19/sons of kemet/your queen is a reptile
their queen is not your rhythms or melodies. she is not your monarchy or statutes of limitations. their queen is mother africa, music from the islands, that jazz, and the afrobeats. she is the joyful noise released from the creative minds of these british immigrants, still here, still grinding, hustling and striving (enemies eat the cake!). their queen is defiant and confrontational. she is ada. she is angela. she is nanny of the maroons. and her strength, poise, and black sense of self is the underlying force behind these urgent and dizzying jazz compositions. she is “not here for the racist claptrap” and is here “to take the country forward”, one groove at time, united in these wordless statements. she is headstrong and stands tall, still here in these minds like a diamond, all gas and all fury.
your queen?
a reptile, who has no choice but to stay low and bow before greatness as they go high.
KEY TRACKS:
my queen is ada eastman
my queen is harriet tubman
my queen is nanny of the maroons
20/the carters/everything is love
21/christine and the queens/chris
22/young fathers/cocoa sugar
23/pusha t/daytona
24/kurt vile/bottle it in
25/serpentwithfeet/soil
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