best musical acts that never were
0:35.8	to get the definitive ranking of the best
0:38.7	fictional black TV movie acts.
0:41.4	We're bringing back ranked right after this break.
0:49.2	This month, you know, it marks a holy time in our calendar.
0:55.7	St. Patrick's Day.
0:56.9	It's not St. Patrick's Day.
0:59.4	You know, my favorite holiday.
1:01.6	No, 31 years ago, this month, we were blessed with the one and only classic film,
1:09.5	Robert Townsend's second office, The Five Heartbeats.
1:14.0	Mm, the Five Heartbeats.
1:16.1	I can't believe it was that long ago.
1:17.5	31 years.
1:18.3	Oh, my gosh.
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