It's as much about “hoes” as it is the people who both benefit from and are harmed by the notion.
The project, her fourth overall and first in six years, takes the content and casual candor of a group chat and unpacks them across songs and narrative, laying waste to the patriarchal good girl/bad girl dichotomy in the process.
Rae also cited Don Toliver and Cleo Sol as personal musical favorites from this year.There's power in reclamation, and Jazmine Sullivan leans into every bit of it on Heaux Tales. Rae had plenty of good words for individual artists in the interview, singling out, naturally, the 2021 successes of Jazmine Sullivan, who recorded a title song for 'Insecure' in Season 2 with Bryson Tiller, saying, "She's just literally pure talent." I can't speak to why it didn't make it, but I do really love the record." Asked about the omission in a recent interview with Billboard, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Wizkid's 'Essence' was nominated for a Grammy for best global music performance, but not record of the year. To see Black people and our contributions to music not celebrated in the way they should be - I mean, these aren't institutions for us.a "This is dumb, but I'll say it anyway: A song like (Wizkid's) 'Essence' - just absolutely a powerhouse, and yet could not be properly acknowledged by the institution that is supposed to celebrate the best in music - that trips me out. When I think about the Grammys and these other systems that are designed to reward artistic creativity and uplift artists, I just feel like, 'Y'all don't get it. "What really bums me out - and this aligns with Hollywood - is the way that music is rewarded. Rae also knocked the Grammys in the interview, and singled out one record in particular she thought had been unfairly snubbed.
When I myself am a creator and know what I want in relation to a relationship with a production company or a producer, I would like to think that we are more artist-friendly than much of other brands and companies out there. And to find out how artists were treated on other labels. "I do not want to be too specific, but even with making our own appointments (for soundtracks) with labels or artists, it would be so intricate. Rae did not get into her dismay with the music business beyond generalities, but indicated her feelings were based on a combination of her own experiences setting up soundtracks and hearing from artists about what they deal with on a regular basis. It was something shocking to discover," she said. Villains and criminals! It's an addiction industry, and I really feel for artists who need to get into it. "The music industry, it has to start all over again. "I thought Hollywood was crazy," Rae continued.
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"It's probably the worst industry I've ever come across," she told the Los Angeles Times' Mikael Wood in a Q&A about her personal and professional experiences with music. But rather than come off as thrilled about branching out into another industry, Rae is making it sound like she's entered a den of vipers, reports .Īsked if the music business is "a place where good ideas flourish", Rae said: "Absolutely not." She's started her own record label, Raedio, and is producing a new show about aspiring rappers, using her existing career to help launch music ones. Los Angeles, Dec 28 (IANS) Actress Issa Rae, whose five-season run with the show 'Insecure' came to a close with a finale this weekend, has dipped more than a toe into the music business.
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